A whetstone knife sharpener, sitting on the box it was packed in, but still shrink-wrapped in plastic

#FMSPAD 30/6 What's this even for?: Well, if you actually unwrap it, rather than leaving it undisturbed in its box for several years, you can use it to sharpen the knives which you are letting get dangerously blunt. But not today, yeah? #FMS_RealLife25

A small figurine of a white unicorn with a long yellow tail and beard and golden horn. It has one foreleg raised and head somewhere between regardant and affrontant, staring forcefully at the camera with one eye

#FMSPAD 29/6 My mood in object form: I found this in a charity shop yesterday, and after a great Order Of The Geep dance-out today at Golowan Quay Fair, I too am a proud unicorn #FMS_RealLife25

An open corner shelf with a few mugs and a miniature teapot, most of which have price labels. Also on the shelf is a cartoonish wood and hairy fabric model of a Highland cow

#FMSPAD 28/6 Chaotic corner: Angus (yes, I know, but that's his name) is in the market for some crockery #FMS_RealLife25

A model of a rabbit made of something fluffy for its white chest, face and hind legs, and something like small twigs for the brown fur elsewhere. It is sitting in front of a multicoloured soft hat which is something like an oversized top hat, but with a tasseled point in the centre

#FMSPAD 27/6 Who put this here?: The rabbit was the prize in tonight's quiz, and the amazing hat was a present for me as the quiz master. I think both were leftover from a jumble sale or the like #FMS_RealLife25

Randall Munroe's "how to" and the 4th Collins "Coffee Break Crosswords" lying dejectedly in a pink paper tote bag

#FMSPAD 26/6 Unread books that deserve better: Another random stash of tsundoku I've recently discovered. Going by the publication dates, they can't have been there longer than 4 years, but I bet it's very close to that #FMS_RealLife25

A kitchen sink and draining board with a few items waiting to be washed in the background. In the very soapy water in the washing up bowl there is an open blender cup nearly filled with very soapy water. The entire scene is splattered with the soap foam which exploded from the blender cup when I opened it

#FMSPAD 25/6 A masterpiece: How much do you think I could get for this effort? It's what happens when you open the blender cup without waiting long enough for the too-soapy water to calm down after doing a wash cycle #FMS_RealLife25

A janitor's corset with a few stacked chairs, a telescopic ladder, a wide floor mop, a warning cone, and a portrait of Robert Baden Powell

#FMSPAD 24/6 The weirdest thing in my house: It's too hard to choose at home, so this is somewhere else. The janitor at this hall really be prepared #FMS_RealLife25

A small 3D figure of a Chinese dragon, whose feet are held on with long bouncy springs, on the side on a fridge between two large flat old enamel adverts for ice cream

#FMSPAD 23/6 A fridge magnet: Ice cream dragon #FMS_RealLife25

An open shelf full of mugs of various sizes, colours and designs, with a second necessarily higgledy-piggledy layer stacked on the resulting uneven surface of the first layer's rims

#FMSPAD 22/6 Too many mugs: If all goes well (new job and house improvements), they will be stored more sensibly sometime soonish #FMS_RealLife25

A couple of dog bowls outside a pub with a sign reading, "Dog bar. Please drink responsibly," next to a picture of a dog with its tongue out

#FMSPAD 21/6 A pet judging me: No, you drink responsibly! #DogPartyDay #FMS_RealLife25

Sherlock, a fluffy white/cream Maine Coon cat, asleep on his front with his forelegs spread out

#FMSPAD 20/6 What I should be doing: Following Sherlock's example, and getting a good night's sleep. But no, I'm still awake about 5 hours before I need to get up tomorrow #FMS_RealLife25

The bottom of a bay tree which has an outside electrical socket dangling from the attached flex which is wrapped in a skein around one of the branches

#FMSPSD 19/6 A plant that's trying: "Go on, gi's a job. Look, I can hold this cable for you. Go on, gi's it!" #FMS_RealLife25

A large sealed tub of "KA Tanking Slurry" sitting in the newly laid gravel in my back yard

#FMSPAD 18/6 Smells weird: I assume; I don't think the builders have quite got to the point where they need to open it yet, but the name makes me think it won't be pleasant when they do #FMS_RealLife25

Sherlock, a fluffy white/cream Maine Coon cat, looks blankly out of frame with his mouth open and tongue slightly sticking out. He has the remains of cat food in the fur below his mouth, and his usually magnificent beard is similarly sullied

