Lucy

@lucysmooshy

I live in Wiltshire and dream in glitter and cats. Queer af 🏳️‍🌈 Autistic. They/she. 30s. 💖💜💙

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Lucy@lucysmooshy· 18h

Also came across a second hand book sale at midnight in Cardiff Gate services, which was great for Catherine Cookson fans but not so great for anyone else.

A table of second hand books which are almost entirely Catherine Cookson books. There are literally only two by other authors.

Lucy@lucysmooshy· 19h

Spent yesterday in Cardiff to see Jimmy Eat World on the Bleed American 25th anniversary tour at the castle. Might genuinely be one of the best gigs I've ever been to.

Lucy (a white person with short hair and sunglasses) and Antony (a white person with a beard, wearing sunglasses and a cap) smile for a selfie in the castle grounds.

A view from a distance of the castle and stage, with lots of people sitting on the grass in the foreground.

Lucy@lucysmooshy· 21d

Before and after - a lot of growing in to do of course, but what a difference!

Lucy@lucysmooshy· 25d

... well, this was a surprise this morning.

Lucy@lucysmooshy· 27d

I'm supposed to be working but my mouse is somewhere under there.

The back half of a pale ginger cat, lying on a desk against a keyboard.

Lucy@lucysmooshy· 28d

An insight into life with Freddie: I have been up for one hour and he has, thus far, demanded that I brush him three times.

A blurry photo of a pale ginger cat rubbing his forehead on a cat brush.

Lucy@lucysmooshy· Jul 16

Describe yourself in three characters.

Lucy@lucysmooshy· Jul 11

Belly rubs have been delivered 😻

Lucy@lucysmooshy· Jul 10

He *is*!

A ginger cat lying on his back on a desk.

Lucy@lucysmooshy· Jul 10

A year ago today we got the keys to our house, so we are celebrating in the appropriate and time-honoured way.

A caterpillar cake with a single candle.

Lucy@lucysmooshy· Jul 10

Frog!

Lucy@lucysmooshy· Jun 22

Freddie is insisting that he must still be my work buddy, despite it being so much hotter upstairs in my study than downstairs 🥵 he has, at least, compromised by giving up his usual spot on my desk and sought out a cooler bit of carpet instead.

Freddie, a pale ginger cat, stretched out on a mauve carpet.

Lucy@lucysmooshy· Jun 18

So do you get the full £400 off if you pretend not to know each other, or..?

A promo email from Jet2, advertising that apparently couples get a £300 discount instead of a £400 discount.

Lucy@lucysmooshy· Jun 7

This right here is a BLOODY LUCKY MOUSE.

Lucy@lucysmooshy· Jun 6

We occasionally have reason to drive past this shop, and I am forever wild with curiosity about what makes their dentures so unique.

A shop front for "Unique Dentures". The signage is violently green and there is a skull in the window.

Lucy@lucysmooshy· May 30

The mega-cheap, tiny cardboard scratcher? Bed. The big, fancy scratcher bed? Pillow.

A ginger cat lying on a small cardboard scratcher with his head on a much larger, fancier, sisal scratcher bed.

Lucy@lucysmooshy· May 23

Finally got around to snapping a couple of photos of my "finished" study. I still want to grow the cosiness over time with more stuff on the walls and a lot more trinkets, but I am very happy with version 1!

A small gallery wall on a dark blue wall

A dark wood bookcase with trinkets against a blue wall

A desk in the corner of a study, in front of a window, with several framed pictures and two corner shelves above it.

Lucy@lucysmooshy· May 22

You inspired me.

Bad photoshop of what Kizzia describes above: a cheap "magician" costume with a ginger cat's face over the top. The cat has a bad fake moustache and is saying "Meowbracadabra". A mouse spins off to the right with the words "o shit".

Lucy@lucysmooshy· May 22

It's @antonycull.bsky.social day! Please go and wish them the happiest birthday! (Freddie already gave his gift a little early last night: a live mouse which proved to be fun for all the family.)

A homemade chocolate and caramel layer cake with "happy birthday" bunting in rainbow colours.

Lucy@lucysmooshy· May 20

Bodley Head Career Novels For Girls. I am obsessed. Personally I will be keeping an eye out for Rennie Goes Riding (how progressive for the 1950s) and Sue Takes Up Physiotherapy.

Have you read the other Bodley Head
Career Novels for Girls?

They are a series of entertaining, well written books designed to give you all the information you may need about a parti- cular career - and each book is a first-rate story, too.

Air Hostess Ann, Pamela Hawken
The Lee Twins: Beauty Students, Mary Elwyn Patchett Sally Grayson: Wren, Joan Llewelyn Owens
June Grey: Fashion Student, Lorna Lewis Janet Carr: Journalist, Josephine Kamm Pan Stevens: Secretary, Pamela Hawken Joan Goes Farming, Monica Edwards Jane: Young Author, Valerie Baxter
Molly Hilton: Library Assistant, Bertha Lonsdale Molly Qualifies as a Librarian, Bertha Lonsdale Valerie: Fashion Model, Lorna Lewis Sarah Joins the W.R.A.F., Shirley Darby Kate in Advertising, Ann Barton
Elizabeth: Young Policewoman, Valerie Baxter Clare in Television, Pamela Hawken Judith Teaches, Mabel Esther Allan Student Almoner, Josephine Kamm Rennie Goes Riding, Monica Edwards Shirley: Young Bookseller, Valerie Baxter Sheila Burton: Dental Assistant, Anne Barrett Judy Bowman: Therapist, Lorna Lewis Juliet in Publishing, Elizabeth Churchill Hester: Ship's Officer, Valerie Baxter Margaret Becomes a Doctor, Joan Llewelyn Owens Pauline Becomes a Hairdresser, Elizabeth Grey Sue Takes up Physiotherapy, Joan Llewelyn Owens Amanda in Floristry, Jane Sheridan

Lucy@lucysmooshy· May 20

Absolutely top-tier charity shop find today.

Front cover of "Pat Madonald - Sales Assistant" by Elizabeth Grey. The illustration shows a young woman holding up a blouse to - presumably - a customer.

Dust jacket inside: When Pat Macdonald left school, she had to find herself a job where she could earn as she learned, for since her father had been killled in a motor accident, her mother's health was fast deteriorating. And it was here that Christine Welman, a neighbour and old school-friend, came to her help by suggesting that Pat should join her at the big London store where she was training to be a Buyer.
So began a new life for Pat - and indeed for her mother - for they had to leave their sea-side home in Whitecliffe and take a small flat in London. Halfway through her training, Pat was faced by yet another big problem, but the decision she took opened up a fresh and interesting side of sales- manship to her.
This is the story of life in a store, seen through the eyes of one of its most junior assistants: the excitement of making a first sale; of working among beautiful things; of meeting a wide variety of people - colleagues and customers - and learning an absorbing job. To obtain the authentic information, the author took a series of jobs in a variety of stores, and her resulting novel makes an interesting and informative addition to the series.

Lucy@lucysmooshy· May 19

Welcomed home by someone wanting, again, to steal my chips. (No, I don't know why he wants the chips - especially when there is fish *right there* - either.)

A ginger cat reaching for the chips on a plate of fish and chips.

Lucy@lucysmooshy· May 19

I took basically no photos in Brighton except for several flea market horrors and Saint Paul Sundays but I think that's a sign of a good trip.

An action man with the label "naked masked man, £6". This is accurate. He is naked except for a red mask tied around the lower half of his face.

A wind up vintage crawling baby doll, missing clothes which gives it the appearance of being a tram car with a horrifying giant baby head and limbs.

A gas mask with "rodents" written on one eye.

A church sign which looks like it's advertising "Saint Paul Sundays".

Lucy@lucysmooshy· May 15

Popping in because it's been too long since you've seen Freddie.

A pale ginger cat lying on his back with his front paws in the air.

A pale ginger cat curled around a keyboard with his back legs stretched out on top of it

A pale ginger cat lying on his side on an orange carpet, with a number of toys on top of him

A pale ginger cat curled up on an unmade bed.

Lucy@lucysmooshy· Apr 17

I realise that it's generally considered not ideal to have things growing between your paving slabs, but I can't help but feel that our patio looks rather glorious.

A patio with daisies, dandelions and lots of forget-me-not growing between the paving slabs.

Lucy@lucysmooshy· Apr 13

A fence with a cat-sized hole cut in one board.

Lucy@lucysmooshy· Apr 12

I have had to let this knob in through the front door twice so far this evening 🙃 Tomorrow we will be cutting a cat-size hole in the side gate.

A ginger cat in full loaf, attempting to sniff the camera.

Lucy@lucysmooshy· Apr 11

Beginning the process of redecorating my study now that it's no longer Freddie's base. I am grateful that there is only one wall that was wallpapered (this cannot be said for the rest of the house 🫠) Not bad for 90 minutes of (mostly Antony's) work!

A wall, mostly yellow, with scraps of wallpaper littering the floor and some still attached.

Lucy@lucysmooshy· Apr 7

Emergency cat picture

Freddie, a pale ginger cat, curled up on his scratcher bed. His paws are folded neatly in front of him and his eyes are closed in a smile.

Lucy@lucysmooshy· Mar 21

Gardening is, apparently, good for my hair volume.