I’m on two different WhatsApp groups that are mostly made up of women in their sixties and older. One is rural Shires ladies who are often involved with things like the WI and the church flower rota. It’s normally very apolitical, but just lately has been full of memes about Starmer killing off old people and locking people up for social media wrongthink. The other is London liberal Rejoiners, who had a field day over the election result and have been mysteriously very quiet for the last few weeks….

The first time today I heard a BBC newsreader refer to “new French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal“, I figured it was a slip of the tongue, but I’ve heard it at least twice more since. Are they trying to make people think that the election result has been respected, or something?

Pasta with pancetta and peas.

Anyone got any recommendations for summer-weight, ideally natural fibre, cargo/combat/tactical ladies trousers? Pockets. All about the pockets. (Not Craghoppers. Their women’s fit is indistinguishable from men’s. Like, a 1 or 2” hip-waist difference.)

Ladies (or, I suppose, gents) who’ve had both below-worktop and eye-level ovens, which do you prefer?

Birds are, I think, done, but should I add swirls to show it’s windy? And moss and lichen on the wall. May add more, not sure yet.

The low UK birth rate means the primary school population peaked at 4.6 million pupils five years ago with the secondary population peaking at 3.2 million pupils this year. That seems like a big gap. Where are all the primary kids going?

Looks like my hands are starting with the arthritis too, now. Thanks Mum.

Finding myself without a hand sewing project after finishing my quilt, I decided to make a matching cushion. I now find myself without a hand sewing project….

Bah. Stop bloody itching!

Bloody hell. There are an estimated fifty guns per person in Haiti.