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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I spent the first half of the film wondering why they'd cast Dara O'Brien

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Sophie laying claim to an entire three-seater sofa. (She will, of course, remain undisturbed.)

Small black and white cat curled up asleep in the exact centre of a three seater sofa. The sofa is an IKEA Ektorp with a green throw.

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This reminded me of the difference between The Cat dancing in the Red Dwarf episode "Parallel Universe", and his considerably less sophisticated Dog alter ego.

Danny John Jules as the very cool cat in Red Dwarf. He is dancing and wearing a salmon pink suit.

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Reminds me of Nandor the Relentless shopping for crepe paper.

A flamoyantly-dressed vampire shopping for stationery accompanied by a short man wearing a putty-coloured anorak. The vampire is carrying a red plastic shopping basket.

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

At some point soon I will have finished recording this box of bone and will need to replace the lid. This will not be a popular move.

Black and white cat lying in the upturned lid of a cardboard box. The box is nearby, partially filled with bags of archaeological animal bone.

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

With no phone and my elderly Garmin on strike, I had to wait till I got home to find I'd done a sub-41 minutes parkrun! I've accepted that I'll probably never do a sub-30 again, but I'm beginning to feel that things are definitely improving! Photo: Worcester Woods parkrun #runningpunks

City park with runners on an uphill tarmacked path. The hill is steeper than it looks in the photo.
Photo: Worcester parkrun Facebook page

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Great to add a mountaineering badger to our garden species list. The hillside is very steep and rocky! The footage is not TV nature programme standard but I'm chuffed to bits.

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Xandria headlining at the O2 Institute Birmingham, tonight. Excellent show, especially the brilliant Seven Spires. Tulip were good too. #Symphonicmetal

Metal band with female vocalist. Small club, blue lighting, audience silhouettes in the foreground

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Beautiful fresh eggs from my piano teacher's pet chickens. Rather sweetly, she puts the name on each egg so I know who to thank 😊

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

My daughter isn't really a gardener, and things are rather overgrown at the back of her house, but she has ground nesting bees, newts in the pond and this lovely young fox that visits every day.

Young fox sitting on concrete slabs in a somewhat overgrown garden

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Lone run this morning, so no chatting. Delighted that the extra breath meant a PB on Sheep Shit Sprint! #runningpunks

Orange Strava GPS trail on green map with humorous segment names, e.g. Sheep Shit Sprint and Badger Dash

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Anyone who has spent time sorting the residues of archaeological environmental samples will have a little jar of the individual segments of crinoids - they're irresistible and must be collected!

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Got Rim Tim Tagi Dim stuck in my head now.

Cartoon style painting of tabby cat on sunburst orange background with text "Meow cat, please meow back"

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The very excellent Linkwells kicking off the three day Malvern Rocks festival.

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Cloudy skies around Malvern, chaotic gridlock on the roads up to the hills. Found a quiet field instead. These cows thought we were by far the most interesting thing about the #eclipse

Evening sky with nice clouds (and no eclipse), cows in the (quite near) foreground

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Looking after daughter's two Arabian Mau cats this weekend. They're very slinky and terrifyingly intelligent. Quite different from my little domestic shorthair. Poppy and Elfie. #caturday

Tabby and while cat sitting on top of a microwave

Ginger and white cat sitting on a windowsill

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

"Scrap net zero and embrace Mediterranean life" says the Telegraph. Mediterranean life not looking so appealing right now.

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I've transformed the steep banks around our house from expanses of weed proof membrane and gravel chippings to terraced garden. I do worry though that whoever buys the house next will pull it all out and put gravel down again.

Narrow, steep bank of flowers and shrubs by a flight of concrete steps.

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Ah, the evolving cat names phenomenon. Sophie/Sophs/Sophie Dophie awaits her next incarnation.

Black and white cat perched on the back of a grey office chair, looking back over her shoulder.

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I've been trying to get a decent photo of a hummingbird hawkmoth for years with no luck. This afternoon my elderly aunt sent me this great video from her back garden - well done Aunt Bridget!

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I think it's a plume moth. We have them in Britain. This is Pterophorus pentadactyla, the white plume moth.

White moth with folded wings on dark green leaves
Photo: Premaphotos

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Husband saw a "Build your own Trabi" kit in the window of Age Concern - and didn't buy it! I'm genuinely disappointed.

Build a model car kit in charity shop window. Blue Trabant. £5

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Hello Badger. I know you were leaning towards an ID of Rose Chafer for this beetle. Thought you'd like to know I sent photos to Laura Bower and she confirmed it. She sent a helpful photo of both which shows the differences.

Two slightly different iridescent green beetles. Rose chafer (left) and noble chafer (right)

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Ooh, do you think so? Here's another photo from a slightly different angle. The wing cases were quite squared off at the rear end. Also, there are paired whitish marks that I've only just noticed. Wish I'd added a scale but was prioritising getting him to safety!

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

The cat has just brought in the most fabulous beetle! (Captured on the balcony. Lots of fuss, thought she'd been stung by a bee.) Now rescued and back in the garden. Doesn't seem any the worse for the experience.

Quite large, iIridescent green beetle photographed on the end of my finger.

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Cats know that the comfiest pieces of paper are always the ones you're working on.

Black and white cat sitting on a couple of printed A4 sheets by an open laptop.

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Waiting for the runners at Marshall Point 9 at the Brockhampton Beast this morning.Found this in the parkland but don't recognise it. Do any botany people know?

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Ooh, just seen a hummingbird hawk moth on the valerian in the garden! First one this year. Photo from the BBC website - there's no way my ancient phone can get a decent pic.

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Gardening in the Malvern Hills can be tricky and I can see why people go for easy maintenance. But once you've got the plants established, they keep the weeds down themselves. Same steep bank after four years. Full of bees! Plant names in alt text.

Steep, narrow bank covered in weed-proof membrane and gravel chippings, held down by lumps of granite

The same bank, terraced and covered in flowers including white daisies (Mexican fleabane), violet campanula, white cistus and almost-out lavender. Geranium and more lavender out of shot

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Something a bit different for Caturday. 'The Guardians' diptych, by Min Reid, seen this morning at the wonderful Canwood Gallery and Sculpture Park near Ledbury, Herefordshire. #Caturday

Bronze head of a lynx-like feline set on tall, simple black pedestal and positioned against a rustic stone wall and wooden door. An identical head and pedestal can be seen in the background.

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

White ermine on my garage door this morning. Not a great photo, but so beautiful in real life #moth

White moth with small dark spots on wings and a furry white thorax and head

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Ok, where are the mouse bones? Science cat Sophie

Black and white cat sitting by microscope

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Cardinal beetle on tiptoes, trying to see out of my front window. Now relocated to the garden.

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

One for sorrow, two for joy. It's the annual Well Dressing festival in Malvern. This year's theme: Birds. The artist at Weavers Well has chosen to illustrate magpies in folklore, which has reminded me of the Unthanks' wonderfully atmospheric version of the old song. Devil, devil, I defy thee.

Decorations around a natural spring feeding a brick trough built into a grass bank. A large board with the 'One for sorrow...' magpie poem written out. Blue and white ribbons with two magpies around a nest with eggs and shiny objects

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Lots of dragons and wyverns in and around Taunton, but I think this is one of my favourites. Dragons and libraries - what an irresistible combination! #SundayStonework #dragon

Relief carved stone dragon surrounded by the words County Library

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Camera-shy Highland cow with bluebells, Malvern Hills. Ridiculously fluffy. 📸 Paul Foster

Fluffy, ginger Highland cow, scratching its nose with a hind hoof

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Husband's retirement meant the spare office chair was destined for a charity shop. Sophie has bagged it though, so now I have to walk round it, and her.

Grey office chair occupied by a black and white cat

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

If you see this, post a concert photo that you took. Primal Fear at KKs, Wolverhampton

Man, long hair, playing electric guitar on stage. Stage lighting is green.

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Birmingham O2 Academy last night to catch the very excellent Ferocious Dog on their farewell tour. Brilliant night - hope to see them later in the year too.

Male folk musicians on stage playing guitars, bass, violin and drums. Backlighting is blue. Foreground is silhouetted audience with raised arms

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Not a bee 😊 Saw a weird 'bumble bee' on a pub garden table yesterday. Sparked a discussion and online search with people at the next table and we decided it must be a bee fly - a bee mimic. I'd never seen one before but apparently they're not uncommon.

Furry, ginger flying insect with long, straight proboscis. Not my photo!
📸 Stefan Rotter

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Moths! New t-shirt for sale in Hereford wildlife trust shop in Ledbury. Would have bought it if it wasn't white (impractical colour). @osteoconnor.bsky.social

White t-shirt with colour illustrations of ten British moths with names

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

"He must not be replaced with an Otter" made me laugh out loud, I'm afraid.

Photo of a Tory next to Churchill statue. "Winston Churchill is a hero. He's earned his place on our Five Pound Note. He must not be replaced with an Otter"

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Alison Foster @alisonfoster.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

A good start to #Caturday - Sophie luxuriating in the sun this morning!

Black and white cat lying on her left side on a grey wooden floor in a patch of sunlight. She is stretching out a paw to the camera.

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