Kerry
@kerryleslie.bsky.social
Community Development by day / community busy body by night. Though here I will talk a lot about my 5yo & baby. Views entirely personal and occasionally a bit hot-headed - don’t quote me. Late diagnosed autistic. (She/they)
Massive moonrise alert - go look!
January 3, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Massive moonrise alert - go look!
BUT ANYWAY I am here to show you my sewing makes too.
I’ve taken an 80s choke hazard bib and made it safe with poppers. It’s messy but cute! I haven’t done this because I’m skint - I am hand-me-down bib rich, it’s mainly adapted out of curiosity.
I’ve taken an 80s choke hazard bib and made it safe with poppers. It’s messy but cute! I haven’t done this because I’m skint - I am hand-me-down bib rich, it’s mainly adapted out of curiosity.
January 1, 2026 at 10:26 PM
BUT ANYWAY I am here to show you my sewing makes too.
I’ve taken an 80s choke hazard bib and made it safe with poppers. It’s messy but cute! I haven’t done this because I’m skint - I am hand-me-down bib rich, it’s mainly adapted out of curiosity.
I’ve taken an 80s choke hazard bib and made it safe with poppers. It’s messy but cute! I haven’t done this because I’m skint - I am hand-me-down bib rich, it’s mainly adapted out of curiosity.
I’m claiming universal credit for the next few months because statutory maternity pay is not something I can live on (£807 a month). It’s painful and feels dirty and it’s absolutely designed to be like this.
January 1, 2026 at 10:04 PM
I’m claiming universal credit for the next few months because statutory maternity pay is not something I can live on (£807 a month). It’s painful and feels dirty and it’s absolutely designed to be like this.
1/365 of getting outdoors every day. Went to Aldi and the park 🤣. 5yo wanted to wear his hat on the outside of his hood. (Actually Aldi was closed so we went to Morrisons and I am now bankrupt).
January 1, 2026 at 7:54 PM
1/365 of getting outdoors every day. Went to Aldi and the park 🤣. 5yo wanted to wear his hat on the outside of his hood. (Actually Aldi was closed so we went to Morrisons and I am now bankrupt).
There’s a party happening over the road from us. Off to sleep now, and expect I’ll be woken up in an hour by their annual grand display 🎆 (and then several more times in the night to feed the babber.) HAPPY NEW YEAR!
December 31, 2025 at 10:58 PM
There’s a party happening over the road from us. Off to sleep now, and expect I’ll be woken up in an hour by their annual grand display 🎆 (and then several more times in the night to feed the babber.) HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Wondered why I’ve got really sore legs today. Realised that yesterday morning me and the 5yo had a kitchen disco and I taught him the moves to 5ive’s ‘If you’re getting down’ 😅
December 31, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Wondered why I’ve got really sore legs today. Realised that yesterday morning me and the 5yo had a kitchen disco and I taught him the moves to 5ive’s ‘If you’re getting down’ 😅
Feeling refreshed from a morning walk through Hazelwell allotments. I have a plot, but it’s also my shortcut to the high street. The building was a farmhouse in the 1800s and is now the committee’s office. No windows on account of not only the growth up the side, but the window tax too, so I’m told.
December 31, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Feeling refreshed from a morning walk through Hazelwell allotments. I have a plot, but it’s also my shortcut to the high street. The building was a farmhouse in the 1800s and is now the committee’s office. No windows on account of not only the growth up the side, but the window tax too, so I’m told.
The lurgy finally got me. Thankfully, it waited until after Christmas!
December 27, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The lurgy finally got me. Thankfully, it waited until after Christmas!
Reposted by Kerry
For those in the UK Birmingham, B'ham Hospice do a fab Christmas Tree collection service in return for a donation. If you book in between now and Jan 5th, they'll collect it from outside your home over the weekend of the 10th/11th. birminghamhospice.org.uk/treecycling
Christmas Treecycling - Birmingham Hospice
For a donation, our tree-mendous team of volunteers will collect your Christmas tree from your doorstep and recycle it.
birminghamhospice.org.uk
December 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
For those in the UK Birmingham, B'ham Hospice do a fab Christmas Tree collection service in return for a donation. If you book in between now and Jan 5th, they'll collect it from outside your home over the weekend of the 10th/11th. birminghamhospice.org.uk/treecycling
I made 17 crowns in the end for friends and family - all during baby nap times and after bedtime. I made these striped trousers too! So proud of myself, and everyone has loved the handmade pressies. Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I made 17 crowns in the end for friends and family - all during baby nap times and after bedtime. I made these striped trousers too! So proud of myself, and everyone has loved the handmade pressies. Merry Christmas!
No carols on the green for us this year. B really doesn’t want to go and I’m not dragging him + small baby on the bus at what is essentially meant to be bath time. Next Christmas maybe!
