Simon Lucy

@lusaimon.com

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A left-angled trapezoid on the graph of political philosophies, apply me no labels. Other descriptions might include an Architect at Large, occasionally writing complete fiction but mostly working on zettel.io See also simon_lucy@mastodon.social

Three vases of sweet peas in a row on a dining table.
Fionna O'Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social H/t for the precedent... When Has It Been Refused? You have to go back to the 19th century to find instances of a Chancellor actively blocking or threatening to block an application. The grounds for doing so generally come down to preventing an MP from escaping accountability or justice: o To Prevent Evading Investigation (1842): The last time an application was outright refused was to Viscount Chelsea (Henry Cadogan), the MP for Reading. He was facing a serious bribery and electoral corruption investigation. Chancellor Henry Goulburn refused to grant him the Chiltern Hundreds, stating that the 12:09 AM - Jul 8, 2026
Map of Britain at about 796 C.E. Showing the Kingdoms.
Lucy Powell MP @lucympowell.bsky.social This first pledge from -^^i is going down very well with young people here. This will make public transport more accessible, opening up more opportunities and will ease the cost of living pressures on families Free buses for all 11-18s: Labour mayoral candidate Bev Craig pledges bold 'Our Pass' expansion According to Ms Craig, the driving force behind the policy is twofold: expanding horizons for the next generation, and providing immediate financial relief to households currently pushed to the brink
In woodland by a wide path. A box surrounded by three aluminium fences in a triangle. The box has no visible opening.
A moth on the leaf of an Acer. Wings outlined in grey and the centre, including the thorax bright matt white. A very pretty moth, the Box Moth.
A young magpie on a wooden bird feeder. It has a big head and fat body in relation to the rest of the bird.
Picture of hardback book with a loose coloured mosaic pattern on the face, like pebbles in red, orange, yellow, purple, green, black, etc
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A Grey Squirrel sitting/standing straight up with their paws held up against their chest, curled like a pair of hands, perfectly calm in has and bramble seedlings.
White bowl of dark blue honeyberries, which are elongated berries about half the size of blue berries. There's a reasonable handful, enough to with the other soft fruit we have for dessert this lunch.
A rusty £1 coin held between thumb and forefinger.
View of part of the front garden. in the near ground is a red rusty round web of rebar as a sculpture, in the middle of the picture is a raised bed with a clipped dome of privet as a specimen small tree surrounded below by mixed perrennial planting including a fennel which foams up against the base of the trimmed privel. The surface is gravel with self seeding grasses curling from one bed to another. At the back on the right is half of a large green shed set a metre below the rising ground of the front. The laid grey stone set drive is just visible before it. On the left is 2' high or so metal long trough of what is currently ended tulips before replanting for the summer. The sky is cloudy but brtght
A small winged insect, possibly a ruby tailed wasp on the outside of a bug hotel. The head and thorax are a bright blue and the tail is a reddy orange. It's a metallic gleam in the sun.
From above Pink Peonies with yellow stamens in vase on a cream marble fireplace.
Released Dec 2003 1975-10-16: Tangerine Leaves, Volume 15: Liverpool 1975 by Tangerine Dream. Comment: I remember quite well going to this, though the sound was better. Simon
Panorama of the back garden which faces West to North. Though it was very sunny it was also quite windy which the rolling clouds with dark shadows shows. On the left is the Acer shrub which is nearly 40 years old and below it another one which is only around 5 years younger. In the centre is a long container with tulips, wallflowers and other plants and generally orange in colour , behind at the back is a similar mixed border at the bottom of the grey fence. On the right is a long set of raised beds with a rhododrndron, fruit trees, clemaitis etc The raised bed is backed by the fence which starts at ground level at next doors garden and the level of our patio. There are various pots with shrubs, more tulips on gravel.
Dark cloud and the cul-de-sac in sunlight and the double rainbow above.
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Picture of a rumpled and creased turquoise T-shirt painted with a background of seaweed and a foreground of two seals that you'd think were ironed on. But the detail and colours are pretty intact for over 35 years.
Still of final fight in OnePiece S2Ep8 Loofy frozen in mid flight with the rest of those in the scene (apart from the King he's aiming for) blurred in motion. Wire work trick (I think)
Hard back of Children of Strife by Adrian Tchaikovsky on the dining table with a glass vase of daffodils.
A china plate with a small loaf, the to cut off and filled with beans, melted cheese and broccoli.
Sarah Raven box on table.
Three pots of honeyberry bushes on gravel and between the stumps of two trees.
Hardback book on a small ottoman covered with an art deco pattern. The cover of the book is a blue background with three broad ribbons in coppery metallic running in curves like rivers across the front of the book. The three main words are in the three ribbons, BETWEEN TWO RIVERS. The subtitle in two smaller ribbons is Ancient Mesopotamia and the birth of history The author, Moudhy al-Rashid
Collared dove sheltering under the tiny roof of the bird food pagoda thing on a wet and miserable morning.
The new manager, Carrick, he of no first name, driving what could be a taxi.
A CT machine
A stack of 3 Biggles books, Pioneer Air Fighter, of 266, and of The Camel Squadron.
The back of my left hand showing the bruising from trying to insert a cannula. The attempted entry point is the little red dot on my hand in line with the knuckle of my third finger. The successful one is on my wrist in the top left of the picture.
Sunset at the Lone Pine on Highway 1 on the Monterey Peninsula.
A sunny day over heathland with fluffy clouds and a dragonfly just off centre in the picture flying away.
Blue tit in a small pear tree feeding off a half coconut filled with suet and seeds.
Pied Wagtail on gravel between two seed trays.
White card on top of book with R. E. S. Wyatt signature.
Photograph of small hardback book testing on the arm of a couch. The Cricketer's Weekend Book by Eric Parker along with evidence of a Murder.
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Moon at Sunset above an orange tinged cloud over a tiled roof and aerial.
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Photograph of a male tabby cat looking to the left of the lens lying on a white couch covered in boucle. Titus, the cat, is lying with his front legs stretched in front of him and his paws crossed.
Patrick Magoohan as Number 6 on a Sony DVD player with screen.
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Winner of the Giant Pumpkin
garden with clouds of pink cosmos and verbena bonariensis. In the left midground surrounded by cosmos and other annuals and perennials in pinks and purples is a standard privet cut as a half lollipop. On the right is a tall grey metal container with more cosmos, petunias and geraniums. In the middle cosmos, verbena and grasses. The grasses have produced plumes with the sun backlighting them. In the background are the neighbour's bushy and tall leylandia.
Russian bombing in Chechnya, probably Grozny. https:\\euromaidanpress.com\wp-content\uploads\201\09\russia-chechnya-war-eru102563.jpg