In today's round of trying out a craft project ... I went to a guilding workshop this morning.... #goldFrame #craftProject

@helleborezine.bsky.social jumper arrived today! Woo hoo!

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Entering Christmas mode #badSelfie

In today's round of netflix 🤝 hallmark Christmas movies I'd love if they happened in real life, I followed the example of this year's American in Paris film #ChampagneProblems and went into a bookshop. Sadly I did not meet any cute french men, but I did get double points on my #Waterstones card 1/2

encyclopediaofsciencefiction.substack.com/p/piper-at-t... bit more info on the "banned from Westminster abbey jumper" (Of which I had an email update on the order of one for me this week) #hellebore

First Christmas craft of the year: felt stocking (workshop activity at Manchester craft and design centre) #christmasCrafts

will be rockin' up wearing this bad boy all winter (In theory I'll have it in time for christmas!)

Still working on my project for #novnov #novelNovember ... I'm behind on the goal but still writing something every day this week + kept up my Duolingo streak. So there's that. was aiming for horror but it feels more like goosebumps for adults at the moment. Still only draft 1. Scares in draft 2. 🤞

Perfect mug for day 1 of #novnov #novelNovember

Giving this one a go this year! Will be interesting how it turns out as I probably already have all the books I'd like to read on my tbr pile. That pile is probably 7ft tall. Always open to new suggestions though.

as halloween draws to a close.... mine was super quiet because exhausted (watched dragula titans in spooky kitty pj's, talked to my mum on the phone), tomorrow brings the start of #novelNovember... and I have 4 story ideas so far, which is fine because I'm going to write an anthology style book 🤩

Last Halloween craft of the year done! #loomknitting #showmeyourknits life is less shitty when you have a pumpkin kitty (Glaring is unintended but kinda works) 1st attempt at a cat and 1st time working with tinsel yarn.

Gearing up for #NovelNovember ... I missed doing Nanowrimo (stepped away when it got problematic to say the least) Good luck to everyone taking part in it or similar like #RoughDraft (the heart breathings community are lovely too). Doing a short story collection for mine.

Got myself some cute and fresh but festive nails today 💅 #shortandsweetnails

@petefrasermusic.bsky.social Saw this and thought of you: www.visualcapitalist.com/where-beer-i...

That's #Grimmfest ( #Grimmfest2025 ) done for the year now. Hard to believe it's 17!(I've only been an active participant 2021 ? onwards, as before that was too much of a wuss2go solo ...too concerned what others would think) loved what I did get to see this year + looking forward to the future.

Hit my 200th film of the year this week whilst at #Grimmfest #Grimmfest2025 #letterboxd #letterboxdStats Deviant was so much fun (considering the subject matter)

#letterboxd #lastFourWatched got a few more UK / northern premieres in today ... #grimmfest #grimmfest2025

#letterboxd #lastFourWatched just completed day 1 of #Grimmfest which included the world wide premier of Past life (which was very very good) and a preview screening of good boy. Indy must be protected because he is indeed a good boy.

Watching Dragula titans s2 ep1 ... Getting ideas for how to improve the plan for my mates Halloween make-up (I've been tasked with skull make up again) #dragula

My third pumpkin attempt came perfect! #loomKnitting #halloweenCrafts #ShowMeYourKnits

Storm Amy kinda ruined my day a bit, however despite the rain, the steep hills, the cobbles (being a mobility aid user it gets harder!) I made it to Haworth and the #BrontëMuseum and to the cabinet of curiosities which was fab.

Looking forward to seeing this as part of #grimmfest #grimmfest2025

Excited for this. I've only ever seen the cure live once before, which was a brilliant gig.... And was about 9 or 10 years ago. Sadly health and finances have stopped me from going to other shows, but not this time! Got VIP, so hopefully will be out of some of the mud.

When did socktober become about not changing your socks? (Too smelly for me). Usually socktober is about having a different pair of Halloween related socks (or tights) on every day for the month. Less smelly.

I'm a Margaret.... 🎃 Today is sept 28th and I bought Halloween pasta, sweets, paint your own ceramics... And two bat plushies. Already started #halloweencountdown2025 (Artist unknown for image, if anyone knows who they are please tag)

Decided to have a bash at another #HalloweenCrafts #loomKnitting #showMeYourKnits and made a chubby lil ghost (he's not meant to be chubby, just how I stuffed him!) yarn has tinsel strands in it. This one did take me quite a while as there's flat knitting and different kinds of drawstring cast off

#loomKnitting #knitsky So I had another go at mini pumpkin, this time did drawstring cast on, much better bottom! But did too many rows 🤣 slight improvement I think as I'm still a beginner #halloweenCrafts #showMeYourKnits

#loomknitting #knitsky #showmeYourKnits had a go at a small pumpkin on 12 peg loom. Sadly the bottom didn't close up as expected so it has a wonky bottom. Rest of it went as expected. #halloweenCrafts

Felt a bit sad so I decided to start my #HalloweenTree for this year. It brings me joy. And surrounding table. Waiting to do window and other bits, because it's still September. #halloween2025 #spookySeason #halloweenDecor

I was a bit naughty and just listened to day 4's story youtu.be/j-_bVePx8yk?.... Though on what will be day 4, I'm off to Haworth and the Brontë museum (hopefully a good enough reason to read out of sequence) #AScareADay #RomancingTheGothic

these #RomancingTheGothic talks are a bad influence on how I spend my Sundays. this morning I started watching a documentary from Papa New Guinea on cannibalism trails (late 80s) and this afternoon planning a trip to Haworth - going to the Bronte parsonage / graveyards while the weather is ok.

#nowSpinning #vinylRecord #RecordStoreDay2025 #virginSuicides It's so blue like the early dawn when Lux woke up on the football field after Trip left her there. There isn't a bad song on the soundtrack (especially if you've read the book, you'd know how well it fits)

#NowSpinning #vinylRecord #recordStoreDay2025 #filmScore #neverendingstory You can't see it on my picture, but there's very tiny stars on the vinyl. It's a peculiar score in that it's more heartbreaking than triumphant (especially for what was meant to be a children's story) but still hits right.

#nowSpinning #vinylRecords #recordStoreDay2025

Tonight's activity sorted. .. who's with me?

Hurrah! #gothSummerSorted

When you're too tired 2 go anywhere because Google maps sent you in the wrong direction... On steep hills...for an hour... Yes I did follow the dots /arrows, + even tried to reset the directions whenever I reached a useful landmark) This #soloTravel as a #babeWithMobilityAid is hard

#lastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday #filmsky lots of shorts lately

finished my #filmChallenge #aFilmForEveryYear 1922 - present #filmsky #letterboxd #letterboxdStats

September is Halloween eve to me #CountdownToHalloween (For UK folks who are also like me, my little countdown thing was £3 at Poundland. Bargain!)

Getting settled in for tonight's RtG talk on the lost children of the Alleghenies with @braegrosz.com ...got my snacks ready! #RomancingTheGothic

Anyone fancy joining in for RtG? #gothicEducation

I just backed Loving Reaper Origin - The Movie on @kickstarter.com - really hoping this one happens...I have pretty much all of the books, the comics make me cry, but are so important especially where animal rescue is concerned. www.kickstarter.com/projects/saw...

★★Saves the date ★★

Watching lots of films made 30, 40 years before I was born, it reminded me of when I first joined bluesky, someone was trying to argue that film + TV archives had no merit or valid purpose and should be abolished.. wouldn't be able to watch films from 1940s without archive. #filmsky

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched Some older films this week, filled in 3 more gaps in my film for every year stats list.