Zoë

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She/her. Reading, stitching, playing ukulele & listening to #TheArchers in Hebden Bridge. Keen on folklore, history, Qigong and cats.

Close up of doll's head. She is made from denim, her hair is made up of needle felted balls, she wears a necklace of stars.
Raffle, a calico cat, sits in a cardboard box that is clearly too small for her.
3 badges inspired by Radio 4's #TheArchers. One reads "Spiritual Home Kate Aldridge" and has a funky mushroom image. Another has an image of a badger and the words "the safe word is", and the 3rd has an image of a bottle with the words "Eddie's Cider Club".
A gif showing the stages of creating a 7.5 cm embroidered square with a hitomezashi sashiko pattern. The background fabric is indigo, and the stitches are white, red, orange and green. The design shown is known as chain cross stitch.
Raffles, a calico cat, reclines on a cardboard box.
A handsewn bag with blue, red gold and grey patches, covered in running stitch, sashiko style. The bag lies on a green cutting mat. A fabric tape measure also lies on the mat.
A cyanotype print on rag paper, showing an image of a stylised elephant in a decorative frame.
Raffles, a gorgeous calico cat, lies on a concrete garden step. She has her eyes closed and is enjoying the sunshine.
A black front door, viewed from inside the house, with a grey striped mat in front of it. There is a cat flap in the door, which is held open with "Fragile" packing tape. Through the cat flap we can see a beautiful calico cat, Raffles, sitting outside. As we get closer to the door, Raffles comes through the open cat flap.
A cherry plum tree with white blossom, and blue sky in the background.
Screenshot from the Green Party website. Text reads "Thank you for joining. Today you have joined a growing movement of people working together to create a fairer, greener future."
Screenshot from sewage map.co.uk. There is a map of the Henden Bridge area and a graphic with information about a Yorkshire Water discharge of sewage into the River Calder from 02/03/2026 11.10am to 03/03/2026 9.36am
A Muscovy duck, with blue green plumage, sits on the bank of a canal with its head tucked under one wing.
A stream flows over rocks, in a woodland setting. Eaves Woods, Hebden Bridge.
Raffles, a cute calico cat, sits on top of her cat tree. She looks at the camera, captured mid-meow. Behind her is a dark coloured cupboard and shelf,with plants and packed boxes.
Raffles, a calico cat, sits atop her cat platform thing, looking a bit feisty.
Raffles, a sweet calico cat, sits on a chair, looking directly at the camera.
A pair of hand-knitted socks lie on a wooden tabletop. They are multicoloured, with blocks of colour in yellow, blue, purple, red and olive.
A banjolele leans on a wooden chair.
Raffles, a sweet little calico cat, presents a side profile to show off her fine whiskers.
A screenshot from the Facebook group, "Radio 4. It's not just for the middle aged". The poster (name redacted) has made a post with what I assume is a representation of themselves (woman with grey hair, wearing sunglasses, waving 2 thumbs up, in some sort of cornfield).. The text of the post reads "Hi. I'm new to this group. I recently joined because I love listening to Radio 4. (Apart from The Archers...)
The lovely Raffles, a female calico cat, looks at the camera. She has been captured mid-squawk, with her mouth open, as she half-sits , half-lies on the light terracotta tiles on the kitchen floor. She is looming over a small, green, catnip-filled sardine, which is about to get a pummeling.
A jpeg image showing the table of options for my #ArchersBingo. The 9 boxes read as follows (left to right, top to bottom): Clarrie throws Eddie into the makeshift plucking machine. Harrison meets his end whilst driving home for Christmas. Pip proposes to Stella. Pat crashes a tractor into the village shop during the Tractor Run. Freddy announces that he will divide his inheritance equally with Lily. Johnny makes a surprise return to Ambridge. Tracy and Jazzer win the lottery. George confronts Brad. They tussle, and fall into the Am. They are swept away. Who will survive? Jill dies immediately after the King's speech on Christmas Day.
Raffles, a beautiful female calico cat, sits on a wooden chair, with a grey velvet seat. She has wonderful whiskers. She fixes the photographer with a soulful gaze, that speaks of her earnest desire to eat her 5pm dinner.
Argentinan jazz saxophonist, Gato Barbieri, looking cool in shades and a hat, whilst tooting on the sax.
An empty jar sits on a wooden kitchen worktop. It has a residue of red coloured oil on the interior. It contained Itsu crispy chilli oil, according to its label.
A close-up of of a calico cat's face. She has fabulous whiskers and is a very beautiful girl. This is Raffles, and she is lying on a pink and yellow towel, in front of a tall black radiator.
Snippet from the Wikipedia entry for Rory Stewart "Stewart has said that his career progression and his father's work for MI6 might "give the appearance" that he worked for MI6, but says he did not work for MI6 while a diplomat. Stewart has acknowledged that due to the Official Secrets Act, even if he had worked for MI6, he would not be able to admit it."
A beautiful sleepy tabby cat lounging on the roof of a car.
A calico cat called Raffles is viewed from above. She is lying on a folded blue bath tow with 3 toy fish scattered around her. She is looking up at the camera, meowing.
Graphic exported from Storygraph app showing the covers of the six books I read in April: The Lady of the Rivers by Philippa Gregory The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell Mistress Cromwell by Carol McGrath Dominion by CJ Sansom The Angel's Mark by SW Perry Alchemy by SJ Parris
Collage of 4 photos. Top left, a pathway through the park, with blossoming trees on both sides. Top right, snake head frittillaries in a woodland setting. Bottom left, a comma butterfly sunning itself against a background of dried twigs. Bottom right, a tall fruit bush with purple flowers.
Graphic generated by Storygraph showing the covers of the 4 books I read in March 2025 which were: The White Queen and Her Rivals by Philippa Gregory, David Baldwin and Michael Jones A Tapestry of Treason by Anne O'Brien The Painter's Daughters by Emily Howes Butter by Asako Yuzuki
On a wooden table there is a fan-shaped piece of blue and white silk paper, which is embellished with chain stitch embroidery in shades of green. There are 2 reels of green cotton, 2 bobbins with green embroidery floss, and a round plastic container of beeswax also visible.
An abstract fiber art work. A rectangular piece of fabric, covered in stitching, mainly a randomised blanket stitch in various colours. The colour palette is reds, purples, pinks and yellows. A small weaving of gold, orange and red stripes provides a focal point.
Donald Trump having a nice chat with Jeffrey Epstein.
In the foreground, a small piece of 10 count Aida fabric with small, multicoloured patterns stitched in top left corner. In the background, a small square loom is leaning against a white ceramic mug. There is a twill pattern weaving in light blue starting to take shape on a darker blue yarn weft.
A close up of the face of our Calico cat, Raffles. She has fabulous whiskers.
A half-finished Bargello needlework piece pinned onto a wooden frame. The design is multicoloured waves flowing across the square canvas.
A small cardboard loom, with a multicoloured yarn weaving half completed.
A calico cat sitting on a chair, looking at the viewer. She is very cute and has fine whiskers.
A Victorian kitchen with range, kitchen sink, dining table, chair and all the accoutrements of day to day life for working people.
Close up of fabric doll's head. His eyes are made from ink printed and dyed tea bags. Other facial features are stitched.
It's me, partially visible behind our beautiful cat, Raffles.