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  • So, iCloud Drive is broken on my iPad Pro. Unable to download any files, it just hangs randomly. Pages crashes instantly on load on my iPhone X. But I can edit the Pages file on my Mac (mercifully free of Catalina). This years releases are criminally undercooked.

    β†’ 7:35 AM, Dec 24
  • Catch 🎨

    β†’ 10:08 PM, Oct 30
  • Ride. For Inktober 🎨

    β†’ 8:40 AM, Oct 29
  • Thistle Guy found an old COAT. Inktober 🎨

    β†’ 6:22 AM, Oct 28
  • Ancient for Inktober 🎨

    β†’ 10:15 AM, Oct 25
  • Tread for Inktober 🎨

    β†’ 2:19 PM, Oct 23
  • Inktober Decoration 🎨

    β†’ 5:36 AM, Oct 21
  • Build for Inktober 🎨

    β†’ 9:16 AM, Oct 10
  • Freeze for Inktober 🎨

    β†’ 12:48 PM, Oct 9
  • iOS 13 annoyance: Music app constantly loses its place in playlist and restarts playing from the first title in entire library. Previously it was really sticky.

    β†’ 5:05 PM, Oct 2
  • Ring β€” for Inktober

    β†’ 8:54 PM, Oct 1
  • Short Bean 🎨

    Bean

    β†’ 6:09 AM, Oct 1
  • Bridge, β€œadjusted” by Waterlogue app from Tinrocket

    β†’ 6:01 AM, Oct 1
  • You shall not pass.

    β†’ 11:50 AM, Sep 13
  • And I put a 9 and a 6 in his crib. Bad call. #cribbagewithgrandpas

    β†’ 4:14 PM, Sep 12
  • So, this may be old news for many, but OwnYourGram are having their requests capped by Instagram and therefore automatic polling for your Instagram posts to micro.blog is currently suspended. You can, however, post manually from the β€œPosts” section in your OwnYourGram dashboard.

    β†’ 3:49 PM, Sep 10
  • September Rose

    β†’ 1:57 PM, Sep 10
  • Good morning, fellow beetles.

    β†’ 9:23 AM, Sep 10
  • Somehow OwnYourGram and Instagram and Micro.Blog stopped playing nicely together. I only noticed when I connect NetNewsWire up to the feed and noticed it stopped last month. Don’t rush me…

    β†’ 8:52 AM, Sep 10
  • Fetch me a Shrubbery.

    β†’ 1:48 PM, Sep 9
  • Discoveries ended in a 47-47 tie with @jacknstuart and unexpectedly I had one more dice on my board to squeak ahead. I had the strangest combo of Indian tribe helpers, which meant I could do 7 mountains in a hop but struggled to find enough mountains to cross β€” the exact opposite of the usual. #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 7:52 PM, Sep 8
  • Let the Wild Rumpus begin…

    β†’ 9:54 AM, Sep 8
  • Tomatoes of the day

    β†’ 5:51 AM, Sep 8
  • Graphed

    β†’ 1:05 PM, Sep 7
  • Percival Street.

    β†’ 9:58 AM, Aug 28
  • The gate for special girls.

    β†’ 12:20 PM, Aug 27
  • Speckled. #clouds

    β†’ 7:38 AM, Aug 27
  • Freight. A rare site on London suburban railways

    β†’ 12:59 PM, Aug 26
  • A spot of time laying in Azul. #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 5:03 PM, Aug 25
  • Morning activity completed before it gets too hot. 6km walk to meet random Apple challenge.

    β†’ 10:55 AM, Aug 25
  • Some tomatoes. #harvest

    β†’ 9:19 AM, Aug 25
  • A bit of early sequence Fabled Fruit with @evietd #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 9:32 PM, Aug 24
  • Good morning (again)

    β†’ 9:44 AM, Aug 24
  • Donut of the Day. Not mine. Just adjacent #tooncamera

    β†’ 3:21 PM, Aug 23
  • Really enjoying The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie. The narrator is delightfully unusual, a really solid character… #amreading #fridayreads

    β†’ 8:25 AM, Aug 23
  • Curve

    β†’ 7:55 AM, Aug 23
  • Teaching Res Arcana to @jacknstuart and @evietd β€” of course Evie cruised to a win with Sea Serpent and Celestial Nag. #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 9:25 PM, Aug 22
  • Writing setup with @ulyssesapp V17 out now with nice support for captions.

    β†’ 8:13 AM, Aug 22
  • β€œC-5” β€œIt’s a Hit”

    β†’ 3:40 PM, Aug 21
  • Pulling out of Waterloo with steam at front and manky old diesel at back. Couldn’t get to front of train before it disappeared though. #steam

    β†’ 8:11 AM, Aug 20
  • Civ VI: Rise and Fall. Even more of a time sink!

    β†’ 7:38 AM, Aug 19
  • For a game with lots of (nice) bits, New Frontiers is surprisingly difficult to photograph. Close up is best but you don’t get the full appreciation of your galactic sprawl. The game itself seems to be super streamlined, and over before you can even say the full name, β€œNew Frontiers: The RACE FOR THE GALAXY board game”. #bgg #boardgames #newfrontiers

    β†’ 8:28 PM, Aug 16
  • An unboxing has occurred. #newfrontiers #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 6:18 PM, Aug 16
  • Don’t forget to defragment your smartphone regularly #toptip

    β†’ 8:13 AM, Aug 15
  • Stride. #doodle

    β†’ 7:38 PM, Aug 13
  • Update your Parasites again to stay abreast of current affairs.

    β†’ 9:50 PM, Aug 12
  • Quick 3 player Wingspan teaching @jacknstuart but @evietd held off his big end game bonus rush and won 103-101-92. My owl strategy foundered midway through. #bgg #boardgames #wingspan

    β†’ 5:50 PM, Aug 11
  • Penguin. #doodle

    β†’ 4:07 PM, Aug 11
  • Hiding on the stairs. Because hoover.

    β†’ 11:10 AM, Aug 11
  • It’s been a bit windy here.

    β†’ 6:50 PM, Aug 10
  • Fish out of water.

