Clare Unwin

@sgdesigns.bsky.social

Gardener 🌱 traveller✈️ Yorkshire Lass but home is Shropshire. Kindness & Contentment are underrated skills. I ❤️ travel, crafting, music, books, art, history, dogs, cats & horses. Fiat Pandas ❤️🐼❤️ Looking after the 🌍 as much as I can. ❤️🇹🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇺🇦🇳🇿🇬🇧🇲🇹🇪🇦🇸🇬

When in Turkiye try the Efsane Uludag a taste I cannot really describe other than kind of citrus fruity alongside some mixed nuts, chickpeas and pumpkin seeds its a nice way to start the evening. Iyi aksamlar ❤️🇹🇷

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Today was different up to Saglassos in the Taurus Mountains beautiful city however it was the flora today that caught my eye. Feel free to confirm or deny my identifications 😊🇹🇷

I think a perennial flax in yellowA type of horned poppy An star thistle Cannot quite id this one.

A macho culture of performative selfishness might start on the roads, through racing, rolling coal, ever bigger SUVs ... But it doesn't end there. If we want to live in a decent country which values human life, we need to change this culture. My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot

In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or consicence. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Good morning Bluesky. Thursday Kent weather: light rain Mood: better Tiredness: 7/10 Friday Eve. At last, it's Friday Eve. This week has been such a drag. Have a good day ☕️🙂☀️

Good morning a damp start to the day. This does not stop Nova from her morning boundary patrols but does mean extra grooming time once she returns. I am off to Upton Magna to garden today. Have a good day all. 😊

A grey long hair cat sat on a white porch roof licking her front paws.

Good morning Bluesky. Tuesday Kent weather: warm Mood: average Tiredness: 6/10 Off we go then. It's not Monday, so there's that. Have a good day all ☕️🙂☀️

So this photo popped up in my memories today. I loved this dog, he was strong, athletic and knew his own mind (his views on where the sheep should go not always in alignment with the shepherd 😂). Oscar you are missed. ❤️

A kelpie x dog working in the pens where there are ewes.  The dog is red and tan coloured, the pens are corrugated and beyond is a yellow metal gate.

A hugely embarrassing win for Farage in the Clacton by-election. Reform had been touting a 79% victory. Instead he got 63% against Count Binface who pulled in nearly 27%. Petulantly Farage didn’t turn up for the count to give a speech. The investigation into his finances begins again.