Tofueater

@TanAn
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I live in the UK but I'm a citizen of the world increasingly appalled by the direction of the Tory government and Labour opposition.
Feeling slightly more confident here on Mastodon so here goes: I'm a mother, grandmother, wife. I've worked in China but now I'm back in the UK. I live in a mobile home and grow vegetables, keep koi, cook, knit and sew.
On the 9th day of Christmas a tiny sprinkle of snow appeared overnight on the tree. #Christmas
#Snow
This headline has not made it into most of the media. The Manchester police have admitted that one of the worshippers who died during the attack on a synagogue was shot by armed officers. The article goes on to explain that another victim who survived and is in hospital was also shot by police.
#antisemitism #manchester #synagogue
Loud flowers on Silent Sunday
#bloom #garden #silentsunday
I boosted all the images of the new Banksy I could find yesterday. Today it's not only vanished from the street but from the media too. But the right wing press is baying for the artist's blood.
#ukpolitics #banksy #policestate

As Vance heads off to what I'm sure will be a warm welcome in Scotland please don't think that the Cotswolds is just a play ground for the super rich. Lots of ordinary people live there and it has a rich political history. In 1649 Cromwell suppressed the Levellers, executing three of their leaders at Burford church, prior to invading Ireland. The event is commemorated in May every year with a march.

#vance #cotswolds #levellers

A security circus has come to the Cotswolds as J. D. Vance arrives. While some locals are relieved that filming of the television series Clarkson's Farm has been disrupted by the imposition of a no-fly zone others are concerned that unidentified security forces have been knocking on their doors demanding to know their social media history.
Vance will be hosting Nigel Farage and Robert Jenrick but Tory leader Kemi Badenoch is not on the guest list.
#uspol #vance #tories #farage #ukpol
The wisteria is filling the garden with scent today.
#spring #flowers #gardens
Monday morning and London has not been nuked over the weekend. I have to say I'm quite pleased about it because I have tomato and pepper seedlings to plant out in a few weeks when the frost has passed. I'm beginning to think Putin is not the threat Trump and the Left claim. I imagine him jabbing futilely at a red button on his desk saying "Fly, my beauties, fly." While the generals huddle outside the door arguing about who will tell him the missiles don't work.
#ww3 #putin #trump #garden
First loaf of the New Year.
#newyear #2025 #sourdoughbread #baking #food
Delospermums emerging from the snow. These flowers are amazing. They've been in bloom since 1 May.
#snow #winter #flowers #garden