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Heather
@callunavulgaris@mastodon.scot
mastodon 4.7.2UK. Rural mum, part-time archaeology bod, faithful helpmeet to large hairy husband. Mildly/probably/borderline autistic. Slave to Scottish rugby, 🏴 tendencies. Exile. Earnest, apparently. Always trying to understand, especially other humans.
Bio photo shows my early love of shoes 😄 and banner shows Murrayfield, Scotland's national rugby stadium. tootfinder.
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Joined November 05, 2022
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Very much looking forward to getting back to these two hooligans in an hour and a half or so, if the trains don't have any *more* delays #caturday
#WhiskersWednesday with a dash of #StripySockMidweek thrown in.
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@beecycling Also recycle in 32 different locations and, as I read today in another non-article in the Guardian on cost-effective food shopping, "visit your local market every day". Righty ho then 🤔
Ooh ooh #ToeBeanTuesday I've got a photo!
Please enjoy these perfect irises. My mum loved them so it feels fitting that they're putting on a show in her memory. #bloomscrolling
My son has put up herb drying hooks for me in the utility room! I'm beyond delighted! He's also put up the plastic greenhouse we got weeks ago so it is now filling with things that need potting on and generally sorting out. I'm also hoping to sort out a small raised veg plot and a pond, so my garden mojo is well and truly back. It's nice to feel enthusiastic again. #gardening
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@wplalonde@lgbtqia.space Good luck! I used to make a half-caf, half and half. Now I can happily have one cup of caffeinated coffee first thing with no ill effects.
We need to keep the #cats' food fresh on days when no-one's around to feed them at lunchtime and it's too warm to leave lots of food out at breakfast, which is what I've been doing. We were given a feeder so I've cleaned it up and am testing that it works. My theory is that it will at least keep flies off fresh food. If it goes well I might upgrade to one that keeps food chilled. We're also seeing if they can so without a litter tray as they hardly use it any more. They grow up so fast 😄
I have the desire to potter about with plants and get my new raised fruit/veg bed sorted out but apart from the blistering temperatures I've picked up a completely flattening virus from a colleague so I don't have the energy. I keep falling asleep when I sit down. I've put some nasturtium seedlings into a planter, moved the radish planter to the veg area and helped move a couple of bits into our summer seating area and that's me done. #gardening
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@emily_rugburn@lgbtqia.space @isaactly_s@mas.to What's the secret? Mine rarely drink. I bought them a cheap(er) drinking fountain which I've seen Tails (female) drink from once, but never seen Sparky (male) drink from. I add a little water to their breakfast wet food just to get something into them. I worry about Sparks as a male not drinking so any tips very welcome!
Tails muchly displeased at being called in from the garden. She's glaring at me 😄
#cats etc
I've just mowed the lawn for the first time in about 10 years. At our old place the landlord arranged a mowing service and here Dad had a guy who did it but £200 on a battery lawnmower is a snip compared to what he was paying. This way I can cut it high, leave a few sneaky verges and mow round the daisies 😃 Dad will insist on a socially respectable front garden though, no getting away with longer grass and wildflowers there. He won't be moved on that after decades of dedication to it 😄
I'm reading an Evelyn Anthony book, The Defector, and I'm gripped. This specific copy used to be on the bookshelf along with many others by her in the room I stayed at in my grandparents's house, and I used to think, aged eight or so, that they looked the most boring books on earth. Now decades later I'm really enjoying them. I think this change in perspective and growing appreciation of things is one the aspects of getting older that I really treasure.
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@emily_rugburn@lgbtqia.space @isaactly_s@mas.to 😄 I've seen Tails drink from the toilet once 🙈
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@isaactly_s@mas.to @emily_rugburn@lgbtqia.space I did at one point. I never saw them use any of them but maybe I just wasn't in the right place at the right time
I've gone back to a paper diary. I switched away from the app I loved and had used for years as it was getting dodgy. I tried Fossify Calendar but just couldn't settle with the display to the point that I started forgetting upcoming appts, so I have delightedly gone back to paper. As the Queen of Admin it suits me very well. I'm keeping the new calendar app just for push reminders of a few bits, but my mental map of the week comes from my diary. I can feel myself relax, daft old bism that I am 😄
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@pathfinder @misaimed_brain @autistics As so often Kevin I am struck by how wise you are. I think a key is a great symbol as far as my experiences go as the realisation unlocked a huge understanding for me. But if there's one thing I've learnt, it's that if you've met one autistic person, you've met one autistic person. That, I believe, is lost on well-meaning allists.
