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Sophie
@smeekings.bsky.social
mostly gardening and cats
Been a wild 24hrs- kicked off Monday giving a talk at the Royal Society #FutureSciPub then headed home to miraculously pass my driving test?? Have spent a good chunk of the year so far so ill I couldn't travel and legally unable to drive for a bit so feeling v grateful for some glorious respite.
July 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM
jfc these predatory conferences get more alarming by the day
May 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Home for the holidays and sharing my old room with my parents' replacement children:
December 24, 2024 at 9:29 PM
It's garden season again bitches 🌱
April 18, 2024 at 6:25 AM
This sign clearly had a very specific backstory and I need to know what it is:
January 7, 2024 at 2:23 PM
why did no-one tell me that quolls exist and they are so, so perfect
January 2, 2024 at 9:36 AM
This message appeared in my timeline with no context and I was like......maybe this???
November 2, 2023 at 8:35 AM
Can't believe no-one came trick or treating, I was waiting by the door with my basket of treats all night 😥 🌱
November 2, 2023 at 8:30 AM
Just spent a week taking kids caving in beautiful South Wales. Love to be on top of and/or underneath mountains. Just any orientation relative to a hillside really.
November 1, 2023 at 9:28 PM
The courgette plants have been turning it OUT just in time for our kitchen to be out of action (the ceiling needs reinforcing so it's been full of scaffolding and mortar dust). Everyone who sees me is getting a compulsory courg, no opt-outs. 🌱
September 20, 2023 at 9:26 AM
The difference between last month's basket "full" of veg and this month's 🌱 hauls is *extreme* 😅
September 20, 2023 at 9:24 AM
And after completely failing to grow any of these marigolds (calendula "Sunset Buff") in trays I'm happy that just dumping out the remaining seeds in the packet onto soil worked perfectly 😅🌱
August 12, 2023 at 11:39 AM
This morning's harvest 🥰🌱

Tomatoes are "Sweet Million" and I've really neglected them so I'm pleased they're thriving anyway!
August 12, 2023 at 11:32 AM
my other favourite bit of visiting new places is standing on top of tall things looking down
August 6, 2023 at 9:10 AM
putting the FUN in funicular railway
August 6, 2023 at 9:08 AM
Time for my favourite bit of visiting a new city... Experiencing the public transport system 🥰
August 5, 2023 at 9:00 AM
Basket I made filled with vegetables I grew! Friends say she is approaching dangerous levels of cottagecore 🌱

courgette = Zephyr
beans = annelino di Trento
cucumber = ??
August 4, 2023 at 8:17 AM
the best part of academia is leaving work at 3pm to make a wicker basket
August 2, 2023 at 6:49 AM
my son is ridiculous, part II (don't worry, the punnet was swiftly removed)
July 1, 2023 at 8:23 PM
no jury would convict, just LOOK at that innocent face
July 1, 2023 at 6:44 PM
my son is ridiculous
July 1, 2023 at 6:55 AM