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Robyn
@partlyaside.bsky.social
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Former historian, current office drone. Californian loose in the Shire, obsessive about many things: books, food, cats & nature. YNWA. She/her.
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I thought of you when I was prepping my absolutely huge plate, LOL. I cooked during the match as I listen to them!
Overfull Emma Bridgewater stars pasta bowl full of, from 12 o’clock - Yorkshire puddings, roasted cabbage with caraway seeds, roast beef with horseradish, carrots cooked in parchment, marinated beets, and roast potatoes. Not pictured - gravy.
September 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Also we had a lot of fun on Raasay as well! More photos just to whet your appetite ahead of travel, really - you’ll have a great time no matter what you do, I suspect. (We went October 2022.)
View from the big house on Raasay of Skye - shockingly green grass with some trees, a bit of peaceful blue sea, and then the mountainous shore of Skye. A view of green grass, a beautiful beach, and a cliff with a waterfall. Empty of people! This is Talisker Bay Beach on Skye. A view of river and mountains and the sunshine - and a very muddy path - at the Fairy Pools (could skip though, there are so many beautiful spots and based on how busy it was in October I think it would be overwhelmingly so in July).
July 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Depending on how much time you have, I enjoyed going to An Corran Beach on Skye and looking for dinosaur footprints!
What pretty clearly looks like a wet and sea-weedy three toe foot print in stone in a photo but was the source of much “do we think this is it?” conversation at the time. A slightly more clear photo of another a large, three-toed foot print in stone with plenty of algae.
July 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Here’s a Sylvie for you! I hope things get better.
A grey spotted cat with a donut shaped collar on the couch, asleep and with one foot stretched out.
June 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Always the way, LOL! We are just about to eat - not nearly as lovely as yours - but a very quick meal made while chatting to my mom!
Two bowls with cut up sausages, and roasted courgettes, peppers, tomatoes & potatoes with oregano!
June 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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This is fun!
A map of the U.K. showing where I’ve lived and/or bin. I’ve lived in Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire and Fife and stayed in a number of other places. But I am missing spots in Scotland, and like, the entire East Coast of England. And most of Wales, and Cornwall.
May 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Ok, I have never heard it said like this, and I’d find it odd if that’s what a Southern accent does to the word.
We say “pleb” with a short “e” (like “celeb”), not the long one that makes it rhyme with “dweeb”.
May 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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If you see this, post a picture of trees by water.
A blossoming magnolia tree reaches out over a very small brook in the middle of an English village. On the other side, a bench sits on a lawn behind a home.
April 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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November 18, 2024 at 4:52 PM
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November 10, 2024 at 9:58 PM
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Not new new, but I understand the tax I must pay.
Two cats curled up together on a blue couch; the cat on the right is ginger, the cat on the left is cream with brown spots. Oblivious to the world.
November 10, 2024 at 10:12 AM