Not 10 minutes into the farm day and GOAT BIRTH.

An anhinga swallowing an exceptionally large fish on the shore of a stream.

Guess who got his camera back from the shop. #birds

If you want to see a short bit of me talking about archives and cabaret this is your CHANCE. I loved this project and working with Marlborough and all the artists was a huge privilege.

Also guys, remember how last year we were knee-deep in Cabaret??

He has much to say.

also, pls know my goose pal and I are still best friends forever.

2026 has been BUSY and I am late to this party but I got to talk about PERICLES.

beautiful😭😭

Me standing in the goose enclosure, petting a goose.

He is my best friend and a hero.

I refuse to believe they stole my phone. They're my best friends and best friends don't do that.

and yes, of course, of course the geese have my phone.

and I pass the goose enclosure. My bff is going HONK HONK HONK. And I have a funny feeling...

I am retracing my steps: it's not in the office, or the bathroom. I'm wondering if I'm going to have to walk home because, whoops, we live in a world where all of our *everything* is on phones and now I can't take a bus even.

Everyone is calling it, trying to find it for me. It was during/after our Christmas party and we're checking bins in case it accidentally got thrown away during clear up.

At the farm yesterday, I lost my phone. And obviously I'm very stressed about it.

also there is RANDOM BUSTER KEATON

Gloria Swanson is impossible to look away from. That last scene😭

I was there to see Sunset Boulevard and WHAT AN ACTUALLY PERFECT FILM.

Went to the bfi this eve and Tom Hiddleston was there, doing whatever a Tom Hiddleston does (screening The Night Manager).

spotting worms in the comfort of my own home.

Get yourself a wormery and you don't even need to go out and about.

Like many Canadian cats, mine are indoor babies. Lady Jane has caught exactly one (1) mouse in her whole life and nary a birb.

I'm hopefully the birbs will realise the cats can't get out and eventually have a go.

Grey calico cat looking out a window at a birdfeeder.

calico cat sitting beside a window looking directly at the camera. A just-filled birdfeeder on the other side.

Also just put out the birdfeeders. It might take some brave birds...

Just fed the worms and we are SWIMMING in worm babies.

I just finished this and it's such a lively, compelling telling. Grimbart won my heart tho (sorry, Reynard).

Norwegian writer Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson statue

Norwegian writer Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson statue

the great Norwegian writer Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, and seagull

@earlymodernmel.bsky.social has been throwing little paper bird gliders for the cats while I am away. They do not appreciate her enough.

Just in time to catch up on everything I should have done last weekend.

Weekend it's my weekend and I appear to be recovering from the plague at last!