Katie M 👩‍🔬🌌📷🧶

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Katie M Makes - Maker of crochet. Also qualified Tech Editor. Used to be a scientist. PhD in Chemistry/Abiogenesis. Currently working in Aseptic Pharmacy in the NHS. Here for the science, pretty things and chat 😁 www.katiemmakes.co.uk

Book hauls from a recent charity shop visit. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay I rarely buy books new. I love browsing the charity shops for something good. And book trends usually appear after a month or so by which time you'll know if it's actually worth a read or if it's just BookTok hype 😂
My parents stood with their backs to the camera on a promenade. They are reading the info board for the beach that can be seen in the background. The beach is sandy and the sea is far out.
Photo of the moon taken through a telescope. The moon is just under half full and the meteor craters are absolutely stunning along the terminator line. The moon also has a slight glow.
Houses in the bottom half of the photo and the sky above them. The sky is peppered with mackerel clouds and fades from pale blue down to orange pink behind the houses.
Photo of the moon with a lot of black background. It is extremely bright and creators and showdown can be seen.
A mandating duck sat in a ripple of water
A close up of the moon. About 2 thirds are visible. You can see craters, especially at the bottom where they are very defined
Three burley men on a podium holding up trophies. In the foreground is a crowd. In the background are camera crews
A cross stitch piece that is not yet finished. It's a black outline of two hands that look like they are holding an invisible ball. There are several orange and blue stars surrounding them. The hands have black mystic eye tattoos on their wrists. In between the hands is an orange playing card with the ace of spades in black.
A grey pot with purple and yellow pansies. There are two massive tulip leaves growing out of the pansy foliage
A white cat with a black patch over her eye lying upside down in a blue covered cat bed. Her pupils are large and her pink toe beans are reaching out to the camera. She looks sweet, but trust me, she isn't.
Sixfields reservoir with the express lift tower in the background Photo shows a walking track curving to the right, with grass on either side. The grass is bordered by bushes and trees. In the distance is a single tower. This is the only building that can be seen. On the horizon is a gangly tree.
A little green plastic stool with a toadstool themed cover. The stool is being held up so the legs can be seen.
A cross stitch embroidery of a space ship. It has a beam coming down to a few mini skulls and is surrounded by a leaf garland. The colours included a deep green background, with the design in Barbie pink, peach and yellow green.
Elsie lying in a large blue IKEA bag. Elsie is a white cat with a black patch above her right eye, a black tail and a black patch on her side that is shaped like a heart. She's cute but a menace
Photo of the moon behind a light cloud. The moon has a halo that fades from light blue nearest the moon, to a red further away. There are two small stars above the moon. I think it makes it look like two beady eyes with a massive glowing clown nose.
Two books. The larger one is open on the title page and is called Turn Left at Orion. It's a great book that shows things that can be seen in the night sky with a small telescope or even binoculars. The second smaller book is laid on top and is called 2025 Guide to the Night Sky and does exactly what it says on the tin 😁
A time lapse of a starry sky. The stars drift over the sky as the earth turns. There's wispy clouds drifting over too.
A picture of a dark sky with billions of stars. Up the middle you can just make out the milky way. There's a bright dot in the top left corner which is Jupiter. And a small cluster beneath which is Pleiades.
Text from 'In search of Schrödinger's Cat' by John Gribbin that reads "In 1908 Rutherford moved from Montreal to become a professor of physics at the university of Manchester, England; in 1908 he received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on radioactivity, an award that caused him some wry amusement. Although the study of the elements was regarded by the Nobel Committee as chemistry, Rutherford regarded himself as a physicist and had very little time for chemistry which he regarded as a very inferior branch of science." Rude! 😂