Mella
@seutendeern.bsky.social
(she/her) photographer / ocean lover / tea drinker / TV series addict / bookworm / shapenotesinger / travel enthusiast / nerd / *contains hints of fandom
Friend of the family who was also my old swimming teacher and who I've been in the lifeguards with for 20 years has died. Didn't know about it until today. My mom went to the funeral yesterday 💔
December 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Friend of the family who was also my old swimming teacher and who I've been in the lifeguards with for 20 years has died. Didn't know about it until today. My mom went to the funeral yesterday 💔
Love how my dad often replies to messages with a single emoji and I'm left wondering what the hell he means.
December 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Love how my dad often replies to messages with a single emoji and I'm left wondering what the hell he means.
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Der Markt wird's schon hinrichten.
December 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Der Markt wird's schon hinrichten.
Returning from a short city trip to London on Sunday night and having to go into the office really early on Monday
a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a window and saying nope . don 't like that .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a window and saying nope . don 't like that .
media.tenor.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Returning from a short city trip to London on Sunday night and having to go into the office really early on Monday
@deutsche-bahn.bsky.social so: ach warum sollte der FEX zum Flughafen BER weiterhin von Berlin Gesundbrunnen fahren? Wenn wir den über Südkreuz und Potsdamer Platz leiten sparen wir Fahrtzeit! Der Norden Berlins wird weiter vom BER abgehängt. Toll. Am Potsdamer Platz wohnen ja auch so viele Leute!
December 11, 2025 at 3:04 AM
@deutsche-bahn.bsky.social so: ach warum sollte der FEX zum Flughafen BER weiterhin von Berlin Gesundbrunnen fahren? Wenn wir den über Südkreuz und Potsdamer Platz leiten sparen wir Fahrtzeit! Der Norden Berlins wird weiter vom BER abgehängt. Toll. Am Potsdamer Platz wohnen ja auch so viele Leute!
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John doesn't call me Chops any more, it's Wifey now.
December 10, 2025 at 9:44 AM
John doesn't call me Chops any more, it's Wifey now.
AI chatbots instead of real customer service people are the WORST! I haven't encountered a single one that could actually help me.
Currently stuck in a chat with BA because their website once again failed to check me into my flight properly. This happens every single time.
Currently stuck in a chat with BA because their website once again failed to check me into my flight properly. This happens every single time.
December 10, 2025 at 9:14 AM
AI chatbots instead of real customer service people are the WORST! I haven't encountered a single one that could actually help me.
Currently stuck in a chat with BA because their website once again failed to check me into my flight properly. This happens every single time.
Currently stuck in a chat with BA because their website once again failed to check me into my flight properly. This happens every single time.
Autumn colours and the car we had when I was a child #photooftheday (each time I see it, I'm reminded of the scratchy brown seats. I think we had that Opel until I was five or six)
December 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Autumn colours and the car we had when I was a child #photooftheday (each time I see it, I'm reminded of the scratchy brown seats. I think we had that Opel until I was five or six)
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My neighbour has a good singing voice I just wish the wall wasn't paper thin. Trying to follow an important meeting, wearing noise cancelling headphones already, and I could hear him so clearly that I could not focus at all. So I had to ring their doorbell and tell him to Please! Stop! Singing!
December 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
My neighbour has a good singing voice I just wish the wall wasn't paper thin. Trying to follow an important meeting, wearing noise cancelling headphones already, and I could hear him so clearly that I could not focus at all. So I had to ring their doorbell and tell him to Please! Stop! Singing!
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It's #GivingTuesday, and CFTA's Big Festive Fundraiser has just begun ✨
This week, and this week only, your donation is doubled. Help us raise £25k and step it up for the arts in 2026.
👉 donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
This week, and this week only, your donation is doubled. Help us raise £25k and step it up for the arts in 2026.
👉 donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
December 2, 2025 at 12:22 PM
It's #GivingTuesday, and CFTA's Big Festive Fundraiser has just begun ✨
This week, and this week only, your donation is doubled. Help us raise £25k and step it up for the arts in 2026.
👉 donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
This week, and this week only, your donation is doubled. Help us raise £25k and step it up for the arts in 2026.
👉 donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Attempting to make quince bread tomorrow. Wish me luck! Never tried it before but a colleague made some the other week and it was so delicious. And my supermarket has quinces...
December 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Attempting to make quince bread tomorrow. Wish me luck! Never tried it before but a colleague made some the other week and it was so delicious. And my supermarket has quinces...
Wanted to get a train ticket for January the 2nd. It'll cost me 70-100 € with a discount card! Love Deutsche Bahn. Will travel on January 1st instead where the tickets for the same route cost me 16 €
November 27, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Wanted to get a train ticket for January the 2nd. It'll cost me 70-100 € with a discount card! Love Deutsche Bahn. Will travel on January 1st instead where the tickets for the same route cost me 16 €
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
"A slide film as a test film?"
Yep.
I know. But that's what was in my Pentacon Six and yes I'm paying the 21€ for development & scans #shootfilmstaybroke
Yep.
I know. But that's what was in my Pentacon Six and yes I'm paying the 21€ for development & scans #shootfilmstaybroke
November 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"A slide film as a test film?"
Yep.
I know. But that's what was in my Pentacon Six and yes I'm paying the 21€ for development & scans #shootfilmstaybroke
Yep.
I know. But that's what was in my Pentacon Six and yes I'm paying the 21€ for development & scans #shootfilmstaybroke
Current fridge status: getting a new one today (hopefully also delivered up to the third floor and into my flat) and had to dismantle half my kitchen beforehand. This is not the old fridge's usual place this is where my worktop usually is....
November 22, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Current fridge status: getting a new one today (hopefully also delivered up to the third floor and into my flat) and had to dismantle half my kitchen beforehand. This is not the old fridge's usual place this is where my worktop usually is....
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November 17, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Wearing my All born Screaming tour shirt today while listening to Everybody Scream. St Vincent, FATM are you trying to tell me something?
November 14, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Wearing my All born Screaming tour shirt today while listening to Everybody Scream. St Vincent, FATM are you trying to tell me something?
Singing four part harmonies very loud is the best medicine. #shapenotesinging
Even after a dark week filled with pain & stress, singing always lifts me up & makes me happy ♥️
Even after a dark week filled with pain & stress, singing always lifts me up & makes me happy ♥️
November 13, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Singing four part harmonies very loud is the best medicine. #shapenotesinging
Even after a dark week filled with pain & stress, singing always lifts me up & makes me happy ♥️
Even after a dark week filled with pain & stress, singing always lifts me up & makes me happy ♥️
Added new photos to my collection of random #vintagephotographs from flea markets:
November 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Added new photos to my collection of random #vintagephotographs from flea markets:
Sadly all so true. "...even more people will begin to suspect that in truth you do not value culture at all, and are in fact running a giant heritage museum in which the only cultural workers you respect are the dead ones."
Does Britain value culture any more? Ask the striking workers at the British Library | Zadie Smith
Does Britain value culture any more? Ask the striking workers at the British Library | Zadie Smith
The dispute over pay at this great national institution gets to the heart of our misplaced priorities, says novelist Zadie Smith
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Sadly all so true. "...even more people will begin to suspect that in truth you do not value culture at all, and are in fact running a giant heritage museum in which the only cultural workers you respect are the dead ones."
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"Creative arts education isn’t a luxury; it’s a lifeline. And keeping Shakespeare on the curriculum isn’t about nostalgia; it’s about relevance," writes @realgeoffbarton.bsky.social as @the-rsc.bsky.social launch a new "Shakespeare curriculum" for schools.
Why Shakespeare and oracy go hand in hand
The curriculum and assessment review cements Shakespeare’s place in classrooms, but teaching must focus on bringing his words to life, writes Geoff Barton
www.tes.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:42 AM
"Creative arts education isn’t a luxury; it’s a lifeline. And keeping Shakespeare on the curriculum isn’t about nostalgia; it’s about relevance," writes @realgeoffbarton.bsky.social as @the-rsc.bsky.social launch a new "Shakespeare curriculum" for schools.
November 11, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Entering the room singing "JUST ANOTHER MANIC MONDAY!" from the top of my lungs.
November 10, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Entering the room singing "JUST ANOTHER MANIC MONDAY!" from the top of my lungs.