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Test print complete ✅ Work to do on the inking, especially of the blue but I’m super happy with how the design has turned out. This view of a house martin in flight is my highlight of the summer, was watching them play while sitting in the yard last night
Pre-match and half-time ‘shows’ at major sporting events make me sad 😞
Currently reading: My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout 📚
Not far into this but can’t help feeling that it’s like an accessible version of Ducks, Newburyport
Starting a new project 🎨
Considering this as a new response when people ask how old I am: “As old as Ghostbusters.”
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?