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Tena

@thatmum

World traveller (mostly retired), AGA cooker enthusiast, quilter, gardener, matriarch, occasional travel reviewer and mother of @thatjohn.bsky.social!

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I used to be married to an active, vibrant, happy young woman who decided one day to hang a bird feeder in the back yard, and now I’m married to a glassy-eyed, unwashed maniac that stands at the kitchen window all day screaming at squirrels.

28.11.2024 01:42 πŸ‘ 651 πŸ” 93 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 5
A dozen or so quilting fabric laid out on a bed. Many have Japanese or floral designs

A dozen or so quilting fabric laid out on a bed. Many have Japanese or floral designs

So today we went to Nippori Fabric Town which is a street devoted to all kinds of fabrics and haberdashery items. I seem to have bought rather a lot.

28.11.2024 10:03 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
A picture of Mount Fuji from the train

A picture of Mount Fuji from the train

I’ve been almost in Japan and am loving travelling by train, particularly on the Shinkansen.

27.11.2024 10:04 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Flying ANA at 83: London-Tokyo flight couldn’t have been better - Runway Girl At 83 years of age, I was a little apprehensive about flying the fourteen hours that London to Tokyo now takes. But then I flew ANA business.

At 83 I do enjoy learning new things β€” this month more than ever… in addition to joining BlueSky, I had my first ever article published at @runwaygirl.bsky.social Network!

Here’s what it’s like for an active senior citizen on the right side of 90 to fly ANA:

runwaygirlnetwork.com/2024/11/flyi...

27.11.2024 10:02 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0