One of the many reasons that I thank my lucky stars daily is that when I left Ireland, I came to mainland Europe and not to the US. Germany is far from perfect at the moment, but at least the healthcare is excellent.

Handpainted cards for a mere €5 each #Friendships #Relationships #family #Angels #CelticKnots

Ah, come on, people! This guy is obviously insane - is there nobody willing or able to stand up to him? Hasn't the world suffered enough? Time to take away his phone, put him in a straight jacket, lock him up, and beg Ms. Harris to take over (with apologies!).

I originally made this as a cover for an e-reader, but there is no law which says that it can't be used for a small paperback book either! Can anyone guess the book? Or is it too easy?

FINAL DAY for pre-Christmas orders - last orders to Ireland for A4 prints and greeting cards by 6pm this evening, if you've not picked up a gift for someone yet, now's a great time to do so!

It looks like we're off to Grolloo again next June!😉 Lineup - Holland International Blues Festival share.google/Fsq0Ith2cqOb...

I think I've discovered my favourite German word; Meisenknödelhalter! Isn't it a thing of beauty?

An orange toad that doesn't repulse and disgust!

The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing. All from his movies.

I'm curious as to where the European Data Protection Board stands on the latest US proposals to collect Data from travellers. Can we, EU citizens, ban our Data being passed on to the US government and their Meta overlords? I'd be pretty pissed off if any of my family/friends gave them my details!

So this is where I accidentally stabbed myself in the leg with my knitting* during the week! Apart from that, everything is grand!! How has everyone else's week been? *I had my knitting on my lap and leaned over to the coffee table to get a drink of water! Hiya Hiya Sharps are my weapons of choice!

As they always say - Follow the Money

Peple laugh when they see the sign on our gate. They say, "Surely you're not serious?" Obvioulsy the #DHL drivers laugh too, when they're throwing the packages over our 2m high gate!!🙄

Checking the status of the DHL parcel which was supposed to arrive yesterday. At 8:00 there were 20 more stops before they got to us - an hour ago that number had gone down to 8. I just checked once again, and all of a sudden it has gone up to 30 stops!🙄

Leute wollen mir erzählen, dass ich die Regierung der USA nicht als faschistisch bezeichnen dürfe, weil die für "die Freiheit" sei, aber ich darf voraussichtlich auf absehbare Zeit nicht mehr in die USA einreisen, weil ich in den Augen des Regimes eine unerwünschte Meinung habe. Genau mein Humor.

Die AfD steht in Sachsen-Anhalt bei 40%. Wir sind am Vorabend einer Katastrophe. Wir wissen jetzt schon, was mit der CDU passieren wird, was der Bundesrepublik am 6.9.2026 droht. Wir müssen JETZT handeln – VOR die Fakten kommen. Präfaktisch denken! Oder wollen wir den Ereignissen weiter zusehen?

Dass der Faschist Musk die EU abschaffen möchte, nur weil sie als einzige seine kriminellen Machenschaffen bestrafen möchte, wäre doch ein guter Anlass für Spitzenpolitiker und Hauptstadtjournalisten, diese Propaganda-verseuchte Desinformationsplattform endlich zu verlassen.

For anyone who thinks that they can't get by without ordering from Amazon - you absolutely can! We stopped ordering physical products from them at the start of Covid - that's almost 6 years ago - and we haven't regretted it once! Anything we need is available elsewhere, often cheaper! 1/2

@rte.ie radio player App down again? For the 3rd time in the last few weeks it doesn't seem to be working. Can someone tell them?😉

All I want for Christmas is for the worst people in the world to experience some consequences

There are still some of my Lily-Angels (known around these parts as Lilien-Engel!!) available - but not very many! With the @sv98.de playing an important game tonight, hopefully they won't need any angels and will be celebrating later! ⚜️ #matchday #LilienEngel #Irish_Wasp_Creations

@ciaraioch.bsky.social your packet just arrived in my corner of German, and is just as beautiful as I imagined it would be. Am very tempted to keep it for myself, but I know the recipient will love it too!

#Speirgorm #Meath #Dogs These little dogs belong to family of mine and were most likely taken from their garden. As you can imagine they are devastated! Please Share and bring them home! There is a reward offered.

Every time I shop at Edeka, Lidl, Rewe, Penny or Netto I remember that cashiers can be efficient and still friendly! Not so at AldiSüd. I go there as it's only 2 km from my house - but ask myself are the unfriendly cashiers and the stress at the checkout really worth it?

So here's a question - how many of you have looked inside the inner workings of your tumble dryer? Was there a thick layer of dust? Are we expected to take the sides off our appliances to clean them? If yes, how often? PS - if your tumble dryer is the same make as your phone, maybe check it out!

I won the latest game of Yarn Chicken! Go me!!! 🧶🐔

Our Fairy Rose defying the frost and minus temperatures!

Anyone in the greater Darmstadt area looking for a small, cosy Christmas Market to visit... the Gundernhäuser Weihnachtsmarkt is here on November 29th - for one night, and one night only! You'll find me in my stall, do come over for a chat!

Some felted dolls that I finished last week.

Just some needle-felted angel pictures I worked on this week.

In 2013, the author @www.joditaylorbooks.com wrote the first book (Just One Damned Thing After Another) in her best-selling Chronicles of St. Mary's series. In the book, set slightly into the future, she unwittingly mentioned 3 things that had happened in the past ..(1) youtu.be/j_n871HSKqo?...

@dublinairport.bsky.social trollng Ronaldo on Instagram is priceless!😂

If the perfect pint were a chair...

Können wir aufhören, Artikel über Rechtsextremismus mit Springerstiefeln zu bebildern? Das ist keine akkurate Beschreibung der Realität mehr. Näher an der Wahrheit wären die Schuhe von Höcke oder Weidel.

Forget doom-scrolling, and take a minute to read a beautiful, heartwarming story!

All my handspun yarn ready for the Martinsmarkt in Darmstadt-Arheilgen tomorrow. The funny thing about my handspun yarn, is that if I don't sell it, I'm not too sad, as I love knittng with it myself!😁🧶

It's the same everywhere - we turn on the TV and open Newspapers to see and read the words of all the people, who tell us that they aren't allowed to say anything and aren't given a platform! Sound familiar to anyone?

I dunno about the rest of you, but maybe Netflix Germany should think again about how they name their categories!! 😁

Anyone in the greater Darmstadt Area this weekend, this is where I'll be! Do call by!

Die AfD Hessen (und die FDP) möchten das Portal "Hessen gegen Hetze" abschalten, das als Reaktion auf die Ermordung Walter Lübckes durch einen AfD-Wahlkampfhelfer eingerichtet wurde. Der Grund: Weil manche Meldungen eben auch zu Ermittlungen führen können. Kannst du dir nicht ausdenken.

Petrol On The Stairway 💀 Ireland has a fascism problem again. We must defeat it. Writing here ✍🏼💭 🔗 shorturl.at/XXV4Y

Hearing Irish politicians saying that they need to get tough on immigration is just so preposterous! Imagine if every country "got tough on immigration" - the Irish Diaspora worldwide (myself included) being made return to Ireland, and find homes and jobs! Or if we had never been allowed to leave?

This makes me sick to my stomach. I hope when they catch them, they lock them up and throw away the key!

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Andrew, formerly known as Prince!

Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year. UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year. Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

Catherine Connolly, a pro-Palestine, left-wing candidate, is on course for landslide victory as vote counting continues.

Es ist schon bitter, dass @volksverpetzer.de inzwischen selbst wissenschaftliche Umfragen des ZDF prüfen muss. Ich bin ein großer Fan des ÖRR, aber so geht es nicht.

Congratulations to Ireland's newest President, Catherine Connolly!💚💚