Jane Evans Pickard
@janeevpix.bsky.social
I won’t take the easy road. Geordie. Derbyshire. 62. 🌱 🏳️⚧️ 🌈
Ally. She/her
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Jane Evans Pickard
@janeevpix.bsky.social
· Jun 18
This is who runs this account
(and who I refer to before making any daily choices, and to whom I dedicate my gratitude for who and where we are now)
(and who I refer to before making any daily choices, and to whom I dedicate my gratitude for who and where we are now)
I’ve just been to look at fish in the river. A man passed and asked if I was looking at fish. I said yes, and he chuckled. It was the chuckle of a man who believes that fish don’t exist
Please quote this with stories of your minor interactions with non-celebrities, e.g. “I once accidentally bumped into a man in the Wellingborough branch of Holland & Barrett”
December 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I’ve just been to look at fish in the river. A man passed and asked if I was looking at fish. I said yes, and he chuckled. It was the chuckle of a man who believes that fish don’t exist
The Office set up, which is one of the better (private) options
December 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The Office set up, which is one of the better (private) options
It’s a very good shed, it may shatter some illusions. But it is also very far from the house, with treacherous unlit steps
December 25, 2025 at 9:55 AM
It’s a very good shed, it may shatter some illusions. But it is also very far from the house, with treacherous unlit steps
Avoids the queue for the bathroom too
December 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Avoids the queue for the bathroom too
He’s very outdoorsy
December 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
He’s very outdoorsy
It’s only for two nights
December 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
It’s only for two nights
And for being prepared for cooking a huge amount of food for two vegans, two celiac, one vegetarian gluten-free, four omnivores and one who doesn’t like parsnips
December 24, 2025 at 11:47 PM
And for being prepared for cooking a huge amount of food for two vegans, two celiac, one vegetarian gluten-free, four omnivores and one who doesn’t like parsnips
It has a dartboard
December 24, 2025 at 10:39 PM
It has a dartboard
It has a solar powered storage heater. We’re in Manchester. It’ll last about 20 minutes
December 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
It has a solar powered storage heater. We’re in Manchester. It’ll last about 20 minutes
Me, Mum & Dulcie - Spare Room
Jim & Dani - Our Room
You & Charles - Living room sofas
Your Dad- Office
Your Mum - Attic
My Dad - Shed
My son’s gf’s list for the #duvetknowitschristmas arrangements. 10 adults, including 2 sets of divorced parents. Last line makes me howl. I have the best deal.
Jim & Dani - Our Room
You & Charles - Living room sofas
Your Dad- Office
Your Mum - Attic
My Dad - Shed
My son’s gf’s list for the #duvetknowitschristmas arrangements. 10 adults, including 2 sets of divorced parents. Last line makes me howl. I have the best deal.
December 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Me, Mum & Dulcie - Spare Room
Jim & Dani - Our Room
You & Charles - Living room sofas
Your Dad- Office
Your Mum - Attic
My Dad - Shed
My son’s gf’s list for the #duvetknowitschristmas arrangements. 10 adults, including 2 sets of divorced parents. Last line makes me howl. I have the best deal.
Jim & Dani - Our Room
You & Charles - Living room sofas
Your Dad- Office
Your Mum - Attic
My Dad - Shed
My son’s gf’s list for the #duvetknowitschristmas arrangements. 10 adults, including 2 sets of divorced parents. Last line makes me howl. I have the best deal.
Thanks Spotify, for confirming that I’m ’down with the (cool) kids’. Or something.
BlueSkyers, before you start, I do buy music, and go to gigs, and buy merch (so much merch!) too, it doesn’t harm to boost your favourites’ numbers here in addition
BlueSkyers, before you start, I do buy music, and go to gigs, and buy merch (so much merch!) too, it doesn’t harm to boost your favourites’ numbers here in addition
December 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Thanks Spotify, for confirming that I’m ’down with the (cool) kids’. Or something.
BlueSkyers, before you start, I do buy music, and go to gigs, and buy merch (so much merch!) too, it doesn’t harm to boost your favourites’ numbers here in addition
BlueSkyers, before you start, I do buy music, and go to gigs, and buy merch (so much merch!) too, it doesn’t harm to boost your favourites’ numbers here in addition
Familiar, but not samey in a bad way, it’s the differences that I enjoy
December 1, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Familiar, but not samey in a bad way, it’s the differences that I enjoy
I found it! Thank you for the enjoyable search
November 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I found it! Thank you for the enjoyable search
This, so much this.
With apologies to the (very indulgent) podiatrist, and to the physiotherapist I’ve visited recently
With apologies to the (very indulgent) podiatrist, and to the physiotherapist I’ve visited recently
Miya Wilkes, 29, called an ambulance after suffering a fall at home. When paramedic Avery Mann, 39, arrived on the scene and asked her to describe where it hurt, Wilkes gave a heavy sigh before listing off every source of physical, emotional and psychic pain in her life to date.
Autistic woman asked where it hurts gestures vaguely at entire life
An autistic woman asked to describe the source of her pain has no idea where to begin, it has been reported. Miya Wilkes, 29, called an ambulance after suffering a fall at home. When paramedic Avery…
thedailytism.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:24 AM
This, so much this.
With apologies to the (very indulgent) podiatrist, and to the physiotherapist I’ve visited recently
With apologies to the (very indulgent) podiatrist, and to the physiotherapist I’ve visited recently
Podiatrist: Does it hurt when I do this?
Me: I’m not sure
Also me, half an hour later, on the phone to podiatrist:
You know, think it did
Me: I’m not sure
Also me, half an hour later, on the phone to podiatrist:
You know, think it did
November 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Podiatrist: Does it hurt when I do this?
Me: I’m not sure
Also me, half an hour later, on the phone to podiatrist:
You know, think it did
Me: I’m not sure
Also me, half an hour later, on the phone to podiatrist:
You know, think it did
Thank you. I’ve been trying to psychoanalyse this for years, but yes, so helpful to know it’s ’a thing’. And also easier to forgive (myself, and those who inadvertently hurt me so much)
November 2, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Thank you. I’ve been trying to psychoanalyse this for years, but yes, so helpful to know it’s ’a thing’. And also easier to forgive (myself, and those who inadvertently hurt me so much)
I don’t think you need anything else at all
October 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I don’t think you need anything else at all
1st pic was featured in the Newcastle Evening Chronicle reporting on the (January 1964?) sales
Mam asked for a copy as she thought she looked glamorous in her fur collared coat
I seem to be expressing exactly how I feel about shopping, even to this day
I could be cheerful in other circumstances
Mam asked for a copy as she thought she looked glamorous in her fur collared coat
I seem to be expressing exactly how I feel about shopping, even to this day
I could be cheerful in other circumstances
October 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
1st pic was featured in the Newcastle Evening Chronicle reporting on the (January 1964?) sales
Mam asked for a copy as she thought she looked glamorous in her fur collared coat
I seem to be expressing exactly how I feel about shopping, even to this day
I could be cheerful in other circumstances
Mam asked for a copy as she thought she looked glamorous in her fur collared coat
I seem to be expressing exactly how I feel about shopping, even to this day
I could be cheerful in other circumstances
62 is great, if any of you need to know that
October 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
62 is great, if any of you need to know that
Have they made Spotify sound even worse, in anticipation of it sounding better?
September 23, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Have they made Spotify sound even worse, in anticipation of it sounding better?
I’ll have a word and send them your way!
September 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
I’ll have a word and send them your way!
It is very good! I recommended it to two fellows looking at Caspian Gulls on the Derwent in Derby yesterday. Reward for them pointing them out to me!
September 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
It is very good! I recommended it to two fellows looking at Caspian Gulls on the Derwent in Derby yesterday. Reward for them pointing them out to me!
My son ran a marathon, BACKWARDS, raised awareness and £4200 for Autism East Midlands, and I’m so proud that I want to shout it from the rooftops. But I’ll post on here instead
September 8, 2025 at 9:51 AM
My son ran a marathon, BACKWARDS, raised awareness and £4200 for Autism East Midlands, and I’m so proud that I want to shout it from the rooftops. But I’ll post on here instead