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Herisson Rose @herissonrose.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22h

#SilentSunday Long shadows of the low evening sun. I'm so not ready for the clocks going back.. 😬 #mushroom #forest #landscape #shadows #PhotoOfTheDay #hiking

Long shadows stretch up a sunlit trail, Beech trees growing either side. The right shadow is a human with distorted long shadow legs and a head. The left is a dog, only clear from the pointy ears.

A red mushroom with white spots (amanita muscaria) growing from brown leaf litter. Bare tree trunks grow across the top part of the picture.

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Herisson Rose @herissonrose.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

A lovely woman with a cane and bright red hair stopped us earlier: she was incredibly excited to meet Lusha, because she recognised the breed! Apparently her son has a wolfdog 🐺😊

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Herisson Rose @herissonrose.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

#WhiskersWednesday Leg Time for Darcy boy. He likes staring at me while I drink coffee. #CatsOfMastodon #cats

A beautiful blue grey cat sitting with his front paws stretched out, and his face turned to the left. He has light green eyes, and a tnr Noth's in one ear. His body is squashed into the gap between my legs under a blue knit blanket.

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Herisson Rose @herissonrose.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

This Book Thing is harder than I thought. - Pages of vast, complex, and very weird world-building down. - No Actual Book - OK. *avoids doing that further* #LocalIdiotWritesABook

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Herisson Rose @herissonrose.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

LOOK who's at THE WINDOW! Making Very Sad faces at me.. It's Athena!!! (Feed me!) Still get a big old hiss every time, but she now scurries up to my feet WHILE hissing.. 😂 #FeralCat #CatsOfMastodon

A long haired tabby cat making a sad face at me through a window. She has green eyes and long floppy white whiskers.

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Herisson Rose @herissonrose.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

#SilentSunday tenacious #flowers growing in the cracks of this wall. Dandelion family taraxacum, and the little blue ones are Harebells. #plantstodon #PhotoOfTheDay #botany #nature #dandelion #wildflowers

Yellow and blue flowers growing out of a sunlit wall. Dandelion genus taxacum, and small blue harebells.

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Herisson Rose @herissonrose.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

I'm on day 5 of 2-4hrs sleep, which is *fantastic* for hallucinating all kinds of weird shit. But not for functioning as an actual human being.. 😬

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Herisson Rose @herissonrose.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Just checking in.. I've had a stomach bug and feel blarg-y, but more distressingly my brains reaction is: "Lets not sleep at all!!" "Instead, we're going to intricately plot out a Sci-Fi novel!" (By writing this down, I'm trying to push myself into […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Herisson Rose @herissonrose.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Ah, I just realised something! The new/different fan was on. She was sitting close to it (bc Legs Available), but Grumpily. NEW THING. I DO NOT LIKE IT 😾 (Sounds the same to me)

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Herisson Rose @herissonrose.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

At last, Spooky Season!! 🐈‍⬛🎃🦇 Can I interest you in some gothic pretties, perchance? EU based - Custom / alterations welcome - Ship worldwide. (Unfortunately still can't to US or Germany at this time) www.etsy.com/shop/HerissonRose #FediGiftShop […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

4 jewelry photos: top left: silver bat and star earrings with glittery dark blue beads. Top right: black flower necklace with flowers, black crystal beads, and bronxe fern leaves hanging in a fringe from a bronze v-shaped chain. Bottom left: black flower earrings with little dangling crystal stamens, and silver leaves and hooks against a blue background. Bottom Right: bronze chainmaille necklace with 3 triangle shaped hanging fringes of chainwork, and small ruby red crystal pendants worn byy a pale white figure in a black dress.

Delicate gold and black bat necklace with fringes of gold chain. Smal black crystal pendants, black flowers, gold stats, and a black and gold moon hang from the fringes. Worn by a pale figure in a black and gold corste standing in a forest.

Two pairs of earrings. Left: large bronze swords and shields hang from a green branch. Right: Orange and black flower earrings with little orange and black crystals hanging underneath. They hang from a pink flower stem against a blurry garden.

Two silver coloured necklaces. Top: a V shaped necklace of twigs stars and leaves, with a central crescent moon pendant and howling wolf. Worn by a pale figure in a black top, standing uder a tree. Bottom: A fringed choker necklace made of silver chains, stars, leaf pendants anf a central bat. Heavy fringes of dark blue glittery beads hang either side from the chains.

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Herisson Rose @herissonrose.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

#caturday It's an Airplane Ears kind of day.. - Bluebell (It's cold, and my legs are serving as Heated Cat Furniture - but 'not warm enough' 😾 according to the Pint-Sized Princess.. She is incredibly grumpy and dis-cat-isfied.. " - translation, The Human) #CatsOfMastodon #TabbyCat #pets

A small tabby cat hunched protectively in the folds of a blue knit blanket. Her ears stuck out sideways, her bright green eyes wide with large dark pupils. She looks grumpy and ever so slightly furious with the state of things. How dare it be cold!! How dare!! Behind are wooden fretwork doors (old screen) and light yellow walls of a room.

