Elena
@elenabjxrn.bsky.social
art student, writer, that person you've seen from that one stupid meme or other
On holiday I went crabbing on three separate occasions, and manage to catch the same crab twice.
Anyway, that's summer over, tell me all about your favourite jumper.
Anyway, that's summer over, tell me all about your favourite jumper.
September 5, 2025 at 8:22 AM
On holiday I went crabbing on three separate occasions, and manage to catch the same crab twice.
Anyway, that's summer over, tell me all about your favourite jumper.
Anyway, that's summer over, tell me all about your favourite jumper.
I had my morning meal in a French restaurant. They served me a massive plate of mushrooms.
I guess that's what they call a breakfast of champignons.
I guess that's what they call a breakfast of champignons.
September 5, 2025 at 8:14 AM
I had my morning meal in a French restaurant. They served me a massive plate of mushrooms.
I guess that's what they call a breakfast of champignons.
I guess that's what they call a breakfast of champignons.
Of all of the parenting scenarios I imagined prior to having kids, cutting berries using my Mac as a cutting board because I'm working with a poorly baby yelling for DAWBEES (strawberries) every 40 seconds was not one of them.
July 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Of all of the parenting scenarios I imagined prior to having kids, cutting berries using my Mac as a cutting board because I'm working with a poorly baby yelling for DAWBEES (strawberries) every 40 seconds was not one of them.
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I have been beavering through my OU course and it is amazing how different academia (which I always thought was Not For Me) feels when you're completely in love with the subject matter. It is BANANAS that we expect children to know what they want to be, and set themselves on an educational path.
June 3, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I have been beavering through my OU course and it is amazing how different academia (which I always thought was Not For Me) feels when you're completely in love with the subject matter. It is BANANAS that we expect children to know what they want to be, and set themselves on an educational path.
Cute recent development: My 4-year-old son called disabled bays "Mummy Spaces".
June 3, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Cute recent development: My 4-year-old son called disabled bays "Mummy Spaces".
I wrote a little brain-dump about my house, my parents' house, my grandparents' house.
Forever Home | Elena Bjørn
What is a forever home, really? And where is mine? And does it matter whether we have a childhood home or not?
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May 23, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I wrote a little brain-dump about my house, my parents' house, my grandparents' house.
I'm still wibbling about on crutches, my bones still have pretty hefty gaps where they were sawn apart and moved about. I'm getting some of my stamina back, and managed to do a bit of driving yesterday, but jfc recovery is such a slow slog.
May 23, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I'm still wibbling about on crutches, my bones still have pretty hefty gaps where they were sawn apart and moved about. I'm getting some of my stamina back, and managed to do a bit of driving yesterday, but jfc recovery is such a slow slog.
The big rain yesterday really woke the garden up. I desperately need to do some bindweed ripping before they start flowering, though.
May 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The big rain yesterday really woke the garden up. I desperately need to do some bindweed ripping before they start flowering, though.
What's the most diabolical lie someone at your school told?
A girl at one of my primary schools said her dad wrote The Lion King II and was in Hollywood writing a third movie.
Another girl claimed that both of her parents were dead for a YEAR before casually admitting she'd made it up.
A girl at one of my primary schools said her dad wrote The Lion King II and was in Hollywood writing a third movie.
Another girl claimed that both of her parents were dead for a YEAR before casually admitting she'd made it up.
May 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
What's the most diabolical lie someone at your school told?
A girl at one of my primary schools said her dad wrote The Lion King II and was in Hollywood writing a third movie.
Another girl claimed that both of her parents were dead for a YEAR before casually admitting she'd made it up.
A girl at one of my primary schools said her dad wrote The Lion King II and was in Hollywood writing a third movie.
Another girl claimed that both of her parents were dead for a YEAR before casually admitting she'd made it up.
My cat brought me two horrible, horrible gifts, and I spent money on seeds that might grow into something green, which will inevitably end up as a midnight snack for slugs. And yet, we continue to try.
The back end of a rabbit...
... and MORE eggs in the flowerbeds?!
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May 7, 2025 at 8:56 PM
My cat brought me two horrible, horrible gifts, and I spent money on seeds that might grow into something green, which will inevitably end up as a midnight snack for slugs. And yet, we continue to try.
After running an at-home rabbit sanctuary for years I said “never again” to rabbits. So tell me WHY I keep going to check whether this unwanted bunny still needs a home?
I mean… we have the space…
(Going back if she’s still there next week, for a temperament check with the kids.)
I mean… we have the space…
(Going back if she’s still there next week, for a temperament check with the kids.)
May 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
After running an at-home rabbit sanctuary for years I said “never again” to rabbits. So tell me WHY I keep going to check whether this unwanted bunny still needs a home?
I mean… we have the space…
(Going back if she’s still there next week, for a temperament check with the kids.)
I mean… we have the space…
(Going back if she’s still there next week, for a temperament check with the kids.)
If you want to hear semi-wholesome things about my semi-wholesome pursuits, here's the place.
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May 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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God, it's depressing to spend over a decade with a government that actively seems to hate you and your friends only to finally replace them... with another one.
April 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
God, it's depressing to spend over a decade with a government that actively seems to hate you and your friends only to finally replace them... with another one.
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The UK Supreme Court can rule whatever it likes about whether trans women are legally women or not. The law will eventually change and equality will prevail. Fuck this government and its alignment with such hate.
April 16, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The UK Supreme Court can rule whatever it likes about whether trans women are legally women or not. The law will eventually change and equality will prevail. Fuck this government and its alignment with such hate.
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Trans women are women.
Trans men are men.
NB identities are valid.
No amount of unscientific, hate-driven bullshit will change that.
Trans men are men.
NB identities are valid.
No amount of unscientific, hate-driven bullshit will change that.
April 16, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Trans women are women.
Trans men are men.
NB identities are valid.
No amount of unscientific, hate-driven bullshit will change that.
Trans men are men.
NB identities are valid.
No amount of unscientific, hate-driven bullshit will change that.
(CW Medical stuff, bit scary and rubbish.)
Four weeks ago today I had a PAO surgery. This involved surgically removing my hip socket, moving it about, and screwing it back in, to correct hip dysplasia. I had my left side done, my right side will be done at some point in future, theoretically.
Four weeks ago today I had a PAO surgery. This involved surgically removing my hip socket, moving it about, and screwing it back in, to correct hip dysplasia. I had my left side done, my right side will be done at some point in future, theoretically.
April 16, 2025 at 10:30 AM
(CW Medical stuff, bit scary and rubbish.)
Four weeks ago today I had a PAO surgery. This involved surgically removing my hip socket, moving it about, and screwing it back in, to correct hip dysplasia. I had my left side done, my right side will be done at some point in future, theoretically.
Four weeks ago today I had a PAO surgery. This involved surgically removing my hip socket, moving it about, and screwing it back in, to correct hip dysplasia. I had my left side done, my right side will be done at some point in future, theoretically.
I went to a sporting event and the whole audience was made up of spuds in glasses.
You know. The spectators.
You know. The spectators.
February 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I went to a sporting event and the whole audience was made up of spuds in glasses.
You know. The spectators.
You know. The spectators.
This gal will now toddle off to lay an egg, then stand in the garden and yell her tits off until I come out and collect it. She's very proud of her work.
February 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This gal will now toddle off to lay an egg, then stand in the garden and yell her tits off until I come out and collect it. She's very proud of her work.
We are now in the “one month countdown” phase of anticipating my big ‘orrible hip surgery and I’m ngl, lads, I am nervous. But I have some things to do with this month to make post surgery as nice and manageable and not-depressy as I can.
February 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
We are now in the “one month countdown” phase of anticipating my big ‘orrible hip surgery and I’m ngl, lads, I am nervous. But I have some things to do with this month to make post surgery as nice and manageable and not-depressy as I can.
TODAY WAS THE DAY! I finally got the first ever egg from my feathered freeloading friends! (I suspect it was from Clover, teeny grey girlie on the right). It’s a *bit* smaller than your average supermarket egg but she did her best!
February 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
TODAY WAS THE DAY! I finally got the first ever egg from my feathered freeloading friends! (I suspect it was from Clover, teeny grey girlie on the right). It’s a *bit* smaller than your average supermarket egg but she did her best!
Anyone got any foolproof antidotes to being a whiny, needy baby? It's for me, I am the whiny, needy baby.
February 13, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Anyone got any foolproof antidotes to being a whiny, needy baby? It's for me, I am the whiny, needy baby.
Weird mobility thing I will sorely miss when they saw my bones apart: Being able to open a closed door with one foot while carrying three beverages. Neither leg will be up to operating a door handle until, like, October.
February 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Weird mobility thing I will sorely miss when they saw my bones apart: Being able to open a closed door with one foot while carrying three beverages. Neither leg will be up to operating a door handle until, like, October.
When I stood up earlier my right hip put up a MASSIVE fuss and I actually shouted at it: "You have to be OK, PLEASE. YOU will be my only usable leg for SEVERAL MONTHS, you need to get your FUCKING SHIT together."
Safe to say I'm having a nice normal week and I am fine.
Safe to say I'm having a nice normal week and I am fine.
February 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
When I stood up earlier my right hip put up a MASSIVE fuss and I actually shouted at it: "You have to be OK, PLEASE. YOU will be my only usable leg for SEVERAL MONTHS, you need to get your FUCKING SHIT together."
Safe to say I'm having a nice normal week and I am fine.
Safe to say I'm having a nice normal week and I am fine.
May I present: Daffodiles
(For spring)
(For spring)
February 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
May I present: Daffodiles
(For spring)
(For spring)