Susan Shaped
@susanshaped.bsky.social
Northern. Generalised wandering, nature, botany, birds. May also bang on about Castlefield Corridor without warning.
Good morning. From me, a chunky woodpidge and a fine collection of twittering house sparrows. Beautiful day for sittting at a laptop. 😁
November 25, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Good morning. From me, a chunky woodpidge and a fine collection of twittering house sparrows. Beautiful day for sittting at a laptop. 😁
Back up the hill with the Monday Night Headtorch Club. Bit of a brisk northerly, nearly got frostbite taking this picture. Always happy to suffer for my art. 🎨😁
November 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Back up the hill with the Monday Night Headtorch Club. Bit of a brisk northerly, nearly got frostbite taking this picture. Always happy to suffer for my art. 🎨😁
Another chilly lunchtime walk. Remembered my hat today though. 😁
November 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Another chilly lunchtime walk. Remembered my hat today though. 😁
Observations from lunchtime walk: there's snow on the tops of the West Pennines. 💙 Also, should've put a woolly hat on. 🥶
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Observations from lunchtime walk: there's snow on the tops of the West Pennines. 💙 Also, should've put a woolly hat on. 🥶
Morning! Up at the crack of dawn to set up a new laptop. Day one of new job. Fingers crossed it's less mad than the last one. And that the sunshine is a good omen. ☀️
November 17, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Morning! Up at the crack of dawn to set up a new laptop. Day one of new job. Fingers crossed it's less mad than the last one. And that the sunshine is a good omen. ☀️
38 sleeps till HOLIDAYS! 😁
November 13, 2025 at 10:17 AM
38 sleeps till HOLIDAYS! 😁
When the path waymarkers are slightly unnerving...
November 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
When the path waymarkers are slightly unnerving...
Terribly difficult Spot the Toad Challenge. 😁🐸
November 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Terribly difficult Spot the Toad Challenge. 😁🐸
Tonight's Monday Night Head Torch Club put the head torches to good use, artfully lighting funghi.
November 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Tonight's Monday Night Head Torch Club put the head torches to good use, artfully lighting funghi.
Went on a jolly to sunny Barrow-in-Furness.* Was bloody lovely. Saw seals, all the world's waders. And a weasel. And a good sunset. 100% recommend.
*Walney Island, technically.
*Walney Island, technically.
November 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Went on a jolly to sunny Barrow-in-Furness.* Was bloody lovely. Saw seals, all the world's waders. And a weasel. And a good sunset. 100% recommend.
*Walney Island, technically.
*Walney Island, technically.
Eventually, it happened. 😂
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November 8, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Eventually, it happened. 😂
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And a lovely crop of jelly ear. Such fabulous names. 💙 #fungifriends
November 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
And a lovely crop of jelly ear. Such fabulous names. 💙 #fungifriends
Some absolutely stunning turkey tail funghi in the woods today. 💚 #FungiFriends
November 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Some absolutely stunning turkey tail funghi in the woods today. 💚 #FungiFriends
The most marvellous piece of art I've seen in a museum this year. 😁 The cheese picture from Wallace and Gromit's living room. In the Harris at Preston as part of their Nick Park exhibition.
November 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The most marvellous piece of art I've seen in a museum this year. 😁 The cheese picture from Wallace and Gromit's living room. In the Harris at Preston as part of their Nick Park exhibition.
Luke Jerram's Gaia at Blackburn Cathedral. So much blue. 💙
November 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Luke Jerram's Gaia at Blackburn Cathedral. So much blue. 💙
And on a slightly more macro (blurry macro) level, JELLY FUNGHI! 💛 A smidge of yellow brain on a soggy log in the woods at Roddlesworth. #FungiFriends
November 2, 2025 at 6:36 PM
And on a slightly more macro (blurry macro) level, JELLY FUNGHI! 💛 A smidge of yellow brain on a soggy log in the woods at Roddlesworth. #FungiFriends
Heading home from a good day out on the moors. Biiiig sky. 💚
November 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Heading home from a good day out on the moors. Biiiig sky. 💚
Headgear at Lancashire Mining Museum, looming about impressively in the moonlight tonight.
November 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Headgear at Lancashire Mining Museum, looming about impressively in the moonlight tonight.
Been to look at Organised Fire. Even though it's a symbol of historic oppression of Catholics. 😁 Current earworm: "as the flames rose to her Roman nose, and her walkman started to melt. " 🎵
November 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Been to look at Organised Fire. Even though it's a symbol of historic oppression of Catholics. 😁 Current earworm: "as the flames rose to her Roman nose, and her walkman started to melt. " 🎵
If you see this, quote with a vampire that is not Dracula
October 31, 2025 at 10:02 PM
If you see this, quote with a vampire that is not Dracula
Big Wheel above the docks at Liverpool Light Night. Like a weird menacing structural moon. 😁
October 31, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Big Wheel above the docks at Liverpool Light Night. Like a weird menacing structural moon. 😁
Liverpool Light Night: Dandelion. Loved this.
October 31, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Liverpool Light Night: Dandelion. Loved this.
Went for a Hallowe'en wander round Liverpool Light Night. The docks, from up on the big wheel. Experimenting with
chiaroscuro.*
*Currently reading a book about Caravaggio. 😁
chiaroscuro.*
*Currently reading a book about Caravaggio. 😁
October 31, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Went for a Hallowe'en wander round Liverpool Light Night. The docks, from up on the big wheel. Experimenting with
chiaroscuro.*
*Currently reading a book about Caravaggio. 😁
chiaroscuro.*
*Currently reading a book about Caravaggio. 😁
And top marks to the Pendle Inn for 1) going all out with the Hallowe'en decorations 2) providing me with a lovely hot chocolate after I'd been up the hill in the cold, dark and rain.
October 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
And top marks to the Pendle Inn for 1) going all out with the Hallowe'en decorations 2) providing me with a lovely hot chocolate after I'd been up the hill in the cold, dark and rain.
There is a spooky white pumpkin* with Pendle Witch carved into to it resting gently on top of the trig point of Pendle Hill. This was totally worth going up the hill in the dark, rain and wind for. Totally. 😁
*possibly not a pumpkin, but just some kind of white squash/gourd thing
*possibly not a pumpkin, but just some kind of white squash/gourd thing
October 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM
There is a spooky white pumpkin* with Pendle Witch carved into to it resting gently on top of the trig point of Pendle Hill. This was totally worth going up the hill in the dark, rain and wind for. Totally. 😁
*possibly not a pumpkin, but just some kind of white squash/gourd thing
*possibly not a pumpkin, but just some kind of white squash/gourd thing