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Photograph of an early morning dog walk.

The camera is pointed straight at the sun, just after sunrise, so the light is diffuse and suffused with a yellow-orange glow.

The footpath runs in front of the camera, and curves around to the right. A black and white dog is standing sideways on the edge of the path, and the morning light catches the curl of his tail

#Oxford #music ppl: come along and #PlayForFun with #Cowley #orchestra #today - No auditions, no performances, no commitment required. https://cowleyorchestra.weebly.com/dates.html All #OrchestralInstruments welcome. #violin #viola #cello #DoubleBass #flute #clarinet #oboe #bassoon #trumpet #cornet #horn #trombone #tuba why not try #conducting taking turns with others? Also, feel free to suggest a piece from our vast #MusicLibrary (>400 sets). #JoinIn #PlaySomeMusic #ClassicalMusic #Baroque thru to #FilmMusic

@danibear13 I’m so sorry for you loss.

#JoinIn and @lonelinesscorps might both be helpful communities for you here.

Yes, I *know* it’s the dreaded YouTube, but if you’re more technically gifted than me, you can probably find it elsewhere.

Anyway.

Grooving With Mr Bloe. Play this song immediately, or your Sunday will be much the poorer for it. Do it now: if it doesn’t make you feel even a teensy bit better, knock on my door and I’ll give you a pound*.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aaQWOne1sfo&pp=ygUUZ3Jvb3ZpbiB3aXRoIG1yIGJsb2U%3D

Do it. Tell all your friends.

(*: whilst stocks last)

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#SilentSunday
#Gardening
#Pond
#Tadpoles
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A photograph taken from the surface of a garden pond, pointing horizontally.

This is in the shallows of the pond, so is a surface of smooth pebbles, some about two inches below the surface and some just breaking through. There's a light covering of pondweed.

The subject of the photo is a small sitting-Buddha statue, placed in the pond. It is facing the camera and the light and shadows make it appear to be smiling. Behind it, in the background, is a curved log ducking into the water. This has been placed so that damselfly will breed, and appears to be working well.

It's a sunny day, and the light is reflecting off the stones. It's also showing up a few tadpoles swimming amongst the pebbles.

@catnip @Maker_of_Things The #JoinIn and #Today hashtags here are filled with friendly folks who talk about all sorts of stuff: food, books, hobbies, nature, their pets, and more.

I highly recommend them both! I’ve met so many genuinely nice people on both hashtags.

@RussSharek @secretsloth @catnip
Yes yes! To all of this.

@lonelinesscorps is a great tool to reach out to start a chat, about whatever - deep or silly. I use it a lot to see if anybody wants to watch a movie with me. Good place to connect, lots of #spoonies there.
There's a #joinIn tag and community you could check out too.
I have also had good luck building chat groups on Signal if you want something a lil more intimate. Having a group of spoonies to touch base with every day helps a lot.

It's #BackToSchool for #Cowley #orchestra #today. Come #PlayForFun No auditions, no performances, no commitment required. #Oxford Academy 7pm https://cowleyorchestra.weebly.com/dates.html All #OrchestralInstruments welcome. #violin #viola #cello #DoubleBass #flute #clarinet #oboe #bassoon #trumpet #cornet #horn #trombone #tuba why not try #conducting taking turns with others? Also, feel free to suggest a piece from our vast #MusicLibrary (>400 sets). #JoinIn #PlaySomeMusic #ClassicalMusic #Baroque thru to #FilmMusic

It's #BackToSchool for #Cowley #orchestra #tomorrow. #PlayForFun No auditions, no performances, no commitment required. #Oxford Academy 7pm https://cowleyorchestra.weebly.com/dates.html All #OrchestralInstruments welcome. #violin #viola #cello #DoubleBass #flute #clarinet #oboe #bassoon #trumpet #cornet #horn #trombone #tuba why not try #conducting taking turns with others? Also, feel free to suggest a piece from our vast #MusicLibrary (>400 sets). #JoinIn #PlaySomeMusic #ClassicalMusic #Baroque thru to #FilmMusic

What is your nichest skill?

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Mine is being able to read the ingredient lists on packaged foods to see if something is vegan, in most of the languages that use either the latin or cyrillic alphabets. I can't understand all the ingredients, but I can nearly always tell if it's vegan or not. Totally useless in the age of global roaming and translation apps. And it confers no other language ability.

I'm taking a break from the doomscroll to host a kind little video chat we call #CircusInPlace

Update: thank you for the company!

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#lapalma #blackandwhite #joinin #dogsofmastodon 🖤🤍

EDIT: SHE’S DOING PRETTY WELL SO FAR.

Those of a sensitive nature, scroll on. Optimists may be rewarded for persevering.

Red, star of such posts as 'Would You Like To Talk To Me About Dinosaurs' and 'Chicken SWAT Team Available For Hire' - not to mention Tormentor Of The Cat - was attacked by a fox earlier this evening, in the back garden and in broad daylight.

If it hadn't been for Lily's yelling - a skill honed after every sodding time she's laid an egg, like it was a miracle of nature* - I wouldn't have gone running out to find the fox pinning Red to the ground, amongst a mountain of feathers. I assumed she was a goner, but ran back inside with her, to where the other chickens had fled and were tucking into some chicken-flavoured dog food, to find her still breathing.

Anyway, she's eaten her own bodyweight in sweetcorn, is about to get a bunch of useful drugs and they've all taken up residence in the kitchen. Apart from a bald arse she's essentially bloody but unbowed.

Whether the fox survived the ordeal is anybody's guess. Thoughts and prayers.

(*: It kind of is)

Red is on my left knee in the picture, but you knew that already.

#chickens #gardening #NotAllHeroesWearCapes
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A picture of three red hens.

Two of the hens are sitting on my lap, facing to the left but staring sideways at the camera. Their expressions are alert and wary - equal parts on guard for any sudden movements which might involve distribution of food, and any other movements which might indicate me trying to stroke them, which is Not Allowed.

Bleaugh. Its rainy and gross out. Rude.
Drinking tea, listing to #wfmo, trying to figure out the day. What's on your radar this Saturday? #joinin

Going to cook Family Dinner today. Roast Chicken, Baked Potato, Sauteed Zucchini. Our son had never watched Ted Lasso, so we'll continue watching it and laughing together. #Today #JoinIn Good Morning! :sparkles_pink:

Picture from one year ago today.

Terrific clients, who have a garden sited in a small but steep-sided hanging valley. Every year, from around November till May, the ground was saturated, with standing water a lot of the time - so they wanted to talk about drainage solutions.

This was the most obvious - just cut a winding trench from top to bottom. Hey presto, a stream! The water flowing through it hasn't been ducted in - this was the amount of wet previously trying to make its way down the garden, which is now contained and visible. Within a couple of weeks, the whole garden was starting to dry out. We estimated the flow at 5-6,000 litres per HOUR at its peak.

Work *with* the water, not against it.

(The large pebbles weren't my choice: I worry that they're over-large and obtrusive, but it will be interesting to see how they settle into the landscape as plants grow in from the sides. It's always good to get periodic reminders that the job is for the clients, not oneself.)

#Gardening #Landscaping #Stream #JoinIn