Karen Robinson
@karenjrobinson.bsky.social
Care for my mum full-time. Looking forward to having a garden together soon. Sky, birdsong, growing veg. Lover of Lake District. Former Greenham Common woman. Forever grateful to NHS. Specialist CBT for OCD. #Carer #Gardening #LakeDistrict
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Morning all! Ivor remained asleep until 6am, bless him. Just had a look and we tipped 20k, which is magnificent. I’m going to repost some pix that I missed while slumbering. Thank you thank you #DuvetKnowItsChristmas
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Donate to Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025, organized by Rhodri Marsden
Unbelievably, it's the 15th year of this thing.
What is it?
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December 25, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Morning all! Ivor remained asleep until 6am, bless him. Just had a look and we tipped 20k, which is magnificent. I’m going to repost some pix that I missed while slumbering. Thank you thank you #DuvetKnowItsChristmas
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Always look forward to #duvetknowitschristmas
Here's our slightly unorthodox arrangement. Mum (90) sleeping peacefully in her bed complete with bumpers. Me at her feet on camp bed. Lovely Christmas decoration delivered today by one of Mum's wonderful #carers
Here's our slightly unorthodox arrangement. Mum (90) sleeping peacefully in her bed complete with bumpers. Me at her feet on camp bed. Lovely Christmas decoration delivered today by one of Mum's wonderful #carers
December 25, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Always look forward to #duvetknowitschristmas
Here's our slightly unorthodox arrangement. Mum (90) sleeping peacefully in her bed complete with bumpers. Me at her feet on camp bed. Lovely Christmas decoration delivered today by one of Mum's wonderful #carers
Here's our slightly unorthodox arrangement. Mum (90) sleeping peacefully in her bed complete with bumpers. Me at her feet on camp bed. Lovely Christmas decoration delivered today by one of Mum's wonderful #carers
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Borrowdale Valley in Shap last night as the sun faded away - awesome valley to walk up and along. #FSprintmonday #Sharemondays2025 #Appicoftheweek #lakedistrict #Cumbria
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September 1, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Borrowdale Valley in Shap last night as the sun faded away - awesome valley to walk up and along. #FSprintmonday #Sharemondays2025 #Appicoftheweek #lakedistrict #Cumbria
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@fotospeed.bsky.social
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I'm walking in the footsteps of La'al Hannah this week. La'al is dialect for 'little'. She was postwoman for Eskdale Green #Cumbria from 1912 to 1973 - only taking 3 days off ill in those 61 years. I'll detail her 5-mile daily route on this thread...
June 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I'm walking in the footsteps of La'al Hannah this week. La'al is dialect for 'little'. She was postwoman for Eskdale Green #Cumbria from 1912 to 1973 - only taking 3 days off ill in those 61 years. I'll detail her 5-mile daily route on this thread...
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Looking up the Grisedale valley on the way to Grisedale Tarn and Dolly Waggon Pike in the #LakeDistrict
#Cumbria
#UK
#Landscapephotography
#Cumbria
#UK
#Landscapephotography
April 19, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Looking up the Grisedale valley on the way to Grisedale Tarn and Dolly Waggon Pike in the #LakeDistrict
#Cumbria
#UK
#Landscapephotography
#Cumbria
#UK
#Landscapephotography
Mum, now 89, has always been a character. Wonderful zest for life. 03.12 on clock. Unusual noises coming from her air mattress. Sound of counting, 1-10. Got up to investigate. Mum had thrown off her duvets. Bare legs going up & down in #February night air. Doing her #physio exercises!
February 3, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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February 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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"I declare spring officially - open"
...says the snowdrop
I like the Gaelic seasons - they seem in touch with nature more than the 'offical' ones
Winter (Geimhreadh) - Nov - Jan
Spring (Earrach) - Feb - April
Summer (Samhradh) - May - July
Autumn (Fómhar) - Aug - Oct
happy First of Snowdrop!
...says the snowdrop
I like the Gaelic seasons - they seem in touch with nature more than the 'offical' ones
Winter (Geimhreadh) - Nov - Jan
Spring (Earrach) - Feb - April
Summer (Samhradh) - May - July
Autumn (Fómhar) - Aug - Oct
happy First of Snowdrop!
February 1, 2025 at 7:39 AM
"I declare spring officially - open"
...says the snowdrop
I like the Gaelic seasons - they seem in touch with nature more than the 'offical' ones
Winter (Geimhreadh) - Nov - Jan
Spring (Earrach) - Feb - April
Summer (Samhradh) - May - July
Autumn (Fómhar) - Aug - Oct
happy First of Snowdrop!
...says the snowdrop
I like the Gaelic seasons - they seem in touch with nature more than the 'offical' ones
Winter (Geimhreadh) - Nov - Jan
Spring (Earrach) - Feb - April
Summer (Samhradh) - May - July
Autumn (Fómhar) - Aug - Oct
happy First of Snowdrop!
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Let's talk about those times when a family carer is ill with a bad cold or flu. Not so a GP appointment or hospital visit is needed, but really out of sorts & more support with caring for a partner with dementia would help. #socialcare provision in England is not flexible enough to step in. 1/
January 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Let's talk about those times when a family carer is ill with a bad cold or flu. Not so a GP appointment or hospital visit is needed, but really out of sorts & more support with caring for a partner with dementia would help. #socialcare provision in England is not flexible enough to step in. 1/
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This can't be shown often enough.
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Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde asks Trump to show mercy to LGBT people and migrants
Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde made a plea to the president in a sermon that Trump later criticised.
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January 24, 2025 at 9:58 AM
This can't be shown often enough.
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Walking in Little
Langdale last March. Love the colour of the grass, and curve of the horizon. One sheep! #LakeDistrict #Cumbria
Langdale last March. Love the colour of the grass, and curve of the horizon. One sheep! #LakeDistrict #Cumbria
January 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Walking in Little
Langdale last March. Love the colour of the grass, and curve of the horizon. One sheep! #LakeDistrict #Cumbria
Langdale last March. Love the colour of the grass, and curve of the horizon. One sheep! #LakeDistrict #Cumbria
Saw this in @wecarecampaign.bsky.social e-mail. Reminded me of sleeping on floor in side room in A&E supporting mum who'd broken her wrist. Very grateful that mum (89) provided with a bed. Staff wonderful & working flat out. Would be great if camp beds available for #unpaidcarers
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January 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Saw this in @wecarecampaign.bsky.social e-mail. Reminded me of sleeping on floor in side room in A&E supporting mum who'd broken her wrist. Very grateful that mum (89) provided with a bed. Staff wonderful & working flat out. Would be great if camp beds available for #unpaidcarers
gofund.me/34047be6
gofund.me/34047be6
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Remarkable photo essay about the challenges of caring for a loved one with #dementia.
#medsky #geronsky
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#medsky #geronsky
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An intimate look at dementia — and the emotional toll it takes on family and caregivers
Photographer Steven G. Smith takes an intimate look into caring for a loved one with dementia and the daily struggles and triumphs that come with it.
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November 26, 2024 at 1:48 AM
Remarkable photo essay about the challenges of caring for a loved one with #dementia.
#medsky #geronsky
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#medsky #geronsky
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It's sometimes difficult to wake mum sufficiently to take her #Parkinsons tablets. I get extra anxious cos people with Parkinsons can have difficulty swallowing. But #BarryManilow singing 'Can't smile without you' this morning got mum tapping in time, and ready for her tablets! #carers #socialcare
January 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
It's sometimes difficult to wake mum sufficiently to take her #Parkinsons tablets. I get extra anxious cos people with Parkinsons can have difficulty swallowing. But #BarryManilow singing 'Can't smile without you' this morning got mum tapping in time, and ready for her tablets! #carers #socialcare
Yesterday was my mum and dad's #wedding #anniversary. Mum's 89 now. She recognised the date and said they got married in a prefab in grounds of #Brixton #Unitarian Church. 1958 I think. Original building had been bombed during war. Here they are in fancy dress on their #honeymoon in #Bournemouth.
December 22, 2024 at 7:54 AM
Yesterday was my mum and dad's #wedding #anniversary. Mum's 89 now. She recognised the date and said they got married in a prefab in grounds of #Brixton #Unitarian Church. 1958 I think. Original building had been bombed during war. Here they are in fancy dress on their #honeymoon in #Bournemouth.
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Me on the left with Helen John 3rd from left, one of the founder members of the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp December 1982
December 13, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Me on the left with Helen John 3rd from left, one of the founder members of the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp December 1982
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Can’t believe it’s 42 years ago. It was a cold damp day but we were kept warm by sheer exuberance. #GreenhamCommon
December 12, 2024 at 10:37 PM
Can’t believe it’s 42 years ago. It was a cold damp day but we were kept warm by sheer exuberance. #GreenhamCommon
Late afternoon. Little Langdale. #LakeDistrict
March 2024.
March 2024.
December 17, 2024 at 1:24 AM
Late afternoon. Little Langdale. #LakeDistrict
March 2024.
March 2024.
Walking in Little Langdale, #LakeDistrict March 2024. The colours!
December 17, 2024 at 1:14 AM
Walking in Little Langdale, #LakeDistrict March 2024. The colours!
One of my favourite flowers. I believe it is called ivy leafed toadflax. I first saw it, and was utterly entranced by it, when I was six years old. On a wall in Normandy, on a family holiday, with my mum, dad and sister. I stood close to it (it was at my eye level) taking in its beauty.
December 15, 2024 at 5:39 PM
One of my favourite flowers. I believe it is called ivy leafed toadflax. I first saw it, and was utterly entranced by it, when I was six years old. On a wall in Normandy, on a family holiday, with my mum, dad and sister. I stood close to it (it was at my eye level) taking in its beauty.
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🌱 I don’t know about you but I love old photos!
One battered old album got me thinking about my dear dad - who first got me hooked on growing food - So I wrote a post
And I would ❤️ to hear who first got YOU hooked on all things gardening!
#GardeningFeed
www.ladymuck.style/blog/2024/7/...
One battered old album got me thinking about my dear dad - who first got me hooked on growing food - So I wrote a post
And I would ❤️ to hear who first got YOU hooked on all things gardening!
#GardeningFeed
www.ladymuck.style/blog/2024/7/...
Strong Roots - Learning how to grow — Lady Muck Style
Looking back on precious childhood memories, when Lady Muck Style Junior spent days alongside her Dad, at the allotment, learning how to grow vegetables.
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December 4, 2024 at 8:15 AM
🌱 I don’t know about you but I love old photos!
One battered old album got me thinking about my dear dad - who first got me hooked on growing food - So I wrote a post
And I would ❤️ to hear who first got YOU hooked on all things gardening!
#GardeningFeed
www.ladymuck.style/blog/2024/7/...
One battered old album got me thinking about my dear dad - who first got me hooked on growing food - So I wrote a post
And I would ❤️ to hear who first got YOU hooked on all things gardening!
#GardeningFeed
www.ladymuck.style/blog/2024/7/...