Catherine Rowlands

@cjr1968.bsky.social

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Barrister, Cornerstone Barristers, housing, care, public law Travel, cats and reading are my other passions. Likes or re-posts do not indicate endorsement. All opinions are mine, and not those of Chambers. My profile pic is a buffalo, not me.

The Mud Maid - foliage covered mounds that look like a woman lying in the ground
A sheep, mainly shorn, but with one tuft of fleece.
A white cat with dark ears sprawls inelegantly
Foreground: rows of perfectly formed kebbeh ready to cook. In the background, the cook, her hands a blur, as she stuffs more at high speed!
A black cat and a white cat with black blotches sit in a mahogany drawer
Nymans. A mullioned stone facade is covered with wisteria. In the foreground is a parterre with mauve and black tulips.
Tea terraces near Darjeeling, a small hut in the middle of layers of varied green vegetation.
A snowy landscape with a yellowish full moon behind pine trees. The sky is pellucid, shading from blue to pink.
The northern lights gleam over a track on a snowy lake marked by candle lanterns made of ice.
A holly tree on a misty moorland. Up close we can see it has Christmas baubles on it.
A holly tree on a misty moorland
Prince watching a video of mice, and trying to catch them, much imperilling my PC.
A benign white and black cat looking calm
My non statement hat: black and plain.
Duolingo teaches me the Spanish for “you drank too much coffee yesterday “. Guilty as charged.
A foolish splodgy white cat sits in the lower drawer of a desk, under its lowered top. My black handbag is on the floor.
Screenshot
An enormous crystal candelabra hangs from a painted and gilded ceiling
Lighting over Cobham!
Lightning map
Carnivore's menu including ostrich, crocodile and ox balls.
A closeup of a scabby, mottled bird with a huge beak.
Merlin entry for Eurasian Green Woodpecker
Shield of Penistone Cc. Dexter two martlets and yon viaduct; sinister a cricket bat and ball proper.
A huge street lamp with 5 ornate lanterns and 4 “to” signs
Screenshot of two posts, one showing Laurel and Hardy and the next a Wikipedia article about Mountain of West Virginia. Just need a lonesome pine next!!
Cloudy and faint view of Mt Ararat from Armenia.
Coffee and cake on Ranmore Common.
A glass of white wine with a background of vines.
Map of Ceuta showing Cecilia Payne in harbour as at 16:00
In the foreground a field of bright red poppies; behind them, the green, gently curving downs. A blue sky sprinkled with white clouds is above.
Me grinning manically with lots of Bushmills bottles and a glass of 21 year old in my hand.
A black cat in a basket with a barrister’s wig
Looking west from Waterloo Bridge to sunshine
Thunder clouds over Lincoln’s Inn Fields
Magnificent wisteria against a brilliant blue sky
The ruined dome at the epicentre of the nuclear explosion that devastated Hiroshima.
A stony path flanked by multi coloured blossom trees.
Beware of bears sign
Me popping a chunk of steak in my mouth with chopsticks
Green leaves on a tree in front of a ruined dome; this is where the A bomb exploded.
A sleek grey train coming in to a station
Me And a moomin
Me with my white, splodgy cat sprawled over me like a scarf.
A white cat with black splodges and damp, bedraggled fur, looks reproachfully at the camera. Probably plotting vengeance.
Box Hill rises behind Denbies vineyard with a sky tinged with pink
A clear, dusk sky over a vineyard
A white Baroque church with twin pink magnolias in front against a perfect blue sky
A brilliantly white church with modest crenellations
Three key rings in the shape of a traditional house with a pointed roof and a chimney.
A pond with frogs leaping back and forth. It looks like the water is boiling, there are so many.
A pine tree against an immaculate blue sky
A white cat with black splodges lies half on his back, half on his side, in an ungainly sprawl.