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Sylvie, not just a farm girl
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countrygirl. coffee drinker. book reader. movement educator. student of life. burns toast. lil’ crazy. lotta’ trouble. occasionally bites. 2rescued K9s. #WorkingPaws #MWD #PD #StrayLivesMatter #AdoptDontShop
this’ll come back to bite us in the butt.
these units take years to build up. the portion of those in service that meets their specific requirements is small.
the in unit development of new dogs & period of service makes them cost effective.
cuts save short term on paper but will cost way more later
“Mate would you mind giving the team looking after the Conflict Management Dogs a shout out? I’m sure you’ve seen in the news they’re also going to be part of the cuts. They’re an incredibly valuable asset and losing them is tough.”

Couldn’t agree more… 👀🤦🏼‍♂️

#ThinBlueLine 🐕🚨
August 4, 2025 at 5:26 AM
excuse me? 🤨 apparently my childlike sense of wonder has bluesky of the opinion I need age verification 😏
while I enjoy being considered younger in years than my maturity of mind as much as the next girl, getting carded is a step too far???🤨

www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/o...
July 24, 2025 at 7:49 PM
mismatched buttons, syrupy coffee ☕️ cool breeze, warm earth.
the moments of high summer bliss.
teasing out time like blades of luscious green grass drawn from tight sheaths, twilled in indulgent contemplation of the held promise of the day
July 17, 2025 at 6:17 AM
woken convinced it’s Friday🤦🏻‍♀️… 3 diary checks📖 2 cuppas ☕️1 custard pot 🍮 later still trying to convince my brain it’s Saturday😳
allegedly hot today… after a week of outdoor naps 🐕🐕’s have decided to it’s cool enough to sleep beds🛌 🤨
gotta love a half day😁
🤫there’s bubbles in someone’s future🐕🫧🛁🧼🧽🐕
July 12, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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It's going to be really hot in the UK this weekend, don't forget to put fresh water out for wildlife

They will really appreciate the kind gesture ❤️
July 11, 2025 at 6:56 AM
when excellence design meets functionality & coffee 😏
what could be more wonderful than coffee pot accessories! (well aside from more coffee & more coffee pots😏)
let’s adventure today! disappear from the world. mobiles to silent. windows down. slow roads. big skies
July 10, 2025 at 6:20 AM
cos come one had to 😏… there can be only one 😉
Responsible parenting ;)
July 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
fancy ur chances? if ever there was needed, scientific proof, that the female personality is the embodiment of feline 😏🐈 kittens have claws to
It was a trap. 😽🤍
July 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
the delights of a slow morning🌅 second brew. the indulgence of playing with potions⚗️👩🏻‍🔬 the soft warmed scents of tuberose & coconut combed through. pinned up.
showers a little too hot & far too long! 🥰 heady thoughts tempting one into deeper waters. to be followed by soft towels & cheesecake. bliss!
July 6, 2025 at 7:29 AM
what freedom this must have offered! imagined adventure, out the door & off! a “i’ll do as i please” lil miss!
wonder if it was long longed for or watched being made with care? Perhaps a chance discovery, cast off from another life?
treasure, adventure & freedom! the very best things a girl needs!
A little girl at the wheel of her small toy car in Harlem in 1947.
Photographer Fred Stein (1909–1967)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_St...
July 6, 2025 at 6:12 AM
have 2 natural states; cold & hungry. varying in scale of demand from tolerable>niggly toddler😭>grumpy demanding>tantrum
having just exploded💥 last of the eggs🥚 in the house in the microwave; hungry is now hungrier.
time to scrub up & venture into the big wide world to scavenge a meal! 🍽️ 😁
July 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
trapped between heaven & sea r we. suspended within the passing place between worlds
Georgia O'Keeffe,
Morning Sky, 1916
#WomensArt
July 1, 2025 at 8:13 AM
perhaps, grief’s all the luv we would’ve given them, if we still could, held safe in our heart.
grief isn’t a bad thing; it’s raw, it hurts, it tears us open, it’s timeless & endless; but it means we luv’d & that we still luv.
to hold onto the capacity to luv inspite of living, that is priceless.
June 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
sitting on the kitchen counter swinging heels while bliss on a pot brews slowly to perfection☕️
amazing when the sun’s out how many clients suddenly come down with flu🤧 hehehe
😁early walk down hardly used forestry tracks in the cool evening breeze.
make supper, i’ll play nice, promise🤞
June 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
been so cold & thirsty the passed few days. bones like ice 🧊in a desert🏜️
3-4 layers, hands & feet still like icicles🥶
🧠calling supper breakfast, washed same laundry 5x😵‍💫
drinking so much warm water atm stomach’d double as a hot water bottle🤭clearly playing ice princess
work’ll be interesting tomorrow
June 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
something about sitting on the back step, just enough shelter to be out the reach of rain & the thunder rolling over.
something in that. Old gods turning in half forgotten heavens casting blessings to a thirty earth.
how many lives have I lived beneath the currents of unrecalled skies 🌌
June 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
how couldn’t u long to hold such a sacred creature softly within the palm of ur hand.
such a force of existence contained in so simple a form.
magic isn’t the casting of words but the crossing of time.
hands not unlike our own reaching across the void to gift such beauty into the now
June 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
if u stare into the pot long enough, u see ur future 🤭 & it looks glorious! ☕️

🤨 two party animals having played silly buggers all night, now out of puff!

should be a button that hand delivers the perfect brew & dessert to bed 🔘 then it should deliver more ☕️🍨🥄
June 21, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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Please share, it might save a dogs life 🙏

#dogsofx #dogs
June 21, 2025 at 4:53 AM
the quest for the perfectly portioned workday cup continues.
in an attempt to reduce the overall caffeine consumption; smaller pot & cup.
the white isn’t the right tone but do luv the texture & I get two cuppas☕️from a single pot!
feels rather indulgent & just a tiny bit wicked on a work day😁
June 18, 2025 at 6:23 AM
oh twix is up to tricks again! ✨ now this is a little of a curious discovery 🕵🏻‍♀️
wonder how much mischief this has caused 🤔😁
certainly going to make house keeping interesting. 🧹not to mention some rather interesting conversations 😏
gotta love an apocalypse! 🥰
June 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
breathing space ☺️ a sky less morning. 🌅 wind is blowing in a storm. 🌬️🍃
let’s draw this moment out to the edges of this universe.
June 17, 2025 at 5:55 AM
working hands 🫴 homegrown & almost presentable 💅 makes a change from trimming claws 🐾 & hooves 🧲
though fairly sure there’s a few who’d say not much difference at all hehehe
after all, even kitten’s have claws 🐈
June 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
grey skies promising moody storms & pebble contemplations smoothed for turning in palms. hehehe down the rabbit hole we go!🕳️double cream makes everything better!
at what point in second breakfast do u stop pretending to have breakfast & just help urself to the pint of cream? 🤔 or is that elevens?😁☕️🥄
June 15, 2025 at 6:41 AM
explore the whispering kaleidoscope of shade beneath the singing dawn with me
'Summer tree glow' Linocut by contemporary printmaker Alexandra Buckle #WomensArt
June 15, 2025 at 5:30 AM