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Mum's In The Attic

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Yep, it's Karen, aka Kazza. Up in the attic, getting used to things. Artist, writer, Master Gardener, linguist, amateur naturalist and a few other things in no particular order 🌊🟧🌈💚🏀🐈‍⬛🧹 Please, no lists or packs ❤️

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Mum's In The Attic @mumsintheattic.bsky.social · Jan 1

All of my New Year's Resolutions just come down to, "Act like a damn grown-up, will ya?"

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Rolf Oldejans @rolfoldejans.bsky.social · 3h

This isn't cotton thread.

It's a stunning marble sculpture by Greek artist Argiris Rallias.

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 3h

Autumnal collection, including little owl feather, seedheads & various lovely things that fell off trees.
Zoom in to the details if you’re feeling stressed-the patterns in nature have been shown to help our brains relax🪶:

A collection of seedheads, acorns, sycamore keys, dried flowers, lichen, a little owl feather & a piece of Baltic amber on a white watercolour paper background

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Mum's In The Attic @mumsintheattic.bsky.social · 3h

a man with a beard says most extraordinary in front of a bridge

Alt: a man with a beard says most extraordinary in front of a bridge

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Mum's In The Attic @mumsintheattic.bsky.social · 3h

Stole a trio of 🦄s

Word Grid #502
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Word Grid | Daily Word Guessing Game

Word Grid challenges players to fill in a grid by guessing words that match the row and column categories. Each square is assigned a rarity score. How low can you push your rarity score as you play?

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Mum's In The Attic @mumsintheattic.bsky.social · 3h

Stacked #357
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Stacked | Daily Word Game

Play Stacked, the daily word game! Uncover hidden connections to reveal the 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5-word groups.

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Mum's In The Attic @mumsintheattic.bsky.social · 3h

Categories #502
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Categories | Daily Word Guessing Game

Test your word association skills with Categories, a challenging puzzle game where players group related words in a grid to uncover unique categories.

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Mum's In The Attic @mumsintheattic.bsky.social · 3h

Connections
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Mum's In The Attic @mumsintheattic.bsky.social · 3h

Tightrope, a daily trivia game | Britannica

Oct. 15, 2025

T I G H T R O P E
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My Score: 2180
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Tightrope, a Daily Trivia Game | Britannica

A daily trivia game with 9 interesting questions. If you get three wrong…you lose. Question categories include science, arts, history, animals and math.

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Mum's In The Attic @mumsintheattic.bsky.social · 4h

Quintalist #426 5/5
NATO Alphabet
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2️⃣2️⃣2️⃣⬜2️⃣
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5️⃣⬜5️⃣5️⃣5️⃣
Streak: 1
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Quintalist - Daily Ranking Challenge

Correctly answer the Daily Question in 5 tries or fewer. Select 5 choices and click Submit. Play each day!

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Mum's In The Attic @mumsintheattic.bsky.social · 4h

Strands #591
“Going up?”
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Mum's In The Attic @mumsintheattic.bsky.social · 4h

Ugh. Dumb mistake.

#crosswordle 1060 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Streak: 18🔥

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Crosswordle: Quick Daily Crossword Logic Puzzle

Crosswordle offers free daily crossword logic puzzles that fans of Wordle® will enjoy. Solve each puzzle by swapping letters horizontally and vertically.

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Mum's In The Attic @mumsintheattic.bsky.social · 4h

#waffle1363 5/5

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🔥 streak: 21
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Waffle

The waffle-shaped daily word game.

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Mum's In The Attic @mumsintheattic.bsky.social · 4h

squareword.org 1353: 9 guesses

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Squareword

A two-dimensional word game

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Mum's In The Attic @mumsintheattic.bsky.social · 4h

Hardle 🟦🟪 #1346 4/8

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Hardle - Hard Wordle!

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Mum's In The Attic @mumsintheattic.bsky.social · 4h

Canuckle 1250 5/6

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Canuckle - A daily Canadian word game

Guess the hidden word in 6 tries. A new puzzle is available each day.

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Mum's In The Attic @mumsintheattic.bsky.social · 4h

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Wordle 1,579 6/6

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 6h

basic research on wacky things like Gila monster venom are what gave us GLP-1 drugs that are treating diabetes, obesity, & addiction in new ways

this piece from @whyy.org is great

an analogy: navigation apps are great but don't tell you how to climb Mt. Everest & survive

whyy.org/segments/oze...

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 5h

Web of Epeira strix, an Orb-weaving Spider, Galloway, 1915.

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Mum's In The Attic @mumsintheattic.bsky.social · 4h

Still chasing that elusive 6!

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Plagdle 2025-10-14
Solved in 1/1 🦠

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Plagdle - Daily Infectious Disease Puzzle Game

Test your medical knowledge! Guess the daily infectious disease based on symptoms, treatment, and characteristics. A new puzzle every day!

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Mum's In The Attic @mumsintheattic.bsky.social · 11h

Crossherd #220
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Crossherd | Daily Mini Crossword

Crossherd is a fast-paced 5x5 mini crossword that tests your word skills and speed.

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Mum's In The Attic @mumsintheattic.bsky.social · 11h

Word Chase #399
Score: 1450 🎉
Words: 30 📖
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Word Chase | Daily Word Racer Game

Word Chase challenges players to find as many words as they can in two minutes. Words can be formed by connecting squares in all different directions. Share and compete with your friends!

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Mum's In The Attic @mumsintheattic.bsky.social · 11h

@faewings.bsky.social
Got the pangram but not much else! 😅

Blossom Puzzle, October 14
Letters: C H I E M S T
My score: 256 points
My longest word: 8 letters
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Mum's In The Attic @mumsintheattic.bsky.social · 11h

4 coronal mass ejections are racing toward Earth and could spark impressive northern lights this week | Space share.google/yxG6JLmgMrMb...

Aurora alert! 4 coronal mass ejections are racing toward Earth and could spark impressive northern lights this week

Scientists say a train of CMEs could impact Earth's magnetic field Oct. 15–17, bringing a chance of northern lights across northern North America.

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Mum's In The Attic @mumsintheattic.bsky.social · 12h

I might have been better off not knowing! 😂😂 But thank you for explaining.

Canuckle 1249 X/6

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Canuckle - A daily Canadian word game

Guess the hidden word in 6 tries. A new puzzle is available each day.

www.canucklegame.ca

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