Gwen
@gwenglens.bsky.social
Curious follower of shiny things, prone to getting distracted by random stuff and looking for meaning in a baffling world. Learning Spanish & Swedish. Living in Portsmouth, born in Argyll & married to a Welshman; making rugby internationals interesting! 🏴🏴
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to install a cat flap and then persuade said cat to use it. Guess which bit remains unresolved?
October 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to install a cat flap and then persuade said cat to use it. Guess which bit remains unresolved?
When in doubt, bread pudding is definitely the answer. This one has raisins soaked in spiced rum. Oh yes.
September 29, 2025 at 8:09 AM
When in doubt, bread pudding is definitely the answer. This one has raisins soaked in spiced rum. Oh yes.
As the world is going to hell and the Labour Party is busily ushering in the Farridge creature, I’m going to focus this morning on small pleasures. In my case, a new teapot! And a very fine cup of Assam it makes too.
September 26, 2025 at 9:07 AM
As the world is going to hell and the Labour Party is busily ushering in the Farridge creature, I’m going to focus this morning on small pleasures. In my case, a new teapot! And a very fine cup of Assam it makes too.
On a day like this, you can see all the way to space from our back garden.
August 11, 2025 at 8:56 AM
On a day like this, you can see all the way to space from our back garden.
Good morning, Bluesky.
August 11, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Good morning, Bluesky.
She’s only been with us for a week or so but settling in well. Here she is. 😍
May 6, 2025 at 8:33 AM
She’s only been with us for a week or so but settling in well. Here she is. 😍
We’ve just adopted a cat and this evening she was very brave and came out of hiding to say hello.
Nice to be able to post something positive for once!
Nice to be able to post something positive for once!
April 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
We’ve just adopted a cat and this evening she was very brave and came out of hiding to say hello.
Nice to be able to post something positive for once!
Nice to be able to post something positive for once!
Doing phone calls this morning and finding it very soothing to fill my eyes with this pretty little flower on the cactus in my office.
March 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Doing phone calls this morning and finding it very soothing to fill my eyes with this pretty little flower on the cactus in my office.
The orange cockwomble again demonstrating just how far removed from reality he is. God help us all.
January 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The orange cockwomble again demonstrating just how far removed from reality he is. God help us all.
The mouse is out and about. He just ran past me in the kitchen and I didn’t jump or anything. I’m clearly more grounded than I thought.
January 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The mouse is out and about. He just ran past me in the kitchen and I didn’t jump or anything. I’m clearly more grounded than I thought.
December 26, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
19. Hothouse Earth, by Bill McGuire
19. Hothouse Earth, by Bill McGuire
December 7, 2024 at 1:21 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
19. Hothouse Earth, by Bill McGuire
19. Hothouse Earth, by Bill McGuire
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
14. Structural Anthropology, by Claude Levi-Strauss
14. Structural Anthropology, by Claude Levi-Strauss
December 2, 2024 at 11:10 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
14. Structural Anthropology, by Claude Levi-Strauss
14. Structural Anthropology, by Claude Levi-Strauss
Speaking of #poetry, as I was earlier, isn’t it amazing how fragments of poems stay with you? This poem, by Norman MacCaig, was one of our set texts in Scottish literature class more years ago than I care to remember. And yet for some reason it stuck.
November 29, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Speaking of #poetry, as I was earlier, isn’t it amazing how fragments of poems stay with you? This poem, by Norman MacCaig, was one of our set texts in Scottish literature class more years ago than I care to remember. And yet for some reason it stuck.
