: Ok, so the link from my ancient (moribund) blog still works apparently, but just posts a link to the …
: The final prompt for the MBMAR photo challenge is practice. Over the years I have had lots of …
: The penultimate prompt for the MBMAR photo challenge is mirror. Here is one from Venice last year …
: All being well I should be back here in a couple of weeks for the first time in 4 years. …
: The prompt for day 29 of the MBMAR photo challenge is slice. Here is a slice of life from Benjamin …
: The prompt for day 28 of the MBMAR 📷 challenge is prompt. Very meta. The word appears on this HP-41c …
: The prompt for day 27 of the MBMAR 📷 challenge is support. Show your support for artists by visiting …
: The prompt for day 26 of the MBMAR 📷 challenge is instrument.
: The prompt for day 25 of the MBMAR 📷 challenge is Spice. Not a very valuable commodity in Race for …
: The prompt for day 24 of the MBMAR 📷 challenge is court. 15 years ago we were lucky to be let out …
: The prompt for day 23 of the MBMAR 📷 challenge is chance. Here are many agents of chance. …
: #Lego Horror Stories number 25
: The prompt for day 22 of the MBMAR 📷 challenge is insect, in which case you will need this …
: The prompt for day 21 of the Micro Blog 📷 Challenge is tiny.
: The prompt for day 20 of the MicroBlog photo challenge is houseplant…
: The prompt for Day 19 of the March Photoblogging Challenge is analog. For which I could take a photo …
: The prompt for day 18 of the MBMar challenge is portico. This is the door to St Heliers Bay public …
: The prompt for Day 17 of the Micro Blog 📷 challenge is early. You know what they say about early …
: The prompt for Day 16 of the Photoblogging Challenge is road. I searched my photo library and one …
: The prompt for day 15 of the March Micro Blog 📷 challenge is patience. It must have required much of …
: The prompt for Day 14 of the March Micro Blog Photoblogging Challenge is horizon, and here is one of …
: The prompt for Day 13 of the March Photoblogging Challenge is connection. These sofubi space robots …
: The prompt for Day 12 of the March Photoblogging Challenge is shiny. This building was super shiny …
: The prompt for day 11 of the Micro Blog 📷 Challenge is gimcrack, a word that has no meaning to me. …
: The prompt for day 10 of the MicroBlog 📷 Challenge is Ritual. One ritual I have is that I like to …
: The prompt for Day 9 of the March Photoblogging Challenge is together. Together we can elevate this …
: The prompt for day 8 of the Micro Blog 📷 Challenge is Walk. I’ve lived near this for decades and …
: The prompt for Day 7 of the Micro Blog March Photoblogging Challenge is whole.
: The prompt for day six of the Micro Blog 📷 challenge is engineering. This is a shiny example
: The prompt for day 5 of the Micro Blog 📷 Challenge is Tile. Here is a giant tile I made from …
: The prompt for day 4 of the micro.blog 📷 challenge is Zip. We don’t have Zip codes here but we do …
: The day 3 prompt for the micro-blog community 📷 challenge is solitude. That will do nicely for this …
: The prompt for the micro.blog/mastodon community challenge today is weather. 📷
: The prompt for the Micro.Blog community challenge today is SECURE. 📷
: On this day in 2018. Weather happened.
: The Country forecast today for Central America. Guatemala and Belize to the North, Panama to the …
: Deactivated my bird site accounts this morning. I think the trajectory there is terminal, at least …
: Aha. For some reason DPD delivered my Pokemon Violet parcel to Danebury Avenue convenience store on …
: Test cross-posting from @ctd@micro.blog to Mastodon Using my Hard Days Hollow Knight album cover…
: Is there any tech device more cursed than a home heating controller? There must be a special school …
: A chicken sticker. Throwback 4 years to a new team.
: Many thanks to @jean for the cool micro.blog stickers. In the select category of stickers allowed to …
: I cast the runes for WWDC today. Here are the predictions…
: Jubilee Weekend here in the UK. We had a nice flyby yesterday but they were all mostly small specs. …
: The prompt for Day 31 of the May Photoblogging Challenge is endurance, suggested by @uncertainquark …
: The prompt for Day 30 of the May Photoblogging Challenge is fish, suggested by @thedimpause / Ian. 📷
: The prompt for Day 29 of the May Photoblogging Challenge is stripes, suggested by @CTD / …
: The prompt for Day 28 of the May Photoblogging Challenge is fair, suggested by @odd. It’s only fair …
: The prompt for Day 27 of the May Photoblogging Challenge is written, suggested by @sylvia.
: 📷 May Photoblogging: Day 26 Prompt: Schedule On a regular schedule this shows up each year, as …
: The prompt for Day 25 of the May Photoblogging Challenge is mountain, suggested by @Miraz
: The prompt for Day 24 of the May Photoblogging Challenge is intricate, suggested by Jatan / …
: 📷 May photoblog challenge day 23 and the prompt is plain. This isn’t technically a plain, though …
: 📷 May Photoblog Challenge Day 22 Error 404: TEXTILE not found…
: Forget this chemtrail nonsense. When our daughter was small she misheard us calling them vapour …
: 📷 May photoblog challenge day 21 prompt is symmetry
: 📷 May photoblog challenge day 20. Prompt: Beverage.
: 📷 May photoblog challenge day 19. The prompt is indulgence. This white peony display is pure …
: 📷 May Photoblog Challenge Day 18. Prompt = Random.
: 📷 May Photoblog Challenge Day 17 Prompt Hold. Hold there. None shall pass
: 📷May Photoblog Challenge Day 16: TIME It is that time of the year again when the yellow rose out the …
: 📷 May Photoblogging: Day 15 Clouds
: 📷Microblog Photo Challenge Day 14: Fence You must always enclose your animals in a solid Fence in …
: New eBike pictures! Super excited about this addition to my transport options.
: 📷 May Photoblogging: Day 13 Prompt: Community
: 📷 May Photoblogging: Day 12 Prompt: Tranquility Recovering from a (mild) bout of COVID so this is my …
: 📷 May Photoblogging: Day 11 Prompt: Maroon Now this isn’t exactly maroon, but it is maroon adjacent …
: May Photoblogging Challenge, Day 10: pot. It’s actually made of thousands of tiny pots. Avoid if you …
: 📷 May Photoblogging: Day 9 Prompt: Bloom
: 📷 May Photoblogging: Day 8 Prompt: Union. The union of 2 photos my father took in Venice in 1960 and …
: 📷 May Photoblogging: Day 7 Prompt: Park. How to park your steam roller
: 📷 May Photoblogging: Day 5 Prompt: Silhouette. This was easy, caught this as our boat reversed out …
: 📷 May Photoblogging: Day 5 Prompt: Earth — is this earth? Not really, but it is on Planet Earth?
: 📷 May Photoblogging: Day 4 Prompt: Thorny
: 📷 May Photoblogging: Day 3 Prompt: Experimental
: 📷 May Photoblogging: Day 2 Prompt: Photo(s)
: 📷 May Photoblogging: Day 1 Prompt: Switch
: Hmm, maybe if Instagram gets pulled from Europe I will have to post here more? Or will they stay in …
: Just to reinforce the notion that cats have a tough life… #mbnov
: Pedestrian beware. It’s turtles all the way down. #mbnov
: Well, 2020 is the year of the mask amongst other things so that’s an easy one to post! #mbnov
: The outerwear dilemma. How cold is it really? #mbnov
: I decided to adjust my desk decor, or is that duckor? #mbnov
: The dragon has landed, but what should we call it? #mbnov
: It looks like I shall have to make provision for extra desk space, things are getting crowded under …
: Managed to capture the sunrise the other morning. Most pleasant. #mbnov
: Ed has crossed the invisible border and arrived on my island. #mbnov
: Winter here in London only occasionally means snow. #mbnov
: Pippin’s details more or less fade into an indistinguishable blur. #mbnov
: I didn’t think it was possible for me to beat the Wakhan solo opponent in Pax Pamir but I finally …
: Never pick up a duck in a dungeon. Especially when it’s a specially weighted door stop duck with a …
: Here is a happy train for Microblogvember. #mbnov
: Please dispose of your used Trumps carefully. Always use the hazardous waste receptacles.
: Really impressed by the initial Apple Silicon Macs though the 16 GB memory limit does mean we have …
: The Wingspan Oceania expansion has arrived with birds from far away from where I am at the moment, …
: Spooky is as spooky does. Or so they say. #mbnov
: I guess I should be posting something today. How about a Star Jumbly.
: The cooler weather has arrived and so I get to wear my favourite hat. #mbnov
: When you can say whatever you like it’s hard to know what to say. Constraints make creativity! …
: A bus went off the road near my Dad’s house in NZ. Reports said one elderly passenger was aboard but …
: They’re coming for us. In fact it was a cakewalk. While retrieving The Artefact Raphael’s Space …
: How many books would a book binder bind if a bookbinder could bind books? #mbnov
: In 2016 anyone in any kind of minority, or with any kind of disability or health issue, was …
: There was a young lady called Gwen Who tried to inflate a blue penguin She blew on its beak Until …
: Learning Pax Pamir 2nd Edition. The game is a bit of a puzzle, with lots of moving parts… …
: The Day 5 Microblogvember prompt is stoop. Here that means to bend down low, whereas in some parts …
: Have spent the last 4 years in a state of constant low level stress, near the ends of my endurance …
: Despite massive improvements smartphone cameras still astonish new with their inability to …
: Have to concentrate for another month it seems! Microblogvember is upon us. No dreary posts though, …
: The Star Jumblies complete their epic Inktober quest with a ceremonial exchange of Runcible Pudding …
: Goldilocks and the Three Owlbears. #inktober 📷
: Inspired by @arrroberts typographguin we have a Hot Letterpressguin. Sadly almost extinct except in …
: An Owlbear in a hauberk with a halberd. #inktober 📷
: Inktober: How it started, how it’s going. 📷 #inktober (Sometime 5 years ago the cat was one of the …
: There are a lot of Drifloon around in Pokemon Go today but I didn’t see any of the rare cactus …
: Dramatic announcement from NASA this week when a giant hornet was discovered on the Moon. #inktober …
: The Great British Baked Gingerbread Strictly Come Dancing quarter-finals heat up… #inktober 📷
: In the Bristol Channel Reach of the Runcible Nebula the Star Jumblies deliver some Grombolian Toe …
: Stages in Flu Vaccine. Don’t stop with just the Jab, folks… #inktober 📷
: Once a common sight in the North American plains, the Narbison was famed for its algebra skills. …
: Tweedlegum and Tweedleglue. #inktober 📷
: A happy Aluminion 📷 #inktober
: The first nam on the noom. #inktober #inktober2020 Noom borrowed from @impsandmonsters (spoiler it …
: Stamppunk Radishes for #inktober 📷
: Location: London, UK. Near Richmond Park Time: 09:00 a.m. For the “A Day In The Life” …
: Cookie Monster. Om Nom Nom. 📷 #inktober
: Meanwhile, deep in the Runcible Nebula, the Star Jumblies meet up with the Owl and the Pussycat in …
: Some sort of fishy looking robot and assistant. 📷 #inktober
: Masked Vegetables. Stay safe. #inktober 📷
: Farmer’s Market in the woods. 📷 #inktober
: Fox on a rock, enjoying a vat of cappuccino. 📷 #inktober
: The Ducks of Dune. #inktober 📷
: Concept for Cartographers game using tiles as with Carcassonne. Carcatographers? #inktober 📷
: An AWS IAM policy #inktober 📷
: Giant Robo-Weasel. Severely smudged. 📷 #inktober
: Far and few, far and few Are the stars where the Jumblies live Their heads are green and their hands …
: Day 2 of Inktober 📷 A bit of Hollow Knight hanging out in Greenpath
: Trying to do Inktober again this year. 📷
: Cat in a tree. Call the fire brigade 📷
: Decided to stock up on Everdell expansions, even though it could be months before I get to play …
: Our poor confused apple tree started to blossom today, 5 months late. At least the bees are happy. 📷
: Mushroom Discovery. #mbaug 📷
: Playing around with a new toy - a larger light tent, with movable lights. So many options for …
: Cake. It rhymes with flake. 📷 #mbaug
: The Last Campfire is also on Apple Arcade. Looks great on iPad Pro! That’s two interesting games in …
: The happiness of discovering rhubarb. Emotions. #mbaug 📷
: I shall overcome this intruder. #mbaug 📷
: The relentless pounding of surf onto the beach. Muriwai earlier this year, in the happier times. 📷 …
: I hope distancing will be a thing of the past. 🙂📷 #mbaug
: The letter box from my childhood home. #mbaug 📷
: I am sure the meeples on the bottom are feeling the crunch. #mbaug 📷
: Small CHANGE purse… #mbaug 📷
: While I pondered what photo to use for ribbon I went fishing… #mbaug 📷
: None of these are going anywhere under their own steam. They therefore could be said to be …
: I found this among my photos while looking unsuccessfully for something that represented among - and …
: Semi apocalyptic darkness in mid afternoon earlier this year in New Zealand — sunlight filtered …
: Yet here’s nothing quite as distinctive as the sound of a steam train. #mbaug 📷
: Transport. Or at least I think it’s some kind of transportation device. #mbaug 📷
: I found this in a scrapbook earlier this year, from a photo story my Dad and I made 40 odd years …
: View. Tawharanui peninsula earlier this year. #mbaug 📷
: August 2020 Photoblogging Challenge #7: daytripping. 📷 #mbaug 🚌
: It’s peaceful in the pansies. #mbaug 📷
: Totally making a mess of this challenge. Missed day one. Posted day 3 on day 2. So here’s day 2 on …
: Somewhat orange. Somewhat pink. Somewhat yellow. All rose. 📷
: CLI cricket via ssh on my iPad Pro. Because I can.
: Cricket excitements Reworking my mid-80s Cricket Simulation Originally started in the early 80s on an Apple IIe running …
: Morning Persons of Quality. Have a flowery image. 📷
: .– — .– .-.-.- / … ..- -.-. …. / -.. — - … .-.-.- / …
: Lockdown reading — though you don’t really read a Wisden, you fossick in one. Lots of happy …
: Is Brewster going to appear in Animal Crossing New Horizons? 📷
: My what big teeth you have. 📷
: Unexpected delivery! Came faster than expected… 📷
: A new update to Toon Camera just dropped on the App Store and on starting it up it showed me the …
: And then — it happened! Loving rereading the utterly improbable and implausible Trigan Empire that …
: A bit better with an improved mix of buildings. But still only 104 VP. I have got to 110 solo before …
: Hair cut day. No changes because of lockdown though, bought these clippers about 30 years ago and …
: Despite me having massive presence on the map, Raphael’s off board Jovian mining engine proved too …
: The state of Instagram in 2020. After 10 years they still don’t have an iPad app, and depending on …
: Mini magnolia is blooming. 📷
: Neighbourhood social distancing spot. 📷
: Time for Animal Crossing: New Horizons… 📷
: A shuttered Westminster Abbey reflected in my car window last night. 📷
: Keep your hair on in these troubled times! 📷
: Desktop Construction. (Anker Stones) 📷
: Start your Monday with some Moomin Story Cubes 📷
: One of my favourite games at last years Gathering of Friends was CARTOGRAPHERS. It has been hard to …
: With only a few days to go until Animal Crossing New Horizons arrives it’s time to get your Amiibos …
: Far and Few Far and Few Are the lands where the Jumblies live Their heads are green And their hands …
: Playing around with iOrnament app on iPad. 📷
: Don’t STOP, just GO — take a LEAP of faith! 📷
: I had to get BELOW the bannister for this shot. 📷
: Fire ESCAPE for day 26 of February photoblog challenge 📷
: Bonus hurdle for yesterday. Benjamin Snow Bear is not the worlds best hurdle challenger.
: I tried a DOUBLE Mill strategy in Oh My Goods! but it wasn’t enough to beat the insane combos …
: I took some pictures of Barnes STATION this morning for the February photoblog challenge but they …
: All the hand made crochet toys my daughter has made for me make quite the SPECTACLE. 📷
: Progress! Spring is coming. 📷
: On a SCALE of 1-10 I’m at about eleventy-three for Animal Crossing New Horizons in March 📷
: Shorter space post for 📷 challenge
: It’s about space for February photoblog challenge today. 📷 In order to generate custom embroidery …
: Day 28 February photoblog challenge. Oppose. 📷
: It’s COOL that it’s cherry blossom time again. 📷
: Photoblog challenge for day 15 is Balance. Required for navigation of this structure. 📷
: Word of the day 14 for February photoblog challenge is warmth. Throw back to a month ago when I was …
: Day 13 of February photoblog challenge is Rise. There is a moon in this picture and it did rise, …
: Day 12 February photoblog challenge is attachment. This is an old photo from 2014 but I love this …
: The word for Day 11 of February photoblog challenge is Plain. 📷
: February photoblog challenge Day 10 word is this SIGN on the pavement 📷
: February photoblog challenge day 9 and the word is lull. 📷
: Day 8 of photo blog contest was hard. Contrast is tricky. 📷
: February photoblog challenge Day 7: Above. 📷
: Day 6 of photoblog challenge. It’s a PLANT! Or is it? 📷
: Day 5 of photo blog challenge: Hide (in plain sight) 📷
: Day 4 of photography challenge. Spot. 📷
: February photoblog day 3: Reflect 📷
: February photoblog day 2: Sight 📷
: Starting late on February photoblog challenge. Number 1: Open #mbfeb 📷
: Humans spend most of their day in portrait orientation before rotating to landscape orientation at …
: So, iCloud Drive is broken on my iPad Pro. Unable to download any files, it just hangs randomly. …
: Thistle Guy found an old COAT. Inktober 🎨
: iOS 13 annoyance: Music app constantly loses its place in playlist and restarts playing from the …
: Bridge, “adjusted” by Waterlogue app from Tinrocket
: And I put a 9 and a 6 in his crib. Bad call. #cribbagewithgrandpas
: So, this may be old news for many, but OwnYourGram are having their requests capped by Instagram and …
: Good morning, fellow beetles.
: Somehow OwnYourGram and Instagram and Micro.Blog stopped playing nicely together. I only noticed …
: Discoveries ended in a 47-47 tie with @jacknstuart and unexpectedly I had one more dice on my board …
: Freight. A rare site on London suburban railways
: A spot of time laying in Azul. #bgg #boardgames
: Morning activity completed before it gets too hot. 6km walk to meet random Apple challenge.
: A bit of early sequence Fabled Fruit with @evietd #bgg #boardgames
: Donut of the Day. Not mine. Just adjacent #tooncamera
: Really enjoying The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie. The narrator is delightfully unusual, a really solid …
: Teaching Res Arcana to @jacknstuart and @evietd — of course Evie cruised to a win with Sea Serpent …
: Writing setup with @ulyssesapp V17 out now with nice support for captions.
: Pulling out of Waterloo with steam at front and manky old diesel at back. Couldn’t get to front of …
: Civ VI: Rise and Fall. Even more of a time sink!
: For a game with lots of (nice) bits, New Frontiers is surprisingly difficult to photograph. Close up …
: An unboxing has occurred. #newfrontiers #bgg #boardgames
: Don’t forget to defragment your smartphone regularly #toptip
: Update your Parasites again to stay abreast of current affairs.
: Quick 3 player Wingspan teaching @jacknstuart but @evietd held off his big end game bonus rush and …
: Hiding on the stairs. Because hoover.
: Calendar-Bot — for all your calendrical needs. #doodle #calendar #hexarchate
: After many struggling starts the wisteria is doing something
: There are TARDIGRADES on the MOON! #moon #doodle
: Beware cafe dwellers. The Cupcake Spider is amongst you. #doodle
: Found under my desk when looking for a dropped object. No wonder he looks sad. #lego #minifig
: I think Raphael’s development queue might be a trifle ambitious… (spoiler: it was, but mainly …
: Nice setup, with 3 6-point developments and Uplift Coalition taking me to 100 points. Was it enough? …
: Isabelle. #doodle #animalcrossing
: Gosh but Roll for the Galaxy: Rivalry comes with a colossal number of new bits. We tried the Orb …
: Taught Wingspan to 3 new people last night and it was a successful outing, even though their usual …
: Three quick games of Kashgar: Händler der Seidenstraß. Lost the first heavily but regrouped to win …
: Revisiting idea from 4 years ago — hoping that the new butterfly keyboards due from Apple will …
: The end state, suitably obscured to comply with Catan’s new GDPR regulation. A terrific see saw …
: Breakfast harvest. If you don’t instagram it, did it happen?
: Went in big on owls in Wingspan but couldn’t secure any of the end of round goals so Raphael’s …
: Good morning sleepy people. #doodle
: Update your Parasites stickers now to improve your cognition and spark calendrical heresy.
: I am reading “Ninefox Gambit” by Yoon Ha Lee and mighty strange and wonderful it is. He doesn’t …
: Found lying down in the flower beds.
: Yahaha! You found me! #zeldabreathofthewild #doodle
: Playing #pokemonswordshield at #hyperjapan
: Good morning sunflowers. By #Waterlogue
: Threadlephant by @eviemakes #amigurumi
: Well this is an odd looking critter. #pokemongo
: Not managing to draw much lately. Not feeling in the mood I guess. Here is a quick ladybird #doodle
: What a semi-final! Well done the #blackcaps
: How will you get home tonight?
: These look hand painted. Coloured in flowers.
: Wonderful gift from NZ arrived. Little box with clever opening arrangement
: Hello? Is Instagram back yet?
: Strange things you see when taking a train with @eviemakes
: Pokemon Go sure is a hazardous occupation. Stay aware of your surroundings. Don’t enter dangerous …
: A pile o’pegs. #ollibytinrocket
: Pringle (by @eviemakes) is read to by a worry potato during wonderful weekend visit from @inkygirl …
: Despite collecting 3 of the special awards, and making an epic resource collection engine I didn’t …
: Enjoying Hilda but have to take a photo with my iPhone because Apple bowed to movie studios and …
: Very pleased with Origami case for iPad Pro from Pipetto — being able to arrange it in portrait mode …
: A quick game of Jaipur with @evietd who didn’t read the Fathers’s Day script entirely! #bgg …
: All set to Gather Supplies which sounds like it should be easier than breaching the Warren In …
: Made it through the third scenario, Breach the Warren, on the third attempt. It was really tough to …
: Bring your Beetle to Work Day continues.
: It’s Bring your Beetle to Work Day. #amigurumi
: Interesting how music can be like a time machine — transporting you back to another time and place …
: There’s something funny going on, I can just feel it in the air. #randomsonglyrics
: When three wheels are better than two
: Somewhat delayed, Act II of Caverna: Cave vs. Cave has arrived! #bgg #boardgames
: Yesterday, when it wasn’t raining.
: Don’t forget to get pack an umbrella today
: I have cast the runes for the sixth of the sixth and it looks like we are due light to variable …
: Throwback to April 2003 and the Kingston Flyer (we were only passengers so got to ride in the …
: First of the Giant Poppies and it’s a pink one.
: We’re going on an adventure. A phrase that will never be the same after Children of Ruin by …
: Back when Netscape ruled the roost then Microsoft muscled in, and gave t-shirts to the first few …
: Peony of the Day. #pod #peony
: After a catastrophic first location (Careless, Hidden Wisps, tricky Foe) it was an uneventful stroll …
: Pandemic: Fall of Rome proved way too hard with 5 players. We ended up overrun with Orange cubes, …
: Happiness is sharing a leaf. #amigurumi
: Tomato sauce bottled. In bottles specially bought over from France by @jeffinauckland
: Barely made it through the first location in Legends Untold: The Path of the Druach, having rolled …
: Pringle by @eviemakes has a new leaf wrap to shelter in. #amigurumi
: Something is eating my shadow. Or me…
: Legends Untold (or should that be Unfold) lived up to expectations in first proper outing. Managed …
: Time to make some tomato sauce.
: Thanks @mikesiggins for the Untold Legends recommendation. It arrived this morning and looking …
: A third of the way through Pandemic: Fall of Rome and it’s all looking serene, but the mid game …
: Pippin awaits election results patiently
: Starting Children of Ruin by @aptshadow and Ruin has occurred. Eek. #fridayreads
: Wonderful rendition of Olive by @vivschwarz Many thanks for this delightful creation!
: Hard to show the glorious deep black and purples
: Ooh! Look what arrived! Packs of cats and other goodies from @vivschwarz
: The Lost Expedition made it to El Dorado with all 3 explorers in good health. We’ve got the rhythm …
: Don’t forget to provide your beetles with superior beverages.
: It doesn’t matter who is Expedition Leader when you’ve all perished to Fever, Poisonous Frogs or …
: Might have found a few bookshops…
: Beetle’s Grand Day Out in Bath.
: Beetle and Butterfly kinden from @eviemakes
: All your peony are belong to us.
: Much battered by winds but still hanging in there.
: Another attempt at Wingspan vs Raphael but his Pelican ate all the fish my Osprey kindly provided …
: A narrow loss to Raphael in Wingspan but he thinks he activated his eggs in the wrong order so it …
: Happy Mother’s Day in those regions celebrating this event. Elsewhere enjoy International Day of …
: Doing some Fabled Fruit collecting. #bgg #boardgames
: The outstanding art work of @d20plusmodifier for the Root board game makes excellent choices for the …
: This conftitutes ufeful advice
: A very cross Plusle. A crossle actually
: Tree Peony is doing well. Welcome sight on this pseudo-Monday.
: Tidily organised Root factions. The only time they behave themselves. #bgg #boardgames
: Got completely farmered in Kashgar: Händler der Seidenstraß by Raphael. Mostly because it took me …
: One must be hooded on the 4th
: Trying Fabled Fruit — my GOF flea market purchase. #bgg #boardgames
: Yesterday was epic moving day as Raphael moved back from Cambridge to start new job in London. Weary …
: Oh dear. Some of our letters are missing.
: Super helpful Vagabond wins Root at a gallop! #bgg #boardgames
: A nice find in the GOF flea market — The Tea Dragon Society card game. Currently out of print. #bgg …
: Good heavens. A Crossy Road arcade machine
: Observing the Observation Platform
: More llama drama to round out the day with Catan Histories:Rise of the Inkas. #bgg #boardgames
: Being menaced by elephants. Not the most restful place to eat.
: Quartermaster General: Cold War with Ian Brody and Paul Evans. We concentrated too much on East West …
: Also played yesterday: Tiny Towns, a bingo style town builder with mischief abound. #bgg #boardgames
: I finished up last night with Altiplano, a bag builder with attractive art and a pretty crazy way of …
: About to try to out detective Sherlock in Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective. #bgg #boardgames
: A pile of marmots. #bgg #boardgames
: Continuing yesterday’s theme of playing not quite released games I tried Paladins of the Western …
: Play testing the adorable Aquicorn Cove board game with strong eco theme and great artwork. #bgg …
: Trying out Cartographers: a Roll Player Tale. Really enjoyed making my map. #bgg #boardgames
: We had a really close finish in Lancaster with three of us finishing on 33 points. Unfortunately …
: The highlight of yesterday was definitely Quartermaster General, a game I have been one footstep …
: Hurrah. My Alien empire just edged a narrow victory in New Frontiers, 62-60-59-48. I liked it! #bgg …
: Play testing expansion to Res Arcana with Tom Lehmann #bgg #boardgames
: Tried out Pandemic: Fall of Rome. Like all its predecessors it seemed under control and then …
: Filling out around the edges in Wingspan. #bgg #boardgames
: My Queendomino realm. #bgg #boardgames
: Waterfall doing what waterfalls do
: More flip and write fun in Silver and Gold #bgg #boardgames
: There’s big trouble ahead in Year of the Dragon. Slightly cheating on the penultimate alphabetical …
: Tidying up the alphabetical #bgg challenge with some Xenon Profiteering #boardgames
: Game one of #GOF2019 is Welcome To… a nice tidy little flip and write game that seems to have …
: Hello Niagara Falls. My fearless roving reporters will fill this feed with many board game images …
: Taking back control of our railways…
: Have uniform. Cleared to travel.
