Sabine
@sabines.bsky.social
One of those immigrants; once overran the UK. Australo-Germano Frenchie. Going back to the various places I came from.
First try at madeleines turned out well! Flavoured with orange blossom water.
November 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
First try at madeleines turned out well! Flavoured with orange blossom water.
‘Have you heard of Zohran Mamdani?, asks my dad.
‘Of course!’
‘I knew his dad, met him a few times in Dar es Salaam’, he says, and pulls this book off a shelf.
‘Of course!’
‘I knew his dad, met him a few times in Dar es Salaam’, he says, and pulls this book off a shelf.
October 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
‘Have you heard of Zohran Mamdani?, asks my dad.
‘Of course!’
‘I knew his dad, met him a few times in Dar es Salaam’, he says, and pulls this book off a shelf.
‘Of course!’
‘I knew his dad, met him a few times in Dar es Salaam’, he says, and pulls this book off a shelf.
Chanced upon an exhibition of Quentin Blake drawings at the weekend. This one is ‘Balancing with the Birds’.
July 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Chanced upon an exhibition of Quentin Blake drawings at the weekend. This one is ‘Balancing with the Birds’.
Il est cinq heures, Paris s’éveille
June 24, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Il est cinq heures, Paris s’éveille
How do I find the entrance to your flat? Got a little picture of a fox outside- you’ll know it when you see it. #foxoftheday
June 6, 2025 at 6:56 PM
How do I find the entrance to your flat? Got a little picture of a fox outside- you’ll know it when you see it. #foxoftheday
Still haunted by this snippet from ABC News during the recent floods in Queensland. 😳🕷️🕷️🕷️😱 (The apostrophe mistake is pretty unpleasant too.)
June 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Still haunted by this snippet from ABC News during the recent floods in Queensland. 😳🕷️🕷️🕷️😱 (The apostrophe mistake is pretty unpleasant too.)
Am no fan of this grass-coloured carpet the neighbours have put out, but the local fox seems to like it, so who am I to quibble? #foxoftheday
May 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Am no fan of this grass-coloured carpet the neighbours have put out, but the local fox seems to like it, so who am I to quibble? #foxoftheday
Loving the hardiness of these wild London poppies growing in an actual brick wall.
May 16, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Loving the hardiness of these wild London poppies growing in an actual brick wall.
Reminds me of this from June 2016
May 3, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Reminds me of this from June 2016
Der Spiegel notification (mistakenly?) illustrating the item about the FBI arresting a judge with a photo of Witkoff shaking Putin’s hand is right on the nose.
April 26, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Der Spiegel notification (mistakenly?) illustrating the item about the FBI arresting a judge with a photo of Witkoff shaking Putin’s hand is right on the nose.
Catching up on the cringey girly space flight from the other day
April 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Catching up on the cringey girly space flight from the other day
While the world burns, I’ve discovered a super easy recipe and now can’t get enough of making this nut and seed bread.
April 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
While the world burns, I’ve discovered a super easy recipe and now can’t get enough of making this nut and seed bread.
These people have no shame. Comparing her ‘struggle’ to that of Martin Luther King - give me strength!
April 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
These people have no shame. Comparing her ‘struggle’ to that of Martin Luther King - give me strength!
What do you mean, ‘follow live’? Watch as they tell lies, make up excuses, and then just send their army in one day and take it over, like Putin did Ukraine? This is so alarming.
March 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
What do you mean, ‘follow live’? Watch as they tell lies, make up excuses, and then just send their army in one day and take it over, like Putin did Ukraine? This is so alarming.
‘It doesn’t walk in saying,
“Our programme means militias, mass imprisonments, transportations, war and persecution.”’
“Our programme means militias, mass imprisonments, transportations, war and persecution.”’
March 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
‘It doesn’t walk in saying,
“Our programme means militias, mass imprisonments, transportations, war and persecution.”’
“Our programme means militias, mass imprisonments, transportations, war and persecution.”’
When the neighbourhood chat gives talking about cars a rest, it can be really rather charming.
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March 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
When the neighbourhood chat gives talking about cars a rest, it can be really rather charming.
🦆🦆🦆
🦆🦆🦆
News is very heavy, so in case it briefly helps anyone else, here’s a wild wombat I saw a few weeks ago.
March 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM
News is very heavy, so in case it briefly helps anyone else, here’s a wild wombat I saw a few weeks ago.
This is like Brexit all over again. What do you do about people being fucking idiots?
March 9, 2025 at 11:33 PM
This is like Brexit all over again. What do you do about people being fucking idiots?
You carried your full plastic bottle up the mountain, is it really too much to ask that you carry it back down again to dispose of, once it’s empty? I despair of people.
February 12, 2025 at 12:46 PM
You carried your full plastic bottle up the mountain, is it really too much to ask that you carry it back down again to dispose of, once it’s empty? I despair of people.
Does this cat capture the mood of the start of 2025 or what?
January 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Does this cat capture the mood of the start of 2025 or what?
The extraordinary flower of the cannonball tree
January 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The extraordinary flower of the cannonball tree
The milk bars of my Australian childhood are gone - all that’s left is the occasional old sign where they used to be, like this one.
January 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The milk bars of my Australian childhood are gone - all that’s left is the occasional old sign where they used to be, like this one.
Just in case anyone else might be as cheered up by seeing a yellow-tailed black cockatoo as much as I was.
January 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Just in case anyone else might be as cheered up by seeing a yellow-tailed black cockatoo as much as I was.
Echidna in the backyard today!
January 7, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Echidna in the backyard today!