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“59 inches of dynamite” Dog botherer, failed stargazer, potter, and lifelong tap dancer with a knackered knee. #Vegan, bakes a bit, and looks after #hedgehogs.
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🦔🤎🦔 #HEDGEHOGFRIDAY! 🦔🤎🦔 #meetandgreet … Scary Spice! She’s had her toenails trimmed in between bouts of hibernation. Another blind long-stay. She’ll be more comfy after her pedicure 🥰

🦔🤎🦔 #HEDGEHOGFRIDAY! 🦔🤎🦔 Say “cheese” Harris! A real character, totally blind so he’s a long-stay guest. Gave him a nice clean bed which he totally ignored and instantly went to sleep up against his glass door 🙄😂

This isn't a surprising but it is devastating. The great betrayal of Ukraine begins. We, in Europe, are in a place of danger. We all owe Ukraine & its people a debt of gratitude for its extraordinary courage. 😢

Wheel throwing today. Getting bigger! 🥰 #pottery #ceramics #throwdown

Just when you think things can’t get any madder …

For some reason, after a 30+ year hiatus, I fancied making a pineapple upside down #cake. Should keep the boys quiet tonight. #vegan #veganbaking #oldschool #homebaking

When you’ve been asleep in your nest for weeks and you wake up and your claws need cutting! I’ve alerted the boss and she’ll do a toenail trim. Look closely and you’ll see what I mean. #hedgehogrescue #hibernation #wildliferescue #hedgehogs

🦔🤎🦔 #HEDGEHOGFRIDAY! 🦔🤎🦔 #meetandgreet … Tom(1) and Morris(2). Tom is a total pudding with beautiful soft and glossy spines. Morris is spikey in every sense: he hisses, spits and shrugs, and his spines are properly lethal! #hedgehogs #hedgehogrescue #wildliferescue

And a stoneware house hippo 🦛 #pottery #ceramics

Frozen pond on porcelain. #pottery #ceramics

Farmers: we can't pay more tax Large corporations: we can't pay more tax Small businesses: we can't pay more tax Workers: we can't pay more tax Tories: we must cut tax *Everyone*: why are our courts, police, NHS, potholes, council services, pensions, welfare, schools all so bad? #r4today

This one’s nearly ok. You can’t see from this angle but the hole’s wonky 😂 #beginnerpotter #stilllearning #pottery

Set of incense burners just out of the kiln. Not entirely successful: I was a bit over-enthusiastic with the glazing and painted over the holes 🙄, but it’s nothing Best Mate can’t fix with a tiny drill bit. #pottery #clay #beginnerpotter

Batshit #Trumprant. Wtaf.

#CliveMyrie just referred to Demi Moore as “veteran actress”. When do you EVER hear veteran actor? @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social you really need to take a look at yourselves. #everydaysexism #goldenglobes

A good man

Do all #hedgehogs hibernate? (Credit to @hedgehogcabin)

There’s a hibernating 🦔 here 👇🏻 but it will emerge from time to time, so continue to leave food and water out and be careful not to disturb it if you see a pile of leaves like this in your garden 🙏🏻 #hedgehogs #hedgehogrescue Out in the day, not OK! Find help here: www.helpwildlife.co.uk

🦔🤎🦔 #HEDGEHOGFRIDAY! 🦔🤎🦔 I couldn’t find a name for this little one, another underweight juvenile. Docile and probably still poorly or on meds for internal parasites. She calmly obliged me with a beautiful close-up #hedgehogs #hedgehogrescue 🦔🤎🦔🤎🦔🤎🦔🤎🦔🤎🦔🤎🦔

🦔🤎🦔 #HEDGEHOGFRIDAY! 🦔🤎🦔 #meetandgreet … Morris. Lovely, lively lad, underweight juvenile. Can 💩 for England 😂 #hedgehogs #hedgehogrescue 🦔🤎🦔🤎🦔🤎🦔🤎🦔🤎🦔🤎🦔

Holy christ it ROARS like Darth Vader! 😱

I’ve had to have a glass of Trebbiano to pluck up the courage

Bought an #airfryer. It’s bloody massive. I had to chuck out a slow cooker and relocate the KitchenAid to fit it in. I’m terrified of it. I’ve christened it Darth Vader.

How has that b*stard only got 20 years?

“Oh, slumbering earth, my cradle cold, Keep me safe within your hold. Though winter’s breath may linger long, I’ll wait for spring to sing my song…” Beautiful Viburnum lantana buds, cradled by young leaves, waiting patiently for winter to pass. #DailyBotanicalBeauty #nature

Some five-word horror stories for Friday the 13th: Running out of tea bags Someone talking in a lift Unexpected knock on the door Biscuit falling into your brew Stuck on rail replacement bus Forgetting to take an umbrella Missing bin day before Christmas Say a bit about yourself

"Nearly half of the nature-friendly enhancements promised by developers building new homes have failed to materialise..." #wildlife #nature www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This👇🏻 People need to live, not just exist.

Just a reminder: All vaccines used in public health have been rigorously tested. Their benefits greatly outweigh their risks. While a few people have a medical reason for not taking vaccines, most people (and the population overall) will benefit. Doctors who claim otherwise are irresponsible.

More self harm #bloodyBrexit

I felt sick watching Parliament today and the MPs condemning ‘evil’ and ‘barbaric’ #Assad … the same MPs who have been toadying up to him and turning a blind eye FOR YEARS. #Syria

Word of the morning is ‘williwaw’ (19th century): a sudden violent squall or a toppling gust of wind. Goes well with ‘thunderplump’: a sudden downpour that soaks you to the skin in seconds.

🦔🤎🦔 #HEDGEHOGFRIDAY! 🦔🤎🦔 (A bit late posting …) Here’s Jess again (I can’t resist her), still tiny but getting bigger. Hopefully coming home with me soon to overwinter and heft up, before being released in the Spring🤞🏻🥰 #hedgehog #hedgehogrescue

Well done #Enfield, this would be awful if it goes ahead. A short-term cost saving with potentially life threatening consequences. Don’t do it #EnfieldCouncil.

🦔🤎🦔 #HEDGEHOGFRIDAY! 🦔🤎🦔 #meetandgreet … Dennis! Adult male, he’s been here a while and is quite a chonk 😂 #funfact … #hedgehogs usually start out quite dark and glossy, but as they age, their fur gets gingery. Dennis is starting to get a bit ginger. Some of the oldies are nearly orange!

🦔🤎🦔 #HEDGEHOGFRIDAY! 🦔🤎🦔 #meetandgreet … Jess, beautiful baby girl, but SO tiny and underweight 😢 #hedgehogs #hedgehogrescue

The same people who don't believe the sea is rising have no problem believing Moses parted it and Jesus could walk on it.

Dear @gardenersworldmag.bsky.social Can you PLEASE stop repeating the harmful myth that #hedgehogs eat slugs & snails; they DON’T, not unless they are absolutely starving. They carry lungworm which kills hedgehogs, and these darling creatures know they’re not safe. Have a word with #AlanTitchmarsh!

Four years old.

Three years old.

Popped over to The Dark Side to catch up on a few accounts that aren’t here yet … and yes, instantly got the hatred, the spite, the grudges, the trolls, bots and adverts. Good grief those people are sad. #gladtobehere