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Louise Broad
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Business owner, mum of 5. Love dogs, nature, horses, solitude. Gardening for wildlife and people. Angry, anxious about climate crisis, greed, bigotry, ignorance. Fibromyalgia and ADHD. Live in a house of neurodivergence and dodgy mental health. Norfolk UK.
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#On ThisDay 6th February 2016. Winter cricket practice in the warehouse with my babies. They were 8 and nearly 10. Now all grown up and still playing cricket. 😍
Little girl, dressed in red leggings and sweater, batting gloves and trainers. She’s holding a cricket bat ready and waiting for the ball to be bowled to her. Behind her are various goods on pallets, wood clad walls and shelves.
February 6, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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#OnThisDay 5th February 2022, me riding Minnie on a lovely hack in the winter misty lanes. She was such a love.
Woman riding a piebald cob along a leaf littered county lane with hedgerows and trees either side. She is wearing a pink and purple riding helmet, and a pink coat with yellow hi vis on top. The weather looks overcast and misty.
February 5, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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When you yell at me online, this is who you’re being mean to:
Ginger Vizslador offering mental health support to his mummy by laying next her on the bed with his nose on her arm.
February 5, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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#OnThisDay 4th February 2024, Iris reticulata and snowdrops in my front garden.
Blue/purple mini irises and white snowdrops popping up amongst leaf litter.
February 4, 2026 at 1:59 PM
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Beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
February 4, 2026 at 7:39 AM
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Today I’ve sown the first seeds of 2026! Hollyhocks, cosmos, phlox, verbena bon, Erigeron, alyssum and gypsophilla. My laundry room is now full of seed trays. Good job I’m the only person who ever goes in there.🤣🌹💐🌺🌷🥀
Seed trays on a windowsill with a mirror propped up next to them to reflect the light. Seed trays in a propagator and another tray, both on a draining board.
February 3, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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#OnThisDay 3rd February 2023. My little Maggie dog. She always looks like she’s facing a firing squad in photos as she hates the camera.
White spaniel cross with a brown nose, tan patches tan and white spotty ears and freckles on her muzzle. She’s laying on a brown leather sofa. She looks a bit worried, with wide eyes.
February 3, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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#OnThisDay 2nd February 2026 - today! I don’t have a photo from the past taken on 2nd February other than my electricity metre. So here is Aldo, balancing on the back of the sofa watching me prepare dinner. He’s so naughty.
Orange Vizslador, balancing on the back of a dark brown leather sofa with a squeaky broccoli toy in his mouth. He is wearing a blue collar. Behind him is a coffee table, tv, various clutter and other furniture.
February 2, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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#OnThisDay 1st February 2024, blue sky, silver birches, dry bracken. Westacre Estate, Norfolk UK.
A bright blue winter sky at the edge of a wood. White trunked silver birch trees growing up out of dried brown bracken.
February 1, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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May the life stirring beneath the soil and the returning light renew the spirit of your soul.
Blessed Imbolc. 🔥
Imbolc alter. Two hare statues flanking white and red candles, a small glass dish of clear quartz and amethyst crystals, and a posy of snowdrops. A hand woven Brigid’s cross, made from green rushes is pinned to the window bar.
February 1, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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I’m so pleased we had a nice day at last and I was able to get out in my garden today. I’m redoing my beds and can’t afford to buy plants so I’m growing from seed. I potted on some perennial seedlings in the greenhouse:
Pink/purple Hellebore from below with a blue sky above it. Primroses and snowdrops blooming in the garden. Blue and red primulas with pale edges to the petals. Newly potted baby plants in a greenhouse. The pots are in trays and buckets. Hardy geraniums, lupins, delphiniums, peonies, oriental poppies, aquilegia, sedum spectabile, sweet peas.
January 31, 2026 at 7:34 PM
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#OnThisDay 31st January 2021, flowers from the garden: Yellow wintersweet, viburnum tinus and red dogwood stems. Watched over by my pair of moon gazing hares.
Square, glass vase on a blue painted windowsill with yellow, green and red flowers, leaves and stems. Either side is a seated hare ornament. It is dark outside and the room is reflected in the window.
January 31, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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Labour have taken votes for granted for decades.

Stop Reform - and send this Government a message.

Support Hannah Spencer & the Green Party in Gorton & Denton!

youtu.be/pXZ7r05JtGg?...
'Labour have ABSOLUTELY blown this!' | Zack Polanski VERY confident ahead of by-election
YouTube video by Manchester Evening News
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January 30, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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#OnThisDay 30th January 2022 my gorgeous daughter, then 15, riding the lovely Minnie. Such a beautiful winter’s day.
Teenage girl rides a piebald (black and white) pony over a low jump. Both look to be having fun. There are caravans in the background. The sky is blue and the ground looks dry for January.
January 30, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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Greens reach highest ever vote share in new polling

www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/gre...
Greens reach highest ever vote share in new polling
The latest polling from Find Out Now has Zack Polanski's party in second place in 19%, a record high for the Greens.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:13 PM
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#OnThisDay 29th January, any year…I don’t seem to have taken any photos. So you are all spared the mundanity of my life today. 😆
January 29, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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This isn't just an issue for Somerset. Huge swathes of England, including the Fens, Broads and Humberhead Levels, are already at or below sea level

We're going to lose much of our best agricultural land, and millions of people will become climate refugees

What's the plan?
January 29, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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What is this bright, shining thing in the sky?!
Morning sun shining directly into the camera. The sky is grey/blue with fluffy white clouds. There are various trees and shrubs with misty fields stretching into the distance.
January 28, 2026 at 9:41 AM
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Tears of joy! SCOTLAND HAS JUST PASSED SWIFT BRICKS INTO LAW unanimously!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE ⁦‪ MARK RUSKELL MSP‬⁩ ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿by emailing PlanningPolicyConsultation@communities.gov.uk now!WOOP!
January 27, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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Is that your Teddy, Aldo? I don’t think it is….
Ginger Vizslador looking side eye at the camera with a yellow teddy not belonging to him in his mouth. He’s laying on a brown sofa with a wooden floor and Union Jack fridge in the background.
January 27, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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#OnThisDay 27th January 2013, baking fun.
Three children decorating cupcakes. With pink and white icing.
January 27, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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There is no point trying to expose the truth about Reform via legacy media. Bullying allegations, antisemitism, Russian interference, appalling local council performances and links to anti abortion groups have all been massively downplayed. The only thing we can do is tell as many ppl as we can.
January 27, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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Greens launch major push for Gorton and Denton after Burnham blocked

Party ready to pour resources into by-election after "game-changing" barring of Greater Manchester mayor

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Greens launch major push for Gorton and Denton after Burnham blocked
Party ready to pour resources into byelection after ‘game-changing’ barring of Greater Manchester mayor
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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Hello! I’ve been mainly trying to get my compost heap to heat up without enough kitchen scraps or green waste and too much woodchip. All my local coffee shops recognise me now as I call in to get their used grounds to mix in. It’s beginning to work!
January 26, 2026 at 9:12 PM