David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social · 13/10/2026The rules of Stairball are opaque even to its practitioners 1241937
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social · 11/10/2026So odd to think of CB and churlishness being somehow connected 0160
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This little guy is snoozing under the hedge at the back of the garden, out of the rain 839121
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Someone has installed a new graphics card in the Common and it's not rendering properly 1822
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Michael appreciated the birthday card we got her. 101134
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Finally reached the level of Duolingo where I can just shout 'scorchio' at my phone 2420
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Today is the last day of Michael being 0. Tomorrow is her first birthday. I've been looking back at photos from mid-December, when we first met her. She was quite small. 1224616
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A later walk today, rewarded by this Great Spotted Woodpecker 7996
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A spot of calming woodland for anyone who might benefit. Now with free nuthatch sounds. 1777
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social · 21/09/2026An excellent early example of Dealing with Mansplaining by the 1848 women of Vienna (from Christopher Clark's superb 'Revolutionary Spring') 38217
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social · 18/09/2026And once your paws are clean, you can get on with the laundry 11167
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Michael would like everyone to appreciate the importance of clean paws 61687
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social · 12/09/2026If I've ever given the impression that Michael is an elegant cat, let me dispel this 122238
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Goldfinches finally work out that after troughing the niger seeds in the feeder, they can munch through the massive pile they've dropped on the lawn. 5914
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Cool, crisp and fresh this morning, like a preview of the new season of Autumn. 0411
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Interviewing some locals about their views of today's weather. Most respondents keenly in favour. 2622
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Despite Tuesday's misery in Swindon, I'm at Salford City to see Port Vale. 74/92 current league teams seen at home now (although some of the selfish bastards have moved since) 1190
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Fun little trip up this from the pier to the town (no more hills for me today). Only drawback was the old bloke at the front who videoed the whole trip, adding a quiet commentary like some shit funicular Ted Lowe. 7613
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I appear to be ... *pants* ... at the ...*wheezes* ... top. ...*collapses*... 2471
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Saltburn-by-the-Sea. Trying to blow the cobwebs away after arguably too many pints of Murphy's and definitely too many double Jamesons. 10650
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Today's Harrowing involved a pleasant walk near the Tyne with @excelpope.net and a couple of his canine acquaintances. Extremely pleasant it was too. 1321
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social · 02/09/2026There are times when @camsell59.bsky.social's construction of simile equals Blackadder at its best. This, from 'The Farther Corner': 2130
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The Theatre Royal, Newcastle, is a most impressive building. I shall not be harrowing it. 3412
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social · 02/09/2026This week, following my unsuccessful trip to Swindon, I'm embarking on a Harrowing of the North, as was all the rage 950-odd years ago. I can report that it's raining. 5331
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Paying homage to a cultural artefact on the way to @officialpvfc.bsky.social at Swindon Town 7803
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Seems to have stopped raining #Lords #temptingfate 1180
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Didn't manage a summer holiday this year due to work commitments, but we've booked something in October that looks tolerable. 6520
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Lovely temperature on the Common this morning but WE NEED RAIN 2610
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social · 22/08/2026When you have that eerie feeling that you're being watched... 21366
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Now I've got "Tossing Puffins off a Cliff" to the tune of Squeeze 2144
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Would all the animals please arrange themselves into pairs while I sort out a few thousand cubits of gopher wood 61132
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Michael's top tip for keeping cool - have a friend who is a snowman 11174
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social · 13/08/2026A robin sits astride the bench, trying to remember rain 5875
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Merlin thought it heard a Spotted Flycatcher just now, but I suspect it was just a Robin singing "Fuck me, where's the sun?" 0412