Bonusy

This is how I like my references, hot and topical

You got something against Muppets?

Generally, or specifically?

Octavia the Octopus

Or is just pulling it off someone else's website and passing it off as its own work: ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/i... "Octavia embodies the curiosity and intelligence characteristic of the octopus. She inquisitively tinkers and plays with her surrounding environment."

Spotted in Newcastle last week. Suspect this project is not getting completed;

If you see this, post a TV ident

OK, I see that now

What was Prussian and Decaf supposed to be?

Fledgling crow enjoying some walnut in the garden

Paulie Walnuts Jnr;

YouTube video by David Gideon Classic TV Theme: Callan (Edward Woodward)

Similar vibes to Callan from around the same time: www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0b3...

Waves breaking against waves

Waves rebounding from the wall were then breaking against incoming waves

Wave breaking on the sea-wall of Dunbar harbour

Splashing waves down at Dunbar harbour this morning;

Lush green fields of East Lothian, looking westwards from Traprain Law

I remember when it was all fields round here;

Traprain Law, not Trapani. But you knew that anyway

I think Love At The Smelting Furnace details the early relation of Kier and Imogene Eagan, an important historial event

OMG ponies! Trapani Law, East Lothian;

I don't think secret means what this person thinks it means. It does not, for example, mean "city of gobshites"

You can tell the kids who went to fancy schools when they talk about "careers advisors"

Sunny and beachy;

FA Cup. Apparently the KO time has not been set yet for the final in 2 week

"BBC and ITV have hit a deadlock over over the kick-off time, with BBC preferring the traditional 3PM kick-off slot [to leave room for] for Doctor Who and Eurovision. ITV are adamant on a 5:30PM kick-off to tap in on maximum viewership and advertising"

ITV can stick it up their commercial bollocks

Sounds like a Vault-Tec experiment in Fallout. Also Rapture from Bioshock. Probs loads more games as well, an isolated (ie defined limits) world that a protagonist has to deal with in some way

A pair of skiffs sitting on calm water on a sunny morning

Placid across the Fifth of Forth this morning;

Arch in Newcastle's Chinatown in front of St James, the Newcastle football stadium

Chinatoon;

The face of Dilys, a black and white cat, in the sunshine

The face of Ivy, a tabby cat, in the sunshine

Cat portraits in sunshine;

They probably said something like "Is it really worth a city-wide parade for the league cup?"

Sunny and mild spring-like afternoon, Viburnum from the garden;

Small boats in a placid harbour

Bass Rock on the horizon during a sunny winter morning

North Berwick harbour and the Bass Rock;

@plantpotonassis.bsky.social

No turning back on that, it became waste the day it was made