Like a kidnapper in a old film, I have been cutting letters out of the newspaper.
So to cover two prompts at once, here is 'the present', on top of a book of words.

The Earth below, the Sky above. I just like this photo.
And to bring myself up-to-date. Behind At the Woodhorn Museum in Ashington there is this recreation of a coal mine's minehead shower stall.…
I have fallen so far behind again, but this time I am determined to catch up. I spy B I thought I had a bee to be my B somewhere and sure enough…