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nataliesfergie.bsky.social
Writer. 20th century domestic history. Lover of the nine times table. Veg grower. Never knowingly without a project.
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I like this.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

#Postboxsaturday City Chambers, Edinburgh

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

It is #SuperbOwl Sunday. Post up yer Superb Owls. #SuperbOwlSunday

submitted 24 days ago • 24 comments

Awake. Would anyone like an early cuppa?

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

#uksnow 4/10 EH14

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

35 Watson Crescent, Edinburgh—16 flats in a tenement built along the Union Canal in 1898 for workers in the nearby foundries, breweries and rubber factories. Former residents include:

submitted 43 days ago • 2 comments

Made curry this morning for eating tonight. I’m calling it Back From Holiday And Haven’t Done Any Shopping Yet Curry.

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

Somerset House. The workmen were taking down the ice rink and the Christmas tree outside in the courtyard.

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

A trip into the Big City yesterday for a meeting with my agent. Did you know this is “kipper season” for taxi drivers? January is always quiet because people spend in December. Historically, kippers were cheap and it what cabbies could afford when their customer numbers went down in January.

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

In the light of Meta's latest announcements I am going to try and migrate from IG to here. I am a textile artist studying at Bradford School of Art, addressing social justice issues one stitch at a time. Currently exploring ways of subverting a traditional quilt to campaign for peace not war.

submitted 54 days ago • 1 comment

#uksnow. EH14. The Snizzle has turned to snow. 4/10

submitted 59 days ago • 1 comment

Tiny snow falling on top of the 12-15cm of a few days ago in EH14 #uksnow I’m calling it Snizzle. 2/10

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

Bought a vintage sewing box in a secondhand shop in Bristol to use as a coffee table. Got it home and realised nothing had been taken out. Unpacking it was like being told a story about its owner. Her grandchildren were born in the 1960s and she taught one of them to knit. She went to a…1/2

submitted 65 days ago • 9 comments

There is a bookshop in Wigtown that has a similar selection. Almost makes me want to leave things in books on purpose.

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

As a person formerly owned by a Labrador, I can see the Pat-O-Matic entering the vocabulary of dog people UK-wide.

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

Shades of The Italian Job in Wallace and Gromit.

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

It has just occurred to me that I should post an IG link, because that’s where most of my images are. A picture speaks a thousand word, and all that. www.instagram.com/nataliesferg...

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments

I have reprogrammed the TV and the router. Well. Perhaps I am over-egging the pudding a bit, but they are now working and streaming and they weren’t before so I feel like a Tech Super Heroine.

submitted 101 days ago • 2 comments

Speechless.

submitted 101 days ago • 1 comment

@helenintgarden.bsky.social I just came across Seeds of Scotland, who sell seeds particularly suitable for our somewhat quirky weather, temperature range and shorter season length. Has anyone else tried them? Maybe @helensedgwick.bsky.social? www.seedsofscotland.com

submitted 102 days ago • 7 comments

Edinburgh trams are still running, but slowly. My son is trying to get to work and it’s taken him two hours. He isn’t there yet.

submitted 102 days ago • 2 comments

Edinburgh buses cancelled. All of them.

submitted 102 days ago • 2 comments