Dianne…

@joggerplodder

Mainly here for the dogs and cats. Scottish, Yorkshireish, Lancashireish. It costs nowt to be kind.

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Dianne…@joggerplodder· 27d

Cloudy and much cooler today, beach wander from Whitby to Saltwick Bay and back along the coastal path. Walking on thick seaweed and finding unexpected depths = very wet feet 😂

Whitby harbour at low tide, green rocks and cloudy sky

Wet sand with lots of puddles. Grey sky, the coastal cliffs are dark and looming.

More wet sand, puddles and seaweed, cloudy sky and an oppressively gloomy feel. Old Nab (rock formation) sits in the sea in the far distance

More wet sand, puddles, a grey rock formation and a photobomb by a gull

Dianne…@joggerplodder· 28d

This one

Dianne…@joggerplodder· 28d

After a dull start it turned into a perfect walking day today - pleasant, slight breeze, sunny but not too sunny. Over 14 miles in total so there will be jam doughnuts tonight 😁

Blue sky with a swirl of wispy cloud above a scene of fields golden with ripening cereal crops. There’s scrubby grass and wildflowers directly in front of us as we stand at the top of the cliff; the cliff can be seen sloping away gently to the right, it’s grassy but I wouldn’t like to try rolling down it.

Dianne…@joggerplodder· 29d

And for those of us NOT watching that thing with the ball, here’s a nice view at the back of where we’re staying for a week

Looking across a hedge with a spindly tree to the left, there’s a big field and more trees, then a small wood and even more fields beyond that. It’s a bit cloudy but some blue peeking through.

Dianne…@joggerplodder· Jul 8

@skyfeed.xyz been getting this message frequently for the last couple of days - Only Posts?

Dianne…@joggerplodder· Jul 2

IT’S TRYING TO BREAK IN! . . . slowly

A large black slug with its orange underside just visible. It’s meandering along the bottom of the window pane in a brown framed glass patio door. The rain washed stone of the patio flags are behind.

Dianne…@joggerplodder· Jun 28

I assume you’ve seen these references (still not cast iron tho)

Dianne…@joggerplodder· Jun 24

🎶I like big butts and I cannot lie🎶 Pretty sure these boys are half hippo.

Let’s just say we’re looking over a wire fence at the back ends of two of three big boy cows standing together on a patch of compacted earth in a paddock. They appear to have had butt lifts - these boys are RIPPED.
Beyond the paddock can be seen the side of the road bridge that crosses the small river that runs alongside it.

The front end of the three big boys. Two have shiny black coats and slightly grumpy faces (with whatchoo lookin’ at expressions), the third has a black coat with greyish brown dapples on it, as if it’s been splashed with spots of muddy rain and is looking slightly less annoyed. They’re standing on a patch of compacted earth in a paddock. Behind the paddock can be seen the roof of a gym in the nearby small retail park.

Dianne…@joggerplodder· Jun 22

Rubbish photo but squirrel is snoozing with one eye open 😂

A hedge with another hedge and trees behind. Sitting on top is a young squirrel with its head tucked down and its tail (quite ratty with its summer ‘plumage’) curled along its back. It’s having a nice little nap but the eye facing us is open.

Dianne…@joggerplodder· Jun 22

Not a miniature but one of my ‘grew up with’ dogs was a Yorkie. (Scruffy lump, no teeth, mahoosive character). He was an absolute joy to have around. DO IT!

Dianne…@joggerplodder· Jun 21

I’m very much enjoying ChatGPT’s answer to my description of the mixed emotions involved in your scenario - especially the last line 👏👏

Dianne…@joggerplodder· Jun 11

Dreich today so not many walk pics (Runswick Bay to Whitby). If you look VERY closely at the last photo you might just make out a hare belting off into the distance (we saw two, they were beautiful). And I didn’t manage to get a pic of the sweet little bright-eyed vole that I almost trod on 😱 x

Gloomy grey sky over dull green fields and shrubs on the cliff top and a grey sea below. It looks wet and it was.

