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Joanne Simmonds
@josimmonds.bsky.social
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I’m currently rewriting my @BathSpaUni novel.

I paint, write and swim with AuDHD and hEDS.

‘Misogyny is envy with a dick.’ Edna O’Brien.

I write a Substack here: https://joannesimmonds.substack.com
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It's bloody chaos on this sofa.
Ezra, a stuffed zebra toy from Ehlers Danlos UK charity.
October 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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A look into the crocheted tomatoes in progress in a project bag.
October 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Had to have a drawing lesson from mum to get the perspective right. This is a picture of Brean Sands from last year. I think I'm happy. Might transfer to canvas 👍🏻
A painting of Brean Sands in acrylic next to a photo of it.
September 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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A series of arches in Bristol Cathedral, looking through to a stained glass window in a room.
September 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Love this stained glass window
A mixture of reds and blues and greens in an abstract stained glass window in Bristol Cathedral.
September 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Beautiful Bristol Cathedral
Looking through a cut out section of a wall through to a stained glass window. The cut out has two figures in it. One of them has a baby.
September 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Can't cut evenly. Someone is going to get a giant brownie.
12 chocolate brownies freshly baked on a cooling rack.
September 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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A book - Pastels for the Absolute Beginner by Rebecca De Mendonça.
September 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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There's something about working with soft pastels ❤️
A bauble in soft pastels on a swirling background of purple and black.
September 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Copied from these books.
Watercolor in the Woods by Jane Carkill. 10 minutes Botanicals from Emma Tildesley.
August 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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I've been watercolour painting ❤️
A watercolour painting of a giant bee and a toadstool with a pinecone next to it.
August 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Can't find the last three words.
A screenshot of a word wheel from The Guardian. 17 out 20 have been found.
August 1, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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I think I got my cause and effect mixed up, but I've researched TB meningitis after finding my grandfather's death, and it can cause a stroke, not the other way round. It still kills thousands. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
July 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Having fun with my new Pitt graphite matt pencils from one of my favourite art materials company Faber Castell. Lovely to hold as usual.
A set of six pencils in a tin lie on top of a sketch book with various coloured pencil and graphite pencil blending experiments underneath. A coloured blanket is underneath the pad.
July 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Painting table enhanced 🍃
June 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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This seems to be a regular occurrence?
A circle showing Bluesky is loading. Permanently.
June 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Making a lengthy drawn out paint mixing chart with my 22 acrylic paints, some of which have never been opened because tutorials assume you have five. So I was using my glass palette then I saw this face.
The screws and bits and bobs make a face shape on the back of my glass scraper.
June 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Isn't this lovely? We found it in the park, but we don't know what it's called.
A white, blousy flower with a vibrant bright yellow centre. It's surrounded by smaller white and yellow flowers.
May 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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This is such a weird article casting dispersions on someone's journalism. It’s been widely reported Depp has a home in a Taunton village.

www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...
An internet search showing Johnny Depp has a home in Somerset.
April 27, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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Text on easter card reads ‘May you find the renewal of hope, health, love and the spirit of God. Happy Easter to you and your lovely family’
April 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Lovely craft group at church. All the things you can do with napkins 🐣🐥
A bunny made out of a floral napkin and a wooden dowel for a head. The napkin comes through the top of the head to make the ears.
April 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Beautiful day, if a little hot 🔥
The view of the Weir in Bath from the bridge. The view as you come out of the Holburne Museum. A very neat garden with a lovely Georgian street beyond it. Holburne museum gardens.
April 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Too crammed. Can't leave Taunton. Half an hour wait.
A cross-country train leaves Taunton without me.
April 11, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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A tulip has opened up to reveal its petals.
March 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Promise me you'll never be this person.
Extract from cps.gov.uk (crown prosecution service) • There are a number of common triggers for crimes against disabled persons, for example: access or equipment requirements, such as ramps to trains and buses, can cause irritability or anger in perpetrators; perceived benefit fraud; jealousy in regard to perceived "perks", such as disabled parking spaces. • Multiple perpetrators are involved in incidents condoning and encouraging the 1 main offender(s) - for example, filming orr their mobile phones and sending pictures to friends or social networking sites. • False accusations of the victim being a paedophile or "grass". • Cruelty, humiliation and degrading treatment, often related to the nature of the disability: for example, blindfolding someone who is deaf; destroying mobility aids.
March 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM