Sophia Grene

@sophiagrene

Too tired to do much, but interested in so many things.

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Sophia Grene@sophiagrene· 22d

My husband loves his duck crocs.

Pair of large yellow crocs with weird patterns like fingerprints but very 3d, on an unvacuumed blue carpet.

Sophia Grene@sophiagrene· Jul 13

I love this one (from the eastern coast of Ireland) but I’ve no idea what it is.

Dark green pebble with lighter green lines criss-crossing it.

Sophia Grene@sophiagrene· Jul 9

Here are Potato (meow) and Cinnamon (woof) pretending to be cows and eating grass. I don’t know why they do this, but it’s one of their favourite games.

A dog and a cat eating grass at the roadside. They are both white, with red and grey splotches respectively.

Sophia Grene@sophiagrene· Jul 7

I’m in awe of this bee that is about to enter a portal to another universe.

A badly composed photo of a bee investigating a blue geranium flower. The centre of flower is somehow lit so that it looks like a glowing portal.

Sophia Grene@sophiagrene· Jun 20

@phaneritic.bsky.social may I trespass on your good will once more? Do you have any ideas about these two?

A stone broken in half. There are layers of smooth grey and yellow stone on the outside and white bubbly stone on the inside.
It is sitting on a pile of stones of varying colours.

A round grey stone with white blobs all over it. It is in a basket on top of lots of smaller, darker stones.

Sophia Grene@sophiagrene· Jun 18

This is Cinnamon trying to scrump my mother’s gooseberries.

A red and white Irish setter with her muzzle buried in a gooseberry bush.

Sophia Grene@sophiagrene· Jun 18

This currently my favourite. I think it looks like the song of the sea.

A round flat stone, dark grey, with thin white horizontal lines peppered with white dots like a mad musician’s stave.

Sophia Grene@sophiagrene· Jun 18

Lepidopterists of Bluesky, is this just an elderly Painted Lady with its colours faded?

A brown butterfly with darker and lighter spots, and some very pale green spots. Its wings are ragged. It is resting on grass and daisy leaves.

Sophia Grene@sophiagrene· Jun 8

What is the weird blue thing where the clouds should be?

Dazzlingly blue sky above green trees. The only thing visible in the sky is a faint dot that is the moon.

Sophia Grene@sophiagrene· May 26

Pup and cat sharing my lap. Barely room for me!

Looking down on a white and grey cat and a red and white Irish setter wearing a green post-surgery onesie. They both sitting on my lap and are staring at something on the ground.

Sophia Grene@sophiagrene· May 21

Irish red and white beauty, name of Cinnamon.

A red and white Irish setter in long grass, with daisies in front of her and bluebells and trees behind.

Sophia Grene@sophiagrene· May 19

I took this in Wicklow town yesterday. Aren’t the colours amazing?

A green river is bounded in the foreground by a bank golden-brown with pine needles and on the other side by a bank of trees in their spring leaves. Cutting off our view of that is a branch of the pine tree from which the needles fell, a horizontal line echoing the river and its banks.

Sophia Grene@sophiagrene· May 6

The above-mentioned glorious view.

The sky is very bright blue with white clouds breaking the monotony. To the left a telegraph pole and to the right an alder sapling rise above the horizon. Below that we see green trees and a bright yellow field of oilseed rape. Next layer down is deeper yellow gorse and white may blossom, and below that is the road and the crash barriers.

Sophia Grene@sophiagrene· May 6

Stopping for a coffee in the sun while charging my car. As well as good coffee, glorious sunshine and picturesque views, this place features a pair of friendly Irish wolfhounds.

An Irish wolfhound seen from above as it inspects my trousers.

Sophia Grene@sophiagrene· Apr 19

@athenepallas.bsky.social The violets are also stunning this year. Patches of blue on roadside banks everywhere.

Wild violets among lots of green leafy things.

Sophia Grene@sophiagrene· Apr 17

If you close your eyes, you should be able to smell a rich, coconutty smell

A close up of golden gorse flowers, almost covering up the dark green prickles.

Sophia Grene@sophiagrene· Apr 17

It’s a wonderful year for primroses here in Ireland.

Wild primroses, palest yellow with a richer, almost orange tint at their heart, growing on a grassy bank.

Sophia Grene@sophiagrene· Apr 8

Fraughan flowers - pronounced frocken. That’s the local name for wild blueberries, and I love the flowers too.

A green bush with little red spherical flowers. Although not a sunny day, it is bright enough to make the pale green leaves glow.

Sophia Grene@sophiagrene· Mar 22

I am ridiculously proud of my little crocheted octopus/Amish puzzle ball. It’s full of imperfections, but crochet is great for hiding errors.

A purple crocheted octopus with an Amish puzzle ball sticking out of its head. I followed the brilliant pattern by Dedri from LookWhatIMade.net, but all the quirks and character (mistakes) are my own addition.

Sophia Grene@sophiagrene· Mar 20

There were more spectacular magnolias at the National Botanic Gardens (Kilmacurragh) yesterday, but I fell in love with these melodramatically fainting blossoms.

Pink magnolia blossoms against an intensely blue sky. The giant petals have spread out so the flowers look enormous on the bare branches.

Sophia Grene@sophiagrene· Mar 15

My morning began with a procession of my three teenagers, bringing me coffee, fresh brownies and this nosegay gathered from the garden. I feel very loved.

An old blue milk of magnesia bottle used as a base for a small bunch of daffodils, narcissi and blue and white hyacinths. It smells sweet, but not overpowering.

Sophia Grene@sophiagrene· Feb 13

I love this in Tallaght University Hospital. One day all hospitals will have libraries for bored patients and their families. All credit to South Dublin Libraries. That’s the kind of innovation we like to see.

A vending machine library, with a sign telling us it is The Little Library (in Irish An Leabharlann Beag).

Sophia Grene@sophiagrene· Feb 12

Amazing! Thank you so much. And now I HAVE to make a mat so I can train our dog to sit quietly on it. I wonder how that will go.

A blurred red and white Irish setter running out of shot with her ears flying.

Sophia Grene@sophiagrene· Feb 5

Doesn’t this look cosy and home-like? Mug trees are really annoying, cluttering up the counter and too easy to knock over.

A shelf with glass jars of dry goods on it - in shot are sugar, Szechuan peppercorns, pistachios and an empty jar with a blue plastic scoop in it. Hanging from hooks affixed to the shelf are mugs, one blue pottery with a pale blue decorative spiral, one white, burgundy and fawn, commemorating the 200th anniversary of the founding of Birkbeck College.

Sophia Grene@sophiagrene· Feb 4

I’m sorry things are so hard. Would a stick help? Cinnamon is convinced there is no situation not improved by a stick.

An Irish red and white setter is offering you a ‘stick’. In reality it is a very twiggy branch that will trip her up and tear into component twigs if you pull it as she desires.
She is nevertheless very pleased with herself for finding it.

Sophia Grene@sophiagrene· Jan 30

Naval signal flag. It is white with a red diamond and its meaning, printed underneath, is I AM DISABLED; COMMUNICATE WITH ME

Sophia Grene@sophiagrene· Jan 27

Here are Potato and Cinnamon, BFFs, showing what the world could be like if we just tried to get along. They wish you lots of luck!

A grey and white cat (Potato) and his best friend and devoted minion Cinnamon, an Irish red and white setter. All we can see is the tops of their heads plunged into the same feeding bowl.

Sophia Grene@sophiagrene· Jan 17

I couldn’t resist gathering these at the beach the other day. Please help me come up with some lovely craft plan to make my despoliation of the shore worthwhile.

A couple of dozen pink and white scallop shells laid out on a green tartan patterned oilcloth on a kitchen table. In the background, a mug and coffee pot.

Sophia Grene@sophiagrene· Dec 28

Retiring to live with your friend. Your friend hates you so much she sends you back to India.

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After retiring from teaching in 1970, Savitri Devi spent nine months at the Normandy home of her close friend Françoise Dior while she was working on her memoirs; although she was welcome at first, her annoying personal habits began to disrupt life at the presbytery (among her habits, she did not take baths during her stay and she continually chewed garlic).
Concluding that her pension would go much further in India and encouraged by Françoise Dior, she flew from Paris to Bombay on 23 June 1971. In August, she moved to New Delhi, where she lived alone, with a number of cats and at least one cobra.

Sophia Grene@sophiagrene· Dec 13

And this is why we moved to Ireland - for pound of butter as standard!