Coos (several black and white ones and a toffee coloured one) sheltering in a field behind a fence under a small tree that has a bonsai shape.

Looking across scrubby grass with a few wind-beaten wild flowers (one pink, the rest are like large daisies) towards a patch of green field and beyond that to the sea. The coastline curves into the distance but is fogged by low cloud and rain.

A footpath leads away from us through the left hand edge of a green field, with longer grass to the left and a large bush (hawthorn maybe) in an oddly lopsided shape also on the left. If you zoom in on the path to the right of the bush there’s a mottled brown figure loping away from us - this is a very healthy looking hare making its escape from the STRANGERS. Another had darted off into the field to the right.

Dianne…@joggerplodder· Jun 10

Any road up, here’s some sandmartins (I think) being very busy. Sorry about the wobbly footage.

Dianne…@joggerplodder· Jun 10

We don't usually see each others headers. Here's mine. Quote post with yours.

A footpath running ahead of us through a tunnel of trees and grass. A man in sunglasses, short-sleeved shirt and shorts (which are similar colours to the surrounding plants and trees in the pic but in real life aren’t as green - as if his clothing has taken on chameleon qualities) is walking ahead of us and has just turned his head and shoulders as if to look at something to his right. He might’ve heard a bird or an animal or be looking out to the view on the right. Or maybe he was turning to listen to something I said (unlikely).

Dianne…@joggerplodder· Jun 10

Even with the tide fully in, there’s plenty of beach to go around.

Looking towards Whitby with our back to Sandsend (harbour just about visible sticking out to sea), there’s a big sky with dramatic clouds; brown sand, calm sea with just a lacy trim of froth, and a bit of cliff side to the right.

And turning 180° to the other picture, looking towards Sandsend, the sky is still big with slightly less dramatic clouds; brown sand, calm sea with just a lacy trim of froth, and a bit of cliff side to the left.

Dianne…@joggerplodder· Jun 10

Ooops

A bowl filled with Biscoff chocolate eggs. Well, at 20p each, who wouldn’t?

Dianne…@joggerplodder· Jun 8

Back to the happy place again.

Skinningrove beach, below the grassy cliff on which we stand. Silvery sea and grey and white clouds. The curves of the coastline, breakwater and beach all seem to echo each other.

In front of us is a grassy field with long grass and the white heads of wild margarita-type daisies making a sketchy drift of white across the middle of the picture. Above this is a line of small trees and hedges cutting left to right in a slight wave and a field rising in a similar wave shape to the right, behind which is a thin line of more trees which make a stark border against the horizon.
The sky is grey but brighter on the horizon just above the line of trees.

Immediately in front of us is the top of a grassy cliff on which we stand, and beyond is a glass-smooth sea in shades of silver and mercury. The blue sky above is patterned with white and grey clouds: somehow the blue shining through the clouds is reflecting on and making shadows on the sea in vertical stripes.

Immediately in front of us is the top of a grassy cliff on which we stand, sloping away to darker heath and the line of the cliff too and coast below curve away to the horizon on the left. The sea is glass-smooth in shades of silver and mercury. The blue sky above is patterned with white and grey clouds: somehow the blue shining through the clouds is reflecting on and making shadows on the sea in vertical stripes.

Dianne…@joggerplodder· Jun 4

Nice little parallel on my feed. It’s the little things, innit? Credit: @johnmuir.bsky.social @mrsnodes.bsky.social

Two images, top has a seagull’s head poking above a rain gutter. Bottom has a cat in a box but the cat is facing exactly the same way and has a near identical expression as the seagull.

Dianne…@joggerplodder· Jun 4

Also found these, my Nanan was catholic before she married my Grandad. The medallion refers to Our Lady of Knock in Ireland - possibly given to her by her mother; that side of the family was Irish. This is where only having a vague oral history lets us down ☹️.