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Herisson Rose @herissonrose.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

All ready for Awooos.. (She heard the siren and got ready) But alas! There it goes, the Emergency Vehicle! 🚒 With *no siren* 🙀 Disappointed dog.. #DogsOfMastodon #wolfdog

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Herisson Rose @herissonrose.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

I note with slight dread that the issue date pre-dates my letter, and is 4 days after the second application. Is this.. the 'first' one 🙄 Must I fear Further Fuck-Ups and bureaucratic entanglements™️

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Herisson Rose @herissonrose.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

After a 10 week saga of trying to renew my French Health Insurance card: Two Applications. IT error. Sending A LETTER "Your situation does not allow us to issue a card" (Application Status, TWICE) "Please contact.." (office absolutely hostile to being contacted in any way) Guess what arrived […]

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Herisson Rose @herissonrose.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Clouds... CLOUDS.. (And more importantly, rain) First rain in nearly a month 😬 Next morning, Autumn is here, with a bang! Loads of plants turned yellow overnight. Mushrooms sprouting in the ditches.. This was the evening before: pearly blue layers and a […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

View across a dark field of mostly brown grasses and ferns, towards a pearly grey sky with darker blue layers of fluffy cloud. The sun is a white spot-on the right, another white spot with slight rainbow is in the centre of the sky: a mock sun or sundog.

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Herisson Rose @herissonrose.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Tired, so tired. I look up to see.. *THIS* It looks.. like a playing card, maybe? The Jasper of Mice. (Obviously) 😻♥️🃏♣️ #cats #FunnyCat #CatsOfMastodon #pets

A large brown tabby cat (top roght) flopped dramatically across a green paw shaped pillow. His front legs stretch to tough the silver edge of a closed laptop (bottom left). The laptop is covered in stickers - a large upside-down winged wolf has paws stretched out in a similar gesture - almost touching the cat's paws. The whole scene thus resembles a playing card - The Jasper of Mice?

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

Post-frost garden cleanup done the best possible way

A whole bunch of black, white, and brown goats happily rampaging through a garden with a bunch of dead sunflowers, dead corn, and dead zucchini plants. The grass around the garden is green and they're happily eating that too. The sky above is cloudy.

A whole bunch of goats happily munching on dead corn stalks in a garden row. The sky above is cloudy, with some scrubby woods just starting to turn yellow in the background.

A white goat with a beard happily eating an entire corn cob while looking at the camera. There's lots of corn stalks in the background.

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Herisson Rose @herissonrose.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

For context: 15yrs ago: it would be frosty / cold by early Oct. 5 yrs ago: mild Oct. Autumn started mid-November. This year: Hell Temperatures, still *very* warm. Trees: enough! Autumn NOW

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Herisson Rose @herissonrose.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

Spotted: Autumn colours already 🍂 It's nearly October, and still mid-twenties temps and mild nights. I just think the trees have Had Enough.. 🙄 #landscape #FallFoliage #AutumnLeaves #treestodon #nature #forest

View of a tangled mass of beech trees - individual trees and branches have turned a range of yellows and browns, while others are still emerald green.

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highly praised and little read @hannah.posts.rat.pictures.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

If you told me twenty five years ago that 2026 would feel like if douglas adams wrote cyberpunk i would think i’d be enjoying it more

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Herisson Rose @herissonrose.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

Some pretty (but concerning?) foliage.. Not sure if this is Drought- related, or a species that sheds its needles annually as Larch trees do. (There was a plaque, but too damaged to read) #connifer #treestodon #AutumnLeaves

Close up of pine tree branch, the rosettes of needles equally green and golden yellow.

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Herisson Rose @herissonrose.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

#mondog at the very neglected, overgrown arboretum - it's v quiet, but across town along a busy road #DogsOfMastodon #PhotoOfTheDay #SunBurst #landscape

A dog (right) stands with her head up, smiling, a flaring sun bright above her head. A landscape of trees and late summer grasses backlit gold by the evening sunbeams.

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Herisson Rose @herissonrose.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Not so #SilentSunday: (sound up) 🎶🐦🐦🐦 Hundreds of noisy little birds! Deep inside this hedge.. #wildlife #BirdSong #birdstodon #birds

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Herisson Rose @herissonrose.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

#caturday It's cool and wet (!!🙀 drizzle, alas). I am receiving Death Glares for the crime of trying to gently evict her from my stomach. (So I can get up / reach for coffee..) Horror! Outrage!! (Bluebell) #CatsOfMastodon #pets #cat

A small very grumpy looking tabby cat glares at the camera with her bright green eyes. She is curled up on a human stomach, pale purple jeans behind. Left behind her ear is the back end of a small tortoiseshell cat running.

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Herisson Rose @herissonrose.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

@davidgerard I decree it's now Pooper Intelligence. Thanks for your pant-tension on this Crapper. 🚽💩✨

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Herisson Rose @herissonrose.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

I grossly under-estimated how many whole mushrooms would be needed.. (A box and a half went in the pan, and shrank right down) This was an "eehh.. measure w your heart" recipe given to me by a friend. (Note to self: However many mushrooms you think you […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A baked mushroom and goat cheese flan, viewed from above. Either side is a knife, and a cat shaped oven glove.

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Herisson Rose @herissonrose.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

It's #HobbitDay sunny and bright.. I'm finally making the mushroom flan recipe a friend gave to me! (Slightly altered, as it's *very* heavy on the milk protein. Much as I love cheese, my body has other ideas..) #baking #PieInTheSky #foodstodon #ingredients

View of a wood kitchen table from above, spread with ingredients for a flan: flour, mushrooms, goat cheese log, freshly cut herbs and eggs. Bottom right is a fluted white ceramic flan case lined with baking paper. Top left is a jug of slightly wilted oregano.

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

NASA picture of the day today is a real 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿beauty! This is a composite image of the ~5000yo Callanish Stones on the Isle of Lewis. The amazing Giuseppe Petricca has only gone and photographed the Sun at noon there, every few days, for a whole year. #Dedication 🔭🧪👌 ℹ️: science.nasa.gov/image-articl...

The imposing Callanish Stones stand talk with their shadows spanning out across the glass. It's a super clear sky, but looks cold. Above the central stone is a strange figure-of-8 shape of dots. This is the location of the Sun, at noon, on various different days across the year.

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Herisson Rose @herissonrose.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

If we're going to do tropes 😜 Her Silly Face made me try to capture some more.. Left: Resting Bitch Face. Neutral, ears forward, mouth open. It's not threatening at all, just kinda bored, but emphasises her Wolfy features. Some people find it scary! Right […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Large brown wolf dog, sitting in a forest. Her face turned slightly left, mouth wide, tongue out. Ears forward. She looks very wolflike.

Same dog, now looking at me - ears flipped back and slightly out like flippers. Mouth closed, emphasising her big black nose. She looks far less Wolfy, and a bit goofy.

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Herisson Rose @herissonrose.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

#mondog I sneezed, and she looked at me like this 😹 "And s/he grinned like a wolf.." is such a trope in fiction. Writers, please. *This is what it looks like* #DogsOfMastodon #Goofy #GoofyWolfy #FunnyDog

Large dog sitting in a forest, with an incredibly goofy smile and staring intently with orange brown eyes.

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Herisson Rose @herissonrose.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

Athena the feral showed up ✨In The Morning✨to glare at me intensely and beg for food. (She's never done that before - evening shift only! Though I've sometimes seen her hiding in / around the chicken enclosure, probably hunting mice) #FeralCat #cat

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Herisson Rose @herissonrose.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

@lumecolca That's so cool! Tortoise buddies hanging out.. We get mostly deer / birds visiting, but I've found the occasional mantis in the plants this summer (also extremely cool guys)

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Herisson Rose @herissonrose.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

@lumecolca A helpful neighbour and cutest lil guy! My dog found one in our garden last month. They are NOT native here, so he was obviously a pet that escaped from somewhere.. So that was my fun little side quest for the day: find the village Tortoise Enjoyer and return the little miscreant.

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Herisson Rose @herissonrose.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

(Not scared, he seems like a Nice Beast. Anyway, I brought a wolf to this dragon party..) #wolfdog #DogsOfMastodon

Blurry picture of a wolfdog, standing in the path. She is looking in the wrong direction, left, with a goofy expression. Totally missing the giant dragon behind.

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Herisson Rose @herissonrose.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

#SilentSunday Forget tortoises, today my dog found a dragon! 🧵 A DRAGON 🐉🌄 (The Guardian of the Path only appears for a short time, before sunset) #GoldenHour #paredolia #dragon #landscape #tree #hiking

Light from the setting sun hits a gnarled and twisted tree trunk by a forest path. It looks like a dragon, with distinct face, eye, front legs, and horns painted with fire.

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Herisson Rose @herissonrose.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

View across an apple orchard, with fields and trees beyond. Everything is a bit yellow from the drought.. 🙄 The netting is to stop the fruit getting sunburnt (we picked the one cloudy day to visit) #orchard #farm #landscape

View across an apple orchard, with netting strung above the trees to prevent the fruit scorching in the heatwaves this summer. Dried grass fields and slightly yellowish trees beyond, with some very distant mountains on the horizon.

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Herisson Rose @herissonrose.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Annual farm trip to stockpile apples and potatoes for winter. These are the pre-picked vats, you can also pick your own from the trees. Normally we stop to pick fallen chestnuts, but the apples were 3 weeks early - chestnuts not ripe yet (they don't grow at […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

View into a giant crate of Granny Smith apples, from above. A smaller box is perched on the crate rim (bottom right), which I'm filling.

Another giant wooden crate, this time fill of pears. My small box perched on the top right rim, other people's hands reaching into the crate to pick their own pears.

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Herisson Rose @herissonrose.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

Great entertainment for my bunch, watching her eat. She gets more used to humans and less flighty. Now she hunkers down outside to Glare At Me most evenings. Feed Me! Once or twice, I've caught her coming up to the glass to get a better look inside.. This is what Jasper was doing last year! […]

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