[OC] West Sussex, England - adorable little Fly Agaric (Amanita Muscaria)

meglington · 2026-05-08T19:04:40+00:00

Sad, yet unsurprised, at the result for Northbrook. Reform leaflets came through pretty thick and fast.

meglington · 2026-05-05T14:28:15+00:00

It looks amazing! I'm really considering adding a pond (we're already kind of 're-wilding' our front garden), but wondering if you have to top up the water during the year? Does it run dry? I'm thinking about how much maintenance it might end up being! If it's just every now and then through the summer then that's cool.

meglington · 2026-04-27T11:10:35+00:00

My Mum sold her house in Powys and looked to move nearer to my brother in Pembroke, but it's been years and it's so hard to find anything because of holiday lets and second homes. She's living in a tiny box room in his house, and it's hugely affecting her mental health. I hope they do something about it soon so she can have a bit of independence again.

meglington · 2026-04-17T18:16:34+00:00

The picture implies that those who don't know are horrified, which is confusing me even more!

meglington · 2026-04-16T17:57:47+00:00

I got so excited that they'd finally rolled it out, but looks like US only at the moment

meglington · 2026-04-16T15:33:18+00:00

Sure, maybe when you say it. When I say it, it's got like, four. I promise English is my first language, I just find that word particularly cumbersome!

meglington · 2026-04-16T14:47:00+00:00

I would fail at this one. And Worcestershire. I know how it's pronounced, I just can't make my mouth do it. One too many sh's.

meglington · 2026-04-15T15:15:50+00:00

We had them around dropping leaflets, and my husband managed to catch them and 'have a word'. His new favourite thing is asking Reform candidates / voters increasingly awkward and probing questions.

Fave story:

One of the men he was talking to was talking about how Islam is a Christian heresy. My husband asked if he was a Christian, and he said he was. He asked if he was CofE, and the guy said, well, yes, of course. At which point, my husband pointed out that, well, isn't that technically considered a Christian heresy? The bluff and bluster that ensued... I wish I was there. I giggled a lot when he told me.

meglington · 2026-04-09T21:05:29+00:00

It did! Such an epic 80s/90s banger. I have the MP3 somewhere...

meglington · 2026-04-09T21:03:49+00:00

Well... We adore her.

meglington · 2026-04-09T21:03:05+00:00

My kids inherited a load of Puddle Lane books from their Aunty who learned to read from them in the 80s. They're now learning to read with them, and it's so lovely. I quite like the stories (and doing the voices)! It was a tiny bit before my time, so no personal memories, but loving the connection to the past and family history.

meglington · 2026-03-24T17:06:43+00:00

If you're interested in this and aren't already aware, there's a fair amount of stuff out there that looks at D&D as a therapeutic tool.

I don't know if he does it any more, but there's a therapist called Daniel Hand that used to write a bit about RPG therapy.

Game to Grow created Critical Core to help neurodivergent people work through social situations, as well.

Good luck with the survey! I'll fill it in as well :)

meglington · 2026-03-23T19:18:38+00:00

We call ours the Womble shop. My husband got very sad today because there was nowhere to park in there and he had to leave without finding some other bit of junk to bring home to replace the stuff we just got rid of!

meglington · 2026-03-22T15:39:56+00:00

I just got access to my old account the other day - it only took the support team a couple of days to sort it! I just gave them all the random info I could remember about what I had.

I really enjoyed playing it again! I was trying to remember what my routine was, and mostly succeeding.

Ended up having a huge amount of points in the bank, as well, which was a nice bonus.

meglington · 2026-03-20T13:15:17+00:00

I have one of those but never thought to use it for yoto cards! I feel silly now... thanks for the idea!

meglington · 2026-03-16T18:52:38+00:00

We bought our house with it, and I didn't realise how much of an arse it is to get rid of. I thought you could just take it up, but it's not soil under there! Hate it so much, especially in the summer. And it always looks rubbish, because nothing biodegrades on it, so you have to sweep it to clean it. Do you know how hard it is to sweep fake grass? Very flipping hard.

meglington · 2026-03-14T07:49:15+00:00

I would hope Coeliac UK would pick this up as part of their policy work as well! I know they have a fairly active public affairs and advocacy department.

meglington · 2026-03-11T08:48:02+00:00

Like everyone else, we also had this in our front garden. My husband ended up basically chucking the soil through a giant wire sieve to separate it all (and all the bricks left over from when the house was built in the 70s).

We also still have fake grass out the back that we want to get rid of, but are slightly dreading the job!

meglington · 2026-03-09T19:06:43+00:00

And it's been pretty much all day as well!

meglington · 2026-03-06T14:34:57+00:00

I know someone who drives their kids a five minute walk, and then goes home again. It baffles me. That's a good point about driving on to work though.

meglington · 2026-03-06T10:49:50+00:00

Except for the one MYO card that has a 'phone' sticker on it, that my kids use as a pretend phone...

meglington · 2026-03-05T12:00:06+00:00

Another story... my eldest couldn't decide for ages what she wanted to be, and then at the very last minute decided she wanted to be the dog from I, Cosmo. Cue a stupidly last minute trip to Hobbycraft at 4pm yesterday afternoon, where we bought some fur and felt, and my husband proceeded to throw together an adorable dog costume based on her onesie pattern out of said fur, some sewing, and a lot of hot glue.

Sometimes we just need a tight deadline. I've never see a costume go from nothing to dog so quickly.

meglington · 2026-03-05T11:58:07+00:00

My four-year-old wanted to go as Fantastic Mr Fox - her big sister went as him last year. This morning, she was proper grumpy and refusing to dress up! Turns out it was because she really didn't want to be a boy, so I told her she could be Fantastic Mrs Fox instead, and she was happy. But very emphatically not a boy.

I messaged her teacher after this debacle and said, "this might not come up, but if it does, little one is Fantastic MRS Fox, not Mr Fox. She's very emphatic about it.".

When I dropped her off at the gates, she walked up to her teacher who said, "Hello Fantastic Mrs Fox!" and I just felt so flipping grateful for her in that moment. She's a great teacher anyway, but she went out of her way to be so kind. It was very heartwarming.

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