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Good morning! How are you feeling? I’m feeling a bit like a lizard and I need my blood to warm up a bit before I can move around quickly. Lots on my list. Getting excited at the idea I might soon have a living room again! Woohoo! #StayBright
Squirrel climbing up a tree trunk
November 3, 2026 at 11:03 AM
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Good morning! How are you feeling? I was all set for cracking through a list of DIY tasks and then a work nightmare landed on my desk. Trying to figure out which of the ALL THE THINGS I need to do first, and stave off the decision paralysis. Also gotta run. Urgh. #StayBright
Cubist style image of a city skyline in muted natural yellow, pink, green and blue and then a dark blue night sky. Painted on the side of metal cargo container.
November 4, 2026 at 10:55 AM
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Good morn-ternoon! Was up early, but focused on sticking paper to walls. Stopped for a coffee and crumpet break. Getting there, yet still a long way to go. Off to the theatre tonight (gotta love a cheap ticketing site!) - Million Dollar Quartet - should be fun I hope. Happy Halloween. #StayBright
Carved pumpkin that is squinting and throwing up a load of seeds and internal gunk. Sat on a gatepost.
October 31, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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Good morning! How are you feeling? Intense conference-ing and now for a day at home attempting to make progress with DIY. Scuppered currently by a battle with my Fitbit and my phone who are pretending to be friends, but not actually sharing any info. #StayBright
Tower Bridge and the HMS Belfast on the River Thames as seen from a balcony overlooking the river near monument.
October 30, 2026 at 10:33 AM
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Good morning! How are you feeling? About to get back to project living room. Enjoyed Million Dollar Quartet last night, but not quite enough to say “go see it now!”. Go for the amazing piano skills of the guy playing Jerry Lee Lewis though - he was quite something! Right - work time. #StayBright
Stage set for Million Dollar Quartet. Lots of spotlights, four old school mics, a guitar and a set with chequerboard flooring made to look like an old recording studio.
November 1, 2026 at 10:17 AM
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Good morning! How are you feeling? I did it (with help), I put lining paper up in the living room and I’m getting closer to the point I get to paint it and move back in there! Woohoo! Now I just have to see if I am brave enough to go with the mustardy colour I have in mind. Am I? #StayBright
Street art depiction of a fox cub jumping over the gate next to the building it’s painted on. Only the fox and its shadow are painted and the rest is bare yellow brick on the side of a house.
November 2, 2026 at 11:48 AM
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Good morning! How are you feeling? Had some interesting chats yesterday and then a nice time at dance class. Off to another space/tech event this afternoon and looking forward to catching up with @richardspeed.bsky.social - it’s been too long! #StayBright
Close-up of pale yellow flowers with dashes of blusher red on the petals and little darker dashes on the top petals.
October 29, 2026 at 10:20 AM
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Good morning! How are you feeling? Felt a bit like a fish out of water yesterday, but learned some news stuff and met some new people. There’s a girl with a plastic axe through her head on this tube. Bit early for Halloween? Off for more conference then dance. Busy busy! #StayBright
Image of an arched window with screens behind. They show an astronaut sitting on a planet or asteroid with a fishing line into space.
October 28, 2026 at 10:57 AM
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Good morning! How are you feeling? I’m up and out early (into rain) to head to the Defence in Space Conf. It’s a topic I usually steer clear of, not wanting to think of weaponisation of space, but time I learned a bit more. Horrible weather + oil spill = bad, yet science makes beauty. #StayBright
Oil on road that has got wet and split out into an iridescent circular spectrum. A couple of naturally red leave rest on top.
October 27, 2026 at 8:50 AM
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Good morning! How are you feeling? I’ve got a warm woolly cardigan on to help keep me warm without putting the heating on. Got some meetings and planning to do, but also want to get some steps in despite it looking damp and grey outside. #StayBright
Squirrel nibbling on an acorn, quite camouflaged against a brown-hued floor covered in leaf detritus.
October 26, 2026 at 11:28 AM
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Good morning! How are you feeling? I’m figuring out how best to use my free energy hours from Octopus, so lots of washing, vacuuming, coffee to come later. The sun is out and it feels miraculous after past couple of dark wet days. Loving having some flowers in the house - lucky me! #StayBright
Vase of flowers including some dark red roses inbetween Lego models of rockets - the Space Launch System and launch tower on the left and the SaturnV on the right. An art print shows a woman holding a baby robot.
October 25, 2026 at 11:18 AM
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Good morning! How are you feeling? Hope you didn’t get blown away in the storm. Got dragged out for a run by far younger and fitter housemate in the drizzle yesterday. It was a struggle! Catching up on Traitors now. #StayBright
Globe with map of world, but upside-down to give a new perspective. It’s a big outdoor sculpture, photo taken at dusk.
