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Melinda Haunton

@melindahaunton.bsky.social

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Archivist historian train traveller perennially anxious frequently cooking always interested Tbh if you RT more than you comment I'm unlikely to follow back. I like to chat. UK based.

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Melinda Haunton @melindahaunton.bsky.social · Nov 10

Hello. If you're new to me, please know a *lot* of this feed is pictures of my feet as evidence of having reluctantly gone for a daily walk (#UnconfinedWalks). See also cups of tea (#TeaUp) and a Saturday night social (#ConfinedCocktails). In between there may be some archives.

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Caroline Sampson @sampscaroline.bsky.social · 2h

Grumpy today and it's grey and dismal so #UnconfinedWalks along the cycle route because it's good for autumn colour. The textures and rich colour have brightened me up a bit.

A tarmac path leading through trees and bushes full of autumn colours

A pattern of leaves of different colours and sizes

Autumn leaves, fruits, berries and flowers arranged in a pattern

A salmon pink leaf overlaid with berries and fruits of different colours

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Melinda Haunton @melindahaunton.bsky.social · 24m

Those are very lovely arrangements.

Melinda Haunton @melindahaunton.bsky.social · 1h

Love a glass-fronted office when you need to take time out of your day to weep with frustration in trying to get some over the counter athlete's foot cream for an aged parent (the Steps, the Checks, they are incredible). Anyway. It might be sorted.

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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 4h

INCREDIBLE response here

maxanene.bsky.social @maxanene.bsky.social · 4h

He's with the Angles now

Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 4h

RIP to Harald Godwinson who died 959 years ago today you would have loved Buckinghamshire Archives xx

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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 4h

RIP to Harald Godwinson who died 959 years ago today you would have loved Buckinghamshire Archives xx

A bit of the Bayeux Tapestry where Harold Godwinson gets shot right in the eye by an arrow.

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Melinda Haunton @melindahaunton.bsky.social · 4h

Well, I'm glad you woke up...? It's nothing to mess with, if you keep on feeling woozy. But hope you're a lot better today.

Melinda Haunton @melindahaunton.bsky.social · 7h

I learned mine as a kind of article of faith when I got it (partly because the letters happen to be a friend's initials, which helped). It's been handy lately, all manner of executor/power of attorney admin requires it at no notice.

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Melinda Haunton @melindahaunton.bsky.social · 10h

Oh my god.

Melinda Haunton @melindahaunton.bsky.social · 19h

It is its own particular joy. Also hellhole. Hey ho. Enjoy the novelty?

Melinda Haunton @melindahaunton.bsky.social · 20h

It's autumn, it's Pork Time? Goodness me.

Melinda Haunton @melindahaunton.bsky.social · 20h

Imagine a non-political statement about market research outcomes here, pls.

Melinda Haunton @melindahaunton.bsky.social · 20h

It's all kinds of wrong.

Melinda Haunton @melindahaunton.bsky.social · 21h

Jeez, that's bad. I take it you've got proper medical help now? Falls are horrible enough without that part.

Melinda Haunton @melindahaunton.bsky.social · 21h

Oh my god. Watching Midsomer thanks to abject failure to move my arse to anything else. They have incredibly intense British Pork adverts on ITV3 now. How long has that been going on?

[Flashbacks to What About A Bit Of British Beef, of extremely yore. Except this isn't aiming to be funny.]

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Melinda Haunton @melindahaunton.bsky.social · 21h

That's so lovely of both of you. What a great idea.

Melinda Haunton @melindahaunton.bsky.social · 21h

The Shetland pony that gets taken for a walk on a lead on the common near me was walking ahead of me for a solid couple of minutes yesterday as I went to the market. They are ridiculous and wonderful creatures when you look at them move. (He is named Mr Fudge. Which makes it better.)

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Melinda Haunton @melindahaunton.bsky.social · 21h

Maternal visiting #UnconfinedWalks. It's warmer than it looks. But not for long, I fear.

Tree with orange leaves fast dropping, against grey skies

Melinda Haunton @melindahaunton.bsky.social · 22h

The respectable bit is stracciatella with peas for a soup approximation. Less respectable is spicy chicken wraps made by warming up leftover roast bird in a yoghurt-ras el hanout mix I'd frizzled on the stovetop for a bit to approximate having done it from raw in a marinade. Was v tasty but a mess.

Melinda Haunton @melindahaunton.bsky.social · 1d

😆Definitely better than eyeballs.

Melinda Haunton @melindahaunton.bsky.social · 1d

Overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of work stuff I need to sort out, I have instead been ferreting through kitchen mulch that hasn't been turned out since 2020.

Pickled walnuts are the least likely to be dangerous expired product, right? because I would like some for lunch.

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Melinda Haunton @melindahaunton.bsky.social · 1d

I haven't bought those yet I'm afraid. Will share when I go back.

Melinda Haunton @melindahaunton.bsky.social · 1d

If you're by Glasgow Central needing sustenance at any point either Tantrum Doughnuts or Bibimbap will likely be able to help. They kept me sane in an awkward stay a while back. (Also the Hunterian museum at the University is worth a look.)

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Melinda Haunton @melindahaunton.bsky.social · 1d

Turns out my entire timeline is confused. You are my people.

Melinda Haunton @melindahaunton.bsky.social · 1d

Definitely. (Though suspect there's also a ninja turtle one that I'm going to pass on.)

Melinda Haunton @melindahaunton.bsky.social · 1d

I missed what this dance is based on and I feel like I'm having a terrible dream.

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