Nicky A
@nickyadkins.bsky.social
Signwriter and hobby potter in Cambridgeshire UK. Two dogs, too many cats. Also known as Hatley Signs and Hatley Pottery in other places.
A couple of times a week I try to engage with transphobes in the comments of things so that their views are at least challenged a bit. For the last few weeks it’s been on FB 🤢 and it used to result in a slew of awful notifications and abuse but this week there were only two. Checked my activity log.
February 16, 2025 at 8:44 AM
A couple of times a week I try to engage with transphobes in the comments of things so that their views are at least challenged a bit. For the last few weeks it’s been on FB 🤢 and it used to result in a slew of awful notifications and abuse but this week there were only two. Checked my activity log.
Dogs: predators descended from wolves.
Quincy: eats cauliflower.
Quincy: eats cauliflower.
February 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Dogs: predators descended from wolves.
Quincy: eats cauliflower.
Quincy: eats cauliflower.
It’s lettering like this that makes me really wish we still had leaded paint. Second coat tomorrow. #signwriting
February 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
It’s lettering like this that makes me really wish we still had leaded paint. Second coat tomorrow. #signwriting
Lost Quincy for an hour in the woods yesterday; he was following scents so intently that he completely ignored me even when close, before taking himself home. Dick.
But standing silently in the woods waiting, three hares loped past my feet in the gloom. I could have reached down and touched them.
But standing silently in the woods waiting, three hares loped past my feet in the gloom. I could have reached down and touched them.
February 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Lost Quincy for an hour in the woods yesterday; he was following scents so intently that he completely ignored me even when close, before taking himself home. Dick.
But standing silently in the woods waiting, three hares loped past my feet in the gloom. I could have reached down and touched them.
But standing silently in the woods waiting, three hares loped past my feet in the gloom. I could have reached down and touched them.
Tyburn can’t quite reach the brain cell.
February 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Tyburn can’t quite reach the brain cell.
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Watching Sky’s Landscape Artist of the Year and they’re at St Pancras basin, where I lived on a boat for several years in the late 90’s early 00’s. I left before the big renovations and it’s so different now. Nostalgic and homesick.
February 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Watching Sky’s Landscape Artist of the Year and they’re at St Pancras basin, where I lived on a boat for several years in the late 90’s early 00’s. I left before the big renovations and it’s so different now. Nostalgic and homesick.
In the random queue to get into the actual queue for Brandi Carlile tickets. 🤞🤞🤞
February 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
In the random queue to get into the actual queue for Brandi Carlile tickets. 🤞🤞🤞
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This is huge. My petition got approved. It challenges the UK government to the lift the Puberty Blocker ban on the grounds that it contradicts article 8 of The United Nations Convention On The Rights Of The Child.
Please sign and Repost ✊️🏳️⚧️
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Please sign and Repost ✊️🏳️⚧️
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Lift restrictions on prescribing puberty blockers to trans children.
We want the Government to reverse the restrictions it has introduced relating to the prescription of puberty blockers to children. The Government introduced legislation banning them from being prescri...
petition.parliament.uk
February 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This is huge. My petition got approved. It challenges the UK government to the lift the Puberty Blocker ban on the grounds that it contradicts article 8 of The United Nations Convention On The Rights Of The Child.
Please sign and Repost ✊️🏳️⚧️
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Please sign and Repost ✊️🏳️⚧️
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
The pottery aim for this year is a set of dinnerware. It’s taken me a month to get eight side plates and six bowls in the first edition of tests and possibilities so with shapes to try out, glazes to test and then the whole making thing, I should be done by 2031.
February 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The pottery aim for this year is a set of dinnerware. It’s taken me a month to get eight side plates and six bowls in the first edition of tests and possibilities so with shapes to try out, glazes to test and then the whole making thing, I should be done by 2031.
Happiest dog in the world.
February 3, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Happiest dog in the world.
