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Bird42

@bird42.bsky.social
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Same as I ever was. Tea, talking. You know. Now even more easily distracted. I’ve got half-grown kids, cats and a garden I pretend is ‘wild’. Doing a bit of headteaching now.

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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 4h
Edith Nesbit as in E. Nesbit as in The Railway Children? This makes perfect sense. I read a lot of her children’s books when I was little and they’re all, now I think about it, deeply gothic.
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 16h
Yes. Zara has a full Jedi range. Or for £1600 we could go to work in Gucci looking like war time night nurses.
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 16h
I think you’re right. Is this finally the Time? Time we get Work Capes?
Times headline about designer capes for Autumn
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 16h
Beware the wool. I miss my maternity wear cape of 2011. Roomy.
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 16h
@madeleinerich.bsky.social Snag have started doing capes. Alas, wool #itchynotmysterious
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 16h
I forgot to tell you I was in a talk for parents about The Evils Of Youth the other day and the majority of parents had never heard of buzzballs. We are so Fellow Kids 😂
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 16h
I had a chocolate brownie and remembered some leftover coffee ice cream in the freezer. Treat.
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
What can I do tomorrow as a weekend treat that doesn’t sound exhausting or involve getting dressed up or is a long way from home? I need to feel like I’ve had a weekend.
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I haven’t made lunch. I can’t be bothered. I will be very hungry later. I will regret not making lunch. I will be annoyed at myself. And yet, I haven’t made lunch.
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I’m basically one step away from this guy and wailing “Am I a baaaad Deeeeean?”
static.klipy.com
Upset Dean Pelton
ALT: Upset Dean Pelton
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I’m too tired for Big Feelings.
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
See also: children who move house and leave school, parents who visit and don’t apply for a place, staff on maternity leave… It’s not realistic but it feels real.
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Rejection sensitivity dysphoria is an absolute kicker when you’re in charge of an organisation. Every resignation triggers spiralling dread and crisis of confidence.
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It’s flipping brilliant. Everything about it.
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Good point.
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Now everyone’s stopped telling me that Andor is the best thing to come out of Star Wars, I’m watching Andor. And it’s the best thing to come out of Star Wars.
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Parents evening?
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Definitely. For staff meetings.
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The judges are obviously fed up of sitting still at this point #strictly
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I’m on it! Thank you!
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It’s pure joy! I find myself dropping in a lot because the atmosphere is so lovely. Productive chatter and kinds who would never usually find each other helping and sharing. I love it!
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Thank you so much for this tip! We’ve got a lunchtime crochet club at school (it’s side hustle is as an emotional wellbeing support for some of our vulnerable learners) and they go through yarn like nobody’s business! I’ve just bought them a huge bundle 😊
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Having a last go with the pizza oven before bedding the garden down for the winter. (It’s still warm, yes. But it’s also dark.)
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It wouldn’t be the roadmender if they didn’t.
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ah, the roadmender. Have lots of fun
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I’m having a cinnamon bun for breakfast because tomorrow is cinnamon bun day and you don’t want to go in unprepared.
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I’m entertained that all the #celebritytraitors refer to each other by their first name. Except Ross. They’re all calling him Ross Kemp.
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Today I started our first ever school newspaper. We had the important job of choosing a name for our paper. I’m sorry to say I rejected the suggestion “Earthquakes and Cars”.
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
😁 Tis the season!
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I bet they’re yummy.
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It’s “variety bags of small chocolate items” season. I’m not even pretending they’re for trick or treaters. Freddo, anyone?
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
To be fair, it’s hard *not* to touch the berries. They get absolutely everyblinkingwhere.
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The person who brings cheese scones to anything is always my favourite person!
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It’s nice how the world continues to surprise.
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Although, maybe a home grown silk trade is the solution to our school budget problems?
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Someone thought it would be cute to plant a Mulberry tree in our Early Years space. Visions of little cherubs singing “here we go round the Mulberry bush”? What actually happens is that children play in a mulch of bright purple mulberry berries and every carpet in the school makes the cleaners weep.
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nigella is speaking truths this week #gbbo
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You never know what will turn up
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Exactly.
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Voila! There’s regular babybel, the size of your palm, and then this beauty!
An extremely large babybel next to a closed fist. The babybel is larger. It’s just really large.
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Almost as mind blowing as seeing a full size Babybel for the first time. The size of your fist.
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Never got over being in the supermarket in Belgium and seeing Gems biscuits. Bags of un-iced gems. Yep. Just the bases. No icing blob. Like a bag of worst bits.
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I made treacle tart yesterday. I wish I had made it bigger.
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Arrgh. Tiny jugs are top of the list of things my family don’t want me to buy more of.
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’m deliberately not looking. Until Christmas. Then all bets are off. I bet the shop will smell of cinnamon then.
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
For our own protection.
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’m not sure how I didn’t buy a little bowl. I love little bowls. If the start selling tiny jugs, it’s all over for me.
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
How does it have so many things I like? The yarn alone.
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
So annoying. It was even tastefully lit and smelled of fresh timber. It did have ‘best hotel’ vibes. I went to Wilko after and bought some hula hoops.
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Bird42 @bird42.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
True! The best I can do is my school Facebook page. Although… I have just started school newspaper. Maybe we can fill the jumblesale void??
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