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@vagina_museum@masto.ai What it was and what it looked like. I thought I'd pooed myself when this sludge appeared in my knickers. Luckily I was at home and was able to ask my mum what was going on. I made sure my own daughter and stepdaughter had a clearer idea of what to expect. One friend refused to tell her daughter anything, even though we both had babies when our daughters were six. Keep it age-appropriate and there are no nasty shocks, just understanding.
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@AoifeGreenhamIllustrations @pathfinder @Susan60 @misaimed_brain @autistics Yes, we watched it. I'm not normally into the concept of taking on someone else's characters but I thought this was well-intentioned. And yes, I felt Mary was very ubsubtly positioned as being autistic but if people accept that an Austen heroine can be autistic then there's hope for the rest of us 😄
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@silvermoon82 The other day Tails managed to open the treat drawer, extract the pack of stick treats and get one out. We were so astinished/impressed we just watched her do it 😄 She hasn't done it since.
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@markarayner The dog's got it all wrong. He needs to turn to face the duck, introduce himself and tell it he's going to pick it up 🦆
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@tobyjaffey I have archaeologied all morning and encountered no dinosaurs whatsoever 🤷 Nearly as bad as "have you been on any interesting digs?" which while a sweet question showing interest also demonstrates what a one dimensional view most people have of the sector. #archaeology
Visions of people travelling by emu, à la Rod Hull, in orderly lines along the tracks.
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This post has had a bit of love lately. I'm just amazed they could ever fit in one bed! They've grown so much in the last couple of months 💙
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@Susan60 @pathfinder @misaimed_brain @autistics We loved Patience. Someone said on a thread here that people will have noticed something about them that they won't have thought of as autism - I wish I could remember who said it as it absolutely hit the nail on the head for me. All through my life I've had that feeling of being a bit outside the mainstream but having no idea what I did differently. Neurodivergence never occurred to me til an AuDHD friend suggested it about five years ago.
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@grickle I love your cartoons. I especially love the facial expressions 😄 I loved the one of the vampire bringing the ghosts back in and he looked so worried with such a simply drawn face 💙
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@effika @aetataureate Speaking as someone who has just had to put in a lifeline way after the event and ended up all over the place, I definitely agree with putting in lifelines at strategic points 🫥
Jejune babblement - who could they possibly mean?
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@FlanFlinger@mastodon.social 🤢 I still renember the day about 40yrs ago when my spaniel rolled in fox poo. Once smelt never forgotten.
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@Jkp@mastodon.scot I love my condiments tray! I'll keep an electronic diary too for shared items but it's a relief not to be using an enshittified app, or having to work with an app that doesn't suit my mental map.
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@pdcawley@mendeddrum.org @afewbugs@social.coop @SaintlySin@mastodon.social Wellll I just looked up the biscuit game on Wikipedia and have now been educated. I will never refer to a stale biscuit as 'soggy' ever again 🤢
Flat coke, a banana and crisps 🤌
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@tobyjaffey Ha! So many clichés. I can't decide if Time Team made things better or worse. All the best to your offspring. If they're planning to go into commercial archaeology they need to brace for quite the culture shock after uni. I've shepherded quite a few recent graduates in their first few weeks at work and a lot comes at them fast, and that's just in post-ex.
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@what @cargot_robbie Me too! I alternate sides. I have to put emollient creams on every day but for reasons science hasn't yet unravelled I don't need to put them on me erse so it's the only place a patch will stick. Every so often there's a patch with dodgy glue so I keep it in place with micropore tape.
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@krypt3ia@infosec.exchange I've never heard that phrase before and it gave me a giggle :D