Victoria Gausden
@ancientnmodern.bsky.social
Old bag. Still, at least I can now get a ‘flu jab. Plagued by impending sense of doom and a small haughty cat called Daphne Whitethighs.
Very grey and unnaturally still out there.
November 22, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Very grey and unnaturally still out there.
Bought myself a rather glamorous leopard print hat in the hope I would look like Elizabeth Taylor but, instead, I look like Edna the Inebriate Woman.
November 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Bought myself a rather glamorous leopard print hat in the hope I would look like Elizabeth Taylor but, instead, I look like Edna the Inebriate Woman.
I can sense that this isn’t going to end well. I’ll just take a couple of these unless they grow up to be the ones that trample you to death.
November 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I can sense that this isn’t going to end well. I’ll just take a couple of these unless they grow up to be the ones that trample you to death.
It’s hard to imagine a better concept for a film. The word ‘mysterious’ is not really adequate in the circumstances.
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
It’s hard to imagine a better concept for a film. The word ‘mysterious’ is not really adequate in the circumstances.
This plucky little plant is growing on the roof of my car. I don’t know whether to feel proud or deeply ashamed.
November 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This plucky little plant is growing on the roof of my car. I don’t know whether to feel proud or deeply ashamed.
Daphne’s been staring at me like this for a good 10 minutes. I’m beginning to find it a bit unnerving.
November 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Daphne’s been staring at me like this for a good 10 minutes. I’m beginning to find it a bit unnerving.
Oldest selfie in your phone
Me wearing a moustache made of my cat’s fur August 2012
So attractive.
Me wearing a moustache made of my cat’s fur August 2012
So attractive.
November 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Oldest selfie in your phone
Me wearing a moustache made of my cat’s fur August 2012
So attractive.
Me wearing a moustache made of my cat’s fur August 2012
So attractive.
Talk of the devil!
November 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Talk of the devil!
A rare sighting of Daphne who basically lives like a teenager- spends all day in her room emerging only to demand food and then slink out into the night. I found myself saying to her the other day “You treat this place like a hotel”. I was met with a blank stare.
November 3, 2025 at 11:08 AM
A rare sighting of Daphne who basically lives like a teenager- spends all day in her room emerging only to demand food and then slink out into the night. I found myself saying to her the other day “You treat this place like a hotel”. I was met with a blank stare.
Still a few days behind but I’ve really enjoyed doing my version of Inktober.
October 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Still a few days behind but I’ve really enjoyed doing my version of Inktober.
Could be any of them!
October 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Could be any of them!
You know how hard it can be to clean out a pan that has contained mashed potatoes? Not any more! You can hire the Daphne Spudagone 1000 for a mere £10.00 and say goodbye to your grainy pan nightmares. It’s what a cat’s tongue’s for.
October 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
You know how hard it can be to clean out a pan that has contained mashed potatoes? Not any more! You can hire the Daphne Spudagone 1000 for a mere £10.00 and say goodbye to your grainy pan nightmares. It’s what a cat’s tongue’s for.
Last year, I did #Inktober where you produce a drawing a day using set prompts. I’m already three days behind this year and I’m using paint rather than ink but, apart from that….Anyway, here’s my day 1 and the prompts in case you want to join in. #Moustache
October 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Last year, I did #Inktober where you produce a drawing a day using set prompts. I’m already three days behind this year and I’m using paint rather than ink but, apart from that….Anyway, here’s my day 1 and the prompts in case you want to join in. #Moustache
Or you could try my alternatives
September 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Or you could try my alternatives
Having flashbacks to January 2020 when I thought the Rapture had actually occurred on my drive between Knaresborough and Wetherby
September 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Having flashbacks to January 2020 when I thought the Rapture had actually occurred on my drive between Knaresborough and Wetherby
Looks pretty good to me. These are my dying sunflowers
September 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Looks pretty good to me. These are my dying sunflowers
Had a little lunch for Joe’s 28th birthday. He was helping me sort through photos and we came upon this. Where on earth have the last 26 years gone?
September 8, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Had a little lunch for Joe’s 28th birthday. He was helping me sort through photos and we came upon this. Where on earth have the last 26 years gone?
The thousand yard stare of a cat who has just realised that drinking my paint water wasn’t a good idea
September 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The thousand yard stare of a cat who has just realised that drinking my paint water wasn’t a good idea
I thought they usually injected vaccines into your arm!
September 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I thought they usually injected vaccines into your arm!
Let’s see you at 21
August 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Let’s see you at 21
What, like this? I recorded this so I could annoy my son even while he was away at uni. I still do it.
August 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
What, like this? I recorded this so I could annoy my son even while he was away at uni. I still do it.
Au contraire as they say in your neck of the woods
August 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Au contraire as they say in your neck of the woods
My sister has made this mouse circus out of a cashmere jumper. I just love it!
August 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
My sister has made this mouse circus out of a cashmere jumper. I just love it!
This is what I’ve been getting. Looks like he’s holidaying in a Travelodge on an industrial estate in Slough.
August 22, 2025 at 5:40 AM
This is what I’ve been getting. Looks like he’s holidaying in a Travelodge on an industrial estate in Slough.