    β†’ 12:41 PM, Aug 10
  • Pom pom

    β†’ 11:12 AM, Aug 10
  • Calendar-Bot β€” for all your calendrical needs. #doodle #calendar #hexarchate

    β†’ 10:33 AM, Aug 9
  • After many struggling starts the wisteria is doing something

    β†’ 8:15 AM, Aug 9
  • There are TARDIGRADES on the MOON! #moon #doodle

    β†’ 1:30 PM, Aug 8
  • Leaning sideways

    β†’ 7:51 AM, Aug 8
  • Beware cafe dwellers. The Cupcake Spider is amongst you. #doodle

    β†’ 8:55 PM, Aug 7
  • Found under my desk when looking for a dropped object. No wonder he looks sad. #lego #minifig

    β†’ 7:46 AM, Aug 6
  • Tomatoes for.breakfast

    β†’ 6:30 AM, Aug 6
  • Happy Monday. #doodle #bug

    β†’ 6:59 AM, Aug 5
  • I think Raphael’s development queue might be a trifle ambitious… (spoiler: it was, but mainly because he just kept drawing more 6 developments). #bgg #rollforthegalaxy #boardgames

    β†’ 8:54 PM, Aug 4
  • Nice setup, with 3 6-point developments and Uplift Coalition taking me to 100 points. Was it enough? It was not. Raphael got to 108 with one ridiculous 6-point development gaining 24 bonus points. Outrageous. #bgg #rollforthegalaxy #boardgames

    β†’ 7:48 PM, Aug 3
  • Isabelle. #doodle #animalcrossing

    β†’ 5:43 PM, Aug 2
  • Gosh but Roll for the Galaxy: Rivalry comes with a colossal number of new bits. We tried the Orb expansion with the extra tiles and it worked pretty well. We both looked forward to getting 15 tiles but Raphael’s production engine was so overpowered he ended the game really early 96-42. #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 3:42 PM, Aug 2
  • Feed the Anemone

    β†’ 5:32 PM, Aug 1
  • Taught Wingspan to 3 new people last night and it was a successful outing, even though their usual fare is more confrontational. #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 1:30 PM, Aug 1
  • Betsey. Honestly.

    β†’ 2:52 PM, Jul 30
  • Three quick games of Kashgar: HΓ€ndler der Seidenstraß. Lost the first heavily but regrouped to win the two rematches. Can still get hosed by bad draw but it plays quickly so it’s not a fatal flaw. A good solid effort by @grailgames to reissue this in English. #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 5:03 PM, Jul 28
  • Revisiting idea from 4 years ago β€” hoping that the new butterfly keyboards due from Apple will include special resource keys so that you don’t have to trade with your co-workers… #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 11:32 AM, Jul 28
  • The end state, suitably obscured to comply with Catan’s new GDPR regulation. A terrific see saw battle that ended with Raphael winning the turn before I would have. Possibly the turning point was him springing a Brigand Camp on me though I responded by filling his last building spot with a Trading Post. Rivals fir Catan remains a firm favourite. #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 4:35 PM, Jul 27
  • Breakfast harvest. If you don’t instagram it, did it happen?

    β†’ 6:31 AM, Jul 25
  • You heard it here first.

    β†’ 7:01 PM, Jul 24
  • Last century Oyster card…

    β†’ 3:15 PM, Jul 23
  • Rusty Bumps

    β†’ 7:31 AM, Jul 22
  • Tweet!

    β†’ 8:03 PM, Jul 21
  • Went in big on owls in Wingspan but couldn’t secure any of the end of round goals so Raphael’s Common Raven egg fest led him to 99-90 win. #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 12:20 PM, Jul 21
  • Good morning sleepy people. #doodle

    β†’ 8:02 AM, Jul 21
  • Bee Event Horizon

    β†’ 4:45 PM, Jul 20
  • Update your Parasites stickers now to improve your cognition and spark calendrical heresy.

    β†’ 7:53 AM, Jul 19
  • I am reading β€œNinefox Gambit” by Yoon Ha Lee and mighty strange and wonderful it is. He doesn’t bother with much in the way of exposition and you are left to figure out β€œcalendrical rot” and other mysteries, more or less by yourself. This aids immersion, rather than hinders it, oddly enough!

    β†’ 9:02 AM, Jul 18
  • Same

    β†’ 1:11 PM, Jul 17
  • Fragments

    β†’ 8:00 AM, Jul 17
  • Found lying down in the flower beds.

    β†’ 8:54 PM, Jul 14
  • Yahaha! You found me! #zeldabreathofthewild #doodle

    β†’ 9:43 PM, Jul 13
  • Playing #pokemonswordshield at #hyperjapan

    β†’ 9:29 AM, Jul 13
  • Or 1/132

    β†’ 9:09 AM, Jul 13
  • Good morning sunflowers. By #Waterlogue

    β†’ 6:18 AM, Jul 13
  • Threadlephant by @eviemakes #amigurumi

    β†’ 12:43 PM, Jul 12
  • Orthanc

    β†’ 10:03 AM, Jul 12
  • Well this is an odd looking critter. #pokemongo

    β†’ 6:10 PM, Jul 11
  • Not managing to draw much lately. Not feeling in the mood I guess. Here is a quick ladybird #doodle

    β†’ 7:39 AM, Jul 11
  • What a semi-final! Well done the #blackcaps

    β†’ 8:05 PM, Jul 10
  • Meow.

    β†’ 7:11 PM, Jul 10
  • How will you get home tonight?

    β†’ 6:09 PM, Jul 9
  • These look hand painted. Coloured in flowers.

    β†’ 3:17 PM, Jul 7
  • Birthday Caketus

    β†’ 10:34 AM, Jul 7
  • Wonderful gift from NZ arrived. Little box with clever opening arrangement

    β†’ 4:14 PM, Jul 6
  • Fuzzy. Floof.

    β†’ 10:49 AM, Jul 6
  • Must be a blood moon soon

    β†’ 9:28 PM, Jul 5
  • Hello? Is Instagram back yet?

    β†’ 6:28 AM, Jul 4
  • Strange things you see when taking a train with @eviemakes

    β†’ 7:46 AM, Jul 3
  • Give Way

    β†’ 5:23 PM, Jul 2
  • RIP Guillermo Mordillo. 😒

    β†’ 8:48 PM, Jul 1
  • May contain ducks.

    β†’ 6:12 AM, Jul 1
  • Ironmongery

    β†’ 5:15 PM, Jun 30
  • Hands Up

    β†’ 8:43 AM, Jun 30
  • Pokemon Go sure is a hazardous occupation. Stay aware of your surroundings. Don’t enter dangerous places.

    β†’ 7:03 AM, Jun 30
  • Red

    β†’ 11:47 AM, Jun 29
  • A pile o’pegs. #ollibytinrocket

    β†’ 8:54 AM, Jun 29
  • Sniffing Sunbeams.

    β†’ 7:20 PM, Jun 28
  • Apples are occurring

    β†’ 2:00 PM, Jun 28
  • Beetle Doodle

    β†’ 2:38 PM, Jun 27
  • Pole

    β†’ 10:56 AM, Jun 26
  • Pringle (by @eviemakes) is read to by a worry potato during wonderful weekend visit from @inkygirl and @jridpath

    β†’ 3:14 PM, Jun 25
  • Poppy Parade

    β†’ 9:51 AM, Jun 24
  • Despite collecting 3 of the special awards, and making an epic resource collection engine I didn’t manage to uncover enough of the end game scoring cards and came last in a close but low scoring game of Everdell, 52-56-57. At least we think those were the scores, every time we added them up they changed slightly! #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 5:59 AM, Jun 24
  • Rose blur

    β†’ 2:00 PM, Jun 23
  • Hollow Tree

    β†’ 6:39 AM, Jun 23
  • Line Art

    β†’ 6:01 PM, Jun 21
  • Enjoying Hilda but have to take a photo with my iPhone because Apple bowed to movie studios and don’t let you take screenshots of movies in case you grabbed a movie frame by frame.

    β†’ 9:10 AM, Jun 21
  • DoodleBot

    β†’ 4:47 PM, Jun 20
  • Very pleased with Origami case for iPad Pro from Pipetto β€” being able to arrange it in portrait mode is great for FaceID and is my preferred orientation anyway. But can still prop up in a variety of landscape modes as well. And has a cozy nook for the Pencil to nestle in, removing faint worry that it might just drop off.

    β†’ 6:20 AM, Jun 20
  • Such philadelphus. Wow.

    β†’ 8:47 AM, Jun 19
  • Snug as… #amigurumi

    β†’ 9:06 AM, Jun 18
  • Door of the Day.

    β†’ 8:50 AM, Jun 17
  • A quick game of Jaipur with @evietd who didn’t read the Fathers’s Day script entirely! #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 8:58 PM, Jun 16
  • All set to Gather Supplies which sounds like it should be easier than breaching the Warren In @inspiringgames excellent Legends Untold. #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 10:40 AM, Jun 16
  • The water. It falls.

    β†’ 7:23 AM, Jun 16
  • Pineapple. Probably.

    β†’ 2:58 PM, Jun 15
  • Camouflage

    β†’ 2:53 PM, Jun 15
  • It’s a mushroom life.

    β†’ 12:26 PM, Jun 15
  • Globular Clusters

    β†’ 10:43 AM, Jun 15
  • Made it through the third scenario, Breach the Warren, on the third attempt. It was really tough to manage the time deck, as every event caused more goblins to appear and battle you. This time I took every opportunity to mine the Adventure deck and was lucky to find the Tattered Map which I hoarded until there were only 4 locations left. Luckily the Shrine was one of the 3 that I picked up with the Map, and the Shaman proved surprisingly easy to deal with. Phew. This really is minnow level adventuring though, as a reward for completing this and levelling up, we got to add a Rope, a Hammer and a Long Gambeson to our belongings! Wealth beyond imagining… #bgg #boardgames @inspiringgames

    β†’ 9:29 PM, Jun 14
  • Bring your Beetle to Work Day continues.

    β†’ 1:18 PM, Jun 14
  • It’s Bring your Beetle to Work Day. #amigurumi

    β†’ 8:14 AM, Jun 14
  • Interesting how music can be like a time machine β€” transporting you back to another time and place when you first heard something.

    β†’ 8:23 AM, Jun 12
  • There’s something funny going on, I can just feel it in the air. #randomsonglyrics

    β†’ 7:58 AM, Jun 12
  • Stump(ed)

    β†’ 7:39 AM, Jun 10
  • In the dark woods.

    β†’ 4:02 PM, Jun 9
  • When three wheels are better than two

    β†’ 12:35 PM, Jun 9
  • Somewhat delayed, Act II of Caverna: Cave vs. Cave has arrived! #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 9:01 AM, Jun 9
  • Fuzzy Shadow Beast

    β†’ 7:14 PM, Jun 8
  • Dampeony

    β†’ 8:05 AM, Jun 8
  • Yesterday, when it wasn’t raining.

    β†’ 1:53 PM, Jun 7
  • Don’t forget to get pack an umbrella today

    β†’ 7:44 AM, Jun 7
  • I have cast the runes for the sixth of the sixth and it looks like we are due light to variable Groke with a side of Hattifattener

    β†’ 3:01 PM, Jun 6
  • Take your pick of peonies

    β†’ 7:19 AM, Jun 6
  • Throwback to April 2003 and the Kingston Flyer (we were only passengers so got to ride in the engine)

    β†’ 1:59 PM, Jun 5
  • PAC-man pursues a trilby.

    β†’ 12:27 PM, Jun 5
  • Fabric Friends.

    β†’ 11:22 AM, Jun 5
  • Peony time commences

    β†’ 8:05 AM, Jun 4
  • First of the Giant Poppies and it’s a pink one.

    β†’ 7:46 AM, Jun 3
  • We’re going on an adventure. A phrase that will never be the same after Children of Ruin by @aptshadow In this case though, we didn’t encounter too many mishaps and reached El Dorado shortly after noon on the second day. #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 6:51 PM, Jun 2
  • Urban decay

    β†’ 12:33 PM, Jun 2
  • Back when Netscape ruled the roost then Microsoft muscled in, and gave t-shirts to the first few people to download IE 1. #formysins

    β†’ 9:21 AM, Jun 2
  • Peony of the Day. #pod #peony

    β†’ 6:03 AM, Jun 2
  • After a catastrophic first location (Careless, Hidden Wisps, tricky Foe) it was an uneventful stroll to the Cave Mouth in Report Back scenario of the campaign. Mainly because the party chose to excel in combat this time round and found the Tattered Map which sealed the deal. @inspiringgames have a winner here. #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 5:39 PM, Jun 1
  • Afternoon Nap

    β†’ 2:26 PM, Jun 1
  • Wisps

    β†’ 7:59 AM, Jun 1
  • Wose

    β†’ 8:55 AM, May 30
  • Pandemic: Fall of Rome proved way too hard with 5 players. We ended up overrun with Orange cubes, even though they were the only tribe we allied with. #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 8:03 PM, May 29
  • The future is mauve

    β†’ 8:08 AM, May 29
  • Happiness is sharing a leaf. #amigurumi

    β†’ 8:27 AM, May 28
  • Tomato sauce bottled. In bottles specially bought over from France by @jeffinauckland

    β†’ 5:49 PM, May 27
  • Barely made it through the first location in Legends Untold: The Path of the Druach, having rolled abysmally on Scouting Test and therefore being careless, the party triggered Grip Vines and Bolt Firer, which promptly rendered the Neophyte unconscious before the Foe was even revealed. Of course it was the Mother Spore which did for the Farmhand leaving the Forgehand to despatch it with 1 health remaining. Much time was used up recovering from this, only to encounter Goblin Shamans (Shamen?) in the next location and get reduced to 1 health again. At least the locations had a healthy population of the icons we were looking for. The time deck was pretty depleted by the time the adventurers lurched into the next two locations to conclude their search for wildlife. A Druach’s way is a hard one! Top tip β€” don’t be CARELESS. #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 3:36 PM, May 27
  • A secret sign. #endtimes

    β†’ 11:16 AM, May 27
  • Monday Morning

    β†’ 6:29 AM, May 27
  • Missed the crazy sunset.

