I bought the spring florals picture a while ago to use as the background for the log-in screen on my laptop and it always gives me a little lift, so thank you.

It's nice to see Indira Varma, who often gets cast as hard-edged characters, get to play the lovely, kind Mrs Gardiner. Her wordless reaction to Mary's terrible painting was hilarious 🤣

Catching up with The Other Bennet Sister after multiple recommendations, and yes, it's delightful. Great cast too.

Well, lots of things are bad at the moment so I always try to find something good every day to cheer me up, and today's good thing is... a big blob of frogspawn in my little pond! 🐸

A small guinea pig snuggled on a pale green towel. She has a half black, half cream face with a white crest on her forehead. She has black eyes and the rest of her body is smooth haired, black and cream.

Here's little Poppy (RIP) for your consideration

My humble submission to the new Bank of England with concepts for the new bank notes to please both sides.

How is it that I've cut back on eating biscuits and yet my weight has gone up? I'm FUMING

OMG, tearing up at The Great Pottery Throwdown right now...

I've been chewing on some thoughts about the 'nutritional value' of the stories we're being fed by HETV. Feels to me like we're 'eating' a lot of 'junk stories'... Grab a cup of tea and a (healthy) biscuit and let me know your thoughts... LONG🧵

Great analogy.

We watched it last night. Unusually for Channel 4 there were no ad breaks, which was absolutely the right choice.

The set of my photos that make up my spring greetings card set. They also come with a print of a handwritten nature guide for spring

I create my photos using recent research so they alleviate stress & lift mood when you look at them. If you'd like to own paper/electronic versions & support me at the same time I've high res screensaver sets or you can buy me a coffee(click tip) here:
ko-fi.com/emmamitchell...
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Or something that you made together, or your child made for you, like my niece made me a bracelet of beads?

A favourite book that you and your child used to read together?

"Work isn't where you go, it's what you do."

A window vacuum cleaner that sucks up the condensation. It's brilliant.

Gloriously bonkers. I loved it!

Yay Lydia!!

Includes an article by me on the Broadcast Engineering Museum in Hemswell Cliff in Lincolnshire!

Includes an article by me on the Broadcast Engineering Museum in Hemswell Cliff in Lincolnshire!

Does anyone else remember that TV drama/documentary with Juliet Stevenson as a mother who was convinced her child's autism was caused by the vaccine, and Hugh Bonneville as Dr Wakefield who believed her when no-one else would? Played very much as the hero against the system.

In the supermarket yesterday it struck me that there was more shelf space devoted to varieties of 'milk' than there was for tea bags.

Not in our name: Women in support of the trans+ community Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?

If you're a non-trans woman in UK, who doesn't think banning trans ppl from toilets helps with *any* of the issues currently facing women (e.g. attempts to prosecute women who have had miscarriages for suspected illegal abortions) you might want to read and sign this petition:

chng.it/2S8LWjCjr8

Shout-out to the woman in the pub who asked for a bottle of wine, and when the waitress brought it to the table and asked how many glasses were needed, laughed and said she only used the one.
Madam, I salute you🍷

It's not letting me message you.

Absolutely!

Photo of thousands of people with placards and flags packing Parliament Square. Thousands show solidarity at #TransRightsAreHumanRights Demo in Parliament Square.

Thousands show solidarity at #TransRightsAreHumanRights Demo in Parliament Square.

‘Sobbing over semolina’: Your school dinner memories You share your memories of old favourites like jam roly-poly and the foods that made you 'gag'.

I vividly remember 'chocolate concrete' served at school in Birmingham in the 1970s/80s. So hard it had to sit in custard for several minutes before you could get your spoon through it.

BBC News - ‘Sobbing over semolina’: Your school dinner memories - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

My favourite genres are:

1) Beardy men with swords take absolutely no shit

2) Affectionate bickering

3) Baddie finally discovers a tiny shred of decency; kind-hearted hero can be startlingly ruthless

4) Overlooked side character steps up and does something awesome

5) Things get tense on a boat