A Provincial Lady
@booksesandtea.bsky.social
She/her. Scottish. Tea drinker. Christian. Simple living. 30 plus years a veggie. Being homed and looked after by a daft Labrador and an elderly cat. Accidentally moved to Wales.
Just finished Silver on the Hill by Susan Cooper, so that's my first book of 2025 read. Have to say I really couldn't get into The Dark is Rising series. People rave about it, but reading it for the first time as an adult I had so many issues with it. I can see why kids like it though.
January 3, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Just finished Silver on the Hill by Susan Cooper, so that's my first book of 2025 read. Have to say I really couldn't get into The Dark is Rising series. People rave about it, but reading it for the first time as an adult I had so many issues with it. I can see why kids like it though.
Threnody - completely new word for me today. Never heard it or seen it written before.
January 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Threnody - completely new word for me today. Never heard it or seen it written before.
Slight dinner disaster this evening when I was grinding pepper over an egg, and the lid fell off and all the peppercorns went everywhere 😳. Thankfully whole peppercorns are pretty easy to pick off a plate so dinner was saved, but what a palaver 🙄
November 24, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Slight dinner disaster this evening when I was grinding pepper over an egg, and the lid fell off and all the peppercorns went everywhere 😳. Thankfully whole peppercorns are pretty easy to pick off a plate so dinner was saved, but what a palaver 🙄
Any starter packs for county music on here?
November 23, 2024 at 1:13 AM
Any starter packs for county music on here?
Yay, it has been snowing overnight! Woe, it hasn't settled enough to prevent me from doing the 25 mile drive to the train station, or to have stopped the trains from running. Oxford office day it is then.
November 22, 2024 at 5:43 AM
Yay, it has been snowing overnight! Woe, it hasn't settled enough to prevent me from doing the 25 mile drive to the train station, or to have stopped the trains from running. Oxford office day it is then.
Oh my goodness. Homemade cocoa with a dash of ginger, pinch of mace and sprinkling of nutmeg whipped through is just lush. Perfect for a bitterly cold November night❄️
November 21, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Oh my goodness. Homemade cocoa with a dash of ginger, pinch of mace and sprinkling of nutmeg whipped through is just lush. Perfect for a bitterly cold November night❄️
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Hercule Poirot had it exactly right: stay warm, ride trains, keep a mug of hot cocoa on the night stand and pick the sort of career where people regularly invite you to visit their lavish country estates.
November 21, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Hercule Poirot had it exactly right: stay warm, ride trains, keep a mug of hot cocoa on the night stand and pick the sort of career where people regularly invite you to visit their lavish country estates.
I gave up on being frugal with the heating oil today and have had the heating on since this morning. When the 'feels like' temperature outside is down to minus 5, sometimes it's better to just be cosy!
November 21, 2024 at 6:03 PM
I gave up on being frugal with the heating oil today and have had the heating on since this morning. When the 'feels like' temperature outside is down to minus 5, sometimes it's better to just be cosy!
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Here’s our Bluesky Starter Pack made up of the brilliant people and places that have a knowledge and passion for the Tudor world, contributing to, and featuring in, Tudor Places magazine. We’re looking forward to adding more people and places as this platform grows!
November 20, 2024 at 11:02 AM
Here’s our Bluesky Starter Pack made up of the brilliant people and places that have a knowledge and passion for the Tudor world, contributing to, and featuring in, Tudor Places magazine. We’re looking forward to adding more people and places as this platform grows!
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when you're old enough to have had a xanga and myspace and you're starting over on a new social media app in the year of our lord 2024:
November 17, 2024 at 9:31 PM
when you're old enough to have had a xanga and myspace and you're starting over on a new social media app in the year of our lord 2024:
I wonder if I could call in sick to work and state it's because it's too cold to get out of bed 😳. Considering I work from home and could bring my laptop to bed with me, I'm not one hundred percent sure the strategy would be successful.
November 20, 2024 at 8:43 AM
I wonder if I could call in sick to work and state it's because it's too cold to get out of bed 😳. Considering I work from home and could bring my laptop to bed with me, I'm not one hundred percent sure the strategy would be successful.
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Starter pack: women in Christian theology & ministry. go.bsky.app/93QuBQz
November 18, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Starter pack: women in Christian theology & ministry. go.bsky.app/93QuBQz
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New to Bluesky? Love museums? We have you covered!
We're constantly adding new museums, libraries, and arts orgs to our Arts & Culture Starter Pack.
Today, we welcomed the @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social, @artukdotorg.bsky.social, and many more :)
bsky.app/starter-pack...
We're constantly adding new museums, libraries, and arts orgs to our Arts & Culture Starter Pack.
Today, we welcomed the @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social, @artukdotorg.bsky.social, and many more :)
bsky.app/starter-pack...
November 18, 2024 at 5:11 PM
New to Bluesky? Love museums? We have you covered!
We're constantly adding new museums, libraries, and arts orgs to our Arts & Culture Starter Pack.
Today, we welcomed the @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social, @artukdotorg.bsky.social, and many more :)
bsky.app/starter-pack...
We're constantly adding new museums, libraries, and arts orgs to our Arts & Culture Starter Pack.
Today, we welcomed the @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social, @artukdotorg.bsky.social, and many more :)
bsky.app/starter-pack...
It's now 4.30pm, and like clockwork I now have to endure a half hour of Merlin crying to himself downstairs because he is a poor and tortured soul, and his tummy is hungry, and I won't feed him until 5pm 😶.
November 19, 2024 at 4:35 PM
It's now 4.30pm, and like clockwork I now have to endure a half hour of Merlin crying to himself downstairs because he is a poor and tortured soul, and his tummy is hungry, and I won't feed him until 5pm 😶.
Lunchbreak breadmaking, so I can have homemade broccoli and stilton soup with piping hot bread and butter for tonight's supper. Perfect for a snowy day ❄️
November 19, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Lunchbreak breadmaking, so I can have homemade broccoli and stilton soup with piping hot bread and butter for tonight's supper. Perfect for a snowy day ❄️
It's not settling, but the snow is so pretty from my spare room office window this morning!
November 19, 2024 at 11:33 AM
It's not settling, but the snow is so pretty from my spare room office window this morning!
New blog post. Not hugely cheery I'm afraid - goes down a bit of a rabbit hole with the Bible and then the Middle East
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April 19, 2024 at 8:36 PM
New blog post. Not hugely cheery I'm afraid - goes down a bit of a rabbit hole with the Bible and then the Middle East
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Another blog post from me, on how to make easy peasy Scottish pancakes lisajaynegray.wixsite.com/home-and-hea...
February 13, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Another blog post from me, on how to make easy peasy Scottish pancakes lisajaynegray.wixsite.com/home-and-hea...
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February 4, 2024 at 9:47 PM
A new blog post from me lisajaynegray.wixsite.com/home-and-hea...
Oh well. If I wanted a tidy house I wouldn't have pets I suppose 🤷🏼
January 19, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Oh well. If I wanted a tidy house I wouldn't have pets I suppose 🤷🏼
Another day, another storm 🙄 #stormhenk
January 2, 2024 at 10:44 AM
Another day, another storm 🙄 #stormhenk
Goodbye, little monkey pants.
November 24, 2023 at 9:04 PM
Goodbye, little monkey pants.
Morning, world. Currently in bed with a coffee before I face the world. Taking a poorly cat to the vet later on and hoping for good news, but not expecting it if you see what I mean. Fingers crossed 🤞
November 22, 2023 at 6:19 AM
Morning, world. Currently in bed with a coffee before I face the world. Taking a poorly cat to the vet later on and hoping for good news, but not expecting it if you see what I mean. Fingers crossed 🤞
Yay, I am on this platform now 😊
November 21, 2023 at 8:14 PM
Yay, I am on this platform now 😊