#FMSPAD 16/6 Bad hair day: Sherlock was worryingly ill over the weekend, but is getting back to normal now. He is having trouble keeping the very wet recovery food out of his beard though #MatureMoggiesDay #FMS_RealLife25

Close-up on a knitted figure of Rosa Parks, part of the latest yarn bombing on a postbox in Troon, Cornwall. A label is attached with her name and a quote: "You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right." In the background are figures of Emmeline Pankhurst ("We are here, not because we are law-breakers; we are here in our efforts to become law-makers ...") and Elizabeth I ("I may have the body of a feeble woman, but I have the heart & stomach of a king"), plus a few others out of shot

#FMSPAD 14/6 An object out of place: If there's somewhere that you're not allowed to protest, then that's probably where you should be doing it #FMS_RealLife25

An insect sitting on an open white daisy. Several other white and pink daisies are in the slightly blurry background

#FMSPAD 13/6 Oopsie daisy: On balance, I don't think it's an unlucky day for me so far #FMS_RealLife25

A wall made from granite blocks, the bottom half of which is covered by what had appeared to be some kind of concrete wainscot. However, a large hole made in the top reveals that the inside is basically just loose muck

#FMSPAD 12/6 Makes no sense: Why attempt to shore up your granite wall with mud? Rain has stopped play on working on this today, but hopefully next week it will be properly sorted out. Then after a long wait while everything dries out we might be able to get going on the inside #FMS_RealLife25

163 -- Makes No Sense
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A small copper tube (half inch diameter, inch and a half long) plugged with a cork flush to the end, being held half out of my trouser pocket

#FMSPAD 11/6 What's in my pocket?: As always, it's my half of the spell given as a wedding present to @ankaret.bsky.social and me by @andygates.bsky.social
Regardless of whether it's actually what's kept us together, I'm not going to tempt fate by laying it aside after 30 years
#FMS_RealLife25

A jar labelled "Tesco Pickled Onions" in which can be seen a small amount of vinegar but no onions

#FMSPAD 10/6 Random fridge item: The onions all went a while ago, but it's apparently going to be Vinegar Day next week #FMS_RealLife25

Close-up on the down tube of my bike Elvis, around which and the front wheel a bike lock is locked

#FMSPAD 9/6 Where my keys should be: Fortunately Elvis's are harder to lose than Huw's; they're just not in shot here #FMS_RealLife25

On my left foot, a yellow sock with a blue toe and a pattern of blue bicycles. On my right foot, a black compression sock with a cyan toe and the first half of the word "stamina" visible

#FMSPAD 8/6 Sock that lost its partner: Due to preference and differing compression requirements, I rarely wear a matching pair, but I think that this is the last yellow one I still have with this pattern #FMS_RealLife25

The approximate figure of a man with arms and legs spread wide, made from brown plastic drainpipes and joints. It is wearing an orange reflective gilet and a yellow hard hat

#FMSPAD 7/6 Something suss: Would you buy a used car from this man? #FMS_RealLife25

Close-up on the bottom of my trouser leg, on which there are a few mud splatters

#FMSPAD 6/6 The laundry I ignored: Between dancing at the Royal Cornwall Show today, there was a lot of trudging about on muddy ground. I'm still wearing these though #FMS_RealLife25

An insulin pump lying amid a jumble of pens, pencils and balls of string

#FMSPAD 5/6 Something in my junk drawer: The first time my insulin pump was upgraded, they took the old one back, but I still have this one from the next time #FMS_RealLife25

A small snail stuck right in the centre on the front of the handlebars of my bike

#FMSPAD 4/6 Shouldn't be there: I had a passenger already waiting in the cockpit when I set out on today's ride. He told me that he just wanted to feel the wind in his hair #FMS_RealLife25

Slightly rumpled black cloth with two lines of white stitches and a few wispy clumps of very fine white cat fluff

#FMSPAD 3/6 Accidental art: An abstract piece by the @holmiesathome.bsky.social and me. Medium: inside of Morris shirt with tatter stitches and feline fur #FMS_RealLife25

A Ford car key

#FMSPAD 2/6 I forgot I owned this: Well, sort of; Huw's key went missing about a month ago after I drove to work, but suddenly appeared again today #FMS_RealLife25

06.02 I forgot I owned this. #fmspad #fms_reallife25

I bought this for my mom for Mother’s Day in 1985. I bought it at our school store when I was in kindergarten. Apparently, my oldest daughter has had it for a few years after finding it in my mom’s sewing room.

06.01 The mess I’m ignoring. #fms_reallife25

I forgot about this stuff when I packed up all the Christmas stuff and I just figured I would leave it until Christmas rolls around.