So, as you may be aware, after we lost darling jj1564, her family planted a memorial tree at her favourite place, Hever Castle. The tree is a flowering cherry tree and it's absolutely thriving!

Flowering cherry trees produce blossom in the Springtime, usually pink or white, and are such beautiful trees when they are in full blossom. However, their blossom period doesn't tend to last very long.  You're lucky if you get three weeks out of them.

I've visited June's tree multiple times, but over the four plus years since it's been at Hever, I've never managed to see it in full blossom. Multiple circumstances such as covid, traffic strife and many and varied other commitments have meant that I've never been able to get there in that brief blossom window.

Yesterday, I finally managed to buck that trend!

Mr D and I took a trip down to Hever to meet up with Brenda and Barbara, two of June's sisters, and June's lovely tree put on a magnificent show for us!
It was beautiful - even prettier than I imagined it to be!

So, there's been all sorts of Jensen goodies floating around with all the Boys publicity, and so it woud be rude of me not ro share some of the pretty here!

something a bit different today - a post from Jensen's IG page.
All I can say in response is, where to I apply to get this job?

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Yesterday, my two little ratbags celebrated their bunny birthdays.  Their fifth birthday!

How on earth have they become five years old already?

We got them when they were 16 weeks old and it feels like two months ago! I want to say that now they've hit middle age, they've got all the sass and attitude that goes with it, but they've had that since day one!!! XD

Anyway, happy birthday bubbubs! 

It's international women's day, and I want to take this moment to give thanks to the many amazing, strong and inspirational women that are part of my life.  Not just the ones I know in person, but those of you that live in my laptop too.

Thank you for being my friend, thank you for being part of my life, and thank you for being awesome!

💜🤍💚

Here are just some of the fabulous women I am proud to call friends - there are many more:



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Soldier Boy is back on everyone's minds with Season 5 of the Boys Imminent and Jensen's Boys prequel nearing the end of production, so I couldn't resist jumping on that bandwagon!

I spent this afternoon working on my first portrait for signing at JIB con at the end of April...

Betcha can't guess who I decided to draw?    XD

It would be very remiss of me to miss such an auspicious occasion, and not take this opportunity to wish the happiest of happy birthdays to the fabulous man whose existence accounts for about 80% of this journal's content.

To Jensen - 48 years old and maturing like the finest wine!
Happy Birthday!




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On Saturday, Mr D and I headed up to London for my (very) early birthday treat.  The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy immersive stage show.

For those of you who know my birthday is in April, the reason this was so early was because the show's run ends on the 15th February.

I love the HHGTTG.  I first read the book when I was about 14, and then all the subsequent sequels, and have always counted it as one of my favourite stories.

The show was a musical reinterpretation of the story and it did a great job (I mean, it did have to fit five books into 90 minutes).  It brought in Arthur Dent's love interest, Fenchurch, from book 4.  The show was energetic and fun, and very respectful of the HHG universe.  I had a fab time, I think I got more out of it than Mr D because I'm so much more familiar with the story.  Mr D had never read past book 2, so had no idea who Fenchurch was.  But he said, once he wrapped his head around the story, he really got into it, and wished he could see it again because he'd enjoy it so much more.  Sadly it comes off soon, so unless it's resurrected somewhere else, that's unlikely!

Highlights of a great show was us drinking our Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters (I wouldn't say it felt like having our brains smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped around a large gold brick, but it was yummy all the same) and me having a conversation with Marvin the Paranoid Android that went thus:

Marvin: what is your name?
Me: I'm Jane
Marvin: I don't care.  Jane, I've been practicing giving people compliments.  May I give you a compliment?
Me: of course!
Marvin: You are wearing shoes.  That's very sensible.
Me: Thank you.  I've had worse compliments than that!
Marvin: I don't care

Of course, anyone who's familiar with the HHG universe knows that any self-respecting hitch hiker never forgets their towel, so of course, I had to treat myself to one!



I did have a few tears when there was a tribute to Douglas Adams at the end of the show. So much love and respect for that man and his exceptional mind.

Altogether a fabulous day!  Here are a few more pics - official ones because photography wasn't allowed!

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How is it possible that this is my first Jensen time of 2026?

OK, so I need to right this wrong and go hunting for lots more delicious Jensen pictures... such hardship.

Anyway, to start us off, here are a few shots of Jensen at the recent Norfolk con - credit as per watermark.





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