Free For All Friday No 913 by Laurie

Today is David Attenborough's 100th birthday! A very Happy Birthday to Sir David!

In honor of his lifetime of sharing with us the wonders of wildlife of the world, let's talk about wildlife and Filofax organisers!

I am very lucky to live in an area with fantastic wildlife and nature. I love to record in my daily pages any wildlife sightings, flowers blooming, when the leaves start turning each autumn, etc. My favourite birds are oystercatchers, which come inland to nest in the fields around our house. Each February I make a note of the first oystercatcher sighting near us, and each August I note the last sighting of these adorable birds when they go back to the coasts to winter over.

Do you make any wildlife or nature notes in your Filofax pages?

And as always on Fridays, feel free to ask and/ or discuss anything ring binder organiser related!

Have Filofax will travel

We have been 'on-the-road' for over two weeks in different parts of England seeing family and friends, some we haven't seen in more than three decades <gulp>. Yes we have all aged gracefully, retired, become grand parents etc!!

Therefore I've been a bit stretched to produce meaningful post for you this last week. A poor excuse I know! 

My planning and journalling set up during trips like this has been my Filofax Lockwood Zip and a Filofax Flex with a simple lined notebook inside. 

Both of them have the benefit of being compact and whilst travelling I like the zip closure as it keeps things more secure. 

The Lockwood Zip does lay reasonably flat though. It's the best for 'flatability' out of the few 'zip' organisers that I own. 

You will find my review of the A5 and Personal Zip from back in 2014 here. 

https://philofaxy.blogspot.com/2014/08/filofax-lockwood-review.html

We start the journey back to home in France tomorrow (Friday) arriving home by early afternoon on Saturday. Normal service will hopefully resume next week! 

Filofax 1955 Catalogue

A massive thank you to GMax for scanning in this historical catalogue from Filofax (Norman and Hill) from 1955. I wasn't even born! 

You will find higher resolution versions of these scanned pages here. 

The pictorial content of this post is the intellectual property of Filofax Group Ltd. The scans are reproduced here with the full permission of Filofax Group Ltd. for educational and non-commercial usage.

Don't forget to check out our full catalogue archive, it has taken many hours/days of work to put it together!

If you have any old Filofax catalogues that you would like to donate to our digital archive, please contact Steve: philofaxy at gmail dot com Thank you

Video Web Finds - Wednesday 6 May 2026

I hope you have had a good weekend.

Now it is time to enjoy a great collection of videos from around the internet.

Here are a selection of the latest Filofax videos for your enjoyment.

1. What changed? Everything! - Franklin Planner
2. Feeling Burnt Out? Start here... - Alexis aka MissTrenchcoat
3. This is real patina - MeePlus
4. pocket rings planner unboxing - Kati plans
5. Gillio Compagna || Louise Carmen || Planner UPDATE - Kerri Pouliot
6. My most functional setup so far: Filofax Hamilton flip through - Sleepynotesclub
7. Plan With Me || Franklin Classic || May 4 - 10, 2026 || Nostalgia Rose Anna Binder - Sandra Dahl
8. My Plotter Mini 5 Setup - Wallet, Brain Dump & GTD System - Dory Journals
9. Personal Rings Update || Midori Hibino Free || Freedom Mastery Planner Review - Life With MJB
10. My Monthly Planning Ritual | How I Set up for a New Month - Buy Sell Plan Inc.
11. Plan With Me + Planner Unboxing | A5 Work Planner | May 2026 WK01 Reset - Brittany Vasquez
12. Hourly Set Up | Rosie Papeterie Inserts | Louis Vuitton GM Agenda - LA Plans
13. Reflections from the last months of medical school~ feat. MeePlus, my new pocket notebook - The Common Corner
14. rings organizers & reference books | MeePlus, Filofax - jenn | cosmic reverii
15. Where My Day Actually Starts | MeePlus Bible Size Planner (19mm Rings) - Plan with Marianne
16. what's working (and what isn't) in my notebook system - techo kaigi & planner reset - madi daughn
17. a minimal planner set up for everyday  | unboxing the filofax mini malden - mellopapero
18. Back in Rings! Resuming Filofax in my basic and minimal set-up - minimalish.journal
19. Filofax Personal Set up - Custom insert ideas and walkthrough - Lauren Page
20. plan with me using a planner for my mental health (not productivity) - Life with Hope
21. Filofax Malden | FCC | Personal Rings | Journalsay Supplies - Life with Lisa Ann
22. Personal ring binder - Unused planner & my solution - aldan media
23. My planner setup for 2026 ...so far | Is it works? - Artelier By Oana
24. How I Downsize My Planner for Travel - Boldly Inked
25. Non-Standard Ring Binder Sizes Explained (B6, True A6, A5 Slim, Personal Wide & More) - MeePlus
26. Your YouTube video could appear here. If you have a YT channel that features Filofax organisers or similar, please let us know. (steve at philofaxy dot com) Alternatively ensure your video contains 'Filofax' or 'Rings' in the title or description. 

• Please leave a comment on any of the videos you enjoyed and mention you saw a link on Philofaxy. 
• For tips on how to improve your videos, please see this post.  Also this video too Webfinds 
• Your Filofax/Organiser Videos could appear in this list, just contact philofaxy at gmail dot com to be added to our monitoring list. 
• Consider joining our Facebook group - Filofax for Philofaxy fans
• Don't forget to take a look at Travellers Notebook Times for other blog posts and videos for non-ring bound planners. 
• Follow Philofaxy on Reddit
• Follow Philofaxy on Threads
• Follow Philofaxy on BlueSky

Enjoy

       

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