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Irish wanderer living in Melbourne. Mildly obsessed with gardening, rugby, reading & my Scottish Terrier. Expect comments about all of the above plus the odd public transport rant ๐Ÿ˜…
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So many cherished memories ๐Ÿฅน Been a bittersweet way to spend the afternoon ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿ’š #petloss #grief #memories #collage #photowall

PSA to every cafe or restaurant that needs to hear this: ๐Ÿ‘ DON'T๐Ÿ‘ PUT ๐Ÿ‘ HARD๐Ÿ‘ BUTTER๐Ÿ‘ ON๐Ÿ‘ THE๐Ÿ‘ TABLES ๐Ÿ‘ How hard is it to let it get to room temperature?! ๐Ÿ˜ค๐Ÿคฌ #hardbutter #firstworldproblem

Grief is a strange beast. I feel worse about Brew's passing now than in the immediate days after we said goodbye to him ๐Ÿ˜žJust so empty & lethargic. I miss my little shadow ๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ’” #loss #petloss #grief

Brew came home today ๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿถ๐Ÿ’š #petloss #furbaby #dogsofbluesky

Book 8 of 2025 & I'm continuing with the #SkulduggeryPleasant series because it's all I'm mentally able for right now ๐Ÿ˜” 4 ๐ŸŒŸ #Skybooks #booksky #2025reads #playingwithfire

Trying to move past my grief by sharing my latest read for 2025. Technically a #reread but I needed something familiar, easy, fun & #Irish ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช & #SkulduggeryPleasant fits that brief ๐Ÿ‘ Original & creative. Definitely for a younger audience but I enjoyed it nonetheless ๐Ÿ™‚ 5 ๐ŸŒŸ #booksky #2025reads

Heartbroken to share that today we said goodbye to Brew. We had a lovely weekend away but he declined rapidly overnight & we didn't want to prolong his distress and suffering ๐Ÿ˜”๐Ÿ’” He was a great boy ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿถ๐ŸŒˆ He was never ours but we were most definitely his ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿฅน #dogsofbluesky

Day 1 of our weekend away in #Marysville & Brew has enjoyed fillet steak for breakfast, vanilla slice for mid morning tea & lots of sniffing & marking of territory in the woods. CBD oil is giving him a good burst of energy as well๐Ÿ˜„๐Ÿถ๐Ÿ’š #makingmemories #dogsofbluesky #furbaby #Brew

Moments like these ๐Ÿฅน๐Ÿ˜ข๐Ÿ’” We will say goodbye to Brew next Friday. Right now we're cramming in as many memories as we can ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿพ #Brew #skydog #furbaby #scottishterrier #dogsofbluesky

Today we got the worst news ever ๐Ÿ˜ญ Brew has leukaemia ๐Ÿ’” Going to meet with the vet to discuss how we can give him a peaceful transition #skydog #scottishterrier #furbaby

Book 6 of 2025 ๐Ÿ“– I started delving into #manga last year & have really been enjoying it. I saw the TV adaptation of #AliceinBorderland & just had to check it out. Really glad I did. The pace & tension particularly in the 2nd half of this volume was gripping! 5 ๐ŸŒŸ #2025reads #booksky

Book 5 for 2025 ๐Ÿ“– no idea why it's taken me so long to start reading #RobinHobb but I'm glad I finally did! Great storytelling & I can't wait to read the rest of the #Farseer series #booksky #2025reads #assassinsapprentice 5 ๐ŸŒŸ

It's my favourite time of year & no better way to start than by watching @irishrugby.bsky.social beating @englandrugby.bsky.social ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ’š๐ŸŽŠ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ‘ #6nations #shouldertoshoulder #guinnessM6N

Post physio selfie ๐Ÿ˜„๐Ÿถ feeling much happier about Brew's longer term prospects which is a relief ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ๐Ÿค—๐Ÿ’š #skydogs #scottishterrier #furbaby

Been a tough couple of days ๐Ÿ˜ž Had to be totally shaved due to a terrible skin infection. Lost so much weight & is freezing cold & groaning in pain ๐Ÿ’” #skydogs #scottishterrier #furbaby #skydog

Jan 26th means different things to different people. For me it's the day I left Ireland to begin my adventures Down Under (16 years ago!)๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ It's also my 1st nibling's 8th bday๐ŸŽ‚ I respect tho that for millions of Australians it's a day of sorrow & reflection not celebration๐Ÿ–คโ™ฅ๏ธ๐Ÿ’› #alwayswasalwayswillbe

Delighted to see #madisonkeys get her maiden #grandslam title ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ #Ausopen

Today we tried laser and physio treatment for Brew. He was very cool about the whole thing ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿถ๐Ÿ˜‚ #skydog #dogsofbluesky #scottishterrier #Brew #Brewdog #furbaby

Been a tough week for this fluff ball but today was an ok day ๐Ÿฅน๐Ÿถ we're going to try some physio tmrw to see if it helps with his mobility ๐Ÿคž #SkyDogs #Brew #Brewdog #furbaby #dogsofbluesky

Book 4 in the bag for 2025 & what a disappointment this 1 was ๐Ÿฅฑ๐Ÿ˜’ Overly prosaic and quite dull. I skim read most of it just to get through it. 2๐ŸŒŸ๐Ÿ“š #booksky #reading

Book 3 for 2025 done & dusted ๐Ÿ‘ Love a bit of #Discworld ๐Ÿ˜„ Sir Terry Pratchett never fails to deliver ๐Ÿ“š 4/5 ๐ŸŒŸ #BookSky

New wheels, who ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿถ๐Ÿ˜ #Brew #Brewdog #olddognewwheels #skydogs #dogsofbluesky

My latest harvest ๐Ÿคฉโ˜บ๏ธ๐Ÿ‘Œ #homegrown #urbangardener #gardeningaustralia

Enjoying our first walk in weeks!! Brew is on new pain meds and they've made a HUGE difference! ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ’Š๐Ÿ’‰ Honestly soooo happy to see him moving ๐Ÿฅน he couldn't go far and was slow AF but this is more than he's been able to move in a long long time ๐Ÿถ #Brew #Brewdog #scottishterrier #skydog

When you want to go outside but your legs can't carry you that far anymore ๐Ÿฅน๐Ÿถ #dogsky #skydog #scottishterrier

Not sure how much longer we have left with this guy ๐Ÿ˜ž He's in a lot of pain & we don't want him to keep suffering. 2025 is off to the worst possible start ๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ˜ข

Today my mother-in-law passed away. Everyone (including me) has told my husband of our relief that she's gone & no longer in pain (she suffered for years). There is no relief for him. He has lost his mum. 2025 blows ๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ˜”๐Ÿ˜ข

@elitsah.bsky.social Hey buddy ๐Ÿ˜

2nd read of the year finished. I'm a big fan of the Rivers of London series but The Masquerades of Spring was my least favourite so far. 3/5 ๐ŸŒŸ๐Ÿ“– #2025reads

First read of the year finished! ๐Ÿ“– 4/5 ๐Ÿ‘ Entertaining with a good twist. I found the writing style a bit irritating but overall it was enjoyable. Fully expect to see this made into a mini series at some stage. It has that dark comedic "made for TV" feel to it. #2025reads

My 2025 #tbrpile is looking ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜

Bracing myself for an evacuation drill in 40ยฐ heat today ๐Ÿฅต๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿš’ the joys of being the office warden aren't lost on me ๐Ÿ˜’