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You can call me V
@vspearson85.bsky.social
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I write very strange stories

When in darkness, make light

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Mangled my alt text a little , so repeating here
Father Christmas stands in front of a huge Christmas tree covered in bright white fairy lights. He is talking through a microphone to children just out of shot, to the left of the frame. A woman dressed as princess Belle in her Christmas day outfit (a red velvet dress with a white bodice trimmed in roses) stands on the right of the picture, talking to more children out of shot on the other side. Beyond the Christmas tree in the background stands a grand old red brick church.
November 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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We did get a pretty good view of the big man switching the lights on tho!
Father Christmas stands in front of a huge Christmas tree covered in bright white fairy lights. He is talking through a microphone to children justbout of shot, to the left of the frame. A woman dressed as princess Belle in her Christmas day outfit (a red velvet dress with a white bodice trimmed in roses) stands other right if the picture, talking to more children out of shot on the right. Beyond the Christmas tree in the background stands a grand old red brick church.
November 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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I think this counts as off the beaten track, because who has ever been to Elmer Beach in Bognor Regis? I didnt see another soul there all day
#SundayPixOffTheBeatenTrack
A gravel path winds between a fence post and clusters of wildflowers. There is a glimpse of golden sand beyond, and a beautiful baby blue sky, with only a couple of white, wispy, nothing clouds The sea kisses the shore between two rocky outcrops. The sand is wet with the outgoing tide, and reflects the blue of the sky, while golden pre-sunset light turns the rocks a deep glowing yellow. The sapphire sea is calm and peaceful The sea ripples lazily onto the shore. In the background huge rocks are stacked as breaker. Pebbles litter the foreground. Both the pebbles in the foreground and the rocks in the background are bathed in golden, glowing light. The sky is a soft baby blue, fading to gentle yellow hues at the horizon
November 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Sometimes if you stray off the paths in the woods, you happen upon a squirrels dining table #SundayPixOffTheBeatenTrack
A tress stump covered in moss. A bed of pine needles sits on top, with some sweet chestnuts scattered in
November 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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He was actually so kind about it I felt guilty 😂 and now the actual painting hangs in his house ❤️
Here is a copy of the original reference pic if you'd like to see.
View over the harbour at St Kilda just after sunset. The sky fades from a clear blue, through pjnky purple to a soft yellow gold. Red flags flutter in the wind and a string of fairy lights cross the foreground
November 16, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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When it was finished i told him it had come out a little more abstract than i intended , but i loved how the colours blended in the sky. Then, when he asked to see it, I showed him this:
#SundayPixPictures
Very rough and blobby painting made with children's poster paint on an A4 piece of paper. Primary blue, red and yellow stripes make up the sky, rough brown lines and blobby red flags dominate. It looks like it was painted by a child of around 4. It was painted with my left hand, in about 3 minutes.
November 16, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Not my pic but I got permission to share. This is a photo of a painting that i did of a photo my friend (whose house this now hangs in) took when visiting St Kilda in Australia.
So a picture of a picture of a picture. #SundayPixPictures
The corner of a room with fresh, bright, white walls. On the left is a set of shelves, with some spray cans on the top shelf. On the right wall hangs a painting, acrylic on canvas. A blue sky fades through pink and into orange, while in the foreground are some parasols and netting, a glimpse of the sea between them. In the distance are the lights of the city, and seven red flags flutter as the centre focus of the piece.
November 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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I painted this a while ago, because i needed something to go over my sofa and buying a big canvas unpainted was cheaper 😁
I'm still not sure I like it, and at least once a month i toy with the idea of painting over it with a landscape instead.
It's safe for now, because I'm lazy #SundayPixPictures
A large rectangular canvas with 8 monstera leaves of various sizes on it. A thin gold line creates a frame, and some of the leaves spill over it, so they (theoretically) look more 3D
November 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Started a new sketchbook on friday, which was pretty good timing for this theme. I really need to work on hands. And proportions. But i get joy from the drawing, not the looking at the pics after.
