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Happy Halloween and Samhain to all who celebrate

More than tricks and treats

It’s a time to honor the turning of the seasons, welcome winter and feel the presence of those we’ve lost

Wishing you warmth, laughter and a little magic

#Halloween #Samhain

October 31, 2025 at 10:13 AM

BJoel

@bjoel1.bsky.social

When you say you’re playing a cosy game

When I say I’m playing a cosy game

#Bloodborne #Gamer #Playstation #CosyGame #CosyGames #PS5 #Goth

August 30, 2025 at 8:12 AM

BJoel

@bjoel1.bsky.social

When you’re too excited to wait for Halloween

Think watching Wednesday has got me in the mood

#Halloween #Spider #Spiders #SpiderWeb #InteriorDesign #TimBurton #Wednesday #Goth #Gothic #Witch

August 9, 2025 at 5:23 AM

BJoel

@bjoel1.bsky.social

We have an enchanted apple tree in our garden which produces and abundance of tasty apples each year that are perfect for both eating and baking

Here’s our first apple pie of the season

#Apple #Apples #ApplePie #Baking #GreenWitch #Witch #Pagan

July 28, 2025 at 8:04 AM

BJoel

@bjoel1.bsky.social

Got the lurgy and now a dysautonomia flare so between naps I’m having a bit of therapeutic gaming

Started New World Aeternum

This game is so pretty

Naturally I joined the Syndicate faction

#Gamer #Dysautonomia #NewWorldAeternum #PS5 #Pagan

July 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM

BJoel

@bjoel1.bsky.social

My copy of Peculiar Baking by @nikkalcaraz.bsky.social made it all the way to England. Gorgeous quality and you can feel the creator’s passion on every page

Here’s some of our own 2017 Halloween bakes brain cake, witch fingers etc

#Halloween #Baking #PeculiarBaking #PracticalPeculiarities

July 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM

BJoel

@bjoel1.bsky.social

Happy Solstice, all!

A few pictures from today capturing the magic of the longest day

The sun peeked through dramatic clouds, then softened into a calm, clear sky

A quiet reminder of nature’s rhythm and balance

#SummerSolstice #SkyWatch #Sun #Sky

June 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM

BJoel

@bjoel1.bsky.social

Nine Inch Nails were awesome at the Co-op Live in Manchester

@nin.com

#NineInchNails #NIN #TrentReznor #Metal

June 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM

BJoel

@bjoel1.bsky.social

A beautiful Strawberry Moon

Full and luminous, keeping sleep at bay

Here’s to the late night howlers

And all the stargazers who wander the sky

Picture taken on an iPhone 16 pro max

#Moon #FullMoon #StrawberryMoon #Astro #astrophotography

June 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM

BJoel

@bjoel1.bsky.social

I saw Jason Donovan as FranknFurter in the Rocky Horror Show when I was a kid in the 90’s

Being able to see him again a fair few decades on was great. He was in good voice and so funny

#RockyHorrorShow #RockyHorrorPictureShow #Theatre #JasonDonovan #Dontdreamitbeit

June 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM

BJoel

@bjoel1.bsky.social

Made a Shade from Hollow Knight from Fimo Clay

@teamcherry.bsky.social

#HollowKnight #Gamer #Gaymer #Crafting

April 6, 2025 at 6:17 AM

BJoel

@bjoel1.bsky.social

Wrote a little verse, because in a world where they try to control who people are and love, they can never control art, even a mediocre poem

But on a serious note

Fuck transphobia

Happy Trans day of visibility

#TransDayOfVisibility #LGBWithTheT #Trans #TranRightsAreHumanRights #LGBTQIA+

March 31, 2025 at 1:55 PM

BJoel

@bjoel1.bsky.social

Morning witches

#Witch #Witches #GoodMorning #Morning #WitchesBrew #Tea #Plant #Plants #GreenWitch #Pagan #Nature

March 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM

BJoel

@bjoel1.bsky.social

The eerily beautiful Mean Woods of Meanwood, where leafless branches weave a tangled web of silhouettes and shadows in the winter air

Captured during a walk a few weeks ago

#Wood #Woods #Woodland #Wild #Meanwood #Trees #Walk #Leeds #Witch #Mystical

March 16, 2025 at 1:14 PM

BJoel

@bjoel1.bsky.social

Some reading for pleasure as opposed to work for a change

#Witch #Witchcraft #Pagan #Magic #Wicca #Books #Reading

March 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM

BJoel

@bjoel1.bsky.social

My partner and I have our 12 year anniversary and we’re couch co-oping as strong as ever

Because couples who play together stay together

@hazelightgames.bsky.social @playstationuk.bsky.social

#SplitFiction #Gamers #Playstation #PS5

March 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM

BJoel

@bjoel1.bsky.social

Listening to Rebel Rebel by David Bowie on the radio on my PIP Boy while completing work admin

Peak geek

@bethesda.net @fallout.bethesdastudios.com

#Bethesda #Gamer #Playstation #PS5 #Fallout #Geek #PIPBoy

March 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM

BJoel

@bjoel1.bsky.social

Missed Jack White in Birmingham due to illness and chronic health issues. You’d think missing out gets easier, but it doesn’t you just have to accept it

Now my oesophagus is acting up again, making swallowing difficult. And the cycle continues

#chronicillness #Dysautonomia