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Vaila
@vaila.bsky.social
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Autistic. Queer. Tired.

Unpaid carer. Chronic pain haver.

Interests: nature, photography, reading, languages inc BSL, queer history.

(Alt text. Profile pic is bird’s eye view of wellies standing on red sand beach. Header is blue sky with cloud.)
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More in my series, mushroom with a view.

#FungiFriends #Nature
#Scotland
Several large brown wet looking mushrooms. A view of black rocks and the sea behind.
November 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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1000 days of sign language.

#BSL
Screenshot of Lingvano streak.
November 4, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Ta-dah.

#Halloween #Scotland #Neep
Neep (turnip) carved with big round eyes and wobbly mouth, glowing with a candle inside.
October 31, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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So it begins. Yes, my hand hurts already.

#Halloween #Scotland #Neep
A knife sticking into a half carved neep (turnip).
October 31, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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#Squirrel #Mammal #Scotland #Nature
A grey squirrel with a muddy nose peering inquisitively into the camera while balancing on a park bench. Trees and fallen leaves in the background.
October 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Perfect time of year for a trip to the Botanics.

#Glasgow #Scotland #Nature
Various trees and shrubs under a domed glasshouse roof. Red and green variegated leaves in the sunshine.
October 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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#Beachcombing #Scotland #Nature
Cowrie shell or groatie buckie between large wet pebbles on a beach. Hermit crab on a stone beach. Mottled claws and head are visible. Loki’s candle, rolled up tree bark, on boulder beach. Action shot of pulling a washed up fish box up a cliff off a red sand beach.
October 18, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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#FungiFriends #Nature #Scotland
Pointy red mushroom growing in grass with two more orangish ones behind
October 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Mushroom with a view.

#FungiFriends #Nature #Beach #Scotland
A white field mushroom growing on the grassy edge of a cliff, sandy boulder beach and waves in background
October 18, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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We have found a groatie buckie spot.

#Beach #Seashell #Beachcombing #Scotland #Nature
39 small cowrie shells (roundish with a curved mouth) and a piece of white seaglass in my hand, red sand beach in background.
October 18, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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This little pal was sunning themself in the garden this morning.

#invertebrate #nature #Scotland
Butterfly with bright orange stripe and white spots on nearly black wings sitting on a green leaf.
September 17, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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#Sunset 10pm #Scotland
Orange glow at the horizon of a dark blue sky.
August 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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We had a fun and constructive day at #Autscape
Turreted building made from magnetic constructive system. Side view. Turreted building made from magnetic constructive system. Overhead view.
August 6, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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Found one of these beauties the other day. Not an individual animal but a hybrid colony of creatures who build a sail boat and cross the ocean together.

#invertebrate #beach #Scotland
Close up of a By-the-wind sailor on the sand. A deep blue oval base with a clear sail bisecting it.
August 1, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Found some wacky little guys in the museum.
A chipped white tile with a line drawing of two figures in blue. They are doing handstands. A cracked white tile with a line drawing of two figures in blue. One is pointing, the other falling over or balancing, hard to say.
July 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Nice balanced number on my sign language app.

#BSL
Lingvano screenshot showing a learning streak of 888 days.
July 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Fox waiting to be fed at a wildlife park.

#Mammals
A fluffy looking fox with its mouth open standing patiently in the grass.
July 6, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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Is it wheat? I don’t know but very pleasant to stroll past on a sunny day. Local deer not pictured but we saw them earlier. Plus lots of butterflies.

#Nature #Outdoors
A field of some kind of grain crop surrounded by trees under a blue sky.
June 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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#Tree #Nature #Outdoors
An oak tree being blown by the wind on a sunny day.
June 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Post from Pippa Crerar @PippaCrerar NEW: A reasoned amendment to the welfare bill is being tabled by 13 Labour committee chairs as first reported by @romillyweeks It creates a big problem for Keir Starmer & Liz Kendall with around 80 Labour MPs already backing the amendment. If selected, it would give them chance to oppose second reading of bill because of issues incl poverty, lack of consultation, impact assessments and employment support. With rebellion still brewing, it could force govt to compromise, or else it could ultimately kill the bill, leaving govt with a £5bn black hole to fill and seriously humiliated by own party.
June 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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#Beach #Scotland #Summer
My hand holding five pieces of white, green and blue seaglass. Sandy beach in background. Wellies standing on black and brown sand. Marbled effect as water runs down the beach. White sand delightfully ruffled by the wind with patches of scrubby grass higher up. Bunch of sea pinks growing on rocks.
June 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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One other person on the beach today in a massive anorak as it’s windy and cold here.

#Beach #Scotland #Summer
White sand beach with greenish sea and blue sky with wispy clouds. Tiny figure in far distance.
June 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Orchids have spontaneously started growing in my garden.

#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #NiceThings
A purple orchid growing in unmoved grass. Sunny day.
June 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Sea pinks, cluster of pink flowers growing on long stems amongst boulders. Sea campion, white flowers with pink bulb growing amongst rocks. Yellow marigolds with deep green leaves. Small yelllow flowers mixed with purple star shaped flowers amongst grass.
June 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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#Wildflowers #Scotland #Summer
Yellow iris from above. Purple orchid in long green grass. Very small purple flowers amongst moss. “Ham and eggs” small yellow flowers with red tint growing in a cluster.
June 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM