Fiona

Feminist, Specialist Midwife Infant Feeding, MPH, Scout Leader, chocolate snob, bookworm, procrastinator. Views my own.

[Fiona @MadeOfElements]

@Sally__D Never too early to swim! Stanhope quarry is a great swim all year round (safely, with others, in line with the requests by weardale adventures).

[Fiona @MadeOfElements]

This is lovely but can we please have the promised thaw so that I can get to @bellowheaduk tonight please?

[Fiona @MadeOfElements]

@EmilyDourish This makes me very happy indeed. Marvellous stuff bone marrow.

[Fiona @MadeOfElements]

@fionamsharp @CressidaCowell @Valda_Varadinek @J_C_Pearson Unfortunately work and school mean these afternoon ones don't work for us. Smallest would have loved it. Next time!

[Fiona @MadeOfElements]

@some_yeo @CollectedDurham I lived there when my children were small. Garden to explore, fish to feed, nice cafe, dirt cheap annual membership.

[Fiona @MadeOfElements]

Now I'm not saying that I have a favourite six in my Cubs but if I did then the ones who suggested knitting, cooking s'mores, board games and a country night might be them. #skillsforlife @durhamscouts @jaynegibson45

[Fiona @MadeOfElements]

Autumn garden. Flashes of colour and sunshine, beautiful webs and seed heads. Plus allotment goodies! Weekend de-stress, bulbs to plant, seeds to sow and weeds to dig.

[Fiona @MadeOfElements]

Same. Plus I have tickets for @bellowheaduk . This time including the children who may just about be persuaded to forgive me for not taking them last time.

[Fiona @MadeOfElements]

Forgot to quote! Wonderful song. Love what this lot do with northern folk songs, so many great songs just begging for more recording and sharing. Afraid I reckon their rendition of Jowel Jowel beats yours @MegsonMusic (conflict of interest: one of them is my son)

[Fiona @MadeOfElements]

@icod Plus with primary I would get the texts fine, but they would still be last minute. It's bloody winter and you need me to find white leggings in under 48 hours when working 13 hour shifts?

[Fiona @MadeOfElements]

@icod But do the systems make it more efficient? We have a supposed easy contact system but often get no response from it. So is it meeting need and getting to the right staff member to respond?

[Fiona @MadeOfElements]

@Sally__D @MD_Briggs Yeah sunscreen not required today. So very soggy waiting for the biggest child's band to go through! So much enthusiasm from everybody despite the rain though.

[Fiona @MadeOfElements]

Such a heartfelt piece of writing. Well worth a read for anybody working in health.

[Abi Rimmer @Abi_Rimmer]

I've written a personal piece for the special Patient led issue of @bmj_latest It was very hard to write, it's not exactly how I want it to be but it's there. Seeing the image drawn for it made me cry.
Navigating breastfeeding through cancer treatment https://t.co/1NBAbZ6KpL

[Fiona @MadeOfElements]

@icod Teachers were defacing his posters, was brilliant. You teacher types are great.

[Fiona @MadeOfElements]

@silverpebble Love the tiny posies. I need to find myself some pretty little jars to make my own. In the meantime I have a medium sized garden posy. Lucky to have a woodland patch, wildflower meadow and the flowerbed to choose from so a mixed collection!

[Fiona @MadeOfElements]

Garden joy. A lovely mix from the flower bed, the wildflower meadow and the random woodland area.

[Fiona @MadeOfElements]

@fionamsharp @soult @SandersonArcade Books and Gin.

[Fiona @MadeOfElements]

Second time @HadestownUK today. Amazing. Possibly better for the second viewing. Continuing daughter's Greek Myth indoctrination "oh look, @officialnhaynes wrote for the programme, I have her books, isn't that a coincidence?" She already knew O was an Argonaut #favedaughter