What is your favorite drink?
Tea, by a mile. A relaxing drink, which I need because I’m an anxious person at the best of times.
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Tell us about your favorite pair of shoes, and where they’ve taken you.
I have a pair of brown boots that I love. They’re incredibly comfortable and proof that cheap does not have to mean poor quality.
They’ve taken me to a variety of places. Sometimes just down the lane behind my house. Through the streets of York where I would take street photos. The twisting paths of Kilburn walk in summer, autumn and snowy winters.
They were beside my bed in hospital last December, although I was in a coma so I wasn’t aware of them until I became fully lucid, and felt strangely relieved when I saw them. I panicked when a member of staff moved them into the small wardrobe by my bed and so I couldn’t see them anymore, and glad when I found where they were.
They came home with me when I was discharged in January. And they are still with me when I walk into town as part of my attempts to get more exercise.
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Although humans have helped orchids along in the number of unique varieties, this unusual flower species has overly diverse colors and shapes. In the sunless, bloomless days of February, Boltz Conservatory of the Olbrich Gardens comes to my rescue yearly with Orchid Escape! Click on the photos for the full images. The number of petals […]
Orchids’ Astonishing Variety on Display -
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Do you need a break? From what? I definitely need a break from being tired. Moms and dads can relate to what I’m talking about. After an exhausting week, even a small break feels like heaven. “Me time” is an expensive vacation. A cup of tea, coffee, or even a glass of wine can be […]
I’m Not Lazy, I’m Just Exhausted -
Do you need a break? From what? To have a break is like having the nicest thing you like. The eagerness and enthusiasm for a break makes you want it even more. So what do I want a break from? Well! Seeing the now situation, I want a break from my anger, arguments, stress, thoughts, […]
Need A Break Badly -
I had an incredibly awful time at the end of 2025 (I will post about that at some point) but I’m trying to get back into my hobbies as I recover. So here’s a couple of photos:
90s Woman 
Hamish Macbeth -
Tattoo all healed x I wish I’d had the guts to be the person I wanted to be, but other children had taught me, viciously and mercilessly, that they found me contemptable, so clearly the person inside, the true me, was “wrong” somehow. A poorly manufactured human being who evaded the attention of quality control somehow. I always felt afraid to draw attention to myself, so as an adult I was quiet and withdrawn, which was often mistaken for rudeness. I’m not writing all of this to smugly to declare that now I’ve got it all figured out. I most certainly haven’t. I’m still a socially anxious mess. There’s a reason my first tattoo was done in 2008 and this one nearly 20 years later, because I still fret over the opinions of others, and even my own. What if I end up hating it or something goes terribly wrong and I’m stuck with the fucked up result? I’m no guru on the mountain nor am I trying to be. I’m just “a fucked up girl looking for her own piece of mind,” as Kate Winslet put it in The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Bloody Roses 