A few days of rain this week and the grass is already going back to green. Did I mention my TWO full waterbutts?!

This week’s holiday club requires wellies (plus packed lunch, 2 x snacks). Which was fine until I realised the existing wellies no longer fit. Fortunately there is another Big Tesco, with travelator, not far from church.

Today is going very well. Acquired at church: a lot of plums and books.

Has anyone seen the theatre adaptation of The Penelopiad? I’m trying to decide if it’d be worth all the hassle of getting two of us to the theatre simultaneously.

A trip to the library (week five of the school holidays and I am running low on innovative ideas for things to do) to get a coffee and plan a future holiday.

21.09, just found the email from holiday club (more sporty, less culture this week) announcing that it is Wet Wednesday tomorrow. That means still need to pack a change of clothes, towel and a water blaster(?!?!). Packed lunch ✅ 2 x snacks ✅

I’ve got not one, but TWO full waterbutts!

I’d put the radishes away in the fridge and now I’ve discovered a plum trying to hide amongst them.

This week’s veg box recipe box: pasta alla norma

Today I was informed that I can’t possibly understand the modern girl, as I was born in 1752. Yes, I am 274 years old.

Cornflower “Blue ball”

Ever so slightly damp view of Minster as I’ve actually got rained on on my commute today.

We’re working on the Guides Entomology badge, so made a pooter this afternoon so we can stare closely at insects. Much caterpillar excitement too as a colleague who Knows About These Things thinks the funky caterpillar we found last week might be a scarce one www.ywt.org.uk/blog/scarce-...

I have been successionally sowing seeds for salad leaves with the idea of producing a continuous supply. This was going well until the blackbird realised there’s a nice container of damp soil to find worms in.

I was initially confused by the appearance of mince pies at church in August. Then realised they’re apple pies.

Hooray room thermostats have dropped to below 25° after a very hot week.

Look at these awesome tomatoes, picked in a friend’s garden last night

A level results and clearing time of year again. As a very shy and retiring 20yo I decided to get a job in my university’s clearing hotlines call centre for a fortnight to boost my confidence. It was quite a fortnight.

I should probably start a debate on best/worst spots to live/work in tourist season 😁

Rachel MacGregor@anoldhand.bsky.social · last wk.

I don’t usually travel through London at tourist hour but dear Lord Londoners you have a lot to put up with!

With no swimming lessons in August, I had been envisaging fun family days out. Instead I find myself on the travelator in Tesco.

Why is the only vibrant green growing thing in the garden the bindweed? How does it do it?!

Help us caption this photo 🐝 This Buff-tailed bumblebee fast asleep in a flower is the insect equivalent of staying in bed on a Saturday morning 🩷 📷 Michaela Flint

Highly enjoyable by @soumayakeynes.ft.com on what your out of office says about you: (I didn’t put one)

What your out-of-office really means

An email translator for the summer holidays

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Can confirm (not that it was ever in doubt) that @bibliojenni.bsky.social has a lovely library and has made a super Hereford Gospels exhibition.

Finished work early today to attend the cultural performance of the year. Holiday Club does Shakespeare in a Week! The family dog was also required to attend, wearing his best woolly jumper which felt a bit mean in this weather.

People going to be eating a lot more pasta this year for reasons

Tomorrow is going to be a great day to buy a colander from a charity shop

So, who has been standing in the garden armed with a colander and feeling slightly daft? I had to wash mine up first as I’d drained the pasta earlier.

I wore my #TeaUp summer dress to work today. I really should have done this earlier. I made it over 11 years ago, in the days when I had time to do a two day dressmaking course, then was too bigly pregnant by that summer to wear it, and it only got worn once. It is nice and floaty and cool.

The Japanese Anemone is flowering, but really close to the ground, below a lot of leaves that have shrivelled up in the heat. I think I need to take some more root cuttings and think about growing it elsewhere in the garden.