a Galga stretches her glorious neck against the back of a sofa. She's chosen to rest against a mustard velvet throw because she is a queen
Streeeeeeeeetch 📏🤸🏻♀️🏋🏻♀️
We're getting the train to visit mum today - wish us luck as I wasn't able to secure first class seats for madam 😱.
#BrackenAndPaws #AnnieTheGalga #GalgoEspagñol #BrackenAndPawsGoesIntergalactic
#BespokeDogApparel
New Paper led by @bracken-and-paws.bsky.social Exploring Intensive Care Nurses' Experiences and Perceptions of Patients With a Co‐Morbid Mental Health Disorder onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
a flat lay image of a hound tee laid on a brown faux wooden surface. The tee is a muted terracotta with dark navy trim and accents. The tee is printed with cream line drawings of vintage sardine tins.
It's Thursday! I think I'm getting a cold and that's maybe why I feel like I've been run over several times by a bus. Annie and I are going to visit mum tomorrow. On Sunday, I'll make a start on your #SnackinAndPaws orders 🎣.
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#HoundsOfBluesky
a very sleepy white Galga rests her head against the back of a blue sofa. Her face is soft and relaxed. Her mouth hangs slightly open and one pink lined ear rests on top of the sofa cushions. Her eyes are shut. She wears a pastel sardine print tee.
"delete that photo right now mummy!"
Of course, of course.
*Shares on social media*
I love her soft sleepy face SO MUCH.
Thank you for welcoming my #SnackinAndPaws (Sardine edition 🐟) tees last night. It's so appreciated.
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a white female human and her white Galga stand atop a grassy hill. Behind them, the city of Sheffield can be seen. It's built on seven hills you know, just like Rome. The human wears a leopard print coat and a rust beret, whilst the Galga wears a pastel coloured sardine print tee.
🎣 it's #SnackinAndPaws launch day! 🎣
Mr B&P came to visit yesterday and we had a lovely walk. We're at the top of Meersbrook Park here and you can see Sheffield spread out behind us 🖤.
a white Galga lounges elegantly on her sofa. The back of the sofa is covered with a mustard velvet throw (Annie's new favourite thing to lick). She has one ear up and the other is hidden/missing. She wears a pastel blue tee with a print of sardine tins.
Mummy got a new phone to take nice photos of Annie (plus the battery on my Pixel 6 was knacked).
Sardine tees release tomorrow at 6pm GMT! 🎣
I love this print on Annie - so pretty.
#HoundsOfBluesky
a flat lay image of a hound tee laid on a brown faux wooden surface. The tee is mustard and has a royal blue trim. The print features colourful vintage sardine tins.
Morning friends. We had a lovely day yesterday - hair cut, walk, and then quiet pub. My mum is (currently) at home (please let this last). I think I'm beginning to be able to breathe.
Newsletter with a discount code for my #SnackinAndPaws sardines tees will go out later today 🎣.
a white Galga lies on her sun lounger. The photo is taken from above her and she's lifting her snoot up towards the camera. Her toys and blankets are in disarray, but that's exactly how she wanted them to be.
It felt like spring yesterday! 🌱
And now it's cold and damp again.
We're going to walk to the Botanical Gardens today 🌷. It's squirrel patrol paradise for Annie 🐿️. And then I think a couple of afternoon pints sounds like a plan 🍻.
Thank you so much 🎣
a flat lay image of a hound tee laid on a brown faux wooden surface. The tee is pale blue with pink trim. The print features illustrated tins of sardines in bright springtime colours. The polo neck is lined with mustard fabric.
Morning everyone 🎣
Here's another #SnackinAndPaws sardines tee. We go away to Warkworth at the end of this month, and I think this print will be perfect for pottering around Amble and enjoying some fish and chips.
🎣 Releasing Monday 9th March at 6pm GMT.
a white female human hand with dark purple nails holds an old Polaroid photograph of a young child holding the reins of a grey pony in a riding school. Text reads "this is who created Bracken & Paws".
Five year old me with Misty the very patient riding school pony 🦄🩷.
Horses were my passion and I now understand that they were an autistic special interest 🩷. My safe place.
Please excuse the pastel pink riding attire, it was 1987 🤣.
a flat lay image of a hound tee laid on a brown faux wooden surface. The tee has white and pale blue stripes and line illustrations of sardines in tins in burnt orange.
Oh yay it's Monday and the world is literally on fire (again).
In less important news, I have nearly finished sewing the samples for the latest iteration of #SnackinAndPaws 🎣. The focus this time is 🐟 sardines 🐟. Annie loves sardines and I love vintage tinned fish packaging.
a white Galga stands on a sunlit field surrounded by clumps of yellow, white, and purple crocuses. The sky is blue. She's looking directly at her human - big dark eyes and a chocolate mauve snoot. She wears a turquoise tee with striped sleeves.
