Mary DeVries
@marydevries.bsky.social
I delight, despair and write about a life lived around the world. Fueled by Yorkshire Gold tea.
Reading the news these days
November 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Reading the news these days
I'm a little nervous about what's about to go down in this museum.
November 2, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I'm a little nervous about what's about to go down in this museum.
Never use a pencil when angry
October 31, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Never use a pencil when angry
When you need the perfect car to tootle over to the Vicar's garden party in the countryside.
October 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
When you need the perfect car to tootle over to the Vicar's garden party in the countryside.
"What station stop do we need for this train?"
"LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTYSILIOGOGOGOCH"
"Too late, we're two stations later by the time you finished saying the name."
"LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTYSILIOGOGOGOCH"
"Too late, we're two stations later by the time you finished saying the name."
October 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"What station stop do we need for this train?"
"LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTYSILIOGOGOGOCH"
"Too late, we're two stations later by the time you finished saying the name."
"LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTYSILIOGOGOGOCH"
"Too late, we're two stations later by the time you finished saying the name."
When you ask your child to set the table.
(Child is in her twenties)
(Child is in her twenties)
October 17, 2025 at 12:17 PM
When you ask your child to set the table.
(Child is in her twenties)
(Child is in her twenties)
Advice for today from a WW2 leaflet.
MORALE
HOW TO PLAY YOUR PART
Forget yourself in helping your neighbours. In days of tension this casts out your own fears and worries.
MORALE
HOW TO PLAY YOUR PART
Forget yourself in helping your neighbours. In days of tension this casts out your own fears and worries.
October 14, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Advice for today from a WW2 leaflet.
MORALE
HOW TO PLAY YOUR PART
Forget yourself in helping your neighbours. In days of tension this casts out your own fears and worries.
MORALE
HOW TO PLAY YOUR PART
Forget yourself in helping your neighbours. In days of tension this casts out your own fears and worries.
Some churches follow Biblical teachings
October 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Some churches follow Biblical teachings
Goal for today, step out into the light.
October 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Goal for today, step out into the light.
"Using 24 hour notation for telling time is too confusing. Just give me an old fashioned clock with hands and I'll understand better," they said.
"On it," says Yeates Dublin. #clocks
"On it," says Yeates Dublin. #clocks
October 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
"Using 24 hour notation for telling time is too confusing. Just give me an old fashioned clock with hands and I'll understand better," they said.
"On it," says Yeates Dublin. #clocks
"On it," says Yeates Dublin. #clocks
Exactly whose road do you think this is anyway? You come into my hood, you'll wait for me.
October 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Exactly whose road do you think this is anyway? You come into my hood, you'll wait for me.
Traffic jam in Scotland
October 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Traffic jam in Scotland
Highland cattle getting frisky. I mean, what else is there to do on a rainy day?
October 9, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Highland cattle getting frisky. I mean, what else is there to do on a rainy day?
When its a windy day and you have the windows open to air things out, your toilet paper may decided to unroll itself from the bathroom into the bedroom.
October 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
When its a windy day and you have the windows open to air things out, your toilet paper may decided to unroll itself from the bathroom into the bedroom.
I love this quote from Benjamin Disraeli, ironically found while traveling myself. Memory is a funny thing.
"Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen."
"Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen."
October 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I love this quote from Benjamin Disraeli, ironically found while traveling myself. Memory is a funny thing.
"Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen."
"Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen."
I did not expect to find a full set of The House on the Prairie books on the shelf of a Paris cafe.
October 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I did not expect to find a full set of The House on the Prairie books on the shelf of a Paris cafe.
Fire Tower is my new favorite board game. It has the perfect blend of strategy, luck, and fast moving game play paired with pleasing graphics and well designed pieces. You can be losing by a mile then the wind shifts and everything changes.
October 2, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Fire Tower is my new favorite board game. It has the perfect blend of strategy, luck, and fast moving game play paired with pleasing graphics and well designed pieces. You can be losing by a mile then the wind shifts and everything changes.
The perfect cross cultural night out. Korean street food (British pub style), England brewed pints of ale, and a Japanese inspired card game.
September 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The perfect cross cultural night out. Korean street food (British pub style), England brewed pints of ale, and a Japanese inspired card game.
My daughter brought along a little light reading for our recent trip together. She bound the book herself. I so love this kid.
September 26, 2025 at 11:10 AM
My daughter brought along a little light reading for our recent trip together. She bound the book herself. I so love this kid.
The perfect reading location does exist.
September 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The perfect reading location does exist.