Maybe I'm tired, maybe I'm getting old, but the emotional arc of a seven minute episode of Bluey about cricket really should not be enough to make me well up.

For anyone in my neck of the woods, East Lothian pools at Dunbar, Musselburgh and North Berwick are offering free family swimming for the summer holidays. Result.

Forest confectionery.

Four snacks good, two snacks better.

I may be contemplating getting myself a present for my birthday next week...
https://www.yoannlossel.com/

Sold my theremin. Hadn't touched it in years.

Visited the National Museum today. They have a batak wall which had groups of tourists around it, some getting decent scores of 30 - 35, with their champion achieving 41.

Casually wandered up to it and bashed out a swift 58.

Still got it.
#BatakWall

I deduce from the number of fancy dresses and fascinators on show that royalty is in town and they're having a garden party.

It's threatening to piss it down.

Good.

I know there's any number of tests that purport to tell you if you're neurodivergent but when a 5yo at Waverley tells you "that's my favourite set of points" I think we know where we're heading.

They're part dolphin?

"You're punk as fuck" I whisper as I take my Women over 50 multivitamin.

And now Blind Melon. Haven't heard this in the wild for ages.

Tunes played so far include Toto, Boston, and Foo Fighters. And it's not too noisy. Very pleasant.

Soft play for 5yo's first proper day of holiday (his choice). I am sitting next to what was apparently a prop in the film National Treasure.

Does anyone have a good go-to carbon offset provider for flights? Struggling to find one that is a) definitely genuine and b) not focused at large businesses and organisations.

This might just be my favourite Maggie's Art Trail Scottie I've encountered so far. Modelled on Spock from Star Trek, it's called Beam Me Up Scottie. It was created by Michael Richardson and can be found in Ashton Lane in the West End of the City.

#glasgow #scottiesinthecity
#ashtonlane #publicart #startrek

After they exorcised his demons, the Ghostbusters felt sorry for Herbie and decided to make him part of the team.

what's the tea

Something soft and cozy for Saturday eve.

(Tragopogon pratensis; swe: ängshavrerot, Eng: Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon).

An in-camera double exposure

AltText 27 words.

Out of office is on for 23 days.