🎵 My Top weekly artists: William The Conqueror (45), The Nightingales (25), Laundromat (14), Alabama Shakes (13) & Brittany Howard (6) via tweekly.fm

Wales 40 - 24 England. The rest of my household is happy. 🏉

Half-time. Wales 17 - 14 England. Not sure how Wales got two tries, some strange decisions by the referee. 🤔 🏉

Six Nations Wales v England starting soon. 🏉

Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 27: pompasetting — Pompasetting at the National Botanic Garden of Wales on Boxing Day, 2007 📷

Laundromat and on Bandcamp 🔗 — Three EPs. Blue, Green Red. Electronic and relaxed. Laundromat is Brighton based recording artist Toby Hayes. I know nothing more but am enjoying listening to the music. 🎵

Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 26: favourite — August 2008. First time at my favourite music festival, the Green Man Festival. Not my favourite weather. Not taken with with my favourite phone/camera, a 1.3 megapixel Vodafone 716. 🎵📷

England bowled out for 81. Achieving their lowest total in a Test in India 😢. So far in the day - less than 2 sessions - there’s been 127 runs scored and 17 wickets taken. India need 49 runs to win. Don’t think this is going to last long. 🏏

Now India open there bowling with 2 wickets in the first 3 deliveries by Axar Patel. Wow! 🏏

Joe Root bowling in the first session this morning - 5 wickets for 8 runs in 6.2 overs. His first five-wicket haul. I have been glued to watching the India v England third Test; was meant to be switching to radio coverage so I could get on with some home DIY 😉 🏏

Michael Rosen blog post on Reading for Pleasure 📚 🔗

A child
A book
A read
A chat.

This is the way
the mind grows.

Not with a test
but a tale.

He’s writing for teachers and children but I think a lot of his points are applicable to all readers.

England 112 all out yesterday, India now 125-8 after an hour of play this morning. Some impressive bowling from Joe Root, things moving quickly 😲 🏏

Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 25: code — Not exactly code but the 3rd century BCE Brahmi script Edicts of Ashoka did need deciphering in the 19th century. British Museum, June 2015. 📷

Gardening Diary 🌱 — 📅 24th February 2021 — Three wasabi plants I planted in May last year have exploded into activity. Wasn’t expecting such vigorous growth and flowering so early in the year, especially after/during some very cold and wet weather.

Third Test India v England - pink ball match - at Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad is about to start. England batting 🏏