#SundayPixPictures
Title page of my sketchbook. A leonardo da vinci quote covers the page ("when the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art"). In the hottom left there is a skull, with floral vines growing from it. The vibes climb the edge of the page and around to the top right hand corner, where a butterfly struggles to emerge from a cocoon. Two page spread called "no probable caws" - because although there are 5 crows on the page, you can't prove it's a murder. The crows are in cartoon style. One is perched on a charity collection tin labelled "feed the crows, give lots" . He says "caw caw caw caw it's 4 good caws". On the page with him is a surprised crow saying "caw blimey" On the other page is a crow perched on a coffee cup saying "wanna caw-fee?", another saying "caw me maybe" and an angry crow saying "f caw f" A skeleton sits smoking a cigarette, a long tendril of smoke coiling around his head. The page is titled waiting for inspiration Death imagined as a beautiful, friendly black woman, with a flowing robe held together with an hourglass brooch. She is wearing a butterfly necklace and has a butterfly perched on her head. The page is titled "guide you home"
November 16, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Dark Mirror (*) for #SundayPixMirror
(* though not really because they're traditionally obsidian or volcanic glass and mine is a photo frame that I painted the back of)
A black mirror with a black frame on a shelf. Next to it is a small, dark coloured idol of Persephone, who has a silver pomegranate at her feet. Next to her is a large black cup, used as an offering bowl, a sprig of dried wheat visible inside. In front of that is a small, hand made clay statue of Cerberus, the three headed dog. It isn't very good. Next to the dark mirror is a multicoloured skull shaped chalice, an old twanta gift, and next to that is a fairly realistic looking crow
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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A selection of some of my book horde for #SundayPixBooks
When I grow up my house will be a library with a bed in it.
The too two shelves of my built in bookshelf. Each sehlf has two rows of books on it, the bottom shelf also has a stack at each end. Also on the shelf are an antique mantle clock (stopped at 4pm), and a statue of a horse painted by my then 6 year old in surprisingly realistic colours. On the shelf above is a curved glass photo frame containing pics from my wedding, and at each end there is a stone gargoyle, both different but each picking their nose A freestanding bookshelf, mostly containing pratchett books, but also with some reference books, a few biographies, and books on ancient mythology. There are some tealights on the shelves, a devotional to Aphrodite with a small brass statue, a tealight in the shape of a flower, and a chunk of rose quartz on a small silver platter, a pile of rocks, and a small wooden car made by my then 11 year old. On top of the shelves is a red biscuit tin shaped like a double decker bus, and a devil's ivy plant that tumbles down over the edge of the shelf. A double height row of booksnon the floor below my built in shelves. These are mostly random non fiction books on the bottom row, including books on parenting, political reference books, how to books like dressmaking reference books and encyclopedia. Ok the row above are some fantasy books, including a lot of books by David Eddings. A triple row of books, with some jars on the end of the shelf and a red china pig acting as a book end for the tiny bit of space left on the third row of books. This shelf is mostly fantasy, with some witchcraft books thrown in. The shelf contains Tolkien, Garth Nix, Michael Wombat, Miranda Kate, and my own books, as well as the proof copy of A Guide to Digital Accessibility that I helped put together for the author, Sassy Wyatt.
November 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Aw the lovely @purplequeenpub.bsky.social has found the picture we took the very first time I met @wombat37.bsky.social
##SundayPixWombie
October 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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#twanta will always be the true heart of Christmas to me, and is the perfect demonstration of the wonderful man that is our @wombat37.bsky.social
#SundayPixWombie
Some twanta gifts throughout the years, this pic shows soft thick red socks a gingerbread man shaped bath bomb, and some chalk markers A pair of thick red reindeer socks and a multicoloured skulk shaped goblet A "do it later" planner for creative procrastinators from 2020 and a pack of pencils that say things like "I picked it so it's mine" and "don't steal my pencil" that just still use to this day.
October 26, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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I also can't find the pic we took the very first time I met @wombat37.bsky.social but I love this one we took when the #SummerRealm crew got together so much I plonked it on top of a map of the realm
#SundayPixWombie
From left to right: Lisa, Wombie, Miranda and V, standing in front of a map of the Summer Realm. Visible are place names like Saher Desert, Thukrum, Wombat's Paw, Darkwood, and the Firebird Oasis.
October 26, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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When Wombie made me this I pinned it to my vision board 😂 I'm sure there was a book cover one too, but I can't find it, very annoying.
