J
@juliacottagecore.bsky.social
Podiatrist, socialist, geek, cricket, cottagecore, #hEDS, queer, bereaved. New Scot. Gardening geek.
Dogs, cats, chickens, soon to expand to ducks, bees and geese 🤞
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Opinions mine.
Julia/ she/ they
Dogs, cats, chickens, soon to expand to ducks, bees and geese 🤞
🏳️🌈🇪🇺🏴
Opinions mine.
Julia/ she/ they
I didn't anticipate that Labour would be the party to tip us into the Years and Years timeline...
September 7, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I didn't anticipate that Labour would be the party to tip us into the Years and Years timeline...
Even more reason to leave 'normal island'....
July 23, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Even more reason to leave 'normal island'....
Went to a crochet workshop this morning... Maybe I finally understand the basics.
Obviously I shall spend all afternoon crocheting now to practice
Obviously I shall spend all afternoon crocheting now to practice
July 20, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Went to a crochet workshop this morning... Maybe I finally understand the basics.
Obviously I shall spend all afternoon crocheting now to practice
Obviously I shall spend all afternoon crocheting now to practice
This is something else...
July 19, 2025 at 7:57 AM
This is something else...
Just putting it out there that as an autistic person I still wear underwear... I just found comfortable ones.
July 11, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Just putting it out there that as an autistic person I still wear underwear... I just found comfortable ones.
We've agreed to do a social thing in the evening today (well 6 o'clock) and I'm not sure what we were thinking.... Urgh
July 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
We've agreed to do a social thing in the evening today (well 6 o'clock) and I'm not sure what we were thinking.... Urgh
Just found out the waiting list for Neurology up here is 2 years...
I will probably be able to see a consultant quicker once we have emigrated than I can do here.
How ridiculous
I will probably be able to see a consultant quicker once we have emigrated than I can do here.
How ridiculous
July 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Just found out the waiting list for Neurology up here is 2 years...
I will probably be able to see a consultant quicker once we have emigrated than I can do here.
How ridiculous
I will probably be able to see a consultant quicker once we have emigrated than I can do here.
How ridiculous
Watching a Manchester based series on netflix for an added sense of familiarity with local accents and city scenes 🥰
July 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Watching a Manchester based series on netflix for an added sense of familiarity with local accents and city scenes 🥰
Would you leave the UK now if you had the chance?
We were planning to leave in 27, but now debating leaving next year instead
We were planning to leave in 27, but now debating leaving next year instead
June 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Would you leave the UK now if you had the chance?
We were planning to leave in 27, but now debating leaving next year instead
We were planning to leave in 27, but now debating leaving next year instead
I'm making bread and trying to supress another urge to learn to crochet again...
A totally normal day off
A totally normal day off
June 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I'm making bread and trying to supress another urge to learn to crochet again...
A totally normal day off
A totally normal day off
Such a significant step, but still not full decriminalisation and it's more than 150 years after it was introduced
June 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Such a significant step, but still not full decriminalisation and it's more than 150 years after it was introduced
I had a realisation today: I'm not antisocial so much as I'm just increasingly disappointed by other humans
June 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I had a realisation today: I'm not antisocial so much as I'm just increasingly disappointed by other humans
This really wouldn't suprise me...
After all they don't want to tax the rich too heavily as most Labour MPs would probably be taxed too
After all they don't want to tax the rich too heavily as most Labour MPs would probably be taxed too
June 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
This really wouldn't suprise me...
After all they don't want to tax the rich too heavily as most Labour MPs would probably be taxed too
After all they don't want to tax the rich too heavily as most Labour MPs would probably be taxed too
The UK can't afford adequate welfare spending but can increase its defence and weapons spending, just in case.
Honestly f*ck these priorities
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Honestly f*ck these priorities
www.bbc.com/news/article...
UK defence review to send 'message to Moscow' – Healey
At least six new factories will be built and up to 7,000 UK-built long-range weapons will be procured.
www.bbc.com
June 1, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The UK can't afford adequate welfare spending but can increase its defence and weapons spending, just in case.
Honestly f*ck these priorities
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Honestly f*ck these priorities
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Turns out I'm surprisingly grumpy about the ending of this week's Doctor Who
May 31, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Turns out I'm surprisingly grumpy about the ending of this week's Doctor Who
They're not even pretending otherwise anymore.
This is fascism
This is fascism
May 30, 2025 at 7:56 AM
They're not even pretending otherwise anymore.
This is fascism
This is fascism
It's not even a bank holiday weekend here yet I'm still digging up the garden.
It's been great fun removing turf and layers of stones underneath
It's been great fun removing turf and layers of stones underneath
May 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
It's not even a bank holiday weekend here yet I'm still digging up the garden.
It's been great fun removing turf and layers of stones underneath
It's been great fun removing turf and layers of stones underneath
Today I am trying to convince my partner that we should buy a farm.
I even made a song to the tune of 'let's go fly a kite'
I even made a song to the tune of 'let's go fly a kite'
May 21, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Today I am trying to convince my partner that we should buy a farm.
I even made a song to the tune of 'let's go fly a kite'
I even made a song to the tune of 'let's go fly a kite'
UK house prices really are the most ridiculous things...
I say this even as an owner of a small cottage.
I say this even as an owner of a small cottage.
May 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
UK house prices really are the most ridiculous things...
I say this even as an owner of a small cottage.
I say this even as an owner of a small cottage.
My new life plan: buy a derelict cottage in Ireland with a few acres of land (the important bit). Put a polytunnel on it and start a plant nursery...
Who knows if I'm joking at this point
Who knows if I'm joking at this point
May 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
My new life plan: buy a derelict cottage in Ireland with a few acres of land (the important bit). Put a polytunnel on it and start a plant nursery...
Who knows if I'm joking at this point
Who knows if I'm joking at this point
"Moving to the country, I'm gonna eat a lot of peaches"
May 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
"Moving to the country, I'm gonna eat a lot of peaches"
Holiday!
Though I've not gone anywhere and this is 20 minutes from my house, it's my first official time off in my own business
Though I've not gone anywhere and this is 20 minutes from my house, it's my first official time off in my own business
May 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Holiday!
Though I've not gone anywhere and this is 20 minutes from my house, it's my first official time off in my own business
Though I've not gone anywhere and this is 20 minutes from my house, it's my first official time off in my own business
Another reason I'm looking forward to leaving the UK is so that I won't have to hear about the royal family as often
May 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Another reason I'm looking forward to leaving the UK is so that I won't have to hear about the royal family as often
Today a sizeble part of my inner self, whether soul or similar non-religious description, wants to retrain into gardening...
I also need a holiday.
Are the two related, possibly. Does knowing this reduce the internal desire to retrain?
No, not really
I also need a holiday.
Are the two related, possibly. Does knowing this reduce the internal desire to retrain?
No, not really
May 12, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Today a sizeble part of my inner self, whether soul or similar non-religious description, wants to retrain into gardening...
I also need a holiday.
Are the two related, possibly. Does knowing this reduce the internal desire to retrain?
No, not really
I also need a holiday.
Are the two related, possibly. Does knowing this reduce the internal desire to retrain?
No, not really