NormanDunbar

NormanDunbar, 20 hours ago (edited 12 hours ago) to random

Good morning fellow Mastos and hello Wednesday. Only two more houses to view today and that's us done. We might be making an offer on one we have already seen though, unless MrsD thinks herself out of it! 😐 We shall see.

Whatever you are up to today, have a great day. Have fun, take care. Laughter is not optional! 😀

We took Wesley for a walk towards Portgordon last night and say a few of the seal colony which lives there. there was around 30 last year but winter storms destroyed the rookery. 😟

NormanDunbar, 1 day ago to random

Good morning fellow Mastos and hello Tuesday. Another warm but cloudy day forecast for today. Yesterday's was the same and it turned out to be blue skies, sunny and 6°C hotter than forecast!

Have an absolute belter of a day folks, enjoy what you do, have fun and stay safe. Bad puns and dad jokes are a bonus!

Today's random photo is from last week in the Strathclyde Country Park on the M74 motorway, near Motherwell. I called it "Chicken of the Woods? Maybe". See ALT for more.

NormanDunbar, 3 days ago to random

Ever tried to bump start a boat?

NormanDunbar, 4 days ago to random

Good morning fellow Mastos and hello Saturday. It's a lovely day here in Buckpool, Morayshire. Too hot already for this Ginger Jock!

I'm sat with a coffee on the beach, watching the dolphins swim past! (Well, I was when I typed this but forgot to send it!)

Have a belter of a day, stay out of the sun if you are as pale as me! Have fun. Stay safe.

Today's random photo is another one of those big bracket fungus!

NormanDunbar, 5 days ago to random

Good morning fellow Mastos and hello to Friday, or in MrsD's case, Thursday as she's running a day behind for some reason! 😐 We're on more house hunting duties today, which should be "fun", but at least the weather is nice up here.

Have a great day everyone, have fun, stay safe. Cheers.

Today's random photo is a close shot of a newly hatched Beech hedge. The young leaves are an intense green and so far, no bugs have eaten them yet!

NormanDunbar, 6 days ago to weirdfolks

Good morning fellow Mastos and hello to Thursday. Hope you slept well. I was kept awake by the rain last night, which is annoying. However MrsD got up early and has taken Wesley out for wander, so I got a lie in.

Have a belter of a day, have fun, stay safe and never laugh at other people's misfortunes. Unless they are Tories!! 😉

Today's random photo is especially for @DoubleTreble and the @weirdfolks. it's a Highland Coo, but not as you know it!

NormanDunbar, 7 days ago to random

Good morning fellow Mastos and hello to Wednesday. Tne weather is fine here today, wherever I am. Another driving day today, you'll be glad to hear, very few bad puns and dad jokes!

Have a great day without me, take care and have lots of fun.

Today's random photo is from Buckden in Upper Wharfedale and is titled "Dandelions need living too"!

NormanDunbar, 8 days ago to random

Good morning fellow Mastos and hello to a damp Tuesday. Well, it has to be damp after yesterday's typical bank holiday Monday weather, rain all morning and afternoon; and thunderstorms all evening.

Today will be a quiet day as I'm driving. Whatever you are doing, have fun, have a great day and stay safe.

Today's random photo is a recent one and is a close up of the eye of a whale. See ALT text for full details.

NormanDunbar, 9 days ago to random

Good morning fellow Mastos and hello Monday. MrsD is walking again today and she's taking Wesley. She's also taking me!!! Hmmm. Hopefully not the 10 and 12 miles that she did last week! My arthritis won't stand for that. Also, thunderstorms predicted for later. Oh hum.

Have a great day, even if it is Monday. Have some fun and lots of laughs. Stay safe.

Today's photo is one I took yesterday evening. Is a few of the flowers on MrsD's blueberry plant. Looks like we'll get a crop again this year.

NormanDunbar, 11 days ago (edited 11 days ago) to random

One of my lizards was a bit highly strung, all the time. I took her to the vet who examined her and prescribed animal valium. Three tablets to be taken. It worked! She's a calmer, calmer, calmer chameleon now.

NormanDunbar, 11 days ago to random

I once dated an English Literature student. Conversation stalled, I'm no good at chatting, so I asked "Do you like Dickens?".
"Yes", she replied, "But not on the first date"!

NormanDunbar, 11 days ago (edited 11 days ago) to random

Good morning fellow Mastos and hello to the weekend. And it's not even raining! (Yet!)

MrsD is not walking today, apart from with me and Wesley.

Have a great weekend, starting today

I took this photo yesterday while walking Wesley. It looks like it might be time to "cast a cloot" as the May is indeed "oot"!

NormanDunbar, 12 days ago to random

This #PostOffice scandal in the UK. I'm a retired DBA, I had access to everything in every database under my control.

I'm puzzled that anyone in IT would believe that "there's no way Fujitsu staff can access the individual post office accounts; or change values".

This is complete garbage! Any DBA looking after the database can do what they like with the data, and if they wished, cover their tracks too!

It beggars belief that anyone would believe otherwise!

NormanDunbar, 12 days ago to random

Good morning fellow Mastos and hello Friday. MrsD will be finishing her walk from Bradford cathedral to Ripon cathedral today, only 12 miles! Me? I'm on doggy duties.

Have a great day everyone and don't forget to laugh. It's good for you. Take care.

Today's photo is from yesterday and I call it "pink snow". One cherry tree has covered three houses and lawns with blossom petals.

NormanDunbar, 13 days ago to random

Good morning fellow Mastos and hello to Thursday and what the Daily Mail (no, I don't read it!) says will be a stormy day. Checks weather app, sunny with light showers - oooh, stormy! 😉

I am ashamed to admit that MrsD reads the Daily Fail online, but at least she doesn't take it as gospel! Phew.

Whatever you read, or otherwise, have a belter of a day. Have fun and laughs and stay safe. Cheers

Today's random photo is from yesterday. I took it on the Leeds Liverpool Canal near Kirkstall Abbey.

NormanDunbar, 15 days ago to random

Joan of Arc: Maid of Orleans.
Noah's Ark: Made of wood.
😉

NormanDunbar, 15 days ago to random

Good morning fellow Mastos and hello Tuesday. No rain today!!! MrsD is off for a swim and Wesley and I are just about to sort out breakfast and go for a wee outside. I should be ready for one by then! 😁

Have a great day folks. Don't forget to forward me any dad jokes and bad puns, you know it makes me happy! Have fun. Stay safe.

Today's random photo is from April 2023 in the Japanese Gardens in Horsforth, Leeds.

NormanDunbar, 16 days ago to random

Good morning fellow Mastos and hello Monday. It's sunny and dry! Until lunchtime anyway, so get your washing out and dried before then!

Have a great day everyone, don't forget to enjoy a bad pun and some dad jokes, you'll thank me later for the groans! 😉

Today's random photo is Wild Garlic. This grows in abundance around here and my garden is full of it just now. The flowers smell of garlic too, and you can eat all of the plant. Yum.

NormanDunbar, 16 days ago to random

There are 8 billion people in the world. There are 12 signs of the Zodiac. This means that if horoscopes actually were true, 666,666,667 people are having the same day! 😉

NormanDunbar, 17 days ago to animals

Good morning fellow Mastos and hello to a soaking Sunday. It is currently raining, has been all night, and will be all day too. Oh joy! At least with all this rain we won't need hosepipe bans! What's that? The news announced hosepipe bans already? WTH!

Enjoy your Sunday folks, probably best to stay in! Stay dry and safe.

Today's photo is "Malaki". He's an Afghan Hound pup. Those legs are real, he has phenomenal paws! He's one of Wesley's pooch pals.

#DogsOfMastodon

NormanDunbar, 18 days ago to random

Good morning fellow Mastos and hello Saturday. I think it's possibly going to be a dry day---shock horror! MrsD will be off soon, she's looking after a pair of cats for someone while they are away for a week. I'll be walking Wesley while she's out, if he's awake that is.

If you are up to anything today, make sure you enjoy it and have fun. Stay safe.

The ALT text has the details, but today's photo, from yesterday in Otley at the nature reserve, is entitled "Male Bullfinch at full zoom"!

NormanDunbar, 19 days ago to random

Good morning fellow Mastos and hello Friday. I wonder what the weather has in store for us today? Oh yes, more rain. Never mind, let's have a great day and loads of laughter. Stay safe.

Today's random photo is another Apple Blossom one. This is a small tree I grew from the seed of a Pink Lady apple. It has of course "reverted to type" and is a crab apple now. After 25 years, in 2023, it flowered and produced a single crab!

This photo was taken yesterday.

NormanDunbar, 20 days ago to random

Why do Swedish warships have barcodes on their hulls? So they can Scandinavian when they return to port.

NormanDunbar, 20 days ago to random

Good morning fellow Mastos and hello Thursday. And a special "welcome back" to the rain. Looks like we'll have doggy paw prints on the kitchen floor again today, after walkies! Oh well, not to worry, I treated myself to a new mop the other day!

Enjoy Thursday everyone. Make sure it's a good one. Have fun. Stay safe. Don't forget the laughs.

Today's random photo is from yesterday and is of a small group of local Flowering Cherry trees. The photo doesn't do them justice though!

NormanDunbar, 21 days ago to random

Cowboy 1: Why do you keep your horse in the wardrobe?

Cowboy 2: He's a Mustang so he must hang somewhere.