Barbara
@myrtle-intheskies.bsky.social
Living quietly on a hill in SE London. Working noisily in the West End.
More from the saunter.
Fortnum and Masons always wonderful
Fortnum and Masons always wonderful
December 6, 2025 at 11:50 AM
More from the saunter.
Fortnum and Masons always wonderful
Fortnum and Masons always wonderful
I slept through several alarms, a belligerent cat and a flurry of emergency whatsapps about Cloudflare.
I'm begining to wonder if I'M powered by Cloudflare - would explain a lot!!
I'm begining to wonder if I'M powered by Cloudflare - would explain a lot!!
December 5, 2025 at 10:43 AM
I slept through several alarms, a belligerent cat and a flurry of emergency whatsapps about Cloudflare.
I'm begining to wonder if I'M powered by Cloudflare - would explain a lot!!
I'm begining to wonder if I'M powered by Cloudflare - would explain a lot!!
an evening saunter round the West End Christmas lights with daughter the younger. Here we have the tree outside the Connaught and the front of Cartier in Bond Street. How the other half live etc etc
December 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
an evening saunter round the West End Christmas lights with daughter the younger. Here we have the tree outside the Connaught and the front of Cartier in Bond Street. How the other half live etc etc
Wise words from Paddington
November 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Wise words from Paddington
I put the paper christmas decorations somewhere very safe. If only I could remember where that somewhere was...
November 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I put the paper christmas decorations somewhere very safe. If only I could remember where that somewhere was...
Yesterday? Beethoven's Eroica at St Martin in the Fields - which was nice. Today? Until the heating comes on I'm not stirring!
November 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Yesterday? Beethoven's Eroica at St Martin in the Fields - which was nice. Today? Until the heating comes on I'm not stirring!
Utterly brilliant evening at work! Last night of ENO’s Dead Man Walking. Those 5 star reviews totally justified.
November 18, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Utterly brilliant evening at work! Last night of ENO’s Dead Man Walking. Those 5 star reviews totally justified.
Brian doesn't like to use his voice. If he wants to be let out he just stares at me.Sometimes it takes me a while to notice . Lotte-aka-Dave screams like a banshee. But for food. She won't go outside. Mr Stanley Gibbons is already outside killing things.
#tmyrtlemountmob#thecatsofmyrtlemount
#tmyrtlemountmob#thecatsofmyrtlemount
November 18, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Brian doesn't like to use his voice. If he wants to be let out he just stares at me.Sometimes it takes me a while to notice . Lotte-aka-Dave screams like a banshee. But for food. She won't go outside. Mr Stanley Gibbons is already outside killing things.
#tmyrtlemountmob#thecatsofmyrtlemount
#tmyrtlemountmob#thecatsofmyrtlemount
The #myrtlemountmob nw with honorary new member as daughter the younger welcomes Mooli to her enclave.
#thecatsofmyrtlemount
#thecatsofmyrtlemount
November 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The #myrtlemountmob nw with honorary new member as daughter the younger welcomes Mooli to her enclave.
#thecatsofmyrtlemount
#thecatsofmyrtlemount
HUZZAH. Obsever have admitted they have problems with the Everyman Crossword (yes of course all my answers from last week have disappeared!) Time to rev up the printer I think
November 16, 2025 at 10:12 AM
HUZZAH. Obsever have admitted they have problems with the Everyman Crossword (yes of course all my answers from last week have disappeared!) Time to rev up the printer I think
Passed this on the way to work. most names were female politicians (of all eras) but not all. There were notable historical women such as Frida Kahlo and Anne Boleyn too.
No idea what it was all about. I should have asked but as usual I was running late...
No idea what it was all about. I should have asked but as usual I was running late...
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Passed this on the way to work. most names were female politicians (of all eras) but not all. There were notable historical women such as Frida Kahlo and Anne Boleyn too.
No idea what it was all about. I should have asked but as usual I was running late...
No idea what it was all about. I should have asked but as usual I was running late...
Much excitement in the office this week.
1) new coffee machine in canteen (excellent hot chocolate too)
2) new M&S food shop in Covent Garden.
Our lives are truly transformed.
1) new coffee machine in canteen (excellent hot chocolate too)
2) new M&S food shop in Covent Garden.
