Margaret

YouTube video by Ndlovu Youth Choir Ndlovu Youth Choir - Bohemian Rhapsody (Official Music Video) isiZulu version

Absolutely insane and brilliant

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Loved that book.

This morning! There are two barn owls who hunt in a field of scrub mainly hawthorn which is set aside awaiting development as a housing estate where I walk my dog. They are beautiful and it will be so sad for all of us when the builders eventually arrive.

It’s rare for a back bench Lib Dem MP to get an invite. Hope it went well.

I followed you on twitter but left there and came here. I’m a silent follower generally but thank you for your birds. They brighten my days.

As @adambienkov.bsky.social correctly points out the survey actually found that over two thirds of voters *do not* think Keir Starmer will be out of No 10 within a year. Appallingly dishonest reporting of an opinion poll

Eynsham Morris

Watching the #Eynsham #Morris dance in the village square is a fine old #BoxingDay tradition. They bring joy, music & colour on a misty, murky, midwinter's day. ❤️ I love the stick-whacking dances & the ones where they shout "Oi!"
#morrisdancing #oxfordshire #folkdance
@eynshammorris.bsky.social

For anyone who may need these over Xmas…just in case

We have a springer collie cross too - a very high octane combination even at 6 years old but a lovely pet.

Of course in the UK too many are cancelled delayed or badly timetabled so connections don’t work

Absolutely- so important we let our boys and young men feel it’s ok not to be the strong alpha male.

Perhaps I should warn you that Great British Bake Off (GBBO to its fans) is lovely but most of us don’t bake showstoppers on a regular, or indeed an irregular basis, and a Greggs Sausage Roll is probably more representative of normal British food!

We’ve been there with redundancy in December. Very shocking at the time with two small children But that was over 30 years ago and, in hindsight, it set us on a very different but better path. Praying for you as you negotiate new challenges.

Oh how delightful it’s local! Richard’s journey from MinsterLovell to Oxford would have travelled past my home in Eynsham. It’s a lovely story.

Just bought your first book today on kindle. Looking forward to it

You need to do your steps training as well for the climb up from the town to the abbey 😀

My parents were married there in 1954

YouTube video by mrandrewcotter Olive and Mabel - Scent of a Dog.

Just a reminder that we are once more deep into the season of the pretentious perfume ads.
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A close-up of a fox's face

A lit candle in a polished brass candlestick

It was St Æthelwine of Athelney's day. Old Fox had great faith in him as a calmer of sorrow & hurt & he lit a tall beeswax candle to him in his study. It burnt steady & fiery in the cold November light & had a faint scent of borage & sweet peas & honeysuckle, of quiet June days.

Haven’t been on twitter for days and now realise how miserable and Musk centric it had become

YouTube video by LBC 'Small farmers deserve support but not tax-dodging landowners' | LBC analysis

"1% of the population own half the land in England...the media have portrayed a very distorted view of the countryside, how land is used & who owns it"

Great to speak to @mrjamesob.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk about the #ClarksonTax protests - watch the full interview:
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Rolls filled with bacon and onion and cardamom buns on a cooling tray

Baking ahead for a family event in a few weeks. Purogs and cardamom buns. Only concern is whether we can resist them that long 🤨

Nope, my collie/spaniel cross considers no weather bad enough to cancel walks. 5-6 miles a day. Every day. I actually think she is so ball obsessed that she doesn’t actually notice the weather 😀

Anyone else in the UK woken up to snow today?

Facing the camera, a wolf is standing in a field of yellow flowers.

Wolf & I share a birthday on the 23rd. I'm feeling worn down by everything, not least the mammoth effort to stay alive through draining treatments. So if you feel like buying me a hot chocolate on Kofi, joining my patreon or visiting my Etsy shop, we would both be most grateful. Links in my bio.

This is appalling.

Since we are on introductions This is Pip, half border collie, half back and white springer spaniel, all bounce and the most ball obsessed dog I know

Always loved your recipes and posts. Missed them and you. So glad you have been gently loved back to health. Sorry I never said thanks in the past.

Love your books. Gentle but beautifully told.

Yes. Gutted that some authors stop or change genres after a book or two. I love long sagas - Robin Hobbs or Outlander series for example