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RE: https://mastodon.social/@richardjefferiesmuseum/116934657661812030

I volunteer in a French museum and cultural heritage center and can say: this work makes happy. It's pure joy and you find a community. If you are in or near #Swindon - you have the same chance: in the @richardjefferiesmuseum

#museum #volunteerneeded #volunteering #culturalHeritage #literature #gardening #bookstodon

RE: https://mastodon.social/@richardjefferiesmuseum/116934657661812030

I volunteer in a French museum and cultural heritage center and can say: this work makes happy. It's pure joy and you find a community. If you are in or near #Swindon - you have the same chance: in the @richardjefferiesmuseum

#museum #volunteerneeded #volunteering #culturalHeritage #literature #gardening #bookstodon

The exhibition is great! 😄 cream tea, music and spending the weekend at the garden of Richard Jefferies Museum was my weekend.
Here some photos and more down in comments 👇
#exhibition #art #crafts #event #mandalas #vinylartwork #WallDecorations #swindon

The exhibition is great! 😄 cream tea, music and spending the weekend at the garden of Richard Jefferies Museum was my weekend.
Here some photos and more down in comments 👇
#exhibition #art #crafts #event #mandalas #vinylartwork #WallDecorations #swindon

The Common Fleabane in my front yard is still flowering, so it's still compulsory for me to share a photo for #WildflowerHour. It's absolutely at its peak at the moment. #Swindon #Wiltshire #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

The Common Fleabane in my front yard is still flowering, so it's still compulsory for me to share a photo for #WildflowerHour. It's absolutely at its peak at the moment. #Swindon #Wiltshire #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

Free kids gardening workshop at Dobbies Swindon next month https://www.allforgardening.com/1870704/free-kids-gardening-workshop-at-dobbies-swindon-next-month/ #dobbies #garden #gardening #swindon

Free kids gardening workshop at Dobbies Swindon next month https://www.allforgardening.com/1870704/free-kids-gardening-workshop-at-dobbies-swindon-next-month/ #dobbies #garden #gardening #swindon

Exhibiting the 3D lighting up #mandalas outside in daylight doesn't work. I improvised a box to show how they look in the dark. I may have to make a proper one at some point, but this box will do the trick for now.
All ready for this weekend's #exhibition in #swindon
#arts #crafting #artandcrafts #mandala #uvlights #walldecorationideas #3D

Exhibiting the 3D lighting up #mandalas outside in daylight doesn't work. I improvised a box to show how they look in the dark. I may have to make a proper one at some point, but this box will do the trick for now.
All ready for this weekend's #exhibition in #swindon
#arts #crafting #artandcrafts #mandala #uvlights #walldecorationideas #3D

Exhibiting the 3D lighting up #mandalas outside in daylight doesn't work. I improvised a box to show how they look in the dark. I may have to make a proper one at some point, but this box will do the trick for now.
All ready for this weekend's #exhibition in #swindon
#arts #crafting #artandcrafts #mandala #uvlights #walldecorationideas #3D

Exhibiting the 3D lighting up #mandalas outside in daylight doesn't work. I improvised a box to show how they look in the dark. I may have to make a proper one at some point, but this box will do the trick for now.
All ready for this weekend's #exhibition in #swindon
#arts #crafting #artandcrafts #mandala #uvlights #walldecorationideas #3D

Exhibiting the 3D lighting up #mandalas outside in daylight doesn't work. I improvised a box to show how they look in the dark. I may have to make a proper one at some point, but this box will do the trick for now.
All ready for this weekend's #exhibition in #swindon
#arts #crafting #artandcrafts #mandala #uvlights #walldecorationideas #3D

Black Sabbath vinyl artwork #comission is going out today.
If you are in #swindon or the surrounding area, visit my exhibition at the Richard Jefferies Museum this weekend on Saturday and Sunday. I will be there with many of my vinyl wall artworks and 3D mandalas.
The mandalas are only available at #exhibitions. They are one off and not available anywhere.
The vinyl artwork catalogue:
https://www.festival-trade.com/category/art-on-vinyl
#exhibition #artworks #vinylartwork #3dartwork #mandalas #art #artandcrafts #hande

Black Sabbath vinyl artwork #comission is going out today.
If you are in #swindon or the surrounding area, visit my exhibition at the Richard Jefferies Museum this weekend on Saturday and Sunday. I will be there with many of my vinyl wall artworks and 3D mandalas.
The mandalas are only available at #exhibitions. They are one off and not available anywhere.
The vinyl artwork catalogue:
https://www.festival-trade.com/category/art-on-vinyl
#exhibition #artworks #vinylartwork #3dartwork #mandalas #art #artandcrafts #hande

Black Sabbath vinyl artwork #comission is going out today.
If you are in #swindon or the surrounding area, visit my exhibition at the Richard Jefferies Museum this weekend on Saturday and Sunday. I will be there with many of my vinyl wall artworks and 3D mandalas.
The mandalas are only available at #exhibitions. They are one off and not available anywhere.
The vinyl artwork catalogue:
https://www.festival-trade.com/category/art-on-vinyl
#exhibition #artworks #vinylartwork #3dartwork #mandalas #art #artandcrafts #hande

