St Michael's, Sandhurst, Berkshire. Built 1853. #SteepleSaturday

So we were looking for a guard dog, and she became available. She was biting her sister, so yeah - she fits the job description. She became an amazing guard dog. But also - sometimes - quite astonishly badly behaved.

I'm old enough to not remember Andy Burnham as Health Secretary. Still...he can't be as hopeless as Starmer?

The deep wood's woven shade. #ForestFriday

Hols for you, pal. Me? I'm never off duty. #dogs

"Make room? That's not how it works and you goddamn well know it." #dogs

"So I'm not the world's nicest dog. But who else gonna cover your sorry ass?" #dogs

Remember what happened the last time you told me to "budge up"? Don't you learn? #dogs

So I bit you. Are you bleeding? Are your bones broken? Get over it. You are goddamn lucky to have me looking after your sorry ass. #dogs

Man-made lake in the former estate of a manor. #PalacesandGardens

"It's a mystery, officer. Almost as if she was trained to bite at the word FASCIST". #dogs

"Y'know? You can never be sure, but I think these humans might be kind of acceptable." #dogs

Scruffy? Moi? #dogs

"So we lost the scent. It's not the end. Like we always say, those criminals balls are ours." #dogs

"As World Empress I decree Net Zero. And Universal Basic Income. And, much as I hate them, look after the cats." #dogs

"Y'know? The more I think about it, the more I think there was plenty of room for Jack on that Titanic Door." #dogs

So I gave Bsky my age verification photo, and it welled up with tears.

"The nice thing about a big tournament is that, for once, you hang up a flag and not look like a racist, and...oh, dear" #flagshaggers

Street trees at a friend's. She hates the endless fallen leaves and mast. But the council says "These trees are good for you in more ways than you know. So, suck it up." #thicktrunktuesday

Canada geese in April, before the goslings arrived. #BirdOfTheDay #YourChoice

Ox-eye daisies, bird's foot trefoil and war graves. #wildflowerhour #churchyardflowers

Rosa rugosa? #wildflowerhour #churchyardflowers

Clear felling in a part of the forest. Logging in the rest of it was selective. #ForestFriday

Gnarly old oaks. #ThickTrunkTuesday

Re: water and anything new. It won't be news to anyone, but a farmer put it nicely in a recent interview: "British weather used to be sunshine and showers. Now it's drought and deluge."

A patch of clover left for the bees. It's been No-Mow May because of the heat and drought. #LawnFlowers #WildflowerHour

Sometimes the council grasscutters spare the flowers. #wildflowerhour #LawnFlowers

Just this. Don't kick their asses after they're on it. The users, the addicts. Half of them, most of them, didn't know what they were getting on or even that they were getting on anything at all. Just try to keep them, the people, any of us, from getting on it. #booksky P K Dick. A Scanner Darkly

So. The church is having an open day. Maybe I'll catch fire. Or maybe the bibles will. Let's find out. #churches