Secret garden

Matilde |35| Spain. (Not so) secretly a Moomin. English teacher and museum educator. Fan of One Piece, LOTR, WOT, Pokémon, Ghibli, Moomin,Doremi, Mika, all things cute, art and Fantasy. Loves books, cats, plushies and dolls! Welcome to my secret garden! (*˙︶˙*)☆*

[scary-caregiver]

Cozy Reading Stimboard

Requested by: Anon

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[perfectlychee]

Celeste stargazing ミ☆

[lilbabiekitty]

got bored so heres a little kittys in the snow board!

[cozytiny]

Merry Christmas! I hope everyone has a great Christmas!

[theribbitkin]

Thank your stuffies

I’ll start. I’m thankful for my plushie Dragon, who keeps me safe during nightmares, stayed by my side when I was in the hospital nearly dying, stayed in the room while I got surgery, cuddled me when I lost a family member, knows my deepest secrets, and makes sure I never have to sleep alone.

Thank your stuffies 🩵

[gaelsstuffiehome]

That's excellent advice!

[therubberotter]

I’m SO thankful for my plushies!

All the love and adventures they provided me with when I was a child, and the support, confidence and creativity (and still love and fun!!) they have provided me since almost exactly a year ago I decided to listen to my soul and enjoy my love for them again without fear ❤️

I’m thankful for Brownie, and for my dear friends at @gaelsstuffiehome . He’s taught me courage, acceptance and care… I love that friendly twinkle in his eyes!

I’m thankful for Toast, for being my soul plushie and my partner in crime… and a new spark to my creativity!

I’m thankful for PanPan, for having looked after me in those stressful Covid nights when I needed a friend to hug (even if he’s retired now).

And now for Mochi, because starting today, she’ll be taking on that role, alongside Toast, to hug me at night.

I’m thankful for Oasis, Dudley, Crumble, Pumpkin and Morris; for guarding my bed and keeping nightmares away.

To Sandwich, for being such a fun little guy and my designated expert in self care! My little reminder to smile. And in that same line for Burrows, who reminds me that being anxious is something that should not stop me, and that we’ll be fine as long as we can support each other.

And of course, to Waffles and Marshmallow, for coming with me when I need a fun and sneaky friend to discreetly squish.

This was longer than intended, but I too many little friends that I absolutely adore ❤️

[memewhore]

First cat video ever? 1899, colorized & speed corrected.

[therubberotter]

So, it seems that my health has been extra bad lately, as in, my whole body seems to be in an autoimmune funk.

Just in time for Halloween, I had my first really bad flare up in exactly a year (maybe my gut is trying to set up a new tradition here 🙄).

The doctor that saw me at the clinic was horrible this time, and thought that I was a weirdo and almost told me off for needing corticoids while I’m on a biologic… like… excuse you????? I’m the first one that doesn’t want another round of pills that make me irritable, give me horrible joint pain, destroys my bones and make me gain weight…

After that, I started feeling better. We did an awesome outing with all the teachers from the academy. However, that day it rained quite a lot and we got very wet; also, our newest teacher was ill and she shared her bugs with me 😅 I’m still battling that cold. That rain and dampness also made my joints flare like mad!

And Vedolizumab is great, but I think it either hasn’t had enough time to work for me, or I need more regular infusions!

One thing I’ve noticed is that I keep getting these random bouts of sinusitis/allergies, ever since I started with vedo. I wonder if those two things are related 🤔

So yeah, sucky health is sucky… 😩But at least I know I’m getting somewhere. It’s only a matter of time and not giving up!

[shamelesslyimpurrfect]

(X)

[therubberotter]

So, I was brushing Dudley’s “travel hairdo”… and I discovered that Miso seems to really like him 🥰 @gaelsstuffiehome I’d say he’s adapting to his home just fine 🤣

[therubberotter]

Dudley has arrived all his way from @gaelsstuffiehome !!! We’re all so happy here!!! I get the feeling he’ll be like an uncle to the other stuffies 😊

But… wait!!! Are those avocados??? 😨 He’s just landed here and he’s already been found! Run big D!!! Run!! 😱

[therubberotter]

My Stuffie Fam and I wish you a fun and safe Halloween!! 🎃 🍂

Toast and I will be doing some spooky storytelling and crafts for the little kiddos at the Academy I work in, and then we’ll stay a bit longer to give sweets to the trick or treaters! After that, we’ll go home, change into our pjs, and we’ll watch Hocus Pocus with the BF 🧙🏻‍♀️ yay!!!

