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LizM
@lizm.bsky.social
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(Oxford) city dweller. Nature lover. Coffee. Books.
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This was my top song
A photo from Spotify Wrapped, with a picture of the album cover for Pulp’s More (red/brown landscape, blue sky, small figures) and the text: Your top song Got to Have Love by Pulp You listened 25 times.
December 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Been making the Christmas cake #baking
Photo shows Nigel Slater’s Christmas Chronicles open at a page with the heading Making the cake. The book is surrounded by various ingredients, including brandy, figs, glacé cherries and an orange and a lemon.
November 21, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Oxford’s Christmas Light bus
A red bus in the centre of Oxford, decorated with Christmas lights (I think the other side probably looked better, but I was too slow getting my phone out!). Father Christmas is on the top deck of the bus at the back.
November 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Went swimming in the rain. Still enjoyed it 😌
A view of the pool at Thames Lido, from one end. It’s raining. The sky is grey/white.
November 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Finally completed the Oxford Green Belt Way this morning. Beckley to Thornhill, so back to where we started from.
A gatepost showing a green and white circular sign with a yellow arrow in the middle pointing forwards. The text on the sign says CPRE OXFORD GREEN BELT WAY and PUBLIC FOOTPATH. Ahead is a path through a wooded area. A zoomed-in view of a church from a field. The church is in Stanton St John.
November 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Second gig of the week! Couldn’t miss Aftercare at The Library #pub #CowleyRoad
Aftercare drummer (very proud!)
October 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Top Shortage and Blue Bendy in Oxford tonight. Great gig! @divineschism.bsky.social
Top Shortage singer, viewed between two silhouettes Blue Bendy singer, with eyes closed, holding the microphone with one hand and with the other hand in the air
October 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Ginkgo trees outside Cowley Centre #Oxford
Three - or is it four? - ginkgo trees growing from tree pits in a pavement outside a charity shop Two ginkgo trees outside a Betfred
October 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Moth x Human at @morethanadodo.bsky.social last night was great @ocmevents.bsky.social
The setup for a performance, with screen, music stands, violin (and a dinosaur skeleton peering around the screen) The violinist Ellie Wilson - in a skirt with moths on - performing Moth x Human
October 18, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Menopause cafe at my local library tomorrow #CowleyLibrary
Poster for a: MENOPAUSE cafe Saturday 18th October 2pm-3.30pm Cowley Library 112 Temple Road Oxford OX4 2EZ Book on Eventbrite or email Cowley.library@oxfordshire.gov.uk or call 01865 815137 DRINK EAT DISCUSS MENOPAUSE www.menopausecafe.net
October 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Saw this today - could be useful?
Poster for a: MENOPAUSE cafe Saturday 18th October 2pm-3.30pm Cowley Library 112 Temple Road Oxford OX4 2EZ Book on Eventbrite or email Cowley.library@oxfordshire.gov.uk or call 01865 815137 DRINK EAT DISCUSS MENOPAUSE www.menopausecafe.net
October 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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@swansonian.bsky.social I got my son to take this last night (he was in a better position than me)
A blue, floor-length curtain (or maybe just a curtain with blue light on it). There’s a microphone in front of it to the left and a projection on the curtain which says: MARK WATSON BEFORE IT OVERTAKES US. The writing has a rippled effect because of the folds of the curtain.
October 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Some foods are definitely too much of a faff to make at home, but houmous (hummus?) is not one of them
A white plastic box on a grey kitchen top, filled with homemade houmous (which is topped with a few chick peas and smoked paprika)
October 5, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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She’s not wrong. Meera Sodha, in yesterday’s Guardian.
Imagine a world full of all-in-one options. One type of lightbulb! A single charger for all the gadgets! One battery size! One remote control! One type of Tupperware! Universal buttons! One insurance policy for life, death and everything in between! One pan lid for all the pans! Wouldn't that be great?
October 5, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Very much enjoyed reading this, especially once I got on to the stories I read when I was a child (it’s more or less chronological) #TheHauntedWood
THE HAUNTED WOOD A History of Childhood Reading SAM LEITH 'A marvel' Philip Pullman 'Monumental' Irish Times
September 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Some great new artworks at this year’s Folkestone Triennial but I also liked this one from 2011
A white circle mounted on a metal stand with a view of the sea in the background. There are lots of different colours around the outside of the circle (grey, green, blue, black etc). Plaque next to colour wheel: Creative Folkestone Artworks Spencer Finch The Colour Of Water 2011 The artist visited Folkestone to observe the ever-changing tone and colour of the waters of the Channel over several weeks at different times through 2010. His response was to create this colour wheel to allow other people to spend time considering their own reactions to the constantly changing display. Like the Impressionist painters before him, colour, light, perception, place and the act of seeing are key preoccupations for the artist. creativefolkestone.org.uk
September 22, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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This artist-designed ice lolly (with dipping sand!) reminded me of the lemon cheesecake my mum used to make when I was a child #FolkestoneTriennial
Lemon cream ice lolly with the top covered in “sand”. There are boats floating in Folkestone Harbour in the background.
September 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Aaaaaaand relax….
Looking down on to a curved sandy beach and the sea. There are trees on either side of the photo; the sky is blue, with a few wispy white clouds.
September 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Picked these up at the weekend (they’re already less shiny, sadly!)
Three shiny brown conkers in my hand
September 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Here’s one from the other day (not my street but not far away)
Looking down a street at a rainbow. The sky is grey but the houses on the right in the foreground are lit by sun.
September 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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In other news, I’ve just been out and bought some of these coffee beans. Hope you’re all ok.
The front of a black bag of coffee beans, with the following words printed on it in white: Can We Talk? Coffee The back of the black bag of coffee beans, with the following words printed on it in white: Can We Talk? Coffee So much more than just a cup of coffee. Can We Talk? Coffee is named after Oxford United's suicide prevention and mental health awareness initiative. In partnership with Baton of Hope, the Joey Beauchamp Foundation and Oxfordshire Mind, the Can We Talk? campaign was launched to encourage people to talk more openly, ask the right questions and listen without judgement. So, brew a cup and check in with yourself and those around you. Because sometimes the most important question is Can We Talk? All profits from Can We Talk? Coffee will be donated to the Joey Beauchamp Foundation to support essential mental health initiatives across Oxfordshire.
September 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Walked over eight miles today with the kids (stage 8 of the Oxford Green Belt Way, finishing at Beckley)
A view down hill over trees and fields. The Abingdon Arms, with a blue plaque on the wall that says: EVELYN WAUGH AUTHOR wrote, drank and loved here 1924-1931
August 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Not the best photos but it doesn’t matter #mindfulphotography
Looking down on the brown head of a teasel plant. A ladybird is clinging to it upside down. The back end of a violet ground beetle with a purple sheen around its wing cases, on a black rucksack.
August 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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I have made Anzac biscuits #baking
A tray of golden Anzac biscuits with a small pale spider plant and a recipe book open in the background
August 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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New local mural
A brick wall, painted over with grass, trees, sky, clouds, the trunks of trees and silhouettes of wild animals Another section of brick wall, painted over with grass, flowers, sky, clouds and silhouettes of birds such as red kites, swallows and swifts
August 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM