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Ms_F_Tutu

@fionamlryan.bsky.social
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Artist, though alas, not of enough renown to avoid less exciting employment. Long time blow in to Cork City.

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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Though the peak of my embroidery phase was definitely my Twin Peaks owl bag. Though I was in high dudgeon when a friend suggested I could get €50 for them if I made more to sell - that was 27 hours of hand embroidery
A black bag made by me . On it is a hand embroidery of an owl on a branch, next to it , embroidered in gold it reads - the owls are not what they seem
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
FB from 17 years ago reminding me I used to do quite a bit of embroidery. Still have a load of embroidery silk and a big bag of felt off cuts , I should get back to it.
A purple tote bag, made by me , on which I  have embroidered 3 fish , decreasing in size. I also used coloured felt for their bodies. I sew on individual iridescent sequins in lines to represent water bubbles from their mouths .
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I don't make macaroni cheese often, but I like to do a thorough job when I do. So this one has gruyère as well as vintage cheddar, some cherry vine tomatoes, and I added a bit of mustard powder and smoked paprika to the flour for the roux
A top view of an oven dish full of macaroni cheese, resting on top of a glass hob
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Thoroughly enjoyed the @waspsvshumans.bsky.social album launch in the Crane Lane yesterday and it's always great when a band will sign stuff for you . Lovely folk
A man with a mohawk playing acoustic guitar , a woman singing and  playing electric guitar, both are on stage The same duo, this time the man is singing and playing a flood tom drum and the woman is playing a bodhrán drum The vinyl copy of the Wasps Vs Humans album- the day homo sapiens destroyed the world 
Signed by both members
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Meeting mates for a couple of early pints . Did a pretty great job on my hair . Put setting lotion on it , then twisted each section of hair before then wrapping it around a foam roller (1 inch diameter underneath,2 inch on top ) left them in all day, then scrunched in some wax after removing .
Me with fairly tousled, chin length wavy hair . I have ott purple eye makeup to match my t shirt
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Here is a picture of 5 maybe 6 year old me . Little did I know my super short fringe (because I wouldn't sit still when Mum cut my hair ) and NHS glasses would become the uniform of the cool 40 years 😂
A 5 year old in a school photo . Pink check dress with a white collar (made by my mum )  , pale blue NHS glasses , blonde shoulder length hair with an uneven short fringe
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Me arriving at Bloke's after meeting friends for a couple Bloke "did it take you long to line dance here ?"
Me wearing cowboy boots , a brown dress with white polka dots and a denim jacket.
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Sunshine , tunes , good fun #upstartfestival #speirgorm
A right bunch of reprobates enjoying music
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Quick pre Upstart pint , first band on shortly
2 pints of beer on a table outside, in the background, across a bit of harbour , the stage and tents of Upstart Festival are visible
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A few snaps from my Spike Island day trip
View of Cobh from a gun tower on Spoke island View down a corridor in the old prison Me looking like Sadako from The Tong in the chair where they took prisoner 's mug shots View down a large gun barrel
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
You might have a problem when you are visiting a historic prison and all you can think of is wine 😆
A sepia photo of a prisoner hanging from the rafters in a hall
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I don't mind the evenings drawing in when you get to catch a lovely sunset #speirgorm
Sunset over the river Lee in Cork City taken from Brian Boru bridge
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The same mate owns about 4000 records. He occasionally discovers he has 2 of the same , or upgrades to a first pressing. Thanks to this he often offers me free records . I frequently have never heard of the offerings and I never take anything I don't like just for the sake of it . Tonight's gift
A vinyl copy of Night Air by Blaine L Reininger
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
My latest Vinted buy . An Alexander McQueen skull scarf. Retails at €350. I got it for €30. It has all the correct labels etc. So have now set myself a mission to snag an Hermes scarf for under €50 (they range from €500 to €800 new ). I feel my collection of scarves will be complete then
A very large black and white  scarf spread out on my sofa . A skull in the middle made of seashells , with a border of seashells and a pale link band .
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Normally when I wear a vintage headscarf I tie it Rosie The Riveter style and have a pin curl quiff in front , but this leopard print one I got in a vintage shop on holiday in Valencia back in March is huge , so decided to tie it slightly 40s turban style. Never done it before, but I think it works
Me with a headscarf tied around my head standing in front of a Doctor Who poster in a WW2 style with a Dalek on it and the legend - To Victory
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Some shots from s truly incredible gig
One of the singers from host playing recorder wearing  a fancy headr8The same performer in green light The toms player Wide shot of Goat being amazing
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Waiting on my mates ,who got the bus instead of the train. First pint of Killkenny in many years . I wasn't even sure it still existed
I pint it red ale with a creamy head
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
On the way to visit Marsh's Library, I passed old Mother Recap's Market . Where I bought a silver 60s mini dress for a fiver that I wore on my 21st birthday. Here are some pics from the fabulous library.
Rows of bookcases full of old books A close up of said shelving A fist edition of Gulliver's Travels, it is 300 years oldOne of the reading cases where they put you to prevent book theft
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
W is for Waxwing. Finished on the train to Dublin . #birds 🪶
A drawing done in Procreate of a Waxwing resting on a branch
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
A lovely UK mate is on holiday in Japan and is staying in the Godzilla hotel. They are sending me pics and I am consumed with jealousy! I mean look at the coffee even ..
A cappuccino with a picture of Godzilla on the foam
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Searching my photos to find something to maybe do a pen and ink of later and this gem from 2014 came up of a ring tailed lemur at Fota enjoying the sun on its nuts .
A ring-tailed lemur sitting in the sun , legs splayed wide , with its  testicles resting on the ground
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Octopus pen and ink from 5 years ago. only had my dip pen out a couple of times this year . Must get back to it
Black and white pen and ink of an octopus. Side view
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
In my continuing mission to horrify the writers of those fashion guides for older women that are just lists of boring shit - today's outfit
A 54 year old , plus size woman wearing big hi top runners with turquoise lacy tights and a white swing dress with colourful flowers all over it . Hair styled in a 50s curly do Close up of the white hi tops . They have purple and pink trim , plus a string of beads across the front
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Eclipse ready , now if the sky could get ready also , that would be great
Cereal box eclipse viewer being held up in front of s cloudy sky
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
My mate is wearing a most excellent t shirt . I dint think you'll see this one I'm the final round of #OnlyConnect
A smiley fella with day Glo yellow hair and sunglass wearing a t-shirt that says TRMPSCNT
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Last week I got a fa, 1950s , peacock print Lindy Bop dress on Vinted for €15. I have had this basic pill box hat for years, so I got some trimmings today to dress it up a bit to match the dress. A project for Monday Probably should save it for a wedding , but sod that, I'll wear it next weekend
Some peacock feathers , plum coloured milliner's netting and a plum coloured , felt pill box hat.
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Having another go at marker pens . From a photo and a sketch I did at @fotawildlife.bsky.social a couple of months ago
Drawing of a Rothschild's giraffe, viewed from the side , done in coloured markers and black drawing pen
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I may not yet have succeeded in my quest for a vintage pineapple ice bucket , but I did find this vintage thermos pitcher on Vinted . I have seen reproduction pineapple ice buckets for sale , I may end up going for one of them .
A pineapple shaped pitcher, the lid is part of the pineapple crown . It is resting on a wooden table
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Not much in the way of breakfast stuff here , so I am having some of the cheesecake I made for breakfast
A slice of white chocolate and Bailey's cheesecake with a biscoff base sitting on a white plate next to a mug of coffee
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
After 3 hectic weekends and still having a bit of lurgy , this is about as hectic as I intended this weekend to be
My hand holding an ice lolly , book on my lap legs stretched out on a sun lounger
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
And a couple of me acting the fool in my friend's garden Friday evening
Me in a garden with woods around the outside holding a glass of prosecco and pointing at the sky Me in the same place pointing at my prosecco and laughing
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
A few from yesterday's outing
The grave of W. B Yeats Benbulbin seen from Drumcliffe churchyard My hand holding a Smithwicks  with Lough Arrow in the background Another view of Benbulbin from Drumcliffe churchyard
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The smallest church in Ireland, in Carrick on Shannon
The exterior of a tiny chapel The small alter A glass floor with a coffin underneath A glass floor with a coffin underneath
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
However, job done , I have now rewarded myself.
My hand holding an aperol spritz,while my legs are stretched out on a sun lounger
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Myself and Bloke at The Cure, my second Cure concert only 35 years after the last one .
Selfie  with a very handsome man , enjoying the sun in Marlay park
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Today has the perfect weather for operating the fusing press.
The temperature gauge on the side of a fusing machine showing the temperature of 150C
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
This , just fucking this
Toilet sign showing a centaur and a mermaid saying whatever , just wash your hands
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Obviously I can't look as cool as CMAT , but I'm giving it my best damn shot. Ready for the gig (v early !)
Me wearing a very bright , multi coloured leopard print maxi dress with an  green / blue sequin biker jacket
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Got the markers out. I still can't figure out how to use them so they look good on their own, but with a ton of black pen on top and a bit of pencil they work fine . #birds 🪶
Two small , colourful drawings of hummingbirds sitting on twigs  , done in marker pen, coloured pencil , black pen and white gel pen . The pictures are in matching frames
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Because my Nephew and his fiance met over 17,000 miles away from their home countries, I am doing the invite in the style of an old map. Just working on a Here Be Monsters bit. Thankfully I have just the book to work from
The book Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps by Chet Van Duzer
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
I have been trying to draw this flippin' vulture for 3 months now , I keep wiping it and starting again . It's not finished, but I am leaving it for now while I work on the special request from my nephew. #bird 🪶
Unfinished drawing of a vulture, head isn't too bad , lower half of the body is a bit rubbish. Done in procreate on an iPad
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I cracked after several years of not dying my hair, I dyed it, but due to wanting to avoid bleach and mad roots, I think I was overly sensible. It is about 1% lighter maybe only 0.5% I might go again
A close up picture of my head with boring dark blonde hair and less boring large glasses
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Town is absolutely hopping. Home after shopping for stuff to make an interesting halloumi taco recipe I read earlier. Going to relax for the afternoon with a book my brother gave me last week. The €1 disco ball orange from Penneys is doing a great job of keeping flies out of my ginger beer
The book Upon A White Horse - journeys in ancient Britain and Ireland by Peter Ross  leaning against a garden lantern on a table next to a drinking vessel shaped like an orange with a green straw as the stem
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
While walking to the Who'd Ha Though It pub in Rochester I saw lots of houses with this type of front wall. My brother informed me it is clumps of burnt brick that stuck together in the manufacturing process and put to good use. Anyway, I thought it was interesting
A front garden wall in a scallop shape , made out of blackened bricks
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Some Crossness pics
The engine room at Crossness Pumping Station. Packed full of glorious , colourful Victorian Ironwork A view looking down  in to the engine room A pillar that is not fully painted, to show what it was like before restoration Another view of the engine house
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Crossness pics later when I've had the time to edit, but made it back to Rochester in time for my favourite ice cream - the sherbet coated whippy cone
A picture of a 99 ice cream coated on punk sherbet. Behind it the norman keep of Rochester Castle , looking resplendent in the sunshine
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
They asked me if I'd like to pull the whistle on the train. Already worth it for this alone
Me standing in the cab of a narrow gauge train pulling the whistle
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
I remember a while back in Cork there was a fusd over traffic cones on Father Matthew and I found it hilarious, because if you are from Chatham, it is almost a local point of shame if Waggy ( Sir Thomas Wagthorn) isn't adorned with a cone. So now they sell Waggy figures😆
A Thomas Wagthorn figure in packing, plus a Pentagon shopping centre key ring  leaning against  a pint
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
35 years apart though no marks out of 10 for guessing which one of us is still the pint drinker .
2 women in their late teens standing outside the bloke 's loo in the Nag's Head in Rochester in 1991. Both have bobs, 1960s colourful mini dresses, stripey tights and docs 2 women in their mid 50s  standing outside the bloke 's loo in the Nag's Head in Rochester in 2026 . One was a bob , vintage skirt , cool top and shoes . The other is wearing converse, baggy jeans a stripey top , Rosie the riveter hair do and lobster jewelry
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Ms_F_Tutu @fionamlryan.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Absolutely grinning at the unexpected delights of Beany House in Canterbury
A display on the UK children's programme BagpussA display on the UK children's programme The Clangers The Clangers on the moon with the soup dragon Bagpuss , professor Yaffle , Gabriel the toad , Madeline the rag doll and the mice on the mouse organ
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