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ChefMagenta
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Hello! Chef. Leftie. Hammer. Skater. Sussex by the sea. No Terfs/Transphobes please. She/her.

It's not my birthday today 😕

Also not so recently single. Form a queue, lads.
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Cat!
A lego tuxedo cat.
November 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Been to see my son in his flash new flat in King's Cross it has a concierge, a screen room, communal work spaces and a communal games room. It also has this view.

I think he is what is known as a "jammy bastard".
A view over London from near Kings Cross looking south. It includes all the biggest buildings including the Shard.
November 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Left my 15yo alone on Halloween. He had friends round. He seems to have liked after the house very well indeed. Literally the only thing changed is that the bin is now, for some reason, called George.
A black bin with a silver lid. On the lid of the bin there is a white label with the name George printed on it.
November 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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#SundayPixBooks there are books in the background anyway... this was when my daughter and I met Anthony Horowitz in Waterstones Brighton. We were both fangirling like mad.
November 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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New cat in the family! Meet Basher, my son's Bengal/tabby mix.
A pale brown cat with darker stripes. He's lying on the ground and there is a cat toy dangling next to him. He's only 9 months old but he's huge already.
October 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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This has reminded me of the mug @wombat37.bsky.social sent me when I moved house. It has pride of place in my kitchen.

#SundayPixWombat
A white mug sitting on a remover's cardboard box. The mug said "I hope your new neighbours aren't cunts" on it.
October 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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#SundayPixWombat wombie has written many great books. My favourite is Rollie and I highly recommend you read it.

My other favourite is this one, which has my then young son immortalised on the cover. This has pride of place on our bookshelves.
A picture of a book cover. The book is called A Winkle on Estuary Mud, a poetpourri by Michael Wombat. The picture is of a jack up barge that was docked at Newhaven briefly. It is a very large red machine with 4 legs used in sea construction. It is next to the dock and a small fence is in front of it. My son, who looks tiny compared to the machine, is standing at the fence, turned to look back at the camera.
October 26, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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#SundayPixWombat wombie have me this when we met up once. It had sat on my kitchen windowsill ever since and every time I see it I think of him and what a kind generous human being he is.

Happy Birthday Wombie!
A child's hand holding a small plastic wind up soldier toy
October 26, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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What's your choice?
A diagram with 9 different coloured pills on it. They are numbered: 1. Can communicate with oysters 2. Free gravel for life 3. Can teleport up to 7 inches away 4. Grow a second nose 5. Can control any toaster with your mind 6. Look 10 hours younger 7. Can instantly see inside any empty container 8. Speak the extinct language Khitan 9. Run as fast as Albert Einstein
October 20, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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#Sundaypixstacks I was going through a Ulysses phase...
A pile of 6 books all related to the book Ulysses by James Joyce. They are - Ulysses by James Joyce - Ulysses the 1922 text - The most dangerous book by Kevin Birmingham - The Odyssey by Homer - Ulysses the annotated student edition - James Joyce by Ellman
October 19, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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#SundayPixStacks a stack of books in a Rio bookshop. The book is Diary of a Wimpy Kid but in Portugese it is called "Diario de um Banana" which made me laugh.
See main text. The books are purple.
October 19, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Everyone belongs in my family. This is my sister, supporting the rights of my daughter. #SundayPixBelonging
A woman holding up a sign which says "L with the T. Trans and Cis Lesbian solidarity" there is a picture of two women holding arms, one trans coloured and one pink with the slogan "Sisters in arms".
October 12, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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On this day today let us have a quick timeline cleanse with the lovely H from Steps.
H from Steps whose real name is unfortunately Ian Watkins. Now it's only his name. The other one is gone, permanently.
October 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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#SundayPixLeaves I used to live near the Bramshott Canadian memorial walk which is spectacular every autumn. There are more pictures and an explanation in the link.

www.markrosschambers.com/blog/bramsho...
Red maple tree leaves on a tree.
October 5, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Morning! Beautiful morning but still very windy. And my tree lost pretty much all is conkers.
House chestnut tree against a beautifully blue sky. The grass underneath is littered with conkers. A close up of said conkers.
October 4, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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The setting sun shining on my lego collection.
See text.
September 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Let's try that again.

The astonishing King's College Chapel, Cambridge. The place where the carols come from in Xmas Eve. A couple of randos are standing in front of it.

#SundayPixWorship
King's College Chapel, Cambridge partially hidden by a tree and also by another building. In front of it are my son and his wife on the occasion of receiving their MAs.
September 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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September 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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At my old university for a reunion. I can 2nd year room from the room in staying in!
A redbrick building which is student accommodation. I spent 2 years living in that building, wasting my time. Should've done more work.
September 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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I wanted to get a black cat last time but then I saw Ariel (who is nearly black) and fell in love.
My son (on the left) with Ariel.
September 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Random cat that rocked up on my mum's porch the other day.
A black cat sitting on a white wicker garden chair with a blue cushion on a porch.
September 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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#SundayPixPerfection nothing quite as perfect as a smiling baby so here are 4 of mine.
Smiling baby sitting on a doorstep. Smiling baby sitting on a wooden floor. Smiling baby lying on his front. Not quite so smiley baby but he looks lovely anyway. Hard to find a good picture of this one in my photos because he was born pre digital cameras.
September 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Ooh! That sounds nice. But no, it's just what they call it on Friday Night Dinner.
September 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Amazing sky here tonight.
A, beautiful sky. The clouds vary from grey to pink, the sky is a yellowish colour.
September 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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On the train back from the rugby. That was all a bit mad! Glad I was supporting NZ.
A rugby match ongoing in a stadium full of people.
September 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM