We had a sparrowhawk in our back garden. Looks like a young-ish female…

A magpie and a sparrowhawk are perched on a wooden fence beside a planter with pink and white flowers.A bird of prey and a magpie are perched on a wooden lattice fence adorned with pink and white flowers.

Trying a new coffee shop / restaurant just up the road from City St George’s.

A cup of coffee sits on a table in a modern cafe with a person descending a staircase in the background.

Last coffee on camp. Feels very much like both the summer holidays and summer itself are done.

A hand is holding a stainless steel mug in front of a tent outdoors.

Such an amiable chap, for a green man.

A green, carved face resembling a bearded man with a long nose is surrounded by colorful mosaic tiles and cobwebs.

Love, half a century old.

I wonder if the feelings lasted as long as the carving.

Carvings including initials and a date from 1975 are etched into a tree trunk in a wooded area.

A little campfire cooking.

Skewered meat is being grilled in a blue pan over an open flame, accompanied by slices of flatbread.

Typepad RIP

Wow. Typepad is shutting down after 22 years. And they’re giving a whole month’s notice.

I remember, back when I was managing a corporate relationship with Six Apart, when they started telling us that they thought Typepad would be a better match for our blog publishing needs (we had a very large Movable Type installation, running dozens of successful business blogs.).

It really wasn’t. When I left, they were starting to project plan a move to WordPress.

I wonder what will happen to the blogs.com domain they own?

Gnasher has seen better days.

A badge with googly eyes, a black and white face, and black hair-like material on a wooden background.

More old box sorting. This is a card for a restaurant — Restaurante O Manuel — I visited nearly 40 years ago as a teenager with my family.

It’s still there!

A cartoon man with a large mustache and red shirt is carrying a fish on a restaurant card labeled "Restaurante 'O Manuel'."

A little blast from the past - I just found my mid-80s Prince August fantasy miniatures moulds.

You melted metal in a little crucible and poured it in…

Black, rectangular rubber moulds with miniature figure patterns are placed alongside some brown paper cards on a textured surface.Two black molds with intricate patterns are placed on a textured fabric surface.