Backtalk is 10 years old! 🥳

 

Here’s to 10 more, Villagers. Let’s celebrate.

Caturday Morning Open Thread

Hullloooooo...?

Hey, it's like, Saturday. Say hello when you get around to it.

Only 30 Days Until Halloween ☀️ October in the Villa of Ormen OT

Assuming simon is not around since I see no Saturday post in the queue. Remember in the early 70s when every kid wanted to dress up as Ziggy Stardust for Halloween? I think I still have the plastic snaggleteeth, yellowed with age or nicotine, and am still finding the odd bits of glitter here and there. Although I have two kids, so maybe the glitter is from an old crafting project.

Stardust by Fletcher Hanks

Stardust is a character created by Fletcher Hanks that I like to pretend is based on Bowie's alter ego. One of the most brutal heroes of the Golden Age, he doled out justice in the most violent and vengeful ways imaginable. Seriously, look up his stories. Hanks, irl was reported to be a drunken, abusive rage monster, and it's not hard to imagine that his true feelings about the human race are on display in his comics.

Sticking a stamp on Saturday

Weird moment at work. Teenager wants a first class stamp. I offer him Bumblebee or Shatterstar because we have currently have Transformers stamps. He looks baffled. I go with Bumblebee which is easier to tear off the sheet. Stamp in hand, he looks even more confused.  His mum is nearby snickering. "You lick it."

Cajun Squirrel Saturday

 

Peter Davison, former Doctor Who and David Tennant's father-in-law, is due to play another Doctor in Bloods, Sky's dementedly daffy and delightful ambulance comedy. Samsung Kayo and Jane Horrocks lead an ensemble cast. If you haven't seen it, track the show down.

Prolonged Dry Weather Saturday 🏜

 It's not a drought. It's a "period of prolonged dry weather." That's in Wales. Over the border it is a drought. Don't use that hose pipe.

Saturday already?

Need to shoot off to work. Rather intense at the moment and I have six days of early starts ahead.

Saturday Outside The Night Garden

 

This critter needs to find its way back to the Night Garden. There is thunder rumbling in the hills so I guess we will get wet. How about you?

Whoop-whoop Caturday Doesn't Matter Day

 

Goood morning, folks. It is, in fact, finally the weekend (ymmv, no guarantees, poor bastard with special schedules need not apply). Time to just - you know, whatever.

Is it Saturday yet?

 

I think I shot a pheasant the other day but haven't had a chance to check. Meanwhile I seem to have made a couple of friends who like carrots.

It's  local election time on Thursday but I won't get to vote. This seems to be a common problem in Wales. Just came across this news item about a Councillor facing his first election contest in 40 years. 

Steam Ahead Saturday

 

Fill her up! The trains are running again round here. Don't walk on the tracks though.

Seize the moment and tell a Fairy Tail Caturday

For Pete's Sake, it's one of those days when all the days come at once. 

Adventures in Domesticity

 

We had snow up top yesterday. Not a reference to my greying follicles as some surmised. The frosty stuff was in my garden as well and Tiddly was not impressed. Between being battered by hail and rain, it was rather cold - so naturally I had to work the freezer. Oh joy. The snow is still there today.

When a big piece pie hits you in the eye ...

 

... then it has got to be Pie in the Face Day. Or you could try to duck.

I heard a rumour that it's Sadie Hawkins Day

Today is World Kindness Day, though since tomorrow is Remembrance Sunday there's ample proof that isn't always at the front of folk's minds. It is also Start a Rumour Day and Sadie Hawkins Day (which will do just that). So, on yer marks, get set, go ...

🎶 Have a Saxy Saturday 🎷🎷🎷

 

It is Saxaphone Day. And don't forget to blow up that Pumpkin! 🎃  

👻 Before the Curse of the 23-hour Day 🎃

 

Bill and Ben were never like this! Is this the sacrifice the Great Pumpkin demands for Halloween? Last week there was a strange fluid emanating from the monster pumpkins at work. I wonder what's was under all those golden balls? 

Got any plans for Nos Galan Gaeaf or Samhain? 

Saturday Chat

Spoken to any good lampposts lately? Ours are getting chatty.

Saturday chinwag

The other month a little black kitten with red collar took a peek into the storeroom at work. Then she ran away when she saw I had spotted her. So cute. Her name is Betty and she sometimes follows her owner to the shops. Lots of covert surveillance of what the humans get up to. Come in and say hello Betty.

😻All cats eat hay in the park

My big plan for tonight is going to see the new James Bond movie. If the damn checkout works. Got anything lined up where you are?