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the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · Aug 17

Dawning realisation that if anything happened to anyone in my family the last word that will have passed between us is “alligator”.

the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 6h

Yes!!!!

the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 7h

About last night … @beesandrikishis.bsky.social 🙂

Rikishis (half of them) line up around the dohyo at the Royal Albert Hall in the introductory ceremony

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夏梅屋 @natsu-ume-ya88.bsky.social · 1d

Cat SUMO wrestler🐱

#SUMO
#cat
#illustration

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the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 18h

Ohhh perfect, I love that! Have a great time. And I have a few shots of the rikishi leaving to get on the bus from
Door 6 - I need to see if any of them aren’t unrecognisably blurry 😂

the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 18h

No! We had to pay for travel and hotel so more tickets was well out of our budget sadly. Would have loved to though. Are you??

the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 18h

* than a basho

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taniquetilz.bsky.social @taniquetilz.bsky.social · 19h

If you want to watch more sumo NHK Japan show regular highlights of each day during a basho. You can now get NHK online and on Freeview in the UK. Website also has 'sumopedia' explaining various topics. Enjoy #sumo #sumowrestling #nhk #grandsumohighlights

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the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 18h

They could have learned the bare minimum out of basic courtesy! Did you enjoy it otherwise? We loved it! So amazing to see it in person (though I appreciate it was far more like the provincial tours then a basho it was so well done).

the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 18h

My pap shot of the day 🐎

Ichiyamamoto outside the Royal Albert Hall in his horse patterned kimono

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the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 18h

😬😬

the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 1d

Fair. I can rectify that.

the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 1d

Can I bring my cat if I press her toe bean to the “like” button?

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the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 1d

It’s RAH sumo day and the excitement is OFF THE SCALE!

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MiMi Aye @meemalee.bsky.social · 2d

This Saturday!

Come say hello and if you bring or buy a copy of #MandalayBook I’ll draw you a picture too! x

MiMi Aye @meemalee.bsky.social · 15d

FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD!

I'm taking part in a panel with other women food writers for this year's South East London BookFest.

Come join us at 2pm on Sat 18 Oct!

l'll be alongside Romy Gill,
Pary Baban from Nandine, @foodstories.bsky.social and
The Flygerians!

Free tickets here! 🎟️ tiny.cc/food

A collage of the bright yellow cover of my book ‘MANDALAY: Recipes & Tales from a Burmese Kitchen’, me in a burgundy ‘Original Beef of Chicagoland’ T-shirt (from the tv show The Bear), holding a plate full of Tokyo Disneyland cakes, the poster for the SE London BookFest, and the area around Corner Corner (between Canada Water and Surrey Quays) which is where our panel will be.

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the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!

the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you - I’ve loved doing the course. My OH bought it as a birthday present and it has really floated my boat!

the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 2d

I like it

A 3 layer reduction print of a potted plant

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the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 2d

I am truly happy now 🧵

Patriciajaydee @patriciajaydee.bsky.social · 2d

The rikishi are taking-in the town and doing what we all do when in London.
Seeing the sights, admiring the parks, shopping on High Street, taking tea at Fortnum's, using the olde phonebox, eating Chinese, and having a terrific time.

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the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 2d

Nouvelle Vague, Too Drunk To Fuck

(Also absolutely chaotically superb live)

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 2d

Without saying Hurt, fav Cover Song?

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the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 2d

It’s also comparatively cheap so if you cock it up you can start again without feeling horribly guilty.

the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve spent a few years looking for a creative hobby that I can just pick up & put down and this might be the one. I’ve tried a few things eg wirework, watercolours, seaglass composition … Lino is very satisfying and time-adaptable, you can do a bit and put it away easily

the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 2d

Spent a couple of hours this afternoon digging out the space in a Lino print tile and it was enjoyably meditative. Reduction printing 3 layers tomorrow.

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the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 2d

Spent a couple of hours this afternoon digging out the space in a Lino print tile and it was enjoyably meditative. Reduction printing 3 layers tomorrow.

the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 3d

I will check it out thanks. As long as it’s within 20 mins on the tube I’m happy to travel too.

the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 3d

Saturday lunchtime ideas not too far from Kings Cross? Interesting food, GF options?

HELP!

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the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 3d

Ahhhh!