🌿🌷 Spring 🌷🌿
It's definitely coming. My local field has lots of crocuses and daffodils and my garden is waking up too. Annie is keen for the spring salad bar to open! 🤣🥗.
I'm on campus today and I've been up since 4am with a migraine - I think I caught it in time and I hope it's going to go away.
1) a Galga looks up a rocky path in a limestone valley. The sky is blue. 2) a ruined castle atop the valley walls. 3) rage Galga surveys her new empire and finds it acceptable. 4) a small cave mouth in the rock. I've seen The Descent and I know what lives in there.
⛰️ This time last week ⛰️
Please enjoy the final batch of my #CaveDale photos, including the hill before it got steep, Peveril Castle, Annie taking in the scenery, and a cave in the limestone.
🏆 My paper with @drjohnabaker.bsky.social was accepted for publication yesterday!
I know 🖤🖤🖤 so sleepy.
a glaga lies across two seats on a train. Her eyes are nearly shut and her face is soft and sleepy. She wears her blue and maroon checkerboard fleece. The sunlight from the window is shining through her pink ears.
A super tired girl on the way back from Castleton on Tuesday. Normally, I pop a blanket on the seat next to me and she sits mostly on my knee on the way home. This time, she decided to take a double seat to herself 🤣 (I gave the seat a clean before we got off).
Of course 🍟
a Galga is photographed standing over her seated human. She wears a blue and maroon checkerboard fleece. She's ignoring her human, who is quietly dying on the floor next to her, and is looking ahead across the fields towards new adventures. The sky is blue - remember when it used to be that colour?
Just look at my beautiful fae child ✨. She's just perfect. I took this photo after we'd climbed up Cave Dale. Despite the hill, rough surface, and ice, Annie insisted on a brisk pace. By the time we reached the top of the hill, my heart was beating right out of my chest and I needed a sit down.
Chips were administered to the snoot.
Alert for any opportunities 👀
I know, it's like sighthounds evolved the height and snoot length for stealing abilities plus those eyes which say "oh I'm SO hungry, I've never been fed" 🤣
I always give in (unless toxic food obvs) 🤣
It's mandatory, right? 🍟
a pub table is pictured in the foreground. It holds two pints of cider (one has been quaffed already), a bowl of leek and potato soup, and a bowl of golden chips. Behind the chips, a white Galga lurks with her ears in the low flying aircraft position. She received lots of chips.
Please enjoy my row of pints (I was planning on settling in for a while 🤣), soup, and chippies 🍻.
Plus a hopeful Annie ✨.
It's raining and cold today and I'm so glad that we took the opportunity to get out on Tuesday.
Sighthound mind control 🤣
a white Galga stands in a small cafe. Her huge starving eyes are fixed on her mummy, who is scoffing a pastry. The Galga wears a yellow tee with a red polo neck and a print inspired by Heated Rivalry.
"that pastry looks delicious. Do you know who also enjoys pastry? Me 🙂. Not that I'd know of course, since I am never ever fed. But I might. Please".
Poor starving Annie.
I think I might take a rogue annual leave day tomorrow to visit Castleton as (miracle of miracles) it's meant to be sunny 😎.
a white human hand with dark nails holds a valentine's card in front of a white Galga. The card restored a storyboard of hounds becoming increasingly unhinged as they confess their love/desire for the recipient. The Galga wears an egg print tee and still looks regal.
Annie chose this Snootography card to send to Her Man 🩵.
Thank you for welcoming the Heated Rivalry tees yesterday! I'm so glad to have located this fandom/hound internet venn diagram intersection 🏒🐾 . I've got a couple left online 🛒.
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a white Galga sleeps peacefully on her sofa. She is surrounded by cushions. She wears a yellow tee with a print inspired by the Crave show Heated Rivalry.
“I was gonna ask you, will you come to my cottage this summer? Don't go to Russia. Come to my house, We'll have so much fun, It's so private, No one will know. We could have a week or even two. We'd be completely alone, TOGETHER.”
Maybe, maybe.
Available from 6pm GMT this evening 🏒❄️
a white Galga pauses beside a river. She's looking intently into the long grass on the bank. The sky is blue and scattered with light clouds. The Galga looks like a marble sculpture.
#ThrowbackThursday to when Annie and I visited Warkworth in Northumberland last summer. We're all booked to visit again at the end of March and I can't wait. It's such a beautiful village and I think being there will force me to slow down and rest 🖤.
a series of three images of a white Galga laid in a dining room eating a snack. Her expressions become increasingly unhinged. Which Annie are you today?
Annie Snacks: A Triptych 🖼️🎨
Annie's main snack dealer is Stanley Snacks 🍗. We get a monthly subscription box and it's grim and stinky and Annie loves it 🤣 (non-grim snack boxes are also available).
I'm on campus today.
It's gross and raining.
And I miss Annie already 😭.
