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'Raubtiere' (Predators) #FotoVorschlag

One of the first digital photos I ever took, on a game drive in South Africa in 2006

A lion gazes into the camera. His mane is pristine. There are trees and long grass in the background

Z is for Zebra. Taken very early in the morning in Muldersdrift, north of Johannesburg. It was a misty morning and the pale yellow sun was just beginning to glow on the horizon

Dinge die mit "Z" beginnen .... ' #FotoVorschlag

Zebras graze on the side of the road. It's a misty autumn morning in South Africa and the sun is glowing a pale yellow on the horizon

The absolute state of this cat! My upside down post for 'Alles steht Kopf' #FotoVorschlag #CatsOfMastodon

A cat lies upside down on a bed, with his legs and tummy in the air. The photo is taken from above, looking down on him. His tummy and chest are white, and the edges are tabby

Following @jeridansky and joining in with @FotoVorschlag
#FotoVorschlag. The prompt today is 'Sakrale Bauten' - Sacred Buildings

St Mary's Church, Lenham
#PhotographersOfMastodon

A church tower rises from a bright green carpet of grass. In the background is a dark grey sky. The church is light grey with a teal clock on the tower

#SilentSunday #LakeComo

A view of Lake Como on a summer day. The sky, mountains and sea are all shades of blue and there is a tiny bit of snow on the mountains

🇫🇷 Visited Gerberoy today - France's Village of Roses. It is so beautiful - from the scents that carry on the breeze, to the near silence except for birdsong and humming bees 🐝

Temperatures soared to 39°c so we took the opportunity to enjoy a lunch of local delights at L' Atelier Gourmand de Sarah. What a wonderful day
#FotoMontag #BloomScrolling

A pathway with cobbled stones leads up a hill to a chateau in a French town. There are flowers and plants lining the path

Rooftops visible over a clump of lavender. To the left is a stone wall

Red roses climb the wall of a French house with faux-half-timbered facade

A stone arch leads off between to two stone walls. A person is visible in the distance

Twenty-one days since Poppy and I were reunited. She was missing for twenty-one days and only found after a relentless campaign of leafleting and posters.

She seems satisfied with how things turned out

#CatsOfMastodon

A white cat with tabby markings cuddles up to her dark-haired human

Pebbles 🐾 so adorbs, obviously, but not above sinking her murder-mitts into my cheek if I stop petting her before she's had enough. Still, she is my very best friend in the world
#CatsOfMastodon

A calico cat lies on her back, gazing off camera

It's #HolocaustMemorialDay, the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. To commemorate, I call on everybody to read, buy for their kids, or recommend one book related to the Holocaust or other genocides (because #NeverAgain should mean just that). I'll go first (thread to be updated throughout today)
@histodons
@bookstodon

I ran out of space in my #introduction but I should say that I tend to talk these days about my successes with #PTSD recovery and overcoming #insomnia but #depression is a lifelong battle that requires daily vigilance

I need to update my #introduction because it's been all change in the 2 years since my last one

Lives: Kent, England with three #cats & a long-suffering spouse

Tribes: #AdoptDontShop #CrueltyFree #PanRomantic #Ally #Socialist #AntiRacist #Introvert

Fun: #TV #books #horror #film #music #peloton #walker #photographer

Studies: studied #psychology, #sociology & #politics at uni & maintained a life-long interest in #apartheid and #genocide studies

Also: talk about #PTSD #depression #insomnia

Today I learned that the space above my microwave is no longer a safe place to hide sweet, starchy treats from my kitten Poppy.

Luckily she likes choc-chip shortbread, which is my least favourite, but I can't trust that she didn't lick my other shortbread so I had to throw a precious piece away

Naturally, she denies any involvement whatsoever

#CatsOfMastodon #Kitten

A photo of a mostly-white girl cat with tabby markings around her ears. She is gazing off camera

The sky was beautiful and strange after the rain last night #SilentSunday #Johannesburg

A street lamp burns blue against an eerie red sky. To the left, the sky reflects off a glass building in shades of orange and mauve

I've had #insomnia since 2015, first saw a doctor in 2019, attended a sleep study in 2022. I have mild sleep apnoea & nightmares due to PTSD.

Gabapentin did help with nightmares but not with the dependence on sleep meds.

I downloaded the CBT-i Coach app in April on advice of my sleep specialist. I went from 15-18 insomnia episodes a month in the first quarter to 5 last month (and it would have been less had I not contracted covid). I'm on a 17 day streak right now without an episode

It's been years since I could participate in #DogsAtPollingStations but I present Percy the #CatsOfMastodon, looking smug that I submitted a postal vote and supervising me while I work

A tabby and white cat looks at the camera from atop a bookcase

A tabby and white cat looks down from atop a bookcase

Mis gatitos bonitos (my pretty kittens) - Percy and Poppy
#WhiskersWednesday #KittensOfMastodon #CatsOfMastodon

Two tabby and white kittens lie curled up on a sofa. Both are sleeping

In front is Percy, he has more tabby markings than white and is lying in his side, facing the camera.

Behind is Poppy, she has more white markings than tabby. She is lying on Percy, facing away from the camera

🇬🇧 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗕𝝾𝘄𝗶𝗲 - 𝝖 𝗟𝝾𝗻𝗱𝝾𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘆

Exhibition at Fitzrovia Chapel featuring photography of Kevin Davies, capturing David Bowie over the course of a single day in 1992

#DavidBowie #Photography #Exhibition

A portrait of David Bowie with his hands around his face is viewed in a chapel

A scene inside a chapel with stained glass in the background.

A woman looks at a portrait of David Bowie. She is wearing a long black coat and is viewed from the side. He is wearing a beige jacket in the photo with a blue background.

Two diptych portraits of David Bowie are viewed with the dome and stained glass windows of a chapel in the background.

In the first diptych, Bowie is viewed standing in black and white with his hand to his face

In the second diptych, Bowie is in colour. The portrait is close up with blue jacket and hand to face

The stained glass of a chapel. The glass is primarily in blue tones while the walls and arch appear to be sandstone and cream marble

Percy's job today is to look after my notebook to ensure I don't pour a full cup of coffee on it. Again.

#CatsOfMastodon #KittensOfMastodon

A 6 month old tabby and white kitten lies on a notebook on a desk.

I loved every minute of our winter's break to Bergen. The city is so pretty, the food is brilliant, and there is so much to see. I went worrying about the cold and came home planning my next winter break.

I've written all about how we spent three days in Bergen: https://www.emminlondon.com/2024/01/a-winter-break-in-bergen-norway.html

#Norway #Bergen #Travel #Blogger #Photography #VisitBergen #VisitNorway #RSS #AltText