Deb Chalmers @viridescentfrog.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Case and point - my tomato and cucumber armies 110 0
Deb Chalmers @viridescentfrog.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Another productive day learning new things, reconnecting with old friends, making new ones, and getting on with my #conferenceknitting at ANZICS Regional Scientific Meeting, superbly organised by the team at MMH Critical Care Complex. @anzics.bsky.social 000 0
Deb Chalmers @viridescentfrog.bsky.social · 29/03/2026I’m sort of sad my tomatoes and peppers are done for the season. I’m not a huge fan of summer (too hot), but the garden has certainly been productive. I spent today making tasting green tomato salsa to eat later in winter, reminded of the bounty, that will return just around the corner … 000 0
Deb Chalmers @viridescentfrog.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Following on from #RareDiseasesDay a few weeks ago, I’d like to bring your attention to a group called IgG4ward, and IgG4 awareness day on 4th April. They do an incredible amount of advocacy for this rare disease. 000 0
Deb Chalmers @viridescentfrog.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Trying to resist pressing “add to cart” for the squishy yarn I’ve just discovered on sale … I DO NOT NEED MORE YARN EVEN if I’m under the weather & knitting is about all I can manage right now, I may have one or two surplus balls of squish already … Now seeds on the other hand … 010 0
Deb Chalmers @viridescentfrog.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Thank you, past self, for saving this quote as it was just the thing that current self needed to see today. Hopefully it means that future tomorrow self will be a bit more compassionate and kind when things don’t go quite as she had planned or hoped. 021 0
Deb Chalmers @viridescentfrog.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Well, this was a “hell” of a pleasant surprise 020 0
Deb Chalmers @viridescentfrog.bsky.social · 04/12/2025I saw this … it’s annoyingly accurate and also kinda funny 030 0
Deb Chalmers @viridescentfrog.bsky.social · 20/04/2025IYKYK It was a good day I got so much done I got too much done but I kept doing And then - the wall And now today Maybe one day I’ll learn #HumanBeingNotHumanDoing #LearningToBe #pacing #invisibleillness 032 0
Deb Chalmers @viridescentfrog.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Adulting is hard, even before life throws stuff at your head. 000 0
Deb Chalmers @viridescentfrog.bsky.social · 28/12/2024It’s about this time of year that people make resolutions. They reflect on the year that was and plan for the year that will be. I’ve distilled mine into the one key plan for 2025. It encompasses all I want & all I need, in three simple words. Plant more flowers. #LearningToBe 000 0
Deb Chalmers @viridescentfrog.bsky.social · 28/11/2024One of the best things (strangely) that happened to me was developing a chronic illness. I was fast-tracked to be all consumed by work. I didn’t come 2nd, I came 6th or 7th. Finally my body said “nah”. I would never have learned the lesson otherwise. I am better because now I have balance. 120 0