Every night for the last week there’ve been night sounds like something small being murdered nearby, but the same sound every night. Hunted through the bird song apps and I think it might be a water rail 😃 All the old moats and drainage ditches are full so it could easily be mistaken for wetlands.
February 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Every night for the last week there’ve been night sounds like something small being murdered nearby, but the same sound every night. Hunted through the bird song apps and I think it might be a water rail 😃 All the old moats and drainage ditches are full so it could easily be mistaken for wetlands.
Just finished sewing in the ends on the new gloves. They’re so lofty and soft, looking forward to wearing them out tomorrow, when they will soon be covered in mud.
February 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Just finished sewing in the ends on the new gloves. They’re so lofty and soft, looking forward to wearing them out tomorrow, when they will soon be covered in mud.
In the space of a week sign work has gone from pretty quiet to holy shit I need more shelving. The hope of more pottery time for this year may be more of a fight than I’d predicted.
a baby yoda from the mandalorian is giving the middle finger and says `` tries very hard '' .
Alt: a baby yoda from the mandalorian is reaching and the text says `` tries very hard '' .
media.tenor.com
January 31, 2025 at 6:11 PM
In the space of a week sign work has gone from pretty quiet to holy shit I need more shelving. The hope of more pottery time for this year may be more of a fight than I’d predicted.
Favourite paint colour name today: Divine Vengeance Green by Tikkurila.
January 31, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Favourite paint colour name today: Divine Vengeance Green by Tikkurila.
It’s never a good sign when there are three electricity company trucks parked up opposite the workshop 😬
January 30, 2025 at 9:37 AM
It’s never a good sign when there are three electricity company trucks parked up opposite the workshop 😬
After knitting new gloves for Murph, I’m making myself a new pair too. This is BFL yarn, handspun from fluff inherited from the much missed Liz (greensideknits).
January 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
After knitting new gloves for Murph, I’m making myself a new pair too. This is BFL yarn, handspun from fluff inherited from the much missed Liz (greensideknits).
Chaffinches and bluetits topped our list but of course our ‘prize’ birds decided not to make an appearance! Five minutes after we stopped, the great spotted woodpeckers came back and a sparrowhawk swept through 😂
Did you take part in the Big Garden Birdwatch this weekend?
Tell us what you saw! 👀
You've got 'til 23rd Feb to submit your results: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
Tell us what you saw! 👀
You've got 'til 23rd Feb to submit your results: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
January 27, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Chaffinches and bluetits topped our list but of course our ‘prize’ birds decided not to make an appearance! Five minutes after we stopped, the great spotted woodpeckers came back and a sparrowhawk swept through 😂
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I'm still learning this app, but I'm so amazed at the number of amazing artists that have found space here. I tried making a starter pack, so if you want to be added to it, send me a message!
go.bsky.app/QRYaK4R
go.bsky.app/QRYaK4R
January 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I'm still learning this app, but I'm so amazed at the number of amazing artists that have found space here. I tried making a starter pack, so if you want to be added to it, send me a message!
go.bsky.app/QRYaK4R
go.bsky.app/QRYaK4R
How does Oxley always look as though he’s been superimposed?
January 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
How does Oxley always look as though he’s been superimposed?
After a quiet couple of weeks the studio’s full of signs again 😊
January 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
After a quiet couple of weeks the studio’s full of signs again 😊
Bought one of those expensive microfibre doormats in an effort to avoid cleaning the floor, but just watched three cats come in, perch on the very edge of the catflap and launch themselves right over it. Ffs.
January 24, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Bought one of those expensive microfibre doormats in an effort to avoid cleaning the floor, but just watched three cats come in, perch on the very edge of the catflap and launch themselves right over it. Ffs.
The bird feeders are less busy today, not because of the weather but because it’s the RSPB Garden Birdwatch this weekend so everyone in the village has put out The Good Stuff.
January 24, 2025 at 8:38 AM
The bird feeders are less busy today, not because of the weather but because it’s the RSPB Garden Birdwatch this weekend so everyone in the village has put out The Good Stuff.