SP
@clarinettery.bsky.social
Still playing clarinets & piano, owned by cats, quite often found in garden. Increasingly creaky!
I was in Kent last weekend, with family. Came back with a fly. Because why not.
December 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I was in Kent last weekend, with family. Came back with a fly. Because why not.
Am in a waiting room. Several pairs of people talking quietly i.e. possible to hear voices but not the words. Plus one person talking near incessantly and at a level where every word is fully audible.
The person with them is replying (when they get a chance to do so) at voice-only level. GRUMP.
The person with them is replying (when they get a chance to do so) at voice-only level. GRUMP.
December 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Am in a waiting room. Several pairs of people talking quietly i.e. possible to hear voices but not the words. Plus one person talking near incessantly and at a level where every word is fully audible.
The person with them is replying (when they get a chance to do so) at voice-only level. GRUMP.
The person with them is replying (when they get a chance to do so) at voice-only level. GRUMP.
Home after long day of challenging rehearsal. Go to shut curtains. Clowder are attempting 'ded of starvation' impressions (yeah, they missed lunch).
Resigned voice: "OK, who 'oicked up on the windowsill?"
Response came there none.
Oh well, could have been worse, could have been on the carpet.
Resigned voice: "OK, who 'oicked up on the windowsill?"
Response came there none.
Oh well, could have been worse, could have been on the carpet.
October 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Home after long day of challenging rehearsal. Go to shut curtains. Clowder are attempting 'ded of starvation' impressions (yeah, they missed lunch).
Resigned voice: "OK, who 'oicked up on the windowsill?"
Response came there none.
Oh well, could have been worse, could have been on the carpet.
Resigned voice: "OK, who 'oicked up on the windowsill?"
Response came there none.
Oh well, could have been worse, could have been on the carpet.
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The Bear: "I’ve been assured, time and time again, that I am, quite obviously, overreacting - that the continuous debate that’s been raging since the early 2010s is only, and has only ever been about illegal migration."
Now it's not.
The Bear: "I’ve been assured, time and time again, that I am, quite obviously, overreacting - that the continuous debate that’s been raging since the early 2010s is only, and has only ever been about illegal migration."
Now it's not.
"They Will Also Need to Go Home"
A sitting Conservative MP has introduced a bill that would make lawful residents deportable for earning under £38,700 - and Britain’s political class is barely blinking.
open.substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
open.substack.com/pub/iratusur...
The Bear: "I’ve been assured, time and time again, that I am, quite obviously, overreacting - that the continuous debate that’s been raging since the early 2010s is only, and has only ever been about illegal migration."
Now it's not.
The Bear: "I’ve been assured, time and time again, that I am, quite obviously, overreacting - that the continuous debate that’s been raging since the early 2010s is only, and has only ever been about illegal migration."
Now it's not.
What else do you do when it's Too Damn Hot but restore the utility of some clothing (sample herewith). Tomorrow it's convert the duvet offcuts to cat beds and see if there's enough fabric in the stash to cover them. If not it'll be up to the local charity shops...
August 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
What else do you do when it's Too Damn Hot but restore the utility of some clothing (sample herewith). Tomorrow it's convert the duvet offcuts to cat beds and see if there's enough fabric in the stash to cover them. If not it'll be up to the local charity shops...
After a weekend featuring suboptimal folding chairs I may just have over done the gardening...
I shall be over there alternating between muttered ows and dark imprecations.
You'd think I'd be old enough to know better.
Best not approached!
Cats are side-eyeing me.
I shall be over there alternating between muttered ows and dark imprecations.
You'd think I'd be old enough to know better.
Best not approached!
Cats are side-eyeing me.
July 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
After a weekend featuring suboptimal folding chairs I may just have over done the gardening...
I shall be over there alternating between muttered ows and dark imprecations.
You'd think I'd be old enough to know better.
Best not approached!
Cats are side-eyeing me.
I shall be over there alternating between muttered ows and dark imprecations.
You'd think I'd be old enough to know better.
Best not approached!
Cats are side-eyeing me.
My ragwort doing nicely this year.
No grazing herbivores in my garden so a ragwort or two, carefully curated, is now part of the flora each year.
No grazing herbivores in my garden so a ragwort or two, carefully curated, is now part of the flora each year.
June 29, 2025 at 10:29 AM
My ragwort doing nicely this year.
No grazing herbivores in my garden so a ragwort or two, carefully curated, is now part of the flora each year.
No grazing herbivores in my garden so a ragwort or two, carefully curated, is now part of the flora each year.
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So the UK Met Office is inviting people to suggest up to 5 names for storms.
And apparently lots of people have been suggesting "Storm Bigoil", along with BP, Equinor, Exxon & Shell...
This is obviously appalling & definitely not to be emulated via this link: www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...
And apparently lots of people have been suggesting "Storm Bigoil", along with BP, Equinor, Exxon & Shell...
This is obviously appalling & definitely not to be emulated via this link: www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...
![Screenshot of form on the UK Met Office website. Text reads: "You can provide up to 5 storm names in the boxes below.
Storm Name: [a user has filled this in with "BigOil"]
Storm Name (optional): [filled in with BP]
Storm Name (optional): [filled in with Equinor]
Storm Name (optional): [filled in with Exxon]
Storm Name (optional): [filled in with Shell]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qqz5lt666gxyaxsw3kvswdfs/bafkreifqikwow4ascrvzme7x5rxb7sxha5rrmcgbj3qe5chgn7qu3vopiy@jpeg)
June 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
So the UK Met Office is inviting people to suggest up to 5 names for storms.
And apparently lots of people have been suggesting "Storm Bigoil", along with BP, Equinor, Exxon & Shell...
This is obviously appalling & definitely not to be emulated via this link: www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...
And apparently lots of people have been suggesting "Storm Bigoil", along with BP, Equinor, Exxon & Shell...
This is obviously appalling & definitely not to be emulated via this link: www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...
Dammit, I have run out of loo roll tubes.... #AmateurGardenerProblems
March 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Dammit, I have run out of loo roll tubes.... #AmateurGardenerProblems
The trellis behind the winter jasmine finally gave up the ghost. In the process of removing it Present Me has had a lot to say about Past Me's plant propping choices. Basically Orl Rong! Winter jasmine (remains) now only about 6ins to a foot...
March 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The trellis behind the winter jasmine finally gave up the ghost. In the process of removing it Present Me has had a lot to say about Past Me's plant propping choices. Basically Orl Rong! Winter jasmine (remains) now only about 6ins to a foot...
I know I've only just updated #ProofOfCat, but a year ago this sun puddle basker was a scratched, dirty, extremely nervous stray.
He's still extremely untrusting of other people, but...
He's still extremely untrusting of other people, but...
November 22, 2024 at 12:51 PM
I know I've only just updated #ProofOfCat, but a year ago this sun puddle basker was a scratched, dirty, extremely nervous stray.
He's still extremely untrusting of other people, but...
He's still extremely untrusting of other people, but...
In case it's time to renew my #ProofOfCat
November 20, 2024 at 4:04 PM
In case it's time to renew my #ProofOfCat
How could I not sign up for something advertised like this... "We will be emulating the now long extinct wild herbivores, aurochs and tarpan [...] and will be clearing vegetation [...]. Unlike the aurochs and tarpan we will be using rakes, pitchforks and loppers, rather than eating the vegetation!"
November 7, 2024 at 12:11 PM
How could I not sign up for something advertised like this... "We will be emulating the now long extinct wild herbivores, aurochs and tarpan [...] and will be clearing vegetation [...]. Unlike the aurochs and tarpan we will be using rakes, pitchforks and loppers, rather than eating the vegetation!"
When life gives you both free and reduced price lemons then marmalade is an obvious answer.
November 4, 2024 at 4:31 PM
When life gives you both free and reduced price lemons then marmalade is an obvious answer.
First 'Heartwood', now 'Riversong'. There are still some good things to be found over there - twitter.com/RobGMacfarla...
Robert Macfarlane on X: "Hello: this is 'Riversong', a "broadside ballad" which protests the slow death of rivers in the UK & around the world––& sings for their revival. 'Riversong' is free to print, share, set & sing, speak aloud on a riverbank, post on walls or windows, adapt, translate, perform, https://t.co/767BzPoUll" / X
Hello: this is 'Riversong', a "broadside ballad" which protests the slow death of rivers in the UK & around the world––& sings for their revival. 'Riversong' is free to print, share, set & sing, speak aloud on a riverbank, post on walls or windows, adapt, translate, perform, https://t.co/767BzPoUll
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October 28, 2024 at 1:03 PM
First 'Heartwood', now 'Riversong'. There are still some good things to be found over there - twitter.com/RobGMacfarla...
#ProofOfCat
a bit belated, but behind the curve is a common position in this household...
a bit belated, but behind the curve is a common position in this household...
February 2, 2024 at 4:30 PM
#ProofOfCat
a bit belated, but behind the curve is a common position in this household...
a bit belated, but behind the curve is a common position in this household...
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Reskeet if you've ever:
- self-harmed
- attempted suicide
- been to a therapist
- cancelled on things because you don't have the energy to live
- lied about being okay
- had a panic attack in a public bathroom
the world needs to know how common these things are.
- self-harmed
- attempted suicide
- been to a therapist
- cancelled on things because you don't have the energy to live
- lied about being okay
- had a panic attack in a public bathroom
the world needs to know how common these things are.
October 18, 2023 at 1:36 AM
Reskeet if you've ever:
- self-harmed
- attempted suicide
- been to a therapist
- cancelled on things because you don't have the energy to live
- lied about being okay
- had a panic attack in a public bathroom
the world needs to know how common these things are.
- self-harmed
- attempted suicide
- been to a therapist
- cancelled on things because you don't have the energy to live
- lied about being okay
- had a panic attack in a public bathroom
the world needs to know how common these things are.
Hmm. I guess I need to poke around a bit more. In the meantime, have some cinnabar moth caterpillars.
August 16, 2023 at 11:35 AM
Hmm. I guess I need to poke around a bit more. In the meantime, have some cinnabar moth caterpillars.