Mary Francis
@quodlibet.bsky.social
Word-worker and poet. Somewhat self-absorbed, almost completely sane.
Happy to engage here publicly, but no DM’s please. I don’t check them.
http://quodlibetter.blogspot.com/
I’m birdwatching in my friend’s garden in Redmond WA. Amazing! Photos courtesy of Cornell Lab that recorded these birds and named them for me! (I’m a seasonal migrant from the UK. How would I
know what I was hearing?) 👍
know what I was hearing?) 👍
September 20, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I’m birdwatching in my friend’s garden in Redmond WA. Amazing! Photos courtesy of Cornell Lab that recorded these birds and named them for me! (I’m a seasonal migrant from the UK. How would I
know what I was hearing?) 👍
know what I was hearing?) 👍
Seven days into The Big Butterfly Count: Peacock Brook, Newent, Gloucestershire
July 7, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Seven days into The Big Butterfly Count: Peacock Brook, Newent, Gloucestershire
If I were still concerned about politics, I’d be furious all the time.
Meanwhile:
Meanwhile:
June 8, 2025 at 6:51 AM
If I were still concerned about politics, I’d be furious all the time.
Meanwhile:
Meanwhile:
Keir Starmer’s pitch to become Party Leader, or, “How I stole a Party and f**ked it up.”
Wry smiles as he sinks in the polls and tries to throw some sops to the disgruntled working class who are about to get shafted by Farage.
Glad I switched to birdwatching.
Wry smiles as he sinks in the polls and tries to throw some sops to the disgruntled working class who are about to get shafted by Farage.
Glad I switched to birdwatching.
June 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Keir Starmer’s pitch to become Party Leader, or, “How I stole a Party and f**ked it up.”
Wry smiles as he sinks in the polls and tries to throw some sops to the disgruntled working class who are about to get shafted by Farage.
Glad I switched to birdwatching.
Wry smiles as he sinks in the polls and tries to throw some sops to the disgruntled working class who are about to get shafted by Farage.
Glad I switched to birdwatching.
Birds, birds, birds! Walk through woods and meadows behind the cottage.
May 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Birds, birds, birds! Walk through woods and meadows behind the cottage.
I’m a granny not an economist, but this makes perfect sense to me. (Forbes made me fill out a form, and a whole new world opened before me. I have absolutely no interest in acquiring any of these things. Checked “Spirits” just for fun.)
May 5, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I’m a granny not an economist, but this makes perfect sense to me. (Forbes made me fill out a form, and a whole new world opened before me. I have absolutely no interest in acquiring any of these things. Checked “Spirits” just for fun.)
I went for a walk this morning. In this octave of Easter, I revel in the joy of the resurrection - tempered with sadness at. Pope Francis’death.
Walking through orchards I saw this. Death, resurrection and hope in one shot:
Walking through orchards I saw this. Death, resurrection and hope in one shot:
April 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I went for a walk this morning. In this octave of Easter, I revel in the joy of the resurrection - tempered with sadness at. Pope Francis’death.
Walking through orchards I saw this. Death, resurrection and hope in one shot:
Walking through orchards I saw this. Death, resurrection and hope in one shot:
I bowed out of the psycho-drama of politics when it became evident we’re caught in a spiral of decline orchestrated by fascism.
Not the nasty kind with uniforms and guns, yet, but this⬇️
Brexit and the SEZ’s supported by Tories and Labour are textbook fascist takeovers.
I post #birds now.
Not the nasty kind with uniforms and guns, yet, but this⬇️
Brexit and the SEZ’s supported by Tories and Labour are textbook fascist takeovers.
I post #birds now.
April 3, 2025 at 9:12 AM
I bowed out of the psycho-drama of politics when it became evident we’re caught in a spiral of decline orchestrated by fascism.
Not the nasty kind with uniforms and guns, yet, but this⬇️
Brexit and the SEZ’s supported by Tories and Labour are textbook fascist takeovers.
I post #birds now.
Not the nasty kind with uniforms and guns, yet, but this⬇️
Brexit and the SEZ’s supported by Tories and Labour are textbook fascist takeovers.
I post #birds now.
Just spotted this bird on the allencam feeder in Pretoria, Gautang. Merlin couldn’t identify it, but Google lens suggested Senegal Coucal. Seems out of place … any other suggestions?
#birds
#birds
April 3, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Just spotted this bird on the allencam feeder in Pretoria, Gautang. Merlin couldn’t identify it, but Google lens suggested Senegal Coucal. Seems out of place … any other suggestions?
#birds
#birds
Amazing walk along Peacock Brook today. The Jay and Buzzard are rarely heard hear. I confirmed both by sight.
Cornell Labs Bird App 10 mins 4secs 28/325 am
Cornell Labs Bird App 10 mins 4secs 28/325 am
March 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Amazing walk along Peacock Brook today. The Jay and Buzzard are rarely heard hear. I confirmed both by sight.
Cornell Labs Bird App 10 mins 4secs 28/325 am
Cornell Labs Bird App 10 mins 4secs 28/325 am
All I had to do was open the bedroom window …
# birds #lazybirds
# birds #lazybirds
March 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
All I had to do was open the bedroom window …
# birds #lazybirds
# birds #lazybirds
The native daffodils are in bloom! So much more beautiful than the blowsy cultivated blooms.
March 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The native daffodils are in bloom! So much more beautiful than the blowsy cultivated blooms.
I guess, as hundreds more Palestinians die, during a “ceasefire,” because the U.K. and USA have decided,in the interest of regional goals, that genocide is a regrettable necessity.What can a poet do but weep?
March 19, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I guess, as hundreds more Palestinians die, during a “ceasefire,” because the U.K. and USA have decided,in the interest of regional goals, that genocide is a regrettable necessity.What can a poet do but weep?
My latest wheeze “Birding Without Getting Out of Bed. (Except to open the window of course, and that doesn’t count. )
Courtesy of Cornell Labs Bird App sound recording 5 mins 38 secs 18 Mar 2025 8:16am Newent, England.
Courtesy of Cornell Labs Bird App sound recording 5 mins 38 secs 18 Mar 2025 8:16am Newent, England.
March 18, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My latest wheeze “Birding Without Getting Out of Bed. (Except to open the window of course, and that doesn’t count. )
Courtesy of Cornell Labs Bird App sound recording 5 mins 38 secs 18 Mar 2025 8:16am Newent, England.
Courtesy of Cornell Labs Bird App sound recording 5 mins 38 secs 18 Mar 2025 8:16am Newent, England.
Birds. U.K. Mar 5th 0850-0903 Newent, Glos U.K. Cornell Bird App
March 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Birds. U.K. Mar 5th 0850-0903 Newent, Glos U.K. Cornell Bird App
I’m amazed how to be enlightened, ie “woke” has become a term of abuse. I’m with Jon Stewart on this one:
February 20, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I’m amazed how to be enlightened, ie “woke” has become a term of abuse. I’m with Jon Stewart on this one:
I like pigeons. I know they’re considered pests by many, but I’m pretty sure they would have not terribly complimentary things to coo about us too. Thing is with pigeons, they’re always there for us. There’s one, right now, watching me from the top of a pole outside my window.
#birds #worstphoto
#birds #worstphoto
February 20, 2025 at 8:04 AM
I like pigeons. I know they’re considered pests by many, but I’m pretty sure they would have not terribly complimentary things to coo about us too. Thing is with pigeons, they’re always there for us. There’s one, right now, watching me from the top of a pole outside my window.
#birds #worstphoto
#birds #worstphoto
Though I saw neither it’s chestnut head nor its yellow-ish tail, I DID capture that rather distinctive bill …
“Siri, take a screenshot …”
Cornell Labs Panama Fruit Feeder 7/2/25 8:26 GMT
#birds
“Siri, take a screenshot …”
Cornell Labs Panama Fruit Feeder 7/2/25 8:26 GMT
#birds
February 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Though I saw neither it’s chestnut head nor its yellow-ish tail, I DID capture that rather distinctive bill …
“Siri, take a screenshot …”
Cornell Labs Panama Fruit Feeder 7/2/25 8:26 GMT
#birds
“Siri, take a screenshot …”
Cornell Labs Panama Fruit Feeder 7/2/25 8:26 GMT
#birds