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My 1000th Wordle today! Not a stellar performance, only in the fifth guess.
#Wordle
My Wordle stats today. Exactly 1000 played. Also 97% win, 5 current streak, 106 max streak, today's word in guess 5.
#Wordle

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice with Jenna Ortega and The Pod Generation with Emilia Clarke arrived on blu-ray!

The German release of the latter has an alternative title Baby To Go, which isn't even in German. In my own country hardly any discs are released anymore, so we have to make do with these German releases.
#JennaOrtega #BeetlejuiceBeetlejuice #EmiliaClarke #ThePodGeneration #BabyToGo

Blu-rays that have just arrived: The Pod Generation (as Baby To Go) with Emilia Clarke and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (in 4k) with Jenna Ortega, the latter not pictured on the cover. Both are the German releases and photographed before unwrapping.
#JennaOrtega #EmiliaClarke #ThePodGeneration #beetlejuicebeetlejuice #BabyToGo

It's even official news at Deadline: deadline.com/2024/12/wednesday…
#JennaOrtega #Wednesday
Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams, looking disheveled, with fires burning behind her.
#JennaOrtega #Wednesday

Wednesday season 2 wrapped filming, now we can start waiting for it to be released in 2025.
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#JennaOrtega #Wednesday
Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams in gothic surroundings, because when is she not.
#JennaOrtega #Wednesday

I also love how this video is shot, with the Corina on the right doing backing vocals for the Corina on the left.
#CorinaBradley
Split video with on the left Corina's face seen from the front and on the right Corina's face seen from the side. She's behind a microphone with screen. The lighting is very cinematic. She looks very tranquil.
#CorinaBradley

More of Glow in Best, with the Windmill, the cemetery and eyes at the train station. The main Glow festival is of course in Eindhoven.
#Glow2024
The windmill illuminated with playful colours, as part of the Glow festival.
In the dark, people walk over a footpath past the cemetery, itself hidden behind a green hedge. As part of the Glow festival the hedge lights up in bright changing colours and sound can be heard coming from that side. Or maybe it's not Glow, but the cemetery's ghosts acting up.
Two large glowing eyeballs for Glow, seen in context of the traditional illuminated tree art work.
#Glow2024

More of the church and chapel.
#Glow2024
The top of the church tower can be seen between leaves of a tree and the rest of the church, the tower colourfully illuminated for the Glow festival.
A brightly coloured projection on the church tower for the Glow festival, the photograph looking steeply up.
The arrow for the Glow route seems to point at the brightly illuminated church.
A brightly coloured projection on a building as part of the Glow festival.
#Glow2024

Glow is also in Best this year, as last year, side-Glow as it were.

Canon EOS R10, RF-S 10-18mm. cc-by.
#Photography #Glow2024

Saint Odulphus, or his statue, stands guard in front of the church which is brightly illuminated with many colours for the Glow festival. The statue catches some of the light. The photograph looks steeply up, the wide angle exaggerating its prominence.
#photography #Glow2024

For the second one of these two I needed the other lens (building too big, etc).
Sign with an arrow showing the route of Glow. The arrow points upwards. Above it are the word Glow and a glowing street lamp.
Illuminated building with a light show as part of Glow 2024.

More of Glow.
A Glow 2024 banner is itself colourfully illuminated because it's in the way of a light show.
People touching and hugging lights.
A tree at night in glowing blue light, with people passing by in the dark.
Illuminated building as part of Glow 2024.

This installation was maybe the best. High above the ground a sphere made out of moving mirrors was illuminated by World War 2 search lights. It was incredibly bright. It was also impossible (for me) to photograph it in any way close to how it appeared to the eye.
A sphere of moving mirrors hangs above the city and is illuminated by World War 2 search lights. The reflections were very bright and ever changing. The effect was very scifi like. The photo is exposed such that you can see the mirrors, to the eye it was like a bright star just above the city.

Glow Eindhoven 2024.

I tried to take some photos with my Canon EOS R10, with the RF 50mm 1.8 lens, some with the RF 28mm 2.8.
#Photography #Glow #GlowEindhoven #Glow2024

A stream of visitors of Glow walking into a tunnel, the entrance illuminated with red lights.
The bridge over the Dommel illuminated with led lights that change colour. At the moment they are green and red. In the dark, people walk by.
The ground is also illuminated while people are watching another light show. Only people's feet are shown, the ground has abstract shapes projected and drawn on it.
#photography #glow #GlowEindhoven #Glow2024

Birds. Possibly a sparrowhawk and a pigeon.

Canon EOS R10 with Canon RF 100-400mm.
#Photography #Birds

Small predatory bird perched on a branch, looking for prey.
Pigeon perched on a small branch, looking back to see where that sound of the shutter is coming from.
#photography #birds

Made it to the start of the Eindhoven City Run (5km, this year relegated to the Saturday and not on the actual Marathon day). Also made it to the finish, but I was too tired to take another photo. My time was 34:29, not the slowest ever despite having to hold back due to an injury (the uphill bits were difficult for more than the normal reasons). Made it back home too and added to my collection.

I'd wish they had changing facilities near the finish line, or at all since on Saturday nothing is available. It was a long cold walk back in my t-shirt... Sitting here now trying to warm back up.
#EindhovenCityRun #ASMLMarathonEindhoven

Selfie at the start of the Eindhoven City Run. Many people can be seen as well as the start banner in the distance.
Selfie of me back home from the 5km City Run, wearing the starting number and the medal.
The 40th edition medal of the 5km City Run during the Eindhoven Marathon, hanging on top of my other medals of previous editions. The number 40 is prominently visible. Other text says ASML Marathon Eindhoven.
#EindhovenCityRun #ASMLMarathonEindhoven

Most rains may have been a while ago, but some paths are still flooded.
The paths and the woods are still flooded.

Walked in the woods near sunset. Found some trees.

Canon EOS R10, RF-S 10-18.
#Photography

A low sun shines through two trunks of a tree, creating a sun star. Only the leaves of a few young twigs coming out of the ground, are illuminated while most else is in the shadows, suggesting the sun star is shining only for them.
A tree's root misses the ground when it comes down a small hill. Several offshoots of the root go straight down into the ground, suggesting the tree has made a fence.
#photography

Happy Birthday, Jenna Ortega!

She may be busy filming Wednesday season two in Ireland, but today it is also her 22nd birthday and I feel like celebrating it with a #BirthweekRewatch. A week because a Friday doesn't give enough time to rewatch all I want to see. She made so many great things!

I saw Miller's Girl twice in the cinema, because I liked it so much. Now from the comfort of my own blu-ray player.

Photo of the blu-ray of Miller's Girl. The cover shows Jenna Ortega and Martin Freeman as their characters, separated by the film's title.

#JennaOrtega #MillersGirl

#JennaOrtega #BirthweekRewatch #MillersGirl

Bird. I don't know about brands.

Canon EOS R10, RF 100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM, 400mm, F8, 1/1000s, ISO 640.
#Photography #Bird

Black, white, red bird sitting on a bare tree, looking like it's going to peck some wood
#photography #bird

Taking an interest in local affairs. The Moon.

Canon EOS R10, RF 100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM, 400mm, F8, 1/30s, ISO 100. Auto-focus subject tracking, tripod, 10s delay, manual exposure, daylight whitebalance, cropped.
#Photography #Moon

The Moon, almost full, in a black sky
#photography #moon

It feels like yesterday but last year Mia Shanks impressed me with her first single Yesterday. Today, on her birthday, she announces her second single The Sound Of It. I'm really excited. We'll know the sound of it on 27 September.

Mia Shanks on the cover of her single The Sound Of It. The photo is multiple exposures of her face.

#MiaShanks #TheSoundOfIt

#MiaShanks #TheSoundOfIt

So if you tell the Canon EOS R10 auto-focus system to focus on Saturn it's like, ok, I've got it.

Admittedly, it's very vague and it's a tiny crop from the whole photo, it being barely a spec of light, but the photo is taken with a budget camera with a budget lens and it is Saturn and the auto-focus did acquire focus. No telescope involved.
#Photography #Saturn

The black night sky with a vague image of the planet Saturn where the rings are visible.
#photography #Saturn

My camera has earrings.
#Photography
Canon EOS R10 camera seemingly with earrings. Where normally the shoulder/neck carry strap is attached, now two round buttons are attached, unto which the strap can be clicked on. This allows the strap to be easily taken off when it would be in the way.
#photography

The film Beetlejuice Beetlejuice with Jenna Ortega has its release date in my country, NL, on Thursday 5 September, one day ahead of the US. Tickets are available from today.
#JennaOrtega #BeetlejuiceBeetlejuice
Still from the film Beetlejuice Beetlejuice with Jenna Ortega as Astrid looking scared and like she's in the afterlife world
#JennaOrtega #beetlejuicebeetlejuice

Jenna Ortega is promoting Beetlejuice Beetlejuice in Mexico and just posted this red carpet photo.
#JennaOrtega #BeetlejuiceBeetlejuice
Jenna Ortega promoting Beetlejuice Beetlejuice on the red carpet in Mexico. She looks very stylish.
#JennaOrtega #beetlejuicebeetlejuice

Or as they say: Get Tickets! Link (which works only in the US) in their bio on Insta.

Still from the film Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, showing Jenna Ortega as Astrid riding a bicycle in a torn dress. Large green text in capitals is covering the picture, saying "Get Tickets Get Tickets Get Tickets". Smaller it shows the logo and text "Only in theaters. September 6."

#JennaOrtega #BeetlejuiceBeetlejuice

#JennaOrtega #beetlejuicebeetlejuice

I like this! Promotion of the film Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (in cinema 6 September), posting Astrid's three moods:


  • cozy spooky
  • hauntingly spooky
  • otherworldly spooky


Jenna Ortega as Astrid in the film Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. On screen text: "Astrid has three moods".

Jenna Ortega as Astrid in the film Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. On screen text: "cozy spooky". She's surrounded by cozy spooky stills from the film.

Jenna Ortega as Astrid in the film Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. On screen text: "hauntingly spooky". She's surrounded by hauntingly spooky stills from the film.

Jenna Ortega as Astrid in the film Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. On screen text: "otherwordly spooky". She's surrounded by otherworldly spooky stills from the film.

#JennaOrtega #BeetlejuiceBeetlejuice #Beetlejuice

#JennaOrtega #beetlejuice #beetlejuicebeetlejuice

@Tim Panton @Mifaedy Baroness Buttwitch
Rather than muting the accounts, Mastodon has the option (in the settings for the list) to not have the posts show up in your normal home timeline. You still need to follow the accounts though. Apologies if this was already meant with the term 'mute'.
List settings on Mastodon, showing the option "Hide these posts from home"
@Whiteness Is A Death Cult @Tim Panton

I was photographing with my zoom lens for a while but now Mr Bird wants a word.

A jackdaw (presumably) looking angry (don't they always?) and looking as if it's walking towards me

(Cropped and scaled down for the socials. Canon EOS R10, Canon RF-S 18-150mm F3.5-6.3 IS STM @ 150mm, ISO 320, Av f/7.1, Tv 1/320, Fv priority mode, Servo AF, Animal Subject Tracking. Yes, I should have increased the shutter speed, I forgot.)
#Photography

#photography

The return of Laura!
Dafne Keen as Laura, now an adult. From the trailer of Deadpool and Wolverine.

That was a valiant fight back that went down the wire in the final set, but it wasn't to be. Next year I'm sure.

Some photos I found of her, from earlier matches. Also this match we saw her focus, and her smile, and it's so great to see both in the same person...
#JasminePaolini

Jasmine Paolini, Italian tennis player, holding her racket waiting to receive a serve.
Jasmine Paolini, Italian tennis player, with her big smile on court
#JasminePaolini

Corina Bradley was at the premiere of her new series Hotel Cocaine, out tomorrow on MGM+. This was a photo she posted on her Instagram.

