I’ll back you on the Extra extra subspecies suggestion

Lovely! I do like a Burns song - I’ve been indoctrinated by my Ayrshire partner. Eddi Reader’s album of his songs gets frequent plays here.

Hellebores from the garden

Cocktail Hour - a stovetop negroni - espresso made with red vermouth instead of water; Campari; gin; twist of orange.

And rightfully so!

Productive rainy Sunday. Lego pigeon.

Oh no! Always use the hand guard thingy.

I think it might be a hooded crow. Saw lots of them on a trip to Skye

Nice part of town. My choir sang in Frognerkirke when we visited.

Brygg is also excellent for beers. Had some very potent stout there on a choir trip last year.

Posthallen is fun for cocktails/mocktails. In the old post office

A golden stemmed cocktail glass with a lemon peel garnish sits on a marbled table. Mistletoe in the background and other eclectic scattered objects

Cocktail Hour - a Tuxedo - to accompany my book and soundtracked by Arooj Aftab and Floating Points/Pharoah Sanders/LSO

Rightly so.

Happy festive season - here’s my top music choices this year

Looks like a tinsel moustache

An amber coloured cocktail in a fine glass coupe with a green stem. A golden glow through onto the surface below

Cocktail hour - dark rum / aperol / manzanilla / geranium syrup / rhubarb bitters

It’s an endlessly fascinating job. So many rich narratives (both good and bad) which I am privileged to have shared with me.

Cover for Graveyard Shift by M L Rio. Title in neon green on a black background with a sinister image of a lab rat and mushrooms

Zipped through this deliciously macabre novella this afternoon - first I’ve read with a music playlist and cocktail recipes included

A piece of tea loaf on a blue and white patterned plate. A cup of coffee in the background with a design of penguins in a starry night scene on the cup

Two tea loaves freshly baked out the oven. In a cast iron tin from netherton foundry

Tea Loaf time - a very good spun iron tin from Netherton Foundry

Reskeet with a favourite book from your childhood.

The Whitby Witches (and the rest of the trilogy)

Hello! One Greggs item of your choice for joining here

I did say there might be cake.
Carrot Cake with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting

I’ll have to dig one out of the archive to be sure, but maybe a6 paper?

Linoprint in black and white. A hoopoe bird with crest displayed. By Rob Mitchell

Here’s a bonus hoopoe

Thank you! I’ve just invested in some new tools, so likely more on the way

A linoprint image of a snail

Introduction for Bluesky:

I’m a Specialty Doctor in Older Adult Psychiatry in a CMHT and Memory Clinic.

Interested in dementia diagnostics, neuroimaging and patient and carer experience.

I post baking efforts, music choices, auction finds, linoprints, countryside living and gardening exploits

Where are my SAS doctors? I'm looking for the Specialty Doctors, Associate Specialists, Specialists, and any remaining Staff Grades or folks on other closed SAS contracts.

I want to create a #SASsky starter pack, but I've only managed to spot a couple so far.

Reply, and I'll add you...

Hello - old age psych specialty doc here

Excellent band name!

Yes please!