Kaz
@lottieplot9.bsky.social
Generally floundering. Yogi, knitter, walker, sci fi nerd, occasionally sweary, Scottish, retired engineer, frequent user of the block button, rehomed Elsie the German Shepherd. She/her
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Kaz
@lottieplot9.bsky.social
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Elsie's second gotcha anniversary. Very different dog from the one we picked up from Dog's Trust Shrewsbury two years ago, having put on 6kg, turned foxy red, learned to bark and hate squirrels, and perfected looking cute.
#GSD #AdoptDontShop
#GSD #AdoptDontShop
Damp dreich day, worse after yesterday's dry clear big day in the garden. Still, going to change into nice clothes to do the over Christmas extra prescription collection for us and a few others to our gp/pharmacy 20 mins drive away. May stop for a coffee in the posh village on the way back.
December 12, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Damp dreich day, worse after yesterday's dry clear big day in the garden. Still, going to change into nice clothes to do the over Christmas extra prescription collection for us and a few others to our gp/pharmacy 20 mins drive away. May stop for a coffee in the posh village on the way back.
So much a part of my childhood, a great entertainer. Such a shame he didn't feel able to be his real self until quite recently when really, it was pretty obvious. As my grannie always used to say, he's got a fine pair of legs on him.
Legendary Scottish actor and comedian Stanley Baxter has died at the age of 99.
www.heraldscotland.com/news...
www.heraldscotland.com/news...
December 12, 2025 at 10:52 AM
So much a part of my childhood, a great entertainer. Such a shame he didn't feel able to be his real self until quite recently when really, it was pretty obvious. As my grannie always used to say, he's got a fine pair of legs on him.
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##BloodyWildlife it's mating season for foxes so last night as we went out for last wee, they were barking just the other side of the hedge. 3.30am Elsie woke us, barking maniacally at them. This morning the first thing that greeted us on stepping out the back door was an overpowering reek of fox.
December 12, 2025 at 7:54 AM
##BloodyWildlife it's mating season for foxes so last night as we went out for last wee, they were barking just the other side of the hedge. 3.30am Elsie woke us, barking maniacally at them. This morning the first thing that greeted us on stepping out the back door was an overpowering reek of fox.
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She looked out. The profile of a demon lord decorated the city's skyline.
She sighed; did the pose. The goddess lifted her, transformed her into a magical girl.
She beat the demon into a pulp, then faced the harder battle: to return to her seventy-year old body, with aching knees and knuckles.
She sighed; did the pose. The goddess lifted her, transformed her into a magical girl.
She beat the demon into a pulp, then faced the harder battle: to return to her seventy-year old body, with aching knees and knuckles.
December 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
She looked out. The profile of a demon lord decorated the city's skyline.
She sighed; did the pose. The goddess lifted her, transformed her into a magical girl.
She beat the demon into a pulp, then faced the harder battle: to return to her seventy-year old body, with aching knees and knuckles.
She sighed; did the pose. The goddess lifted her, transformed her into a magical girl.
She beat the demon into a pulp, then faced the harder battle: to return to her seventy-year old body, with aching knees and knuckles.
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Here's the sound of a pebble bouncing across a frozen lake at the Wetlands in January.
Sound ON!
[AD=misty light over the frozen water on a grey day. Flats and pylons in the distance across the water.]
Sound ON!
[AD=misty light over the frozen water on a grey day. Flats and pylons in the distance across the water.]
December 11, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Here's the sound of a pebble bouncing across a frozen lake at the Wetlands in January.
Sound ON!
[AD=misty light over the frozen water on a grey day. Flats and pylons in the distance across the water.]
Sound ON!
[AD=misty light over the frozen water on a grey day. Flats and pylons in the distance across the water.]
Been out doing a bit in the garden to make the most of the dry occasionally sunny weather and listened to Upon a White Horse by Peter Ross on iplayer about him visiting the ancient places of the British Isles. Lovely gentle listening, reminded me of reading Benjamin Myers.
December 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Been out doing a bit in the garden to make the most of the dry occasionally sunny weather and listened to Upon a White Horse by Peter Ross on iplayer about him visiting the ancient places of the British Isles. Lovely gentle listening, reminded me of reading Benjamin Myers.
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You will be visited by three spirits
December 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
You will be visited by three spirits
I've seen a few "gift" candles and the like this year incorporating cashmere on the list of atmospheric scents. Since cashmere comes from goats, I can only assume these designery types have never been anywhere near a goat let alone got a lung full of it's "atmospheric scent". 0/10 would not buy.
December 10, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I've seen a few "gift" candles and the like this year incorporating cashmere on the list of atmospheric scents. Since cashmere comes from goats, I can only assume these designery types have never been anywhere near a goat let alone got a lung full of it's "atmospheric scent". 0/10 would not buy.
This is why whenever anyone mentions voice activation I say eleven and yes, I get funny looks.
Astonished that nobody seems to have mentioned this.
youtu.be/sAz_UvnUeuU...
youtu.be/sAz_UvnUeuU...
December 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This is why whenever anyone mentions voice activation I say eleven and yes, I get funny looks.
