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Tom McEnroe
@tommcenroe.bsky.social
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Bikes are nice.

Cycling commuter when an aging back allows it, gardener, photographer, amateur mixologist

Rants about the state of the world, and the UK in particular, by appointment.

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This cartoon gets more and more relevant with every passing day
A two panel line drawn cartoon. First panel, the internet in 1969. One figure says "Let's create a distributed network so it can survive a nuclear winter". The second panel titled the internet in 2021 a different figure says "Let's host half of it in one company and see how it goes"
November 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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#Saturday #Cocktails

An Army & Navy

Another firm favourite
A chilled martini glass in front of the ingredients - Gin, orgeat syrup, lime juice for a change, a couple of dashes of angostura bitters, all topped off with a gorgeous Luxardo maraschino cherry
November 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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#Saturday #Cocktails

The Last Word. Possibly the finest cocktail.
Two chilled martini glasses standing in front of the ingredients - Gin, Green Chartreuse, Luxardo Maraschino liqueur, lime juice, all topped off with wonderful indulgent Luxardo Maraschino cherries
November 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Akashi-Tai Shiraume #Martini - plum sake for those of us who don't speak #Japanese

#Cocktails #Saturday #Weekend
Two chilled martini glasses standing in front of the ingredients - Gin, Chambery dry vermouth, and Akashi-Tai Shiraume - plum sake, finished off with a small lemon twist on the edge of the glass
November 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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#BreadSky #SourDough #Baking

Paxman has been in the freezer for a bit, first list for a while. Quietly very pleased with that.
A white sourdough loaf cut in half, showing a pretty good crumb though I say so myself A sourdough loaf with two vertical cuts and one horizon. Good colour and the rice flour showing up nice and white on the top
October 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Oh my God, they're everywhere!
A green and yellow striped squash with knobbily ends to each section
October 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Late roses #BloomSky #Roses #UkGardening 🌱🇬🇧
A late, single rose. Pinky red, with a darker center Several late roses, in various states, with the bush in the background
October 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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At last, the #WeekEnd

#Cocktails

An Elder Aviator
A chilled Martini glass standing in front of the ingredients - gin, Luxardo Maraschino liqueur, Gifford Fluer de Sureau Sauvage, lemon juice and, of course, topped off with maraschino cherry
October 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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I mean, a nice idea, but executed by someone who has never set foot on Fleet Street. You can't see the Shard from there.....
A Street View image looking east along Fleet Street towards St Paul's, showing the lovely view, including a random rainbow, but absolutely no Shard
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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French gimlets for two

#Weekend #Cocktails
Two chilled martini glasses standing in front of the ingredients - gin, Gifford wild Elderflower liqueur, lime juice and a good twist of salt
October 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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They also sell very short women this year
A very large Arctic explorer wearing an enormous fur coat, with a neat trim, quite small woman sat next to him
October 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Autumn at its best. #Quince jelly

#hobbybaker #homemade #homegrown #foodiesky #foodie #quince
6 jars of translucent, red jelly. The jars have red and white checked lids, and are standing on a wooden chopping board, with blue tiles in the background
September 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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#Weekend #Cocktails ahoy!

#Negroni Sour
Two chilled couple glasses standing in front of the ingredients - gin, sweet vermouth, Campari, lemon juice, egg white and 2:1 sugar syrup. The drink is a dark pink colour, with a lovely white frothy head, finished off with a lemon peel twist slotted onto the edges of each drink.
September 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Autumnal bounty #Harvest #GrowYourOwn

A lovely day helping a friend at her #Allotment and being rewarded with more produce than I could carry!
Two blue, IKEA bags full of bright yellow quinces, some heads of cork, padrone peppers, and a striped green and yellow squash A wonderful green and yellow striped, knobbly squash resting on brilliant yellow quinces A circular metal table in front of green and red Virginia Creeper and brambles covered in over a hundred bright, yellow quinces
September 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Definitely #Autumn #Vibes now

Sloe #Gin
A large Kilner jar with a layer of golden granulated sugar, sloes, and a slightly purple layer of gin on the top A glass bowl of sloes, a Kilner jar half full of sloes, a bottle of gin and a large bag of sugar
September 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Watched "3 Days of the Condor" tonight.

Superb film, but I always forget quite how bleak the ending is.

#RobertRedford #FilmSky
The end title shot of the film, in black and white with some of the cast list on the right hand side. Robert Redford is looking over his shoulder back towards the camera, frozen
September 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Watching it as I type......
Robert Redford in The Days of the Condor
September 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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A nice crop of Acorn squash. #Harvest a bit earlier than planned as all the leaves destroyed by mildew

#HomeGrown #GrowYourOwn #UKGardening

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A pile of green and yellow squash with the remnants of this year's courgettes in the background
September 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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The world's going to shit, London's full of flag shagging racists, but at least there's #Cocktails at the #Weekend

The Amalfi
A chilled martini glass standing in front of the ingredients - Havana Club 3-year-old Light Rum, Pallini limoncello, Luxardo Maraschino liqueur, Chambery dry vermouth, egg white and all topped off with a maraschino cherry
September 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Almost time to #Harvest the squash.

#Gardening #UKGardening #Homegrown

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Two dark green acorn squash in the foreground, with one in the background and the yellow, straggly remains of the leaves visible
September 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Didn't get to have the Last Word on #Trump, so mixed a couple of #Cocktails instead
Two chilled martini glasses standing in front of the ingredients for two Last Words - gin, Green Chartreuse, Luxardo maraschino liqueur, lime juice, and, of course, Maraschino cherries to top it all off
August 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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A magnificent Chestnut at Studley Royal Water Garden
#thicktrunktuesday
#tree #trees #NaturePhotography #photography #photo #photographer
A think, twisted tree trunk
August 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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A good haul from the garden.

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#UKGardening
#growyourown
#veggiegardening
#gardeninguk #vegetablegardening
A green plastic trug full of Sweet Peas, red apples, yellow heritage courgettes, a few beans, a couple of small cucumbers and another surprisingly large batch of figs
August 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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I don't actually have a fig tree in my garden, but after several years gradually encouraging a few branches of the neighbour's over the fence, I finally have a decent crop!

#UKGarden #Garden #Figs
A patterned bowl standing on a wooden chopping board with 9 large, rip figs that are definitely mine
July 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Bottling up the latest batch of #Homebrew #Cider

A bit added sugar and yeast, got months in a the cellar, and a nice fizzy treat for Christmas
Five dark bottles standing on a kitchen worktop, with an white empty clear glass demi John in the background. There is a hydrometer, some plastic champagne, corks and some wire cages and a fixer. The bottles have champagne corks and wire cages fitted.
July 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM