Paula
@mspmeyer.bsky.social
Photos. Theatre. Baking. Reading. Films. Writing. Most of these things are constantly interrupted by Henry and Matilda the cats. Arsenal fan, so generally of uncertain mood. Cambridge, UK. She/her.
I call this one ‘Just Looking…’.
December 19, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I call this one ‘Just Looking…’.
The girls came round to open their wedding presents. Matilda was a big fan.
December 7, 2025 at 10:04 AM
The girls came round to open their wedding presents. Matilda was a big fan.
Yesterday the daughter married her girlfriend. It was a completely wonderful day - plus I am now a mother-in-law which is obviously a very young and hip thing to be…
December 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Yesterday the daughter married her girlfriend. It was a completely wonderful day - plus I am now a mother-in-law which is obviously a very young and hip thing to be…
Thank you so much!! It’s been such a lovely day - there was even a bit of sun! Here they are!
December 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Thank you so much!! It’s been such a lovely day - there was even a bit of sun! Here they are!
Daughter’s wedding now nine days away. I am therefore baking sourdough for sanity.
November 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Daughter’s wedding now nine days away. I am therefore baking sourdough for sanity.
The daughter’s wedding is four weeks today and I’m ABSOLUTELY FINE.
November 7, 2025 at 9:22 AM
The daughter’s wedding is four weeks today and I’m ABSOLUTELY FINE.
Henry helpfully demonstrating the essence of cats.
November 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Henry helpfully demonstrating the essence of cats.
I was a bit nervous before going to see Neil Hannon and the fantastic @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social in Cambridge last night. I’m a bit freaked out by crowds, but I’ve loved them for years and I’m so glad I went. It was absolutely brilliant. Thanks to Neil and the stunning band!
October 16, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I was a bit nervous before going to see Neil Hannon and the fantastic @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social in Cambridge last night. I’m a bit freaked out by crowds, but I’ve loved them for years and I’m so glad I went. It was absolutely brilliant. Thanks to Neil and the stunning band!
This weekend I am cat-sitting this ridiculous Botticelli Angel in feline form…
October 12, 2025 at 7:04 AM
This weekend I am cat-sitting this ridiculous Botticelli Angel in feline form…
Apologies for doing a bread post like it’s 2020 but I tried a new folding technique and my sourdough came out all perky so I just wanted to share.
October 8, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Apologies for doing a bread post like it’s 2020 but I tried a new folding technique and my sourdough came out all perky so I just wanted to share.
Yesterday, exactly five years to the day after she matriculated as a new undergrad (pic 1), the daughter did it all over again before starting her PhD at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge (pic 2). Very proud of her (and the increasing amounts of black cloth she gets to wear as the years go by!)
October 7, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Yesterday, exactly five years to the day after she matriculated as a new undergrad (pic 1), the daughter did it all over again before starting her PhD at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge (pic 2). Very proud of her (and the increasing amounts of black cloth she gets to wear as the years go by!)
This photo popped up as a memory and I can’t remember whether the daughter’s small bears were re-enacting Romeo and Juliet or Much Ado. Sometimes home education was a lot of fun…
September 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This photo popped up as a memory and I can’t remember whether the daughter’s small bears were re-enacting Romeo and Juliet or Much Ado. Sometimes home education was a lot of fun…
At Henry’s annual vet check yesterday, it was suggested that he might be a trifle portly. He is processing the news.
August 22, 2025 at 4:47 AM
At Henry’s annual vet check yesterday, it was suggested that he might be a trifle portly. He is processing the news.
We moved some furniture around at the weekend and it has taken Henry FOUR DAYS to work out that he can still get up on the windowsill he likes.
August 7, 2025 at 11:32 AM
We moved some furniture around at the weekend and it has taken Henry FOUR DAYS to work out that he can still get up on the windowsill he likes.
A heron feeling reflective in town tonight.
July 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
A heron feeling reflective in town tonight.
Punts, geese, sunshine, an absolute shitload of scaffolding - all of summer in Cambridge together in one shot…
July 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Punts, geese, sunshine, an absolute shitload of scaffolding - all of summer in Cambridge together in one shot…
A pair of red kites has recently started sailing regularly over the garden - they make such a distinctive whistling noise (sort of weeoo-eeoo-eeoo, maybe?) and I have so far completely failed to take a decent picture of either of them.
June 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
A pair of red kites has recently started sailing regularly over the garden - they make such a distinctive whistling noise (sort of weeoo-eeoo-eeoo, maybe?) and I have so far completely failed to take a decent picture of either of them.
The sun is out, exams are over, it’s May Week, and Cambridge is letting its hair down…🎉☀️😎
June 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The sun is out, exams are over, it’s May Week, and Cambridge is letting its hair down…🎉☀️😎
I made the cats, who are much too hot, a fun waterpark! The ice cubes melted in less than five minutes and Henry mostly drank it, but it provided a brief diversion…
June 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I made the cats, who are much too hot, a fun waterpark! The ice cubes melted in less than five minutes and Henry mostly drank it, but it provided a brief diversion…
Extremely rare footage of Matilda actually sitting on her cooling mat. Normally she sits on a horrible lumpy cushion she insists is her favourite bed, and glares grumpily at everyone because she is so hot…
June 19, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Extremely rare footage of Matilda actually sitting on her cooling mat. Normally she sits on a horrible lumpy cushion she insists is her favourite bed, and glares grumpily at everyone because she is so hot…
Sometimes Henry is too sleepy for playtime so we balance things on his head to make him feel he’s contributing.
June 4, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Sometimes Henry is too sleepy for playtime so we balance things on his head to make him feel he’s contributing.
Once again I am an empty nester, as our baby blue tits fledged from the garden bird box this morning (it’s always during the late May bank holiday!). This pic was from a few years ago - this year’s family were much shyer!
May 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Once again I am an empty nester, as our baby blue tits fledged from the garden bird box this morning (it’s always during the late May bank holiday!). This pic was from a few years ago - this year’s family were much shyer!
There is consternation about an ice cream van…
May 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
There is consternation about an ice cream van…
The approach of summer in Cambridge heralded by our first sighting of the Pimm’s punt.
May 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The approach of summer in Cambridge heralded by our first sighting of the Pimm’s punt.
Memories just threw up this photo from 2020 where the daughter somehow looks like a candidate on The Apprentice who’s designed a particularly brutal range of shape wear.
May 2, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Memories just threw up this photo from 2020 where the daughter somehow looks like a candidate on The Apprentice who’s designed a particularly brutal range of shape wear.