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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Someone in the M&S buyer’s department has decided that it’s dystopian scifi near future time. Behold, Bell Riots sanctuary city chic. Or those aliens from Stargate we were supposed to avoid. Both time travel episodes…

A grey jacket on a faceless mannequin the collar is high and has an asymmetrical cut.

Breast pocket is a fake pocket (fake-et) side pockets are real but sewn shut.

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Went to the harvest event at the Ulster folk museum last weekend, it was most excellent, got to pick potatoes (and bring a bag home) go for a long walk, see many chickens & ducks etc and confirmed that the Entwives are still in the field up top with the Stone Age relics and fancy sheep.

Room in the Ulster folks museum with gorgeous red furnishings

Field at the Ulster folk museum with a long curly horned sheep, some if the trees in the background appear to be looking at us suspiciously.

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You need one of these then. We used to have various devices for this with varying levels of usefulness. I remember one that was a sort of metal chic shape. Haven’t found a picture yet.

Photo of a frankly terrifying device which will allegedly remove the top of an egg. It’s like a gaping jaw full of metal teeth.

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

So harvested wild carrot seeds from the garden. They smell lovely. And online alleges they are edible found a lovely French article about them and surprised myself by being able to read a lot of it. My gcse teacher would be amazed. They taste somewhere between fennel and cardamom? A warm spice.

Closeup of some wild carrot seeds, lots of spikes for catching on fur & clothes around the edges. Lovely nutmeg colour oval seeds shading to light straw colour on the spikes.

Bowl of wild carrot seeds, lots of spikes for catching on fur & clothes around the edges. Lovely nutmeg colour oval seeds shading to light straw colour on the spikes.

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Some are actually the colour of ginger roots. This guy hunts rabbits.

The stray that as been assigned to my aunt’s house which is the actual colour of ginger roots.

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Looked online and the brand may be leisure wise

A mechanical washing machine that uses salad spinner technology to remove water from hand washed items

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A diagram of all the privately diagnosed ADHD folks who brought their report to the GP. The un-hit areas represent all the people whose private diagnosis was negative and thus didn’t bring anything to their GP…

Hypothetical pattern of damage sustained by an aircraft that returned from combat. Reinforcing aircraft solely in these areas would overlook the question of where non-surviving planes were fatally hit.

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

So, have they done a rumours / practical magic 2 promo picture yet, because Lee is tall…

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Still have a few gorgeous butterflies flitting about, there were even three hummingbird hawk moths the other evening.

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

@travisbaldree.bsky.social saw this & thought of you. Halloween short story prompt perhaps?

A black glazed Halloween mug with the words “caffeine& curses” on it

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It was this classic cover. And for the full sensory experience think hardback, plastic library protective cover and old library book smell.

Classic version of the cover of The Hobbit, by JRR Tolkien. It’s the one that is all blue, green, white and back and shows a view of the Misty mountains rising in the distance over a thick green forest with two eagles soaring above.

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Some are very tall, there’s the unholy braying, and then there’s inside their mouths…

Inside of a penguin’s mouth, it’s all horrifying dagger like teeth in there.

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Some garden picks. We got a plum it was tasty with a bitter aftertaste. I brought in some tomatoes after observing that some id picked euth blossom end rot had ripened faster off the vine in the weeding bucket. And our very confused tiny crab apple tree, still flowering in places…

Apple tree with a tiny wee crab apple and an apple blossom at the same time.

Very small plum. In orange and red tones.

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

You’d think, but really they just can’t remember which way round they go. Also as we’re in the topic, a handy sandwich chart every home needs.

No division not cut up, per bend diagonal top left to bottom right, per bend sinister same but bottom left to to right, per pale cut up the middle top to bottom, per fess cut in half cut across the middle left to right, per saltire two diagonal cuts giving four wee triangles, quarterly two horizontal cuts giving four wee squares, per pall three diagonal cuts meeting in the middle it’s starting to get weird, paly five vertical cuts to make egg dipping soldiers, Barry five horizontal cuts to give egg dippy soldiers, bendy 7 diagonal cuts to give, well, soldiers of varying sizes and I’m not sure that ‘s that practical for bread? And finally border removed cutting the crusts off this can be combined with any of the previous configurations.

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I feel deeply offended by being dubbed a middling ordinary primate. I’m a dyslexic autustic insomniac damn it!

Diagram of stats analysing my Bluesky posts. Declaring me to be “the rested hand” much mention of being very middling…

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Look what I found! I of course have to watch 1:27 errand of mercy and tie motion picture as homework /revision before reading it. I wonder if it is indeed the book I remember reading several decades ago that explained Klingon forehead variation.

Cover of Star Trek novel “rules of engagement”

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Spotted a fairy ring on a walk the other day, eldest kid was all for going in, and I said, well, probably not worse…

Very subtle (worn out, possibly by frequent use) fairy ring in a forest.

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Allegedly meadowsweet seedlings, but the leaves don’t look right, yet. It’ll be interesting to see if they are what they were supposed to be, or something else that blew in after the slugs had all the original seedlings.

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

One thing that has amazed me about the wild carrot in my garden is the variety of the flower heads, some have the red dot in the, some don’t, some are white, some pink, some are wildly spread & delicate, some are lumpy like cauliflower. All from one seed head I spotted on a walk two years ago.

Wild carrot flower heads with red centre

Wild carrot flower heads without red centre

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Went for a walk in Cairn wood today, in North Down, NI. Lovely walk, went too far in the quest for bilberries, may not walk again for several days. Dog owners need to be fined £1000 plus expenses for every poo they leave…

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Some of mine have started to curl in, heading towards the gorgeous and very distinctive seed head stage. @silverpebble2.bsky.social I bet you have a nice picture or two of that stage?

Wild carrot flower heads in various stages.

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Ok, I’m going to stop doom sharing and go be outside for a while before it gets too hot. Meanwhile, behold! A Thistle.

A magenta pink and greenish grey spear thistle flower against an overgrown garden background. Keen observers may note that the tree trimmings dumped over the wall by my neighbour are not yet there…

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Mine is fairly pleasing, based on a vague recollection of mum saying I was born at some ungodly hour of the morning. Electric cyan appears to be my favorite colour as a child as I was told blue was for boys and I was very much a tiny rebel.

My Pantone birth chart palette, four colours, linked to birth chart astrology stuff. Aquarius sun, electric cyan, a very nice blue, Capricorn moon, slate reserve, a solid grey, Scorpio rising, burgundy smoke, a dark reddish brown and Aries Venus, spiced coral a quite pleasant orange. I do not hate this.

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Definitely wild carrot! Tiny red centre flower now in evidence. Also, soldier beetles…

Wild carrot flower with tiny single red flower in the centre of the cluster.

Wild carrot flower with two soldier beetles using it as a convenient honeymoon destination.

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Rescuers this one this year, two gorgeous flower spikes, lots of pink dots in the petals. Youngest child thinks someone painted them on. Could go either way, two unopened buds are also speckled. We’ll see what happens next time.

Orchid stem with white flowers covered in pink dotty patterns.

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Well, that’s that answered. The moth orchid I rescued via Olio last year has flowered again, the improbably blue and pink colouring was indeed dye. The soft white reality is gorgeous but probably less gimmicky?

“Free” orchid from olio last year with spectacularly colouring light blue round the edges, pink veins, some yellow on inner petals.

Same orchid with new flowers this year, completely white, the yellow on the inner petals was real though.

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Today’s update. More flowers on the way.

Wild carrot flower with lots of smaller buds on lower stems.

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Garden update for today. Water forget me nots in the tiny attempted pond. A tiny spider, might be a candy stripe one? And, all astonishment! Potato leaves from some I only popped in two days so.

Tiny spider on some reddish fuchsia leaves.

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Today’s update, second picture is the one I photographed first a few days ago, opened even further. First picture is one in a “flower bed” that has some pink round the edges. Not sure if it’s variation or just a different stage.

Wild carrot flower opening, pink round the edges

Wild carrot flower, not pink round the edges.

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I’m sorry I appear to have shared a lot of UK politics just now. By way of apology here is once again, the spider web picture I was amazed to have taken yesterday as my iPhone will usually smart focus on anything but…

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Spontaneous Northern Irish book tour?

Screen shot of predicted high temps for Northern Ireland this week, highest is 21 oC

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Update from today. There’s another one right behind it!

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

My gathered wild carrot seeds from two years ago are going well, we’re about to get flowers!

Gradually opening cluster of wild carrot flowers surrounded by spikey leaves.

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Needs to be more specific. Handy infographic that every kitchen needs, heraldic sandwich cutting chart.

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Our local crisp (chip) company went a step further…

A chocolate bar with a jaunty yellow wrapper with red writing. “Tayto cheese & onion chocolate, with real crisp pieces”

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Chopped my way through the brambles, thistles, roses and nettles down the path to get to the other bit (3/4) of the back garden yesterday. Tiny plum tree planted last year is making plums! Pear tree planted at the same time, just making leaves. But that’s ok.

Shiny metallic bronze beetle on some leaves.

Red catchfly (?) flowers growing in a grassy parch.

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Two more garden friends from yesterday, green shield bug and a marmalade hover fly (?)

Red eyed, black & yellow stripped Hoverfly standing on a blueberry plant leaf.

Green shield bug, standing on a green but slightly different green, red currant leaf.

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

This lady has been helping with the drain flies in the bathroom. I wonder how long my spider phobic kids will let her stay.

Cellar spider with incredibly long slender legs.

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Gorgeous. Unlike the ones in my greenhouse who have been eating my seedlings. Copper tape applied and lurkers evicted. I swear, next green house shall be made of copper.

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Spotted our first one yesterday too up in Northern Ireland. Same day as our first hummingbird hawk moth of the year!

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I’m almost tempted to actually make syrup…

Shot of the back yard with copious amounts of elderflowers.

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Went for a walk, spotted some lovelies. Aquilegia growing in the little bit of woods near our house, garden escape, or more likely, planted by someone who feels it’s an extension of their garden. And a tiny mouth who may be a light brown apple moth.

Columbine / aquilegia /granny’s bonnet.

Lovely blue flowers against a background of other greenery.

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