I finally got my bathroom taps replaced. I'm easily pleased, which I now know is only a good thing.

I wrote a post about my old friend Bozz, who died last week, and also about friendship, loss, poverty, wonderful chaotic people and music. open.substack.com/pub/adamfarr...

I have been watering a few trees on my road everyday. This is my attempt to save them from crumbling to pieces when the cold and rain hits later in the year. Water a tree on your road, go on.

it rained lightly for approximately 3 MINUTES as I was walking to corner shop I felt like Drew Barrymore

Drew Barrymore's Joyful Rain Moment

ALT: Drew Barrymore's Joyful Rain Moment

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rain clouds I almost forget what they look like RAIN RAAAAAINNNNNNN!

early morning workout #catsitting

40% chance of rain around 3 pm

I think I'm finally invisible to men. 53 years old and it's apparent I've hit the visibility threshold. It happened slowly but also noticeably. Feral living, here I come!

Not hanging around this evening sob #catsitting

So excited to receive 'Hookland Fragments' Volume One By David Southwell @hookland.bsky.social

Greengrocer in Walthamstow Village called Bora & Sons

Good morning, Panic here as one of my cat client's automatic feeder has stopped working, so I'm gonna share one feeder between two cats. There will be dramatic scenes here later this evening!

In that moment before sunset I have lived a thousand lives I am dreams filled with rage and hope toiling hoping over and over @happimess73.bsky.social

Goodnight from Martha Ings and Will Thorne, making a barn their 24-hour marriage home and not caring if its ghosts are voyeurs. Goodnight from Daniel Hartley, unsure if he is lost in five-pint dreams or has crossed the borders into the two moon land of Faery. Goodnight from Hookland.

A birthday card I made for a poet friend

I was kind to a man earlier. I helped him out with his confusion over bus times. Do you know what he did afterwards? He stared me up and down so hard, I felt genuinely uncomfortable. So, you know, I'm tired. I'M TIRED.

Clacton bin day leaflet, make sure the local Facebook and tiktok groups have a copy

In that moment before sunset I have lived a thousand lives I am dreams filled with rage and hope toiling hoping over and over @happimess73.bsky.social

a local theatre group using AI is beyond confusing to me yes, I had a go at them

my cat, James, sitting in my neighbour's garden like he owns the joint

I swear if one more arsehole speeds through a pedestrian crossing while I'm waiting to cross, I'm gonna go full Carrie.

Can confirm Kew Gardens picked up no measurable precipitation yesterday, there has been a weather station at Kew for 155 years and this will be first instance of a totally rainless calendar month. #London #drought

Tumbleweeds in a Dry Desert Landscape

ALT: Tumbleweeds in a Dry Desert Landscape

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Another reminder to leave water out in your garden, balcony, the road outside your home, anywhere really. Saved a bee and a moth yesterday with my diy bird bath. Add lots of different sized stones for safety. #drought #savethewildlife

the sky outside my window such promise #Walthamstow

this boy is always so pleased to see me look at his face! #catsitting

When I get back on my e bike after a hiatus, I remember how wondrous cycling is all over again. I start to resent having to walk anywhere. I'm all, "Who wrote me these legs?" Spike Milligan style.

Part four of the unlikely ports series and we are now in England. This small Cumbrian port turned Victorian seaside resort is shaped by deep links to Scotland and Ireland. With its ferry long gone, this port is now kept afloat by a biscuit maker's need for flour. So where are we? Guesses welcome.

Grain, granite and golf

How a Victorian dock, built in a land of feuding and pillage, has been kept alive by a biscuit maker's need for flour.

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This is not the cat I'm looking after, but he IS a regular of mine who happens to live two doors down. He loves to drop by and hang out when I'm here. What a magnificent job I have, eh? The cat I'm looking after is nowhere to be seen (on brand behaviour, no worries) She'll turn up. #catsitting

I'm dealing with a new and hellish health issue with such dignity. I deserve a prize of some sort. I'll settle for approximately three days of rain as a reward.

This has made my day @dyeworksprint.bsky.social Pure joy! Thank you, Stuart