the dim pause

Aconbury Hill

A pastoral landscape features two horses grazing in a sunlit field with rolling hills and a bright blue sky in the background.

📆 5 March, 2025 | 🏷 Photography

Currently reading: Tir: The Story of the Welsh Landscape by Carwyn Graves 📚

📆 5 March, 2025 | 🏷 Books

Finished reading: Zen and the Art of Murder by Oliver Bottini 📚

📆 5 March, 2025 | 🏷 Books

Ewes’ Retreat, Wye Valley. In a shepherd’s hut for a few days 😁

A small, rustic cabin with an adjacent shed and outdoor seating area is situated on a grassy hillside surrounded by trees.

A serene garden scene features a grassy area with large tree stumps, a fire pit, and a stone path under a sunlit sky.

📆 4 March, 2025 | 🏷 Photography

🎵 My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Prêtre, Orchestre de l’Opéra 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)

📆 2 March, 2025 | 🏷 Music

Woodpecker and robin

A woodpecker and a robin are interacting near bird feeders attached to a tree trunk in a leafy outdoor setting.

📆 28 February, 2025 | 🏷 Photography

The day’s produce, created whilst watching and listening to Afghanistan v England 😊

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.

📆 26 February, 2025 | 🏷 Photography 🏷 Cricket 🏷 Food

Afghanistan’s highest score in ICC ODI tournaments 325-7.

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

So I’m no longer optimistic - “toothless England” is the phrase the BBC is using 🏏

📆 26 February, 2025 | 🏷 Cricket

Over bowled by Joe Root just hit for 23 🫣🏏

📆 26 February, 2025 | 🏷 Cricket

So far so good in today’s Champions Trophy match 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏏

📆 26 February, 2025 | 🏷 Cricket