: You have defeated the venous tentacled guardians and open the treasure chest. Do you pick it up?
: Getting all your semi-aquatic avian lifeforms in a row.
: Yesterday we ventured into Viva Java Coffee Dice land in the alphabetical #bgg challenge. I failed …
: No Entry except for cycles. Specifically obstacle climbing ones.
: One of the traditions of visits to Wisley, from when the children were very small, was to take a …
: In a rare bit of good news I can report that the spring wing mirror harvest looks promising
: Mowed lawns but left this lone brave pansy self seeded in the middle.
: The sun sets on an out of sequence board game session. Raphael’s Jovian empire gleaned him 16 VP, so …
: Downwards facing, an odd orientation for a flower
: Unicorns do exist! #lego #minifig
: After Brexit this sort of thing just wont be tolerated.
: My name is onion. Red onion.
: Olive’s Magnolia tree has a flower. #spring
: Why is there a giant shark in the backyard? I don’t know. #ollibytinrocket
: Hmmm. Looks like someone or something had an argument with a wall.
: Her super power is to fire arrows from her binoculars two at a time. #lego #minifig
: Tree blown down across Rocks Lane in Barnes and across footpath too. Windy.
: Hurrah. All your Heracross are belong to me. #pokemongo
: Demonstrating his super power of turning his head without revolving his hair. #lego #minifig
: And we did get Up Front to the table for “U” in the alphabetical #bgg challenge. I taught Oscar how …
: Hollow Knight is very scenic. It’s also very hard. Way above my skill level but I enjoy exploring. I …
: If this image appears to be breaking up you have been infected with the Instagram malware, zugfish5. …
: Tried to get Uchronia to the table as “U” for alphabetical #bgg challenge, but as always with …
: No. 33. The Grempnottle Pine.
: Once more happily embedded in Shardlake’s dangerous, vivid world. #amreading
: Big Ben packing up, ready to head off to Prague after Brexit. #latergram
: Woolpic of lion by @eviemakes 🦁
: We close out a day of abject co-operative failure with two attempts at Thunderbirds in alphabetical …
: 4 of a Kind! Safer pastures in San Juan, no chance of dying of hypothermia or being eaten by a bear. …
: Day 3 and the beach is already denuded of resources in Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed …
: Q is for Qin in our ongoing quest to conquer the alphabet of #boardgames #bgg
: Doing very poorly at Puerto Rico — the “P” in our alphabetical #bgg challenge. Oscar’s tobacco …
: Harold and his Purple Crayon. #lego #minifig
: Castles of Burgundy on iOS by @digidiced is very well done. I went big on pigs and spoiled the bot’s …
: Dithering while I walk. #bitcam
: Oh dear. Trouble Dog is in a right pickle. #amreading @garethlpowell is a mean master… 🙂
: Seeing the real you at last. #randomsonglyrics #pokemongo
: Towers of London. When they had built you…
: Good Day. The early bird gets the, err, vegetables
: New vehicle purchased. It’s fully compliant with the ULEZ. Unlike this SHADO Mobile.
: My writing buddy this morning.
: N is for Nations The Dice Game and O is for Oh My Goods! (not shown) — two small engine builders in …
: A ring tailed lemurcat. Spotted while out walking.
: Kuki has decided to sleep in a rolled up carpet fragment. Because, why not?
: Day M of alphabetical #bgg challenge was Machi Koro. Raphael spammed Convenience Stores and just …
: You may have arranged this paper by the shredder, but shredding ain’t happening
: Short walk to local library during Clamperl event. Two shinies and a super rare Cranidos. #pokemongo
: Here there be fog. Beyond, dargons for sure.
: Paris in the Springtime by @waterlogue
: This is my sunrise and you will enjoy it.
: Improve your incoming emails (and your day) by adding “on the moon” to them, i.e. Overcoming Digital …
: Trouble Dog is back. Hot Damn! … Run, don’t walk, to your friendly (e)bookstore for this next …
: I’ve lived in this area for almost 30 years and I’ve never seen a gibbon walking, or proceeding by …
: Monday is delivered to you today by Logen The Nine Fingered Hattifattener from the First Law Moomin …
: These look like they’ve been photoshopped in. But I assure you they’re real.
: DIY orthopaedics. Gluing Olly’s foot back on. @the_iconfactory
: I have this fixed grin because I appear to be wearing chocolate fridge cake biscuits on my feet. …
: Went for a walk and the sky’s still going places.
: Up to L in alphabetical #bgg challenge and of course it’s Lord of the Rings. We got hammered in …
: Yes. It’s almost supper time.
: Following Brexit we will take back control of telecommunications. The dangerous subversive internet …
: Continuing a theme from @chrisastall by combining my love of, err, chickens and coffee.
: Steel Pineapple Drifloon. #pokemongo #doodle
: Vapour trails of the day — the Octovortex.
: Once more into the Monday maelstrom #ollibytinrocket
: For a game that is almost 30 years old, Warlords remains the real deal. Nicely balanced, with a …
: Spiky cat for @jezlyn #lego #minifig
: More random Drifloonery. They are just upside down radishes after all. #doodle #pokemongo
: Fierce Friends #lego #minifig
: Ninja Drifloon for Friday. #pokemongo #doodle
: I’m on a train. There is a lot of rustling. The book by @thesolitarybee I am reading is set on a …
: Deluxe chocolate event horizon
: What’s the collective noun for Drifloon? #pokemongo
: After we crash out of the EU without a deal we will no longer be able to use emoji. We will have to …
: Couldn’t capture the way the light was bouncing off the mist but hey, ho.
: After we crash out of the EU without a deal we will no longer be able to use emoji. We will have to …
: Changing of the Drifloon Guard. #pokemongo #doodle
: Time for the Golden Comet Chicken sprint.
: Looking a bit damp out there. Period.
: Kuki is not impressed, however.
: The next episode in alphabetical #bgg challenge is a visit to Kingsburg: To Forge a Realm. Except …
: Playing with simulated depth of field using the @focos_camera app featured on App Store recently.
: When we crash out of the EU without a deal we will no longer be able to use Unicode. We will have to …
: An extra swamp thing for @originalspooky
: I do like @carrot.app — always on point.
: Time to resort to Drifloonery.
: This is not the Brexit backstop you’re looking for. New negotiation strategy unveiled today. #lego …
: Follow the fork to your dreams…
: If anything deserved a “finally” in #pokemongo it is hatching this wee fella. Niantic made it …
: More still life as discontemporised by #Waterlogue by @tinrocket
: A-H so far in alphabetical #bgg challenge. What will I be? #boardgames
: Trading close games with @fraser_inAu — will the next one be a tie? #bgg #boardgames
: A bit too cold to be catching in #pokemongo but this was worth it.
: Annual iced bridge shot. #shotoniphone
: Household appliance for #shapechallenge by @studioteabreak
: Not sure how I would go about reproducing this now as shiny hub caps are hard to find!
: You can’t park that here — move on. #lego #starwars #minifig
: Lord Godolphin and Horatio the Duck. From a contemporary #waterlogue portrait. #favouritemovie
: We watched the Favourite last night and a solution to #Brexit showed itself. We can have a duck race …
: 2009 vs. 2019 in the #10yearchallenge It had to be done… still got the same hat!
: Come over to the dark side, my friends. #lego #minifig #starwars
: More progress on the alphabetical #bgg challenge. Beat the Grizzled despite having incurred too many …
: Of course. It’s a Dewback. You knew that all along. Right? #lego #minifig #starwars
: What will it be? Answers on a postcard. #lego
: You know it’s cold when the cat makes a tent to sleep in. #ollibytinrocket
: I may have put the wrong socks on. But on the other hand they will confuse the GCHQ railway station …
: When Siri suddenly pops up and says she can search for random words from your conversation
: One good tern. SPOILER: it’s not a tern really.
: It hasn’t got really cold yet so this daphne is showing a dashing profile.
: When just a small light isn’t enough to light your selfie.
: See that little blue blob in the far distance? That’s my poor sprinter who just got totally hosed, …
: Some of these eggs are not like the others.
: Been enjoying the exploration aspect of Hollow Knight but 80% of the map is inaccessible until you …
: Trying some colouring in with Pigment from @pixiteapps
: Not really up to the Totodile #pokemongo community day but caught this fellow (at last) in my living …
: The Book of the Woman in the Window in the Window.
: Listening to a playlist generated by an epic shortcut created by @viticci which analyses music you …
: No Parking Here #ollibytinrocket
: Evie has the advantage rounding the final corner in the El Dorado entry in the alphabetical #bgg …
: Total Aeropress fail. Oops. And it was the last coffee in the bag!
: I think I would gladly swap the 4 fixed icons in iOS iPhone springboard for the 4 most recent ones …
: The revolution begins today. Watch for this sign.
: On the third day of zoig my true love sent to me, a Farfetch’d in an olive tree. #pokemongo
: This Farfetch’d is tinier than any on record. #pokemongo
: D is for Dominion in the ancient #BGG alphabetical challenge. So long since we played this it could …
: A door to the future. Probably.
: LOL. Overnight all your #pokemongo Pokemon became “old” and get a badge showing their vintage …
: C is for Caverna: The Cave Farmers in continuing #bgg alphabetical challenge. No rules issues here, …
: B is for Beowulf in the alphabetical #bgg challenge. Another game with very shaky recollection of …
: Platypus High Dive champion.
: Because @jezlyn did it. My #yearofcolour by @yearofcolour
: A is also for Africa in the alphabetical #bgg challenge. Both of us missed scoring opportunities, …
: A is for Attika in the alphabetical #bgg challenge. Appropriately it was an amazing amphora assault …
: All your reindeer armies, are all going home. #randomsonglyrics
: I didn’t know knitters were so fierce.
: Candamir is toast. Rivals in Catan Universe is quite well done, but has only the base set of theme …
: Let #coffee times commence. With apologies to @mattgemmellauthor for appropriating his catch phrase.
: What else could it be today but Rivals For Catan. Raphael responded to a perfectly friendly Pirate …
: Mystery “painting” by #Waterlogue
: Following post by @cfarrell317 I’m investigating Catan Universe again. Seems I can transfer some of …
: Boxing Day race to El Dorado. #bgg #boardgames
: Oh. A woolly Farfetch’d appeared. #pokemon
: Trying out Campfire Cribbage board and Walter Woodpecker playing cards. #bgg #boardgames
: Absolutely epic crochet Farfetch’d from @eviemakes for Christmas. #pokemongo #pokemon
: Are you feeling festive enough? No? Then more coffee needed.
: Christmas Tree Cat Hat. Merry Christmas everyone!
: Please be merry. Wise words from the principality of North Texaslina. Via @originalspooky
: Please be Merry. Wise words from North Texaslina. @originalspooky
: Pippin ponders second breakfast
: Good morning everybody. Have a corking day.
: Good morning from the Stwig Angel.
