I'm Starting to like these guys more and more

A Rare Walk and sunny day

Our pond area:

2-year-old Oak, grown from an 

Barrel Ponds and Forget-Me-Knots:

Patio edge:

The Bluebells are en pointe in our wildlife corner:

Buddha Santuary:

Pond flower:

4 the Wee Winged Wuns:

Enjoyed the evening outdoors - is seems an age since the last time we did this:

A wee wun or 2 was welcomed bowt now:

...ut a little later led to  or 3 led to more...

Knitting Together Next Year's Major Project

Well, it looks like Pyewacket, an idea that's been percolating since back in the day, is actually gonna be an official physical-world thing. It will feature as the titled short story in a new zine I've been thinking about for a good while now - titled Pixie-Led.

As the title might suggest, the zine will become a physical extension of the site you are reading now. The zine will feature the regular Pyewacket stories, photo-features on all manner of curious pastimes and intriguing articles on things that have caught my interest. Along with serialised novel-length tales of zombies, Viking werewolves, changelings, vampires, and more...

Issue 1 will introduce the character Pyewacket, one of the neither-here-nor-there pixie-led. You'll accompany him along an  introductory adventure in the twilight land of the magickal Crawley Woods. The story is titled Eve. 

There will also be an article on the beliefs and philosophy of The Lost Glove Society, presented alongside photos of my little contribution to its mythos.

Other contents will include the first of what will become regular features in the zine, Pixie-Led  - an imaginary autobiography,  Some Place Different - reviews of magical places to visit and explore and Vision-On - images of somewhere else. And more.

I've been working on this for the likely full-wrap cover for ISSUE 1:

Ì am clearing my diary in 2027 to make this come to life before the end of that year.

Loving the Loph.

 Here there are, all my Lophophora, with the exception of this year's babies. The most special cacti ever! 

Clyne

Made the most of a rare sunny evening after work but take a walk through Clyne Park, stopping off at The Woodman pub before heading back through.the park at dusk to the car, taking in enroute the pet cemetery. Bluebell Wood, wild garlic, flashing squirrel, views, orchids and old story-telling tree en route: 

 

Phat Barry...

...is a master or balance:

Tom-cat Turf Wars

The pied Viking cat met Sooty, the all-black cat today. We have x2 black cat visitors to the garden, whom I distinguish by his white socks. The ginger cat didn't welcome Sooty's presence. Not one little bit.

Knighton Honesty in Swansea

Remember this pic, which appeared in this old post?

Well, I took a few seeds from this Honesty plant, and here is a pic of the first of them to flower (it's the purple flowered plant in the foreground of the first image below, and bitton leftvin the pic below that). White it does not look like the pic above just yet, wait 'til it produces the beautiful seed pods!

Socialising

After doing a day's shift wfh, I took a bath, photographed the neighbour's cat in my garden, then headed down to town for a couple of pints with work friends. Not really in a socialising mood, but thought the walk and company would help my mental health, and I grabbed a few pictures along the route of good old Swansea for my See Swansea site, which will be updated next month. Met up with my better half then for a another pint, this time in my favourite pub, The No Sign. What's not to like, eh!

One of today's photos from Swansea:

Soft

I am growing a bit soft on the neighbour's cat. He is certainly fond our of garden :)

A Georgeous Swansea Bay

Took a walk along Swansea Bay after a tough day in work. And it was gorgeous.