Andy, 2026ing
@andyg64.bsky.social
Ancient. Oligomath. Left-hander. Socialist. Arthur Ransome, Patrick O'Brian, loads of SF. Sails dinghies, loves cooking and gardening and woodwork and diy and numbers and puns and stuff like that. Has a horde of cats.
Last week, Bandit, The Cat Who Ought Know Better, freaked out during our watching of Rogue 1. He literally fled when Darth Vader turned up. Today? He stuck around, barely, for Ridley Scott's Prometheus.
But was photographed like this during the scary bits.
Still Wuss.
...Puss.
= Stillwusspuss.
But was photographed like this during the scary bits.
Still Wuss.
...Puss.
= Stillwusspuss.
February 1, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Last week, Bandit, The Cat Who Ought Know Better, freaked out during our watching of Rogue 1. He literally fled when Darth Vader turned up. Today? He stuck around, barely, for Ridley Scott's Prometheus.
But was photographed like this during the scary bits.
Still Wuss.
...Puss.
= Stillwusspuss.
But was photographed like this during the scary bits.
Still Wuss.
...Puss.
= Stillwusspuss.
Ah, but can you prove it? 😏
February 1, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Ah, but can you prove it? 😏
Thing is: the last item I found in my parents' house's clearance, in the very last cupboard, was My Duck. He'd been put in a box, maybe 55 years ago.
My last night there, in an empty house, and front of a roaring stove, Duck and I remembered memories.
...Today? Duck lives here.
My last night there, in an empty house, and front of a roaring stove, Duck and I remembered memories.
...Today? Duck lives here.
December 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Thing is: the last item I found in my parents' house's clearance, in the very last cupboard, was My Duck. He'd been put in a box, maybe 55 years ago.
My last night there, in an empty house, and front of a roaring stove, Duck and I remembered memories.
...Today? Duck lives here.
My last night there, in an empty house, and front of a roaring stove, Duck and I remembered memories.
...Today? Duck lives here.
Hopefully it would be by laughter on I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.
November 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Hopefully it would be by laughter on I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.
Lovely book, and a great insight into the cultural landscape surrounding AR's life as a young adult.
I can't help but picture Arthur frequenting coffee stalls such as this one, painted by Yoshio Markino in 1910.
'Chelsea Embankment' - a brief step from Cheyne Walk.
I can't help but picture Arthur frequenting coffee stalls such as this one, painted by Yoshio Markino in 1910.
'Chelsea Embankment' - a brief step from Cheyne Walk.
November 26, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Lovely book, and a great insight into the cultural landscape surrounding AR's life as a young adult.
I can't help but picture Arthur frequenting coffee stalls such as this one, painted by Yoshio Markino in 1910.
'Chelsea Embankment' - a brief step from Cheyne Walk.
I can't help but picture Arthur frequenting coffee stalls such as this one, painted by Yoshio Markino in 1910.
'Chelsea Embankment' - a brief step from Cheyne Walk.
Today's Ear@Work jewellery was this.
October 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Today's Ear@Work jewellery was this.
I like that a lot!
Meanwhile my daughter recently bought us a new duvet set...
Meanwhile my daughter recently bought us a new duvet set...
October 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I like that a lot!
Meanwhile my daughter recently bought us a new duvet set...
Meanwhile my daughter recently bought us a new duvet set...
MY rapture outfit.
September 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
MY rapture outfit.
Naturally I pimped it. Now very exciting. Out in ten minutes.
September 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Naturally I pimped it. Now very exciting. Out in ten minutes.
Ten hour shift. Stopped on the way out at 10pm to buy a cheap (OOD tomorrow) pizza. Some quattro fromaggio fella. Very bland. Badly done, 'Pizza Express'.
September 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Ten hour shift. Stopped on the way out at 10pm to buy a cheap (OOD tomorrow) pizza. Some quattro fromaggio fella. Very bland. Badly done, 'Pizza Express'.
Dang. I stumbled across an image of the geralding on the lands of the 1/8th scale clinker dinghy I made a few years ago.
And then sold.
Flip. I need another one. (And, yes, I need to do it better this time.)
And then sold.
Flip. I need another one. (And, yes, I need to do it better this time.)
September 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Dang. I stumbled across an image of the geralding on the lands of the 1/8th scale clinker dinghy I made a few years ago.
And then sold.
Flip. I need another one. (And, yes, I need to do it better this time.)
And then sold.
Flip. I need another one. (And, yes, I need to do it better this time.)
My (current) favourite happy spot is this.
...Ideally, of course, via a tap in the kitchen.
...Ideally, of course, via a tap in the kitchen.
September 2, 2025 at 6:23 AM
My (current) favourite happy spot is this.
...Ideally, of course, via a tap in the kitchen.
...Ideally, of course, via a tap in the kitchen.
Nine hours and four hundred and twenty miles of driving later:
Oh yeah!
Oh yeah!
August 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Nine hours and four hundred and twenty miles of driving later:
Oh yeah!
Oh yeah!
My favorite Doctor and companion...
(Not quite sure which is which, mind.)
(Not quite sure which is which, mind.)
August 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
My favorite Doctor and companion...
(Not quite sure which is which, mind.)
(Not quite sure which is which, mind.)
Checks phone for last cat pic...
Hmm...it's All He Does. Bad old Bandit bad boy.
Hmm...it's All He Does. Bad old Bandit bad boy.
August 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Checks phone for last cat pic...
Hmm...it's All He Does. Bad old Bandit bad boy.
Hmm...it's All He Does. Bad old Bandit bad boy.
After a super-humid hot, claggy and unpleasant day, as a committed ceraunophile I'm delighted to see ⚡ forecast for the weekend. But as I wait for the thunderbolts, I'm going to chill out in the oh-so-secret second back garden.
July 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
After a super-humid hot, claggy and unpleasant day, as a committed ceraunophile I'm delighted to see ⚡ forecast for the weekend. But as I wait for the thunderbolts, I'm going to chill out in the oh-so-secret second back garden.
And in today's Not Really News...
July 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
And in today's Not Really News...