I won five grand for a poem once. Always felt faintly second-fiddley to the prose comps, though if you cost it per word... but nobody factors in pencil-chewing time.

No exciting photos yet. But I'm sure there will be.

Wow. Was too cloudy here last night to see anything, despite my phone app pinging me excitedly.

How did he take the answer? (at least, if the answer was what I hope it was)

oof - take it easy (which you were of c)

Blimey. Do you know what you've done? So therefore have a hint about what might make it better?

We are not cats.

Well exactly. You can imagine the court cases though. "This housewife stupidly left for work, expecting a delicious meal, and although that is exactly what we market this item for, we did put that line in our instructions so can't be liable for anything that happened when the house burned down."

Sounds good - I'll be there. (Also, I miss Viv. Can you get her over to Bluesky?)

(anyone else feel disconcerted using the word 'casserole' since Mike Wozniak's Taskmaster? just me?)

Exactly! I think he made a fine Pongo.

aren't they?? I'm in awe of both skills here.

I think in the end she glue-gunned it onto an old hat cover, and put tin foil between the hat and the cover in case the glue soaked through and damaged the hat. Plus she had to cut the wig a bit to fit over the hat. Apparently it was worth it because first prize.

Extraordinary work. We had long convos about how best to stick the wig on top of the hat.

it is. and it is now here

When I was a very young child we made friends with a swan who used to follow us home and into our kitchen for digestive biscuits. It's a wonder I survived.

I promise you if you stand there for a while with sunflower seeds, they will come. a long while at first. but they will come. then they'll be mobbing you every time you leave the house, so there is that