A Visit from the Goon Squad – Jennifer Egan ★★★☆☆ 📚 one to re-read when I am reading in larger chunks. Fragmented tales across time and characters had me a mite confused.
Had a walk round Ardinning this afternoon. Blowy, sun came out at the end bringing with it butterflies & bees. Few more on Flickr.
Trying Ecosia – the search engine that plants trees to replace duckduckgo
some long-needed updates to Videogrep
Looking forward to playing with this update, had fun with it a few (7 gulp) years ago. via waxy.
Watch exceldictionary's Newest TikTok Videos
I don’t really pay attention to tiktok, but this is something I would not have expected. via John Naughton’s Memex
Look Up in Photos is pretty cool. I’ve been a fan of Pl@ntNet for a while. I still think I prefer Pl@ntNet’s community feel & openness but this looks like it will be useful too.
A walk up to the Finlas reservoir and beyond this morning. Overcast & low clouds, fine rain. Cuckoos. A couple of hares on the way up, 3 on the way back. A hill fox. Tons of tiny wee wild flowers among the grass. Deer ,ravens, & more flora & fauna: walkmap
Ian McMillan's guests Emma Smith, Naush Sabah and Gerry Cambridge celebrate books and pens
I always enjoy The Verb. I think the micro.blog 🖋 folk would like this one.
Welsh Poppy in the evening light
Garscube Estate Bridge, has a wee walk this afternoon. Saw a kingfisher bullet under the bridge and a few minutes later two thrill up the river. Bluebells, wild garlic, garlic muster & stitchwort. Hawthorn in full blossom. Overcast occasional rain drops & sunbeams.