Alison
@ampage.bsky.social
All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, and each one in their time plays many parts.
Seen in Avebury. A crocheted postbox decoration showing sheep abducted by a UFO.
December 7, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Seen in Avebury. A crocheted postbox decoration showing sheep abducted by a UFO.
The other day I found myself thinking 'and this first summer month that brings the rose shall take Jamshyd and Kaikobad away'. I'm like wtf... Then I look at what I'm drinking. Brain you work in a funny way
December 7, 2025 at 7:55 AM
The other day I found myself thinking 'and this first summer month that brings the rose shall take Jamshyd and Kaikobad away'. I'm like wtf... Then I look at what I'm drinking. Brain you work in a funny way
Anton Walbrook in the Queen of Spades - BOTD
November 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Anton Walbrook in the Queen of Spades - BOTD
Major building works / renovation going on at our house at the moment. H is in charge of it, he has the end point in his mind
November 19, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Major building works / renovation going on at our house at the moment. H is in charge of it, he has the end point in his mind
All other considerations secondary. Crew expendable.
October 18, 2025 at 10:03 AM
All other considerations secondary. Crew expendable.
If you see this QRP with a game released the year you were born...
SPACEWAR
SPACEWAR
October 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
If you see this QRP with a game released the year you were born...
SPACEWAR
SPACEWAR
She said it was ok to share. Also sent me this gif illustrating the slap up meal that ensued.
October 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
She said it was ok to share. Also sent me this gif illustrating the slap up meal that ensued.
My daughter has a little vegetable garden. It's quite successful but sweetcorn has eluded her. This year some grew. Now don't laugh.
October 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
My daughter has a little vegetable garden. It's quite successful but sweetcorn has eluded her. This year some grew. Now don't laugh.
Late summer becoming early autumn is possibly my favourite time of year
September 6, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Late summer becoming early autumn is possibly my favourite time of year
Currently reading the Towers of Trebizond. Three rather silly English people try to establish a High Anglican mission in rural Turkey. Written in the 1950s. Lightly cynical and mildly funny.
August 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Currently reading the Towers of Trebizond. Three rather silly English people try to establish a High Anglican mission in rural Turkey. Written in the 1950s. Lightly cynical and mildly funny.
'Breath unwinds into a strata of velvet integers'? Are you fricking kidding me. That's not conceptual subtlety it's a 6th form poetry slam. Here's the start of the research paper. I mean maybe it's a hoax i guess?
August 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
'Breath unwinds into a strata of velvet integers'? Are you fricking kidding me. That's not conceptual subtlety it's a 6th form poetry slam. Here's the start of the research paper. I mean maybe it's a hoax i guess?
Researchers asked AI to produce an original Buddhist sutra. They say the result has 'conceptual subtlety, rich imagery and density of allusion'. The actual text is in the attached image. It's crap. What the hell are they thinking.
August 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Researchers asked AI to produce an original Buddhist sutra. They say the result has 'conceptual subtlety, rich imagery and density of allusion'. The actual text is in the attached image. It's crap. What the hell are they thinking.
Kier Starmer's seat. YRP = the execrably named 'your party', of Zarah and Corbyn overtake the PM.
August 8, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Kier Starmer's seat. YRP = the execrably named 'your party', of Zarah and Corbyn overtake the PM.
One of the books I have been working on for the last year
August 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM
One of the books I have been working on for the last year
This was in Ladywood in the poorest part of central Birmingham. I think schools like this are often used as testing grounds for crackpot pedagogy.
July 7, 2025 at 6:03 AM
This was in Ladywood in the poorest part of central Birmingham. I think schools like this are often used as testing grounds for crackpot pedagogy.
Cormorants sunning themselves
June 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Cormorants sunning themselves
Gwendoline Christie as Head of Mammalians Nurturable: 'Thou, nature, art my goddess and to thy law my services are bound'
March 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Gwendoline Christie as Head of Mammalians Nurturable: 'Thou, nature, art my goddess and to thy law my services are bound'
Best Star Trek crew, wrong answers only.
March 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Best Star Trek crew, wrong answers only.
I thought people might like to see my poorly friend's cat in her new home. She still looks a bit sad but she trusts her new people.
February 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I thought people might like to see my poorly friend's cat in her new home. She still looks a bit sad but she trusts her new people.
I enjoyed the graphic novel of Swann's Way so much I'm reading the next bit
February 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I enjoyed the graphic novel of Swann's Way so much I'm reading the next bit
On a day like this my cat ceremonially re-enacts Heinlein's The Door into Summer
January 1, 2025 at 8:57 AM
On a day like this my cat ceremonially re-enacts Heinlein's The Door into Summer
'you'll be visited by three spirits'
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
December 25, 2024 at 12:40 PM
'you'll be visited by three spirits'
The three spirits:
The three spirits: