Tuesday 9th June 2026, 10.50am (day 5,402)
So much so that, apparently, she had the sign ready beforehand. So it goes when we are both working at home on a given morning.
Clare’s immediate desire
Being 42
Life, one day at a time
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Busy doing nothing
Monday 23rd February 2026, 11.35am (day 5,296)
A state to which I aspire? Well, it would be nice. In fact I’m unsure I even want to be particularly busy with it. But I’m not there yet, and even if I was, I couldn’t live on a boat. At least, not one without a substantial and comfortable bathroom, which, I’m led to believe, most do not have.
A Bradford welcome
Sunday 18th June 2023, 9.30am (day 4,315)
Apparently a while back someone graffitied ‘Welcome Home Sexy’ on the approaches to Bradford Interchange railway station, to cheer up their partner, spouse, mate, or whatever. This has now become A Thing. A stylised version of the original message is still there beside the tracks, but not content with that, we get it by the station entrance too, next to the heroically decrepit retail establishment. But hey, why not, at least it isn’t another “Buy Corporate!” advertisement.
Ducks are for life
Monday 5th December 2022, 11.50am (day 4,120)
In an ideal world, this message would end, “…. and not just for Christmas”, but sadly it does not. Then again, it’s been up for several months now, waiting only for an otherwise opportunity-light day of photography for its chance to be shared with you, my faithful readers. So this is not the seasonal reference it may seem.
So long, Nutclough
Sunday 9th October 2022, 11.05am (day 4,063)
It’s not a metaphor, honestly. I was going no further than the supermarket. But this message is a new addition to the neigbourhood.
Blazed
Monday 31st January 2022, 3.15pm (day 3,812)
Communicating by carving a message into a tree is known as ‘blazing’ — something I only found out immediately before posting this, thanks to the ever-fascinating Wikipedia. The most famous blazed tree is probably one in Queensland, where a message was left in 1861 for a party of explorers that was never found. I doubt this one, on the path from Hebden Bridge to Mytholmroyd, is as significant in historical terms, but obviously it meant something to someone at the time. And, thanks to this post, to me too, here and now.
Being 42 