Dizzojay's Dean Dreams

Happy post: Arrivederci Roma!

Sun, 03 May 2026 08:36:49 GMT

Following on from yesterday's post, after we took the train down from Florence to Rome, and made our way to the all too familiar Fumicino Airport Hilton hotel, it was late afternoon, so we had time to get into our rooms, freshen up and then go downstairs to register for the con. During that time, we met up with our other partners in crime, including amberdreams, heavenli24, stellamira and dean_hugs_sammy.

After registration, we all headed into the hotel bar for dinner and a much needed catch up.

As you can see, I'm very excited about finally being registered :D

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Happy Post: Four go nuts in Florence

Sat, 02 May 2026 18:21:41 GMT

Last week was Jus in Bello con (more on that later), however, before the convention, I, herminekurotowa, and our non-Lj friends, Wendy and Stephanie spent a few days in lovely Florence.

With places like the Uffizi and the Galleria del'accedemia, Florence is a bit of a Mecca for an art geek like me, so to say I was excited was understatement of the year!

We started off the week with visits to a couple of Florence's many beautiful churches and basilicas. The main one was the Duomo which was spectacular from the outside.

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Dizzo update

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:02:24 GMT

Some of you may be aware that we have been undertaking some garden work over the last six months.

Our back garden was comprised of a patio which was almost 30 years old and time, together with a freaking great big tree root, had not been kind to it.

In short, it was a wreck!

Because of that, we had lost interest in maintainng it, so over the last two or three years it never got cleaned or patched up.

This was what it looked like in October 2025.

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Five years

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:48:20 GMT

It's five years today since we lost jj1564 (June), and I can't believe how we're suddenly here five years on. I've been thinking about her a lot today, and raised a glass to her earlier.

This might be a nice opportunity to hop on over to her journal and comment or visit her AO3 page and read one of her fics, leave a kudos!

We all have our favourite memories of June, and this is one of mine. When I bought Jensen for June's birthday one year, and he became quite a fixture in her life. She loved to torture Sam, and her sister, Brenda by leaving him in unexpected places around the house. Screams upon stepping out of the bathroom was a regular occurrence in June's house! XD

Speaking of Sam, he shared the below picture on June's memorial Facebook page earlier today, and I'm sure he won't mind me sharing it here, because it sums up our darling June better than any words I could ever use!!

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Can I be cheeky?

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:37:40 GMT

You may be aware of two things about me:

One, I had a birthday last week and two, I kind of like rabbits a bit.

So, I have combined the two and set up a birthday fundraiser on Facebook for the Rabbit Welfare Association and Fund.

https://rabbitwelfare.co.uk/

The RWAF is the UK's largest charity devoted entirely to improving the lives of pet rabbits. Their work includes education and awareness campaigns as wel as lobbying to ensure that rabbit welfare best practice is adopted wherever necessary. They also provide information and support to owners, rescues, and vets.

If you can spare a few pennies to donate to this amazing charity, you will have made my birthday very happy indeed! The fundraiser runs until the 12th April.

https://www.facebook.com/donate/1617337276255200/10166975668291754/

Juniper and Nutmeg (and I) say thank you!

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Happy Easter

Sun, 05 Apr 2026 08:43:15 GMT

Wishing you all a very happy Easter from me and my resident Easter bunnies.

Unfortunately my Easter bunnies haven't given me any chocolate eggs, but they have left a few other little round surprises lying around the place!!

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Tree time

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 09:02:22 GMT

So, as you may be aware, after we lost darling jj1564, her family planted a memorial tree at her favourite place, Hever Castle. The tree is a flowering cherry tree and it's absolutely thriving!

Flowering cherry trees produce blossom in the Springtime, usually pink or white, and are such beautiful trees when they are in full blossom. However, their blossom period doesn't tend to last very long. You're lucky if you get three weeks out of them.

I've visited June's tree multiple times, but over the four plus years since it's been at Hever, I've never managed to see it in full blossom. Multiple circumstances such as covid, traffic strife and many and varied other commitments have meant that I've never been able to get there in that brief blossom window.

Yesterday, I finally managed to buck that trend!

Mr D and I took a trip down to Hever to meet up with Brenda and Barbara, two of June's sisters, and June's lovely tree put on a magnificent show for us!
It was beautiful - even prettier than I imagined it to be!

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Jensen time...

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 18:39:28 GMT

So, there's been all sorts of Jensen goodies floating around with all the Boys publicity, and so it woud be rude of me not ro share some of the pretty here!

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Jensen time

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 19:13:43 GMT

something a bit different today - a post from Jensen's IG page.
All I can say in response is, where to I apply to get this job?

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A post shared by Jensen Ackles (@jensenackles)

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Happy birthday bunnies!

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 20:31:34 GMT

Yesterday, my two little ratbags celebrated their bunny birthdays. Their fifth birthday!

How on earth have they become five years old already?

We got them when they were 16 weeks old and it feels like two months ago! I want to say that now they've hit middle age, they've got all the sass and attitude that goes with it, but they've had that since day one!!! XD

Anyway, happy birthday bubbubs!

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Happy post: Happy International Women's Day

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 19:34:25 GMT

This is a day late because for some reason I couldn't post on here yesterday!!

It's international women's day, and I want to take this moment to give thanks to the many amazing, strong and inspirational women that are part of my life. Not just the ones I know in person, but those of you that live in my laptop too.

Thank you for being my friend, thank you for being part of my life, and thank you for being awesome!

💜🤍💚

Here are just some of the fabulous women I am proud to call friends - there are many more:

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Soldier Boy

Sat, 07 Mar 2026 19:29:57 GMT

Soldier Boy is back on everyone's minds with Season 5 of the Boys Imminent and Jensen's Boys prequel nearing the end of production, so I couldn't resist jumping on that bandwagon!

I spent this afternoon working on my first portrait for signing at JIB con at the end of April...

Betcha can't guess who I decided to draw? XD

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Jensen time... Jensen birthday edition

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 17:48:15 GMT

It would be very remiss of me to miss such an auspicious occasion, and not take this opportunity to wish the happiest of happy birthdays to the fabulous man whose existence accounts for about 80% of this journal's content.

To Jensen - 48 years old and maturing like the finest wine!
Happy Birthday!

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Happy Post: Life, the Universe and Everything...

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 19:24:30 GMT

On Saturday, Mr D and I headed up to London for my (very) early birthday treat. The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy immersive stage show.

For those of you who know my birthday is in April, the reason this was so early was because the show's run ends on the 15th February.

I love the HHGTTG. I first read the book when I was about 14, and then all the subsequent sequels, and have always counted it as one of my favourite stories.

The show was a musical reinterpretation of the story and it did a great job (I mean, it did have to fit five books into 90 minutes). It brought in Arthur Dent's love interest, Fenchurch, from book 4. The show was energetic and fun, and very respectful of the HHG universe. I had a fab time, I think I got more out of it than Mr D because I'm so much more familiar with the story. Mr D had never read past book 2, so had no idea who Fenchurch was. But he said, once he wrapped his head around the story, he really got into it, and wished he could see it again because he'd enjoy it so much more. Sadly it comes off soon, so unless it's resurrected somewhere else, that's unlikely!

Highlights of a great show was us drinking our Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters (I wouldn't say it felt like having our brains smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped around a large gold brick, but it was yummy all the same) and me having a conversation with Marvin the Paranoid Android that went thus:

Marvin: what is your name?
Me: I'm Jane
Marvin: I don't care. Jane, I've been practicing giving people compliments. May I give you a compliment?
Me: of course!
Marvin: You are wearing shoes. That's very sensible.
Me: Thank you. I've had worse compliments than that!
Marvin: I don't care

Of course, anyone who's familiar with the HHG universe knows that any self-respecting hitch hiker never forgets their towel, so of course, I had to treat myself to one!

I did have a few tears when there was a tribute to Douglas Adams at the end of the show. So much love and respect for that man and his exceptional mind.

Altogether a fabulous day! Here are a few more pics - official ones because photography wasn't allowed!

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Jensen time...

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 18:37:07 GMT

How is it possible that this is my first Jensen time of 2026?

OK, so I need to right this wrong and go hunting for lots more delicious Jensen pictures... such hardship.

Anyway, to start us off, here are a few shots of Jensen at the recent Norfolk con - credit as per watermark.

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Snowflake Challenge 2026 - day 15

Sat, 31 Jan 2026 16:19:36 GMT

Challenge #15

How Did the Fandom Snowflake Challenge Go?

Another really enjoyable challenge. As I said right at the beginning, it’s a great little reset, and gets my brain working again after the stagnation of the Christmas break.

I lost a little momentum toward the end as I spent a few days visiting my parents and deliberately didn’t take my laptop as I wanted to concentrate on them, not my screen, so I missed challenge 13 and 14, but overall, I’m happy with this year’s challenge, and sad it’s at an end.

Thanks, as always, to the mods who work so hard to bring us this lovely little event!

See you next year!

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Snowflake Challenge 2026 - Day 12

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 18:21:00 GMT

Challenge #12

Make an appreciation post to those who enhance your fandom life. Appreciate them in bullet points, prose, poetry, a moodboard, a song... whatever moves you!

It can never be denied that the main factor in my wonderful fandom experience is the friends I’ve made

Whether they are friends who have crossed over from online to real life friends or those who still live in my laptop, the joy of shooting the breeze with an awesome bunch of people from all over the world is something I will always be grateful to fandom for.

