Jackie

@plasterjak.bsky.social

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Retired gardening addict, owned by a cat, living in Brontë country, W Yorks Socialist, ex nhs community mental health worker/ community arts. Likes; live indie music, a pub lunch, sculpture, art

Nepeta in the background, purple loosestrife, blue and magenta cornflowers in the foreground
Two photos, a before and after shot of the garden. The first a concrete desert, the second a chaotic but very green space
Photo of Trump talking shit
A bed of mock orange, roses, sweet william in my garden
PaintedLady butterfly feeding on the nepeta
Close up of an open rose bloom with many petals, 3 reddish buds surrounded by rich green leaves
A close up of an open pink rose surrounded by green leaves
A view of a pathway through a man made grotto with boulders either side, plants growing amongst them
Close up of a tabby cat sitting on my knee
A view up through the trees in the wood. The sunlight is shining down on the mossy hill
3 flowers open on this pasque flowers, cerise pink petals with yellow centre
6 gorilla like heads painted in a white wash which makes the grotesque realism of their grotty human like teeth really stand out
Sleeping tabby cat on my bed up near the pillow
An exhibition poster for Glen Baxter prints from 1985. The image is in a cartoon style with 3 boys looking at a retro machine with a TV screen, it shows the torso of a boy in shorts heading off to the left, he has a dog tail! Text says "The situation looks hopeless sir, those Baxter drawings are heading straight to Ilkley!"
A close up of a wooden fence post with a cluster of ladybirds huddled together
Tabby cat sitting in a large red Christmas tree storage bag
Tabby cat curled up, asleep on a bean bag
Tabby cat sitting on a sofa, his tail curled up vertically on the cushion behind him
Tabby cat looking towards the camera from the windowsill with Christmas tree branches to the right. A tree ornament from Australia with a kangaroo with surf board is sporting a similar expression to the cat
Woodland pathway through the trees
A Christmas garland or wreath made from greenery from the garden
Wedding photo with the bride sitting down, her bridesmaid sitting on the arm of the settee. A Christmas tree behind them
Photo of a tabby cat's eye with an abnormal shaped pupil
Tabby cat sitting on a window sill, one yellow eye, one red
Two birthday cards both with a large number 60 on the front, a ceramic pig ornament between them
Blue sky with a few dark grey clouds, trees with autumnal colours and old mill chimney standing between the trees
A line of creamy white, large toadstools on the woodland floor
Victorian stone built church with a round spire and clock, stone pillars around the front of the building. Trees changing colour to the right
A walled path ahead, fields either side. Looking towards Haworth in the distance, an old mill chimney on the left sticking out of a wooden valley. Blue sky.
A tabby cat flopped out on the carpet at full stretch, his tail curled like a hook
Cows grazing in a small valley with trees in the background
Stone steps against a stone wall with an old metal handrail
Seven little pigs walking towards me in a field
Small boxed cd, the new release from Suede
A field with a wooden fence halfway across the walk route, a wide space to the side to walk by. There's a redundant wooden stile over the fence
A cute packhorse bridge over a beck, fields and trees either side
VR Post box set into a stone wall
A pillar post box with the Victoria signage, stone wall and bush behind
Echinacea, rudbeckia, cosmos and purple loosestrife in a colourful mound
Two hens on a green lawn. Hens wandered among the wedding guests 15 years ago
A woodland path leading steeply uphill on some wonky steps up the side of the wall
Pink roses in bloom from the front of the house, looking down the road towards the dry stone wall and field. Other side of the valley in the distance
Large red post box set in a wall
Cd by Yello, yellow price sticker 18 DM
An old mill on the right with the road bending sharply round it. Painted vertically on the wall of the mill and the wall opposite is the word HOOT.
Wooded area, three trees growing from the same spot, one trunk growing straight up, the two either side growing outwards at virtually the same angles
Tabby cat reclining on his back on a bean bag. Face and top half facing forward, back legs facing away
Close up of white spirea with a bee, pink spirea blossoms are an added bonus this year
Green foliage and red flowers of nasturtium tumbling out of the pot onto creeping thyme
Tabby cat portrait photo
Red post box set in a stone wall with the plain GR lettering
Looking down on the pond, frog on a small lily pad
8 freshly pulled garlic bulbs criss crossed on a metal garden chair
Close up of a pale pink open rose with petals cupping inwards. Rose bud bottom right, all surrounded by foliage
A close up of flowering clary sage with purple nepeta growing among the leaves, roses in the backgraound
A bar room with large vats of brewing beer along the back wall
The Tower, Steve Messam. A large block structure with an arch running through it, covered in sheep's wool. It stands on moorland with a cloudy sky
Two roses, one the left fully open, the right one is beginning to open. Above there's rose foliage, below pansies
Grumpy looking tabby cat reclining on a blanket covered with stars.
Close up of a white rose and many buds against a wooden fence in the rain