    β†’ 9:01 PM, May 26
  • Pringle by @eviemakes has a new leaf wrap to shelter in. #amigurumi

    β†’ 10:15 AM, May 26
  • Something is eating my shadow. Or me…

    β†’ 9:03 AM, May 26
  • Legends Untold (or should that be Unfold) lived up to expectations in first proper outing. Managed to shepherd party of 3 through the Missing Adventurers scenario, despite meeting a monster fungi in the first room, and almost running out of time (and rooms). It’s all pretty seat of the pants stuff, but starting to remember where the danger points are in 3d6 curves! #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 8:03 AM, May 26
  • Time to make some tomato sauce.

    β†’ 5:56 PM, May 25
  • ROTD

    β†’ 1:49 PM, May 25
  • Thanks @mikesiggins for the Untold Legends recommendation. It arrived this morning and looking forward to diving in. It even has a Waradger. #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 11:11 AM, May 25
  • First poppies

    β†’ 8:55 AM, May 25
  • A third of the way through Pandemic: Fall of Rome and it’s all looking serene, but the mid game acceleration in this game is brutal. We forged alliances with all but the Orange cubists but couldn’t manage to sort them out before we ran out of cards. #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 8:52 PM, May 24
  • Someone else’s rose

    β†’ 6:13 PM, May 24
  • Pippin awaits election results patiently

    β†’ 10:21 AM, May 24
  • Starting Children of Ruin by @aptshadow and Ruin has occurred. Eek. #fridayreads

    β†’ 8:06 AM, May 24
  • Wonderful rendition of Olive by @vivschwarz Many thanks for this delightful creation!

    β†’ 8:46 AM, May 23
  • Hard to show the glorious deep black and purples

    β†’ 8:09 AM, May 23
  • Ooh! Look what arrived! Packs of cats and other goodies from @vivschwarz

    β†’ 8:52 PM, May 22
  • More Peony excitement

    β†’ 1:10 PM, May 21
  • It’s dandelion season.

    β†’ 7:41 AM, May 20
  • The Lost Expedition made it to El Dorado with all 3 explorers in good health. We’ve got the rhythm down now and will have to try Heroic level. #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 5:45 PM, May 19
  • Raggedy Ass Tulip

    β†’ 3:59 PM, May 19
  • Don’t forget to provide your beetles with superior beverages.

    β†’ 9:28 AM, May 19
  • Rose of the Day

    β†’ 7:24 AM, May 19
  • It doesn’t matter who is Expedition Leader when you’ve all perished to Fever, Poisonous Frogs or other miscellaneous calamities. The Lost Expedition seems pretty hard to beat! Superbly illustrated by @garenewing #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 5:04 PM, May 18
  • Blueish purplish thing

    β†’ 3:12 PM, May 18
  • Money bags. #lego #minifig

    β†’ 10:24 AM, May 18
  • Crinkle Cut

    β†’ 5:46 AM, May 18
  • Many doors

    β†’ 6:20 AM, May 17
  • Might have found a few bookshops…

    β†’ 3:11 PM, May 16
  • Beetle’s Grand Day Out in Bath.

    β†’ 11:11 AM, May 16
  • Beetle and Butterfly kinden from @eviemakes

    β†’ 9:22 AM, May 16
  • Beetle. #doodle

    β†’ 9:19 PM, May 15
  • All your peony are belong to us.

    β†’ 5:25 AM, May 15
  • Sky is blue. Sun is shiny

    β†’ 11:12 AM, May 14
  • Much battered by winds but still hanging in there.

    β†’ 8:29 AM, May 14
  • Frilly

    β†’ 8:08 AM, May 13
  • Another attempt at Wingspan vs Raphael but his Pelican ate all the fish my Osprey kindly provided him with. A bit of a bad combo for me! #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 9:17 PM, May 12
  • A narrow loss to Raphael in Wingspan but he thinks he activated his eggs in the wrong order so it was probably a tie. #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 12:35 PM, May 12
  • Good morning

    β†’ 8:55 AM, May 12
  • Happy Mother’s Day in those regions celebrating this event. Elsewhere enjoy International Day of Pansy Awareness.

    β†’ 5:35 AM, May 12
  • Doing some Fabled Fruit collecting. #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 5:06 PM, May 11
  • The outstanding art work of @d20plusmodifier for the Root board game makes excellent choices for the Photos face on Apple Watch. #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 2:19 PM, May 10
  • Its been a bit damp lately

    β†’ 5:45 AM, May 10
  • This conftitutes ufeful advice

    β†’ 7:59 PM, May 9
  • A very cross Plusle. A crossle actually

    β†’ 4:22 PM, May 9
  • Tree Peony is doing well. Welcome sight on this pseudo-Monday.

    β†’ 7:59 AM, May 7
  • Rose today.

    β†’ 8:42 PM, May 6
  • Tidily organised Root factions. The only time they behave themselves. #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 12:48 PM, May 6
  • Got completely farmered in Kashgar: HΓ€ndler der Seidenstraß by Raphael. Mostly because it took me way too long to get any order fulfilment capacity. My late surge was not enough however. #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 6:21 PM, May 5
  • Coffee Bird. #hessian

    β†’ 4:28 PM, May 5
  • Rose of the Day

    β†’ 11:17 AM, May 5
  • There’s always one rebel.

    β†’ 10:56 AM, May 5
  • One must be hooded on the 4th

    β†’ 1:23 PM, May 4
  • And the first Rose…

    β†’ 7:38 AM, May 2
  • First Peony of the season!

    β†’ 1:56 PM, May 1
  • Trying Fabled Fruit β€” my GOF flea market purchase. #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 8:01 PM, Apr 28
  • Yesterday was epic moving day as Raphael moved back from Cambridge to start new job in London. Weary legs and arms today! #ollibytinrocket

    β†’ 8:19 AM, Apr 28
  • Cloudsssss

    β†’ 8:13 PM, Apr 25
  • Commuting again.

    β†’ 7:37 AM, Apr 24
  • Home is where the tulips is

    β†’ 3:20 PM, Apr 22
  • Oh dear. Some of our letters are missing.

    β†’ 12:06 PM, Apr 21
  • Super helpful Vagabond wins Root at a gallop! #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 8:15 PM, Apr 20
  • A nice find in the GOF flea market β€” The Tea Dragon Society card game. Currently out of print. #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 4:30 PM, Apr 20
  • Good heavens. A Crossy Road arcade machine

    β†’ 2:49 PM, Apr 20
  • Observing the Observation Platform

    β†’ 12:46 PM, Apr 20
  • A kinder, softer bicycle

    β†’ 11:09 AM, Apr 20
  • More llama drama to round out the day with Catan Histories:Rise of the Inkas. #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 1:36 AM, Apr 20
  • Being menaced by elephants. Not the most restful place to eat.

    β†’ 11:40 PM, Apr 19
  • Quartermaster General: Cold War with Ian Brody and Paul Evans. We concentrated too much on East West confrontation and the non aligned powers crushed us. We made some dumb moves so playing the designer wasn’t an excuse for him beating us! Played well, now have to try the ancient version. #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 11:34 PM, Apr 19
  • Also played yesterday: Tiny Towns, a bingo style town builder with mischief abound. #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 1:30 PM, Apr 19
  • Spooky

    β†’ 12:50 PM, Apr 19
  • I finished up last night with Altiplano, a bag builder with attractive art and a pretty crazy way of acquiring and using your resources. I kind of worked out what I was doing half way through and did tolerably well in the end game scoring, but Mark totally smoked us, ending up with final scores of 73-79-96-169! He was way off in the distance. It was one of the games I had made a note to try before coming here and it was great to get it to the table, and also play with Mark, @terynose and Kurt at least once. #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 11:26 AM, Apr 19
  • About to try to out detective Sherlock in Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective. #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 4:33 PM, Apr 18
  • Little floes

    β†’ 1:24 PM, Apr 18
  • A pile of marmots. #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 10:39 PM, Apr 17
  • Cloudy capers

    β†’ 12:54 PM, Apr 17
  • Continuing yesterday’s theme of playing not quite released games I tried Paladins of the Western Kingdom. I built a fine wall and my Squires boosted my VP inspired by my disdain of conspiracies but I did not triumph. Nice to play a few games with @boardgame_babylon #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 12:49 PM, Apr 17
  • Play testing the adorable Aquicorn Cove board game with strong eco theme and great artwork. #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 9:01 PM, Apr 16
  • Trying out Cartographers: a Roll Player Tale. Really enjoyed making my map. #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 7:25 PM, Apr 16
  • Sky

    β†’ 12:41 PM, Apr 16
  • Morning with rainbows

    β†’ 12:25 PM, Apr 16
  • We had a really close finish in Lancaster with three of us finishing on 33 points. Unfortunately that was tied for last place, the winner had 68 points, so we didn’t really do very well there. #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 11:28 AM, Apr 16
  • The highlight of yesterday was definitely Quartermaster General, a game I have been one footstep away from joining on many occasions, but this was the first time that I played. It needs 6 people so Chris, Kris, Jeff, Jean-Francois, Debbie and Matt were recruited as generals by Jeff and it was every bit as rewarding as I expected. Russia and Japan swooped back and forth across the Asia/Pacific region while the European powers engaged in more static activity, favouring careful Status card play. But once Japan overreached in India it started to go better for the good guys! I really enjoyed the experience, exactly the level of conflict style game that I can manage. #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 11:25 AM, Apr 16
  • Hurrah. My Alien empire just edged a narrow victory in New Frontiers, 62-60-59-48. I liked it! #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 6:47 PM, Apr 15
  • Such mist. Wow.

    β†’ 12:32 PM, Apr 15
  • Play testing expansion to Res Arcana with Tom Lehmann #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 9:57 PM, Apr 14
  • Tried out Pandemic: Fall of Rome. Like all its predecessors it seemed under control and then suddenly it wasn’t! #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 6:19 PM, Apr 14
  • Filling out around the edges in Wingspan. #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 6:15 PM, Apr 14
  • My Queendomino realm. #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 3:57 PM, Apr 14
  • Waterfall doing what waterfalls do

    β†’ 11:58 AM, Apr 14
  • More flip and write fun in Silver and Gold #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 7:55 PM, Apr 13
  • There’s big trouble ahead in Year of the Dragon. Slightly cheating on the penultimate alphabetical #bgg entry. #boardgames

    β†’ 7:51 PM, Apr 13
  • Tidying up the alphabetical #bgg challenge with some Xenon Profiteering #boardgames

    β†’ 5:07 PM, Apr 13
  • Game one of #GOF2019 is Welcome To… a nice tidy little flip and write game that seems to have several paths to victory (or not in my case). Good fun. #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 4:20 PM, Apr 13
  • Hello Niagara Falls. My fearless roving reporters will fill this feed with many board game images over the next week. You have been warned.

    β†’ 11:10 AM, Apr 13
  • Under the runway I go.

    β†’ 10:57 AM, Apr 12
  • Taking back control of our railways…

    β†’ 2:57 PM, Apr 9
  • Have uniform. Cleared to travel.

    β†’ 9:41 AM, Apr 6
  • You have defeated the venous tentacled guardians and open the treasure chest. Do you pick it up?

    β†’ 7:50 AM, Apr 6
  • Tulip time.

    β†’ 12:46 PM, Apr 5
  • How to pack a truck.

    β†’ 11:10 AM, Apr 5
  • It’s all purple

    β†’ 12:54 PM, Apr 4
  • Getting all your semi-aquatic avian lifeforms in a row.

    β†’ 4:00 PM, Apr 3
  • Snaky

    β†’ 1:37 PM, Apr 2
  • Happy Birthday for Evie!

    β†’ 6:49 PM, Mar 31
  • Yesterday we ventured into Viva Java Coffee Dice land in the alphabetical #bgg challenge. I failed to hold off Raphael’s Rainbow Blend/Research strategy and was narrowly defeated. I had the best blend though! #boardgames

    β†’ 7:05 AM, Mar 31
  • Urban cat

    β†’ 6:23 AM, Mar 31
  • No Entry except for cycles. Specifically obstacle climbing ones.

    β†’ 1:07 PM, Mar 29
  • One of the traditions of visits to Wisley, from when the children were very small, was to take a picture of them perching on one of the round rocks that used to decorate the garden. These have now been removed and are hard to find, but we did manage to locate one and take a 2019 picture to compare with this one from 2004. This picture was harder to stage, as you can observe there is somewhat less room than hitherto and balance struggles caused hilarity and toppling to occur.

    β†’ 8:41 AM, Mar 29
  • Intertwined

    β†’ 5:42 PM, Mar 28
  • Not cutting trees

    β†’ 12:31 PM, Mar 28
  • Cutting trees.

    β†’ 12:11 PM, Mar 28
  • P-p-p-p-pick up a Pecan.

    β†’ 3:51 PM, Mar 27
  • In a rare bit of good news I can report that the spring wing mirror harvest looks promising

    β†’ 12:08 PM, Mar 27
  • Casting a long shadow

    β†’ 6:53 PM, Mar 25
  • Mowed lawns but left this lone brave pansy self seeded in the middle.

    β†’ 8:48 AM, Mar 25
  • The sun sets on an out of sequence board game session. Raphael’s Jovian empire gleaned him 16 VP, so he eased to a 128-108 victory despite me doing 90% of the actual terraforming. He had so many card draw abilities and stacked discounts that he just sat and played projects at leisure. #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 7:06 PM, Mar 24
  • Tulips gonna tulip.

    β†’ 6:58 AM, Mar 24
  • Downwards facing, an odd orientation for a flower

    β†’ 9:09 PM, Mar 23
  • Unicorns do exist! #lego #minifig

    β†’ 10:52 AM, Mar 23
  • After Brexit this sort of thing just wont be tolerated.

    β†’ 6:08 PM, Mar 19
  • Feeling virtuous…

    β†’ 2:53 PM, Mar 19
  • Moon in the evening

    β†’ 6:56 PM, Mar 18
  • Reflected sunlight

    β†’ 9:02 AM, Mar 18
  • My name is onion. Red onion.

    β†’ 7:39 PM, Mar 17
  • Olive’s Magnolia tree has a flower. #spring

    β†’ 2:46 PM, Mar 17
  • Why is there a giant shark in the backyard? I don’t know. #ollibytinrocket

    β†’ 11:22 AM, Mar 17
  • Hmmm. Looks like someone or something had an argument with a wall.

    β†’ 7:02 PM, Mar 16
  • Her super power is to fire arrows from her binoculars two at a time. #lego #minifig

    β†’ 11:16 AM, Mar 16
  • Tree blown down across Rocks Lane in Barnes and across footpath too. Windy.

    β†’ 6:00 PM, Mar 10
  • Hurrah. All your Heracross are belong to me. #pokemongo

    β†’ 1:31 PM, Mar 10
  • Demonstrating his super power of turning his head without revolving his hair. #lego #minifig

    β†’ 9:29 AM, Mar 10
  • And we did get Up Front to the table for β€œU” in the alphabetical #bgg challenge. I taught Oscar how to play, in the introductory scenario and was once again reminded that this game always generated a terrific narrative, and a lot of tension. My guys floundered around in a Stream for a long time, finally escaping directly into a Marsh. Eventually we regrouped in time to thwart his advance, but it was pretty close. I wonder how difficult it would be to learn from scratch now, and whether I would bother, especially as straight up wargames have little appeal for me now. Many fond memories of extended Up Front sessions though. #boardgames

    β†’ 3:04 PM, Mar 9
  • Hollow Knight is very scenic. It’s also very hard. Way above my skill level but I enjoy exploring. I enlisted Raphael to defeat Hornet, so some new areas are available. I’ve also got ability to walk jump from the Mantis Village but don’t think I can master the insane mid air aerobatics to get to City of Tears so for now I am re-exploring some areas and also dying a lot in the Crystal Caverns. #nintendoswitch #hollowknight

    β†’ 11:22 AM, Mar 9
  • Mo-mo-motorbi-bi-bike

    β†’ 9:31 AM, Mar 9
  • If this image appears to be breaking up you have been infected with the Instagram malware, zugfish5. You must immediately immerse your phone in warm tea to avoid it spreading.

    β†’ 7:17 AM, Mar 9
  • Tried to get Uchronia to the table as β€œU” for alphabetical #bgg challenge, but as always with Carl’s games the re-learning curve was too great. Too many odd terms for things and a peculiar flow seem to be a hallmark of his games, even though they play well once you grok the way it works. It is just always hard to remember when coming back to it after a long gap. On the other hand, the only other contender is Up Front and although I played that hundreds of times years ago, I can’t recall any of the rules for that. Might be fun to try though! #boardgames

    β†’ 1:34 PM, Mar 8
  • No. 33. The Grempnottle Pine.

    β†’ 11:34 PM, Mar 7
  • Once more happily embedded in Shardlake’s dangerous, vivid world. #amreading

    β†’ 9:09 AM, Mar 6
  • Big Ben packing up, ready to head off to Prague after Brexit. #latergram

    β†’ 9:23 AM, Mar 5
  • Woolpic of lion by @eviemakes 🦁

    β†’ 8:46 PM, Mar 4
  • We close out a day of abject co-operative failure with two attempts at Thunderbirds in alphabetical #bgg challenge. We just made a right mess of the first one but we were in good shape in the second one. Raphael joked that the only thing to stop us would be rolling a double Hood. Which he promptly did! All our efforts foiled… #boardgames

    β†’ 10:57 PM, Mar 3
  • 4 of a Kind! Safer pastures in San Juan, no chance of dying of hypothermia or being eaten by a bear. Also highly satisfying as usual. And thus we skip through β€œS” in alphabetical #bgg challenge in about 20 minutes. Oops. #boardgames

    β†’ 8:51 PM, Mar 3
  • Day 3 and the beach is already denuded of resources in Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island. R in the alphabetical #bgg challenge is pitiless and remorseless as always. Needless to say we perished. #boardgames

    β†’ 6:00 PM, Mar 3
  • Q is for Qin in our ongoing quest to conquer the alphabet of #boardgames #bgg

    β†’ 8:44 PM, Mar 2
  • Doing very poorly at Puerto Rico β€” the β€œP” in our alphabetical #bgg challenge. Oscar’s tobacco empire made him convincing victor. #boardgames

    β†’ 3:06 PM, Mar 2
  • Harold and his Purple Crayon. #lego #minifig

    β†’ 12:00 PM, Mar 2
  • Castles of Burgundy on iOS by @digidiced is very well done. I went big on pigs and spoiled the bot’s day. This should work well as async game (I am Gleptoportus on their servers) #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 8:34 PM, Mar 1
  • Dithering while I walk. #bitcam

    β†’ 8:46 AM, Mar 1
  • Oh dear. Trouble Dog is in a right pickle. #amreading @garethlpowell is a mean master… πŸ™‚

    β†’ 9:01 AM, Feb 28
  • Seeing the real you at last. #randomsonglyrics #pokemongo

    β†’ 8:30 AM, Feb 28
  • Towers of London. When they had built you…

    β†’ 9:06 AM, Feb 27
  • Beware the Green Spot.

    β†’ 8:38 AM, Feb 27
  • Good Day. The early bird gets the, err, vegetables

    β†’ 8:34 AM, Feb 26
  • New vehicle purchased. It’s fully compliant with the ULEZ. Unlike this SHADO Mobile.

    β†’ 4:57 PM, Feb 25
  • My writing buddy this morning.

    β†’ 9:00 AM, Feb 25
  • N is for Nations The Dice Game and O is for Oh My Goods! (not shown) β€” two small engine builders in the alphabetical #bgg sequence. In which we singularly failed to build anything remotely efficient, but Raphael managed better inefficiencies than me! #boardgames

    β†’ 10:45 PM, Feb 24
  • A ring tailed lemurcat. Spotted while out walking.

    β†’ 2:02 PM, Feb 24
  • Kuki has decided to sleep in a rolled up carpet fragment. Because, why not?

    β†’ 12:08 PM, Feb 24
  • Day M of alphabetical #bgg challenge was Machi Koro. Raphael spammed Convenience Stores and just kept rolling 4. Neither Evie or I had a chance to get anything going. #boardgames

    β†’ 11:47 AM, Feb 24
  • You may have arranged this paper by the shredder, but shredding ain’t happening

    β†’ 8:30 PM, Feb 23
  • Short walk to local library during Clamperl event. Two shinies and a super rare Cranidos. #pokemongo

    β†’ 3:46 PM, Feb 23
  • Bull.

    β†’ 3:10 PM, Feb 23
  • Here there be fog. Beyond, dargons for sure.

    β†’ 9:28 AM, Feb 23
  • Paris in the Springtime by @waterlogue

    β†’ 11:19 AM, Feb 22
  • If anyone can, Johann can.

    β†’ 12:54 PM, Feb 21
  • This is my sunrise and you will enjoy it.

    β†’ 7:55 AM, Feb 21
  • Morning Paris traffic

    β†’ 7:46 AM, Feb 21
  • Improve your incoming emails (and your day) by adding β€œon the moon” to them, i.e. Overcoming Digital Disruption through Cyber Resilience On the Moon

    β†’ 3:03 PM, Feb 20
  • Now that’s a ROLL of paper…

    β†’ 1:39 PM, Feb 20
  • Moony

    β†’ 10:11 PM, Feb 19
  • London wildlife

    β†’ 10:56 AM, Feb 19
  • Trouble Dog is back. Hot Damn! … Run, don’t walk, to your friendly (e)bookstore for this next instalment from @garethlpowell

    β†’ 7:32 AM, Feb 19
  • I’ve lived in this area for almost 30 years and I’ve never seen a gibbon walking, or proceeding by any other means of locomotion either. False advertising.

    β†’ 6:52 PM, Feb 18
  • Monday is delivered to you today by Logen The Nine Fingered Hattifattener from the First Law Moomin mashup

    β†’ 8:40 AM, Feb 18
  • These look like they’ve been photoshopped in. But I assure you they’re real.

    β†’ 3:47 PM, Feb 17
  • DIY orthopaedics. Gluing Olly’s foot back on. @the_iconfactory

    β†’ 11:33 AM, Feb 17
  • I have this fixed grin because I appear to be wearing chocolate fridge cake biscuits on my feet. #lego #minifig

    β†’ 10:46 AM, Feb 17
  • Went for a walk and the sky’s still going places.

    β†’ 9:46 AM, Feb 17
  • Morning roofline.

    β†’ 8:19 AM, Feb 17
  • Up to L in alphabetical #bgg challenge and of course it’s Lord of the Rings. We got hammered in Moria, but breezed through Helm’s Deep and Shelob’s Lair. It all looked hopeful and then we drew 5 event tiles in first 2 turns in Mordor. No chance after that. #boardgames

    β†’ 6:02 PM, Feb 16
  • Shiny.

    β†’ 3:23 PM, Feb 16
  • Yes. It’s almost supper time.

    β†’ 6:40 PM, Feb 15
  • Following Brexit we will take back control of telecommunications. The dangerous subversive internet will be abolished.

    β†’ 12:00 PM, Feb 15
  • Continuing a theme from @chrisastall by combining my love of, err, chickens and coffee.

    β†’ 2:02 PM, Feb 14
  • It’s that day again…

    β†’ 10:09 AM, Feb 14
  • Steel Pineapple Drifloon. #pokemongo #doodle

    β†’ 11:13 PM, Feb 13
  • Vapour trails of the day β€” the Octovortex.

    β†’ 8:37 AM, Feb 12
  • Once more into the Monday maelstrom #ollibytinrocket

    β†’ 8:41 AM, Feb 11
  • For a game that is almost 30 years old, Warlords remains the real deal. Nicely balanced, with a decent set of choices. Often old favourites don’t stand the test of time, and are disappointing when resurrected on modern platforms. Warlords on iOS is very playable, and actively supported with new maps like this one of a land riven with factional infighting and mythical beasts.

    β†’ 3:49 PM, Feb 10
  • Spiky cat for @jezlyn #lego #minifig

    β†’ 10:22 AM, Feb 10
  • More random Drifloonery. They are just upside down radishes after all. #doodle #pokemongo

    β†’ 9:22 AM, Feb 10
  • Fierce Friends #lego #minifig

    β†’ 11:27 AM, Feb 9
  • Ninja Drifloon for Friday. #pokemongo #doodle

    β†’ 4:56 PM, Feb 8
  • I’m on a train. There is a lot of rustling. The book by @thesolitarybee I am reading is set on a train. There is lots of rustling there too. Hive Monks. #worried.

    β†’ 8:40 AM, Feb 7
  • Deluxe chocolate event horizon

    β†’ 7:34 AM, Feb 7
  • What’s the collective noun for Drifloon? #pokemongo

    β†’ 5:45 PM, Feb 6
  • After we crash out of the EU without a deal we will no longer be able to use emoji. We will have to revert to using moji, a reduced set with no food or smiley faces. #brexit #takingbackcontrol

    β†’ 9:31 AM, Feb 6
  • Couldn’t capture the way the light was bouncing off the mist but hey, ho.

    β†’ 8:37 AM, Feb 6
  • After we crash out of the EU without a deal we will no longer be able to use emoji. We will have to revert to using moji, a reduced set with no food or smiley faces. #brexit #takingbackcontrol

    β†’ 7:37 AM, Feb 6
  • Changing of the Drifloon Guard. #pokemongo #doodle

    β†’ 8:47 PM, Feb 5
  • Time for the Golden Comet Chicken sprint.

    β†’ 1:40 PM, Feb 5
  • Mug shot. #chicken

    β†’ 5:18 PM, Feb 4
  • Looking a bit damp out there. Period.

    β†’ 7:30 AM, Feb 4
  • Kuki is not impressed, however.

    β†’ 6:57 PM, Feb 3
  • The next episode in alphabetical #bgg challenge is a visit to Kingsburg: To Forge a Realm. Except our version is in Italian. Because reasons. #boardgames

    β†’ 6:56 PM, Feb 3
  • Playing with simulated depth of field using the @focos_camera app featured on App Store recently.

    β†’ 8:44 AM, Feb 3
  • When we crash out of the EU without a deal we will no longer be able to use Unicode. We will have to go back to plain ASCII. But don’t worry, this is how King Alfred saw off the Danes, we can do this.

    β†’ 12:27 PM, Feb 1
  • An extra swamp thing for @originalspooky

    β†’ 9:39 PM, Jan 31
  • I do like @carrot.app β€” always on point.

    β†’ 7:25 AM, Jan 31
  • Fluffy cloudscape

    β†’ 4:34 PM, Jan 30
  • Time to resort to Drifloonery.

    β†’ 9:04 AM, Jan 30
  • This is not the Brexit backstop you’re looking for. New negotiation strategy unveiled today. #lego #minifig

    β†’ 7:10 AM, Jan 29
  • Street scene

    β†’ 9:43 AM, Jan 28
  • Follow the fork to your dreams…

    β†’ 4:56 PM, Jan 27
  • If anything deserved a β€œfinally” in #pokemongo it is hatching this wee fella. Niantic made it ridiculously rare. So many smoochums and wynauts later…

    β†’ 12:40 PM, Jan 27
  • More still life as discontemporised by #Waterlogue by @tinrocket

    β†’ 10:57 AM, Jan 27
  • Onion. Singular.

    β†’ 3:27 PM, Jan 26
  • A-H so far in alphabetical #bgg challenge. What will I be? #boardgames

    β†’ 11:36 AM, Jan 26
  • Puddle life

    β†’ 10:03 AM, Jan 25
  • Trading close games with @fraser_inAu β€” will the next one be a tie? #bgg #boardgames

    β†’ 9:59 AM, Jan 25
  • A bit too cold to be catching in #pokemongo but this was worth it.

    β†’ 2:11 PM, Jan 24
  • Annual iced bridge shot. #shotoniphone

    β†’ 8:39 AM, Jan 24
  • Household appliance for #shapechallenge by @studioteabreak

    β†’ 9:17 PM, Jan 23
  • Not sure how I would go about reproducing this now as shiny hub caps are hard to find!

    β†’ 6:09 PM, Jan 23
  • You can’t park that here β€” move on. #lego #starwars #minifig

    β†’ 1:51 PM, Jan 22
  • The Frizzled Chicken.

    β†’ 9:29 AM, Jan 22
  • Lord Godolphin and Horatio the Duck. From a contemporary #waterlogue portrait. #favouritemovie

    β†’ 1:34 PM, Jan 21
  • We watched the Favourite last night and a solution to #Brexit showed itself. We can have a duck race to settle it. For good measure we can hold it in a dungeon. What could go wrong?

    β†’ 8:13 AM, Jan 21
  • 2009 vs. 2019 in the #10yearchallenge It had to be done… still got the same hat!

    β†’ 3:27 PM, Jan 20
  • Come over to the dark side, my friends. #lego #minifig #starwars

    β†’ 7:29 AM, Jan 20
  • More progress on the alphabetical #bgg challenge. Beat the Grizzled despite having incurred too many Hard Knocks. Then we consumed many carrots in Hare and Tortoise, a classic. #boardgames

    β†’ 6:58 PM, Jan 19
  • Of course. It’s a Dewback. You knew that all along. Right? #lego #minifig #starwars

    β†’ 4:14 PM, Jan 19
  • What will it be? Answers on a postcard. #lego

    β†’ 3:14 PM, Jan 19
  • You know it’s cold when the cat makes a tent to sleep in. #ollibytinrocket

    β†’ 9:04 AM, Jan 19
  • Tree

    β†’ 7:33 PM, Jan 18
  • I may have put the wrong socks on. But on the other hand they will confuse the GCHQ railway station sock scanners.

    β†’ 7:54 AM, Jan 18
  • When Siri suddenly pops up and says she can search for random words from your conversation

    β†’ 8:25 PM, Jan 17
  • One good tern. SPOILER: it’s not a tern really.

    β†’ 1:56 PM, Jan 16
  • It hasn’t got really cold yet so this daphne is showing a dashing profile.

    β†’ 6:26 PM, Jan 15
  • When just a small light isn’t enough to light your selfie.

    β†’ 1:21 PM, Jan 14
  • Morning from Railhead.

    β†’ 8:51 AM, Jan 14
  • See that little blue blob in the far distance? That’s my poor sprinter who just got totally hosed, left behind and never caught up in Flamme Rouge as the alphabetical #bgg challenge lurches on. #boardgames

    β†’ 6:22 PM, Jan 13
  • Some of these eggs are not like the others.

    β†’ 3:02 PM, Jan 13
  • Been enjoying the exploration aspect of Hollow Knight but 80% of the map is inaccessible until you beat this pesky creature. Probably impossible for my feeble reaction times. A shame because the setting is wonderfully atmospheric and fun to explore. #nintendoswitch #hollowknight

    β†’ 2:04 PM, Jan 13
  • Tufty Bunny.

    β†’ 11:44 AM, Jan 13
  • Grief.

    β†’ 10:10 AM, Jan 13
  • Trying some colouring in with Pigment from @pixiteapps

    β†’ 10:35 PM, Jan 12
  • Not really up to the Totodile #pokemongo community day but caught this fellow (at last) in my living room.

    β†’ 1:05 PM, Jan 12
  • A bibliography

    β†’ 5:04 PM, Jan 11
  • The Book of the Woman in the Window in the Window.

    β†’ 9:13 AM, Jan 10
  • Listening to a playlist generated by an epic shortcut created by @viticci which analyses music you added to Apple Music last year and determines which has been played the most. Obviously this is a subset of the actual music you listen to, but it is an extraordinary exercise in shortcut craft! Full story is at MacStories…

    β†’ 1:44 PM, Jan 9
  • No Parking Here #ollibytinrocket

    β†’ 12:41 PM, Jan 9
  • Evie has the advantage rounding the final corner in the El Dorado entry in the alphabetical #bgg challenge. And she held on to get hers home first. #boardgames

    β†’ 5:37 PM, Jan 5
  • Total Aeropress fail. Oops. And it was the last coffee in the bag!

    β†’ 2:58 PM, Jan 4
  • I think I would gladly swap the 4 fixed icons in iOS iPhone springboard for the 4 most recent ones like the super useful most recent apps on iPad. Make it so, Tim.

    β†’ 8:46 PM, Jan 3
  • The revolution begins today. Watch for this sign.

    β†’ 9:40 AM, Jan 3
  • On the third day of zoig my true love sent to me, a Farfetch’d in an olive tree. #pokemongo

    β†’ 9:04 AM, Jan 3
  • This Farfetch’d is tinier than any on record. #pokemongo

    β†’ 9:29 AM, Jan 2
  • D is for Dominion in the ancient #BGG alphabetical challenge. So long since we played this it could have been a new game! #boardgames

    β†’ 6:47 PM, Jan 1
  • A door to the future. Probably.

    β†’ 4:15 PM, Jan 1
  • Have a pile of squids…

    β†’ 2:52 PM, Jan 1
  • Hello from Cookie.

    β†’ 12:34 PM, Jan 1
  • LOL. Overnight all your #pokemongo Pokemon became β€œold” and get a badge showing their vintage status.

    β†’ 10:23 AM, Jan 1
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