Maths-y, science-y, geeky. Often at a tangent. Think life is better when we are kinder.
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Last Notes npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis #aurora from the middle of #crewe npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis Floofy bellies make the best pillows npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis Saturday snuggles, with bonus beans npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis This #WhiskersWednesday Trouble and Genie demonstrate perfect form in the lesser- known Olympic sport of Synchronised Napping npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis #WhiskersWednesday without whiskers... today is a day to bury your nose into your tail npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis #SilentSunday npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis My bed is looking very cosy this #caturday morning. npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis I wish I could curl up with them, this ##WhiskersWednesday...unfortunately I have to work to fund their dreamies habit! npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis When you think your cat may be a kitsune in disguise npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis Got #flu (through work) and #covid (private) jabs yesterday. Not feeling bad, as such, but am *very* tired! npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis Magnificent vibrae from a very happy Trouble for #WhiskersWednesday npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis A perfect Sunday morning. Sunshine, check. Book, check. Tea, check. Cat in face, check. npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis This #caturday, Ginger Cat would like you to know that he is demure as fuck npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis Finally got round to decanting photos from my big camera, so prepare for a flurry of bird photos. npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis Caught up with some friends on sat. We had cake and custard. npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis #SilentSunday npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis This ##caturday Ginger Cat is understudying as a fox npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis Just back from Cornwall today. I had some good choughing luck npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis #TextureTuesday npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis Too late for #mondog but had to share my adorable neighbour, next door to where I'm staying in #Cornwall. npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis Due to the high winds, I thought I would try walking to St Agnes along the roads rather than the coast path, this afternoon once the showers stopped. Got a new view of the Beacon npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis It's a bit windy! npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis I'm sorry, I can't. npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis Some lovely evening clouds, but no lunar eclipse, unfortunately npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis I mean, it's lovely that he wants to snuggle so close... but I could wish for fewer claws at my throat! npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis Two perfectly normal cats perfectly normally curled up of a #caturday evening npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis I've just finished 'a thousand ships' by Natalie Haynes. It's a brilliant re-telling of the Trojan war from the women's point of view. Despite being very bleak in places I also laughed out loud, particularly at Penelope's letters to Odysseus. npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis I made a sort-of laksa with peppers i had grown myself npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis For #caturday , I thought i would snap these two chilling out in the garden. Unfortunately, what I got was a ginger cat with an enormous arse wearing a tiny tabby as a hat! npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis #SilentSunday npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis Enjoying a lazy day in the garden this ##caturday npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis First fruits. Home grown tomatoes and basil for lunch npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis Genie is enjoying a lovely, warm pillow for her post-prandial nap. npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis The power of 'weeds'. npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis #notMyCat this #caturday , but a striking looking feline who came and said hello when I was on holiday in #cornwall npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis I hoped to get a 'tongue out' picture, but she was not amused at her earnest foot-washing being interrupted! npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis I've been away for a couple of days...I think they missed me! npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis Not the biggest for #ThickTrunkTuesday , but a damn fine effort given that it's growing out of bare rock! npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis I love this carefully curved wall in castleton #derbyshire npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis #gardening highs and lows: npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis Having started looking closely at my roses, there's so much going on😁. A pretty weevil (i think) and rose saw fly larvae (which i hope will provide tasty treats for the baby birds) npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis Does anyone know what this might be? On a dog rose in my garden in the midlands uk. I looked up Robin's pincushion, but that seems to be bigger and on stems rather than leaves? npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis So, I can see I'm going to have a productive morning this #caturday! I only sat down for 5 mins... npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis Enough doomscrolling. Have a photo of me and my niece making daisy chains instead. npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis #SilentSunday npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis I've been away for a week...Trouble has *views* about being cruelly abandoned npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis Found this little one washed by the surf near Chapel Porth on the north coast of Cornwall. Best guess is a grass snake but wasn't sure enough of ID to pick it up. IT got caught by a wave once so the second time it stranded I encouraged it away from the waves and proceeded to usher it towards the cliffs as the tide was coming in. Can anyone give a definitive ID? npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis The neighbours continue to be delightful. I have been shown purple duck, blue monster and, today, beige duck. npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis Spending a week in Cornwall. The neighbours are lovely! npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis This #caturday Ginger Cat has caught all the makeshift toys outside npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis #dogsOfMastodon #pride npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis Remembered this #TerryPratchett quote. No particular reason, just (waves at everything) npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis I hoovered the house. npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis I also like: npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis I'm pretty sure I've stolen it from somewhere else, so pinch with pride! npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis Ah, but English is at least three languages in a trenchcoat npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis Perfect circles don't exist in natu...oh. npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis Using nettle string that I made last year to tie up this year's tomatoes npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis Top dual- language effort spotted yesterday npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qb9Zqb5Rspc npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis No cats this #caturday but, after Ginger Cat and Trouble had good brush, there's nearly enough fur to make one! npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis Just back from a week on Ynys Castell in the Menai Straights to celebrate a Big Birthday with a group of friends. We were incredibly lucky with the weather, but you can keep your tropical islands, I much prefer this! npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis #caturday is washday npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis This is me, slouching in an arm chair playing on my phone. Ginger Cat *was* sitting on the arm of the chair. Over the last 5mins he has crept his way forward...I now have no use of my left arm😂 npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis I love the way his tail is curling around her head! npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis #SilentSunday npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis Two cats and a fuchsia grown from a sprig collected from a roadside in Wales last summer npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis Saw this beauty on my mint. A bit of search tells me it's probably a mint moth... have I found the culprit who reduced my mint to lace- work last year?! npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis Lounging in the sunshine, getting belly rubs. Ginger Cat is winning at #caturday npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis ##SilentSunday npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis As feral rescue, Genie spent months running and hiding if I so much as looked at her. Now she cuddles up and accepts belly rubs. I feel so privileged that she trusts me npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis #SilentSunday npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis Fedi etiquette question npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis Just to warn you that Diplomatic Immunity is quite late in the Vorkosigan saga - I think she tries to make each one so it can be read alone but it will contain spoilers for books earlier in the sequence, if you're sensitive to such things. npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis It is, unbelievably, still only Thursday. npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis She's one of my favourite writers. I love how her characters usually resolve things through brains rather than brawn npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis I love this time of year. A few hours ago there was frost on the ground but I'm now in enjoying #caturday with a book in the sunshine and washing on the line, supervised by two sunbathing felines. npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis Don't you just hate it when your supervisor is always looking over your shoulder? npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis Definite Triffid vibes npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis I was very nearly scammed a few days ago. Very professional call saying fraudulent activity detected on my card. Didn't try to rush me. Asked all same security questions as the real bank. Said they were sending a text with a code - I hope I would have resisted giving them it but actually the system was down so text never came. When I had to go, they didn't try to keep me on the line. npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis Feeling down today so here are npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis As I recall, they used to sing it after battles," he said. "I've seen old men cry when they sing it," he added. npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis Was up at #rspb Leighton Moss on the Lancashire / Cumbria boarder this weekend. Managed a first! Not only saw a snipe, but it stayed round long enough for me to get manual focus so I could capture it among the reeds. So pleased :) npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis #ThreeGoodThings npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis There's a story behind this #caturday photo from last night: Genie (black cat) was snuggled at my right hip as usual. Trouble (tabby cat) was on my lap. Ginger Cat (ginger cat) decided he wanted a cuddle too, but doesn't really like the other two. So he proceeded to insinuate himself between them. npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis That's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over, npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis That's very cool, but I'm struck by the difference in the description of the two figures in the alt text (I assume provided by the museum). He gets proper anatomical vocabulary but she just gets 'labour or coitus position'?! npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis The Hoover-Monster is on the loose downstairs. Not close enough to make a scaredy-cat hide under the bed, but enough to make her move and cuddle up with big brother. npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis At least 2 Secrets and a Mirth of magpies in the park this eve. npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis This time of year i start to get bored with soup for lunch, but still want something warm. Am greatly enjoying this home made pot noodle recipe https://rivercottage.net/recipes/diy-pot-noodles/ npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis The mist is creeping out of the stream-bed, where is been lurking since this morning npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis #caturday npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis Went looking for a winter robin today and was lucky! My favourite, though, is the starling I caught while walking up the road on the way home. The sky had clouded over so it almost looks like it was taken in a studio with a sheet behind it :) npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis You can also take part from your local park / patch of greenery npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis A late entry for #caturday from last night. Spot the *other* cat in the photo! npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis When you and your cat become one npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis After 3 days of miserable fog, the sun finally came out today. To celebrate, I went for a wander and was lucky enough to snap one of my favourite birds! I love long-tailed tits but so rarely get a good shot of them - but these were very obliging. npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis #SilentSunday npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis Other highlights from yesterday's walk: npub1m4cdlhav6dc9qkgfvpplp84zk04v4qmwn7w70u06zqejghjkzk6qhay9gk charis The weather cleared up a bit yesterday afternoon so I wandered to the local park. Nothing particularly unusual, but the weak sun was just right to show a magpie in all its iridescent glory.
