#caturday

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 I have been trying to grow this particular plant for nearly 15 years now. It roots very easily but had never grown more than six leaves without browning and dying.

Finally, I gave up with the very last plant, telling it "If you die, that's it! I'm not taking another cutting to ensure some part of you stays alive. Enough is enough."

Half a year later, the pic below that the very same mother plant is small, but still alive:

Not only that, but look at its babies, which are flourishing:

Sometimes, it seems, fussy plants just need a stern talking to.

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Asylum by William Johnston

 I didn't even know this beast existed until last week and now its been shoved through my letter box. All the way from America, its another Amicus novelisation, and I can't wait to read it:

It also looks rather fetching with its siblings:

Weary

 I am not having as much working on this as should be. I need a holiday to crack on with it.

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Summer Project Update

 In what seems like only a blink of an eye, I suddenly find myself already half way through 2025. So, I hear perhaps no-one but myself ask, how are this year's creative projects going?

First, my last novel, Familiar was published nearer the start of this year. So that's one project ticked off. You can buy that particular book here.

Second, and third, my first ghost story has recently been released into the world. Two birds were dispatched with one stone too, by having the tale appearing in  GNS2 - the new issue of the Guy N Smith zine, which can be purchased here. 🫡

I am currently up to my neck preparing a new issue of Avalon, my Glastonbury zinr. Although I allocated this particular project to this year's 100 day project treatmen, I am trying to get this published by the end of July.

The updated re-releases of Gower Ghosts and The Verry Volk have been completed and are available for purchase here and here.

Another Explore Gower title, Gower Beaches will get a makeover in August and is currently scheduled to be republished on August 31.

Hopefully, this should then give me the whole of Autumn in which to design my 1st Gower calender. As always, watch this space.

Tonight's Rare Noctilucent Cloud

Mrs Pixie-Led alerted me to these rare ice clouds, so high up in the atmosphere that the are still illuminated by the sun long after it has set. This is her photo:

And this is mine:

I think it's fair to say her pic beats mine. 🧐

Plant of the Moment...

 ...in our garden are our Asiatic Lilies: