the4ts 🔶

Photograph at the start of our three-player chess game. I am black. Knocked out my kid (white) and somehow ended up in stalemate with the other, despite having two more pieces 🙈. A hexagonal board with three sets of chess pieces - white, black and red.

Three-Player Nightmare
for #AlphabetChallenge theme of #WeekGforGames

#EastCoastKin #photography
#chess #tactical #confused
(iPhone camera)

Street mural in Georgetown, Penang, painted on a weathered, peeling wall. The artwork shows two children playing basketball: a young boy on the left jumps upward with one arm raised, while a girl in pink shorts and white sneakers leaps higher toward an actual metal basketball hoop mounted on the wall at the top right. The ball itself is not visible, inviting the viewer to imagine it. The textured wall, with cracked plaster and faded yellow patches, adds contrast to the lively scene.

Sometimes the best games
require nothing but a wall
and a little imagination.

#UrbanGaze #EastCoastKin
#Penang #streetart #mural
#urbanphotography 📷
#PhotographersOfBlueSky
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekGforGames

a landscape - style photo of a tall ships with its sails furled leaving port of a calm day . the sky is cloudy and there is a lighthouse in the distance on the left . members of the crew are standing on the rigging ( manning the yards) as she sails away , a sign of respect and honour .

I think I may well have posted this before and am pushing the Challenge as it's from a race but here is one of the contenders from the Tall Ships Race last year, the Shabab Oman II, leaving port to begin the penultimate leg of the race. She won Best Ship in the end #AlphabetChallenge #WeekGForGames

Single vaccine could protect against all coughs, colds and flus, researchers say A Stanford University team have tested their nasal spray vaccine in animals but still need to do human clinical trials.

Oh, this could be very exciting! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Gutted for the Women Curlers earlier today (boo USA! 😁) but well done, the Men's Team! #WinterOlympics

I was about to say the same 😁

I remember The Blob and The Hasty 😁

the arrangement of stones on the rock likely represents a kōnane game board, which is similar to checkers. this rock is at the Lapakahi State Historical Park in Hawai’i.

a kōnane game, traditionally played on a papamū (stone board) which is similar to checkers. we saw this rock at the Lapakahi State Historical Park in Hawai’i on our visit in 2017.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekGForGames
#EastCoastKin
#WestCoastKin
#Travel #Hawai’i
#Photography

A high-contrast, black and white photograph taken from behind a bald man as he prepares to throw a dart. The man’s head and shoulder are in sharp focus in the foreground, while his hand, holding a dart, is slightly blurred as it moves toward the target. In the background, a dartboard hangs against a textured brick wall, rendered with a shallow depth of field that keeps the board visible but soft-focused. The lighting is moody and dramatic, emphasising the texture of the man's skin and the fabric of his dark jacket.

Games

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekGForGames #Photography #StreetPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #Lumix

Oh, what a handsome kitty he was! 🧡

a portrait - style photo of a drum major in full regalia leading a band of kilted bagpipers .

A drum major from the Oldmeldrum Highland Games last year #AlphabetChallenge #WeekGforGames

I had vegetarian 'chicken' noodle soup for lunch.

Cheese nibbles and salad FTW then!

I actually have cheese and I have some puff pastry. I could do cheese nibbles and salad for dinner, instead. Forgot about that! I could also make a cheese souffle but that would require me to tidy up the kitchen properly so I have more workspace and I'm too tired / can't be bothered.

Tut, tut, tut...

A certain orange person comes to mind but then he may enjoy all the attention he gets...

☝️

Or if they lapse (through lack of planning), they also feel guilty for ages and ages afterwards.

Oh, I love that! How majestic.

Fans invited to join Big Sleep Out 2026 Now a regular fixture in the Stamford Bridge calendar, at the end of March the Chelsea Supporters’ Trust, with Chelsea Football Club’s assistance, will be staging another open-air fundraising night fo...

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Ruddy Heck! #Curling #WinterOlympics #TeamGB

Two men wearing Edwardian swimming costumes are stood at Deansgate Manchester. They are wearing blue and white striped 'onsies' that are part of their costumes. They have swimming hats, goggkes, orange swimming rings, toy buckets and medals around their necks. They are street entertainers pretending to swim and dive

#Alphabetchallenge #WeekGForGames
Olympic Synchronised Diving 🤭

^the big mistake

My dad used to make excellent pancakes.

I can't remember...😁

a portrait - style photo of a football game being played in a stadium ( stamford bridge , the home of chelsea football club ) .

The Beautiful Game #AlphabetChallenge #WeekGforGames

Now that's good idea!

I made this mistake of having pancakes from the bakery next door (thicker Scottish pancakes) with bacon and maple syrup for lunch and I'm still full and don't think I have it in me for some homemade ones with lemon and sugar ☹️ I can just pretend tomorrow is Shrove Tuesday, can't I?

Pretty sure there be northern lights out there but there is some cloud and much, much wind. I'd have to go right to the coast to see them and with the wind coming off the sea my tripod would NOT be steady to say the least. I'm also ruddy knackered. Bah!

Phew! Hope you have a brolly for whenever you do😁 And a lifejacket. More seriously, hope you manage to stay safe and dry.

Has anyone had any luck finding either Mayan Gold or any Phureja seed potatoes? The one place I could find won't have any in stock until the end of the year and everywhere else is out of stock or not selling them this year. #UK #GrowingVeg #Potatoes