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Ducky
@duckedydoodah.bsky.social
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Queer disabled bookworm, crocheter, carer, & mum. She/her. Anti-fascist.

Has chronic pain & long COVID, & spends a lot of time hiding from the 21st century on #Discworld.
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Yep!
A melanoid (mottled black) axolotl is perched on top of his cave-like hide, facing the camera. His fronds are magnificent, his eyes are bright, and his smile is derpy.
December 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.

Yeah, kinda!
A red background with the text "There is no problem that sisters cannot confront, combat, plot against, ignore, make fun of, drown in chocolate sauce, or run over with the car".
November 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Today I met the world's most spherical robin. #birds #nature #RoundRobin 😂
A British robin with a brown back, red breast and white feathers underneath. Its feathers are all fluffed up, making it look as though it's swallowed a ball. It's perched on the top of a chair, with a pile of pale terracotta pots out of focus in the background.
November 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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The starlings don't seem to be very interested in the back garden's bird feeders atm, so the smaller birds are making the most of their absence!

#birds #nature #Sussex #goldfinch #bluetit
A pair of goldfinches are perching on the sides of a sunflower seed feeder, with a cream coloured fence and greenery in the background. Both birds are looking towards the left of the frame. A blue tit is perched on a mesh feeder containing a suet block. A cream coloured fence and greenery are visible in the background.
October 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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We made it into London and are at the theatre. I've seen #MyNeighbourTotoro before, but L & the kids haven't. I'm so excited for them! It's an amazing show - so beautifully done.
Photograph of a theatre stage taken from the dress circle. The words "My Neighbour Totoro" are in white on a blue background, with the whole thing surrounded by a very large wooden-looking frame.
October 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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My little patch of front garden seems to think it's spring, and has also sprouted a random dahlia that I definitely didn't plant. 🤷🏻‍♀️

#gardening #Sussex #MysteryDahlia
In front of a brick wall and a water butt is a patch of green grass with a circular flower bed in it, beneath a bird feeder. Visible flowers include primulas, cosmos, borrage, and a budding dahlia.
October 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Not my home, but I know my way around.
A map of Ankh-Morpork, a fictional city on Terry Pratchett's Discworld.
October 27, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Why thank you, random toilet roll. 😂

This is what happens when your office is in a church! 😄 #charity #GiftFromGod #MotivationalToiletRoll
A white toilet roll sits atop a white toilet cistern. On a small square of pink paper leaning against the toilet roll is written "TODAY is a GIFT from GOD".
October 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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I bought this cute little fellow at the steampunk thing yesterday. I feel he needs a dignified yet faintly ridiculous Victorian or Edwardian gentleman's name. Any suggestions?

#HowToNameYourDragon
A small, 3D printed plastic dragon in shades of purple and blue. Each segment is jointed so that it can move sinuously.
October 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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I also spotted the Death of Rats pretending to be a hat decoration. 🤔 #GNUTerryPratchett #steampunk
A black top hat has been decorated with a silver skull and ribbons at the front of the brim, and black roses on the side. Silver beads are wrapped around the top of the hat, and perched on top of them is a small white rat skeleton with a black cloak and a scythe.
October 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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I found this beautiful Jersey Tiger Moth in my garden today. It's the first time I've ever seen one!

#moths #nature #wildlife #Sussex #JerseyTigerMoth
A Jersey Tiger Moth on a grey plastic fence that's textured to look like wood. The moth is about 3cm long. Its body and wings are beautifully patterned in black and cream like tiger stripes (hence the name, I guess!) apart from a flash of bright orange where they don't quite overlap down the body.
August 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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While watering the garden I discovered a brood of large white caterpillars* eating stock plants. I'm sad for the plants but happy to be helping butterflies!

*as in, caterpillars of the large white butterfly. The caterpillars are actually green. 😄

#caterpillars #nature #wildlife #Sussex #LargeWhite
A light green caterpillar with black spots down its sides is sitting on top of a deep pink stock flower. Its body is covered in fine white hairs, in which droplets of water are visible. Yes, ok, I didn't notice the caterpillars until *after* I watered the plants. They're the equivalent of teenage humans, so I'm sure they needed a shower anyway. 😄
August 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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"We've got an abandoned cross on the parade route...yes, a cross... suspect presumed bearded and wearing a robe...". #Pride #BrightonPride #HaveCrossWillTravel
A large crucifix, approximately ten feet high, has been left leaning against a cinema hoarding. It has a small wheel attached to the base to make it portable. Two police officers wearing helmets and hi-vis jackets are studying it dubiously.
August 2, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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I met this hairy little chap while out and about earlier (and no, I wasn't daft enough to touch it 😆). He's a pale tussock moth caterpillar. Looking funky!

#caterpillar #moth #nature #wildlife #Sussex #Springwatch
A bright yellow caterpillar, about an inch long, is trundling along a mottled piece of wood. It's facing the left of the screen (you can't really tell one end from the other unless you see it moving!) and blurry green reeds are visible in the background. The caterpillar has an abundance of very long, fine, yellowy white hairs, two yellow bumps protruding from the top of its back about a third of the way back, and bright red hairs protruding from the back end.
July 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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After a stressful morning at work (involving a 3 hour trustee meeting! 🫠) I'm decompressing a bit on the beach before heading home to L and the kids.

#charity #CharityWorker #stress #work #burnout #beach #SeaView #Sussex
A view out to sea. The beach in the foreground is made up of variously coloured stones (white, brown, grey, black) as well as chalk and shells. The sea is a pale blue shading to a darker blue at the horizon. It's very flat and calm. The sky is cloudy but still quite bright.
July 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Timeline cleanse! A pair of baby hedgehogs visiting my garden a few years ago.

#hedgehogs #nature #wildlife #Sussex #Springwatch
A close-up photograph of a garden patio in the evening - grass is just visible at the top of the shot. Two young hedgehogs, approximately 10cm long, are eating kitten food from a blue feeding bowl. One is having to tip-toe on its hind feet to reach the far side of the bowl.
July 18, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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A gorgeous little bee guy on one of the buddleias in my garden. 😍 #bees #gardening #Sussex #nature #wildlife #Springwatch
A beautifully fluffy black and gold striped bee is sitting on the mound of tiny flowers that make up a buddleia bloom (in this case bright pink ones with white and yellow centres). The bee is in profile so one shiny black eye is visible, along with its antennae and mouth parts. A small cluster of pale coloured pollen can be seen on the bee's right rear leg.
July 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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This small flock of #swifts spends its evenings flying over my garden, screaming and catching insects. I love watching them - they're like a little feathery version of the Red Arrows!

#nature #wildlife #Sussex #Springwatch
July 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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I went to chuck some weeds on the nature heap, & found a pair of snails mating! It's not something I've ever witnessed before but it's a fascinating process - snails are hermaphroditic, so perhaps both will lay eggs after this encounter. #snails #wildlife #Springwatch or is it #Summerwatch?
A pair of large, brown, garden snails are resting between the green stalks of discarded plants and a grey plastic fence panel. Both snails are angled so that their grey undersides are exposed, and a white tubular organ is visible connecting both snails. I felt very voyeuristic writing that!
July 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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T'eldest turns 16 tomorrow. This means that, as is tradition, I'll spend tonight decorating his birthday cake.

Previous cakes were a cassette from #TheMagnusArchives, an #MHA character, various superheroes, animals, & My Little Ponies.

This year it's a Crabominable from #Pokemon. 😱 😭

#parenting
Image of a Crabominable from Pokémon. It's a kind of cross between a yeti crab and an abominable snowman, and has a yellow tuft of hair atop its large, white, furry body. It has slot eyes surrounded by a bright blue mask, and massive blue and purple pads on its enormous paws. It has four crab-type legs, each ending in a bright blue point.
June 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Yep, it's hot. ☀️ So don't forget to drink more water, people! #hot #summer #hydrate #frogs #DehydratedBean #GrebComics
A bright green cartoon frog with long arms is holding a red loveheart. The black text above the image says "Roses are red, Frog is green" and below the image says "Please drink more water, You dehydrated bean". Artist credit is @grebcomics.
June 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Ugh. Come down to the seaside! It's a bit cooler here.
Temperature forecast from the Met Office app. Today 25⁰C, Mon 27⁰C, Tue 31⁰C.
June 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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In case you need something to make you smile today, I saw this while out meandering with the 15yo earlier. #Sussex #cat #CatsOfBluesky #SomethingToMakeYouSmile
A large grey tabby cat (possibly a Maine Coone?) sits in front of white-framed windows above a charity shop, interestedly watching passers-by. The shop front is dark grey with the name printed in a lighter grey colour: Cat & Rabbit Rescue Centre.
June 25, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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The 13yo and I have been to the #WealdAndDownland museum for a wander this afternoon. We had a lovely time, and came home with some fabulous fresh-baked bread made with flour from the watermill there. 😍 #Sussex #history #LocalHistory #buildings
A blue sky scattered with fluffy white clouds above a grassy green hillside. More hills, many covered with trees are visible in the distance. At the foot of this hillside are a Victorian school building and stable, as well as a 19th century cottage and a 15th century shop building. To the right of the frame, halfway up the hill, is an 18th century thatched barn.
June 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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It's Kevins, I believe.

#GNUTerryPratchett
Black text on a white background: ankh-morpork-times Kevins: the collective noun for Discworld fans Back in the golden days when I was first writing, my wife Lyn used to bring me elevenses. And with the elevenses came a lot of manuscripts and a lot of letters... My wife christened them Kevins. It's quite unfair. It was just that... well... one day the post included three letters all from boys called Kevin, and she wrote 'Kevins' on the small folder and somehow the name stuck. So now, once a week or whenever I'm feeling guilty, I write replies to the Kevins. Many of them are female. Some of them are grandmothers. I've never really counted them. All I know is that I write almost 200,000 words, about two novels' worth, of letters every year. Most of them are letters to Kevins. — The Author, 1993, from A Slip of the Keyboard by Terry Pratchett.
June 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM