Nic
@noo-thompson.bsky.social
Love a good brew. Hate rudeness/hypocrisy, love animals, art, books, gardening/nature, science, genealogy, crafting, kindness, hugs, history, learning stuff. Funny & quirky make life more interesting. Slave to 5 cats. Don't get me started about dried fruit
Sad face time. That moment when the item you've been waiting for finally arrives - you open the box, & after a nanosecond of joy cos it's just what you wanted...
you realise that it's broken 😞
you realise that it's broken 😞
November 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Sad face time. That moment when the item you've been waiting for finally arrives - you open the box, & after a nanosecond of joy cos it's just what you wanted...
you realise that it's broken 😞
you realise that it's broken 😞
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One of my cats (Esme) growls loudly whenever a Sainsbury's or Amazon delivery driver approaches the house. Evri & Royal Mail are acceptable, it seems, as are guests & other callers. I wish she could explain her reasoning to me...
November 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
One of my cats (Esme) growls loudly whenever a Sainsbury's or Amazon delivery driver approaches the house. Evri & Royal Mail are acceptable, it seems, as are guests & other callers. I wish she could explain her reasoning to me...
Why do I get the feeling that there is still so much more to emerge regarding Andrew?
October 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Why do I get the feeling that there is still so much more to emerge regarding Andrew?
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🎶Tulane Uni had a monkey shop
Under the counter was the cream of the crop
Everything was clickin', yeah those monkeys were sick
Business was good, but the driver's a dick...🎶
Sorry, Chuck & Steve...
Under the counter was the cream of the crop
Everything was clickin', yeah those monkeys were sick
Business was good, but the driver's a dick...🎶
Sorry, Chuck & Steve...
October 28, 2025 at 9:07 PM
🎶Tulane Uni had a monkey shop
Under the counter was the cream of the crop
Everything was clickin', yeah those monkeys were sick
Business was good, but the driver's a dick...🎶
Sorry, Chuck & Steve...
Under the counter was the cream of the crop
Everything was clickin', yeah those monkeys were sick
Business was good, but the driver's a dick...🎶
Sorry, Chuck & Steve...
Friends, it's time to confess: I am bishedual, but it's not enough. Yeah, I've got a shed to store the lawn mower etc, another for the horticultural/potting stuff. And a greenhouse. But I want more. Heed my words: whatever size shed/greenhouse you want, go bigger. Much bigger. You know you want to..
October 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Friends, it's time to confess: I am bishedual, but it's not enough. Yeah, I've got a shed to store the lawn mower etc, another for the horticultural/potting stuff. And a greenhouse. But I want more. Heed my words: whatever size shed/greenhouse you want, go bigger. Much bigger. You know you want to..
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When windy place your best ear to the bark of an oak tree, and with a hand stop all noise entering the other ear
When you get used to the embarrassment from the looks of passers by, you can concentrate on listening THROUGH the tree to the trunk & branches working with the wind
When you get used to the embarrassment from the looks of passers by, you can concentrate on listening THROUGH the tree to the trunk & branches working with the wind
October 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
When windy place your best ear to the bark of an oak tree, and with a hand stop all noise entering the other ear
When you get used to the embarrassment from the looks of passers by, you can concentrate on listening THROUGH the tree to the trunk & branches working with the wind
When you get used to the embarrassment from the looks of passers by, you can concentrate on listening THROUGH the tree to the trunk & branches working with the wind
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AI is like that time I woke up and found a U2 album I didn't ask for on my iPod.
I don't want it. I didn't ask for it. Leave me alone.
I don't want it. I didn't ask for it. Leave me alone.
October 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
AI is like that time I woke up and found a U2 album I didn't ask for on my iPod.
I don't want it. I didn't ask for it. Leave me alone.
I don't want it. I didn't ask for it. Leave me alone.
I've got COVID. It's bleddy miserable. No wonder I'm feeling so crap, & sleeping 20 hours a day... :(
October 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I've got COVID. It's bleddy miserable. No wonder I'm feeling so crap, & sleeping 20 hours a day... :(
I could have be heading out for a fab meal with lovely people (in part to honour my recent birthday). The reality is that I feel rubbish - hot then cold, aches, sore throat etc. I feel crappy, I'm tired & bored, & the gastronomic highlight of the day has been toast, followed by a yogurt. Wah!
October 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I could have be heading out for a fab meal with lovely people (in part to honour my recent birthday). The reality is that I feel rubbish - hot then cold, aches, sore throat etc. I feel crappy, I'm tired & bored, & the gastronomic highlight of the day has been toast, followed by a yogurt. Wah!
An overwhelming need for tea has forced me to rise from my pit. At times like this, I wish I had a chaise longue and a butler 😞
October 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
An overwhelming need for tea has forced me to rise from my pit. At times like this, I wish I had a chaise longue and a butler 😞
Beware going to a 6 year-old's birthday party! I had a great time (see earlier post), but am now paying the price. I have the lurgy big time, & feel absolutely pants. I was supposed to be having a long-arranged dinner tonight with 2 friends, but not now... I am retiring again to my pit instead 😞
October 18, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Beware going to a 6 year-old's birthday party! I had a great time (see earlier post), but am now paying the price. I have the lurgy big time, & feel absolutely pants. I was supposed to be having a long-arranged dinner tonight with 2 friends, but not now... I am retiring again to my pit instead 😞
The world's descent into madness is complete. We have come full circle. Kim Kardashian is selling merkins*, & there's a WAITING LIST? I weep for gullible humanity, & am off to build a nuclear fallout bunker under my shed...
* really
* really
October 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
The world's descent into madness is complete. We have come full circle. Kim Kardashian is selling merkins*, & there's a WAITING LIST? I weep for gullible humanity, & am off to build a nuclear fallout bunker under my shed...
* really
* really
Heading out to party hearty (well, there IS cake involved, so what choice do I have?)...
Happy birthday to S, who is 6 today! 🎈
Happy birthday to S, who is 6 today! 🎈
October 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Heading out to party hearty (well, there IS cake involved, so what choice do I have?)...
Happy birthday to S, who is 6 today! 🎈
Happy birthday to S, who is 6 today! 🎈
Just took my cat to the vet. Griffin was fine, but I have to say that the locum vet I saw there was absolutely flippin' GAWJUS *frantically fans herself"
October 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Just took my cat to the vet. Griffin was fine, but I have to say that the locum vet I saw there was absolutely flippin' GAWJUS *frantically fans herself"
Wish me luck, please - I am having to transition from ESA to Universal Credit or lose my benefit, and just the thought is making me ill. They have all of my medical notes, MRIs etc, they know I won't miraculously heal, so why make me apply yet again?
Disabled people are demonised in this country.
Disabled people are demonised in this country.
October 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Wish me luck, please - I am having to transition from ESA to Universal Credit or lose my benefit, and just the thought is making me ill. They have all of my medical notes, MRIs etc, they know I won't miraculously heal, so why make me apply yet again?
Disabled people are demonised in this country.
Disabled people are demonised in this country.
A friend is buying me a birthday lunch (yay!), so I've been checking out local menus. One place offers "ruffled garlic & herb roast potatoes" as a side - WTF? I like food (no secret), but not arty-farty menus - is the garlic ruffled or the spuds? How do you ruffle them in the 1st place? Jesus...
October 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A friend is buying me a birthday lunch (yay!), so I've been checking out local menus. One place offers "ruffled garlic & herb roast potatoes" as a side - WTF? I like food (no secret), but not arty-farty menus - is the garlic ruffled or the spuds? How do you ruffle them in the 1st place? Jesus...
So...no fat generals allowed in the US armed forces, huh?
Isn't Trump their Commander in Chief? Who's going to tell him?
Isn't Trump their Commander in Chief? Who's going to tell him?
October 1, 2025 at 8:45 AM
So...no fat generals allowed in the US armed forces, huh?
