Ann Gate
@ceadela.bsky.social
Erstwhile secondhand bookseller and Classics teacher; Cumbria and Oxfordshire
My favourite is delicate so sits on a higher shelf 🎄
December 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
My favourite is delicate so sits on a higher shelf 🎄
Teddy bears’ picnic and a growing collection of mini Christmas trees🎄#ChristmasDecorations 🎄🎄🎄
December 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Teddy bears’ picnic and a growing collection of mini Christmas trees🎄#ChristmasDecorations 🎄🎄🎄
Village Christmas tree 🎄
December 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Village Christmas tree 🎄
Mist and frost in Evenlode Valley
December 13, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Mist and frost in Evenlode Valley
Apple tree in December, West Oxfordshire
December 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Apple tree in December, West Oxfordshire
A pretty pigeon outside the Bodleian Library in Oxford
December 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
A pretty pigeon outside the Bodleian Library in Oxford
Came back from Tunbridge Wells with a tiny crocheted octopus 🐙, made for me by friend’s daughter to match the blue & teal fair isle jumper I was wearing - he has settled next to one of @vimtotime.bsky.social ‘s friendos 🩵
December 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Came back from Tunbridge Wells with a tiny crocheted octopus 🐙, made for me by friend’s daughter to match the blue & teal fair isle jumper I was wearing - he has settled next to one of @vimtotime.bsky.social ‘s friendos 🩵
RHS Wisley in the rain yesterday: nice and warm in the Glasshouse
December 2, 2025 at 10:51 AM
RHS Wisley in the rain yesterday: nice and warm in the Glasshouse
Favourite sycamore tree during and after the snow last week
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Favourite sycamore tree during and after the snow last week
Over t’other side of valley this afternoon
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Over t’other side of valley this afternoon
Derwentwater at Sunset
November 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Derwentwater at Sunset
Snow in Lorton Vale from Kirk Fell
November 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Snow in Lorton Vale from Kirk Fell
Village bonfire in farmer’s field 🔥
November 8, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Village bonfire in farmer’s field 🔥
Rowan tree at Sunset
Transplanted from the shore of Crummock Water to West Oxfordshire when it was a 6 inch high seedling 🌱
Transplanted from the shore of Crummock Water to West Oxfordshire when it was a 6 inch high seedling 🌱
November 8, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Rowan tree at Sunset
Transplanted from the shore of Crummock Water to West Oxfordshire when it was a 6 inch high seedling 🌱
Transplanted from the shore of Crummock Water to West Oxfordshire when it was a 6 inch high seedling 🌱
Here’s a better pic now I am home
The family were Asian, little boy, mum & gran; he was tired and started yelling; bus driver shouted that he was being distracted, so I passed over the squashy pumpkin 🎃 and within 5 minutes he was fast asleep 😊
The family were Asian, little boy, mum & gran; he was tired and started yelling; bus driver shouted that he was being distracted, so I passed over the squashy pumpkin 🎃 and within 5 minutes he was fast asleep 😊
October 31, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Here’s a better pic now I am home
The family were Asian, little boy, mum & gran; he was tired and started yelling; bus driver shouted that he was being distracted, so I passed over the squashy pumpkin 🎃 and within 5 minutes he was fast asleep 😊
The family were Asian, little boy, mum & gran; he was tired and started yelling; bus driver shouted that he was being distracted, so I passed over the squashy pumpkin 🎃 and within 5 minutes he was fast asleep 😊
Halloweeno @vimtotime.bsky.social - @soapywittank.bsky.social reminds it is your Official Birthday so here is a knitted pumpkin 🎃 I bought in the Chelsea Physic Garden shop
I am on bus back to Oxford and lent it to a crying toddler, who calmed down magically 🧡
I am on bus back to Oxford and lent it to a crying toddler, who calmed down magically 🧡
October 31, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Halloweeno @vimtotime.bsky.social - @soapywittank.bsky.social reminds it is your Official Birthday so here is a knitted pumpkin 🎃 I bought in the Chelsea Physic Garden shop
I am on bus back to Oxford and lent it to a crying toddler, who calmed down magically 🧡
I am on bus back to Oxford and lent it to a crying toddler, who calmed down magically 🧡
Evensong at Christ Church for festival of St Frideswide
October 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Evensong at Christ Church for festival of St Frideswide
Equinoctial Sunsets in West Oxon
September 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Equinoctial Sunsets in West Oxon
Rainbow in West Cumbria 🌈
August 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Rainbow in West Cumbria 🌈
Herdwicks at Keswick Show
August 28, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Herdwicks at Keswick Show
Buzzards in the Blue Sky
July 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Buzzards in the Blue Sky
Wildflower meadow in West Oxon
July 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Wildflower meadow in West Oxon
