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Sue Beesley

@suebeesley.bsky.social

1.4K followers 810 following 1.4K posts

Gardener. Microlighter. Dabbler in anything interesting. SolarPV devotee since 2011. Heat pump nerd. Still wondering what to do when I grow up. www.bluebellcottage.co.uk

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 3h

Agree wholeheartedly (fessing up to have been a @greenparty.org.uk member for around 10 years). The whole visual piece needs to be updated.

Nick Stone @typejunky.bsky.social · 4h

20 minutes. I mean it's not thought through, and is just off the cuff with a hand drawn leaf, but it already looks like it means it.

Me drawing shit in illustrator. It's some logos in a green palette with a leaf shape. Using Neue Haas as a typeface.

Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 1d

This is why when people ask me about my #solarPV set up, I focus on how low my bills are and that I've locked in low electricity prices for as long as the panels last (~20-25 years). I never mention the climate. I've persuaded loads of people to go ahead. The climate gains no matter their motivation

Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 1d

Truly incredible...

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 3d

9-yr-old Ukrainian Sasha Paskal has won gold&bronze medals at the All-Ukrainian Rhythmic Gymnastics Competition "Black Sea Cup"

In the summer of 2022she was seriously injured by a Russian strike and underwent a leg amputation

Sasha didn’t give up.She went through rehabilitation
📹bokareva.solovey.m

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 2d

Nearly there, surely Fridge is in there too, somewhere...

Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 2d

Does anyone remember Fleur Olby's wonderful photos that illustrated Monty Don's Observer columns? Thought I'd try some backlit seed shots, inspired by...

Nigella damascena seedpods and seeds on light box

Papaver rhoeas seed pods and seeds on light box

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 2d

I think he has the right soul. But he doesn't have the ability to speak about it eloquently or persuasively. And that really matters.

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Chris Williams @chrisw100.bsky.social · 2d

100,000 members and rising 💯

Next... overtake The Tories.

Join us to make that happen. join.greenparty.org.uk

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Green party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader

Green party in England and Wales has had near-50% rise in membership since since Zack Polanski took over last month

www.theguardian.com

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 2d

The wolves are circling... Keep going Carole.

Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 2d

He stood up in the European Parliament and blamed the EU for Russia invading Ukraine (in effect) just as Gill did. He championed Brexit which was a big win for Moscow. Somewhere, somehow he's taking Putin's shilling. Somehow, someday, someone will figure out how.

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 2d

What if... Fridge's French girlfriend did by the Clacton house with 'her own money'... What if the cash came from his friends in Moscow and she is a really nice person who does his laundry?

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 2d

We were in Manchester yesterday evening. The streets were buzzing with life. In a queue for a gig, bald, tattooed men in black Slipknot t-shirts. Students laughing in groups on a night out. Sharp dressed folk entering a smart bar. All ages and hues. And I thought about Portland and Chicago..

Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 2d

How do you know when your slow-cooked, carefully stirred, reddening membrillo is ready? When it does this...

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 2d

Membrillo :-)

Quince pulp in pan after processing with sugar on top

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 3d

Quince jelly turned out all right. Membrillo tomorrow.

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 4d

Quince jelly and membrillo on the go...

Mashed quince piled into a muslin in a colander over a saucepan

Muslin tied up and hanging clear of the pan so the juice can drip through.

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 4d

I don't really have a big problem with gas as last resort for some years. We'll use very little of the stuff overall (lots on cloudy, still, cold days) but it will serve to underpin security of supply and keep markets calm.

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 4d

Yes, I fly a microlight. The maintenance regime is very rigorous, insurance is invalidated if not kept up. Our plane is only 14 years old and we don't take paying passengers.

Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 4d

Yes, battery storage should be considered to be critical national infrastructure.

Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 5d

By then will we have decoupled gas from renewable pricing in the UK too?

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 5d

Like right now....

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 5d

Kate Bush.

Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 8d

Correct. I thought you were referring to existing panels...

Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 9d

The panels on my house are now 14 years old. Still producing at 90% of their original output. Long since paid for themselves.

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 9d

My solar panels have been on the house since 2011. I have washed them once, otherwise they have required no maintenance at all. They are still producing 90% of their original output. They paid for themselves 4 years ago (they were much more expensive in 2011 than today), so it's all free now.

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 10d

Looks like Eastbourne. Or Pevensey Bay