Marian 🇮🇪 🇪🇺 🇺🇦
@marianl.bsky.social
Cats, books, motorways, leftie views...all my own.
I feel sorry for prostate cancer; poor sod has David Cameron.
November 25, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I feel sorry for prostate cancer; poor sod has David Cameron.
Ten years ago today, I was captured and enslaved by Archibald McWhiskers the Obnoxious Fat Bastard (may he live long and increase slowly).
November 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Ten years ago today, I was captured and enslaved by Archibald McWhiskers the Obnoxious Fat Bastard (may he live long and increase slowly).
@laura-elseplace.bsky.social did you see this?
Artist: Ben Cuevas
(Yes, this an entire knitted skeleton. Look at the detail!?!)
(Yes, this an entire knitted skeleton. Look at the detail!?!)
November 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
@laura-elseplace.bsky.social did you see this?
I was looking through a storage box for a couple of documents I needed, and discovered a file full of my O, A, and S level papers. Here are the maths A-level ones...I looked through them and now feel a) old and b) stupid. I passed this one in 1983.
November 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I was looking through a storage box for a couple of documents I needed, and discovered a file full of my O, A, and S level papers. Here are the maths A-level ones...I looked through them and now feel a) old and b) stupid. I passed this one in 1983.
#VBC4 - I wanted to be Annie Lennox when I was younger, and whaddya know? I still do. Specifically around Sisters Are Doing It...time, although I think Revenge is one of their finest albums.
November 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
#VBC4 - I wanted to be Annie Lennox when I was younger, and whaddya know? I still do. Specifically around Sisters Are Doing It...time, although I think Revenge is one of their finest albums.
November 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
@alanmuttley1066.bsky.social this week's reading is on your recommendation - about 3/4 thro The Peepshow and really enjoying it. Picked up the Stakeknife book this morning.
November 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
@alanmuttley1066.bsky.social this week's reading is on your recommendation - about 3/4 thro The Peepshow and really enjoying it. Picked up the Stakeknife book this morning.
@craftycow.bsky.social hmm, have made a rod for my own back here. Every time I sit down, Archie wants up on my lap, and if I don't have the lap mat ready he just stares at me.
October 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
@craftycow.bsky.social hmm, have made a rod for my own back here. Every time I sit down, Archie wants up on my lap, and if I don't have the lap mat ready he just stares at me.
At Pearse waiting for the Maynooth train; woman sat beside me is chatting on her phone. "Oh!" she says, "here's my train now!" She carries on detailing the intricacies of her life, and the train leaves. She doesn't seem to notice.
October 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
At Pearse waiting for the Maynooth train; woman sat beside me is chatting on her phone. "Oh!" she says, "here's my train now!" She carries on detailing the intricacies of her life, and the train leaves. She doesn't seem to notice.
I just voted in the Presidential Election; got asked for my ID for the very first time.
October 24, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I just voted in the Presidential Election; got asked for my ID for the very first time.
It's arrived! Lacking a cat, because so far Archie has refused to look at it.
October 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
It's arrived! Lacking a cat, because so far Archie has refused to look at it.
I just made chocolate shortbread rounds - not gonna lie, they are scrumptious. Yes, I ate one almost straight out of the oven. I may have eaten a second one just to, y'know, check...
October 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I just made chocolate shortbread rounds - not gonna lie, they are scrumptious. Yes, I ate one almost straight out of the oven. I may have eaten a second one just to, y'know, check...
October 3, 2025 at 9:13 AM
I know Autumn is drawing in when Archie moves to his lap pad and support block.
@craftycow.bsky.social
@craftycow.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I know Autumn is drawing in when Archie moves to his lap pad and support block.
@craftycow.bsky.social
@craftycow.bsky.social
Very excited to report that my @gailmyerscough.co.uk pics have arrived!
Very slightly disappointed that they weren't packed by Pete 😪
Very slightly disappointed that they weren't packed by Pete 😪
September 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Very excited to report that my @gailmyerscough.co.uk pics have arrived!
Very slightly disappointed that they weren't packed by Pete 😪
Very slightly disappointed that they weren't packed by Pete 😪
Archie's waiting for Bake-Off to start.
September 2, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Archie's waiting for Bake-Off to start.
I just bought a Blood, Sweat & Tears CD that is so old, it has an advert for a Sony Discman inside. This was yesterday in Tower Records, Dublin - the CD, case and packaging were all in pristine condition.
August 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I just bought a Blood, Sweat & Tears CD that is so old, it has an advert for a Sony Discman inside. This was yesterday in Tower Records, Dublin - the CD, case and packaging were all in pristine condition.
Wasn't quick enough to put the laundry away.
August 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Wasn't quick enough to put the laundry away.
#BabysBreath I'm not sure what I expected from @russincheshire.bsky.social 's first novel, but probably not this. It's a cracker of a thriller, it's pacey & intriguing, and I kept having to put it down so I could y'know, eat, sleep, breathe. A great read & one to go back to at a more measured pace.
August 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
#BabysBreath I'm not sure what I expected from @russincheshire.bsky.social 's first novel, but probably not this. It's a cracker of a thriller, it's pacey & intriguing, and I kept having to put it down so I could y'know, eat, sleep, breathe. A great read & one to go back to at a more measured pace.
@russincheshire.bsky.social have got to the end of chapter 8 - am so invested in this.
August 8, 2025 at 9:32 AM
@russincheshire.bsky.social have got to the end of chapter 8 - am so invested in this.
Furthest I've been...
N: John O'Groats (although technically Stockholm is further north)
S: Lisbon
E: Stockholm
W: Achill Island
N: John O'Groats (although technically Stockholm is further north)
S: Lisbon
E: Stockholm
W: Achill Island
Furthest I’ve been:
N: Edinburgh
S: Casablanca
E: Mablethorpe
W: Isle of Arran
Although geography is not my strongest subject…
N: Edinburgh
S: Casablanca
E: Mablethorpe
W: Isle of Arran
Although geography is not my strongest subject…
Farthest I've been:
N: Edinburgh
S: Marseille
E: Shanghai
W: Portland, Oregon
All work trips...
N: Edinburgh
S: Marseille
E: Shanghai
W: Portland, Oregon
All work trips...
August 8, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Furthest I've been...
N: John O'Groats (although technically Stockholm is further north)
S: Lisbon
E: Stockholm
W: Achill Island
N: John O'Groats (although technically Stockholm is further north)
S: Lisbon
E: Stockholm
W: Achill Island
Is there anything as fabulous as the smell of freshly baked bread?
August 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Is there anything as fabulous as the smell of freshly baked bread?
@craftycow.bsky.social the way his leg sticks out is just so cute 🖤🤍
August 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
@craftycow.bsky.social the way his leg sticks out is just so cute 🖤🤍
Me and my boy are watching A Pocketful of Rye on BBC4 - Timothy West in a role lasting about 3 minutes.
July 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Me and my boy are watching A Pocketful of Rye on BBC4 - Timothy West in a role lasting about 3 minutes.