#SundayPixWombat37
#SundayPixWombie
Magazine spread with my selfies in
October 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Merry birthmas @wombat37.bsky.social
This lovely little postcard you sent me just because sits on my desk and gives me a little smile every morning
#SundayPixWombie
Postcard showing two lighthouses, with a ship coming into the harbour between them
October 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Can you use a jar like this or do I need one with a fancy curly glass steak thing that comes out of the top?
Douwe Egberts instant coffee jar with a gold label. The lid has a rubber seal rather than a screw top.
August 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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#SundayPixPurple
I took this yesterday on a dog walk with a friend, and didn't really look at it until I got home. So pleased with how well my phone caught the colours
Purple flowers nestle with grasses in the foreground, a golden field of hay bales lies beyond. The sky is a bright blue, with not a single cloud to be seen
July 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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My (super talented and awesome) daughter needed a planner but couldn't find one that met her needs, so she made her own and I'm so impressed! It's over 400 pages, so it lasts a year but can be started any time because you write the date in yourself, and it is soo pretty, look
Open book showing pale yellow pages with a pastel floral border and repeating cartoon bumble bee motif. The left page is titled Sunday and has spaces underneath to write in the date. On the page are spaces for a to do list, weekly goals, mood tracker, and work completed, plus a space for the user to write in whatever the like. The right page is titled weekly meal plan and has space for breakfast, lunch, and dinner for 7 days. Pic showing the thickness of the book's spine, pages outward. It is a chunky book, at over 400 pages, the size of a thick novel.
July 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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From death, new life. And round and round we go. #SundayPixDeath
The dead and visibly rotting stump of an old tree stands in the centre of the image, surrounded by a circle of small orange and yellow fungi. There is a little green in the form of grass and bracken at the edges of the image but the ground around the stump is brown, adding to the feel of the place being a small fairy ring. A fallen log, old and rotting, being colonised by the same yellow/orange fungi. They are sprouting in small clusters all over the visible surfaces of the log.
May 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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#SundayPixFlame
I've forgotten what this was for. An offering to Persephone, probably. Maybe at Halloween? 🤔 I took a picture because I loved the play of light on the pomegranate.
A white plate, surrounded by a ring of volcanic black salt. On the plate is a small clay goblet of cherry gin, an apple, some dried flowers, a stone, a sprinting of wheat, and a pomegranate. At the centre of this cornicopia of offerings stands a Black candle, its flame burning high, straight and true.
April 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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#SundayPixFriendship
Mind how you go Charlie, the best of friends.
Charlie the dog, black with a grey muzzle, sits in front of a fake fireplace with a red stocking hanging near it. V sits next to him, scratching his ears. She is wearing a red dress and santa hat. Charlie dog on a lead with 5 members of his family, walking away from the camera through the woods on a sunny day
April 20, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Tomorrow we say goodbye to my beloved companion, Charlie. We got him as a very sickly 14 week old who was terrified of people, and he leaves us a happy and well loved 17 year old senior dog. I'm so grateful I got to be his person, and i will miss him.
Charlie the dog as a 6 month old pup. He is outside, on a lead, and there is some snow on the ground, so he is wearing a santa themed dog jacket, red with white fur trim. This contrasts with his black fur. He dislikes wearing clothes, but was recovering from the severe mange he had when we got him, and was fairly bald on his belly and back. He is a small, floppy eared dog, but broad chested, a mongrel with some staffie and some labrador in him. He is sitting next to me, patiently waiting to see if the person off camera intends to share their sausage sandwich. Charlie is older in this picture, around 10 years old, and is standing and looking past the camera, at a fence behind, where a pigeon has caught his attention. His coat is now glossy, and jet black, and covers him completely so he has no need for clothes. A touch of white is creeping into his beard. He is standing in an area of garden he has decided is his personal digging area, so the earth is bare, loose and crumbly. A sixteen year old Charlie, looking smaller than in the previous picture, sits on one of his many floor cushions, this particular one is under the kitchen counter. He is gazing up at the camera in a wistful way, because I'm holding a biscuit he is hoping will be for him. His entire muzzle is white, as are his eyebrows. Seventeen (almost) year old Charlie sleeps in a patch of sunshine on the living room carpet. His muzzle is white and the fur on his chest and legs is thinning, but the rest of his coat is still black, and glossy. He is content and in his happy place.
April 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Tomorrow's vlog is going to be weird
March 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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British Summertime, innit? #SundayPixWet
Me in a dress and short jacket, completely soaked to the bone last summer
February 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM