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Paula R C Readman @grannywenlock.bsky.social · 1d

The reason I started working in my garden two months ago was that I needed an outlet for my anger and frustration. Every day, I'm becoming calmer but I'm not quite there yet.
Keep smiling everyone 😂
P.S. a freshly dug garden makes it easier to hide the bodies.

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Paula R C Readman @grannywenlock.bsky.social · 1d

To some the view from my home isn't paradise, no rolling countryside or crashing shoreline but it’s a kind of paradise. A quiet street full of kind neighbours, always there for you. The stretch of greenery allows us to watch the changing seasons. Good neighbours are priceless. Thank you.

I must say, even though to some the view from my home isn't paradise, no rolling countryside or crashing shoreline. To me, it has its own kind of paradise.
I live on a quiet street full of kind neighbours who are there for you whenever you need them. We are fortunate to have a stretch of greenery between us, allowing us to watch the changing seasons through the colours of the cherry tree and the silver birch.
Good neighbours are priceless. Thank you for being there.

Paula R C Readman @grannywenlock.bsky.social · 3d

🎃Happy Halloween to you all. 🎃

Paula R C Readman @grannywenlock.bsky.social · 12d

My long haired cat Brutus was busy helping me in the garden today. He climbed into my garden trolley and fell asleep. Bless him.

Paula R C Readman @grannywenlock.bsky.social · 14d

It makes it so much more easier

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Paula R C Readman @grannywenlock.bsky.social · 16d

Check out a short read but before you do read this first: scifiandfantasyreviewer.com/2020/05/14/t... to buy check out mybook.to/thefuneralbi...

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Paula R C Readman @grannywenlock.bsky.social · 24d

I just had a wonderful chat with this gentleman. I asked him about his earrings, expecting him to have them done in his wild youth. Bill said he had the piercings when he was sixty. He always wanted to get them done and decided to live his best life now. I love hearing strangers' stories.

The gentleman walked into the shop where I was with my husband. He had amazing large steel rings in his ears. I asked him if he had the rings done in his youth but no. When he was sixty.

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Paula R C Readman @grannywenlock.bsky.social · 26d

Autumn in Essex England

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Paula R C Readman @grannywenlock.bsky.social · 27d

Early morning sky

Paula R C Readman @grannywenlock.bsky.social · Sep 29

Please enjoy my slideshow and video of my walk this morning. It through the English countryside

Paula R C Readman @grannywenlock.bsky.social · Sep 28

I’m amazed to find that my loquat is in flower again. Unless it is a very mild this winter it won’t fruit 😢

Paula R C Readman @grannywenlock.bsky.social · Sep 27

I’m busy working on a small painting of a pet. Here are the first three stages. 1) I do a detail sketch onto the slice of wood after the coat of white paint has dried 2) I paint in the first coats of paint in thin washes 3) third stage is to build up the details.
We aren’t finished yet.

Paula R C Readman @grannywenlock.bsky.social · Sep 16

Many years ago, I bought a tiny grape vine in a plastic pot from a charity shop. It must love the place I planted it in as the vine spread across the garage roof. The change of weather after the hot dry to rain has swollen the grapes nicely and taste quite sweet now.

A photo of green grapes for my vine in my garden. The first picked this season

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Paula R C Readman @grannywenlock.bsky.social · Sep 11

Oh, bless you. My writing is normally quite dark so now I am writing more upbeat stories.

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Paula R C Readman @grannywenlock.bsky.social · Sep 11

Did you read the story? Thank you for your comment.

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Paula R C Readman @grannywenlock.bsky.social · Sep 11

Now for something Are you ready for a new short story?
Temple End the local writing group is meeting in the village hall as they have every month. A new member has come along hope for help and inspiration…
Why is someone knitting 🧶 at a writing group?

www.cafelitmagazine.uk/2025/09/dant...

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Paula R C Readman @grannywenlock.bsky.social · Sep 11

Busy in the garden. 1) garden spider wrapping up its dinner. 2) bumblebee on a sunflower collecting pollen 3) an oak bush cricket 4) geese in a field in the distance Rivenhall Church

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Paula R C Readman @grannywenlock.bsky.social · Sep 2

1 & 2 Traveler’s Joy 3) Golden Gage 4) Bradwell Church

Paula R C Readman @grannywenlock.bsky.social · Aug 31

Thank you so much. At the moment, life is a bit busy. I hope to get back to my writing soon. Hope all is well with you?

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Paula R C Readman @grannywenlock.bsky.social · Aug 31

Another day busy in the garden. It’s amazing what wildlife lives so close to us.
A cabbage white butterfly and this amazing fungus in the manure.

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Paula R C Readman @grannywenlock.bsky.social · Aug 28

Come take a walk with me.

Paula R C Readman @grannywenlock.bsky.social · Aug 12

This morning's walk was interesting because Ana and I discussed world issues, which is something we rarely do. Then, we met a gentleman, and we ended up having a conversation on the exact same topic. The sky was stunning after the rain. A pleasant walk, although the heat was rising quickly.

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Paula R C Readman @grannywenlock.bsky.social · Aug 10

If like me you have been wondering what is growing in these purple and white fields the flowers are Phacelia tanacetifolia, commonly known as Lacy Phacelia, Fiddleneck, or Scorpion Weed.
These plants are green manure and pollinator plants. They are drought-tolerant and thrive in a sunny position.

Paula R C Readman @grannywenlock.bsky.social · Aug 2

You can buy my book from the publisher Bridgehouse… if you have my book already then check out other books available from them. All great books by amazing writers.

www.bridgehousepublishing.co.uk/index.php/bu...

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Paula R C Readman @grannywenlock.bsky.social · Aug 1

My theme while out walking was patterns. The walk took 8,433 steps and I’ve add captions to the photos

Pattern created by the sun shining through the park gates

The sun highlights the parts of a yellowing leaf trapped in the dry grass

The pattern on a meadow brown butterfly wings in orange and brown

The cracks in the dry soil in a wheat crop ready to harvest

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