Brooks & Stone

Excited to find the #oldhouselove community here and get grounded again. This is my year of get shit finished and get some big projects going, so my new goal is to share more on the blog/start a mirror Substack, videos on YouTube, and get back into my long-form content which I’ve missed a lot.

Is this bots arriving on BlueSky? Because either this guy is lost or it’s a bot. Just in case you weren’t clear about who I am — I’m extremely pacificist, don’t really believe in the military despite having a brother in it, believe 100% in science (incl evolution) and am pretty anti-religion too.

“The start of the end of democracy” hmm I think we’re way past that point… that started in 1980, and came to a first milestone in 2016. Democracy has been actively bombed in the last 60 days.

Doing a thing tonight that is LONG overdue and we’re excited to have the change. But in the meantime, haven’t seen our parlour empty like this since we moved in! #oldhouselove

The picture I drew the day Russia invaded Ukraine, because I had no concept of how to process what happened and I drew what I felt… Feb 25 2022. Raw emotion then and today - enraged by the state of affairs after the meeting in the Oval Office. #SlavaUkraini

True love is agreeing to pick up a #FBMPfind at 8.30pm on a weekday… get kids to bed, forgetting and getting a reminder message from the seller who is a 20 min drive away… for your husband to then offer to go pick it up because you hate driving at night… and he has zero clue what you’ve bought 😂

Working on building all the cabinets for around the new fridge this weekend… set up the basement as a much better workshop with a new Bora workable and got a new toy too (Kreg Accu-Cut)… wish I’d bought a track saw years ago because this is making rip cuts so freaking easy. #oldhouselove #kitchen

I don’t even like American football, but fuck me I’m enjoying the Eagles destroying the Chiefs, Kendrick destroying Drake, and all the T people being booed (sorry not sorry, not a fan). Not to mention Jon Batiste ::chefs kiss:: Maybe I’m becoming a Philly person after all 🤣 #superbowl

GO BIRDS 🦅 #SuperBowl

You know your local team is in the Super Bowl when the grocery stores are busier than the day before Thanksgiving today 😵‍💫 My husband would be displeased if I didn’t add #gobirds

Waheyyyy… look at that a new fridge. It only took us 5 years, two walls, 3 builds, and floor repair to get here!

IG Feed: Influencers ignoring the state of the world sharing yet another effing Amazon link Threads: lots of political reposts, but also 60,000 people repeating the same dumb engagement bait Bluesky: sane people who are fucked off sharing useful info, real old house stories and cats 😂 #home

We have fire! #oldhouselove #tudorhome

You know you’re #British when a miserable gray rainy day feels oddly comforting and helps sooth the soul.

Today’s reason to get fired up: that would be a federal abortion ban bill being introduced. They’re all liars. “Up to the states” my arse, they knew they’d do this immediately. Call your reps, share far and wide. You know what to do. 🤬 #abortion

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Crazy January of projects continues… getting the fireplace liners installed today for parlour + basement, resealing the flashing and adding restored Jotul stove in parlour. 🥳 Being so busy with house things has definitely been a helpful distraction to the state of the world. #oldhouselove

This is how you say “go fuck yourself sideways with a porcupine” in inspector general speak. Going to be interesting to see how the administration responds

And so it begins. Another day, another social channel that I won’t be good at updating.