[therubberotter]

🏀🍞Basketball with Toast🍞🏀

“Hey human, I’m ready!!” Today we’re going somewhere, but I don’t know what for exactly yet. I only know that we’re going to have fun.

After a short car ride we arrived in Antequera!! But ahhhhh! We’re not hiking this time (this town is famous for its routes). We’re seeing the big human’s basketball team play a game! This place is enormous!

“Uh??? Is this your idea of fun, human??? Get me downnnnn!!!!”

At least we had some good coffee with the parents, and human has said that we’re having lunch after the break! Maybe even some sightseeing!!

Lunch was had, and all the parents kept fussing over me!! I know I’m the cutest, but please, take it in turns 😩✨ A granny even recognised my new tamagotchi, and she asked to have her picture taken with me!!

The human’s boyfriend had a surprise for us after lunch… we went to see the Dolmens!! My human has always been crazy about archaeology. She even told me she wanted to be an archaeologist when she was a little girl! So you can imagine how happy we all were.

It’s a shame it was nearly closing time, so we had to be quick. But we were able to see all the main structures, and the light was beautiful at that time of the day!!

Some visitors were very rude and didn’t respect the site, though. I felt sad for their children, because their parents were nothing but a bad example for them.

We ended the day with some delicious ice cream!! And I fell asleep in the car straight away. Human is simply too comfy!! It was good to be there for her, because she sometimes gets stressed in the car, specially when driving back home in the motorway.

After all our adventures of the day, we watched the DnD film with the human’s mum. That was a good day ❤️✨

[therubberotter]

Me, calculating if I can get away with making room for another medium sized stuffie that I really like…

Also me, promising myself it will be THE last one (spoiler: It won’t).

[gaelsstuffiehome]

Yep 😆

[therubberotter]

I did it again friends, I blame this awesome team for my horrible space-keeping abilities 🤦🏻‍♀️✨ (affectionate). If I end up buried in plushies, you know who to blame 🤣

[therubberotter]

Me, calculating if I can get away with making room for another medium sized stuffie that I really like…

Also me, promising myself it will be THE last one (spoiler: It won’t).

[therubberotter]

Went on an improvised visit to the garden centre today! They always do something big for Halloween… but I wasn’t expecting to find it all ready today! It was a big surprise :D

Ghost kitty loved the spooky park, I found the creepy dolls very funny 🤣 My mum ran away from the displays because she thought it was a bit too scary for her liking haha!

I couldn’t resist this cute plant and its bat pot 🥹

I may go back tomorrow, and hopefully they will have finished decorating by then!

[therubberotter]

Yesterday, we decided to spend Sunday at the zoo (Last Christmas I got a yearly pass thanks to my bro in law, so I’m using it as often as I can!) and as May is the newest member of the stuffie fam, I thought it would be a nice way to welcome her ✨❤️

First, we had some lunch at the Fuengirola port. The rice was delicious! See those ships? That’s literally at the restaurant’s doorstep! So nice and beautiful!

Once everyone had had their fill, of we headed to the zoo! It was really hot, too much for my liking. Thankfully, the zoo has got shade everywhere, and we were planning to see the museum/aviaries area mainly!

May was a big fan of the curio!! She would like to have an enormous library with her own collection one day! She also met an axolotl and enjoyed the beautiful Amazonian fish exhibit! The colours were astonishing in the “underwater” passageway ✨

We had lots of fun making these “It’s right behind me, right?” Pictures 🤣

And more fish friends… plus a surprise!! We weren’t expecting to see these little monkeys right next to us! I heart some faint chirping noises, a little black shadow jumping next to us and then… new buddy! Seriously, their little faces melted me 🥹 and there were also giant otters!! And they had babies with them!

It was getting to closing time now, but we had time to pay a visit to two of my biggest favourites… the red pandas!!! Those little faces 😭❤️ We could also see one of the leopards from very close. Their paw prints always amaze me. They have this sandy area in their enclosure, and they can be seen as clear as this!

All in all, it was a perfect way to spend our Sunday afternoon/evening. I’m already looking forward to another visit, maybe if they do a special event for Halloween 🎃 Next time I want. To visit the lemurs again, I miss seeing their silly faces 🥹❤️

[puppys-corner]

🍂🕯️Cozy Autumn Day 🕯️🍂

it's still been really hot where i am :< i really hope it cools down soon! i want it to actually feel like autumn!