Jackie

@plasterjak

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

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Jackie@plasterjak· 8d

🌱2nd flush starting, Vanessa Bell and Gertrude Jekyll

Light yellow rose with green leaves and buds surrounding

Pink rose withe green leaves surrounding

Jackie@plasterjak· 12d

I like this combo!

Sea holly lavender blue hues against a backdrop of yellow from the creeping jenny

Jackie@plasterjak· 12d

🌱Two echinacea survived the slugs and snails, others were scoffed early on. Rudbeckia planted to honour my Dad, his favourites.

Two Pink echinacea inthe foreground with yellow rudbeckia behind

Jackie@plasterjak· 23d

This was on the back of the door from the storage area in the old Mark's and Spencers shop, Keighley. I've never worked in retail so don't know if it's a common sign. I found it a bit odd!

A large sign fixed to a door saying Are You Questioning Strangers? Red lettering, the word You in a different font

Jackie@plasterjak· Jul 6

🌱Garden is very windswept today

Nepeta in the background, purple loosestrife, blue and magenta cornflowers in the foreground

Jackie@plasterjak· Jun 27

A nice reminder of how far my garden has come in 4 years and a pleasure to be able to use it today. Fed up of hiding from the heat.

Two photos, a before and after shot of the garden. The first a concrete desert, the second a chaotic but very green space

Jackie@plasterjak· Jun 25

Says an old, out dated TV show host, extremely incontinent

Jackie@plasterjak· Jun 17

I'm a saddo, took this photo of the garden at almost peak frothyness because I'm up in Scotland for 6 days cat sitting for my daughter. I will miss my flowers! Husband will send me photo's of our cat 😁

A bed of mock orange, roses, sweet william in my garden

Jackie@plasterjak· Jun 14

🌱Painted Ladies are new visitors to this garden and they are very welcome. Enjoying the nepeta which has gone a bit wayward, constant drone of bumble bees all over it

PaintedLady butterfly feeding on the nepeta

Jackie@plasterjak· Jun 9

🌱 Emily Brontë rose, David Austin. After a rain shower. Pub lunch today but no booze in solidarity with my mate who can't drink any longer. We just get excited for fish goujons 😋

Close up of an open rose bloom with many petals, 3 reddish buds surrounded by rich green leaves

Jackie@plasterjak· Jun 3

🌱been waiting for the roses to open up. Here's Scarborough Fair, David Austin.

A close up of an open pink rose surrounded by green leaves

Jackie@plasterjak· Apr 27

Walked via Holden Park in Oakworth which has a victorian man made grotto all down one side courtesy of sir Isaac Holden I guess

A view of a pathway through a man made grotto with boulders either side, plants growing amongst them

Jackie@plasterjak· Apr 22

The evening routine has commenced, Barry comes to sit on my knee, half on half off due to his wobbly backend. After a minute of stroking I say don't lick my jumper 🙄 He gives it a while then tries to steal the seat. All a ploy to get me to warm the sofa. Every night 😅

Close up of a tabby cat sitting on my knee

Jackie@plasterjak· Apr 22

Happy plod round the fields and wood this morning. Beautiful sunshine, dry paths but fab to find the pond had filled and a duck making the most of it. It was dry last year. My legs are waking up their muscle memory, heart is a little way behind, more practice needed!

A view up through the trees in the wood. The sunlight is shining down on the mossy hill

A mallard duck dipping upside down in a pond

A moss covered high stone wall, with a gap making an entrance into the wood

Jackie@plasterjak· Apr 13

🌱The Pasque flower has opened in sunshine today

3 flowers open on this pasque flowers, cerise pink petals with yellow centre

Jackie@plasterjak· Apr 12

The painting Snowmen from the Jim Moir exhibition at Cartwright Hall Bradford. I loved this one, it is sculptural and bizarre. Look at those teeth!

6 gorilla like heads painted in a white wash which makes the grotesque realism of their grotty human like teeth really stand out

Jackie@plasterjak· Apr 9

Yawn, I'm so tired after 2 poor nights of sleep, due to a wobbly cat. I'd go for a lie down but....

Sleeping tabby cat on my bed up near the pillow

Jackie@plasterjak· Mar 30

Sad to hear Glen Baxter has gone today. I still have this poster, it was signed but the signature faded a long time ago, we ambushed him in the Manor House and he was kind enough to indulge us enthusiastic art students. Always fond of his stuff

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!"

Jackie@plasterjak· Feb 23

A post of ladybirds and a corner of donkeys! Very breezy walk, cobwebs truly blown away

A close up of a wooden fence post with a cluster of ladybirds huddled together

The corner of a field with 8 donkeys sheltering, on a very breezy day

Jackie@plasterjak· Jan 5

Very tempting to pack him away! Just got a refund from the vets after being charged twice for the same antibiotics. Been stewing about that all weekend

Tabby cat sitting in a large red Christmas tree storage bag

Jackie@plasterjak· Jan 2

Little does he know, he's off to the vets soon

Tabby cat curled up, asleep on a bean bag

Jackie@plasterjak· Dec 27

Barry forming a backwards question mark. Fitting for the between times of Christmas and New Year.

Tabby cat sitting on a sofa, his tail curled up vertically on the cushion behind him

Jackie@plasterjak· Dec 23

Merry Christmas from our household. Barry was caught mirroring the expression on the kangaroo tree ornament! Warm wishes for a cosy time 🎄

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

Jackie@plasterjak· Dec 16

Had a muddy walk but managed to stay upright 😁 lovely day. Returned to the vets with the extra medication I'd got yesterday- wrong dose! I opened them and wondered how the hell I'd get them down the cat they were huge. Gave me 400mg instead of 40mg! All sorted now

Jackie@plasterjak· Dec 9

Threw my Christmas wreath together yesterday. I was pleased to find the local garden centre were giving away tree offcuts for a donation to the hospice I already volunteer for 😊 Enjoyed clipping bits from the garden and putting it together. May wear thin after the next 3 I need to make

A Christmas garland or wreath made from greenery from the garden

Jackie@plasterjak· Nov 29

Here's proof I managed to deliver the bridesmaid to my daughter's wedding! It was a fantastic day

Wedding photo with the bride sitting down, her bridesmaid sitting on the arm of the settee. A Christmas tree behind them

Jackie@plasterjak· Nov 14

Barry freaked me out with this pupil shape, I was sick with worry. Later it became more normal. Had a phone call with the vet and she's reassured me. Will follow up in a month. OMG, I'm now indulging in a worry free morning 😊

Photo of a tabby cat's eye with an abnormal shaped pupil

Jackie@plasterjak· Nov 6

Its been a rotten few days, Barry came off worse in a cat scrap and his eye was caught. He's beginning to recover but not keen on the 4x a day eye drops etc. My poor little soldier! Off to the vets again on Monday

Tabby cat sitting on a window sill, one yellow eye, one red

Jackie@plasterjak· Oct 29

Well there's no getting away from it, I hit 60 today. Curry with the girls later

Two birthday cards both with a large number 60 on the front, a ceramic pig ornament between them

Jackie@plasterjak· Oct 27

Just home from a 7 mile round walk taking in Haworth moor. Avoided Main St because its half term and its been recently tick tocked 😆