Selina Lock
@selinalock
Crafter, research librarian, lapsed writer, former editor of The Girly Comic, watcher of kdrama, jdrama, tdrama, has ME/CFS, based in Leicester UK
Had a good time at (Pirate) Caption comic festival - one of the only non-capitalist motivated comic cons in the UK (as pointed out by @karriefransman.bsky.social ). Exhausted now. Will write more about it at some point. Well done to the committee. Lovely to see old friends & make new ones.
I obviously very much enjoyed the talk yesterday at Caption by @rickardsisters.com about their graphic novel adaptations of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, No Surrender & This Slavery. Which one to read first?!
This weekend's shenanigans involve volunteering at Pirate Caption - Oxford's small press & indie comics festival. When we were on the Caption committee the pirate theme was suggested every year - those new crazy kids have only gone & done it this year!
I ventured up to the third floor of the library today to our overlooked transport history collection. To reborrow some books I used for my Lady of the Skies comic strip research. We have a couple of shelves of books about Zeppelins! #universityofleicesterlibrary #academiclibraries #zeppelins 📚
The Adventure Game is an early forerunner of Escape Rooms... Only with the threat of evaporation & Argonds giving hints. Tonight's viewing... With @signorfurioso.bsky.social
More random family archive stuff - Jay's cousin David went on an Educational Cruise to the Mediterranean in 1971 (apparently they were a thing in England in the 60s/70s, on converted troop ships). This was his expenses... #socialhistory #educationalhistory
Sorting through some of Jay's Aunt's archives we've found a box of slides. Some seem to be football ones from around 1966... Assume this was football merch at the time?
My parent's dog Finn having a wheelie good time. Wheels provided by the fabulous Pumpkin & Friends Charity UK. The wheels have given her mobility back, after her one back leg developed arthritis. #dogsofbluesky #dogsky
Tonight's nostalgic viewing with @signorfurioso.bsky.social is The Adventure Game. We watched one from Series 1 & this one is Series 3. I didn't imagine that they did disintegrate contestants (at least in S1)
Our amazing wedding book cake which was gifted to us by our friends Adele & Tom, and made by Cake Rack Lutterworth. It was a vanilla sponge with white chocolate ganache & raspberry jam. The book marker is fudge, page edges are rice paper. With @signorfurioso.bsky.social #weddingcake #bookcake
Our book theme came together surprisingly well... Glad about that after all the crafting! Kudos to my sister for making 100m of book page bunting. #bookthemedwedding #weddingcrafting #papercrafting #bookpagecrafting
Our wedding ceremony & reception yesterday was very special thanks to all our friends & family Here's our cake topper figures in front of the massive (very tasty) book cake.
99% done with wedding decoration crafting... Which is a good job, as it's on Saturday 🤣 Look away if you disagree with recycling books as crafts... Here's some I made earlier... #bookthemedwedding #bookcrafts #crafting #weddingcrafting
Going through photos & remembering my teenage years, when we kept Avocets (as you do)... #birds #avocet #photobombingbird
Tonight's film choice by @signorfurioso.bsky.social Been a while since we've seen this.
Bank Holiday viewing with @signorfurioso.bsky.social Doctor Who - Pyramids of Mars, probably one of the stories I've seen the most times. Having been gifted a VHS boxset of it in the 90s. No doubt some problematic stereotypes and cultural appropriation, but still a story that I'm fond of.
My sister & I had a really lovely morning at the chocolate tasting workshop at the local, ethical chocolate shop Cocoa Amore UK. We got to make a bar of chocolate & truffles each 🍫
Happy Book Birthday 🎂 to our friend @danribotagain.bsky.social whose historical fantasy romance is out today. #books #booksky #reading #historicalfantasy amzn.eu/d/07lFbZNs
Finished Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher yesterday. Recommended for those the enjoy interesting fairy-tale retellings from a different character point of view. #booksky #reading #books #fairytales
For anyone that fancies trying a Thai Supernatural drama, with a large side-order of mm romance, then Khemjira has dropped on Netflix UK. I really enjoyed this series. #mmromance #blseries
Pretty sure this food order app is lying to me about how many calories are in these pizzas.... But, hey, we can pretend 😂
One of our 'not our cat' visitors is back now the weather is nicer. They seem to like the untamed nature of our garden & sitting on our wall in the sun. Note: Toadstool ornament was already knocked over 😂 #cats
Randomly browsing Netflix looking for easy watching while in a #mecfs flare. Found there's a 2024 remake of Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead. A fun enough watch & remake with a predominantly black cast. I have a nostalgic fondness for the 1991 version, even though the concept is unbelievable.
Awesome gig by Swedish rock band Royal Republic last night at Rock City, Nottingham. Staff very helpful with all the disabled seating. Today I will be paying in PEM & pain. Band photo during their acoustic interlude. #royalrepublic #rockcity #musicgig
In other news this weekend - Finn living her best life on her wheels. Wheels courtesy of Pumpkin & Friends Charity pumpkinandfriendscharity.org #dogs #wheelies #disableddogs
Very cold after 2hr meeting on campus in an unheated, primarily glass room. Back home under blankets & wearing my lovely hand warmers (fingerles mittens?) made by a friend.
Pretty. No nature piccies to hand, so this was from Boxing Day (when visiting family).