Sophie McCarthy

celebrating solstice by washing bones

We finally have a full guide on responding to the EHRC consultation. Deadline is the 30th June

Put together by @scottishtrans.bsky.social @transactualuk.bsky.social and Mermaids

www.scottishtrans.org/supreme-cour...

life lately 🌞

If it still has ghosts that were there before it was replaced, yes. If they disappear then no.

(I will not be taking questions at this time)

Re-emerging into the human realm after Beltane night

I am crawling on the ground dressed entirely in red as a woman dressed all in white gets in a tug of war over a small baguette with me.

Bread captured

breath captured

rain today in edinburgh is the reset i was craving after so long with stagnant sunshine

The sepals of common daisy are hairy

Usual front view of a particularly pink common daisy 💞

For this weeks #Wildflowerhour #Sepals challenge, the hairy sepals of common daisy in #Preston yesterday. Sepals are the green petal-like structure that protects the flower in bud. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #bloomscrolling #vitaminN #joy

went hunting for sticks. good sticks were found.

life lately doth be like:

What would you do if you were being haunted by ghosts at the place you work which is one of the most haunted places in Scotland? Asking for a friend.

We called for solidarity when Hungary's govt targeted bookshops over queer stock, & again when feminist bookshops were targeted in the UK, & we relied on solidarity when our own booksellers were harassed into closing:

Book lovers must stand together against persecution of ALL book workers!

a very 'edinburgh' to do list today including:
- collecting a longsword from a friend
- researching celtic folk stories
- convening with a group of witches to discuss climate change

how is it the end of january so very soon? where does time go??

Frog and Toad from the children’s book “Frog & Toad are Friends” are looking at their reflection in the mirror. Text on the page reads: “We look brave,” said Frog. “Yes, but are we?” Asked Toad.

🩷 You are brave, but take care of yourselves out there!

#booksky #frogandtoad

new plant shoots spotted in the garden, i repeat, new plant shoots spotted in the garden!!

Since returning from a working season abroad my life at home hasn’t stopped. Was probs a bit naive to think I’d have some time to Do Nothing in January wasn’t I?

sooooooon 🌞

so many schemes and so little time

The mossy root of a dead American Elm is covered in hundreds of vibrant brown and gray turkey tail mushrooms, layered and cascading across it like a dense colony of muscles on a rock All photos by me

Here are some nice mushrooms

incense smokin, candles burning, my black cat perched and purring on my lap means one thing...

...it's time for celtic myth story re-writing!