Sun breaking through the early morning fog to catch the upper windows of Thames Tower in Reading

@benaaronovitch.bsky.social good haul today, “purchased” #StoneandSky from @fourbearsbooks.bsky.social with my stamps, love the cover and the endpapers

So that’s my afternoon sorted, the sumptuous indie bookshop version, courtesy of @fourbearsbooks.bsky.social thank you!

Ok here for now but pouring earlier and will be later. #goodforthegarden

Female Mallard searching for food in the fish ladder which helps fish circumnavigate the Weir on the Thames #30DaysWild

Holes from a Leafcutter Bee, not caught in the act, only the evidence of their visitations remains #30DaysWild

Nice Scarlet Tiger on Green Alkanet for #30DaysWild

I’m looking forward to scaling back Community Garden watering for a bit. I’ve had to do Ollas to deal with the lack of water already.

Today I had 4 blue damselflies (pic1 with 1 out of shot) and a really interesting bee fly that I’ve not seen before - top half of pic 2, it’s black with white sides not seen one before

Amazing project, and unlike modern housing estates which have no relationship with place and just pick nature references at random, this seems to reflect the reality around the inhabitants. I’ve attached a couple of suggestions you can not have seen.

This was sitting underneath your post so @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social to the rescue 🐰 Happy Easter

Apposite juxtaposition

I’ve got quarry tiles edged with blue with Staffordshire bricks - it’s a tiny path though so may not be what you want (excuse the photo, the magpies have been picking the moss off the roof again!)

Freddie Jones was voice of the device in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to The Galaxy, does that help? Roy Kinnear was an actor, in lots of things, you’d recognise the face (m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5...), dad to Rory Kinnear

Couple of Caversham PSAs