Helen Chen

Sound advice, even if idiosyncratically translated.

Panther doing panther things.

@SketchesbyBoze @misorganized Which book, please?

@misorganized It's true, there's a shocking amount of lore, history and language in Macbeth for instance. Reading one of Eleanor Parker's books, I was very pleased to learn the true story of the minor character Lennox.

Life isn’t long enough to do all the things I want to do. I want to memorize all the works of Shakespeare, read Beowulf in Old English, become an expert in folklore & etymology, study history, play the recorder. There are an infinite number of things to learn, & time is so short

@SarahjevsEvans I’m so sorry, how awful for you

With a broken💔I wanted to let everyone know that Boycee was put to sleep today😰.He had developed severe neurological problems which deteriorated rapidly.The vet believed that the breeders hadn’t given him the best start.Love you Boycee bach will c u again somedayx

@ellielexx Fantastic, well done Maddie!

Mary Poppins! Maddie’s feeling a bit unsure about her costume… But she looks great, amiright, guys?! If you can spare a nano second, drop her a heart so when she finishes school I can show her the love 💗 #WorldBookDay2026

@TinyWriterLaura We read the Hobbit in primary school, and the shared area between two classrooms was turned into Mirkwood. A vivid memory more than 40 years later (and LOTR is my favourite book to this day).

i’ve never once forgotten the experience of sitting in a corner of the sofa in my parent’s living room and actually having to catch my breath because Mirkwood was so thick with strange heat and shadows and Bilbo & the dwarves were lost. reading that book was magic

i read the hobbit when i was 7 & yeah i definitely wasn’t pronouncing a lot of the names right, but i’ve never forgotten that the passage in Mirkwood was the first time i realised words could conjure something physical. i FELT like i couldn’t breathe in that close heat & darkness

Salix udensis ‘Sekka’

@inimitablepgw “Letting I dare not wait upon I would” as Jeeves tells me cats do in adages.

What is the single funniest line Wodehouse ever wrote? No wrong answers, only joy.

Hepatica japonica ‘Anjyu’

Trillium chloropetalum is quite ready to come out of this crate, please.

It hasn’t made it into the ground in its new home yet, but Jeffersonia diphylla is doing its spring thing

Hepatica japonica ‘Una Bara’

@FionaBowler “You must drop it, Mr Holmes…You really must, you know.”

Cats aren’t very good at hide-and-seek, part 74.

Hepatica japonica ‘Hirakawa’

A gleam of sunshine! *rushes outside* *drowns*

There is probably a Japanese word for ‘the feeling of boundless joy at having submitted one’s tax return tempered by the absolute horror of confronting, in black and white, the fact that you effectively make 3p per hour’.

If you look very closely you can see what was a tray of nice Pollia japonica seedlings under the cat.

If I see one more ad along the lines of ‘Why read/write/cook/fix things/think for yourself?’ I shall do such things…

@SarahjevsEvans Fluffbucket and Minou are inspired by this.

Boycee butler will be spending “blue Monday” with a hot water bottle and blanket all day. #bemoreboycee

Ok, so with hindsight it might have been better to label things like the kettle, the broadband hub, my drill, cutlery…