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Espresso martinis on a Thursday night. Just because.
Finished reading: GREY BEES. by ANDREY. KURKOV 📚
How much I enjoyed this book and how much I cared for the bees really crept up on me. I’m going to miss starting my days with Sergey and his bees.
Currently reading: Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman 📚
In anticipation of having more demands on my time when I start a new role at the end of the month, I’m finally sitting down to read this.
Breakfasts just got more interesting 🍳
Lunch in the park #BloomScrolling
The Byker Wall looking resplendent in the early evening sun
Time plays a role when there’s someone to keep track of it, to depend on it. And if no-one like that remains then time, too, stops and disappears.
— Andrey Kurkov, Grey Bees (translated by Boris Dralyuk)
I’ve been trying to learn how to identify birds by their songs, it wasn’t going well until I discovered Merlin. It allows you to record what you’re hearing and picks out the individual birds. The one highlighted in yellow is the active/loudest bird singing.
Learnt some knots while listening to the first half of the football
Last day of the Premier League season. Last day of FPL. Actually looking forward to a break from it all and switching my attention to cricket for the summer ⚽️🏏
Work in progress
My lunchtime treat after running a workshop all morning is another episode of Voyager
I used to import my letterboxd reviews to micro.blog. I switched it off recently but want to revert back now. My question… will it duplicate old posts when I do that?
Oh I do like to be beside the seaside…
Favourite tree looking glorious in the morning sun
Birdwatch: Saw my first swift of the year in the park this morning. Yet to see the house martins return to the terrace though
Finished reading: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro 📚
Should have trusted my judgment and skipped this one. Me and Ishiguro don’t get on. The start was promising but after half way I was just waiting for it to be over.
Finished reading: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan 📚
Subtle yet powerful, a gem of a book 💎