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Deirdre
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"My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world."
Jack Layton
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We put the tree up, and the cats moved in right away. (The tree is tied to the wall, and decorated with non breakable ornaments).
A cozy Christmas scene: a small cat sits under a Christmas tree, which is decorated with colourful lights and trinkets. The lights reflect off the wooden floor. In the background, the windows are lighted with Advent candles and stars.
December 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Mysig (cozy).
December 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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R: Do you think Death could possibly be a boat?
G: No, no, no... Death is "not." Death isn't. Take my meaning? Death is the ultimate negative. Not-being. You can't not be on a boat.
R: I've frequently not been on boats.
Rip Sir Tom www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sir Tom Stoppard, playwright famed for his wit and depth, dies at 88
The King and Queen pay tribute to a "dear friend who wore his genius lightly".
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Tired of shitty people being hateful to others who believe all humans deserve basic respect and dignity. Here's my sweet kitty-girl, Busan, who believes all humans should give her some more kibble, please, as she can currently see the bottom of the dish.
Grey and with tabby with a little orangey tan mixed in sits neatly, front and center, white paws together. Her white chest has a shield shaped patch of tabby. She looks above the camera, in judgement.
November 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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One of our cats is only ever affectionate in the bathroom. Try to pet her elsewhere in the house, and she'll let you know she is *not* ok with that. But in the bathroom? It's all "rub my belly" and "you need to pet me more!"
#catsofbluesky I'm late for #caturday
A grey and white tabby lies on top of a grey-slippered foot on a blue bathmat. She is asking for belly rubs.
November 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Good thing I topped up the bird feeder yesterday! We got a little snow last night. #eurasiannuthatch
Two small songbirds (a nuthatch and a blue tit) sit on a bird feeder, topped with 5-8cm of snow. Behind them is a snow covered shrub, an neighbour's window is visible in the background, framed in white.
November 20, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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#monochrome #perspective #nofilters
It is a grey, foggy day. A tree looms out of the forested background, taller, reaching its frost covered, crooked branches to the dull sky from the dark murk of forest below.
November 20, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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Explaining the trans bathroom debacle to my 11 year old, and they proclaim "but that's just bullying!"
The kids get it.
#transrightsarehumanrights
November 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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#photooftheday #sunset Bohol, Philippines, 2012-ish
Palm trees silhouetted against a blazing orange sun as it sinks into the sea. Amongst the palm trees are 2 beach umbrellas. The sea reflects the peaches and oranges of the sky, as it is very calm, with only small waves gently lapping the sand. A few wispy clouds are stretched across the blue sky at the top left of the frame.
November 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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#sunset the first shot is of the sun setting around 3:30pm December 31, 2024, and the other is of shortly after sunset in early July 2025, around 11:30pm. We live around the 55°N latitude, which means drastic changes in sunset and sunrise timesnd locations throughout the year.
A bright yellow - orange sky silhouettes leafless trees and buildings in the foreground, and fades to a pale blue at the top of the picture. The sun is setting in the south-southwest, December 21 at 55°N latitude. Leafy trees and marsh grasses are silhouetted against a soft mauve and pink sky, fading to a deep blue at the top of the photo. The mauves and pinks are reflected in a lake, framed by the silhouetted trees. Photo facing north-northwest, in July, 11:00pm, 55°N latitude.
November 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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I have a headache that feels like I'm being stabbed with a spike through my brain. I really shouldn't have taught my textiles students how to make voodoo dolls.
November 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Mushroom season
An old log lies lengthwise from the bottom to the top of the photo. It is covered in short, shaggy green moss, a few brown fallen beech leaves, and a cluster of small, round, ball-like mushrooms. They are light-tan in colour, and have a small, raised circle at the top, similar to a blueberry.
October 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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We are renovating our 1850s Swedish farmhouse. We took the attic rooms right back to the shell of the house, and discovered our modern roof (put in place by previous owners) is just set over these old cedar shingles. Not as cool as a Viking sword, but still a fun find.
A small corner of an old attic during restoration. Exposed wooden beams and dusty cedar shingles.
October 26, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Ironclad day. Skånelan, Sweden
A grey sky is mirrored in a calm grey lake. Splitting the photo in half, the far shore line shows a tree-covered point, the pine trees bending their heads to the right of the photo after years of strong winds. A few yellowing aspen and birch dot the shoreline beyond. In the front left corner is a small shrub protruding out into the lake. A few wisps of grass poke into the bottom right frame.
October 25, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Saturday sprawl. #caturday
A grey and white tabby cat sprawls across two kitchen chairs, partially under a black table, that are close, but not touching. His head and front paws lie on one chair, body across the second, hind feet falling off the end. There is plenty of space on the first chair that if he moved up a bit, his whole body would be on chairs, but no.
October 25, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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Tried something new. Went ok. Taught some kids. They thought it was great. Success! #wetfelting
A small square of wet felted fabric. Light blue with wisps of white across the top, with a small circle of yellow to one side. Green wisps below with yellow, red and blue dots resembling flowers. Brown across the bottom. It's a first try at wet felting.
October 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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We've officially entered the "everything my parents want is lame and stupid" stage of parenthood. So, yay for that.
October 19, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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October in Skåne
A calm lake under a cloudswept blue sky. The shoreline is made up of trees in Autumn foliage, oranges, yellows and browns. The photo is framed with branches overhead, and grasses in the water in the foreground.
October 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Fairy Hotel
Multiple pointy, brown-capped mushrooms grow from a small gap in a beech tree trunk, layered above one another.
October 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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I'm starting a new conspiracy theory. The world really did end in 2012, with the end of the Mayan calendar, and we're now in Hell.
October 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Synchronized catting. #caturday
Two grey tabbies lie on the floor in almost exactly the same position, just slightly offset.
October 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Going through a box from the attic. My grandmother had an autograph book, received for her 14th birthday, in 1924. You collected autographs from friends, family, people you met on travels. Found this picture inside.
Sketch of a 1920s "flapper girl" face and torso. The girl has short, wavy black hair, smoky eyes, pink blushed cheeks and red lips. She is wearing a black top, and the picture is framed with a bright red feather boa. In the corner, it reads "Dorothy Barry Nov 8/27"
August 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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This is the kind of thought I wake up to some days: we use the word "hardcore" in many instances. You can listen to hardcore punk or metal, have a hardcore workout, be a hardcore religious fanatic... But when you use the term "soft core", you can really only be talking about porn.
August 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Life goal unlocked! We have a hedgehog living in our garden! Photos taken at dusk, on zoom.
#hedgehog #igelkott
A hedgehog snuffles along the ground, greenery behind. It has a little pointy nose and a fat round body covered in prickles. Its little forepaw is on a stick. It is so cute it makes you want to squeal with delight and pick it up for cuddles, despite it being pokey.
August 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Carved satyr face on a building in Kalmar, Sweden.
Close up of a carved satyr's face under a column with the letter K carved on it. The satyr's mouth is open as though he is yelling, though his features are otherwise calm. He has curly hair down the side of his face, framing it like a beard. Two rams horns curl forward and up towards the column.
July 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM