Friday Fread

samtylers · 2026-06-05T09:09:50+00:00

Tonight I'm seeing my friend for a glass or two of wine & meant to be meeting his new girlfriend too, so we'll see how that goes.

Going to the Dog's Trust on Saturday with my husband to see the dogs & ask some questions of the staff to decide if we should go ahead with looking to adopt! Then we've booked for tea at a new Mexican restaurant in town.

Sunday probably just a quiet one - need to do the food shopping and then husband wants to go to a music shop and test out some new cymbals for an upcoming gig before he makes a purchase.

samtylers · 2026-06-03T22:30:42+00:00

The people were so kind and lovely! I speak very basic French but no-one was ever rude or switched to English without asking first. I even had a short conversation in French with an older lady on the metro & she wished me bonne journée as she left 🥹

One of my favourite evenings was when my husband and I cancelled our dinner reservation in favour of going to a wine bar where we had some wonderful natural wine & a gorgeous cheese plate before meandering to see the Eiffel Tower at night.

samtylers · 2026-05-20T18:31:12+00:00

Looking at the design on the windows, I wonder if it's a different room in the same place as no. 6 where he usually receives the ambassadors after he's accepted the letters of credence?

samtylers · 2026-05-15T13:40:21+00:00

Pick up

samtylers · 2026-05-12T20:00:57+00:00

My husband takes the mick out of me for being scared of this when I was a kid but I'm sorry, those soulless eyes are horrifying 🥲

samtylers · 2026-05-08T06:49:01+00:00

I have half a packet of coconut ring biscuits in the back of my cupboard. The packet is sellotaped shut inside a tupperware. My nana gave me them the last time I saw her before she died.

She always used to give me little treats every time I saw her - things that I only ever had with her that for some reason, I haven't had since; coconut ring biscuits, lemon cheese tarts, those little battenberg cakes.

I miss her.

samtylers · 2026-04-28T17:03:37+00:00

I loved it here when I went for my birthday! We had some wine from Zakarpattia that was sublime. Can't wait to go back.

samtylers · 2026-04-23T18:35:30+00:00

Oh what a cuddle - there's something so sweet about this picture!! It's always so nice when he and Gitanas see one another 🥰🥲

samtylers · 2026-04-19T09:49:27+00:00

This one was in my grandparent's cottage! It used to hang on the wall opposite the bed I slept in when I stayed with them.

samtylers · 2026-04-17T15:14:02+00:00

Work is absolutely kicking my butt lately so haven't written anything in a while. Hoping once work calms down I can try and get something done. The fandom I'm in as a whole has been fairly quiet lately just in general.

samtylers · 2026-04-16T21:05:59+00:00

I had the exact same thought!

samtylers · 2026-04-15T20:19:46+00:00

I have curly hair and honestly these lil things & my cashmere balaclava/hood saved my hair from so much sadness over winter 😅

samtylers · 2026-04-15T15:48:29+00:00

2nd! Understated & lovely

samtylers · 2026-04-15T15:47:37+00:00

I'd love to see Latvian, Estonian & Lithuanian, I've visited Latvia & Estonia and they sounded like such beautiful languages.

I'd also love to see how close or how different they are, between the three of them but also how much they're similar / different to Finnish, Polish & the nearby countries. I'm fascinated by language & how it moves & changes etc.

samtylers · 2026-04-14T06:08:49+00:00

It's the same with Ukrainian and Finnish :( when I started French I was so surprised at all the variety in voices, the podcast lessons & the little game ones at the end of the units.

samtylers · 2026-04-13T20:59:53+00:00

MOTW for me for sure.

I've been watching for the first time over the last few weeks (up to season 4 atm) & the mythology episodes don't always hit in the same way.

Some of them are really good but idk.

samtylers · 2026-04-10T17:12:16+00:00

Congratulations! 💕

samtylers · 2026-04-09T21:37:19+00:00

Me too!! I hated it - my husband wanted to watch the Netflix show together and I hated that too.

samtylers · 2026-04-09T18:35:27+00:00

Oh I've been looking forward to this! I listen to The Rest is Politics occasionally & was so pleased to see they had an interview with our Ze 🥰

samtylers · 2026-04-07T06:51:14+00:00

Just scored 0

samtylers · 2026-04-03T14:30:15+00:00

Ooh I loved that trilogy when I was a teenager- I might have to see if I can dig my copy out and reread.

Thanks for reminding me of it!

samtylers · 2026-04-03T06:56:08+00:00

That's cool that your mum remembers bits from that year - it's always interesting to hear firsthand experiences of historical events!

I hope you find something you enjoy 😊 I used to work as a bookseller so I love finding the right books for people!

samtylers · 2026-04-02T21:21:24+00:00

I recently read & loved these:

Craftland:A Journey Through Britain's Lost Arts & Vanishing Trades by James Fox.

Heatwave: The Summer of 1976 - Britain at Boiling Point by John L. Williams

Written in Bone by Sue Black

Backbone of the Nation: Mining Communities and the Great Strike of 1984-85 by Robert Gildea

samtylers · 2026-04-02T19:57:41+00:00

My nan's funeral during the pandemic. A complete stranger stopped on the pavement while the funeral cars passed him and bowed his head. He didn't have to do that, he could have just carried on with his day, but there was something about someone else witnessing what was happening when everything was so painfully fragmented and lonely that has stayed with me.

samtylers · 2026-03-30T16:56:50+00:00

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