Pettinera
@pettinera.bsky.social
When she usually lies facing me, but I'm in bad books for setting free the mouse she caught outside the front door so that she could not retrieve it 😄
Snowflakes may be drifting gently outside, but inside ~ sunbeams and snuggles.
January 3, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Snowflakes may be drifting gently outside, but inside ~ sunbeams and snuggles.
Lovely sunny January morning 🌄
January 2, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Lovely sunny January morning 🌄
I know red in the morning is shepherd's warning ~ But it's so delicately pretty
November 29, 2025 at 9:35 AM
I know red in the morning is shepherd's warning ~ But it's so delicately pretty
DS was so funny at the shop today, I sent him to the car, saying, "I'm collecting something you can't see" (his birthday present) - He assumed I was planning to buy lingerie 😄🥰
November 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
DS was so funny at the shop today, I sent him to the car, saying, "I'm collecting something you can't see" (his birthday present) - He assumed I was planning to buy lingerie 😄🥰
If you are out shopping, pop into @LushLtd &
buy their Watermelon fund raising soap, a beautiful product made with love & kindness. All funds will support medical services & services that make prosthetic limbs to support the Children of Palestine.
buy their Watermelon fund raising soap, a beautiful product made with love & kindness. All funds will support medical services & services that make prosthetic limbs to support the Children of Palestine.
October 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
If you are out shopping, pop into @LushLtd &
buy their Watermelon fund raising soap, a beautiful product made with love & kindness. All funds will support medical services & services that make prosthetic limbs to support the Children of Palestine.
buy their Watermelon fund raising soap, a beautiful product made with love & kindness. All funds will support medical services & services that make prosthetic limbs to support the Children of Palestine.
Taught this anthem youtu.be/NxzU_rFfXzs?... in high school in 1970s, not realising the horrors that the music's beauty masked.
Feeling deceived, so I've adapted the lyrics to more accurately reflect the truth.
Feeling deceived, so I've adapted the lyrics to more accurately reflect the truth.
October 22, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Taught this anthem youtu.be/NxzU_rFfXzs?... in high school in 1970s, not realising the horrors that the music's beauty masked.
Feeling deceived, so I've adapted the lyrics to more accurately reflect the truth.
Feeling deceived, so I've adapted the lyrics to more accurately reflect the truth.
Burnished colours on a rainy autumn afternoon
October 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Burnished colours on a rainy autumn afternoon
Burnished colours on a rainy autumn afternoon
October 20, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Burnished colours on a rainy autumn afternoon
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Here you go - giant blue fin tuna! What an amazing creature and only half grown at 450lb! I told it it to watch out for all the Japanese boats off shore! Please don’t eat tuna. Stocks maybe recovering but are still low x
October 17, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Here you go - giant blue fin tuna! What an amazing creature and only half grown at 450lb! I told it it to watch out for all the Japanese boats off shore! Please don’t eat tuna. Stocks maybe recovering but are still low x
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We all live under the same sky.
We all belong to the same Earth.
We built the borders
and forgot
that we still live under the same sky,
that we still belong to the same Earth.
We all belong to the same Earth.
We built the borders
and forgot
that we still live under the same sky,
that we still belong to the same Earth.
October 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
We all live under the same sky.
We all belong to the same Earth.
We built the borders
and forgot
that we still live under the same sky,
that we still belong to the same Earth.
We all belong to the same Earth.
We built the borders
and forgot
that we still live under the same sky,
that we still belong to the same Earth.
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“There is a crack, a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in” - Leonard Cohen
October 9, 2025 at 12:33 AM
“There is a crack, a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in” - Leonard Cohen
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Just take a look!
At the exhibition Ukraine WOW
the paintings of Kateryna Bilokur have blossomed.
Kateryna Bilokur (1900–1961) –
a Ukrainian self-taught artist,
celebrated for her detailed paintings of flowers.
At the exhibition Ukraine WOW
the paintings of Kateryna Bilokur have blossomed.
Kateryna Bilokur (1900–1961) –
a Ukrainian self-taught artist,
celebrated for her detailed paintings of flowers.
September 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Just take a look!
At the exhibition Ukraine WOW
the paintings of Kateryna Bilokur have blossomed.
Kateryna Bilokur (1900–1961) –
a Ukrainian self-taught artist,
celebrated for her detailed paintings of flowers.
At the exhibition Ukraine WOW
the paintings of Kateryna Bilokur have blossomed.
Kateryna Bilokur (1900–1961) –
a Ukrainian self-taught artist,
celebrated for her detailed paintings of flowers.
Reposted by Pettinera
September 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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No wonder politicians keep talking about refugees…https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/16/uk-public-paid-200bn-to-shareholders-of-key-industries-since-privatisation-study
September 16, 2025 at 12:13 PM
No wonder politicians keep talking about refugees…https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/16/uk-public-paid-200bn-to-shareholders-of-key-industries-since-privatisation-study
Blimming cat makes my heart stand still 🫣
September 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Blimming cat makes my heart stand still 🫣
Remember how, when we were children, we wanted to be older? Like by about 10 years? Well, has anyone else also found that their neck and décolleté haven't outgrown that instinct yet? 😒😉
August 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Remember how, when we were children, we wanted to be older? Like by about 10 years? Well, has anyone else also found that their neck and décolleté haven't outgrown that instinct yet? 😒😉
I somehow thought that property rentals are taxed as businesses anyway with business protocols that include income tax & NI on remuneration paid to the landlords, and taxes on benefits gained from using the equity for other investments. Don't they do this already?
🚨 NEW: Rachel Reeves is considering applying National Insurance to the rental income of landlords
August 29, 2025 at 7:38 AM
I somehow thought that property rentals are taxed as businesses anyway with business protocols that include income tax & NI on remuneration paid to the landlords, and taxes on benefits gained from using the equity for other investments. Don't they do this already?
Paleontology-crazy 9yo grandson to his pre-history Zooarchaeologist mum, at Clifford's Tower ~ You can't show me stuff that's millions of years old, and then expect me to be excited over something that's 1000 years old.
She did it to herself 😄
She did it to herself 😄
August 29, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Paleontology-crazy 9yo grandson to his pre-history Zooarchaeologist mum, at Clifford's Tower ~ You can't show me stuff that's millions of years old, and then expect me to be excited over something that's 1000 years old.
She did it to herself 😄
She did it to herself 😄
So sweet, greeted 2 youngsters cycling through campus, beautiful bright smile from one, the other, matter-of-factly: "I'm gonna be here, one day"
"Good for you, you'll love it!" 😀
"Good for you, you'll love it!" 😀
August 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
So sweet, greeted 2 youngsters cycling through campus, beautiful bright smile from one, the other, matter-of-factly: "I'm gonna be here, one day"
"Good for you, you'll love it!" 😀
"Good for you, you'll love it!" 😀