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Ann Kempster
@annkempster.com
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Public sector agitator for good.

Feminist. Cheese. Dachshunds.
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She/her.
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Who wants some stir fried vag tonight?
November 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Huh. Yeah. That’s wheat or barley to me.

Corn.
November 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Dinner visited my front garden over night.
November 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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With photographic evidence.
November 19, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Post your favourite Star Trek Character wrong answers only
November 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Pork from the orchard behind our house. And I did these chops justice. Lovingly rendered, melting fat. I’m so sad it’s done.
November 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Well……
November 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Today’s renovation news:

1. Nothing broken
2. I have a wall. And it has cabinets.
November 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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God help me Wales loves a plan. Dead words on a dead page. Never any clear accountability. Vague words about partnership and collaboration. No delivery. No transparency.

But sure, make a plan. That'll fix it.

Plans don't change things, people do.
Shiny gold sticker of 4 cartoon characters that look like Welsh band Goldie Lookin' Chain. The words on the sticker read: Plans don't change things, people do.
November 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Political appointment pushed thru right before the election.

This paragraph explained the whole thing.
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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We did have fabulous seats tho.
November 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Also, this team here defies words.

Continually amazed and impressed. @transform.wales
November 8, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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Loch Lomond. Stunning.
November 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Very changeable weather. Waterfalls into the sea.

That all makes for rainbows.
Sheer cliffs on the left, open ocean on the rights. A waterfall ours down the cliffs into the rocks brows. A double rainbow arches across the views.
November 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Good morning
October 30, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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Good day today. A mix of holiday and work*.

Out early for a walk this morning. We’re currently staying right on the Speyside Way.

Then a few calls to sort out teaming for a few upcoming contracts we’ve landed.

*I know I know but it’s a crucial point of mobilising multiple contracts…
Looking across a field to an old railway bridge over the Spey in the north of the Cairngorms in Scotland. The trees in the background are a mixture of pine green, yellows and browns. On the foreground of the photo is the skeleton remains of a hogweed A long birch lined path into the woods. The path is covered in fallen birch leaves. The foreground is in shadow, leading to a sunlit destination. Soggy Scottish hillside field in autumnal browns. Larger hills in the background. A wisp of steam from a distillery can just be seen. The sky is bright blue, sun-drenched with a few high clouds Moody blue sky with clouds over a flat field of green with sheep dotted, eating. There’s a small house and a lot of trees in all shades of autumn. In the background broods a series of high hills covered in bracken and heather. Shadows move across the hills.
October 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Y’all haven’t had a photo of Diys in far far too long. Here you go.
A miniature wire haired dachshund stating into the camera with baleful eyes. She has wild boar colouring, a golden snout and eyebrows and the rest of her fur is a mix of browns and blacks. She has a small stuffed fluffy rat squeaky toy in front of her and she sits in a big fluffy grey dog bed.
October 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Moved into our house 3 years ago tomorrow.

Currently packing it all back up to temporarily move out.

Will look different when we move back in.
October 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Acer Inaba-Shidare in full autumn glory.
Acer Inaba-Shidare. It had a long thing trunk and is topped with a crown of leaves on twisted branches. The leaves are fine cut and flame red. Close up of Acer Inaba-Shidare. It had a long thing trunk and is topped with a crown of leaves on twisted branches. The leaves are fine cut and flame red. Acer Inaba-Shidare. It had a long thing trunk and is topped with a crown of leaves on twisted branches. The leaves are fine cut and flame red. Close up of Acer Inaba-Shidare. It had a long thing trunk and is topped with a crown of leaves on twisted branches. The leaves are fine cut and flame red.
October 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Well. This is exciting.
Acorns from a 500+ year old ancient English oak starting to sprout. There are 7 large, brown, oblong acorns. They sit on a damp paper towel. They are all showing signs of sprouting.
October 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Very autumnal this morning. Heavy fog. Garden is strung with dew covered cobwebs.
Close up of a cobweb covered in morning dew. The web is in front of an autumnal coloured leaf. There is a hint of mist in the background
September 30, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Why yes I *am* back in the same Roti King in the same seats eating the same thing again today.
September 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Autumn is a truly blessed time of year.
A hecking big porcini mushroom that fills the hand of a woman.
September 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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The day has finally come. She is mine.
Large porcini mushroom that fills a woman’s hand.
September 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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What have I been up to this evening?!
September 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM