ExtraPenguin

ExtraPenguin, 2 months ago to random

My fingernails have reached the point where typing is an unendurable TICKYCLICKYTICKY experience, but they have to stay long for one (1) more day for a meeting where I need to look nice. Then we're deploying the clippers!

fkamiah17, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to tv

A Murder At The End Of The World review.
Hotch-potch of borrowed plotlines from 2001 and Ex-Machina to standard locked room mystery and true crime.
Ponderous eyeroll inducing basil exposition on everything from inequality, coercive control and climate breakdown.
Emma Corrie's prolonged emoting v annoying and doesn't compensate for rubbish script.
A good idea dragged out over too many episodes with shabby dialogue and advanced scenery chewing. Irritating kid.
Verdict: Meh.
#TV #Review

anathema_device, 2 months ago to random

I missed this. Are Australian mushrooms grown in peat as well?

Forbidden fungi: why mushrooms have been banished from National Trust menus | The National Trust | The Guardian

The conservation charity will no longer be serving mushrooms at its sites – and it’s all to do with the special powers of peat bogs

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/19/forbidden-fungi-why-mushrooms-have-been-banished-from-national-trust-menus

ExtraPenguin, 2 months ago to random

I've had a bunch of medical things lately, and am filled with shock and dismay that all the anti-virus protections have been dismantled. No masking anywhere, even at the oncologist, except for one person who was wearing a mask as a chin accessory.

Even at the ONCOLOGIST.

fkamiah17, 2 months ago to UKpolitics

Absolutely no lessons learned.

Sky News: "The government has announced it is to halt routine Covid tests for people being discharged from hospital into care homes"

#UKPolitics #Covid

purplepadma, 2 months ago to random

Earlier I was feeling a bit elated but now I’m slightly panicky. I think I might turn the light off in a few minutes and listen to music in the dark. The Radio 2 Folk Show is on soon.

purplepadma, 2 months ago to random

Tom took me out to a cafe, so I had a 20 minute walk in the sunshine and a chocolate milkshake. I don’t think I would’ve been able to leave the house under my own steam. I do feel marginally better

purplepadma, 2 months ago to random

Hello, my mood is very low. It was hard to get myself out of bed. I tried a walk but dragging myself up the hill was so hard I only managed 15 mins. I’m so behind on my walking challenge now. I’m in training all day, I hope I don’t have to speak much. Hope you’re all OK

purplepadma, 2 months ago to random

Morning, how are you today? I feel like I am coming down with something, I woke up with a headache and gummy eyes and now my throat is sore. Not what I need for a full day of important training, ugh. I shall power through with the aid of paracetamol and lozenges. Miss Cinnamon is moving from windowsill to windowsill monitoring the man who is cleaning our gutters, she doesn’t trust him at all. Right, I’d better go and get set up for this training. Have a thantastic Thursday everyone!

ExtraPenguin, 2 months ago to animals

#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #3GoodThings
Mr Willoughby is a big tough stray cat who found me and immediately decided he was home.

1. In times of stress, he tries to cuddle up into my neck like a tiny baby kitten.
2. At the vet he lies on the table or the floor. Once he fell asleep.
3. If I make a circle with my arms, on any surface, he will curl up in the circle.

maou, 2 months ago to Cat French

The secret of the perfect circle sleep is to not fart :blobcatcoffee:

#cat #cats #CatsOfMastodon #mastocats #Caturday

fkamiah17, 2 months ago to random

@ExtraPenguin @Heliograph @essjayjay @handmade_ghost @innervisioner @FiStitchWitch

You guys will like this 😊

https://toot.wales/@BlippyTheWonderSlug@ieji.de/112059087098194652

fkamiah17, 2 months ago to random

"The June day passed, dusk was falling, and the whole Moomin family drooped and became silent. Finally Moominmamma had an idea and resolved that everyone was to sleep out in the garden that night. She made up their beds in nice places, and by every bed she placed a little lamp so that nobody would feel lonely."

from 'Moominsummer Madness', by Tove Jansson
#MoominMonday

purplepadma, 2 months ago to random

The surgery called my best friend before she called them to tell her that she is so anaemic that they can’t believe she ever gets out of bed. She’s starting on an iron suspension right away but will probably need infusions. We’re both so relieved it’s nothing more sinister

ExtraPenguin, 2 months ago to gardening

#gardening #autumn
Purple summer has ended, and white autumn begins.

White flowering gaura bushes in the sunshine.
A white lily flowering among agapanthus bushes.
Close-up of a white angel trumpet near a white flowering crepe myrtle tree.

ExtraPenguin, 2 months ago to random

TIL about cookie bouquets. I have wasted my entire life.

anathema_device, 2 months ago to random

Ana and Elene connected online, but when they met in person, they discovered a dark secret - ABC News

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-02/the-fight-to-find-georgias-stolen-babies-after-adoption-scandal/103514808

ExtraPenguin, 2 months ago to cooking

#cooking #food

February kitchen prep complete!

Oh, wait ....

purplepadma, 2 months ago to random

Just had my first hot cross bun of the year for my elevenses, M&S, very good. Does anyone eat HCBs outside the UK? If not, why not?