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Katie
@dryadula.bsky.social
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Library worker and writer (no, nothing you would have read - unless you're in one of my writing groups!)
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I'm English but my husband is from the US. For the last few years we've been having Thanksgiving dinner over here in the UK and I've been making dessert. Usually I burn it. This year, for the first time, I did not 🎉
Confession, I did not make the pastry this year.
A whole pumpkin pie, cooked but not burnt, in a foil dish on top of a baking tray.
November 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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#HiddenBooksGame

Needed hints for two of them and there were a couple of books I've never heard of but I made it in the end, phew!
Text reads Congratulations! You've completed the Hidden Books Game from National Book Tokens. Below is a graphic of a living room with a Christmas tree and a woman reading with bookshelves in the background.
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Have been in the US for half term, got back this morning and am about to have a cup of Yorkshire decaff - almost two weeks since I last had one!
I did enjoy the arcades and pinball while I was away and the view of the Great Smoky Mountains which I visited for part of the trip.
Autumn colours of foliage with blue mountains in the distance. White and grey clouds and a bright blue sky.
November 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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I'm ready to go out (although it's not time yet). New dress!
A head and shoulders selfie of a woman in her mid 40's with grey streaked light brown hair held back behind her head. She is standing in front of a white and grey tiled wall. She wears dark framed glasses, a v neck dress in a streetmap pattern in peach, blues and white and oblong dangling earrings. She has subtle makeup on and wears a neutral expression.
October 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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It will often dangle an inch or two below the frame but it is hiding at the moment.
Grey textured picture frame corner with a couple of little spider legs sticking out. White wall.
October 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Such a good night watching Tom Smith from Editors in Lancaster, last night. Had an amazing view from the second row. Loved the new solo songs and can't wait for the album to come out in December!
Tom Smith on stage with an acoustic guitar, seated, wearing a cap, dark shirt over t-shirt and tan trousers. Blue toned lighting. Accompanying musician in the background, also with acoustic guitar (sadly can't remember his name, even though we were told 😕 and he was excellent). Two more guitars slightly in view to the right. Blue tinged head and shoulders selfie of me (woman in her mid 40's with long straight hair side parted and glasses) with a grey scarf around my neck and the ceiling in the background with scattered lights.
October 1, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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My windflowers are still going strong!
Pale pink anemones, almost 20 blooms, with sunny yellow centres.
September 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Spotted on my walk in Greater Manchester, UK this morning, some kind of a bush cricket. Isn't she lovely?

I tried to identify her but I'm no expert and can't tell if she is meconema thalassinum or meconema meridionale. Or even if she is definitely female! If you know, please tell me 😁

#insect
Bright pale green insect with a pale stripe down the back. Between 1-2cm long.
September 30, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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It's finished, and it's magnificent!
Lego vending machine, red with silver accents, filled with round capsules which hold minifigures.
September 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Impending family Lego project.
Lego 21358 vending machine box. Black background with a red machine with silver trim and clear plastic area where the vending capsules can be seen.
September 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Visited the elegant Chorlton Library yesterday for the @adamjfarrer.bsky.social Broken Biscuits book event with @stevenkedie.bsky.social doing a fine job interviewing. I could have listened to you both for much longer! Came away with a signed copy of this handsome book I am greatly enjoying reading
A hardback copy of Broken Biscuits and Other Male Failures by Adam Farrer resting on a dark olive green couch. It's a cyan book with the title in black, mostly joined up (cursive) handwriting, with a posing headless figurine in white underpants in the centre.
September 17, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Saw a giant, glowing, purring, tail-gently-waving, cat.
Large pinkish glowing inflated cat lying on its side in a darkened room Head of the cat seen from the top Face of the cat, yellow and pink purple Toe beans of the cat
August 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Lots of moss and some river and bridge.
River with boulders in it and trees on the riverside A tree covered in moss with the river in the background A blocked off and dilapidated stone bridge covered in vegetation, it spans a river Close up of moss on tree
August 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Not sure what this building originally was but I really loved the moss on it.
Ruined stone building with no roof, only walls covered in foliage. The end wall is pitched with six rectangular openings, three at the bottom, then two, then one at the top. Forest behind. Low ruined side wall of building almost completely obscured by moss and plant life. Closer view of low side wall Closer view of moss on ruined stone wall.
August 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Spooky forest.
Evergreen forest with a stump to the right and full trunks seen in the foreground before everything fades into darkness in the background.
August 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Pictures from Inverary Castle's armoury display.
Suit of armour with black and yellow plumes Two breastplate and helmet combos with a rondel of muskets in the background View of one wall of Inverary Castle's armoury display, with muskets, bayonets, swords, shields and polearms. Breastplate and six swords, blades overlapping, with ornate guards.
August 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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My husband took these two photos in the garden of Inverary Castle. I took a lot of photos inside the house, mainly of old armour etc. so those will appear at some point.
A bee on a purple,globular flower head. Fuzzy golden back with delicate black wings The same bee on the same purple flower with a bee friend just visible on the other side. I think it was a globe thistle, the flower.
August 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Abandoned house we came across while out for a walk. If you look closely at image one, there's a face in the lower window.
Abandoned house seen from the side, one lower window and one upper, pitched roof, pinky beige exterior with dark red trim, tile roof. Front of abandoned house, slight collapse in the roof to the right, small chimneys at each end of the roof. Front door in centre with a window each side
August 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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I've been on holiday visiting Scotland this week. The storm at the beginning of the week put a bit of a dampener on the trip but overall we had a really good time. I'll probably add photos over the next day or so.
View of Loch Lomond on an overcast day. The water is rippled and reflective, pebbles can be seen through the ripples in the foreground. Loch Lomond from a boat (green and red) with rain on its windows. Very cloudy sky.
August 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Jigsaw is complete but I still have 22 of the 101 book titles left to figure out.
Mayhem in the library jigsaw by big potato games, completed, on a wooden table. Box lid and paper insert slightly in view at top of frame with a black pen. The illustration has clues to 101 book titles. Aside from shelves of books, some of the things you can see are a boat with three rowers in it, someone with a castle in a net, a tiger drinking from a teacup, a willow tree, a man playing baseball in a field, a fridge/freezer with a man coming out of it and a wardrobe with a lion and a witch peeking out.
August 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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I do a jigsaw ~ twice a year. This one is almost finished
Mayhem in the library jigsaw by big potato games with around 10% of the pieces left to go in on a wooden table. Box lid and paper insert slightly in view at top of frame with a black pen. The illustration has clues to 101 book titles. Aside from shelves of books, some of the things you can see are a boat with three rowers in it, someone with a castle in a net, a tiger drinking from a teacup, a willow tree, a man playing baseball in a field, a fridge/freezer with a man coming out of it and a wardrobe with a lion and a witch peeking out.
August 7, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Had a nice time in St. Anne's. Played the arcade machines on the pier and walked the promenade. Had an ice cream 🍦
Beach view from pier with green wooden slatted benches, medium sand, midpoint horizon with cloudy but blue sky. A lone figure can be seen on the beach. A busy sky at the top, dark sand at the bottom with reflective patches if water, some kind of wooden fence like object is in the centre of view in the distance. Beachfront buildings to the centre and right of view in the distance, sand for the majority of the bottom half of view which has curving trails in it.
July 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Work tomorrow so I'm playing a little pinball tonight. My husband is still working on the setup but it runs fine for now. Cabinet will be the tricky bit.
Keyboard and vertical monitor showing the play field for Dracula pinball More screens and a couple of little speakers
July 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Saw this beauty while I was out this morning.
Close up of a peacock butterfly on a dirty white railing. Gorgeous hues of scarlet and hints of iridescent blue.
July 24, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Saw lighthouse which makes this a good day.
The lighthouse at New Brighton, Wirral, England. Pale blue sky with strips of cloud, rocks to the left, sand with pools of water. The lighthouse is mainly plain white with a copper roof, the door is reached by ladder, the base is black or dark grey and flares out. The lighthouse at New Brighton, Wirral, England. Pale blue sky with strips of cloud, rocks to the left, sand with pools of water. The lighthouse is mainly plain white with a copper roof, the door is reached by ladder, the base is black or dark grey and flares out. This view is slightly more zoomed in than the previous shot and the wear on the lower half is more obvious.
July 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM