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Kelli

@kellid.bsky.social
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Nerd, mum, sky-watcher, gardener, runner, shouter at the radio, dressmaker, crafter, school "could you just..." recipient, dog-lover, trying to get healthier. She/her

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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Got this #lego art set for #1 son to decorate his room with at college - not allowed to stick things to the walls so great they come with the option of little stands. So cool!
Five Keith Haring pop art dancing figures in bright colours are boogieing on top of a book case. Each Lego figure is 8-10 inches tall and has movement lines suspended around so they look full of energy.
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Dropped #1 son back to Cambridge for the start of his second year, a lovely day in a lovely city. A mum's sadness to be leaving him mitigated, as always, by how happy he was to be there. And even a local pilot encouraged us to be happy!
A small plane has used smoke to draw a huge smiley face in the sky above King's College.
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The latest in my ongoing series of marathon entries I have made with no real expectation of getting a place. #RunSky
The outcome of a ballot entry for the Tokyo marathon reveals I didn't get a place.
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
And end up here, but here is *strong* i can lift and press and curl and squat quite respectable amounts for an old bird. She commented on how strong I looked, not how thin. I'm going to be high on this for weeks
A man and a woman smile at the camera from a 1890s french cabaret club set, they are dressed the part. He wears a fancy waistcoat, she is in a corset and skirt with lace gloves and a feather headdress and holding a fan.
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The answer is about two and a half years if you start here.
A very large woman smiles at the camera while attempting to hide behind a glass of prosecco
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Currently being pinned down by Poppy who has had a run with J and is settled in for a good long snooze
A small blonde cockerpoo is on a bed. She puts out her foot so that it rests on the duvet above the outline of a pair of legs. She needs a long cuddle and isn't moving until she has one.
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Dear BBC, sincerely, fuck you for this headline. You spelt "Hero volunteer subjected to abuse from far-right thugs" wrong
A picture of the BBC news website where a video of thugs shouting abuse at an RNLI volunteer, who for no money and with no notice turns out and risks his own life to rescue people in danger of drowning is captioned "Lifeboat rescuer branded 'traitor' after anti-migrant protest"
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is my Personal Trainer who put me through a tough hills session last night. She knows I've always got enough for another one in the tank. At 11 years old she is still a stern taskmaster!
A blonde cockerpoo looks into the middle distance because she hates looking at the camera. We're running hills at dusk so there is a big beautiful sky behind her full of wispy pink clouds.
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I know the garden needs it, but uuuuurrrrrgggggghhhhh. Neither of us enjoyed that... #runsky #fitnesssky
A bedraggled woman grimaces into the camera while water runs down her face. Ahead of her on the trail a small, soggy looking cockerpoo looks impatient to be getting home because she's wet without the fun of having a swim.
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
He spoiled them shortly after by dipping in chocolate, they were nicer without!
A tray of freshly baked biscotti
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Went to see a play in the West End but had dinner first in Seven Dials market. Syrian food is my new favourite! Strong recommendation for Arnabeet-had the aubergine fatteh and the mixed meat platter. Every single thing was delicious and we were stuffed afterwards. Great value too. www.arnabeet.co.uk
A table has two plates of food, they are colourful and vibrant and look extremely appealing. An expresso martini and pint of beer are also on the table. We struggled with these a bit as we were so full of the delicious food.
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Survived another results and admissions week. Feels harder every time.
In the foreground a large espresso martini and in the background a small blonde cockerpoo. Tremendous mood improvers.
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
An evening out at Le Chat Noir, french cabaret night 1890's style. Really fun evening!
A couple stand on some steps in front of art nouveau style panels. The woman is wearing a black skirt with a red corset top, black lace gloves and a feather headdress. She is carrying a feathered fan. The man next to her is wearing a cream waistcoat with a dark pink pattern on the front. Both are smiling, not just because they drank absinthe.
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Strava reveals that husband and I have slightly different takes on our run together this morning #RunSky #FitnessSky
A thumbnail on Strava shows a man and a woman in running gear are smiling and a bit sweaty as they take a selfie by a river. In the background a small cockerpoo is enjoying a morning dip. Above is her headline "A longer run than expected but given who I was running with I shouldn't be surprised" and below is his headline "Slightly shorter run than usual to test out the knee"
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Fab fun watching this with the neighbours
A slim orange crescent is all that remains of the face of the sun as the eclipse nears its peak
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The best dog in the world is 11 years old today!
A cute cockerpoo is showing off her new antler and her new frog toy.A cute cockerpoo with he tongue outA cute cockerpoo does a big yawn!In her role as emotional support floof, a cute cockerpoo comes to school during results week. She brings smiles and joy to everyone she meets.
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Thanks, he'll be ok with antibiotics 🤞🏼Told him I was going to go to Zante, he vehemently said not to. Once he got discharged we reverted to plan A and had an afternoon at the beach so I sent him this pic and said I'd arrived and on the way to his villa. He freaked out until he checked my location.
A woman wearing sunglasses is taking a selfie with nothing behind her but the sea and blue sky
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Today's harvest, so happy to have figs, but delighted with the purple peppers! #gardenSky #growYourOwn🌱
Two courgettes, a purple pepper, four ripe figs, a mini cucumber, three orange cherry tomatoes and two yellow pear shaped tomatoes Two vivid purple peppers contrast sharply with their bright green leaves.
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
So excited that the fig glut is about to begin! I don't even mind that I forgot to pick the courgettes yesterday so have two massive zeppelins to find something to do with.
Three ripe figs, three mini cucumbers and two massive courgettes. A good harvest today!
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
This rock was a sea urchin about 90 million years ago
The flat bottom of a cone shaped rock showing 5 lines of radial symmetry.A cone shaped rock with pentaradial lines of symmetry.
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Slightly more annoyed than usual this year. #runsky #londonMarathon
A screenshot shot of an email that says NOT THIS TIME We're sorry Kelli! You didn't get a 2027 London marathon place via the ballots for both the Saturday and Sunday or the double your chances second ballots.
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Happy flying ant day to all who celebrate
Flying ants pouring out of a nest. Ick.
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I guess it's breezy up there.
A photo of the sky. Blue is hidden behind stripes of fluffy white clouds. I imagine it would feel like fluffy sheep's wool if I could ruffle it.
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
First year of university done ✅ but I've only had him home for three days before he's off again on a grand adventure. So excited for him, and a bit nervous. Had a huge grin as I dropped him at the station, but these parenting moments are bittersweet as he strides ever further away from me.
A young man with a huge backpack walks towards a train station, with an air of excitement at the journey ahead of him.
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Phew! Er, I mean oh no! Drat! Damnit! Dang and blast! Etc.
A screenshot of an email informing me I do not have a place on the London Landmarks half marathon next year.
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Make your own dinner night, we're both happy with our choices.
Two plates are side by side on the counter, one has a colourful salad of tomato, cucumber fresh mozzarella and basil, withe olives, an egg and a slice of prosciutto. The other is all beige, with battered fish, chips and truffle mayo.
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
First glut of the year! Mini cucumber anyone?
A dozen ripe mini cucumbers, harvested from my greenhouse this afternoon
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Saw this and 1st thought was that was a TERRIBLE run to be a milestone but I read where it says "800 times you could have skipped but didn't" for a run when it was still 33° as I left the house after sweating all day at work and feeling drained and actually it was the PERFECT run #runSky
An 800th Activity badge from the Strava app. It says Kudos on your 800th activity Kelli! And 800 times you could've skipped but didn't.
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
And so it begins. I have three courgette plants. In three or four weeks I will be begging for new recipes but for now am delighted to be eating my first harvest of the year
A freshly picked courgette with the remains of its flower still in place.
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Uh oh. I've got stuff to do but it's windy and the barley has reached just the right height to roll in the gusts so am stuck here watching it.
A wide green swathe of barley with dips and waves as gusts of wind travel over it. Above are fluffy white clouds scudding across the summer blue sky.
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Snap!
 A blonde cockapoo sits on a garden sofa in the full sunshine. She has carefully avoided the shade from the umbrella I put up for her. Furry little idiot.
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
I completed the Nuclear Rush 6k course yesterday, it was fun and great to do something with #2 son. Proud of myself for tackling all of the obstacles and completing most of them. Made good time and tolerated all the mud. Can't really move my arms today 😁
Two sets of hanging rings above a water-filled ditch form tunnels of sorts. A woman and a young man are making their way through the rings without touching the waterA finishers medal from the Nuclear Rush Weekend. It is a large metal medal in a silvery metal with yellow highlights picking up the race symbol of a a radioactive sign with wings.A woman and a young man stand in front of a large muddy pit, they are completely covered in mud having just crawled through the pitA woman steps across an obstacle composed of dangling poles with small round platforms at the bottom
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
My dark pink ones are here too, earlier than usual and normally a reliable predictor of a solid week of hard rain to batter them into the ground...