Isn't Trump their Commander in Chief? Who's going to tell him?
Isn't Trump their Commander in Chief? Who's going to tell him?
Cats. Eliza managed to escape last night, & I had some anxious hours until I managed to get her back indoors. How do you explain to a cat that you are their new human now, because their original one has died? Is it better or worse that L lived next door to me? 🥹
September 27, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Cats. Eliza managed to escape last night, & I had some anxious hours until I managed to get her back indoors. How do you explain to a cat that you are their new human now, because their original one has died? Is it better or worse that L lived next door to me? 🥹
Cat integration reached a new milestone last night. OK, I had to sleep diagonally in my own bed to accommodate them, & I had to act as a buffer, but I had both Ruby & Esme with me - no growls or hisses! Peace is hard, but so worth it.
September 21, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Cat integration reached a new milestone last night. OK, I had to sleep diagonally in my own bed to accommodate them, & I had to act as a buffer, but I had both Ruby & Esme with me - no growls or hisses! Peace is hard, but so worth it.
Freddie, I hope you were in the ether at the Royal Albert Hall tonight. Bohemian Rhapsody is one helluva song, and will always be in the pantheon of greats. Thank you, boys. 💜
September 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Freddie, I hope you were in the ether at the Royal Albert Hall tonight. Bohemian Rhapsody is one helluva song, and will always be in the pantheon of greats. Thank you, boys. 💜
HELP! I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO!!
Still feeling crappy. Came down to make tea, planned to feed cats & go back to bed. Esme has brought in a very pretty & uninjured field mouse! Have locked cats upstairs, but the mouse has got behind units! Have opened cupboard & back doors, but what else should I do?
Still feeling crappy. Came down to make tea, planned to feed cats & go back to bed. Esme has brought in a very pretty & uninjured field mouse! Have locked cats upstairs, but the mouse has got behind units! Have opened cupboard & back doors, but what else should I do?
September 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
HELP! I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO!!
Still feeling crappy. Came down to make tea, planned to feed cats & go back to bed. Esme has brought in a very pretty & uninjured field mouse! Have locked cats upstairs, but the mouse has got behind units! Have opened cupboard & back doors, but what else should I do?
Still feeling crappy. Came down to make tea, planned to feed cats & go back to bed. Esme has brought in a very pretty & uninjured field mouse! Have locked cats upstairs, but the mouse has got behind units! Have opened cupboard & back doors, but what else should I do?
I am feeling rubbish. The months looking after L have finally taken their toll, & a bug has taken advantage of my exhaustion. Have spent most of the day asleep. Can someone pop over to make me a cuppa, feed the cats & do my Sainsbo order so I can zonk out again? Ta x
September 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I am feeling rubbish. The months looking after L have finally taken their toll, & a bug has taken advantage of my exhaustion. Have spent most of the day asleep. Can someone pop over to make me a cuppa, feed the cats & do my Sainsbo order so I can zonk out again? Ta x
I hope on this most can agree:
Our felines are the apogee
Of elegance & style & grace –
No other creature could replace.
They use these traits for to beguile,
Knowing full well that all the while
With thoughts of them we are enamour’d
We’ll clean up when their tray gets hammer’d. 💩
Our felines are the apogee
Of elegance & style & grace –
No other creature could replace.
They use these traits for to beguile,
Knowing full well that all the while
With thoughts of them we are enamour’d
We’ll clean up when their tray gets hammer’d. 💩
September 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I hope on this most can agree:
Our felines are the apogee
Of elegance & style & grace –
No other creature could replace.
They use these traits for to beguile,
Knowing full well that all the while
With thoughts of them we are enamour’d
We’ll clean up when their tray gets hammer’d. 💩
Our felines are the apogee
Of elegance & style & grace –
No other creature could replace.
They use these traits for to beguile,
Knowing full well that all the while
With thoughts of them we are enamour’d
We’ll clean up when their tray gets hammer’d. 💩