Bird42
@bird42.bsky.social
Same as I ever was.
Tea, talking. You know. Now even more easily distracted.
I’ve got half-grown kids, cats and a garden I pretend is ‘wild’. Doing a bit of headteaching now.
Tea, talking. You know. Now even more easily distracted.
I’ve got half-grown kids, cats and a garden I pretend is ‘wild’. Doing a bit of headteaching now.
I bought these little jam pastry twists in the Eurosupermarket.
They taste so much like Sister Monica’s damson jam tart from primary school that I’ve gone all proustian.
I’ve also eaten too many.
They taste so much like Sister Monica’s damson jam tart from primary school that I’ve gone all proustian.
I’ve also eaten too many.
November 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I bought these little jam pastry twists in the Eurosupermarket.
They taste so much like Sister Monica’s damson jam tart from primary school that I’ve gone all proustian.
I’ve also eaten too many.
They taste so much like Sister Monica’s damson jam tart from primary school that I’ve gone all proustian.
I’ve also eaten too many.
Last night, the Cat raised the compost bin. A salmon skin was left on the kitchen floor.
Judging by the smell in the kitchen this morning, this adventure involved the toaster 🤢
Judging by the smell in the kitchen this morning, this adventure involved the toaster 🤢
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Last night, the Cat raised the compost bin. A salmon skin was left on the kitchen floor.
Judging by the smell in the kitchen this morning, this adventure involved the toaster 🤢
Judging by the smell in the kitchen this morning, this adventure involved the toaster 🤢
This week’s #onlyconnect triumph: shouting the lyrics at the tv, in stereo with 21yo.
As were you, probably
As were you, probably
November 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This week’s #onlyconnect triumph: shouting the lyrics at the tv, in stereo with 21yo.
As were you, probably
As were you, probably
Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty is on BBC4.
My most favourite ballet of all, all time.
So beautiful.
My most favourite ballet of all, all time.
So beautiful.
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty is on BBC4.
My most favourite ballet of all, all time.
So beautiful.
My most favourite ballet of all, all time.
So beautiful.
@99thredballoon.bsky.social new best friend
November 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
@99thredballoon.bsky.social new best friend
This sounds *amazing*. If teenage me had known about this…
Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai was a Japanese storytelling game popular during the Edo period. These gatherings were held on summer nights and to begin 100 candles or lamps were lit. Participants then took turns to tell 100 ghost stories (kaidan). After each story, a candle was...
#MythologyMonday
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#MythologyMonday
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November 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
This sounds *amazing*. If teenage me had known about this…
Lobster Mac and cheese is a weird thing to be a thing.
Lobster is expensive, delicate flavour, delicate taste.
Macaroni cheese is gunk you shovel in your face.
Lobster is expensive, delicate flavour, delicate taste.
Macaroni cheese is gunk you shovel in your face.
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Lobster Mac and cheese is a weird thing to be a thing.
Lobster is expensive, delicate flavour, delicate taste.
Macaroni cheese is gunk you shovel in your face.
Lobster is expensive, delicate flavour, delicate taste.
Macaroni cheese is gunk you shovel in your face.
It’s ok. Motivation found me.
Oh, wait. That was stress.
Either way, stuff got done. ☑️
Oh, wait. That was stress.
Either way, stuff got done. ☑️
Lost: 1 motivation. Medium sized, resembles righteous anger, answers to “Right. Let’s get this done”.
If seen, please send back to me. I’ll be on the sofa.
If seen, please send back to me. I’ll be on the sofa.
November 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
It’s ok. Motivation found me.
Oh, wait. That was stress.
Either way, stuff got done. ☑️
Oh, wait. That was stress.
Either way, stuff got done. ☑️
Lost: 1 motivation. Medium sized, resembles righteous anger, answers to “Right. Let’s get this done”.
If seen, please send back to me. I’ll be on the sofa.
If seen, please send back to me. I’ll be on the sofa.
November 20, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Lost: 1 motivation. Medium sized, resembles righteous anger, answers to “Right. Let’s get this done”.
If seen, please send back to me. I’ll be on the sofa.
If seen, please send back to me. I’ll be on the sofa.
