Dr Mel T (@drmel) · DIRTY

Dr Mel T

@drmel

🇦🇺ex-Microbiologist in 🇬🇧 again adrift from Academia…. Disabled STEMMinist who has pivoted to Arts and Humanities as a Textile Freelancer. #FuckMS #OneHealth 🌈 pan&poly she/her

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Dr Mel T@drmel· 26d

Mel, in a red dress, looking hot. Circa 2016

Dr Mel T@drmel· Jul 12

I plugged mine in then rode a hired mobility scooter from my boot into town to get Sushi takeaway on Friday. By the time I’d trundled back, it had almost finish charging on a public fast charger.

Folding mobility scooter with takeaway bags on the seat sits beside a wall with flower pots either side.

Dr Mel T@drmel· Jul 10

Now with #AltText

Cottrell was born in 7 October 1993 in London, England. His father, Mark Cottrell, a businessman and landowner from
Gloucestershire, attended Gordonstoun School with Prince Andrew. 21 His mother, Fiona Watson, a daughter of Rupert Watson, 3rd Baron Manton (d. 2003), is a former glamour model and girlfriend of Charles III when he was Prince of Wales. 31 His uncle Alexander Fermor-Hesketh, 3rd Baron Hesketh, who is married to his maternal aunt Claire Watson, was a senior Conservative Party politician before joining the UK Independence Party (UKIP). [4]
On 12 September 2024 it was reported that his mother had donated £500,000 to Reform UK

Dr Mel T@drmel· Jul 3

Apparently ‘Green cars are unlucky’ but I’m channelling @elisabethbik.bsky.social when I ordered my first full EV! Picked it up today! Very exciting to drive compared to my Granny Toyota Yaris Sports.

Maxie the Mini Countryman AWD EV in British racing green with a black roof.

Dr Mel T@drmel· Jun 29

My ‘Tess’ is looking glorious

Red roses in a half wine barrel looking fabulous in NW England.

Dr Mel T@drmel· Jun 25

TEXTILES FTW!!! I’m into needle felting and fancy wool processing at the moment.

2D needle felted ‘painting with wool’ scene of Peel tower on Holcombe Hill, near Ramsbottom, UK

Dr Mel T@drmel· Jun 23

Here’s a picture of my roses as a reward for such efforts!

A rose bush in a half wine barrel covered with 10 iridescent pink bloom. It’s the David Austin ‘Gabriel Oak’ cultivar.

Dr Mel T@drmel· Jun 22

Meanwhile, in Moorland Lancashire:

Screen shot of Rossendale Weather for the next 10 days. 26c, 29c, 31c, 31c, 24c then 5 days of rain 19-21c

Dr Mel T@drmel· Jun 20

It would be lovely! Examples from last week attached!

Cyanotype print using lace and plants after washing

Cyanotype printing set up with flowers and lace under a Perspex sheet to create a ‘negative’ picture.

Dr Mel T@drmel· Jun 20

Picture for completeness:

An Oak topped kitchen island is stained with Prussian Blue stain and needs to be sanded down and re-sealed with Danish Oil to repair.

Dr Mel T@drmel· Jun 18

There’s nothing like a basic and elegant machine and it’s pithy instruction manual to teach you the basics of mechanical sewing (literally, hand cranked!)

A Singer 99K hand cranked sewing machine with a few poorly tensioned attempts at lock stitching. Success on the 3rd needle plus 5th attempt! Instruction manual open at ‘HINTS’

Dr Mel T@drmel· Jun 17

Exhibit A:

A cartoon of two protestors with English flags who are shouting at an injured woman entering a victim support centre with the caption 'was it an immigrant or did you deserve it?'

Dr Mel T@drmel· Jun 16

The postage tomorrow might be more! Look at this Sassy Sherazade print!

Burgundy Sherazade themed cotton print fabric from the 1980’s

Dr Mel T@drmel· Jun 16

Well, well… ended up fetching in a 1980’s vintage stash from a local textile artist Marguerite Heywood this evening. So many lovely vintage prints on ‘proper’ fabrics!

Fabric swatches in high quality cotton with funky patterns labelled from the early 1980s

Dr Mel T@drmel· Jun 16

It’s fairly loose weave. This interesting sky blue is a tighter weave. And there’s a large piece!

Blue and white square weave fabric

Dr Mel T@drmel· Jun 16

I figure cotton / linen would be best. Here’s a selection from this bag:

Scraps of Cotton prints with linen

Detail of hand embroidered floral corner on dark green linen

Dr Mel T@drmel· Jun 16

Pics:

Vintage scrap material donated to my textiles club

Bin liner of textile scraps, many in vintage fabrics

Dr Mel T@drmel· Jun 12

Friday night at Oldham Library, with Divina de Campo from Ru Paul’s Drag Race season 1 ) (runner up)

Drag Race Star Divina de Campo at the Oldham Library events space, speaking about her love of libraries and librarians. In a Blonde beehive wig and a white spangly wide leg trouser suit with pink glitter heels.

Dr Mel T@drmel· Jun 10

Needle felting? Can recommend non computer based activities.

Three needle felted hearts on a pad with a needle sticking out of it.

Dr Mel T@drmel· Jun 9

(((Hugs))) Here’s a picture of one of my roses.

Hand cups a bright pink double rose bloom

Dr Mel T@drmel· Jun 4

My first of two #MND funerals this week today. 61 yo is too young.

Picture of a Wake buffet with the image of a person in their graduation robes with tea cups and a heart wreathe made up with pink roses

Dr Mel T@drmel· Jun 2

For you, a picture from my (tiny) garden.

Large unfurled dark pink rose as bid as the hand cupping it gently.

Dr Mel T@drmel· May 31

Thanks for the heads up, fortune cookie! What’s the price for a kidney these days?

Fortune cookie slip which reads: ‘Your real fortune is inside you’

Dr Mel T@drmel· May 30

This is my favourite quote about shame and I live by it.

Picture of Anais Nin next to her quote ‘Shame is the lie someone told you about yourself’

Dr Mel T@drmel· May 29

I have pets - bought mammalian and of the plant variety.

Daisy the Tortie Cat looks to the RHS WITH Buttercup flowers behind

Red climbing rose in a large pot scrambles up an obelisk 6-7 blooms open

Dr Mel T@drmel· May 26

Wow! So cool! I’ve been doing lots of textiles. These are needle felted Bonnie Tyler vigil hearts.

Three needle felted hearts - one blue and white, one red and orange and one green

Dr Mel T@drmel· May 24

I’ve found a @pcawdron.bsky.social book on my bookshelf that I can’t remember reading. Let’s give it a go and see if it’s my broken brain forgetting or a true new read!

‘Welcome to the occupied states of America’ book cover with an outline of a US map with a stylised star spangled banner. Stars replaced by Alien skulls

Dr Mel T@drmel· May 18

How does the block work on this platform? I’ve had a crypto arse blocked for years, but they’ve just added me to a ‘can’t tell the difference between a technology and a corporation’ list? PS I can tell, both LLMs and Corps are evil

Dr Mel T@drmel· May 11

It’s why I now spend my days stabbing fluff to stop myself from screaming into the void.

Three needle felted woollen hearts resting on a cushion

Dr Mel T@drmel· May 8

My hearts out for Bonnie Tyler

Needle felting pad with 3 x 3D hearts on top