Black Sabbath vinyl artwork #comission is going out today.
If you are in #swindon or the surrounding area, visit my exhibition at the Richard Jefferies Museum this weekend on Saturday and Sunday. I will be there with many of my vinyl wall artworks and 3D mandalas.
The mandalas are only available at #exhibitions. They are one off and not available anywhere.
The vinyl artwork catalogue:
https://www.festival-trade.com/category/art-on-vinyl
#exhibition #artworks #vinylartwork #3dartwork #mandalas #art #artandcrafts #hande

Black Sabbath vinyl artwork #comission is going out today.
If you are in #swindon or the surrounding area, visit my exhibition at the Richard Jefferies Museum this weekend on Saturday and Sunday. I will be there with many of my vinyl wall artworks and 3D mandalas.
The mandalas are only available at #exhibitions. They are one off and not available anywhere.
The vinyl artwork catalogue:
https://www.festival-trade.com/category/art-on-vinyl
#exhibition #artworks #vinylartwork #3dartwork #mandalas #art #artandcrafts #hande

Didn't find many #ClimbingPlants this week but yesterday I finally saw some flowers on the Narrow-leaved Everlasting Sweet Pea that grows in my front yard, descended from seeds liberated from the wild population at my mother's local railway station. #WildflowerHour #Swindon #Wiltshire #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

Didn't find many #ClimbingPlants this week but yesterday I finally saw some flowers on the Narrow-leaved Everlasting Sweet Pea that grows in my front yard, descended from seeds liberated from the wild population at my mother's local railway station. #WildflowerHour #Swindon #Wiltshire #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

Earlier in the summer Beaked Hawksbeard flowered self-sown in my front yard. It set seed and the stems died back. It's just re-grown from the remnants at ground level, producing another batch of flowers, much shorter than the original. Took a while to work out what it was. #WildflowerHour #Swindon #Wiltshire #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

Earlier in the summer Beaked Hawksbeard flowered self-sown in my front yard. It set seed and the stems died back. It's just re-grown from the remnants at ground level, producing another batch of flowers, much shorter than the original. Took a while to work out what it was. #WildflowerHour #Swindon #Wiltshire #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

Meadow Vetchling, already slightly past its best at the start of the week. One of the less showy of the legumes, which aren't generally a group noted for subtlety. #WildflowerHour #Swindon #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

Meadow Vetchling, already slightly past its best at the start of the week. One of the less showy of the legumes, which aren't generally a group noted for subtlety. #WildflowerHour #Swindon #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

Important news from yesterday - the Common Fleabane growing from a crack in the paving of my front yard is now flowering. So it is now mandatory for me to post fleabane pics whenever I see one. I don't make the rules here... #WildflowerHour #MandatoryFleabane #Swindon #Wiltshire #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

Important news from yesterday - the Common Fleabane growing from a crack in the paving of my front yard is now flowering. So it is now mandatory for me to post fleabane pics whenever I see one. I don't make the rules here... #WildflowerHour #MandatoryFleabane #Swindon #Wiltshire #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

It's that time of year - the Fox And Cubs plants that have taken over my driveway have started to flower. One of my absolute favourites, this. #WildflowerHour #Swindon #Wiltshire #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

It's that time of year - the Fox And Cubs plants that have taken over my driveway have started to flower. One of my absolute favourites, this. #WildflowerHour #Swindon #Wiltshire #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

A hover fly, in this case I think Migrant Hover Fly, being one of the many #PollinatorPals for the Common Ragwort that grows between cracks in the paving in my front yard. #WildflowerHour #Swindon #Wiltshire #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

A hover fly, in this case I think Migrant Hover Fly, being one of the many #PollinatorPals for the Common Ragwort that grows between cracks in the paving in my front yard. #WildflowerHour #Swindon #Wiltshire #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

Here's another of Andy's kit computers, the Nascom 1. I'd heard about it at the time, but was surprised to learn from Andy that it was a British computer. The name sounds so American to me.

#Retrofest2026 #Swindon

Here's another of Andy's kit computers, the Nascom 1. I'd heard about it at the time, but was surprised to learn from Andy that it was a British computer. The name sounds so American to me.

#Retrofest2026 #Swindon

Here's Andy Collins of https://www.randomorbit.co.uk/ and one of his selection of kit computers, the Compukit UK 101.

(See the alt text on each image for lots more context. That's my thing, when I include images.)

I pulled all kinds of horrified faces when Andy told me he'd given a popular code slop generator a very generic prompt to "write a short BASIC program which produces interesting patterns", but he was unrepentant. I forgave him. Just this time.

#Retrofest2026 #Swindon

Here's Andy Collins of https://www.randomorbit.co.uk/ and one of his selection of kit computers, the Compukit UK 101.

(See the alt text on each image for lots more context. That's my thing, when I include images.)