@madeleinerich.bsky.social They’re back, Madders. I thought we’d stopped all this 🐝
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
@madeleinerich.bsky.social They’re back, Madders. I thought we’d stopped all this 🐝
I mean, clearly not the rain that was forecast.
On the “Will the children learn anything today?” Scale, rain is -5.
This is -257
On the “Will the children learn anything today?” Scale, rain is -5.
This is -257
November 19, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I mean, clearly not the rain that was forecast.
On the “Will the children learn anything today?” Scale, rain is -5.
This is -257
On the “Will the children learn anything today?” Scale, rain is -5.
This is -257
What????
This is unexpected
This is unexpected
November 19, 2025 at 8:09 AM
What????
This is unexpected
This is unexpected
Went out in the dark to wrap up the tree fern in its winter blanket.
Fell in a hole.
Caught my first winter glimpse of the Pleiades sparkling through bare trees.
7/10. A mixed bag.
Fell in a hole.
Caught my first winter glimpse of the Pleiades sparkling through bare trees.
7/10. A mixed bag.
November 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Went out in the dark to wrap up the tree fern in its winter blanket.
Fell in a hole.
Caught my first winter glimpse of the Pleiades sparkling through bare trees.
7/10. A mixed bag.
Fell in a hole.
Caught my first winter glimpse of the Pleiades sparkling through bare trees.
7/10. A mixed bag.
Tonight’s #onlyconnect triumphs: none. Nothing. Not a sausage.
November 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Tonight’s #onlyconnect triumphs: none. Nothing. Not a sausage.
We seem to have jumped straight from Autumn Leaves to ‘Oh my god there’s not enough time to get the Nativity sorted’ without any intervening weeks in which we can get actual work done.
November 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
We seem to have jumped straight from Autumn Leaves to ‘Oh my god there’s not enough time to get the Nativity sorted’ without any intervening weeks in which we can get actual work done.
Is there anything bleaker and more soulless than grey Christmas decorations?
Grey.
Grey.
November 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Is there anything bleaker and more soulless than grey Christmas decorations?
Grey.
Grey.
Drinking pisco sours tonight, Bluesky.
Bloody lovely.
Bloody lovely.
November 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Drinking pisco sours tonight, Bluesky.
Bloody lovely.
Bloody lovely.
Indoor play today.
Twice.
On a Friday.
*very tired face*
Twice.
On a Friday.
*very tired face*
November 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Indoor play today.
Twice.
On a Friday.
*very tired face*
Twice.
On a Friday.
*very tired face*
Supervision today.
It’s amazing and valuable but bloody hell does it leave me tired and jangly. I know I have to work through but blimey.
Too many hoo boy moments this time.
I’ll be better in about 48 hours.
It’s amazing and valuable but bloody hell does it leave me tired and jangly. I know I have to work through but blimey.
Too many hoo boy moments this time.
I’ll be better in about 48 hours.
November 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Supervision today.
It’s amazing and valuable but bloody hell does it leave me tired and jangly. I know I have to work through but blimey.
Too many hoo boy moments this time.
I’ll be better in about 48 hours.
It’s amazing and valuable but bloody hell does it leave me tired and jangly. I know I have to work through but blimey.
Too many hoo boy moments this time.
I’ll be better in about 48 hours.
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Absolutely gone at this story from Harris on FB, the last sentence is pure Atlantic coast magic.
November 12, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Absolutely gone at this story from Harris on FB, the last sentence is pure Atlantic coast magic.
My school made it to the finals of the Early Help awards. We were up against some amazing charities so I’m ok with not winning outright.
It meant a lot. Sometimes recognition is really nice.
It meant a lot. Sometimes recognition is really nice.
November 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
My school made it to the finals of the Early Help awards. We were up against some amazing charities so I’m ok with not winning outright.
It meant a lot. Sometimes recognition is really nice.
It meant a lot. Sometimes recognition is really nice.
I can also tell you that the more you write the word mumps the more ridiculous and incongruent it sounds.
Mumps.
Mumps.
November 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I can also tell you that the more you write the word mumps the more ridiculous and incongruent it sounds.
Mumps.
Mumps.
Not on my school bingo card for today: mumps.
And yet here we are.
And yet here we are.
November 11, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Not on my school bingo card for today: mumps.
And yet here we are.
And yet here we are.