If you sit near the front of the buses in my city, you can see the driver of the same route going in the opposite direction wave at your driver.
I just saw one coming and locked my eyes on the driver and silently wished "wave, go on" and then he did.
Delightful.
It's from Osmoz fragrances, a company I've never heard of. They inexplicably have a whole page dedicated to rainy day outfits. Lots of the pictures have the models holding this piece of paper.
And obviously, this one has three hands.
I didn't design this pattern because I am not smart enough but I adapted it to suit our feral girl. (Her vision is fine, we check the vets regularly and she keeps chasing fruit flies)
These are the Amsterdam variety. I live in Ireland and we've had an excellent summer. I watered these every single day. It's been 7 weeks.
I'm 37 today.
I simultaneously feel like a 17 year old and a 90 year old. Id love to hear from you all as I wind down my day.
Ask me anything about birthdays, or anything else. I am currently filling the remaining characters.
I was... ambitious.
I've been "quitting" on and off since January. And being honest, I've been quitting on and off for 4 years. 2026 has been a heavy year so far, booze wise. Particularly May.
Finally, I read two very good books on the topic. The first was Dopamine Nation. The second was What are you Thirsty for. Both helped me enormously.
I quit 22 days ago. The intention was to take 30 days off. While this is only 8 days away, my birthday is in 13 days. My friends are getting married in 11 days. I've decided that to drink at their wedding would likely result in drinking more than I want. I'll only know 6 or 7 people at the wedding and I think social anxiety will make me drink more.
Now I've decided to either;
enjoy some drinks on my birthday, quietly, with my husband.
Or
Skip it, and continue on sobriety with for another 3 or so weeks. Totaling 8 weeks.
My intentions with this break is mulifold; to prove I'm not chemically addicted to booze (I realised after the first 8 days that I wasn't). To break the "automatic" drinking I've been doing for so long. To relearn how to recognise the signs of intoxication. I've been drinking for so long that I couldn't remember what "normal" felt like. I also couldn't tell that I was experiencing intoxication until I was pretty far gone. As a result, I'm also hoping to get my binge drinking under control. I cannot stop after 2 drinks. It's either none or 8.
I'm wondering if anyone has experience returning to booze after taking an 8 week break. How did it change your drinking? How did you manage the slow slip back to old habits?
I have great success with supermarket basil. They always blossom and thrive.
This time, I trimmed it, and put it in water. THIS IS MY THIRD SUCCESSFUL ONE!
Gonna quit my job and start a basil farm
This has been a working progress for years. I had the pictures laid out in a row and I thought it was complete. But I hated the bare corner on the left.
The other day two things happened; I found an old spare mirror we had and realised it was perfect.
I remembered a beautiful old chair my uncle gave me 15 years ago that was still at my parents house.
Today I went to a charity shop and found the books.
NOW it's perfect.
We found this baby trying to catch ducks double its size from a duck pond beside an old castle and visitor centre. Absolutely tiny and lost. We took him home, where he proceeded to play, eat, poop and sleep.
A vet visit confirmed no chip. Phoned the castle this morning and they have been trying to adopt him! They came and got him along with some toys he played with all night and some treats. And a strong recommendation to get him chipped.
A lovely way to spend an evening and a happy reunion! I'm very pleased
My husband and I found a young cat in the grounds of Drimnagh castle earlier today. It looked very lost and kept trying to jump into a duck pond. We took her home.
WE ARE NOT ATTEMPTING TO STEAL THIS CAT.
We plan to get her checked for a microchip at the vet tomorrow and post pictures on poles in the morning.
If you've lost a cat in Drimnagh today, please let me know and I'll share photos.
REUNITED! Drimnagh castle collected him! I gave them the toys he played with all night. He was only 4 months old and not chipped. So I strongly encourage they chip him
I have a lot of very deep rooted habits and associations with booze. Additionally, I have a binge drinking problem. It's never one. It's 6. It's never a glass, it's a bottle.
So I have been steadily attempting to taper my consumption over the past few months. I got down from approximately 35 units a week to about 15.
Now I'm going fully sober for a month. It's been 8 days. I had a false start of 6 days but then drank last weekend so I restarted.
Associations and habits I've faced and overcome in the past 8 days:
A meal out with my husband
A meal out with friends
The weekend
A day of gardening, house cleaning and renovation
A family lunch that I hosted. I deliberately bought no booze and stocked the fridge with non alcoholic beer. My mam (who didn't know I wasn't drinking) brought a bottle of wine. The moment flashed in front of me. I could say nothing and accept the wine. Just drink it over lunch. Or. I could tell her and then get her to put it away. I chose the latter.
After beating each one of these, I feel incredibly strong, confident and proud. The confidence increases with every success.
Habits and associations I anticipate in the next week:
Work night out
A busy work week
Two more dinners with friends
"The two week slump". Whenever I do a certain stretch of abstinence, I end up saying "oh you've done x number of days or weeks. You deserve this".
A family dinner with some particularly difficult family members.
I am really hoping to tackle each of these with the same commitment and confidence as the last ones. I firmly believe with every habit faced down, I'm letting the weeds grow over that particular neural pathway.
I live in Ireland. Moderate climate but we've been hitting 30 degree Celsius temps for short periods in summer. I planted carrots, Cavello Nero, and rocket one week ago. I planted parsley, chives and lavender 4 days ago.
I bought supermarket herbs, split them and replanted them
I absolutely lost it with excitement when the rocket (arugula) sprouted. Today I found my first carrot sprout!
Working on making it feel cohesive.
https://www.reddit.com/r/gardening/s/JmFKbXd0V2
Cavello Nero, carrots, rocket and more carrots. Plus repotted store bought basil, rosemary and chives.
Lavender and parsley seeds are on their way. I'm very proud and exhausted
I'm interested in horror novels that have ancient evil or ancient beings.
I've read
Dracula (favourite book)
Needful Things by King
Salems Lot by King
Slewfoot by Brom
Hex by Olde
I've also read Withered Hill and Shuttlers Cove
I greatly dislike Adam Neville and have made a strong commitment to never read him again.
Yes I know I need to empty the litter tray. I did it after this photo was taken!
I live in Europe. I have 23 inch thick hair. Or perhaps more accurately, fine hair but a lot of it. For the past two months or so, my hair is constantly tangled. I struggle with the point of having long hair if the only way to sustain it is keeping it in braids. The moment it's down for more than ten minutes, it knots and clumps.
I have seen unite 7 seconds detangler online but it's nearly 40 euro to buy here.
I'm definitely willing to pay this price but only if I know it will at least help a bit.
Has anyone used it and found it beneficial?
Woodland area, by the coast. Not sure what the tree is but I posted the leaves too.