Em Splem

@emsplem.bsky.social

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I like some stuff (art, poetry, history, philosophy, dogs, rhinos) I dislike some stuff (fascists and their enablers, mosquitoes, slugs) I do some things (gardening, walking, cycling, nursing) I don’t do others (drive, eat meat, walk my reactive dog much)

Photo of a chilli plant, half eaten, with a big fat brown and black slug on it, eating said plant, the little so-and-so.
A black and white photo of a group of 8 teenagers in Girl Guide uniform. They are crowded around a cherub statue at the bottom of a flight of stairs outside a stone building.
Picture of a placard with dates of life of Henry Nowak, with far-right group emblem below.
Photo of a hand holding three short feathers. They are dappled pale beige and black at the centre, with a black ring around and then a mid brown outside. The ends of a couple are again beige, with a black tip.
Early morning photo of a low-tide river with an exposed small boat. The sun is rising behind some trees. There is a rail bridge across the river.
A solitary orange poppy flower seen against a paved ground.
A sign for a polling stations with a dog sitting in front of it. The dog is pale brown with a white chin and chest and toe socks. The lead has a sleeve with ‘Reactive, give us space’ on it. This is because the dog is an idiot.
Blurry photo over the top of a laptop screen of a dog staring intently at the taker with an, “it is time for my walk, what are you doing?” expression.
photo from website of young girl sitting in bed, grinning, whilst reading said 'Margaret Thatcher' book.
Nursing badge with St Andrew’s cross. The words ‘Registered Mental Nurse Scotland’ around the outside.
A photo of two terracotta plant pots on a wall both with green fronds of crocuses but lots and lots of small mushrooms sprouting out and no flowers.
A photo of a small, green, geometric shaped succulent with an orange flower bursting out of it.
A photo of a windowsill with two Thanksgiving cacti in full bloom with pale pink flowers. The window is slightly misted up and there is a glimpse of winter sunshine beyond.
Page from an old recipe book titled “‘Oatmeal Supplement’. Scottish Oatmeal Her Gracious Majesty, the Queen Mother, said in 1943: “To-day our Scots Folk are turning again to the traditional foodstuffs of Scotland - Oatmeal served as Porridge and other things.” Her Majesty is a Scotswoman and she knows that SCOTTISH OATMEAL IS BEST. Tom Johnston, when Scottish Secretary, said: “Oatmeal is a highly nutritious grain, rich in some of the essential elements of adequate diet.” Every Scot knows that Scottosh Oats will produce an outstanding nutritional Oatmeal or Flaked Oats. Indeed, the value of Oats is to be seen in the history of the hardy Scottish race and, whether taken simply with milk or in any other form, the value of Oat Products in the general diet is without equal.
Photo of a brown dog with white chest sitting on a sofa, mouth open and tongue starting to wrap around his face.
A picture of two terracotta pots with purple crocuses already in flower.
A cardboard tag with a retailer’s slogan. First line reads, “Wir unterstützen dich immer” in German, then the second line is a bad English translation, “We Always Stand Behind”.
Photo across a low-tide river, with daylight just breaking behind houses and a slight hill. Lights are on in some houses and boats on the far side of the river.
Screenshot of a post by The Lincoln Project showing a digger knocking down part of the White House in Washington DC, USA. Their comment was, “A picture is worth 1,000 words.”.
A photograph of some plants in a garden, nasturtium, cosmos and salvia. A large brown slug is perched on the half-munched cosmos
A photo of a book entitled ‘Ashes to Admin’ by Evie King. There is a drawing on the front of the book of a woman wearing a jacket with the hood up and holding an umbrella against the rain, protecting a ghost hovering beside her.
Photograph of a garden with dog toys pegged out on a washing line. A dog sits below it, looking up at said toys.
A photograph of a pear still on the tree, with a hole in it and a wasp inside.
A screenshot of a picture on a website of some stone lintels, with the caption “Stone Lentils” underneath.
A bright green cricket sitting on a small reddish-purple Acer tree.
A photograph of a pink foxglove with a bee just entering one of the flowers. There is a big load of pollen on the bee’s leg already.
Low angle photograph of white flowers on philadelphus snowbelle plant, behind little blue forget-me-nots, surrounded by grass. Dark wooden fence behind.
Video of glass pie dish with bubbling liquid inside, the pastry wall of the pie not having held the innards in.
Upside down sleeping dog, all limbs in the air, head to the side, balls on show.
Close-up picture of white, fragile, beautiful cherry blossom.
Picture of a corroded green toy car, possibly 1940s or 1950s.
Sleeping dog resting head and paws across a person’s arm.
A lone daffodil stands in a messy lawn, backdrop of a worn brown wooden fence and some out-of-focus primroses.
A piece of kitchen roll with a paltry number of tiny, peelly-wally Parisienne carrots on it.