Jayne

@jaynee-b

French Horn playing, book reading, cat slave, occasional crocheter. Mum of four. Sweary. I do admin to fund my music habit.

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Jayne @jaynee-b· 4d

Bonus #Caturday pic - collecting Ch1 from nerd club (complimentary) and met this lovely void

A small black cat with yellow eyes, sat on a wheelie bin in front of a wooden fence

Jayne @jaynee-b· 4d

Here’s Tasha, sunbathing just now, for International Cat Day. #Caturday

A black & brown striped tabby cat lying on her side on beige coloured gravelly pebbles, a green watering can on its side behind her.
She is in front of two large grey planters.
The sun is bringing hints of auburn to her brown stripes.

Jayne @jaynee-b· 8d

This guy was So Over It at the local street market this weekend. Felt very sorry for him & his buddies, they all looked really pissed off #owl

An owl perched on a bit of log inside a tent. He* has a blue tether round his ankle (out of shot to the left is a metal perch and a dish of water)
The owl is quite large with mostly orangey-brown plumage. He has quite spectacular feathered eyebrows (not ears!) and his piercing orange eyes are partially closed.
He looks really, really pissed off.
*might be a her, idk

Jayne @jaynee-b· 15d

I am quite a long way up a hill in the #LakeDistrict (better phone signal up here than in the hotel!), so here’s a photo of the view

Panorama-style photo.
On the left is the loosely stone-covered path we walked up on. Moving from left to right there are big hills (mountains would be a generous description) in the distance, with Grasmere (lake) in the centre, complete with small tree-covered island. Looking further to the right are more large green hills.
The foreground has ferns all the way across. The sky is grey & cloudy, but it is not raining.

Screenshot of Apple Maps: I’m the blue blob in the middle near the bottom, facing lots of green (the hills) & a bit of blue (the lake)

Jayne @jaynee-b· 18d

For the next week I am in my absolute favourite place with a lot of my favourite people #Rydal #Orchestra

A view from a 2nd floor window.
Looking over a yellowing croquet lawn from the diagonal point of view; there are lots of trees in the background and a single large mature tree to the left. The sky is grey and cloudy but it is still warm.

Jayne @jaynee-b· 26d

Got some excellent (if I say so myself) bee photos this morning while we were waiting on campus for other people to arrive. There were two very busy feeding on a thistle. #bees I’m particularly proud of the third pic 🐝

Two bumblebees on a thistle head in the sun.
One is viewed from behind, the second is behind the first and is angled more from above, but still behind

The same two bees, having moved round the thistle so they are both now on the right side as we look at it, viewed from in front & above

A close up of one of the bees, side on. It is facing the right, perched on the thistle. There are flecks of pollen visible on its head & fluffy yellow back

Jayne @jaynee-b· Jul 14

As promised… it’s a success!

Screenshot from a message thread: a 7yr old in a red T-shirt (from the shoulders down for anonymity) with an open book on his lap. Caption - Totally absorbed
Message below - When I got him to respond (3rd attempt) he said “it’s REALLY GOOD!”

Jayne @jaynee-b· Jul 9

The temperature inside my car as I leave work #TooHot

The corner of the display screen in my car.
The time: 16:56
The date: 09/07/2026
The temperature: 37°c

Jayne @jaynee-b· Jun 27

Snoozing Tasha on my* office chair on her cooling mat with a fan on my desk blowing cool air but no she’s not spoilt at all… #Caturday *it’s her chair, obvs. I just use it when I’m wfh

Gently snoring striped tabby cat loosely curled up on her side. She is on a grey cooling mat which is in turn on a grey office chair, which has a purple cardigan over the back of it.
The bottom of my orange sundress is next to it in a nice colour contrast way.
The photo is taken from above, so there’s a laminate wood-effect floor, and my feet in black sandals peeping out from under my dress.

Jayne @jaynee-b· Jun 26

I’ll take that!

Sliding scales of red & blue giving me a political-brain match the the current President of Mexico

Jayne @jaynee-b· Jun 26

Started videoing as the lightning flashed; edited out the first 8 seconds or so before the thunder started. It just kept rumbling on!

Jayne @jaynee-b· Jun 22

And it’s here! And it fits! cc @tim-burgess.bsky.social

Smiling selfie taken from slightly above so that the lettering on my new grey bucket hat is visible (The Charlatans)
My eyes are mostly obscured by the brim of the hat; long-ish dark hair is framing the left side of my face (which is a little bit pink from too much sun on Saturday)
The smile is a bit smug grin type because I’m very pleased with the hat

Jayne @jaynee-b· Jun 20

Don’t get me started! Plastic screws that lose grip or snap after a couple of months; springy useless page holder things… This is my stand: all metal & currently supporting quite the weight of music for the prom concert

Metal framed music stand on muddy ground with empty chairs in the background

Jayne @jaynee-b· Jun 20

Because it’s a concert day I’ve changed my earrings from my normal ones. Technically they are stitch markers but they are so ace it’s a #WhyNotBoth situation - they were a birthday present

My right ear, which has 7 piercings.
The earring in question is a silver metal octopus on a small hoop in the first hole of my earlobe

Jayne @jaynee-b· Jun 6

Went to #Tynemouth Priory & Castle this afternoon. Very grey & breezy but had a good wander round. Favourite photo is this door with its gorgeous hinges (or the ghost of hinges in places)

An old wooden door with ornate hinges at the bottom of a ruined/weathered sandstone wall. There are a series of stone arches surrounding the door.

A closer up image of the door, showing four ornate hinges with various levels of rust. Some parts have rusted away altogether but there are marks on the wood of the door showing where they used to be.

Jayne @jaynee-b· Jun 4

This is a cat check point. Relinquish your most recent cat picture on your phone. #ProofOfCat

Tasha, a black & brown striped tabby, curled up fast asleep in her new bowl (she wore a hole in the last one)

Jayne @jaynee-b· Jun 2

Made myself a new bracelet while listening to podcasts this evening #crafting

A friendship bracelet in grey/silver/purple/blue/green chevrons - two hours’ work

(the silver thread is not obvious in the photo, it looks a bit like double- grey but it’s sparkly in real life)

Jayne @jaynee-b· May 30

I’m being So Judged by the cat

Tasha, a black & brown striped tabby, looking at me with disdain for reliving my youth

Jayne @jaynee-b· May 30

At my parents, celebrating dad’s birthday. I’m not driving. 🥂🍾

A half empty glass of champagne on an outside table

Jayne @jaynee-b· May 28

I mean look at that cork

A “proper” cork still on the end of the corkscrew. It’s dark, dark red at the end and not mouldy. I think I might be drinking wine tonight

Jayne @jaynee-b· May 24

Bees in my garden this evening #nature

A bumble bee collecting pollen on a saxifrage flower

Jayne @jaynee-b· May 24

There are #bees on the flowers behind me. One of them was still for just long enough 🐝

Small white five-pedalled flowers with a pink centre and reddish stems - saxifrage - behind two of the flowers is a bumble bee, with a collection of orangey-yellow pollen on its back legs

Jayne @jaynee-b· May 24

Sat in the back garden in the shade, with a book & some fizz 📖 🥂 #HappyBankHoliday

The corner of a red brick house with the sun peeping over the roof line.
The sky is a glorious blue with not a cloud in sight

Jayne @jaynee-b· May 23

At Ripon Cathedral today playing in #Haydn’s The Creation. There are two choirs as well as soloists & the orchestra

Wooden vaulted cathedral ceiling above and a ten-panel stained glass window straight ahead; on the left near the ceiling are high-level non-stained glass arched windows with the sun streaming in

Jayne @jaynee-b· May 21

Sat in the garden having a break after strimming the “grass” (it’s mostly weeds & clover but it’s green so 🤷🏻‍♀️) And there’s a young male blackbird pottering about collecting grass completely unfazed by my presence

Slightly scruffy-looking male blackbird collecting grass in his beak, on freshly cut (sort of) grass. The photo is taken from the side, he is facing towards the right

Face-on photo of him on a different bit of grass, his beak is full of trimmings hanging out of either side

Jayne @jaynee-b· May 15

Open (it’s always open tbh) and I’m listening to the dulcet tones of a petrol hedge-trimmer from the house over the road.

Open window, with blue sky, fluffy white clouds, & a tree

Jayne @jaynee-b· May 14

Cat pic as politics tax #ProofOfCat

Snoozing tabby cat, curled up with her face a bit squished

Jayne @jaynee-b· May 10

Happy birthday! 🥳 Here’s Tasha doing a Big Yawn after Ch3 woke her up from a nap

Stripy tabby cat in her bowl on the cat tree, one front paw over the edge, doing a massive yawn. Her tongue is curled up at the bottom.

Jayne @jaynee-b· May 7

My new top arrived. It’s ace. Thanks @dochackenbush.bsky.social 😁

Jayne @jaynee-b· May 2

One of us is comfy… #Caturday