I’ve only just realised that I’ve grown a full beard .
I’ve had it tucked away beneath my mask for so long, I’ve got out of the habit of looking at my face.
I FaceTimed a Sheffield friend last night and noticed it...
I look like a pirate
Dorothy ate several bird fat balls at Trendy Carol’s the day before yesterday so has been suffering from explosive shits for the last day or so which has been lovely.
In between bouts of mopping I’ve been reading The Fine Art of Invisible Detection by Robert Goddard in the bedroom window seat
The ash trees in the corner of the Church Yard are not doing well, I’ve noticed
I hope you don't mind me saying John but in those stylish specs sitting in your armchair and your description of your recent times Alan Bennett came into my mind x
ReplyDeleteSpecs from Aldi 2.99£
DeleteNooo-I don't believe it!x
DeleteAyyy matey!
ReplyDeleteAye aye
DeleteJohn I think you look very handsome!
ReplyDeleteAbout the ash trees.... I hope your area does not have the "ash borer" disease that we have gone thru. Around my area all of them have died.
Best to you from Joyce In Indiana
Put YOUR specs on
DeleteJohn, I think you look very much like an old geezer with a beard...
DeleteBe glad Dorothy isn't a parrot perched on your shoulder 😁
ReplyDeleteOr Winnie
DeleteI like a man with a beard, that's why I married one! Poor Dorothy, she does get in some scrapes, and poor you having to deal with the aftermath. You might have to get planting again if those ash trees are diseased! xx
ReplyDeleteWhat in heaven's name are "bird fat balls"???? Poor Dorothy to have had such a bad reaction and poor John who has had much to clean up. Too bad one of the deckhands wasn't available to swab the decks for you. Arg!!! :)
ReplyDeleteI think you look perfectly fine. DH also has a beard.
Hugs!
They are seed balls held together with suet
DeleteTa! I can see why they made Dorothy sick and hope she's better now.
DeleteHugs!
The beard looks great! Will you keep it through the summer? (If we get a summer. It might get hot under a mask.)
ReplyDeleteYour description of Dorothy's problem makes me wince...runny bulldog scale...ah well, you're a dog owner...just part of the price we pay for loving them, with their disgusting eating habits (anything...)
Yes perhaps I need a full shave
Deletedamn, this post title is a disappointment. I was hoping to see some fat balls (on lovely hairy men, of course).
ReplyDeletethe full beard looks good on you.
AM !!!!!!
Deletebut of course, john! you know me. I likes hairy menz.
DeleteCurious as to just how Dorothy was able to eat bird seed suet balls aka Bird Fat Balls [not ugly, hairy dingleberries] ... usually the suet balls are hung up on birdfeeders or from tree limbs and not usually accessible by chubby little bulldogs!
ReplyDeleteAlso ... how can you NOT realize you've sprouted a full beard? Do you NOT look at yourself in a mirror every morning when you comb your hair, wash your face, brush your teeth ... survey the facial territory?!? SMH
DeleteTo answer your questions
DeleteI don’t know
No
I've investigated whilst lounging after too much floor cleaning-I think you are possibly a bear man John(not sure what I am)x
ReplyDeleteHow rude-I have abstained for over 10 years x
DeletePs-very sorry John-I have delved into google again and yes I believe you are right-I had not heard the term fag hag before-(last time I was called a hag was from my trolls son)-I like it like that x
DeleteThere have been lots of ash trees cut down locally due to ash dieback, let's hope that's not the case in your village. You need a motorbike and helmet to go with the beard 😀
ReplyDeleteI suspect it may be
DeleteOh dear - have they got Ash Dieback?
ReplyDeleteI suspect a lot of people will have a full beard now they permanently remove their masks
i really like the beard. you are looking more and more like russel crowe on your sidebar.
ReplyDeleteThat will do me
DeleteYou look nice. The Ash trees sound poorly. The puppy ate masses of bird seed having ripped open the sack and has been pooping out seeds for days 😂
ReplyDeleteYou look pensive. Be well.
ReplyDeleteNow you and your band of guerrilla tree-planters will have to plant new ash trees in the churchyard too!
ReplyDeleteOur ash tress in Ontario are being attacked by an insect. Our butternut trees are suffering too.
ReplyDeletewe give our labrador pork scratchings rather than regular dog treats for training.
This is not the first time you have tricked me into reading your post with that title. One day the wind will change.
ReplyDeleteI have had better titles
DeleteMy husband had had a full beard all his adult life, and most people thought it hilarious I never did see his chin. Consequently I am very fond of beards, and think it suits you! Someone once said that kissing a man without a beard was like dark eating a meal without salt and pepper. Or fat balls! Depends o. Your point of view......
ReplyDeleteLol
DeleteThe beard suits you, I think.
ReplyDeleteFat balls! Haha! I need to take a lesson from you on naming my blog posts.
Get em hooked before you start
DeleteYes, I thought, "Oh here we go!" when I read your blog title. But it didn't go where I thought it might!
ReplyDeleteI think you look handsome.
ReplyDeleteYou can come again
DeleteThat's a great picture of you and your beard looks neat and well trimmed. So many men these days have rather long "pandemic beards" and many are not well trimmed!
ReplyDeleteThank u
Deletei like beards, and pirates xx
ReplyDeleteAnd parrots?
DeleteOh lord. Our dog "recycles" at times. I had my girlfriends over to see the new house over a year ago. About a half an hour after they left, the dog vomited up a nasty pile of poop, onto the carpet where we were all just sitting. So glad she waited until company had left. Ugh! They're lucky they're cute!
ReplyDeleteWilliam my old welsh terrier used to back into my bookcase and poop halfway up it
DeleteGot me worried re beard and I'm female . Tipped yoghurt over my scrubs - thankfully the apron hides the stain. What joy are we ever going to be without all this PPE?
ReplyDeleteWe have a date that masks may be taken off ...July
Deletelove beards if well kept - husband and 2 sons have one. suurounded by facial hair
ReplyDeleteMe too ant get enough of them
DeletePirates say, "Splice the Mainbrace!" and "Avast me Hearties!" They wear eyepatches and drink gallons of rum. They do not work in hospices caring for people whose lives are entering the endgame.
ReplyDeleteYou look awfully stuffy in that photo. Still adorable, but stuffy. That book, "The Fine Art of Invisible Detection by Robert Goddard in the Bedroom Window Seat" sounds unusual.
ReplyDeleteTime to replace the ash trees with more laburnum?
ReplyDeleteBonnie in Minneapolis
Our Rocky once ate a seed feeder ball. The wind had blown it onto the grass and being an Elkhound with an appetite (they will eat anything) devoured it.
ReplyDeleteTwo days of perfectly formed seeded stools dropped on the lawn.
I do like your current glasses.
ReplyDeleteNew glasses, a beard and a book - all very academic looking. Why, oh why, do our dogs eat odd things and then get disgustingly sick?
ReplyDeleteLooks good on you, you should keep it.
ReplyDeleteI love the beard - it is definitely echos of Russel Crowe (with a much nicer nature thank God! - he's a nasty piece of work). Dorothy is plain stupid - she must have felt sick well before the second ball. It's a pity there isn't a crate you could put her in to minimise the cleanup area.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking at all the pictures of you in the sidebar to the right, and your face is fairly bearded in all of them, so it's not like there's that much extra growth.
ReplyDeleteSometimes I'm glad I don't have a dog - this is one of those times.
ReplyDeleteWill you keep the longer beard or do a tidy up when masks come off for good?
You are looking thoughtful in the photo. Quiet contemplation?
ReplyDeleteOur local birds rejected our last purchase of fat balls! Perhaps for good reason...
An interesting thing about Ash dieback. There are two genetically different strains of Ash in the British Isles, and only one is susceptible to it.
You’re very handsome ♥️
ReplyDeleteI don't think all men suit beards.... but you do. You look very suave or swerve as my mum used to say. Love the specs too. Am pleased I don't have dogs to clean up after... but my cats keep me busy enough with headless mice etc.
ReplyDeleteJo in Auckland
Lovely photo of you John the glasses really suit you. I hope Dorothy is feeling better.
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