Family time, but there were 4 young uns - hope it’s just hiding 🤞

Watched the first two episodes, emotional stuff - a real eye opener.

A spider with an orangish-gold cephalothorax and a pale colored abdomen with two large spines sticks out in opposite directions from the abdomen. The spider is sitting on a leaf.

How about some spiky spiders tonight? This one is Micrathena acuta, a spiny orbweaver found in the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest. It is believed that the spines serve as a defense from birds and even predatory wasps.
Cuyabeno Reserve, 2024

Great effort Dave😀

Ha yes! So thin you can see through it🤣

Lovely start to the day…

Lovely morning…and zero wind!

😳😀👌

Morning dog walk….

Ha! My mum did 😀

Out on my litter picking duties yesterday…
Two chaps out walking, prob late 20’s, said ‘hey bro how’s it going’? Great, thanks I said…a nod.
Later, couple with dog, chap said ‘hey mate, are you a volunteer’? No, I said, I get paid by Forest England, to keep things tidy. Oh mate, nice!
Mate! Bro!

Brilliant news.

👊

I know low ebbs…zero need to feel guilty…👊

Playing with the hues…

We had a glimpse….

The long shadows are back 👊😀

From dog walk this morning….

Down on the Lizard for a few days…

Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him

How should Labour and the Tories respond to the populist right? Lessons from Europe The evidence suggests traditional parties that ape the populist radical right’s policies risk boosting their rivals instead of reclaiming voters.

The body of evidence showing that when centrist parties adopt the priorities and talking points of the far right, they torpedo themselves is vast and powerful. Yet Keir Starmer's Labour Party seems determined to ignore it.
A few examples in 🧵:
theconversation.com/how-should-l...

Reminds me our dog😀

Storm and Rainbow out on dog walk….😳😀

Beautiful birds 👊😀

Around and about the dog walking spots…

If Sophie is like our dog, there’s zero chance of getting near the cat, despite all the intention🤣

Just fitted new timer on our 1994 toaster…that’s how interesting Sunday evening has been😀👊

Crikey! Can’t imagine how my young self would have coped in that war!
WWII Burma..rarely gets much discussion - Field Marshal Slim’s book of that war…was a real eye opener to the terrible conditions and horror!

Moor cows in the clearing skies…