Thanks to my fandom friends, I’ve gained confidence, I’ve learned new skills, I’ve travelled, I’ve humiliated myself (GISH, I’m looking at you), I’ve met famous people and I’ve found myself in ways that I’d never even considered before.

I’ve laughed with you guys and I’ve cried with you guys, and I can’t find the words to tell you how much I appreciate you all.

Therefore, I have decided to abandon words, and demonstrate my appreciation through the medium of Jared, Jensen and Misha...

via GIPHY

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Snowflake challenge 2026 - day 11

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:28:13 GMT

I've been away visiting family for a few days, so I've fallen behind on the Snowflake a little, so this is me - catching up!

In your own space, grant someone's wish from Challenge #5

So, for this challenge, I decided to grant some wishes for a long standing friend, both here and on Livejournal:

fairyniamh

I have commented and given kudos on some of your wonderful works over on AO3, and as time permits, I'll definitely get to reading some more.
And here's the hug that you asked for. I would love to provide a real, in person, hug, but as we are separated by an ocean, here's a virtual hug provided by three lovely gentlemen instead. The love behind it remains the same as a real hug!

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Snowflake Challenge 2026 - Day 10

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 19:00:39 GMT

Challenge #10: Big Mood (Board)

CHOOSE SOMETHING YOU LOVE AND CREATE A MINI MOOD COLLECTION OF THREE (or more) ITEMS THAT EVOKE YOUR FEELINGS ABOUT IT. You don’t have to limit yourself to visual media, or collect the items into a special format like a square (though you can if you’d like).

So for this challenge, I thought I would concentrate on something that is prominent in my mind at the moment. My first convention of the year is hurtling toward me, only three months away.

Those who know me well know I operate almost exclusively in the Supernatural fandom, and Supernatural conventions are my happy place.

That's where I can be me. I can meet up with the fabulous friends I've made through fandom. I can catch up with Supernatural's awesome cast. I can create art for autographs. I get to travel and broaden my horizons - in recent years, apart from my homeland of the UK, my Supernatural travels have taken me to France, Germany and Italy.

So yes, this is a happy, joyful convention mood board...

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Snowflake Challenge 2026 - day 9

Sat, 17 Jan 2026 18:21:43 GMT

Talk about your favorite tropes in media or transformative works. (Feel free to substitute in theme/motif/cliche if "trope" doesn't resonate with you.)

I guess my go to trope in fan fiction is Hurt/Comfort.

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Snowflake Challenge 2026 - day 8

Sat, 17 Jan 2026 09:44:54 GMT

Talk about your creative process.

My main creativity at the moment is art. I work in pastel pencils and my process, such as it is, is as follows:

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Snowflake Challenge 2026 - Day 7

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 18:11:56 GMT

LIST THREE (or more) THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF. They don’t have to be your favorite things, just things that you think are good. Feel free to expand as much or as little as you want.

Hmmm… I had to think about this one!

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Snowflake Challenge 2026 - day 6

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 19:16:56 GMT

Top 10 Challenge

For this challenge, I decided to go for something a little different, and so I have done a top ten of my favourite places in the UK.

So, here goes…

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Solent bound - a little virtual ramble

Sat, 10 Jan 2026 19:44:29 GMT

I’ve mentioned many times at this journal that my parents live on the Isle of Wight.

For those of you who aren’t familiar with the Island, it’s a small Island of about 150 square miles off the south coast of England. It’s divided from the mainland south coast by a narrow straight of water called the Solent.

My parents have lived on the Island since 1997, and I’ve headed over to the Island on average once a month throughout that entire time, so I seem to spend a ridiculous amount of time (and money) crossing that bloody water!

I’ve just booked my latest ferry crossing, and so once again the Island and, in particular, the Solent, are in my mind. Although I’m often sick of the sight of that stretch of water, (and don’t get me started on the ferry fares) there’s no denying the fact that it’s a fascinating place, in a lovely part of the country, with an incredible amount of history.

And so, as I’m sitting here at a loose end, I thought it would be fun to share some fascinating facts about the Solent.

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Snowflake Challenge 2026 - day 5

Sat, 10 Jan 2026 14:22:34 GMT

In your own space, create a list of at least three things you'd love to receive, a wish list of sorts.

My first wish - Inspiration… my fic writing has been in the doldrums for ages, it would be great to get a flash of inspiration and produce a couple of fics that I’m proud of

Speaking of inspiration, I’d like the inspiration to lose the weight I put on over Christmas!

Secondly, I'd love for some of my fics to be read and loved again, so if you can find the time to visit my AO3, and have a little browse, and maybe leave some kudos or feedback, that would be wonderful!

Lastly, I just want all good things for the people I care about (and I include those of you that live in my laptop in that statement).

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