HandyBeeW
@handybee.bsky.social
Yarn-tangler, nerd, ally, believer, adoptive Mum of one autistic person, wife to another
ADHD hobbit
Expect incessant blethering and chaos
Crochet, photos, enthusiastic joining in, inclusivity, love... and tea ☕
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ADHD hobbit
Expect incessant blethering and chaos
Crochet, photos, enthusiastic joining in, inclusivity, love... and tea ☕
(I don't automatically follow back)
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HandyBeeW
@handybee.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Hello, I'm Handy
I live near the Humber Estuary where I crochet, taxi my Young'un around, watch Dr Who, Strictly, Bake-Off, Sewing Bee etc, go to occasional random gigs and walk when my foot isn't crocked!
Married to Mr H for 34 years, adjusting to life beyond work, opposite of a domestic goddess 😁
I live near the Humber Estuary where I crochet, taxi my Young'un around, watch Dr Who, Strictly, Bake-Off, Sewing Bee etc, go to occasional random gigs and walk when my foot isn't crocked!
Married to Mr H for 34 years, adjusting to life beyond work, opposite of a domestic goddess 😁
Luna is here and today we went for a walk, then practiced Sit (A*), Wait (A), Heel (B+ in the kitchen, D+ on walks) and Don't Try To Nick Food Off The Worktops (work in progress!)
Lie Down is our latest command, just getting to grips with it as a concept as you can see! (Expand vid for full effect!)
Lie Down is our latest command, just getting to grips with it as a concept as you can see! (Expand vid for full effect!)
February 1, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Luna is here and today we went for a walk, then practiced Sit (A*), Wait (A), Heel (B+ in the kitchen, D+ on walks) and Don't Try To Nick Food Off The Worktops (work in progress!)
Lie Down is our latest command, just getting to grips with it as a concept as you can see! (Expand vid for full effect!)
Lie Down is our latest command, just getting to grips with it as a concept as you can see! (Expand vid for full effect!)
Continuing my food theme this morning, I just stewed a Cox's in the microwave with a bit of mixed spice then threw greek yoghurt and plain granola on top, and am basically having apple crumble for #breakfast 😎
February 1, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Continuing my food theme this morning, I just stewed a Cox's in the microwave with a bit of mixed spice then threw greek yoghurt and plain granola on top, and am basically having apple crumble for #breakfast 😎
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Weird Pride is a celebration, but also, always, an act of defiance - perhaps now more than ever.
Weird Pride Day 4th March 2026
Weird Pride in a Hostile World
This is a day for people to embrace their weirdness, & reject the stigma associated with being weird. To publicly express pride in the things that make us weird, and to celebrate the diversity of humankind
Find out more weirdpride.day
Weird Pride in a Hostile World
This is a day for people to embrace their weirdness, & reject the stigma associated with being weird. To publicly express pride in the things that make us weird, and to celebrate the diversity of humankind
Find out more weirdpride.day
January 31, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Weird Pride is a celebration, but also, always, an act of defiance - perhaps now more than ever.
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This beauty arrived today!
SIGNED copies of "Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die" by Greer Stothers.
Just look at all the extra swag you get with the book.
A COOL TOTE BAG
GROOVY STICKERS
A FUNKY PIN BADGE
A DAFT POSTCARD
& A HANDY BOOKMARK
BUY HERE
www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
SIGNED copies of "Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die" by Greer Stothers.
Just look at all the extra swag you get with the book.
A COOL TOTE BAG
GROOVY STICKERS
A FUNKY PIN BADGE
A DAFT POSTCARD
& A HANDY BOOKMARK
BUY HERE
www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
January 31, 2026 at 7:20 PM
This beauty arrived today!
SIGNED copies of "Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die" by Greer Stothers.
Just look at all the extra swag you get with the book.
A COOL TOTE BAG
GROOVY STICKERS
A FUNKY PIN BADGE
A DAFT POSTCARD
& A HANDY BOOKMARK
BUY HERE
www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
SIGNED copies of "Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die" by Greer Stothers.
Just look at all the extra swag you get with the book.
A COOL TOTE BAG
GROOVY STICKERS
A FUNKY PIN BADGE
A DAFT POSTCARD
& A HANDY BOOKMARK
BUY HERE
www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
Winter edition...