I pulled all kinds of horrified faces when Andy told me he'd given a popular code slop generator a very generic prompt to "write a short BASIC program which produces interesting patterns", but he was unrepentant. I forgave him. Just this time.

#Retrofest2026 #Swindon

Long overdue, some more snaps from #Retrofest2026 #Swindon!

First, a wide shot to establish the overall vibe:

Long overdue, some more snaps from #Retrofest2026 #Swindon!

First, a wide shot to establish the overall vibe:

#XTC #Swindon #UK #BBCArchive #80s

Bit of Andy Partridge from XTC showing us his Swindon fron 1981.
Intro'd by Andy Batten Foster (not Colin Hunt).
https://youtu.be/fIiT41DEZAs?t=123

#XTC #Swindon #UK #BBCArchive #80s

Bit of Andy Partridge from XTC showing us his Swindon fron 1981.
Intro'd by Andy Batten Foster (not Colin Hunt).
https://youtu.be/fIiT41DEZAs?t=123

So the #LawnFlowers challenge. Growing in the cracks in the paving in the front yard counts if that's all you've got, right? Common Ragwort looking spectacular outside my front door yesterday. #WildflowerHour #Swindon #Wiltshire #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

So the #LawnFlowers challenge. Growing in the cracks in the paving in the front yard counts if that's all you've got, right? Common Ragwort looking spectacular outside my front door yesterday. #WildflowerHour #Swindon #Wiltshire #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

Retrofest Roadtrip Captures Retro4U’s 2026 Swindon Visit
#RetrofestRoadtrip #RetroFest2026 #Retro4U #RetroComputing #VintageComputing #RetroComputers #Swindon #STEAMMuseum
https://theoasisbbs.com/retrofest-roadtrip-captures-retro4us-2026-swindon-visit/?fsp_sid=7788

Retrofest Roadtrip Captures Retro4U’s 2026 Swindon Visit
#RetrofestRoadtrip #RetroFest2026 #Retro4U #RetroComputing #VintageComputing #RetroComputers #Swindon #STEAMMuseum
https://theoasisbbs.com/retrofest-roadtrip-captures-retro4us-2026-swindon-visit/?fsp_sid=7788

RE: https://musicworld.social/@FestivalTradeRecords/116687491483259596

📢 Swindon record fair this Sunday!
From 9am to 3pm

Organised by: @FestivalTradeRecords
Supported by: The Hub community centre

#recordfairs #vinylrecords #swindon #vinylcommunity #recordcollector #music #events #fediverse #pixelfed #mastodon #records #vinyl #vinylcollector

RE: https://musicworld.social/@FestivalTradeRecords/116687491483259596

📢 Swindon record fair this Sunday!
From 9am to 3pm

Organised by: @FestivalTradeRecords
Supported by: The Hub community centre

#recordfairs #vinylrecords #swindon #vinylcommunity #recordcollector #music #events #fediverse #pixelfed #mastodon #records #vinyl #vinylcollector

📢 The Hub Record Fair is on its way.
This Sunday!
Join us this Sunday, 7th June, at Swindon Hub for another day of music, browsing, and meeting fellow music lovers.

💿 As always, you'll find a great selection of vinyl records, CDs, and music merchandise from our traders, with plenty of new and used records, collectables, rarities, limited editions, and music from many different genres.
#vinyl #vinylcommunity #records #recordfairs #music #swindon #pixelfed #SwindonHub #vinylcollectors #fediverse

📢 The Hub Record Fair is on its way.
This Sunday!
Join us this Sunday, 7th June, at Swindon Hub for another day of music, browsing, and meeting fellow music lovers.

💿 As always, you'll find a great selection of vinyl records, CDs, and music merchandise from our traders, with plenty of new and used records, collectables, rarities, limited editions, and music from many different genres.
#vinyl #vinylcommunity #records #recordfairs #music #swindon #pixelfed #SwindonHub #vinylcollectors #fediverse

Time to share some snaps from #Swindon #RetroFest2026. In no particular order...

Adrian Graham's 1983 HIIH Tiger.

Originally envisioned as a kind of graphics workstation, it had a "a dedicated NEC D7220 for up to 512x512 hi-res graphics with its own 96K of RAM".

More info on this rare computer: https://binarydinosaurs.co.uk/Museum/HH/index.php

Time to share some snaps from #Swindon #RetroFest2026. In no particular order...

Adrian Graham's 1983 HIIH Tiger.

Originally envisioned as a kind of graphics workstation, it had a "a dedicated NEC D7220 for up to 512x512 hi-res graphics with its own 96K of RAM".

More info on this rare computer: https://binarydinosaurs.co.uk/Museum/HH/index.php

I'm looking forward to #RetroFest #Swindon tomorrow!

I've flown in from Ireland, and for a laugh I chose to walk the 17km into Bristol instead of taking the bus.

It was an unexpected treat!

I'm looking forward to #RetroFest #Swindon tomorrow!

I've flown in from Ireland, and for a laugh I chose to walk the 17km into Bristol instead of taking the bus.

It was an unexpected treat!