Hattie
@hatspin.bsky.social
Parisienne by marriage. Lover of food, wine, cats and dogs. Medical background. Dual national 🇫🇷 🇬🇧
I know you can fly, especially if you are travelling to sit with family.
January 16, 2026 at 10:40 AM
I know you can fly, especially if you are travelling to sit with family.
I genuinely feel like the EU needs to realise that it’s nice little Union needs to maybe move beyond farm subsidies…because the rest of the world is not on the same page.
January 15, 2026 at 5:18 PM
I genuinely feel like the EU needs to realise that it’s nice little Union needs to maybe move beyond farm subsidies…because the rest of the world is not on the same page.
Has anyone asked Minnesotans/Canadians if they’d like to move the Canadian border down a bit?
January 15, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Has anyone asked Minnesotans/Canadians if they’d like to move the Canadian border down a bit?
Erm. We told you this would happen.
January 15, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Erm. We told you this would happen.
I mean. Pretty sure we told him that Greenland was not up for sale and we do have armed forces too…
January 15, 2026 at 5:11 PM
I mean. Pretty sure we told him that Greenland was not up for sale and we do have armed forces too…
Ours are now bilingual (our household is). We trained them in French but they have picked up English words that they know mean good things - « food » for example 😂
January 14, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Ours are now bilingual (our household is). We trained them in French but they have picked up English words that they know mean good things - « food » for example 😂
Women make much better billionaires…
January 13, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Women make much better billionaires…
It’s nowhere near as effective at removing moisture.
Damp air is harder to heat than dry air.
Humans breath out a lot of moisture.
Damp air is harder to heat than dry air.
Humans breath out a lot of moisture.
January 11, 2026 at 1:44 PM
It’s nowhere near as effective at removing moisture.
Damp air is harder to heat than dry air.
Humans breath out a lot of moisture.
Damp air is harder to heat than dry air.
Humans breath out a lot of moisture.
Yes. But you then have to make sure you air your house every day!
(From someone who has lived in countries where they have excellent insulation and who also air their houses)
(From someone who has lived in countries where they have excellent insulation and who also air their houses)
January 10, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Yes. But you then have to make sure you air your house every day!
(From someone who has lived in countries where they have excellent insulation and who also air their houses)
(From someone who has lived in countries where they have excellent insulation and who also air their houses)
My personal achievement is teaching my teenage French stepdaughter to conjugate « f**k » correctly.
(Plus she’s now correcting the pronunciation of her English teacher at collège 🤭)
(Plus she’s now correcting the pronunciation of her English teacher at collège 🤭)
December 1, 2025 at 10:35 AM
My personal achievement is teaching my teenage French stepdaughter to conjugate « f**k » correctly.
(Plus she’s now correcting the pronunciation of her English teacher at collège 🤭)
(Plus she’s now correcting the pronunciation of her English teacher at collège 🤭)
Hahaha maybe she just didn’t like the weather change!
December 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Hahaha maybe she just didn’t like the weather change!
That’s good progress! My cats are sisters and still have odd spats… 🤣
December 1, 2025 at 10:23 AM
That’s good progress! My cats are sisters and still have odd spats… 🤣
Our household is just full on Franglais now. Even the dogs understand it.
Chances of getting a sentence in a single language with correct syntax/grammar etc are low.
I write for a living, mainly in English but with French clients. I have to sense check my emails in either language…
Chances of getting a sentence in a single language with correct syntax/grammar etc are low.
I write for a living, mainly in English but with French clients. I have to sense check my emails in either language…
December 1, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Our household is just full on Franglais now. Even the dogs understand it.
Chances of getting a sentence in a single language with correct syntax/grammar etc are low.
I write for a living, mainly in English but with French clients. I have to sense check my emails in either language…
Chances of getting a sentence in a single language with correct syntax/grammar etc are low.
I write for a living, mainly in English but with French clients. I have to sense check my emails in either language…
Makes a change from the boys that Catholic priests prefer…
November 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Makes a change from the boys that Catholic priests prefer…
I invested in wall cat furniture… they love it (vs the floor where there are DOGS) 😂
November 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I invested in wall cat furniture… they love it (vs the floor where there are DOGS) 😂
It really doesn’t. You should ask French parents.
October 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
It really doesn’t. You should ask French parents.
Not going well currently is it.
October 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Not going well currently is it.
Cos that’s what they do at home.
September 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Cos that’s what they do at home.