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Morning Bluesky! Got much on today? 😆 I'm on veg and alt-puddings duty for tomorrow (Mum's doing turkey, stuffing and gravy) and there are gifts still to wrap... Wishing you a joyful day! 🎄
December 24, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Preparing to brave the supermarket. Making it my mission to smile at as many people as possible! 😃🎄
December 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
A collection of patterns from my local patch, for #LentoAdvent
December 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I'm rather fond of this early small white butterfly 😊
December 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This year I did a little study of the visitors to the globe thistles in my garden, and counted 11 species of bee, 4 species of wasp, 3 species butterfly, 2 species moth, 11 species hoverfly, 8 species other flies, 4 species spiders, 3 bugs and 2 beetles - 48 total! 😄🪲🐝 #LentoAdvent #Invertebrates
December 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Some favourite photos from a magical late November walk near Ivinghoe a few years back - I dug them up while looking for something for #LentoAdvent 😊✨🍂
December 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
At a hilltop campsite in Shropshire in August we were blessed with huge and beautiful skies most evenings. Much better than watching the telly with dinner! 😄 #LentoAdvent
December 21, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Cinnamon clove Christmas candle is GO 🎄☺️ #TinyJoys
December 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Uh huh 🧐
December 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Maybe I didn't get out much this autumn, but I think the place that has given me most autumnal joy has been my garden! Even though it's been a bit of a mess lately, the hawthorn, the cotinus and the cornus can't be beat for colour 😄 #LentoAdvent
December 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Aaaaand some hairy poop fungus. #Fungi #FungiFriends 🌱

Every day's an education. 🧐
December 20, 2025 at 10:38 AM
More of my misty morning 😍💚🌱
December 20, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Misty garden 😍💚🌱
December 20, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Morning, Bluesky. The sun is beginning to glow through the fog and my tummy is rumbling. Today is very much a rest day with some light Christmas prep and some writing, and I am feeling #grateful for grocery deliveries!
December 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Incredible new work from my croton 😍💚❤️🪴 #HousePlants #TinyJoys
December 19, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I spend SO much time stopping to look closer at small things! I couldn't possibly choose just one... 😄 Details in alt text. #LentoAdvent #TinyJoys #SmallWonders #LittleThings
December 19, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Finally! 😍🎄🕊️

After years of tiny Christmas trees, it's nice to have one that properly imposes on the room again 😆
December 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
No recent rain pics! Here's a surprise winter 2022 rainstorm on the Long Mynd - which led us to a hasty wrong turn, an epic walk down into the wrong valley, & a risky jump over a very swollen stream to avoid going all the way back again as darkness approached 😱 #LentoAdvent #Shropshire #BePrepared!
December 18, 2025 at 10:31 AM
A brilliant night out with friends yesterday - tacos and tots followed by a Christmas carol singalong in an absolutely packed pub garden 😊🎄🍽️🎵
December 18, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Quite often, tent views are just of a hedge, or a lot of other tents, so I always make the most of it when we get a good one 😄 This was a very quiet midweek trip to Martham, Norfolk. #LentoAdvent
December 17, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Spring flowers! 😍 They're getting closer again every day... #LentoAdvent
December 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Gladly! But there may be a language barrier here - I think our dumplings are a bit like your biscuits...? Let me know! 😄 They traditionally use suet but I've been making them with olive oil for years. The herbs can be whatever you like - I use roughly 2 tsps thyme for 6 dumplings (for 2 people). 🍽️
December 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Beef stew with red wine, root veg, and olive oil thyme dumplings from yesterday 😋 Husband's favourite! 🍜🍽️
December 16, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Morning, Bluesky. Nope, I did not decorate my Christmas tree yesterday. They just don't make Christmas lights like they used to, do they? Back to the shop I go...
December 16, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Here is maybe the nicest map among my photos this year. But we thought it was a damn shame it didn't include the excellent Blue Boar pub on Goddards Lane, where we had a very good lunch 😋😁 #LentoAdvent
December 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM