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Zoe G she/her @zoegr.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

After a failed donation last week (my vein ran away from the needle) I went to try again today. This time they got the needle into my vein but it immediately started leaking under my skin, so another failed attempt. Keep trying. #BloodDonation #BloodDonors #Ooops #NHSBT #FailedBloodDonation

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Zoe G she/her @zoegr.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

When my son was at university we got to see this play because his stage management class was running all the tech for the show. It's a fantastic play about the period of time when Oliver Cromwell ordered . . . . . #TheClearing #HelenEdmundson #IrelandForPalestine #Ireland

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Zoe G she/her @zoegr.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

What happens to all that fibre I blended in a previous video? I spin it into what we call singles and then I take those singles and make them into a plyed yarn. In this case a 3 ply yarn using a chain ply method. #HandSpinning #SpinningYarn #Spinning #Wool #Yarn

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Zoe G she/her @zoegr.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

#Imbolc #CheesePlatter from #CheeseMagic by Erika Kubick @cheesesexdeath I couldn't access everything that is listed in the book but I made the best substitutions I could manage with the stores we have access to.

Raised cheese board with two cheeses and a bowl of blended cheese with various accompaniments in front of three candles.

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Zoe G she/her @zoegr.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Why make dirty dishes when you're using the last of a tub of something for lunch? #Lunch #PeaSalad #ReducedCabinet #BreadSticks

Tub of Lisner green pea vegetable salad with long handled teaspoon and bread sticks sticking out of it

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Zoe G she/her @zoegr.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Lots of circles for the turning of the year & spetzle with caramelised onion & bacon for German ancestors. I won't buy Christmas crackers normally... but reduced to 85p, why not. Yes that is a normal size cracker hat, yes that is as far onto my head as it will go, yes I have a giant head.

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Zoe G she/her @zoegr.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Been thinking about this for a while. Finally made it happen today. #PurpleHair #HairDye #regisuk

3 photos of Zoë, a fat white woman, having her hair coloured purple.

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Wataru Tenkawa @10wataru.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

"A new study has found that eating 50g or more of high-fat cheese a day correlates with a lower risk of developing dementia. That means all cheeses with more than 20 percent fat content, including brie, gouda, cheddar, parmesan, gruyere, and mozzarella." www.sciencealert.com/cheese-linke...

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Cheese Linked to Lower Dementia Risk in 25-Year Study

One of the finest foods available to humanity may carry an unexpected benefit.

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Absolutely shocking. We're offering an overall award of £10k for information that leads to a conviction in these cases. We need to make raptor persecution a thing of the past.

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Zoe G she/her @zoegr.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

I finally tried the roast chicken shaped bread. It was easier than I thought and a bit of fun to shape the bread in a different way for once. #Sourdough #ShapedBread #FunBread #ChickenShapedBread #Bread #Loaf

Red dough which has been cut to shape it to look like a chicken ready for roasting. The dough sets on a piece of baking parchment in a white enamel roasting dish.

A loaf of bread being held up to try and show the shaping. It was shaped to look like a roast chicken

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Patricia - Witch Mother (she/they) @witchmother.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Getting ready for a Wheel of the Year reading now. Want one, too? This weekend are the only available slots for anything until Aries season! Book now: witchmother.as.me/wheel #WitchSky #TarotSky

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Sorcière de L'île Mort 💀 @sorcieredelile.northsky.social · 15/12/2025

Again, everybody is putting their anger and their vitriol on the wrong people. Stop targeting random Jewish people. Stop targeting random Muslim people. Most of these folks are just trying to live their lives and mind their own fucking business. Most of them don’t hold hate in their heart.

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

As you know In the run up to Christmas and Easter I always try and post a few of the weird and wonderful Victorian/Edwardian cards and postcards. Of them all however, this offering from Raphael Tuck and Sons must be the most sinister!

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Zoe G she/her @zoegr.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Another scarf finished and off the loom. All handspun yarn. The cream colour was dyed with lichen and the darker blend is the "Bournville" fibre blend from @secondcityyarns This will be available for sale on Saturday at Yarnies at the Flaxmill on the table for the Shrewsbury guild

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Zoe G she/her @zoegr.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Apple scraps Vinegar underway. It's going slower than the last batch because the house is cooler, but that's ok, I have the first batch bottled up and ready to use. Basic instructions in alt text. #AppleVinegar #Preserving #DIYVinegar #FoodWaste #AppleScraps

Apple scraps vinegar
Folk a hat with apple scraps (peelings, cores etc) and water. Add some sort of preserving weight to make sure all the scraps stay below the water cuz you don't want mold, ask me how I know. Cover with something that allows air in but keeps bugs out.
Stir daily, ensuring all scraps remain below the water.
Keep doing that until everything smells well boozy, it will take multiple weeks, how many depends on temperature.
At this point you might want to strain out the apple scraps, but some people leave them in. Keep the same lid on and let the fermentation continue until your liquid smells and tastes like vinegar.
When your preferred vinegar flavour is reached, bottle it up in air tight containers and store in a dark place.

It won't be strong enough to use for pickles you are going to store long term, but fridge pickles and all other uses of vinegar, will be fine

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Zoe G she/her @zoegr.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Woven a simple scarf over the last couple of days using handspun, hand dyed wool and alpaca. Will be on sale at #YarniesAtTheFlaxmill in #Shrewsbury on Saturday on the Guild of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers table. #Weaving #Scarf #WovenScarf #HandWeaving #HandSpun #HandDyed

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✨ Soft Grit Spoonie ✨ @softgritspoonie.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

holiday reminders for my spoonie friends!

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Zoe G she/her @zoegr.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Day 5 & 6 of the Bonne Maman advent calendar. Pineapple jam with rum and vanilla followed by Redcurrant and Raspberry jelly. #AdventCalendar #BonneMaman #Jam #Jelly

Mini jar of jam in front of Bonne Maman advent calendar

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Zoe G she/her @zoegr.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I have finally finished the sontag shawl I have been working on for the last couple of months. I soaked it and now it is blocking. Given how dense this knitting is I expect it to take a few days to dry. Pattern from natural state knits

Dark grey triangle shawl, pinned out for blocking on coral and white play mats, which are being used instead of buying blocking mats. #Knitting #Blocking #BlockYourKnits #Shawl #KnitShawl #SontagShawl #TessD'urbevillesShawl

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Zoe G she/her @zoegr.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Days 3 and 4 of the Bonne Maman advent calendar. Apple with Cinnamon and Caramel then Cherry with Violet Leaf. #BonneMaman #AdventCalendar #Jams

Mini jar of Bonne Maman spread in front of advent calendar

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Zoe G she/her @zoegr.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Day 2 of the Bonne Maman advent calendar. Chocolate hazelnut spread. #BonneMaman #AdventCalendar

Tiny just of Bonne Maman chocolate hazelnut spread in front of advent calendar

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Zoe G she/her @zoegr.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Yes I treated myself to an advent calendar for ME. I have a lot of preserve making in my future and now I'll have lots of little jars to fill and give away. Plus, I DESERVE IT @bonnemaman_uk #Jam #preserves #AdventCalendar #Marmalade #Spreads #BonneMaman

Bonne Maman advent calendar with first days just in front of it.

Mini jar of spread from Bonne Maman advent calendar

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Myrtle (They/Them) @madmyrtle.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Since many of us have just cleaned our homes in a last-minute frenzy for the recent holiday, let’s talk about another house spirit for this #folklorefriday. The Kikimora is from Slavic folklore and is more in the vain of a fairy.

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Ysha 🔮 Activist Witch (she/they) @activistwitch.co.uk · 24/11/2025

Witches For Palestine zine workshop is this SATURDAY 29TH NOVEMBER! donations go directly to Palestinian Families ❓What: An online workshop making mini-zines 🖥️Where: Online 💸How: minimum 5GBP donation to PayPal.me/Giasgirl1 📨 email receipt to witchesforpalestine@gmail.com #witchsky

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Zoe G she/her @zoegr.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

TW dental trauma. ........ ..... When the root of your broken tooth is so determined to stay in place that you have to spend over 50 minutes in the dentist chair and your dentist is leaning over you for so long her back goes into spasms multiple times. Dentists should get free massages!

Zoë with droopy mouth to one side after dental treatment
#ToothExtraction #Ouch

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Zoe G she/her @zoegr.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

First two images are my finished piece with its award certificate and the trophy that will have my name on it next week. The second two pieces are two of my favorites from other entrants. Short details are in alt text on each piece. #ShrewsburyDrapers #TextileDesignCompetition #GraphicTextileAward

Tablet woven embroidery of Sudanese quote - "we desire to be quite two things to our children the first is roots the other is wings."

Trophy for a textile design competition.

Silver award in the key stage 4 textile competition. 3 printed and stitched pieces on the topic of women and girls being silenced or disbelieved about abuse. By Jess Middleton

Prize winning piece in textile design competition - felted and stitched pomegranate by Isobel Owen

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Zoe G she/her @zoegr.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

A few delicious food photos from our trip away. First from the Safari Brai Shack. Beef and potato curry for me with a lamb curry bunny chow for hubby. Curry served in half a hollowed out loaf of bread. Hubby says they are missing a trick not serving rabbit bunny chow it would be a bunny bunny.

Cornish pastie with strawberry lemonade and chorizo and cheddar pastie with a pot of tea

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Zoe G she/her @zoegr.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Lovely lunch at the Camphill Cafe today. And great cakes for after too. @camphillmk.bsky.social #Soup #BestBreadInMK

Bowl of soup, with bread and butter and a can of elderflower presse.

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Zoe G she/her @zoegr.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

I honestly didn't expect this when I entered my weaving into the competition, I figured I might get some comments about it being too political, but apparently our mostly semi rural county has a backbone after all. I need to get over there to see it displayed and check out everyone else's work.

screenshot of an email telling me I have won two prizes in the local fibre arts competition - Graphic Textile Award of £50 plus trophy and an overall highly commended in the adult section.
#CardWeaving #TabletWeaving #InkleLoom #Shrewsbury #Shropshire #ShrewsburyDrapers #CompetitionWinner #TextileArtsCompetition #HighlyCommended #GraphicTextileAward

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Zoe G she/her @zoegr.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

When you realise your carved turnip is going mouldy and needs to be disposed of but you decide to light up his shrivelled face one last time. #TurnipCarving #CarvedTurnip #Samhain

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Zoe G she/her @zoegr.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Yes, well done pibbledrivel over on insta, it was indeed picked watermelon rind I was making the other day. #Pickle #FoodWaste #EatTheRind

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Chris and his farmily of forever farm friends @caenhillcc.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Greetings and good morning it’s the Thursday not happening rush hour. Due to restrictions around avian influenza in England. I will bring other videos and a look back at old rush hours. Main aim to keep our birds safe. Thank you for your support. www.gov.uk/government/n...

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Zoe G she/her @zoegr.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

I've made this every year on Samhain for a while now. It's my mom's Coffee cake and there's a photo of her making this on my kitchen altar. Yes, in the UK, coffee cake is a coffee flavoured cake, not a streusel topped cake to have with coffee. #CoffeeCake #KitchenWitch #KitchenMagic #FamilyRecipe

Coffee flavoured cake with whipped cream filling, coffee icing and walnuts on top

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NearlyKnowledgeable @g0blinegg.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

I'm excited to share that the latest episode of 'Gone Medieval' podcast features the Shropshire Witches! We talked about medieval ghosts and all things spooky! Teenage me would be pinching herself! open.spotify.com/episode/303k... #history #halloween #medieval #folklore #medievalist

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Medieval Hallowe'en

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Ysha 🔮 Activist Witch (she/they) @activistwitch.co.uk · 31/10/2025

If Florence can empty witchcraft symbolism to promote her witchcore album out on Halloween, I can certainly have a video essay ready for the same date explaining about the actual Machine behind Everybody Scream. youtu.be/JzuBWcLHcV4 #witchsky #videoessay #florence+themachine #everybodyscream

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EVERYBODY SCREAM: Florence + The Machine! A Semiotic Analysis and Media Critique

YouTube video by Activist Witch🔮Ysha

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The Witchy Scientist @thewitchyscientist.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Blessed Samhain, witches! 🔥✨ Celebrate the day however you desire! 🍁🕯️💀 (and no I didn’t hear that weird audio noise at the end, only after I played the video back 👀👀👀) #samhain #tarotsky #witchsky

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Zoe G she/her @zoegr.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Very busy Samhain in this Witch's kitchen. Sourdough bread, since. Big batch of yogurt, in the instant pot. Roasted pumpkins to make puree for the freezer, cooling (did you know if you today then like this you can just peel most of the skin off with your fingers). My mom's Coffee cake, .....

Cut open loaf of sourdough bread.
#KitchenWitch #Sourdough @foodbodsourdough #KitchenMagic

2 pumpkins, cut in half and roasted, some of the skin is being peeled off. It's coming off one of them easier than the other. This will be blitzed in the food processor and popped into #SouperCubes in the freezer once it's all cooled.
#PumpkinPuree #RoastedPumpkin #FreezerFiller @SouperCubes #SeasonalEating

Carved Swede (Turnip). I remember doing this once when I was a kid. Not as easy as a pumpkin but far more traditional.

#Samhain #Halloween #CarvedTurnip #CarvedSwede

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Zoe G she/her @zoegr.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Lots of ferments today. Homemade sauerkraut, fermented Brussels sprouts, pickled carrots & sourdough English muffins. Leftover roast chicken & a pot of flavoured mayo. 3 flavoured mayos open in the fridge with a plain one as well, so I've made a new rule. Only 1 flavoured mayo allowed at a time.

Lunch plate with sourdough English muffins left over roast chicken sauerkraut fermented brussel sprouts pickled carrots and some flavored mayonnaise.
#Sourdough #EnglishMuffins #FermentedFoods #FermentedSprouts #Sauerkraut #PickledCarrots

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Zoe G she/her @zoegr.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Made sourdough discard English muffins. I had seriously forgotten how much fun this was. #Sourdough #EnglishMuffins #SourdoughEnglishMuffins #SourdoughBaking

4 round balls of dough in a frying pan with glass lid.

Coming track of cooked Sourdough English Muffins, with one split open to show the insides

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Zoe G she/her @zoegr.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

My competition piece is finished. I've just measured it and it is longer than the maximum size which means I will have to split it and mount it. I'll probably do that onto a cork board and mount it with T shaped blocking pins. Splitting it means I'll need to get my sewing machine out.

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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

ICE are Trump's private militia

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