Fish and chips with mushy peas and a brew
Yorkshire pudding wrap with roast beef and gravy (as served in York)
Pulled pork with barbeque sauce and sweet potato wedges
Chicken noodle soup with red pepper, spring onions and mushrooms
Baked potato with beans, cheese and coleslaw
Fish and chips with mushy peas and a brew
Yorkshire pudding wrap with roast beef and gravy (as served in York)
Pulled pork with barbeque sauce and sweet potato wedges
Chicken noodle soup with red pepper, spring onions and mushrooms
Baked potato with beans, cheese and coleslaw
Never mind the jobs you've had or the classes you took, tell me 5 things you can eat until you explode. #FoodSky
February 1, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Winter edition...
Fish and chips with mushy peas and a brew
Yorkshire pudding wrap with roast beef and gravy (as served in York)
Pulled pork with barbeque sauce and sweet potato wedges
Chicken noodle soup with red pepper, spring onions and mushrooms
Baked potato with beans, cheese and coleslaw
Fish and chips with mushy peas and a brew
Yorkshire pudding wrap with roast beef and gravy (as served in York)
Pulled pork with barbeque sauce and sweet potato wedges
Chicken noodle soup with red pepper, spring onions and mushrooms
Baked potato with beans, cheese and coleslaw
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SCHOOLS!
Here are fifteen books.
I'm giving them away.
If you're a UK school and would like them, let me know.
I'll pick one of you this evening.
You can share it too, if you like.
Ta.
Here are fifteen books.
I'm giving them away.
If you're a UK school and would like them, let me know.
I'll pick one of you this evening.
You can share it too, if you like.
Ta.
January 29, 2026 at 10:21 AM
SCHOOLS!
Here are fifteen books.
I'm giving them away.
If you're a UK school and would like them, let me know.
I'll pick one of you this evening.
You can share it too, if you like.
Ta.
Here are fifteen books.
I'm giving them away.
If you're a UK school and would like them, let me know.
I'll pick one of you this evening.
You can share it too, if you like.
Ta.
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The last year has been so hard. And every subsequent month has gotten harder. (The alt text of the image below shares more of my personal concerns.)
Please join us in contacting your representatives regularly to make your voices heard. Every voice matters.
#abolishice
Please join us in contacting your representatives regularly to make your voices heard. Every voice matters.
#abolishice
January 28, 2026 at 4:09 PM
The last year has been so hard. And every subsequent month has gotten harder. (The alt text of the image below shares more of my personal concerns.)
Please join us in contacting your representatives regularly to make your voices heard. Every voice matters.
#abolishice
Please join us in contacting your representatives regularly to make your voices heard. Every voice matters.
#abolishice
Young'un has made a chocolate #cake for her birthday on Friday
Luckily there a quite a few trimmings left over so I don't have to wait until then to try it, albeit in deconstructed form 😁🤤
Luckily there a quite a few trimmings left over so I don't have to wait until then to try it, albeit in deconstructed form 😁🤤
January 28, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Young'un has made a chocolate #cake for her birthday on Friday
Luckily there a quite a few trimmings left over so I don't have to wait until then to try it, albeit in deconstructed form 😁🤤
Luckily there a quite a few trimmings left over so I don't have to wait until then to try it, albeit in deconstructed form 😁🤤
My Young'un loves cacti but never remembers to water them.
So as part of her birthday gifts I've made her an unkillable mini cactus plant!
It was a kit but I altered it a bit #crochet 🧶
So as part of her birthday gifts I've made her an unkillable mini cactus plant!
It was a kit but I altered it a bit #crochet 🧶
January 24, 2026 at 6:23 PM
My Young'un loves cacti but never remembers to water them.
So as part of her birthday gifts I've made her an unkillable mini cactus plant!
It was a kit but I altered it a bit #crochet 🧶
So as part of her birthday gifts I've made her an unkillable mini cactus plant!
It was a kit but I altered it a bit #crochet 🧶
Mongolian heavy rock complete with throat singing and trad instruments.
What more can one want to liven up a Friday night? 😎
What more can one want to liven up a Friday night? 😎
January 23, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Mongolian heavy rock complete with throat singing and trad instruments.
What more can one want to liven up a Friday night? 😎
What more can one want to liven up a Friday night? 😎
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Listening now - it's great...
Tense, dark, multi-layered electronica deeply rooted in bleak moorland landscapes and steeped in the rhythm of railway lore.
What's not to love?