Suspect the depositing of this in the flower bed next to the house is why Elsie woke me at 4am on Monday morning. At least the hunting looks successful and they're helping keep the rodent population down #BloodyWildlife
December 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Suspect the depositing of this in the flower bed next to the house is why Elsie woke me at 4am on Monday morning. At least the hunting looks successful and they're helping keep the rodent population down #BloodyWildlife
Blue sky on my phone just forced me to put in a date of birth to access my feed, seems separate from the age verification thingy cos that's still off. Told it I was 98 today.
December 9, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Blue sky on my phone just forced me to put in a date of birth to access my feed, seems separate from the age verification thingy cos that's still off. Told it I was 98 today.
Dog with a scientifically accurate clock in her head is getting stroppy that we haven't gone out into the garden yet to play. It's raining eleventy million out there., I'm busy putting towels on the floor and getting out her fleece drying coat but I'm still going to need to clean many times today.
December 9, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Dog with a scientifically accurate clock in her head is getting stroppy that we haven't gone out into the garden yet to play. It's raining eleventy million out there., I'm busy putting towels on the floor and getting out her fleece drying coat but I'm still going to need to clean many times today.
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I do not know this, and I feel it is important to share
this is potentially TMI but also *v useful information* so: did you know that (in the UK) if you start to feel you're getting a UTI on Saturday evening you can do an online form with eg Boots and be picking up your antibiotics by 10am on Sunday morning? and then start to feel better by 11am?
December 8, 2025 at 8:03 AM
I do not know this, and I feel it is important to share
Two things I am giving thanks for this afternoon, fleece lined walking trousers and having had the foresight to hold on to mum's half size ancient tumble dryer.
December 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Two things I am giving thanks for this afternoon, fleece lined walking trousers and having had the foresight to hold on to mum's half size ancient tumble dryer.
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Thread on how to detect ai in that viral dog video
Yeah, I mean, I'm critical of any video nowadays that is trying to elicit an emotional response, especially when it's asking for subs at the end. It's weird that all the people seem to end up with the dog they want. And shelters are overflowing, where are the rooms full of people wanting to adopt?
December 7, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Thread on how to detect ai in that viral dog video
#BloodyWildlife thanks to the mice I will be making apple crumble again
December 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
#BloodyWildlife thanks to the mice I will be making apple crumble again
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In S17 of #Taskmaster, Nick Mohammed dressed as a vampire for his tasks. The production scrubbed all his reflections when he's dressed like this, but the only way I knew is because someone told me about it. It's subtle and very cool.
December 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
In S17 of #Taskmaster, Nick Mohammed dressed as a vampire for his tasks. The production scrubbed all his reflections when he's dressed like this, but the only way I knew is because someone told me about it. It's subtle and very cool.
Elsie spark out after only an hour in the garden this morning. Yesterday was a big day and I think it's worn her out 👍 There was play, a walk with D, horses, cafe stop, play, out in heavy horizontal rain and wind in the dark, library wait and tracking the fox to a big dump of poo at bedtime.
December 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Elsie spark out after only an hour in the garden this morning. Yesterday was a big day and I think it's worn her out 👍 There was play, a walk with D, horses, cafe stop, play, out in heavy horizontal rain and wind in the dark, library wait and tracking the fox to a big dump of poo at bedtime.
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Good night, lovely people and lovely dogs.
I hope that you have a really wonderful weekend.
I hope that you have a really wonderful weekend.
December 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Good night, lovely people and lovely dogs.
I hope that you have a really wonderful weekend.
I hope that you have a really wonderful weekend.
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Turned out nice again.
December 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Turned out nice again.
Elsie beginning to think those promises they made her at the rehoming centre about going to a wonderful new life might not be as legit as they first seemed
December 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Elsie beginning to think those promises they made her at the rehoming centre about going to a wonderful new life might not be as legit as they first seemed
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Get a load of this. 😆
December 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Get a load of this. 😆
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Oor Wullie: the Adult Years
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Wullie joins an apprenticeship as a plasterer but is sacked due his constant tomfoolery and being off every Monday after a weekend on pills. He gets a job at Blockbuster and spends most of his day watching video nasties
🧵
Wullie joins an apprenticeship as a plasterer but is sacked due his constant tomfoolery and being off every Monday after a weekend on pills. He gets a job at Blockbuster and spends most of his day watching video nasties
December 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Oor Wullie: the Adult Years
🧵
Wullie joins an apprenticeship as a plasterer but is sacked due his constant tomfoolery and being off every Monday after a weekend on pills. He gets a job at Blockbuster and spends most of his day watching video nasties
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Wullie joins an apprenticeship as a plasterer but is sacked due his constant tomfoolery and being off every Monday after a weekend on pills. He gets a job at Blockbuster and spends most of his day watching video nasties
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This is still my #1 favorite video, btw. There’s a version that’s just an hour loop of it and the longer I watch it, the funnier it gets. If the meteor is about to hit and we’re all going to die, I’ll just sit and watch this until I’m vaporized. youtu.be/JXnjD5-xpHY?...
Caroline stole my broccoli casserole recipe Tiktok
YouTube video by lemon lemon
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This is still my #1 favorite video, btw. There’s a version that’s just an hour loop of it and the longer I watch it, the funnier it gets. If the meteor is about to hit and we’re all going to die, I’ll just sit and watch this until I’m vaporized. youtu.be/JXnjD5-xpHY?...