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Ian Mason | @thedimpause

Ewesโ€™ Retreat, Wye Valley. In a shepherdโ€™s hut for a few days ๐Ÿ˜

Auto-generated description: A small, rustic cabin with an adjacent shed and outdoor seating area is situated on a grassy hillside surrounded by trees. Auto-generated description: A serene garden scene features a grassy area with large tree stumps, a fire pit, and a stone path under a sunlit sky.
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๐ŸŽต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Prรชtre, Orchestre de l’Opรฉra National de Paris, Callas, Gedda (55 plays), Doves (29), Bernstein, l’Orchestra della Scala di Milano, Callas, Penno, Nache, Modesti, Barbieri (28), The Comsat Angels (23), David Bowie (16)

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Woodpecker and robin

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The dayโ€™s produce, created whilst watching and listening to Afghanistan v England ๐Ÿ˜Š

Auto-generated description: A kitchen table holds freshly baked items including a round bread loaf on a cooling rack, a vegetable frittata in a pan, and a tray of baked potatoes, alongside a tablet, magazine, and some tangled cords.
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Afghanistanโ€™s highest score in ICC ODI tournaments 325-7.

Ibrahim Zadran hits 177 - the highest ever score in the Champions Trophy.

So Iโ€™m no longer optimistic - โ€œtoothless Englandโ€ is the phrase the BBC is using ๐Ÿ

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Over bowled by Joe Root just hit for 23 ๐Ÿซฃ๐Ÿ

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So far so good in todayโ€™s Champions Trophy match ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿ

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Finished reading: Goodbye to All That by Robert Graves ๐Ÿ“š

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๐Ÿ”— Champions Trophy 2025: Australia-South Africa abandoned in Rawalpindi ๐ŸŒง๏ธ ๐Ÿ

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๐Ÿ”— Seven planets align in UK skies this week for last time until 2040

Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, Mercury, and Saturn will all be briefly visible in the evening sky
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Listening to Robert Wyatt ๐ŸŽต

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Went for a walk because it’s raining in Rawalpindi and the cricket hasn’t started. Photographing with Hipstamatic again ๐Ÿ“ธ ๐Ÿ˜„

A rustic wooden fence stands in front of a small stream and rocky area surrounded by dense, leafless vegetation.A brick labeled TANYBRYN ABERDRE is partially submerged in a rocky, water-filled environment.A rusted, cylindrical metal object lies on wet, rocky ground surrounded by clear water.A serene lake surrounded by bare trees reflects a cloudy sky, with a distant hill and power lines visible in the background.A wheelbarrow sits on a muddy hill overlooking a landscape with leafless trees and a cloudy sky.A muddy path meanders through a leafless forest area, with a fallen fence lying across it under a cloudy sky.A scenic view of a valley with green fields and hills under a cloudy sky, illuminated by sunlight breaking through.A solitary tree stands on a distant hill under a blue sky, reflected in the calm waters below.

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๐ŸŽฅ Asteroid City (2023) โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…

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This package from Finland worried me slightly ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ’ฟ๐ŸŽต

Auto-generated description: A wrinkled paper package features a radioactive symbol, several Finnish addresses, a cartoon snake, and text in Finnish alongside contact details for a business.

According to Google Translate the text by the snake means: REMEMBER, NEVER BE FOOLED!

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๐ŸŽต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Gui, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Callas, Picchi, Stignani, Vaghi, Sutherland (44 plays), Manic Street Preachers (26), Kim Deal (11), The Doors (10), Bill ‘Ravi’ Harris & The Prophets (6)

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