Tense, dark, multi-layered electronica deeply rooted in bleak moorland landscapes and steeped in the rhythm of railway lore.
What's not to love?
SIDINGS is out today
Listen/buy: theleaflabel.net/sidings.XQL
Listen/buy: theleaflabel.net/sidings.XQL
January 23, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Listening now - it's great...
Tense, dark, multi-layered electronica deeply rooted in bleak moorland landscapes and steeped in the rhythm of railway lore.
What's not to love?
Tense, dark, multi-layered electronica deeply rooted in bleak moorland landscapes and steeped in the rhythm of railway lore.
What's not to love?
Quote post with a clue to where you're from...
January 23, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Quote post with a clue to where you're from...
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The end of the line.
Coniston Old Man, February 2022
Coniston Old Man, February 2022
January 23, 2026 at 5:44 PM
The end of the line.
Coniston Old Man, February 2022
Coniston Old Man, February 2022
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The heart greetings cards are live on the website. Individually or as a set of three. Here’s the link meikiedesigns.com/products/pre... 🩷not just for #valentines
January 23, 2026 at 7:58 AM
The heart greetings cards are live on the website. Individually or as a set of three. Here’s the link meikiedesigns.com/products/pre... 🩷not just for #valentines
Nasty easterly wind looks as if it's going to persist here for a good while yet.
I'm not usually one for grumbling about the weather but because of the orientation of our house the bedrooms are blooming freezing 🥶
Young'un is especially peeved by this which means I'm hearing about it at length...
I'm not usually one for grumbling about the weather but because of the orientation of our house the bedrooms are blooming freezing 🥶
Young'un is especially peeved by this which means I'm hearing about it at length...
a cartoon bear wearing a green jacket and a white hood with the word cold above it
ALT: a cartoon bear wearing a green jacket and a white hood with the word cold above it
media.tenor.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Nasty easterly wind looks as if it's going to persist here for a good while yet.
I'm not usually one for grumbling about the weather but because of the orientation of our house the bedrooms are blooming freezing 🥶
Young'un is especially peeved by this which means I'm hearing about it at length...
I'm not usually one for grumbling about the weather but because of the orientation of our house the bedrooms are blooming freezing 🥶
Young'un is especially peeved by this which means I'm hearing about it at length...
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Do get in touch if you have a Dartmoor related project you'd like to write about, or if you have an idea for an article.
Our website features an eclectic range of artist interviews and articles about the visual arts on Dartmoor.
If you'd be interested in pitching an idea for a future feature, or would like to talk about a project you're working on then, we'd love to hear from you.
dartmoorcollective.org/features/
If you'd be interested in pitching an idea for a future feature, or would like to talk about a project you're working on then, we'd love to hear from you.
dartmoorcollective.org/features/
Features – The Dartmoor Collective
dartmoorcollective.org
January 21, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Do get in touch if you have a Dartmoor related project you'd like to write about, or if you have an idea for an article.
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I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 1:57 AM
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
On the way out this morning
Sunshine today; a southerly wind has blown away the weekend's nasty roke.
Saw a kestrel and a sparrowhawk along the hedgerow (both male); the kestrel tilted over the roof of the car and skimmed into the open field, sparrowhawk glared from the top of a hawthorn #my400
Sunshine today; a southerly wind has blown away the weekend's nasty roke.
Saw a kestrel and a sparrowhawk along the hedgerow (both male); the kestrel tilted over the roof of the car and skimmed into the open field, sparrowhawk glared from the top of a hawthorn #my400
January 20, 2026 at 2:28 PM
On the way out this morning
Sunshine today; a southerly wind has blown away the weekend's nasty roke.
Saw a kestrel and a sparrowhawk along the hedgerow (both male); the kestrel tilted over the roof of the car and skimmed into the open field, sparrowhawk glared from the top of a hawthorn #my400
Sunshine today; a southerly wind has blown away the weekend's nasty roke.
Saw a kestrel and a sparrowhawk along the hedgerow (both male); the kestrel tilted over the roof of the car and skimmed into the open field, sparrowhawk glared from the top of a hawthorn #my400
Finished making myself a "not Christmas" winter jumper (sweater) and I'm super happy with it.
It's warm without being heavy and I like how the colours have worked with each other.
Side note: Taking decent selfies inside on dark January evenings is hard. Excuse the kitchen paraphernalia
#crochet 🧶
It's warm without being heavy and I like how the colours have worked with each other.
Side note: Taking decent selfies inside on dark January evenings is hard. Excuse the kitchen paraphernalia
#crochet 🧶
January 19, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Finished making myself a "not Christmas" winter jumper (sweater) and I'm super happy with it.
It's warm without being heavy and I like how the colours have worked with each other.
Side note: Taking decent selfies inside on dark January evenings is hard. Excuse the kitchen paraphernalia
#crochet 🧶
It's warm without being heavy and I like how the colours have worked with each other.
Side note: Taking decent selfies inside on dark January evenings is hard. Excuse the kitchen paraphernalia
#crochet 🧶
It stopped raining (hooray) so we had a very puddly and splashy walk.
Luna did pretty well although she pulls a lot on the last few yards home so the neighbours get to judge me as I stop every ten steps, get her to sit and calm down, take three steps and repeat.
She's good and tired though! #DogSky
Luna did pretty well although she pulls a lot on the last few yards home so the neighbours get to judge me as I stop every ten steps, get her to sit and calm down, take three steps and repeat.
She's good and tired though! #DogSky
January 18, 2026 at 5:08 PM
It stopped raining (hooray) so we had a very puddly and splashy walk.
Luna did pretty well although she pulls a lot on the last few yards home so the neighbours get to judge me as I stop every ten steps, get her to sit and calm down, take three steps and repeat.
She's good and tired though! #DogSky
Luna did pretty well although she pulls a lot on the last few yards home so the neighbours get to judge me as I stop every ten steps, get her to sit and calm down, take three steps and repeat.
She's good and tired though! #DogSky
It's raining and I know this isn't especially newsworthy, but I would like to register a protest with the universe because it's bin day and puppy-sitting day.
It's looking likely I'll get drenched twice...
*sigh*
It's looking likely I'll get drenched twice...
*sigh*
a cartoon of snoopy and woodstock holding an umbrella in the rain by schulz
ALT: a cartoon of snoopy and woodstock holding an umbrella in the rain by schulz
media.tenor.com
January 18, 2026 at 11:16 AM
It's raining and I know this isn't especially newsworthy, but I would like to register a protest with the universe because it's bin day and puppy-sitting day.
It's looking likely I'll get drenched twice...
*sigh*
It's looking likely I'll get drenched twice...
*sigh*
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Women
will not be returning
to the nineteenth
century
in the USA or any
other country
those recommending
this archaism
NB note carefully:
the rights of women
all women
far from being shut
away in a musty cupboard will
strangle archaism
by its fat
arrogant neck
#poetry
will not be returning
to the nineteenth
century
in the USA or any
other country
those recommending
this archaism
NB note carefully:
the rights of women
all women
far from being shut
away in a musty cupboard will
strangle archaism
by its fat
arrogant neck
#poetry
January 18, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Women
will not be returning
to the nineteenth
century
in the USA or any
other country
those recommending
this archaism
NB note carefully:
the rights of women
all women
far from being shut
away in a musty cupboard will
strangle archaism
by its fat
arrogant neck
#poetry
will not be returning
to the nineteenth
century
in the USA or any
other country
those recommending
this archaism
NB note carefully:
the rights of women
all women
far from being shut
away in a musty cupboard will
strangle archaism
by its fat
arrogant neck
#poetry
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Good morning. On my long walk yesterday 💚. Listen to this little brook is babbling loudly after all the rain this week. Look at those thickly mossed banks. This place is full of wildlife. Sound on!
#woods
#nature
#babblingbrook
#woods
#nature
#babblingbrook
January 18, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Good morning. On my long walk yesterday 💚. Listen to this little brook is babbling loudly after all the rain this week. Look at those thickly mossed banks. This place is full of wildlife. Sound on!
#woods
#nature
#babblingbrook
#woods
#nature
#babblingbrook
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Only 3 cat sofas left, more coming soon, but the ones I’ve got now are all reduced in price. Like this green velvet chaise long 30%off #Caturday #Catsofbluesky #UkMakers #UkMakersHour
craftysharp.etsy.com
craftysharp.etsy.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Only 3 cat sofas left, more coming soon, but the ones I’ve got now are all reduced in price. Like this green velvet chaise long 30%off #Caturday #Catsofbluesky #UkMakers #UkMakersHour
craftysharp.etsy.com
craftysharp.etsy.com