Helen
@helenintgarden.bsky.social
I love spending time in my garden, mostly sitting reading or crocheting. I usually talk about food, books, Sheffield, making things, life in general.
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Helen
@helenintgarden.bsky.social
· Nov 15
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Crochet an Animal Kingdom Blanket Designed By Katy Mitchell: 👉 tidd.ly/3UrIxjr #crochet #handmade #etsy #affiliate #giftideas
November 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Crochet an Animal Kingdom Blanket Designed By Katy Mitchell: 👉 tidd.ly/3UrIxjr #crochet #handmade #etsy #affiliate #giftideas
I made a pan of dahl on Saturday... I somehow managed to make 8 extra portions... I have now eaten it every day for the last 6 days... and amazingly didn't get bored by it... but I am relieved that we have just eaten the last 2 portions... it's probably one of the few things I could eat every day...
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I made a pan of dahl on Saturday... I somehow managed to make 8 extra portions... I have now eaten it every day for the last 6 days... and amazingly didn't get bored by it... but I am relieved that we have just eaten the last 2 portions... it's probably one of the few things I could eat every day...
I think that the lurgy has caught up with me... feeling very sorry for myself... and struggling to find things to keep me occupied... that don't make me feel worse...
November 27, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I think that the lurgy has caught up with me... feeling very sorry for myself... and struggling to find things to keep me occupied... that don't make me feel worse...
#ThreeThingsThursday #gratitude #TinyJoys
1) the Christmas shopping is pretty much done 🛍
2) watching The Newsreader on iplayer 📺
3) wrapping up cosy and walking in the winter sunshine 🌞
4) someone might be researching the history of our house 🏠
1) the Christmas shopping is pretty much done 🛍
2) watching The Newsreader on iplayer 📺
3) wrapping up cosy and walking in the winter sunshine 🌞
4) someone might be researching the history of our house 🏠
November 27, 2025 at 9:20 AM
#ThreeThingsThursday #gratitude #TinyJoys
1) the Christmas shopping is pretty much done 🛍
2) watching The Newsreader on iplayer 📺
3) wrapping up cosy and walking in the winter sunshine 🌞
4) someone might be researching the history of our house 🏠
1) the Christmas shopping is pretty much done 🛍
2) watching The Newsreader on iplayer 📺
3) wrapping up cosy and walking in the winter sunshine 🌞
4) someone might be researching the history of our house 🏠
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KEEP OUT (1972): A masterclass in shocking minimalism, this 15 second PIF warning kids of the dangers of messing about by train tracks leaves its horrors to the imagination. I have vivid memories of this one popping up during kid's shows on ITV!
November 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
KEEP OUT (1972): A masterclass in shocking minimalism, this 15 second PIF warning kids of the dangers of messing about by train tracks leaves its horrors to the imagination. I have vivid memories of this one popping up during kid's shows on ITV!
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NEW!
Stocking fillers for grown ups- good strong magnetic bottle openers. Printed with Northumberland scenes from my own paintings.
Never again need to rifle through that cutlery drawer to find the opener.
crownstudiogallery.myshopify.com/products/mag...
CHEERS DEARS!
Stocking fillers for grown ups- good strong magnetic bottle openers. Printed with Northumberland scenes from my own paintings.
Never again need to rifle through that cutlery drawer to find the opener.
crownstudiogallery.myshopify.com/products/mag...
CHEERS DEARS!
Magnetic Bottle Opener
This handy, robust, metal bottle opener is magnetic, so you'll never need to fumble in the cutlery drawer to find it. Just stick it on the door of the fridge! 9cm long and printed with one of my pan...
crownstudiogallery.myshopify.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:29 AM
NEW!
Stocking fillers for grown ups- good strong magnetic bottle openers. Printed with Northumberland scenes from my own paintings.
Never again need to rifle through that cutlery drawer to find the opener.
crownstudiogallery.myshopify.com/products/mag...
CHEERS DEARS!
Stocking fillers for grown ups- good strong magnetic bottle openers. Printed with Northumberland scenes from my own paintings.
Never again need to rifle through that cutlery drawer to find the opener.
crownstudiogallery.myshopify.com/products/mag...
CHEERS DEARS!
Another important update for the people of #Sheffield... I love how everyone is working together against this criminal... Thanks @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social for your excellent reports... They are reassuring... in case our street are his next victims...
Lots of big updates in our Andrew Milne investigation today:
🚨MP reports Milne to the police
🗞️Private Eye covers the story
🦅Legal eagle lands in Sheffield to advise on “any possible criminal prosecution”
📹Footage shows Milne scoping out Sheffield homes before sending letters
All in today's Tribune👇
🚨MP reports Milne to the police
🗞️Private Eye covers the story
🦅Legal eagle lands in Sheffield to advise on “any possible criminal prosecution”
📹Footage shows Milne scoping out Sheffield homes before sending letters
All in today's Tribune👇
New: Detectives ‘reviewing’ Andrew Milne case after MP reports him to the police
Plus: Private Eye has picked up the story and a top lawyer is speaking to leaseholders he targeted
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Another important update for the people of #Sheffield... I love how everyone is working together against this criminal... Thanks @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social for your excellent reports... They are reassuring... in case our street are his next victims...
Time to sit beside the sunny back window... and read my book... I've had more than enough 'excitement' for the morning... and need steady quiet me time... and it's the perfect excuse... to get on with a book I'm really enjoying...📚
November 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Time to sit beside the sunny back window... and read my book... I've had more than enough 'excitement' for the morning... and need steady quiet me time... and it's the perfect excuse... to get on with a book I'm really enjoying...📚
Domestic bliss is overrated... I ran our washing machine on a hot wash at the weekend... for the first time in 6 months... it was so bad I had to do a 2nd hot wash... before daring to put the floor cloths in for a wash...
November 26, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Domestic bliss is overrated... I ran our washing machine on a hot wash at the weekend... for the first time in 6 months... it was so bad I had to do a 2nd hot wash... before daring to put the floor cloths in for a wash...
I'm quite excited... a while ago I chatted to someone from the local history group about some old photos... showing our house being built... I sent them to her today... and she said that it was perfectly timed... because they are looking for their next project... and want it to be residential...
November 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I'm quite excited... a while ago I chatted to someone from the local history group about some old photos... showing our house being built... I sent them to her today... and she said that it was perfectly timed... because they are looking for their next project... and want it to be residential...
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UPDATE: Andrew Milne leasehold investigation.
Doorbell camera footage has been shared with The Tribune which shows Andrew Milne and an associate taking photos of homes on Rushley Drive in Dore.
In the footage, Milne identifies the home he wants to photograph, before being challenged by the owner.
Doorbell camera footage has been shared with The Tribune which shows Andrew Milne and an associate taking photos of homes on Rushley Drive in Dore.
In the footage, Milne identifies the home he wants to photograph, before being challenged by the owner.
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
UPDATE: Andrew Milne leasehold investigation.
Doorbell camera footage has been shared with The Tribune which shows Andrew Milne and an associate taking photos of homes on Rushley Drive in Dore.
In the footage, Milne identifies the home he wants to photograph, before being challenged by the owner.
Doorbell camera footage has been shared with The Tribune which shows Andrew Milne and an associate taking photos of homes on Rushley Drive in Dore.
In the footage, Milne identifies the home he wants to photograph, before being challenged by the owner.
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#Sheffield! Can you sign this petition? Help locals keep this stretch of green space open? Read the explanation on the page for why it's important – and picture it as a wild flower area, which is what they want to do. www.change.org/p/save-dobbi... @sheffgreenparty.bsky.social @helpsheffield.co.uk
Sign the Petition
Save Dobbin Hill Verge, Sheffield S11 7JG
www.change.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
#Sheffield! Can you sign this petition? Help locals keep this stretch of green space open? Read the explanation on the page for why it's important – and picture it as a wild flower area, which is what they want to do. www.change.org/p/save-dobbi... @sheffgreenparty.bsky.social @helpsheffield.co.uk
I took advantage of the lovely sunny weather... and walked the scenic route to the co-op... such a beautiful winter morning... 🌞
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I took advantage of the lovely sunny weather... and walked the scenic route to the co-op... such a beautiful winter morning... 🌞
If only we had flat modern doors... I love these door decal stickers... but would want to see it more often than the back of the pantry door... (discovered via @mooseallain.bsky.social and @ianvisits.co.uk)
www.etsy.com/uk/listing/9...
www.etsy.com/uk/listing/9...
www.etsy.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 AM
If only we had flat modern doors... I love these door decal stickers... but would want to see it more often than the back of the pantry door... (discovered via @mooseallain.bsky.social and @ianvisits.co.uk)
www.etsy.com/uk/listing/9...
www.etsy.com/uk/listing/9...
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I really, really want you to think about your agency.
Current climate wants you to think you have none.
I tell you that you have more agency than you think.
You got this. Go take back some power ♥️
Current climate wants you to think you have none.
I tell you that you have more agency than you think.
You got this. Go take back some power ♥️
November 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I really, really want you to think about your agency.
Current climate wants you to think you have none.
I tell you that you have more agency than you think.
You got this. Go take back some power ♥️
Current climate wants you to think you have none.
I tell you that you have more agency than you think.
You got this. Go take back some power ♥️
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Meet the locals: Emergence Collective. "One of Sheffield’s most distinctive & quietly radical musical forces." Ahead of their album launch on Friday, the improvised ensemble spoke to us about the ideas that bond their ~40 musicians & how Sheffield inspires them > ourfaveplaces.co.uk/meet-the-loc...
Emergence Collective → Our Favourite Places – Sheffield Culture Guide
A quietly radical musical force based entirely around improvisation. Ahead of their album launch, they reflect on the ideas that bond their roughly 40 musicians, and how Sheffield has inspired them al...
ourfaveplaces.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Meet the locals: Emergence Collective. "One of Sheffield’s most distinctive & quietly radical musical forces." Ahead of their album launch on Friday, the improvised ensemble spoke to us about the ideas that bond their ~40 musicians & how Sheffield inspires them > ourfaveplaces.co.uk/meet-the-loc...
I was only 9... and the images from this film... are still burned into my brain...
LOOK AFTER YOURSELF - AGING MAN (1977): An alarming, and alarmist, PIF warning of the dangers of overeating stodgy food and not exercising enough. Oh, and peer pressure. Don't succumb to peer pressure, kids!
November 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I was only 9... and the images from this film... are still burned into my brain...
#NowReading The City and its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami... and it's such a good read... Murakami at his best... the characters are living on the boundaries between dreams & real life... and it's really messing with my mind (in a good way)... well worth 99p 💙📚
www.amazon.co.uk/City-Its-Unc...
www.amazon.co.uk/City-Its-Unc...
The City and Its Uncertain Walls: The Sunday Times bestselling novel from the author of Norwegian Wood
The City and Its Uncertain Walls: The Sunday Times bestselling novel from the author of Norwegian Wood eBook : Murakami, Haruki, Gabriel, Philip: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
www.amazon.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
#NowReading The City and its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami... and it's such a good read... Murakami at his best... the characters are living on the boundaries between dreams & real life... and it's really messing with my mind (in a good way)... well worth 99p 💙📚
www.amazon.co.uk/City-Its-Unc...
www.amazon.co.uk/City-Its-Unc...
I'm feeling very proud of myself today... I was feeling lethargic this morning... but instead of just sitting reading my book... I caught up with a bit of admin... and even went through some of the paperwork in preparation for Mr Intgarden's tax return...
November 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I'm feeling very proud of myself today... I was feeling lethargic this morning... but instead of just sitting reading my book... I caught up with a bit of admin... and even went through some of the paperwork in preparation for Mr Intgarden's tax return...
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"The Festive Big Green Book Swap" is back!
Let me know the kind of stuff you like reading.
I'll match you up with someone with similar taste.
I'll post you both a book I think you'll both like (+ choc & tea)!
Read, chat & eat choc!
Just £15
DETAILS HERE!
biggreenbookshop.com/index.php
Let me know the kind of stuff you like reading.
I'll match you up with someone with similar taste.
I'll post you both a book I think you'll both like (+ choc & tea)!
Read, chat & eat choc!
Just £15
DETAILS HERE!
biggreenbookshop.com/index.php
November 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
"The Festive Big Green Book Swap" is back!
Let me know the kind of stuff you like reading.
I'll match you up with someone with similar taste.
I'll post you both a book I think you'll both like (+ choc & tea)!
Read, chat & eat choc!
Just £15
DETAILS HERE!
biggreenbookshop.com/index.php
Let me know the kind of stuff you like reading.
I'll match you up with someone with similar taste.
I'll post you both a book I think you'll both like (+ choc & tea)!
Read, chat & eat choc!
Just £15
DETAILS HERE!
biggreenbookshop.com/index.php
I always wondered what jodrell bank was actually for... I grew up in Cheshire... and if you couldn't see jodrell bank from the swings... you weren't swinging hard enough...
November 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I always wondered what jodrell bank was actually for... I grew up in Cheshire... and if you couldn't see jodrell bank from the swings... you weren't swinging hard enough...
Today the plan was to go into town... and have a leisurely lunch wandering round the Christmas market... it was a beautiful sunny morning... until I went out... so now I'm having a late lunch at home... waiting for the airfryer to heat up some roasted veg... to go with hummus & sauerkraut...
November 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Today the plan was to go into town... and have a leisurely lunch wandering round the Christmas market... it was a beautiful sunny morning... until I went out... so now I'm having a late lunch at home... waiting for the airfryer to heat up some roasted veg... to go with hummus & sauerkraut...