Paula
@mspmeyer.bsky.social
Photos. Theatre. Baking. Reading. Films. Writing. Most of these things are constantly interrupted by Henry and Matilda the cats. Arsenal fan, so generally of uncertain mood. Cambridge, UK. She/her.
The daughter’s wedding is four weeks today and I’m ABSOLUTELY FINE.
November 7, 2025 at 9:22 AM
The daughter’s wedding is four weeks today and I’m ABSOLUTELY FINE.
Henry helpfully demonstrating the essence of cats.
November 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Henry helpfully demonstrating the essence of cats.
I was a bit nervous before going to see Neil Hannon and the fantastic @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social in Cambridge last night. I’m a bit freaked out by crowds, but I’ve loved them for years and I’m so glad I went. It was absolutely brilliant. Thanks to Neil and the stunning band!
October 16, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I was a bit nervous before going to see Neil Hannon and the fantastic @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social in Cambridge last night. I’m a bit freaked out by crowds, but I’ve loved them for years and I’m so glad I went. It was absolutely brilliant. Thanks to Neil and the stunning band!
This weekend I am cat-sitting this ridiculous Botticelli Angel in feline form…
October 12, 2025 at 7:04 AM
This weekend I am cat-sitting this ridiculous Botticelli Angel in feline form…
Apologies for doing a bread post like it’s 2020 but I tried a new folding technique and my sourdough came out all perky so I just wanted to share.
October 8, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Apologies for doing a bread post like it’s 2020 but I tried a new folding technique and my sourdough came out all perky so I just wanted to share.
Yesterday, exactly five years to the day after she matriculated as a new undergrad (pic 1), the daughter did it all over again before starting her PhD at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge (pic 2). Very proud of her (and the increasing amounts of black cloth she gets to wear as the years go by!)
October 7, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Yesterday, exactly five years to the day after she matriculated as a new undergrad (pic 1), the daughter did it all over again before starting her PhD at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge (pic 2). Very proud of her (and the increasing amounts of black cloth she gets to wear as the years go by!)
This photo popped up as a memory and I can’t remember whether the daughter’s small bears were re-enacting Romeo and Juliet or Much Ado. Sometimes home education was a lot of fun…
September 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This photo popped up as a memory and I can’t remember whether the daughter’s small bears were re-enacting Romeo and Juliet or Much Ado. Sometimes home education was a lot of fun…
At Henry’s annual vet check yesterday, it was suggested that he might be a trifle portly. He is processing the news.
August 22, 2025 at 4:47 AM
At Henry’s annual vet check yesterday, it was suggested that he might be a trifle portly. He is processing the news.
We moved some furniture around at the weekend and it has taken Henry FOUR DAYS to work out that he can still get up on the windowsill he likes.
August 7, 2025 at 11:32 AM
We moved some furniture around at the weekend and it has taken Henry FOUR DAYS to work out that he can still get up on the windowsill he likes.
A heron feeling reflective in town tonight.
July 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
A heron feeling reflective in town tonight.
Today I handed over an eye-watering amount of money for the daughter’s wedding dress. Then I got charged £10 for a dress bag…
I should be clear, I don’t begrudge a penny for the dress. The dress is gorgeous. But I begrudge that tenner like you wouldn’t believe.
I should be clear, I don’t begrudge a penny for the dress. The dress is gorgeous. But I begrudge that tenner like you wouldn’t believe.
July 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Today I handed over an eye-watering amount of money for the daughter’s wedding dress. Then I got charged £10 for a dress bag…
I should be clear, I don’t begrudge a penny for the dress. The dress is gorgeous. But I begrudge that tenner like you wouldn’t believe.
I should be clear, I don’t begrudge a penny for the dress. The dress is gorgeous. But I begrudge that tenner like you wouldn’t believe.
This morning I chose a workout featuring ‘holiday’ music because I thought it sounded summery. Of course, due to cultural differences between Apple Fitness and here, I ended up exercising to Christmas music. I’ve spent all day in the university library humming Kelly Clarkson’s ‘Underneath The Tree’.
July 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This morning I chose a workout featuring ‘holiday’ music because I thought it sounded summery. Of course, due to cultural differences between Apple Fitness and here, I ended up exercising to Christmas music. I’ve spent all day in the university library humming Kelly Clarkson’s ‘Underneath The Tree’.
Punts, geese, sunshine, an absolute shitload of scaffolding - all of summer in Cambridge together in one shot…
July 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Punts, geese, sunshine, an absolute shitload of scaffolding - all of summer in Cambridge together in one shot…
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Check out my new cookery book you guys. It's called 'Fuck It, Get Takeout' and it's just 300 blank pages that you can tear out to use as napkins.
July 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Check out my new cookery book you guys. It's called 'Fuck It, Get Takeout' and it's just 300 blank pages that you can tear out to use as napkins.
A pair of red kites has recently started sailing regularly over the garden - they make such a distinctive whistling noise (sort of weeoo-eeoo-eeoo, maybe?) and I have so far completely failed to take a decent picture of either of them.
June 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
A pair of red kites has recently started sailing regularly over the garden - they make such a distinctive whistling noise (sort of weeoo-eeoo-eeoo, maybe?) and I have so far completely failed to take a decent picture of either of them.
The sun is out, exams are over, it’s May Week, and Cambridge is letting its hair down…🎉☀️😎
June 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The sun is out, exams are over, it’s May Week, and Cambridge is letting its hair down…🎉☀️😎
I made the cats, who are much too hot, a fun waterpark! The ice cubes melted in less than five minutes and Henry mostly drank it, but it provided a brief diversion…
June 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I made the cats, who are much too hot, a fun waterpark! The ice cubes melted in less than five minutes and Henry mostly drank it, but it provided a brief diversion…
Extremely rare footage of Matilda actually sitting on her cooling mat. Normally she sits on a horrible lumpy cushion she insists is her favourite bed, and glares grumpily at everyone because she is so hot…
June 19, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Extremely rare footage of Matilda actually sitting on her cooling mat. Normally she sits on a horrible lumpy cushion she insists is her favourite bed, and glares grumpily at everyone because she is so hot…
It’s Friday 13th, 28C, and I am making my parents’ 60th Wedding Anniversary cake ready for their celebration lunch tomorrow. Swiss Meringue Buttercream. Acres of it. Heat. All thoughts and prayers accepted.
June 13, 2025 at 10:05 AM
It’s Friday 13th, 28C, and I am making my parents’ 60th Wedding Anniversary cake ready for their celebration lunch tomorrow. Swiss Meringue Buttercream. Acres of it. Heat. All thoughts and prayers accepted.
Sometimes Henry is too sleepy for playtime so we balance things on his head to make him feel he’s contributing.
June 4, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Sometimes Henry is too sleepy for playtime so we balance things on his head to make him feel he’s contributing.
Once again I am an empty nester, as our baby blue tits fledged from the garden bird box this morning (it’s always during the late May bank holiday!). This pic was from a few years ago - this year’s family were much shyer!
May 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Once again I am an empty nester, as our baby blue tits fledged from the garden bird box this morning (it’s always during the late May bank holiday!). This pic was from a few years ago - this year’s family were much shyer!
There is consternation about an ice cream van…
May 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
There is consternation about an ice cream van…
The approach of summer in Cambridge heralded by our first sighting of the Pimm’s punt.
May 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The approach of summer in Cambridge heralded by our first sighting of the Pimm’s punt.
Memories just threw up this photo from 2020 where the daughter somehow looks like a candidate on The Apprentice who’s designed a particularly brutal range of shape wear.
May 2, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Memories just threw up this photo from 2020 where the daughter somehow looks like a candidate on The Apprentice who’s designed a particularly brutal range of shape wear.
My two idiots are three today! Henry is celebrating like this, but wants you to remember his glow-up from the sickly scrap we adopted…
May 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM
My two idiots are three today! Henry is celebrating like this, but wants you to remember his glow-up from the sickly scrap we adopted…