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Too much bracken is a sign of severe ecological imbalance, caused by prolonged overgrazing. It can be a serious barrier to the return of trees and a richer, natural ecosystem like rainforest.

But it is a native fern, and turns a very beautiful blend of russets, oranges, and yellows in the autumn.

I'M ON MY WAY

trying very hard not to spend unnecessary money to save for the new house🤞& have only bought necessities this month like seaweed, clip on sunglasses & a sausage maker

I'm hoping against hope that when we move house we can be near my favourite woods; I'm planning midnight visits to see if we can see any badgers

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oh no stephen 😆🥰🤓

sherman, for the love of god!

I hadn't particularly noticed this; I'm terrible under pressure but I'm good at multiple choice; maybe people get frozen with indecision, or, they don't want to risk looking stupid by getting the answer wrong?

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I knowwww! And probs not very hygienic

um..

thinking about the time someone choreographed a routine for two men on So You Think You Can Dance that was clearly about the end of a gay relationship, and Nigel Lythgoe was so panicked by it that he went “well, this is obviously two platonic friends falling out, probably over a woman”

this is the hard part of having both ADHD & autism (or maybe my underlying need to be accepted); I really don't want to be around people & yet when I am I want to communicate with them. I guess if there's enough people there who are similar it could work

I want a garden & access to the country much more than I want a pub, but it would be nice to have a local. I forsee a potential future of being eventually barred for my inability to try to change minds after 2 medium red wines. Or maybe I'll lean into the NB & ND stuff & be a tolerated mascot

a lot of the places we've been having a neb around to move to in 2027 have flag-shagger vibes & unfortunately I don't think we are going to be able to avoid the possibility of ending up in a Reform area. But at least now they are showing themselves so we know who make extra efforts to avoid

I feel it can stem sometimes from neurodivergency; social pathways need work & if replaced with acclaim for creative output, will be underdeveloped. ND brains are often primed for creativity & obsession. Negative feelings about selfish outcomes can be drowned with drink & drugs

Raymond would like to be a Gambian pouched rat when he grows up & I have to remind him that they are slightly better at not falling into cups of coffee & can also stay still for more than 0.5 seconds

I think to truly let talent shine you have to withdraw from the world. And some people do that in a hermit way, others who still require people can only be around them in simple, selfish ways, they don't have time for the needs of others & as their ego grows they see people as mere sources

happens all the time, is accepted & ignored. It's a direct line to actual pain, it's like watching a documentary & we shouldn't be immune to it & animal suffering should not, as seems to be more common lately, be a filmic device to elicit a reaction; certainly not if it is graphic.

I don't know whether or not Babylon is a good film but I always like to watch an epic. But suggested peril to an elephant in the opening scene plus actual depiction of harm to a rat & animals being kept poorly & I'm out. It hits different with animals & I wish filmmakers realised this. Because this

I feel it's a little irresponsible to not follow up the hay-wiping scene with a reminder to have a wee afterwards & definitely not use hay down there. Also, cooked or raw bacon? If it was raw it wouldn't smell strongly. Other than that, 🤌🤣🥂🤹🏆🔥

RIP JILLY COOPER! A queen who wrote THE most readable books in existence. People saw my thread of epic Jilly quotes and decided I was saying the books are shite. You COULDN'T be more wrong. Go and watch Rivals today.

a dimly-lit zoomed in image of a rat asleep on the sofa

raymond played with the babies so much the other night that he fell asleep on the back of the sofa & it looks like a detail from a Baroque painting, especially if you zoom in 🥰😃🐀

I do! My brain told me last night to look up the giant thing; is the location Ilkley Moor? Although I'm a woods person, the springy heather there & the rocks & all that do appeal, you could hide from marauders at least 😆

Haha! Well that is high praise indeed, thank you. I'm getting a bit more dragon these days ngl

It's been so much easier to cope because we have the babies, but, of course I feel guilty for that. I feel guilty about other things also but I'm letting myself have those feelings, because it's just my sadness not knowing how to manifest; I need to let whatever it is happen so I can move through

I think that's part of why I have rats (& why I've always loved small rodents). They remind me that our ability to conquer & change is because of our physical size, not because we have an inherent right. Tiny sweet babies that have more life in them than most people I know

I've heard that word, it's beautiful. I should say read. Hee, I was pleased that my mum's ancestral investigations finally bore fruit (that I I can eat) & she found out that my ancestry is more Welsh than anything else, the rest a bit of Scottish & English. Rwy'n falch.

We went to Hyacinth Bucket's house on the way back from a funeral in May, I recognise it as a place that I somehow want to retreat to. It's a known thing isn't it, the tiny perfection of our childhood solaces