only just realised I sent a photo with about 4 pixels in it: the original is much more impressive

went to see the lovely orchid exhibition at Kew Gardens yesterday and dreamt of being a Victorian botanist wandering the world and illustrating plants 🥹

I think a lot about the 'plot holes' in family stories; the parts of anecdotes that are lost when we lose people. I've particularly been thinking about it this week, on the sixth anniversary of my grandad's passing — and wrote a little bit on those feelings for @boundlesslit.bsky.social yesterday

+ I’ve been painting a lot! enjoyed doing this one recently — more over on a new instagram I made to record the efforts :)

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One of my 2025 goals is to do more fun creative stuff in my spare time and try new crafty things — this weekend I painted a £1 mini milk jug (?) I found in a charity shop and made it into a cute candle holder :)

fair play to him

love this snippet of my latest awe in retrospect substack post, where Amy Mae Baxter joined to talk about hiding copies of Twilight under the covers, the importance of Angus Thongs & Perfect Snogging, and share her joys <3

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a success of the weekend: my first attempt at a chocolate soufflé! 🍽️

(didn’t put enough in the ramekins so didn’t get the characteristic rise above the rim but nobody minded and it tasted great 🫶)

monzo has informed me that I've gone over my self-assigned non-essentials spending budget this month, and I suspect it might be because this has broadly been my november vibe so far

🍽️ I’m terrible at bread but for some reason have managed to somewhat crack focaccia — the latest is a rosemary & caramelised red onion, made into roasted pepper & mozzarella sandwiches 🤩

a very autumn weekend across oxford and chiswick 🍂🍃☀️