Photograph looking directly down on paving slabs, half of which have been power washed clean, the other half not. Booted feet of the photographer are visible peeking in at the bottom.

Notes and links from Monday 20 April: notes.peteashton.com/2026/04/20/notes-and-lin...

A while back I lent my power washer to a not-so-young-anymore friend who then lent it to another previously young friend whose life has slowed to the point where they’re noticing paving...

Faaaaark

Fuck me. Cameras usually make scenes like that look reduced so I can't imagine what it actually looks like.

Closeup on a black and yellow warning signs panel on a piece of equipment. The fully visible sign (the rest are cropped) is of a small smiling person, presumably a child, with a red cross marked over them. To the right is a stylised hand holding a spanner

Notes and links from Sunday 19 April: notes.peteashton.com/2026/04/19/notes-and-lin...

Decided to try out this new method of doing things I used to be able to do in a different way that doesn’t harm me (needs a snappier name) and got out the woodchipper today. Fi has been...

A rabbit is chewing the bark off a tree branch.

Notes and links from Saturday 18 April: notes.peteashton.com/2026/04/18/notes-and-lin...

Felt a little antsy so spent a decent amount of time in the shed, slowly levelling this piece of warped wood with the router and learning from my mistakes. Am seeking that balance b...

Some budding yellow flowers on a couple of branches of an evergreen plant. I’m afraid I don’t know what sort of plant it is.

Notes and links from Friday 17 April: notes.peteashton.com/2026/04/17/notes-and-lin...

Slept a lot and feel good for it, like a difficult few days has come to an end.

A rabbit is stretching up over a metal duct tube to reach a blade of green grass which is growing just out of reach. Behind is a wooden fence.

A woodworking bench. A Bosch router is sitting on a roughly made sled, comprising four scraps of wood creating a rectangle, under which is a large slab of wood which is being flattened by repeatedly running the router over it.

Notes and links from Thursday 16 April: notes.peteashton.com/2026/04/16/notes-and-lin...

So I may have made a mistake but I guess I was sick of resting and not feeling any better for it so I went into the shed today and spent a not insignificant amount of time flattenin...

A stack of food on a plate. From the top a fried egg yolk is sitting on a crumpet, which is sitting on the fried egg white on a piece of brown toast. All of this is on a small plate with a knife and fork.

Notes and links for Wednesday 15 April: notes.peteashton.com/2026/04/15/notes-and-lin...

Took a sleeping pill last night because I really didn’t fancy another restless night of stress dreams. (I have a handful left from before I started on melatonin.) It worked, in that...

The bottom of the leg of a woodworking bench. A rectangular hole in the leg is surrounded by a cobweb which has been caught falling sawdust. In the background, out of focus, a rabbit is exploring among the dusty detritus.

Notes from Tuesday 14 April: notes.peteashton.com/2026/04/14/notes-from-tu...

Rest day? Recovery day? I dunno what to call it. A bit of pottering, a bit of not much more. Feeling OK.
Am thinking about making a table top. Found two nice pieces of wood. Now pondering how to sl...

A bare tree against a large fluffy cloud against an otherwise clear deep blue sky.

Notes from Monday 13 April: notes.peteashton.com/2026/04/13/notes-from-mo...

Feeling better today but definitely delicate and on the edge, so took things easy with lots of rests.
Decided to renew the ash10.com domain after all. It’s too cute to give up and you never know, I m...

A purple flower

Notes from Sunday 12 April: notes.peteashton.com/2026/04/12/notes-from-su...

Very much a shite day. Started off feeling not too bad so we took the compostables to the allotment and I worked on slowly filling the compost hexagon. Last time I did this I was able to pace it and ...

Two rabbits are looking hopeful at the feet of a human who is wearing flowery pyjama bottoms and heavy workboots.

Notes from Saturday 11 April: notes.peteashton.com/2026/04/11/notes-from-sa...

Rest and recovery day. Done nuffink of note.

Had a visit from our local councillor, the Labour candidate, accompanied by a bevvy of grandees: a mayor, two MPs, a baroness and a lord (admittedly...

Nice use of "describes" there.

A blue sky with clouds coming in from the bottom. A rooftop aerial is poking in from the left.

Notes from Friday 10 April: notes.peteashton.com/2026/04/10/notes-from-fr...

Should have been a rest day but I had my CFS occupational therapy session today, which I only remembered late last night and hadn’t budgeted energy for, so I had to push through that on top of a roug...

A branch laden with cherry blossom is framed by a dark fir tree in the background.

Notes from Thursday 9 April: notes.peteashton.com/2026/04/09/notes-from-th...

Definitely a rest day today with limited capacity for anything, online or off.
This morning we (by which I mean Fi) had three of the great-neice/nephs, M, G and R over as part of the Easter holida...

A black and white rabbit is leaning in towards the camera to see if it is food.

Notes from Wednesday 8 April: notes.peteashton.com/2026/04/08/notes-from-we...

Felt pretty good, and the weather was gorgeous, so a pottering day with an Easter holidays visit from bits of Fi’s family. Possibly did too much as I have a bit of tinnitus and brain fog this ev...

A photograph of a fence filling the lower third and clear blue sky filling the top two thirds. A cluster of evergreen trees are nudging in from the right.

Notes from Tuesday 7 April: notes.peteashton.com/2026/04/07/notes-from-tu...

Chum Antonio came over for a long overdue visit today. We became good friends about 20 years ago when I was realising I might be an artist and he, along with the redoubtable Nikki Pugh, gave me a mo...

A toy truck that has been buried in the ground for a number of years. It is broken in places and very muddy. The logo on the side is Eddie Stobart Express Haulage. It is a vintage style truck with an open back covered with a large metal curved roof. It is sitting on a wooden table in the sun.

Notes from Monday 6 April: notes.peteashton.com/2026/04/06/notes-from-mo...

Very much a pottering in the garden day. Fi attacked the plants and borders while I did little jobs, as is my way. Mounted the bee hotel on the fence and rabbit-proofed a tree. Was nice to be outside.

A shed without a door on an allotment on a summery day. There are strange circular markings on the wood.

Notes from Sunday 5 April: notes.peteashton.com/2026/04/05/notes-from-su...

Many moons ago Fiona heard of a shed that was going free. We collected it, piling it onto the roof-rack of our hatchback and deposited it at the allotment. It was mostly fine but I figured it could be...

A dark photo of a rabbit hiding under a cupboard. It is hunched up and staring at the camera.

Notes from Saturday 4 April: notes.peteashton.com/2026/04/04/notes-from-sa...

Feeling better again, but still a bit fragile. Was nearly sideswiped by Wally deciding to stop eating this morning necessitating medication and force-feeding. He really didn’t look great and I was...

Two rabbits are munching on a dandelion plant which was been uprooted and dumped on a lawn. Their faces and ears are a bit distorted by the enthusiasm.

Notes from Friday 3 April: notes.peteashton.com/2026/04/03/notes-from-fr...

Somewhat improved mood today. I tried pulling back and Fiona gave me some space and it seemed to work. The brain is a muscle and sometimes it needs to rest. I even tried to crack a couple of jokes thi...

Try being the sort of wanker who's friends refuse to use Mastodon and only post to Bluesky... (At least Bluesky has rudimentary, if incomplete, RSS feeds)

A branch from a bush with numerous small yellow flowers on it, against a fence in the background.

Notes from Thursday 2 April: notes.peteashton.com/2026/04/02/notes-from-th...

Feeling a little better today but have a sense I’m going to be in this mood for a while. Maybe I won’t be (one thing I’m sure of is I have no idea how I’m going to be day to day) but this feels li...

A crow is flying away from a tree against a blue sky. It looks remarkably similar to the crow on the original cover of Iain Banks' The Crow Road, if that reference means anything to you.

Notes from Wednesday 1 April: notes.peteashton.com/2026/04/01/notes-from-we...

Overcome by a remarkably foul and grumpy mood today so will just note that and not write much more.

The view through a geodesic dome to the sky, so there are five sticks stretching out from a hub. Attached to the hub is an S hook. Beyond the dome is a clear blue sky and some trees.

Notes from Tuesday 31 March: notes.peteashton.com/2026/03/31/notes-from-tu...

Last night’s sleep was a bit rough. For some reason my teeth were hurting, not in a call-the-dentist way, more like there was a pressure on them. Fi thought it might be something to do with the tri...

A rabbit is chewing on a twig. It looks like it is smoking a cigarillo.

Notes from Monday 30 March: notes.peteashton.com/2026/03/30/notes-from-mo...

Rest day. Made another cut on the bath panel project and my sister came over for a catch up (all is well) but otherwise did nuffink. Although I’ve got a stinging headache this evening so maybe I did ...

It most certainly is.

A rabbit is climbing up a leg so its face is right in the camera. The nose and whiskers are very clear in the image.

Notes from Sunday 29 March: notes.peteashton.com/2026/03/29/notes-from-su...

Sleepy sleepy sleepy today. No energy at all, and content to just lean into that.
A few people in my streams are moaning about the clock changes but I have to say it never bothers me. I wake up at so...

Two black cats are exploring around a back garden. There is an empty concrete pad awaiting a new shed and a load of garden detritus.

Notes from Saturday 28 March: notes.peteashton.com/2026/03/28/notes-from-sa...

Chum Gareth came over today for a chat about the zine archive. Ironically, just as I’d taken it offline and was content not to think about it for a good long while, he’d messaged with the wheeze ...

A concrete pillar in a back garden. It has a blue washing line tied around it. It is very old and cracked with the metal interior pole showing and has moss growing on the top.

Notes from Friday 27 March: notes.peteashton.com/2026/03/27/notes-from-fr...

Very much a crash day today. Thought I might be OK when I got up (which is not the normal way of things) but Fi asked me to explain something I should have had no problem explaining and I stumbled an...