The h2g2 Post 12.05.25

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Posted: 12^th May 2025

This week's title is Places to Go, People to See. Clockwise from upper left: Two innocent ducks swimming in a marshy lake while an outrage goose, wings flapping kicks up a fuss in their direction, a compound daffodil with a bright yellow centre, an American cottontail rabbit hopping urgently away, a fuzzy gosling on a stone walk, a steam train at a level crossing in the Netherlands, a multicoloured heart-shaped sculpture on a stand in northern Scotland on a sunny day, an elegant white swan reflected in the clear lake as it swims by, a collage of various daffodils from the garden, backlit by sunlight, apple blossoms on a branch in Austrian sunlight, and an austere but stylish black-and-white kitchen, newly renovated and waiting to be used, on the Wirral in the UK.

Another week, another thousand absurdities, another thousand trials. That's life on planet Earth for you. But here in the pages of the h2g2 Post, we notice the good things. We save them up for you. We mix them with our own brand of thoughtiness and serve them up with a spice made of equal parts snark and goodwill. Come to us when you need a rest from being a grownup.

Galaxy Babe has been over to the pond at Cleethorpes and caught all the waterbird action for us. These swans are so breathtakingly beautiful you almost forget what nasty personalities they have. And then there are the fuzzy goslings. Doesn't spring just give you what the trendy young folk call 'the feels'?

In case that's not enough Nature for you, I spotted a bunny and Tavaron and I drooled over flowers, so you get more pretty things to gaze upon.

Speaking of things of beauty, FWR's new kitchen is a wonder, and it's been a long time in the making. Read about his home improvement trials and appreciate the end product.

We also have mysteries. Some are solved, some are ongoing. All are interesting. The only mystery about Willem's guineafowl is how he manages to capture its essence so wonderfully in paint. But Paigetheoracle has us stumped with his very shy butterfly. It might have helped if we could actually see the butterfly. . . Superfrenchie, on the other hand, thoroughly documented her mystery plant – and our detectives found it! Learn, possibly, more than you ever wanted to know about wild berries in this week's installment of Superfrenchie, Plant Detective.

We've got a steam train that's as old as your ancient Editor. We've found the heart, not of Midlothian, but of the north of Scotland. And if all that's not enough, Awix is back with cinema, I'm ranting on, and Bluebottle's hysterical religious parody continues unabated.

Tune in, turn on, and drop out of the rat race for a bit. Share your findings. And send more Stuff. The jokes just write themselves these days.

Dmitri Gheorgheni

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