Also shared is her interview in the press junket for the series. I'll see where I can upload that.

Corina Bradley, a young Canadian actress of Venezuelan heritage, posing on the red carpet for the Hotel Cocaine premiere, wearing a beautiful three piece yellow dress that has some transparent bits holding it all together.

#CorinaBradley #HotelCocaine

#CorinaBradley #HotelCocaine

Like I said, I like that it's so flat.
Canon EOS R10 camera seen from above, fitted with the RF 28mm F/2.8 STM lens which (without filters or sun hoods) hardly extends beyond the grip where you hold the camera, it's that flat.

Was testing a new lens, the wide angle Canon RF 28mm f/2.8 STM. I like it. It's very flat. And I'm starting to learn that if you pay attention there doesn't need to be (much) distortion even for a wide angle lens. I.e. look at and not ignore the level meter on the display...

Photos below are unprocessed, except crop and downscale on my phone for posting. Taken on a Canon EOS R10, so there's a 1.6 crop factor (28mm has the equivalent field of view of 45mm).

Taken at the WW2 memorial at Kruispark in Best.
#Photography

A wooden structure with several vertical poles supports the leaves and branches of winding trees or plants. One winding trunk goes up next to a straight vertical pole in the foreground, being 'the odd one out'.
A small park centred around a wooden cross that is a WW2 memorial. Some red flowers are at its base. Trees, poles and a flagpost are also seen, forming several vertical lines. There's a comically small fence. Inscriptions on several plaques can not be read from the photo, but say among others that there's no point to war, in Latin.
#photography

The general impression of the city: shoppers, cafe's, historic buildings.

A typical street during a sunny day in Venlo: shoppers are walking, people are sitting outside cafe's, an historic building is seen in the background.

#Venlo

#Venlo

Where the river Maas meets the city Venlo, a figure stands tall to protect the city from the water. On the inland side of the embankment, people relax in the sun. I think this area is called Maaspoort.

An iron wire frame statue next to the river Maas at Venlo represents a trident carrying figure stretching out its hand to (figuratively) stop the water.

People relaxing on the grass of the (inland side of the) river bank, on a sunny day. An inland bit of water with ducks is on the right, the foot and cycle bridge to get across that is seen in the distance. River Maas, Venlo.

#Venlo

#Venlo

"Stadhuis", the historic City Hall of Venlo, is really just a block in the middle of the city... Here exaggerated by a wide angle lens. First photo is the back, the second is the front with the cafe's, shoppers and the grand entrance. Weirdly the tower on the right front corner is indeed taller, that's not distortion of the photo.

The historic Stadhuis (City Hall) of Venlo, seen from the back using a wide angle lens. From here it appears as a standalone cube with small towers on it.

The historic Stadshuis (City Hall) of Venlo, seen from the front. The tower on the right front corner is larger than the one in the left, even in real life. The grand entrance can be seen. It's very busy with people both walking and outdoor drinking and dining. It's a sunny day.

#Venlo

#Venlo

Ahh, plans blocked again!
A fence marks a path onto the heath, but it dives down into standing water blocking the way. The water reflects the blue sky with clouds.

Testing my new ultra wide angle lens. This is at 10mm (field of view equivalent to 16mm), the view is so much wider than by eye.

I wasn't paying much attention to the exposure, was also getting a bit late in the evening since I had to cycle around the forest to get to another entrance.
#Photography

Wide angle view of a heath, with some water, some sporadic trees but a denser treeline in the distance.
#photography

Found my excuse why I haven't been running lately: the forest is flooded! This is the path where I normally run, many others were completely blocked too.
Path in the forest completely flooded with water; the water extends well into the trees.

Absolutely great to see Hayley Squires in this week's Inside No. 9 "Curse of the Ninth". She was brilliant and stealing the show as always as Devonshire.
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The cast members posing facing the camera around a grand piano, including Hayley Squires as the servant and Natalie Dormer as the lady

#HayleySquires #InsideNo9
#HayleySquires #insideno9

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