October 24, 2026 at 10:04 AM
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Good morning! How are you feeling? Got chatting with housemate and missed ‘morning’. Oops. Really enjoyed ‘Stories’ the tap dance sensation. Very cool modern take on tap with some amazing dancers, staging and lighting. Loved it! #StayBright
Tap dancers dressed in black trousers and shirts dancing on stage with orange light at the top and two prop staircases behind them. Very slick.
October 23, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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Good morning! How are you feeling? Nice walk around the block in the sunshine before we revert back to rain. Dance class was super cool - and energetic - last night with a bit of a jump involved. Fun when it worked! (Though my legs were aware I’d run the same day!) #StayBright
Greengrocers with over 20 different varieties of tomato in different shades of red, orange, yellow and green. Nicely displayed in boxes with straw. Pumpkins in the background.
October 22, 2026 at 10:07 AM
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Good morning! How are you feeling? It’s looking damp and dingy out there today. Not helping my motivation to run. Got to hop out for a blood test, then finish some work and go dancing in the evening. Trying to keep “the winters” away. #StayBright
Glow in the dark outlines of rockets, satellites and an astronaut on a glow in the dark jigsaw with the lights off.
October 21, 2026 at 9:31 AM
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Good morning! How are you feeling? Wonderful evening upstairs at Ronnie Scott’s - they’ve totally redone the place and it’s a far cry from the dark sticky venue I remembered. It’s gorgeous - much more in the vibe of downstairs. Had a wonderful evening of classical and jazz music. #StayBright
The dimly lit, luscious, cosy interior of Upstairs at Ronnie’s. Lamps on each table, acoustic panels on the ceiling, individual tables.
October 20, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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Oops - good mornter-noon! How are you feeling? I’m fiddling about with receipts, and loose ends, and trying to psych myself up for a run. Looking forward to a bit of jazz this evening. It’s getting a bit chilly now isn’t it? Not a fan of winter! #StayBright
Fountains with water streams lit in different colours in front of the Walthamstow Town Hall with its greened clock tower above the four tall square columns at the front
October 19, 2026 at 11:29 AM
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Good morning! How are you feeling? Stocked up with a whole range of different exotic fruit from the market yesterday and excitedly eating my way through them. Sunday chores day - how about you? #StayBright
Street art on the roof of a tunnel/railway arch in Waterloo. It shows a pigeon flying like a super hero and wearing a yellow and orange shirt with a pigeon head on it.
October 18, 2026 at 10:27 AM
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Good morning! How are you feeling? Great to catch up with friends last night and I had a delicious (if not entirely filling) bbq aubergine dish with hazelnut tahini. Yum. Bit slow this morning but enjoying the fact that it’s the weekend and I’m allowed to be. #StayBright
Looking down through a series of arches over a stone passage
October 17, 2026 at 10:14 AM
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Good morning! How are you feeling? I’m finally back home and giving my houseplants some love (and water) after my absence. Looking forward to seeing a friend I’ve apparently not seen since 2020 for dinner (lives on another continent, so…). Still can’t fathom it’s been so long! #StayBright
Stone with a large letter K carved into it
October 16, 2026 at 9:27 AM
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Good morning! How are you feeling? I’m still a bit headachey, but definitely better than yesterday! Space-filled day today with SpaceWise Academy review and planning meeting and then a chat about space debris on Sky News at 1645ish. #StayBright
Partially finished jigsaw with blue and green mandala and a red flower completed and other pieces scattered about.
October 15, 2026 at 9:34 AM
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Good morning! How are you feeling? I am achey and headachey after my Covid/flu double-whammy jabs yesterday. Hoping that paracetamol will help. Made gran’s microwave meringues last night and it was just as fun as when I was 8. Clean plates all round! #StayBright
Purple alpine flower - perhaps an anemone? Close up the middle looks like an unripe blackberry! Green leaves in background.
October 14, 2026 at 9:22 AM
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Good morning! How are you feeling? Managed to find some yummy Vietnamese food and coffee yesterday. Need to go back to Hanoi for proper coconut coffee though I think. A day of tying loose ends and sort through admin chores today. #StayBright
Two plastic cups of Vietnamese coconut coffee on a stone wall overlooking a canal in Manchester with tower blocks either side and a grey sky.
October 13, 2026 at 9:32 AM
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Good morning! How are you feeling? I’m off to find some Vietnamese coffee and pho in Manchester to celebrate a birthday (not mine!). I hope they can do something as good as the coconut coffee I had in Vietnam… it was magic. View might be a little different though! #StayBright
Two glasses of iced coffee with blue straws sitting in a wooden shelf overlooking the sea and some boats. Moody cloudy sky in Vietnam.
October 12, 2026 at 9:38 AM
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Good morning! How are you feeling? Didn’t really get to run while I was in Dubai, so I suppose I need to get back to it now. Bit damp outside so that’s not really enticing me out. No excuses though, gotta give it a go. Even if it’s just a short one. #StayBright
Lexi - a very floofy black curly-haired poodle-something cross. Slightly grey/brown around the nose and with adorable “give me some fuss” eyes looking at the camera.
October 11, 2026 at 9:48 AM