Glimmer 20

April 20 Glimmer 20

20th, April 2025, Date, Days, FMS Photo A Day, Music, Nature, Photos, Ska, Sunday, , , , , , , , ,

Glimmer 20Easter Sunday, and we’re hanging around. It’s our 3rd wedding anniversary too.  Time for Glimmer 20. Catch up on the photos! Cook a roast pork for us for tea.  We have a jar in the Lickers but other than that a chilled day.

Music

  1. The Melbourne Ska Orchestra – TV & Movie Themes
  2. The Melbourne Ska Orchestra – Transmission Fridays
  3. The Melbourne Ska Orchestra – Ska Classics
  4. The Melbourne Ska Orchestra – The Best Things in Life Are Free
  5. The Melbourne Ska Orchestra – Saturn Return
  6. The Melbourne Ska Orchestra – Read All About It!
  7. The Melbourne Ska Orchestra – Live At The Triffid

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Glimmer 17

April 17 Glimmer 17

17th, April 2025, Date, Days, Electronica, Emo, FMS Photo A Day, Indie, Music, Nature, Photos, Thursday, , , , , , , , , , ,

Glimmer 17Last Late thank fuck.  Glimmer 17 is the compulsory dandelion clock shot.  Day goes… I’m tired as fuck and grateful it’s all over.

Music

  1. Big Brother & The Holding Company – Big Brother & The Holding Company
  2. Vanilla Fudge – Where Is My Mind? (The Atco Recordings 1967-1969)
  3. The Woggles – The Big Beat Bonus (EP)
  4. Susan – Just Call It
  5. Susan – As I Was
  6. Susan – Never Enough
  7. Andy Pidcock – Modular Synth Jams
  8. Andy Pidcock – Journeys With My M8

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Glimmer 1

1st April Glimmer 1

1st, April 2025, Date, Days, FMS Photo A Day, Indie, Music, Nature, Photos, Punk, Tuesday, , , , , , , , , ,

Glimmer 1Tuesday and it’s the second late of the set. The bugger of it is that the motorway has snarled up as I go in so I end up on a late bus and jumping a train. Still gives me a chance to find Glimmer 1. And lo when I arrive at the station the ticket wombles are in evidence. Marched to the ticket office to pay for a ticket them having accepted bugger all options at Bryn. Day goes OK. Still not feeling great. Somehow it’s Tuesday and we have two days left after today. HBB again and the day is OK but not great. Team on the other hand is great, a supportive bunch. Lates are truly a pain in the arse, can’t sort out stuff early and get to work on time, get to work late and finish late. Get home, feed people sleep.

  1. Pete Bentham And The Dinnerladies – Art Is Shit
  2. Pete Bentham And The Dinnerladies – A Bas Le Cavier Vive Le Kebab
  3. The Blood Arm – All My Love Songs (EP)
  4. The Blood Arm – Suspicious Character
  5. The Blood Arm – Lie Lover Lie

 

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Nature's Beauty

29th March Nature’s Beauty

29th, Date, Days, Electronica, FMS Photo A Day, Gardening, Indie, March 2025, Music, Nature, No Dig, Photos, Psychedelia, Saturday, , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Nature's BeautyNature’s beauty, bit of a rambling concept this one the constant generation and degeneration of nature, yadda yadda yadda!  Lazy day, lie in, gentle amble via the chicken shop as we begin the Kidney friendly diet for C.  Plan is some sort of Waldorf Salad for tonight. This is followed by a visit to The Coffee Shop.

C visits the ATM and then on to Iceland to view veggie options.  Then Lidl.  Wee pint in the Tom and Gerry and home.  Cook us some scrambled eggs for lunch with a few mushies.

Salad works well and is popular with herself.

In other news, the work on nature’s beauty that will be this Roots allotment is gathering pace, still no idea where their site is but they are communicating with me at least!

  1. The Jazz Butcher – The Violent Years
  2. The Venus Flytrap – Time Lapse 1995-2010
  3. The Venus Flytrap – Time Lapse 1989-1994
  4. The Venus Flytrap – Mercurial 1978-2018
  5. The Venus Flytrap – Mars
  6. The Venus Flytrap – Icon

 

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My View - a photo of grass and dew from a day off.

24th March My View

24th, Bike, Country, Date, Days, FMS Photo A Day, Folk, Gardening, Indie, March 2025, Monday, Music, Nature, No Dig, Photos, Pump Up, Punk, Reflector, Soul, Tyres, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

My View - a photo of grass and dew from a day off.Day off.  Day starts with me taking the piss… literally to the GPs. Whereupon NHS IT strikes, they have to hand write the sample form because the printer is dead.  On the way up a couple of photos.  Need to look at them to see if they are prompt suitable. Jump a bus back home.

Herself off work, still recovering from Asthma attack. Take a wee dander to get a photo for tomorrow in the afternoon.

Pump up the tyres and sort rear reflector on the bike.  Usual day off preparation for first early of the week.

In other news there is some movement on the Roots allotment situation.  They’ve announced it will be 16 minutes away from Ashton… presumably by car, ‘cos perish the thought you wouldn’t have a car.  As long as it’s reasonable cycle ride, I’m in!  Looks like a £40 upfront then for a baby patch about a tenner a month.  Not looking for anything huge, it’s not like I have a clue what I’m doing!  As much as anything it’s a healthy thing to do on a day off for the old mental health.

  1. Sunny War – Simple Syrup
  2. Sunny War – Anarchist Gospel
  3. Sunny War – With The Sun
  4. Sunny War – Shell Of A Girl
  5. Throwing Muses – Moonlight Concessions
  6. Edwyn Collins – Nation Shall Speak Unto Nation

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New Beginnings

1st March New Beginnings

1st, Date, Days, Electronica, FMS Photo A Day, Indie, March 2025, Music, Nature, Photos, Pop, Psychedelia, Pump Up, Saturday, Tyres, , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

New BeginningsCurry night, a Punjabi Tomato Curry with Chicken, rice and Naan. Slow cook and caramalise some onions.  Also bake some fruit scones. Wee shop with C earlier and swift pint.  Pump up the bike tyres in anticipation of tomorrow’s cycle to work.

C tidy’s upstairs as I cook.

  1. Glass Raspberry – Washed Up
  2. Glass Raspberry – The Final Call
  3. Glass Raspberry – Walk With Me / Getaway
  4. They Might Be Giants – Join Us
  5. They Might Be Giants – At Large
  6. They Might Be Giants – Working Undercover For The Man
  7. They Might Be Giants – The Else
  8. They Might Be Giants – I Like Fun
  9. They Might Be Giants – Miscellaneous T
  10. They Might Be Giants – The Spine Surfs Alone
  11. Alex Chilton – Set
  12. Alex Chilton – A Man Called Destruction
  13. Alex Chilton – Feudalist Tarts
  14. Alex Chilton – Clichés
  15. Alex Chilton – Like Flies On Sherbet
  16. Alex Chilton – Bachs Bottom
  17. Alex Chilton – High Priest

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