A gorgeous dark pink double peony in the centre of the picture highlighted against its dark green leaves behind and next to the bright acid green leaves of a heuchera.
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Dog has the correct response
A cockerpoo is flaked out on a garden sofa in the sunshine. She's an idiot who will get too hot but she LOVES sunbathing. I'll have to chuck her in the shade soon.
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Look at that sky! Catching the last of the rays on the patio it took us 15 years to build.
A woman in sunglasses is enjoying the evening sunshine. The sky is a vivid blue above her
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
April in the Netherlands, what a joy!🌱🌷🌷🌷#FlowerSky
A woman smiles at the camera while taking a selfie, behind her in strong blocks of colour stretching seemingly to the horizon grow red and yellow tulips
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Our cabin on this ferry is right at the front, it's as exciting as when you get the front seat on the top of a double decker, or the front of a DLR train.
A round porthole window framing a nighttime view of the lights around a port
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Visiting Den Haag today it felt important to come here and think about humans coming together in the name of peace
A stone pillar has a window into it's centre through which a flame can be seen dancing. The words "World Peace Flame" are picked out in gold lettering beneath the window.A round plaque. Text reads: The world peace flame. In July 1999 seven flames from five continents were united to create the world peace flame.

The world peace pathway. 196 nations joined together in cooperation and solidarity to create the world peace pathway opened 27 April 2004. Please add your prayer for peace as you walk around. www.worldpeaceflame.com
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Same! We decided to come via Haarlem on our journey from Amsterdam to Lisse solely because of all your lovely photos!
A man and a woman are taking a selfie, they hold their bicycles and stand in front of Amsterdamse Poort.
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Bit of parkrun tourism today, ran a pb, not quite a lifetime one but certainly a this-phase-of-life one. Rotterdam is lovely.
Me and husband are pointing at the kralingse bos parkrun sign, blue skies above and a lovely lake behind usA smart watch on a woman's wrist showing she ran 5k in 28.14. whoop whoop!
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Absolutely fascinated by the fact that the "female" avatar with no skin used by the app I record my workouts on, showing which muscles were worked, apparently requires a bra. Not sure if that is to prevent suggested boobage being too titillating, or skinless boobs being too horrifying. #fitnessSky
A diagram of a woman showing her main muscle groups front and back, with the ones used being highlighted blue. She appears to be wearing a black bra.
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Spawn update, it has become wriggly!
A dense patch of wriggling tadpoles rest on top of their now empty frogspawn eggs
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Bug life
A ladybird, a shield bug and a fly hanging out on a bright green euphoria
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Bug hotel 🌱
Acid green cup-shaped euphorbia flowers provide comfortable accommodation for bright red buttons that on closer  inspection are ladybirds 🐞
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
First run of 2026 in vest and shorts. Gorgeous evening!
A woman in a neon pink vest top is taking a selfie. Behind her across some fields the sun is resting on the horizon. A cute cockerpoo looks on with impatience, she'd just like to get on with her run.
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
I sort of love alchemilla mollis! I love the leaves but not so keen on the flowes
Alchemilla mollis leaves are hydrophobic so look amazing when it has rained because you get gorgeous droplets on bright green leaves
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Am really ill today so here is a picture of another fabulous hellebore from my garden to cheer me up 😍
A hellebore with five large outer petals that are white and have a dark pink edge that bleeds into the white to varying extents. An inner ring of short, dark pink petals petals surrounds the centre of yellow stamens.
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Very cool! Here is a bad photo of a barn owl I regularly see sweeping about when I run in the gloaming
You might have to squint a bit but there is a barn own resting on a branch of a tree near a stream. It has its face turned towards the camera.
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
The carrot cake turned out well, moist but not soggy. I used the BBC good food recipe in the end because I forgot to buy bananas for the Mary Berry one. Also put slightly too much passion fruit juice in the frosting so it was a bit soft #cake #baking
A round, two layer carrot cake with mascarpone and passion fruit frosting, decorated with a ring of pecans.
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Kelli @kellid.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Spawn!
A picture of a clump of frogspawn in my garden pond.
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