Currently reading: Tir : The Story of the Welsh Landscape by Carwyn Graves 📚 https://micro.blog/books/

Finished reading: Zen and the Art of Murder by Oliver Bottini 📚 https://micro.blog/books/9780857057365

Ewes’ Retreat, Wye Valley. In a shepherd’s hut for a few days - never realised they had it so good 😁

🎵 My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Prêtre, Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Paris, Callas, Gedda (55 plays), Doves (29), Bernstein, l’Orchestra della Scala di Milano, Callas, Penno, Nache, Modesti, Barbieri (28), The Comsat Angels (23), David Bowie (16) https://www.last.fm/user/nntk

Woodpecker and robin

The day’s produce, created whilst watching and listening to Afghanistan v England 😊

Afghanistan’s highest score in ICC ODI tournaments 325-7.

Ibrahim Zadran hits 177 - the highest ever score in the Champions Trophy.

So I’m no longer optimistic - “toothless England” is the phrase the BBC is using 🏏

Over bowled by Joe Root just hit for 23 🫣🏏

So far so good in today’s Champions Trophy match 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏏

Finished reading: Goodbye to All That by Robert Graves 📚 https://micro.blog/books/9780141184593

🔗 Champions Trophy 2025: Australia-South Africa abandoned in Rawalpindi 🌧️ 🏏 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cn0j18x955do

🔗 Seven planets align in UK skies this week for last time until 2040

Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, Mercury, and Saturn will all be briefly visible in the evening sky https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yd4z15r54o

Went for a walk because it’s raining in Rawalpindi and the cricket hasn’t started. Photographing with Hipstamatic again 📸 😄

Listening to Robert Wyatt 🎵

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🎥 Asteroid City (2023) ★★★★★

This package from Finland worried me slightly 😀💿🎵

(According to Google Translate the text by the snake means REMEMBER, NEVER BE FOOLED!)

🎵 My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Gui, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Callas, Picchi, Stignani, Vaghi, Sutherland (44 plays), Manic Street Preachers (26), Kim Deal (11), The Doors (10), Bill ‘Ravi’ Harris & The Prophets (6) https://www.last.fm/user/nntk

Today’s breakfast bowl

England giving Australia some catching practice 😞 🏏

Australia 🇦🇺 v 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England 🏏, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 v 🇮🇪 Ireland 🏉, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 v 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland 🏉, Aston Villa v Chelsea ⚽️. Choices, choices, choices …