A cheap wooden rosary with simple crucifix, the medallion says ‘I prayed for you at Knock’. A separate and chunkier crucifix to the side, which opens up to hold a piece of relic from a saint. Maybe that came from Knock, too? Who knows.

Dianne…@joggerplodder· Jun 4

This was found in the ‘tin box’* I remember it but don’t remember wearing it. Nearly 60 years of tarnish removed with a solution of bicarbonate of soda, white vinegar, salt and hot water. *biscuit tin when I was a kid.

A sterling silver christening bracelet - engraved with a leaf and flower pattern.

Dianne…@joggerplodder· May 30

Pretty pink peony. We planted it in lockdown, and each year it gets bigger and develops more flowers. The bees love it.

Two pale pink large blowsy peony flowers with several unopened buds. The petals are like tissue paper and centre of the flowers is a sunny yellow.

Dianne…@joggerplodder· May 30

Busy busy busy 🥰

Dianne…@joggerplodder· May 28

Found on Dad’s key ring, the tags from his last two dogs - the ones I grew up with 🥰. The tags are mine now. Never forgotten.

Two very tarnished, worn and dented round dog tags in a ring. One is brass, one is steel (maybe). Engraved by hand with their names in the way these things used to be done. Each is a bit smaller than a two pence piece.

Dianne…@joggerplodder· May 26

Teeny fuzzy birbs 🥰

Dianne…@joggerplodder· May 20

Well. The end of an era. He fought hard until the end. Na’Night Dad x

An old man with white hair and beard smiling cheerfully at an iced cake in front of him which has a cake topper on it - the topper says ‘legend since 1832’.
He’s wearing a purple sleeveless jumper and checked shirt. Behind him is a window with slatted blind. By his arm (right if pic) is a bottle of water on a black napkin which says ‘happy birthday’ in silvery lettering.

Dianne…@joggerplodder· May 19

Love this meadow. *holds phone under your chin to see if you like butter*

A meadow with buttercups. Trees under a blue sky with white puffy clouds.

A meadow with buttercups. Trees and hedges under a blue sky with white puffy clouds. Running along the bottom of the pic is the top rail of a wooden fence with a few scrubby shrubs peeping over it.

Dianne…@joggerplodder· May 17

Forgot to post this from our walk along the coast the other day. I mean 😳😳

What looks like a full scale surface to air missile launcher parked on a raised bit of ground in a field. People in yellow hi-vis jackets nearby.

A different angle of view of what looks like a full scale surface to air missile launcher parked on a raised bit of ground in a field. Behind and right is a wind turbine at distance.

Dianne…@joggerplodder· May 15

“You come near me and I’ll ‘ave you” (Yes I know the patio needs sweeping. We were away and I don’t have a house elf.)

A hedgehog at a water bowl, its head is reared back and its neck is tucked in as if it’s realised there is a cat behind it (which there is). Kitty is white with grey patches (bearing in mind it’s a b&w pic from a wildlife camera). The cat is staring straight at the camera.

He’s called Bruce, btw.

This time, just a few seconds later, the hedgehog has twisted its head towards the cat which has moved closer to the hog but is looking away from the camera now. You can almost hear the snarl coming from the hedgehog.

Dianne…@joggerplodder· May 15

After a few days of mixed weather it was glorious again yesterday (though cold): Staithes to Saltburn. We’ve not done the Staithes to Runswick stretch before but will definitely do it again. Bonus coos in t’field 😁

A wooden fence casts shadows on the footpath to its right, and draws the eye towards the field ahead which is on a cliff top. The cliff face is to the left of it, and curved like a letter B to the horizon. Calm sea below and blue sky with white fluffy clouds above.

Green grass under a mound of yellow gorse bushes with deep blue sea behind. Blue sky with a line of white cloud.

Two pretty black and white cows grazing on bright green grass, next to a twisted small hawthorn tree which has white blossom. Blue sea and sky begins with low white cloud in the horizon

A field of yellow rape seed in flower, almost head height, with blue sky and white clouds.

Dianne…@joggerplodder· May 13

We had some of that today, too 😬