American immigrant to the UK; loves cats, sea swims, country walks, gardening, composting, crocheting, knitting, socialism, and funny, smart, empathetic people.
Happy Birthday to me! I made my own cake; lemon poppyseed pouncake with buttercream icing, because it's my favourite! I am sixty-two years old on this fine May Day.
My first pair of knitted socks, finished! ( Yes, I do understand how to match the stripes, but I had to add new yarn halfway through the second one and simply made a mistake.) But I don't mind about that. I KNITTED THEM AND I LOVE THEM!
#knittingtwitter
@BrittanyMeansIt
This is our cat Bumblebee. Full name Comrade Bumblebee.He's a big chonky boi and an excellent cat, sweet, soft and super cuddly and affectionate. And yet sometimes I think I love him even more because of his name!
@KaylaAncrum
Oh my GOD, Gals! Being older is FABULOUS!!! I am sixty and just coming into my full beauty and power. Nothing wrong with the word " older".
@PissedTom
@gymlifeanimal
I pose nude every Naked Gardening Day anyway, for free. As I am an overweight woman who just turned 60, you would not believe the LOVE I get, mainly from other women. It's better than $50,000, actually!
@ckirbyyyy
My other niece named her son Boxr. Yes, without an "e". He was only five years old when he rejected it soundly. Now they call him by his middle name, Mason. Remind your husband a kid has the LIVE with his idea of a neat-o name.
My daughter tried on my mother's wedding dress from 1955. It was...perfect on her. She has no immediate plans to get married but even she said if she ever did, she'd seriously consider wearing her grandmother's dress.
#frockingFabulous
@DazEllisagain
My great- nephew Thomas who had open- heart surgery at five days old, for an atrial septal defect. Now he is a strong, healthy, happy, smart, three- year old. Best wishes for your granddaughter!
Here I am with my seven best friends on the Island. We all swim in the sea together! ( Not today, tide was out ) Lovely birthday, first with Scott and his Mum, then this absolutely fabulous friends group. I love my women friends.
@TheStourbridge
How is it possible that I love a cat who I only know on Twitter so much?? George is just SO sweet and adorable! And you are a very nice hooman, too!
I have many living family and friends to celebrate my birthday with me, for which I am grateful. I like to bake my own cake, though. Poppyseed lemon. All ready for me this morning.
#Maydaybaby
@baba_alhassan4
@kate_peds
@DineeMD
Well...the USA has the ABILITY and the FACILITIES to work these miracles, that part is true. Sadly, only some people have access to it. Only the wealthy or those who have lucked into a job with a decent insurance policy. Others are left out in the cold.
I turned a heee-l. I turned a heee-l. 😃 It's a tortured piece of knitting, I'll admit - but it's MY tortured bit of knitting!
#knittingtwitter
#knitting
#socks
Scott took a professional photo of the latest pair of socks I have completed. They are made with West Yorkshire Spinners sock wool, in the colourway "Thelma." I had to buy the wool when I saw it, because my Mom is Thelma. These are for her, of course!
@DotPFranL
Hey Gal, I'm 61, ,size 16 on a good day, and am so pleased that nobody gives a rip what an " old lady" like me looks like. Such a relief, finally!
So very, VERY pleased with this excellent portrait of our beloved Bumblebee, captured perfectly by the talented Anna of earthandsandbyanna. Isn't it fabulous???
#CatsofTwitter
@ask_aubry
It's so funny because I am a very leftist, very feminist woman who has a terrific husband who adores me. And many of my feminist friends do, too. Thing is, most men are decent. You are in a minority.
@missmayn
I'm right there with you. My husband and I will be married 20 years next year and we love each other so much and get on fabulously. Make each other laugh every day. Hug and kiss. And have separate bedrooms. It is bliss.
@TheTweetOfRhea
When I was in nursing school I refused to be present for an infant circumcision. I thought then and think now it's barbaric. If they want to when they're older, fine, whatever.
@AugustinaStudio
@johnpavlovitz
I started seriously feeding the birds for the first time in the autumn. It's absolutely addicting. I love them so much!
Casting on for my first ever knit-along -
#EatYourGreensKAL
. Lots of first here - first KAL, first non-plain vanilla sock, first time doing two at once (not on same needles. I divided the yarn and will knit them together in chunks.) it will be a revelation to finish a sock 1/2
@CJPGolf
@BrianKirschner_
There are about five families in our immediate neighborhood. Mind you, this is new - when I first moved here I used to complain about this really being the Isle of "White" - but thankfully it's now becoming more multicultural and diverse.😊
He wasn't much of a pet person, Scott told me when we first met. But that was 20 years and four cats ago. The really sweet thing is how much Tigerlily absolutely ADORES him. The Look of Love.
Latest off loom. Was helping a friend learn so we both did some. We had so much fun with these colours! Many, many imperfections (much learned, also!) but it still somehow manages to be beautiful. ( I still need to snip ends, etc.)
@HomewardPetsNJ
Awww, wish we could have him! On Wed we are bringing home two little old lady cats, ages 16 and 18, to live out the rest of their lives surrounded by love.
Tigerlily is gone. We had to have her put to sleep today. In the end, she was gasping for air. It all happened so quickly. She graced our lives for the last ten of her fifteen years, and she was a beautiful, smart, funny, excellent cat. I am in absolute pieces; we both are. 😢😢
@XianJaneway
I had a moment like this recently. In a charity shop I found a very famous, niche-interest book that is impossible to find these days - and if you do find it's big bucks - for only 20 pounds! Snatched it right up, ran home and looked up all the ones selling for 75, 80 pounds.
Bumblebee is pleased that the radiators are now giving out warmth for part of the day. We just caved about three days ago with the central heating.
#CatsOfTwitter
@FinanceDirCFO
@stephenkeeler
Somebody literally opened up an outdoor goods store because ALL THEIR LIFE they have wanted to put a sign like that in a window.
@CherguiaGroup
Ok, catch and release means just that. The dude caught this fish, took a photo, and then released it back to the sea. Fish was probably traumatized but will live. Having said that, I think this sort of show- offy bullshit is totally unnecessary, and dude should re- think it.
Here I am with my sister, my Mom, and Jack Lord from Hawaii Five-O. We lived in Hawaii for a little while when I was young. That's me on the left, at about age twelve. They were filiming in the house across the street from us. My Mom just shared this memory with me. Funny!
@sarah_tarlow
Assisted dying has been legal for close yo 30 years in my home state of Oregon in the US ( I am now a British citizen living in the UK.) There has been no "slippery slope" no taking advantage of disabled people. Just dignified dying. Majority of folks never use the meds in the en
Hi, Bumblebee here! Some of you already know me, I thimk. But did you know that I have a fluffy orange belly below my gorgeous tabby swirls? Yes, I know I am fabulous. But Thamk you!
#CatsOfTwitter
#FishForTeaFriday
I never get over how fabulous Bumblebee's markings are. Not to mention that he has the thickest, softest coat I've ever felt in a kitty! He's a rescue from Cats Protection, but I like to think he may have some British Shorthair in him. Sturdy, cobby body and round head, too!
Just as Anne Shirley remarked ( in Anne of Green Gables) the flowering cherry is a like a bride on her wedding day, all decked out in frothy white lace and feeling SO pretty!
Birthday gift from my garden. I have always loved being a May Day baby, and ever since I was very small, Lily-of-the-Vally, or Muguet, have been "my" special flowers.
#grateful
My darling baby Tigerlily went in for teeth- cleaning but didn't pass the kidney test for anesthesia. So we are waiting to hear more about that. She was just put on meds for hyperthyroidism. She is a lovely, smart cat . We will make sure she never suffers.
THIS IS HYGGE. Hearing the wind and rain raging outside, sitting underneath a blanket with a sleeping cat on my lap, knitting a sock, drinking a cup of tea and listening to Jason Neville reading Tolstoy's War and Peace.
Meet the newest members of the family! Black panther Iris is 18, and tortie and white Cocoa is 16. They are the sweetest old gals imaginable. They just want to sit on a lap and be petted or brushed. They purr at the drop of a hat. Just need to ease Bumblebee into new reality!
I've started crocheting another Mystical Lanterns throw in shades of blue and green. It's so much fun; picking the colours from a big bag without looking, and with each of the four circles different, it never gets boring. I needed a break from that interminable top I was knitting
Hello! I am Tigerlily. I am fourteen. My Mummy thinks I am beautiful and she especially loves the orange blaze on my forehead. It's extra-clever in that it indicates just where I like to be petted. How handy is that? Of course I also love behind the ear and cheek scritches!
My husband can take the most unflattering pictures of people. He sent me this one of Bumblebee the other day. If Bumblebee could talk, I can just hear him - "OH MY GOD. Look at my double chin! Do I really look like that?" ( he doesn't.)
#CatsOfTwitter
@thejackhopkins
It seems very staged. But what about the shooter? He had to have been in cahoots with the whole thing too. And they killed him. Did he agree to be sacrificed for tRump? Or did they lie to him and say "we'll keep you safe"?
Left is my crocheting, right is my knitting. Both hats worn by ( and made for) my sister. I think I can fairly say I am a crocheter AND a knitter, now.
#crochet
#knitting
So our two cats, Tigerlily and Bumblebee, relaxing this close to one another is so rare that we have to take multiple pics to document it. ( Bumbles was oblivious!) It's because I was gone for so long and they can't get enough of me now, haha.
#catsoftwitter