Ahahahahaha what do you mean the TECHNICAL ADVISOR to Bluesky just blocked over 300k users by following an ANTI-AI, AI HATERS blocklist.

Embarassing.

Tonight’s viewing was Vampire’s Kiss (1989). A bonkers Nic Cage performance - truly the Cagiest Cage that ever Caged. Not the expected cheesy vampire flick, though, but a smart, funny, preposterous and unhinged depiction of toxic masculine delusion and abusive misogynistic power dynamics. Who knew!

A photo of the Hungarian Parliament building, brightly illuminated against the night sky, the lights reflected in the river Danube.

Hungarian Parliament building in Budapest, from a boat trip on the Danube four nights ago.

Watercolour sketches (a girl looking at her phone, an outdoor table and chair at a café) and Budapest-themed stickers in a sketchbook.

Pencil and watercolour sketches of two street lamps and a stamp depicting the Budapest Opera House, in a sketchbook.

Watercolour sketch of the corner of a building in Budapest.

More Budapest pages in my small sketchbook.

Room in an apartment with a chair facing a tall window. The window has voile curtains

Sketchbook and tiny watercolour paint set on a windowsill, with a sketch in progress of the building opposite

Sketchbook open at a watercolour sketch of a building

Budapest.

Thanks for this rec! I hadn’t heard the album before. It’s sooooo beautiful.

I never really appreciated the subtlety of that fleeting look until I saw The Wicker Man on the big screen. Such a good performance.

It appears the Wild West town is only two or three miles from the village where I grew up. Never had a clue it was there.

Drawing in greens and pinks of a young woman’s face

Today ‘s #jyportraitchallenge

Today’s beautiful thing!

Ooh, a coincidence that we went out earlier meaning to buy primroses to plant. Didn’t find any! Came back with pansies, saxifrage, photinia and cyanothus.

Macro shot of the centre of a purple, white and yellow pansy

Macro shot of pink saxifrage flowers

Macro shot of the centre of a yellow pansy

Macro shot of a drop of water on a leaf

I’m the world’s most reluctant gardener, but we cleared away some dead stuff today and I was persuaded to go along to a garden shop and choose some pretty things to plant.

I’ve only ever heard sad or bad things about it from people I know who used to live there. My strongest memory of it is watching some sort of tribute band performing “Dude Looks Like A Lady” at a festival so I genuinely try to avoid it too.

I’ve been there three times - twice by mistake! The third time was probably also a mistake, though it was on purpose.

Pencil and wax pastel drawing of the face of a woman looking down pensively. She is wearing bright pink glasses and her black braided hair is just visible

And here’s another for the #jyportraitchallenge. Neocolors in a Moleskine sketchbook.

Pencil and wax pastel drawing of the face of a woman with short hair and bright red glasses.

Back to drawing daily portraits in a Moleskine sketchbook. This one’s for the #jyportraitchallenge

Table with a cup of coffee and a sketchbook open to a double-page drawing of customers sitting in a coffee shop.

Coffee and sketching with Isa this afternoon.

Ha haaaa

Ha ha! I bought one for my mother during the horrorshow of 5 years ago and remember it being impossible to stop the constant sliding. Industrial strength superglue, maybe!

How to stop sliding down in bed with one of those, though, unless you also put one under your knees?

Such a miracle fix, though on the first try I did throw up a bit. Now to recover from the back pain and tiredness caused by trying to sleep propped up. Experimenting in vain with every possible pillow configuration. 😆

Grateful to the late Dr John Epley for his magical manoeuvre, which made my horrible positional vertigo go away. It felt so awful the first time I tried it that it took me 3 days to be brave enough to try again.

¡Feliz dia del padre! Espero que no esté lloviendo.

Drawing in coloured pencil and wax pastel on warm-toned paper of an older woman lying naked on her back

One of last night’s life drawings.

My comment inevitably brought out the sanctimonious opinion-havers, somewhat proving my point.

He seems excessively hated, imo

Against All Odds by Phil Collins

Thank you ❤️

Absolutely!

Gouache painting of a young dark-haired woman sitting with her arms crossed over her knees. She’s wearing a white long-sleeves blouse with black polka dots and sheer tights.

Really enjoyed my first time painting from a reference on the #jyportraitchallenge. Gouache 7” x 9”