Dotty

Yup.

There will be jumpers and blankies out again.

In December we paid £0.62/l for heating oil. On 02 March I thought "aye up" and ordered an unplanned ruinous fill up at £0.82/l.
I've just looked at the price today: £1.45/l. Bloody hell. But well done 02/03 me.

Previous highest was 20 October 2022 - £0.99/l. (Yes I'm that person).

I'm glad I don't eat out much. The odds are low.

It really is. Glorious.

Totally here for this. I think all mine were tartan too.

Eurasian Jackdaw
Mallard
Great Spotted Woodpecker
2/2

Another good start to the day #merlin
Common Chaffinch
Common Chiffchaff
European Robin
Eurasian Blackbird
Coal Tit
Eurasian Wren
Dunnock
Song Thrush
Great Tit
Eurasian Skylark
Eurasian Blue Tit
Yellowhammer
Common Woodpigeon
Common Pheasant
Mistle Thrush
European Goldfinch
1/2

1984 was a grand year for this purple. And I had a purple Dynastytastic shantung silk dress with huge shoulder pads and big gilt buttons in 1988/9. That's not very helpful is it? Soz. Also love this purple though.

NICE

What are you seeing, Keithy?

Well this is the nicest thing you’ll see today…

Wow - thank you for posting!!

Oh me too! Love it.

Ha ha ha ha *keeper of renegade hens*

Good Clean Stuff laundry detergent strips

This stuff is very good - and I wash mostly at 30°, 20° for 'refresh' washes.

You are so YOU!! SO beautiful xx

Wouldn't that have been amazing?! I'm surprised it didn't pick up any buzzards - they live next to our back garden.

Same.

You in another decade
Me 2007? - I used to organise a Spanish exchange every summer for about 5 years and it was the loveliest thing. I became Scottish mama to these babes and watched them grow up & fly.

I have tried Smol handwash & not a fan. Smells cheap & feels cheap & I never feel clean afterwards.

I've had my Dualit for 30 years. Hardly any plastic, not needed any spares yet, but it's almost entirely fixable when required. I reckon that outweighs any electricity consumption for the amount it consumes on a daily basis.

Johnny, a mighty fine and INCREDIBLY randy black rock cockerel, not yet a year old, looking in through some iron fencing which is protecting a nursery currant bed. The other hens are happily scratching about in there because the door is open while I spread their litter. However, Johnny's brain is smaller than either of his testicles and so, there he is, looking on wistfully.

#proofofcockerel Johnny Cash.

Common Eider
Carrion Crow
Eurasian Jackdaw
Song Thrush
Canada Goose
Eurasian Treecreeper
Great Northern Diver?
Eurasian Skylark
Eurasian Bullfinch
Common Raven

30 minute period from the back garden. How lucky are we?!!

Merlin capture this morning:
European Goldfinch
Common Chaffinch
Coal Tit
Eurasian Blue Tit
Common Woodpigeon
Eurasian Blackbird
European Robin
Eurasian Wren
Dunnock
Mistletoe Thrush (Mistle Thrush)
House Sparrow
Common Chiffchaff
Eurasian Siskin
Goldcrest
Great Tit
Eurasian Tree Sparrow?

*not all City of London Freemen. Obvs. Probs. 🫩

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to keep City of London Freedom honour The former prince inherited his Freedom of London from his father rather than in his own right.

I 'knew' a City of London Freeman: also a full-on wrong 'un. I did learn to drive a Massey Ferguson tractor though & was better at ploughing than him. I like to have a +ve takeaway from these escapades.

BBC News - Mountbatten-Windsor to keep City of London Freedom
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Yup. I've had that weird dissonance where I've enjoyed his subversive ribbing in documentaries with awful people, but coming away feeling muckier for it. Now I know why. Also people who use 'cleverness' as a shield. I reckon there are two types of clever folk: shielders & sharers. Sharers are A+++.

You are a star - thank you. I've been trying to process this but couldn't get the thoughts in order.

Leo has taken up residence on the bedroom sofa. To be fair, his actual doggy bed has been requisitioned by Henry, the cat chonk. Out of sight are the usual middens of not quite dirty and there's another day's wear in those clothes. Which is what all bedroom furniture is really for.

I'm off to clean out the chicklings - but behold how FINE Leo, a dog looks bathing in the Spring sunlight. He is a mighty handsome boy.