Simon Pease
@simonpease.bsky.social
Former UK diplomat. Neglectful gardener, baker, and maker. There is one planet. We pass through and are supposed to take care of it. Politics, as well as random observations on other stuff. No unsolicited DMs.
To quote @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social in another place, on point as usual:
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 AM
To quote @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social in another place, on point as usual:
There’s the anaemic stuff you can buy, and the there’s this, Italian parsley home grown. There’s no comparison.
November 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
There’s the anaemic stuff you can buy, and the there’s this, Italian parsley home grown. There’s no comparison.
Anyone know what flower this is?
November 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Anyone know what flower this is?
Today’s Harvest. True cider apples, Dabinett, Hereford Red, Kingston Black, and um something else. Guess what I’ll be doing next.
October 25, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Today’s Harvest. True cider apples, Dabinett, Hereford Red, Kingston Black, and um something else. Guess what I’ll be doing next.
There are so many things here to think about. (from Wikipedia)
October 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
There are so many things here to think about. (from Wikipedia)
Autumn Marigolds under the olive tree.
October 15, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Autumn Marigolds under the olive tree.
Just going a little further, shouldn’t anyone standing to be elected as an MP be obliged to provide a public statement of their beliefs, and to respond to questions from the public in their constituencies if they believe the statements are incomplete or untruthful.
October 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Just going a little further, shouldn’t anyone standing to be elected as an MP be obliged to provide a public statement of their beliefs, and to respond to questions from the public in their constituencies if they believe the statements are incomplete or untruthful.
Five and six in a series. The cloudscape outside the back door tonight.
October 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Five and six in a series. The cloudscape outside the back door tonight.
No 4 in a series. The cloudscape outside the back door tonight.
October 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
No 4 in a series. The cloudscape outside the back door tonight.
Third in a series. The cloudscape outside the backdoor tonight.
October 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Third in a series. The cloudscape outside the backdoor tonight.
Autumn is definitely beginning.
September 30, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Autumn is definitely beginning.
I got this, a few days ago…
September 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I got this, a few days ago…
The cloudscape tonight from the backdoor.
September 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The cloudscape tonight from the backdoor.
Call me picky, but if the Republicans control both houses of Congress, the prime reason there is a threat to the bill is because some Senate Republicans won’t vote with the Administration. (From the BBC website)
September 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Call me picky, but if the Republicans control both houses of Congress, the prime reason there is a threat to the bill is because some Senate Republicans won’t vote with the Administration. (From the BBC website)
Tonight’s cloudscape from the back door.
September 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Tonight’s cloudscape from the back door.
AI assisted search has, apart from correctly identifying GBS and the Webbs as famous members of the Fabian Society also lists the following famous members;
September 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
AI assisted search has, apart from correctly identifying GBS and the Webbs as famous members of the Fabian Society also lists the following famous members;
Lunar ecilpse on iphone.
September 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Lunar ecilpse on iphone.
Whether or not these moves will work to wrest some power away from the Treasury (probably not) they are symptomatic of the systemic crisis in govt that has been building for a while. The world becomes increasingly complex and changes fast; our political machine is still from another era.
September 2, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Whether or not these moves will work to wrest some power away from the Treasury (probably not) they are symptomatic of the systemic crisis in govt that has been building for a while. The world becomes increasingly complex and changes fast; our political machine is still from another era.
The roses in this bed have not been watered once this year.
August 31, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The roses in this bed have not been watered once this year.
Some pears are coming early.
August 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Some pears are coming early.
Always feels good to string up the year’s garlic harvest. No vampires here 😉
August 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Always feels good to string up the year’s garlic harvest. No vampires here 😉
Anyone here know what might have made this circular hole in a stone dug up in a small local quarry? There’s a hole on the other side as well, but smaller and irregular. The quarry often turns up fossils, but in a shale. This stone is quite different.
August 18, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Anyone here know what might have made this circular hole in a stone dug up in a small local quarry? There’s a hole on the other side as well, but smaller and irregular. The quarry often turns up fossils, but in a shale. This stone is quite different.