Posted: 22^nd July 2024

It's summertime around here, and we are declaring silly season.

Paulh has finished his serial, and Caiman's is on hiatus while he camps in beautiful, remote, and un-wifi-ed places. As a result, you get only three new chapters this week. That's okay: FWR's is ramping up the excitement as it heads towards its surprising conclusion, Tav's characters keep finding interesting things, and while mine refuse to flood the Colosseum, they promise that the Roman Empire won't know what hit it. Meanwhile, there are doings at the church fête. One involves that caravan.

Summer is silly, anyway: we don't have enough energy to make sense. Witness the discussions I have in these pages. Take a look at what people sent me. Even the birds are getting in on the fun: the herons are dancing the hokey-cokey. Paigetheoracle and I muse on mushroom aesthetics, while Luna plays the old shell game with a twist.

FWR's nearest and dearest were making him envious, as his daughter in London and his wife in New York City played duelling photos. We get to enjoy the pics. FWR isn't allowed in New York City. It's a long (and funny) story. There's a link somewhere in here. And that was even before his friends in San Diego got to watch the space launch from their backyard.

We suggest you enjoy this issue in the laziest way possible: lay back, grab a cold beverage, and savour the contents one at a time, slowly. Leave comments if you can manage it. Send me more Stuff, especially photos and short video clips. We have recently discovered that summer Youtube is mad for short video clips.

And have a wonderful week out there. Don't forget your sunscreen. Willem and Sagrys are keeping warm and will be back next week.

July Create Challenge: A Sense of Summer

• Bunny Business
  

• Snail Spotting
  

• Heron Frivolity
  

• A Day in Keswick
  

NATURAL HIGHS

• 24 Lies a Second


Stimulating cinema.

• Picture Quiz

Well-read.

• The Joy of Painting

Compare, contrast.

• Photo Feature

More lilies.

THAT'S OUR STORY AND
WE'RE STICKING TO IT

Chapter 26 Communications

• Read the Tale
  

• Chapter 27
  

• Chapter 26
  

• ON HIATUS (Catch up here)
  

• The Great Globe Itself
  

• To Infinity and Beyond
  

• Reach for the Stars
  (Maybe Even Higher)
  

• Give Me Your Tired
  (But Not FWR)
  

• Art History 101

Return to Haddon Hall.

• Gheorgheniplex


Backup plan.

• Bluebottle's Doodles:
  
  The Church Fête

That caravan again.

• Video

'Possible showers', ha!

• Log Ness Monster
  

• Shell Game, with Humans
  

• The Unmentionable
  Wheelie Bin
  

• Mushrooming Discussion