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Katharine Tree @treesandwords.bsky.social · 27m

Haha. Stephen Fry certainly thinks he's in Clue. I don't know about the rest of the cast.

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Katharine Tree @treesandwords.bsky.social · 1h

A sequel!

Trash talk: why are UK kids using so many Americanisms?

British teachers report hearing more and more schoolchildren using US terms such as ‘candy’ and ‘diaper’ – and even speaking in an American accent. What’s going on?

www.theguardian.com

Katharine Tree @treesandwords.bsky.social · 1h

Yay! It's my feelgood movie, too!

‘What a magic trick’: why Gosford Park is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers fondly sharing their go-to mood-lifting films is a journey to the countryside with Robert Altman in charge

www.theguardian.com

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Katharine Tree @treesandwords.bsky.social · 1h

Resting while the birds express bird-pinions about my work.

A Merlin list showing juncos, pine siskin, Steller's Jay, and American robin

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Katharine Tree @treesandwords.bsky.social · 1h

*barn's

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Katharine Tree @treesandwords.bsky.social · 1h

He's so cute.

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Katharine Tree @treesandwords.bsky.social · 1h

And done. The right border still needs to be done, but i am soft. Tomorrow. Today's tubers will spend a week or so drying on the Barnes covered porch, then into cardboard boxes in the garage. I don't clean them!

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Katharine Tree @treesandwords.bsky.social · 1h

Left border done! Moving on to this raised bed. All these grew from tubers i tried to compost last winter. They were some of my favorites this year, so now I'm digging them up.

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Katharine Tree @treesandwords.bsky.social · 1h

Back at it. These two flowers were on a single Cafe au Lait plant!

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Katharine Tree @treesandwords.bsky.social · 2h

Garden inspector says I'm doing a great job! Carry on!

A teeny green tree frog in a dahlia clump

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Katharine Tree @treesandwords.bsky.social · 2h

This enormous friend (1.5") is alive, just cold.

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Katharine Tree @treesandwords.bsky.social · 2h

Then I get in with my garden fork and prise the tubers up. The soil in the borders is friable from years of amendment, so it isn't hard to do.

A bundle of dahlia tubers the size of a basketball

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Katharine Tree @treesandwords.bsky.social · 2h

First I get on my hands and knees to cut down the stalks. They are green and crisp so it's easy. They will break down in the compost, no problem.

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Katharine Tree @treesandwords.bsky.social · 2h

Goodbye, babe. You've been so good. See you next year.

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Katharine Tree @treesandwords.bsky.social · 2h

The borders have been lovely but it's the first week of November, and that means digging the dahlias. A thread 🧵 🌱

A dying perennial border, still with some pink and orange

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Therese Kearns @experimentalkearns.bsky.social · 4h

I really really want to build a pile dwelling @butserancientfarm.co.uk inspired by my recent visit to Museo delle Palafitte del Lago di Ledro, Italy and thinking about all the wonderful evidence from #MustFarm … 🤔🤔

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Katharine Tree @treesandwords.bsky.social · 22h

The cat objects :(

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Katharine Tree @treesandwords.bsky.social · 22h

Meow come be my friiiiieeeeeendddd 😭

A black cat in the grass, watching me with distrust

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Katharine Tree @treesandwords.bsky.social · 1d

Sunday. Fried bacon, orange-oiled the dining set. Time to cool down, shower, and start laundry.

Katharine Tree @treesandwords.bsky.social · 1d

There's a lot to unpack here.

Rise in UK Thanksgivings driven by growing appetite for US foods, retailers say

Growing UK American expat numbers also helping boost sales and bookings for a holiday once seen mainly in films

www.theguardian.com

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Katharine Tree @treesandwords.bsky.social · 1d

I'm only 2 or 3 from someone currently so notorious that I just thought better of admitting it on the internet. Eek.

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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social · 1d

Audomar on his deathbed, surrounded by his brethren, with ranks of Confessors, Virgins, Martyrs, Apostles, Prophets, Patriarchs, and Angels waiting to usher his soul up.

Saint-Omer, Bibliothèque d'agglomération, Ms. 698, fol. 26r

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Katharine Tree @treesandwords.bsky.social · 1d

I met a coo.

A Highland coo peering at me from the other side of a fence. It was teeny. Maybe 3' at the shoulder.

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Mark Rothko @markrothko.bsky.social · 2d

Black on Maroon
https://botfrens.com/collections/25/contents/4891

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Katharine Tree @treesandwords.bsky.social · 2d

Pentiment is so great! I only wish there was a way to restart the game partway through, rather than play from the beginning, to see the different outcomes.

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