: A new @findchaffy friend for the champagne cork reindeer, celebrating their 18th birthday. They can …
: I do like Olli by @tinrocket and there seems to new customisations available
: Proof that donning a silly costume can get you into the top 9 of 2018 despite the preponderance of …
: Happy Glitter Day everybody.
: Does my Tum look big in this? #zozosuit
: And you shall be tried by a jury of your peers. #pokemongo
: And Jemima is the last of the @eviemakes Class of ‘18 to find a home. Waiting for Olly…
: Today is National Gorilla Suit Day. #donmartin #pokemongo
: All the way from Madison, WI via @brettspiels #pokemongo
: Goodbye to Oscar by @eviemakes — off to a new home today.
: Happy Drifloonery Day. #pokemongo #doodle
: This beer is NSFW and possibly not safe for drinking either.
: Vermeer’s Girl with a Ventilation Duct
: Quick game of Everdell, after dismal opening seasons I cornered all 3 Scurrble champions but had no …
: Gingerbread trolley just passed by my desk. #win
: Small update to CTD Critter Collection is live in the App Store. Get your update before Christmas in …
: Clearly a super villain HQ of some sort.
: The new Plushie vs Plushie feature in #pokemongo is now live, if I read the announcements correctly.
: None here but us chickens. #doodle
: Suddenly the adventurers heard a terrible bloodcurdling screech and looming through the fog it came. …
: A secret look inside Professor Oak’s candy empire. #pokemongo
: While on the topic of hybrid chickens we have the chizard. #doodle
: Another session of Yellow and Yangtze. Neither of us could stomach disrupting the others power base …
: Beware of hippochickens flying in and stealing all the glory. #doodle
: If you’re on O2 you can’t see this. Back to fax and SMS for much of UK this morning.
: One barista to rule them all, and in the darkness bind them.
: Colossal ad for Super Smash Bros on #Nintendoswitch with human for scale and bus reflections for …
: We now do playing cards at work, via Cartamundi no less, so of course we have some for the …
: Getting a bit jaded with #pokemongo but still collected a couple of new ones today.
: Starting out on Yellow and Yangtze. We both made serious errors in choosing conflicts and revolts …
: Epic mushroom action on the Heath.
: Some more of the same #Lego #starwars for @diggerc
: Other purchase from #dragonmeet2018 was Y&Y from @grailgames which I am looking forward to …
: Buying and trying Istanbul das Wurfenspiel At #dragonmeet #bgg #boardgames
: File under “Things I didn’t ever expect to be charging on my desk via USB-C (or anything for that …
: Really enjoying The Girl in the Tower. Poor Vasya is in such a Pickle. #fridayreads
: Things abandoned in London street. Umbrella. Bicycles. Trucks. Leaves. It’s rough out there.
: In medieval times edicts wee issued by papier-mâché bull…
: As well as electric scooters Paris also had other cool transportation for hire.
: Never trust a man who carries sticky buns in a briefcase #lego #minifig
: The full roster of crochet creatures for Regenerate charity sale from @eviemakes
: Social Media cupcakes on Social Media. #meta
: Taught Raphael how to play Cribbage last night with all the special phrases. I may have transposed …
: How to tame your Lion. #lego #minifig
: I’m being followed by a moon turtle #PokemonLetsGo #NintendoSwitch
: Black Friday elite bug team on alert for issues.
: Whosoever pulleth a leaf from this frozen wheelbarrow shall be ruler of the gazebo today.
: Hey look! A signed ebook by @mattgemmellauthor — a completely unique edition of one! Great idea and …
: this is usually how I conquer a gym, by the skin of my teeth! Not one for excessive grinding. …
: Pokemon Let’s Go has many delightful touches especially regarding the Pokemon that can follow you …
: We drew up a giant map of Narnia and stuck playing cards to it for charity fundraising at Parish of …
: Monarch of all he surveys. Walter the Woodpecker prepares to pack his nesting box and head to a new …
: A wild Pokeball appeared. #pokemonletsgo #eevee
: Stickers in the wild! Hurrah.
: Mysterious egg shaped stickers have arrived… #stickermule
: Say hi to my new #pokemongo buddy. Lots of steps later!
: It’s all happening on the dining room table. #ollibytinrocket
: A tall dark Americano will cross your path. #fortuneteller
: Good morning. Remember your waterproofs today, even if you’re a seal. It’s another wet one. #doodle
: Cyndaquil Community Day spoils. #pokemongo
: A stripe of blue sky amidst the rain showers.
: The excellent @tooncamera app understands iPads (Pro or otherwise) while wretched @instagram …
: Nicely painted by #Waterlogue — but what is it? #tinrocket
: And the sky came tumbling down
: When you need to get to a Togetic Raid fast. #pokemongo
: Behind every successful house elf is… Another house elf. #dobbyganger #minifig #lego
: Today is bring your Piplup to work day. #pokemongo #friday
: Rocking my own Harry Potter scar.
: It’s windy and cold out there. #lego #minifig
: Why hello there. Take good care of your Shiny Shinx. #pokemongo
: The blue doors are open. This is not a drill.
: Appenzeller Spitzhauben chicken badge created for inaugural Chicken Sprint sequence. #inktober
: Played a few rounds of Lord of the Rings Confrontation yesterday. Forgot how tight and well balanced …
: Lost. Daylight time. Please return to owner if found.
: Set up for Cibalae in Command and Colors Ancients. Turned out to be immense cavalry scuffle which …
: Absolutely crushed Pandemic: Iberia with 7 turns to spare, despite one boosted disease. Agronomist, …
: More drifloonery — this time with a Mimikyu hat. #pokemongo #inktober #doodle
: What is the correct sauce incantation for bratwursts? #lego #minifig