December 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
No carols on the green for us this year. B really doesn’t want to go and I’m not dragging him + small baby on the bus at what is essentially meant to be bath time. Next Christmas maybe!
I did a Christmas Eve present for the 5yo this year which has been very cute! ‘SANTA NICHOLAS HAS BEEN!’ (Santa Nicholas is Santa’s big boy name)
December 24, 2025 at 8:48 AM
I did a Christmas Eve present for the 5yo this year which has been very cute! ‘SANTA NICHOLAS HAS BEEN!’ (Santa Nicholas is Santa’s big boy name)
I made these trousers! With fabric scraps I picked up at a fabric swap I co-organised last month. WHOLESOME.
December 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I made these trousers! With fabric scraps I picked up at a fabric swap I co-organised last month. WHOLESOME.
Today we made: festive pancakes, gingerbread, mince pies, air dry clay slugs and disco snails (seriously) and we have peaked on day 1 of the school holidays.
December 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Today we made: festive pancakes, gingerbread, mince pies, air dry clay slugs and disco snails (seriously) and we have peaked on day 1 of the school holidays.
My son has asked for a ‘Burger Me Up* Stall’ for Christmas. Santa best get inventive!
* burgermeup.com
* burgermeup.com
Burger-Me-Up!
burgermeup.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
My son has asked for a ‘Burger Me Up* Stall’ for Christmas. Santa best get inventive!
* burgermeup.com
* burgermeup.com
Had our coworking space Christmas drinks this afternoon which was lovely. My tiny little Christmas tree came along for the ride and had a well timed nap! 🍸
December 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Had our coworking space Christmas drinks this afternoon which was lovely. My tiny little Christmas tree came along for the ride and had a well timed nap! 🍸
[Birmingham] The £1.65m Pride in Place Impact Fund is now open. Capital & revenue grants to improve community spaces, facilities & more
Exploration session:
7 Jan 2026 14:00-15:00
Apply by 1 Feb 2026 www.birminghambeheard.org.uk/bcc/42a6d6f2/
Exploration session:
7 Jan 2026 14:00-15:00
Apply by 1 Feb 2026 www.birminghambeheard.org.uk/bcc/42a6d6f2/
Pride in Place Impact Fund: Shaping Birmingham’s Future Together - Call For Proposals
- Birmingham City Council
- Citizen Space
This site contains consultations that are run by Birmingham City Council.
www.birminghambeheard.org.uk
December 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
[Birmingham] The £1.65m Pride in Place Impact Fund is now open. Capital & revenue grants to improve community spaces, facilities & more
Exploration session:
7 Jan 2026 14:00-15:00
Apply by 1 Feb 2026 www.birminghambeheard.org.uk/bcc/42a6d6f2/
Exploration session:
7 Jan 2026 14:00-15:00
Apply by 1 Feb 2026 www.birminghambeheard.org.uk/bcc/42a6d6f2/
What a gorgeous sight this morning! A rainbow all the way across the sunrise sky! (Not a double like the meme though) how magic!
December 17, 2025 at 8:22 AM
What a gorgeous sight this morning! A rainbow all the way across the sunrise sky! (Not a double like the meme though) how magic!
A friend just messaged to say she didn’t open the door to carol singers because she wasn’t sure what she would do with her face.
December 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
A friend just messaged to say she didn’t open the door to carol singers because she wasn’t sure what she would do with her face.
Reposted by Kerry
I like social media best when it's a show-and-tell: find or make cool things; bring them back for the group to enjoy. I like it least when it's “Look ye upon this horror! Despair! Repent!”
December 16, 2025 at 6:50 AM
I like social media best when it's a show-and-tell: find or make cool things; bring them back for the group to enjoy. I like it least when it's “Look ye upon this horror! Despair! Repent!”
I didn’t even know jade plants could flower - I inherited this from my nan 5 years ago. I think it’s thriving from neglect.
December 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I didn’t even know jade plants could flower - I inherited this from my nan 5 years ago. I think it’s thriving from neglect.
I’m trying this thing called ‘putting things back as I go along’ it’s pretty neat, you should try it.
December 16, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I’m trying this thing called ‘putting things back as I go along’ it’s pretty neat, you should try it.
The delightful sight of my partner and two kids leaving me alone on the allotment 😅
December 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The delightful sight of my partner and two kids leaving me alone on the allotment 😅
Watched Jingle All The Way with my 5yo today and he said Arnold Schwarzenegger needs to do star breathing (IYKYK).
December 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Watched Jingle All The Way with my 5yo today and he said Arnold Schwarzenegger needs to do star breathing (IYKYK).
Petition to stop calling sandwiches ‘sandos’ 🪧
December 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Petition to stop calling sandwiches ‘sandos’ 🪧