My dear departed Beloved was contracted to do the catering for the opening night at Leith Theatre & I showed up to help out. Mr Neeson got a bit bored & wandered out to the catering truck where I made him a cup of tea & we had a good natter before he had to go back & rejoin the schmoozing
Gloria Swanson photographed by Karl Struss for Something To Think About (1920).
Drooping of the colour. Tulipa "Beauty of Apeldoorn" 🧡 💛
#TulipFiesta26
Putting on a Nick Drake record right now
It's ten years to the day since Prince Rogers Nelson left the planet, so today's crop from #TulipFiesta26 just *has* to be purple, right?
Tulipa "Kansas Proud" 💜
The oldest known image of Keith Richards, published around 1140 AD ...
PSA 📢 for anyone with a car breakdown cover renewal coming up: my 2026 renewal was going to be a whopping £320.99, so I went online, got a quote from their main competitor for £108, and called them up. Whereupon the renewal was miraculously reduced to, yes you've guessed it, £108. Stay alert, people
Last year, I had the middle seat between a couple in window & aisle who wouldn't move up because neither of them wanted the middle seat. So I had to sit there the whole 4 hours to Greece while they bickered, yakked & passed things to each other across me 😬
I am here for this content 👇
On my doorstep 😬
Was going to reply to this with a Strong View, then I read it again & realised, it's not about airports at all, it's about managing life as part of a couple. But still, I'm engaged with the challeange, so as a solo traveller, I'll make a solo stand for LTTA, with carry-on bag only. Never fails 😁
Please enjoy the glorious blooms of Tulipa "Big Smile" shining out in the evening sun 💛
The perfect visual accompaniment to a #SundayMartini 🍸
#TulipFiesta26
Painting of different coloured tulips in two glass vases on a grey surface against a white background
Tulips, c. 2000 by Elizabeth Blackadder #WomensArt #April
strange these op-eds about women being too angry have all come out the last few days when during the same time there's also been a massive investigation published on an online rape academy with millions of viewers a month and none of them have bothered to even cover it, even as news
The subtly stunning Tulipa Akenobo, perfect for the soft sunshine of a Sunday morning
#TulipFiesta26
Every year, the foxes of North Edinburgh target one of my tulip containers for their nightly cavortings, bone-buryings and (ahem) all the rest. This year, they picked on the tub of Tulipa Grand Perfection. But hey, five out of twenty ain't bad, right?
#TulipFiesta26 🦊
Start your Friday right by reading about a genius (and then go put on his records) 💜 ✨️
It's Friday!
Carole Lombard by Otto Dyar, 1932.
An old time-y illustration of a Pansies.
Today is Octidi the 28th of Germinal in the year 234.
Germinal is the month of sprouting.
Today we celebrate pansies. #JacobinDay
More information on pansies
Ballroom Blitz OBVS
youtu.be/tqketmsRz1E?...
I dreamed I saw you
You were down at the corner store
You were looking thru magazines
And you flew out the door
I was trying to wave to you
But you wouldn't wave back
Now you know I understand
You're with me only in the past 🤍
Now Bluesky is up & running again, I can post today's offering from #TulipFiesta26
Tulipa Crystal Star 💛 - vibrancy in a vase, complete with an elegant lil' frill (and why not?)
Now Bluesky is up & running again, I can post today's offering from #TulipFiesta26
Tulipa Crystal Star 💛 - vibrancy in a vase, complete with an elegant lil' frill (and why not?)
Remembering Gerry Rafferty, who was born today 16th April 1947,
"Life is a liar yeah life is a cheat
It'll lead you on and pull the ground from underneath your feet"
#gerryrafferty #photooftheday
📸 Adrian Boot
... and on the subject of blowsy tulips... as time passes, they behave very much like I do, on a night out 🥳 #TulipFiesta26
6pm Midnight
...a case in point... #Blowsy
Amen to that brutha 🕶
Bus Stop of The Day: Isle of Skye
Tulipa Verandi ❤️
Sometimes, tulips are at their best when they've gone a wee bit blowsy
#TulipFiesta26
