Video guy saved me $50 by showing how to change the battery in my seemingly impregnable Toyota ignition key. Bragged about it for days.
26.02.2026 11:03 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@melmalton.bsky.social
π¨π¦Gardener, cook, scribbler and god-botherer. Author of the Polly Deacon mysteries.
Video guy saved me $50 by showing how to change the battery in my seemingly impregnable Toyota ignition key. Bragged about it for days.
26.02.2026 11:03 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0In the middle of preparing a curry. Partner (beloved) entering kitchen: βOoh. A dirty spoon! and a plate! Just let me wash these for you now and thereβll be fewer dishes to do later!β Proceeds to fill sink.
Me:
Wept at this.
25.02.2026 18:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It did encourage me to try again, though. And I wrote some perfectly respectable whodunnits, (which I loved to read but didnβt think I could measure up to) and eventually found a publisher.
25.02.2026 18:07 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Pre-deployment, always check your owlβs PSI.
25.02.2026 15:13 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Iβm sorry, Mr. Cheape. We canβt let you through. Youβre smiling in your picture.
25.02.2026 14:31 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I very much didnβt watch this. And this morning, the Feed is full of how banal and horrible it was. So sad for the sane and decent Americans stuck in a crumbling empire.
25.02.2026 12:28 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Each one an absolute banger. π
24.02.2026 22:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Rather a lot of snow outside the front door.
Jealousss.
24.02.2026 20:15 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Harlequin asked to see the whole ms. So I sent it off thinking βthat was easy. Iβll make pots of moneyβ. In return, I got βClearly, you write well. But I suspect you donβt really read romance and or respect those who do. Find a genre you love, and write those.β Much appreciated, tho embarrassing.
24.02.2026 20:13 β π 26 π 0 π¬ 3 π 0Denise Van Outen comes to Cromer
Honestly Denise it's an unusual look for you but I don't hate it
24.02.2026 14:14 β π 33 π 3 π¬ 2 π 0The front door, standing open, reveals its own imprint in a bank of snow piled against it. More than knee high.
Here, Mr. Tom Cox, is a portal for your approval. This morning.
24.02.2026 14:13 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Yep. Dignity and decency would have been lovely, but it also would have been surprising.
24.02.2026 01:28 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Butβ¦heβs prayyyingggg.
23.02.2026 20:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Exactly. Iβve thought this for years.
23.02.2026 20:55 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Iβm always up for a cute doge picture.
23.02.2026 20:52 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0My sincere condolences. He looks wise.
23.02.2026 16:35 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I bought a dragonfruit because it was so beautiful. It tasted like absolutely nothing at all.
23.02.2026 10:39 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Now thatβs very unpleasant, isnβt it?
22.02.2026 19:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Classy. Thanks. π
22.02.2026 18:13 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Peut-Γͺtre
22.02.2026 15:10 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It means someone is not quite sane. βHeβs got a van full of owls, you knowβ.
22.02.2026 10:34 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Canadian Tire actually owns the domain name for Crappy Tire because so many people affectionately call it that, it seemed only sensible to embrace it.
22.02.2026 10:30 β π 13 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0That was fascinating and great fun. Thanks.
22.02.2026 02:40 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Bunter! Bring me my spoon.
21.02.2026 22:24 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The Picnic Biddies are doing an acoustic set at the east coast music festival this year.
21.02.2026 10:49 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0what would happen if everyone just didnβt file a Tax return this year?
20.02.2026 21:04 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Same. Just in the pan.
20.02.2026 20:59 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Put a little foot pedal on the front of one of those and it would make a handy trash can.
20.02.2026 20:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Small icicles coming from melting snow on the roof cast interesting shadows on the side of a house.
The hice. Itβs near gone.
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