Our lives are truly transformed.
November 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Much excitement in the office this week.
1) new coffee machine in canteen (excellent hot chocolate too)
2) new M&S food shop in Covent Garden.
Our lives are truly transformed.
1) new coffee machine in canteen (excellent hot chocolate too)
2) new M&S food shop in Covent Garden.
Our lives are truly transformed.
a rare #Caturday appeance by the grumpy geriatric #lotteakadave. The heating being on has met with her approval.
November 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
a rare #Caturday appeance by the grumpy geriatric #lotteakadave. The heating being on has met with her approval.
wtf Everyman Crosword. Now last but one week's answers I did are there (having disappeared) but everything I did on last week's has disappeared. At this rate I'm going to have to get Mr J to fire up the printer for me (don't ask!)
November 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
wtf Everyman Crosword. Now last but one week's answers I did are there (having disappeared) but everything I did on last week's has disappeared. At this rate I'm going to have to get Mr J to fire up the printer for me (don't ask!)
It’s November! I mean yes I bought it but seriously it’s only the start of November
November 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
It’s November! I mean yes I bought it but seriously it’s only the start of November
Now the Everyman Crossword appears to have post hoc checking the following week- whoop. Except, yet again all my previous completed puzzles are blank. At this rate I'm going to have to buy the...ah... I see what you are doing there Tortoise Media.
November 3, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Now the Everyman Crossword appears to have post hoc checking the following week- whoop. Except, yet again all my previous completed puzzles are blank. At this rate I'm going to have to buy the...ah... I see what you are doing there Tortoise Media.
in this week's #Caturday moment #MrStanleyGibbons eyes up the new-to-us shelving and makes initial approving noises. But wonders how long it will take us to put them up! (He knows us too well).
#myrtlemountmob #thecatsofmyrtlemount
#myrtlemountmob #thecatsofmyrtlemount
November 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
in this week's #Caturday moment #MrStanleyGibbons eyes up the new-to-us shelving and makes initial approving noises. But wonders how long it will take us to put them up! (He knows us too well).
#myrtlemountmob #thecatsofmyrtlemount
#myrtlemountmob #thecatsofmyrtlemount
Calvert St and St St Leonard’s. Many of my forebears hatched matched and dispatched there
November 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Calvert St and St St Leonard’s. Many of my forebears hatched matched and dispatched there
Over to Columbia Road for a Day of The Dead moment. Sadly I had to go to work so didn’t see all of it
November 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Over to Columbia Road for a Day of The Dead moment. Sadly I had to go to work so didn’t see all of it
oh #MrStanleygibbons... caught in the act by Mr J as he tried to half-in daughter-the-elder's roast lamb.
Still, nice to be back in roast dinner season.
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#myrtlemountmob #thecatsofmyrtlemount
Still, nice to be back in roast dinner season.
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#myrtlemountmob #thecatsofmyrtlemount
October 20, 2025 at 9:39 PM
oh #MrStanleygibbons... caught in the act by Mr J as he tried to half-in daughter-the-elder's roast lamb.
Still, nice to be back in roast dinner season.
~~
#myrtlemountmob #thecatsofmyrtlemount
Still, nice to be back in roast dinner season.
~~
#myrtlemountmob #thecatsofmyrtlemount
Laugh out loud fun -Fanny at the Kings Head. Excellent script and cast. The audience weren’t bad either. Thank you @ajhlovestheatre.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Laugh out loud fun -Fanny at the Kings Head. Excellent script and cast. The audience weren’t bad either. Thank you @ajhlovestheatre.bsky.social
Lazarus at the rich man's gate. The two very different entrances to St Pancras. That pink Maclaren is always there, as are the homeless... such is the wealth disparity in our city.
October 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Lazarus at the rich man's gate. The two very different entrances to St Pancras. That pink Maclaren is always there, as are the homeless... such is the wealth disparity in our city.
Sneaking in before I should because I can. 😉
October 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Sneaking in before I should because I can. 😉
That’ll be me wfh and now no internet. Thanks Vodafone 😥
October 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
That’ll be me wfh and now no internet. Thanks Vodafone 😥
I know it's AI generated but it did make me laugh. And not much does at the moment
October 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I know it's AI generated but it did make me laugh. And not much does at the moment