Victoria Gausden
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Old bag. Still, at least I can now get a ‘flu jab. Plagued by impending sense of doom and a small haughty cat called Daphne Whitethighs.
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I’ve been following the progress on Instagram of Sebastian Mayer who has been making an elephant “puppet” - for want of a better word- with which he and his toddler will shortly be invading Italy using Hannibal’s route. One of the best uses of time I have seen. www.instagram.com/reel/Dbiw7r9...
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“No, no, I don’t need exorcising! It’s not a satanic horny protuberance. I’ve just got my Make Basingstoke Great Again baseball hat tangled up.” #GirlsOwnCC
Girl’s Own advice@girlsown.bsky.social · 3d agoEnjoy the Sunday caption contest, give away lots of ❤️s, please repost to encourage more competitors, and include #GirlsOwnCC
Nice visit from a family friend. Told me about his grandad who bred prize-winning Herdwick sheep in the Lake District. On his deathbed, he asked his family to bring his champion ram up the stairs to his bedroom so that he could bid him one last farewell.
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Cat startled and affronted to see me here, on my bed, in my room, in my house.
Another promising career nipped in the bud.
Guy Bloux@guyroux.bsky.social · 4d agoHappy Yorkshire Day
As ever, small children brought out the best/worst of you in last Sunday’s caption contest! 🥇 @p1dge0n.bsky.social =🥈 @erburyoldboy.bsky.social @julesmrobertsf1.bsky.social =🥉 @kayemcelle.bsky.social @heidipeeps.bsky.social Highly commended @ian64.bsky.social and more to amuse at #GirlsOwnCC
'Willow in Winter', Blackheath (exhibited 1928) by Francis Dodd (Manchester Art Gallery)
Last week the posy I brought home from the garden had a chrysalis attached though I didn't notice till I got home. If you, like me, haven't watched a butterfly emerge you won't be prepared for how amazing or how long emergence takes #TinyJoys a 🧵
I’ve just seen the Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris described as ‘whimsical’. 🤔
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I’ve become mildly fixated with this dancer. He usually starts off looking completely pissed off, blowing his nose, having a cigarette etc and then, the moment the music starts, switches in a flash into performance mode. His dancing is exquisite. youtube.com/shorts/c6hKy...
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Wore a rather too short reddish jumper today and looked almost exactly like Winnie the Pooh (Disney version) although I was wearing trousers.
Slightly distracted in The Odyssey by Menelaus’ resemblance to Andrew Tate - although the latter is less believable as a character.
I quite enjoyed The Odyssey but it says something that in the midst of all the carnage, loss and sorrow, the audience only cried when Argus died. Did anyone here ever sing “Argus was a puppy” at infant school? An early introduction to Homer!
Driving home from The Odyssey, I saw a man in a lay-by peeing next to his car BUT FACING TOWARDS THE ROAD! I have to say, he seemed very pleased with himself. This would not have been acceptable in ancient Ithaca.
This is just to say I have turned into pigs the men that were on my island and which you were probably saving to row you to Ithaca Forgive me they were disgusting so male and so disrespectful.
Jessica Ritchey@jmritchey.bsky.social · last wk.This is just to say I have eaten the sun god's cattle on the island which you were probably saving for Apollo Forgive me they were delicious and so charred and so warm
I nearly killed a child today. Two little boys were riding their scooters along a path with their parents about 50 yards behind. The littlest boy- about 3- suddenly shot into the road in front of me. I slammed my brakes on - luckily only going at about 15mph- and no harm done. Father trotted up….
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I swear they were called Ulysses and Penelope before the film came out! #paintings #Ulysses #Penelope. (for sale) acrylic on paper, framed, painting 33"x23" ramsheadantiques www.instagram.com/ramsheadanti...
Clearing a cupboard, found my dad’s birthday certificate which led me to find the building the top floor of which was his first home. Feel so sorry for my granny. She was 18, married for the sake of respectability but ‘abandoned’ before dad was born. Worked so hard to keep things going including…
If anyone’s near Scarborough from 21 to 25 July inclusive, my sister’s having an exhibition of her work at the Shakespeare Gallery.
Scrolling through old pictures and being reminded of the time when one of my novels was an A/S Level set text and I vanity-searched Twitter to see what students were saying about it, and got a warm glow at the thought that I was inspiring a whole new generation of readers.
