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hullsaddler.bsky.social
@hullsaddler.bsky.social
Not really over here yet but will see how things develop over there
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforB
B is for Bridlington Beach

Photo I found in a junk shop in Hull
I wish I knew who the girl in the beret really was, but she did gain a fictional life as Emily in Bitter Harvest Moon.
Prologue & start of her story are in the reply as in
B is for Beginning of a Book
Reposted
Inspired by Adrian Henri's poem 'I want to paint' the words and image here are my own.
Offered for #ImageAndVerse
(And safe in the knowledge that @hullsaddler.bsky.social will give me a gentle smile and nod of the head).
November 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
One for @nest69.bsky.social
Inspired by a Lois Zellas photo, the Prisoner, Hitchcock & Mr Memory.
Opening paragraph here & link to short story.
Mr Memory (2.2k words)
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October 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Was at @highwoldspoetry.bsky.social on Saturday which was v enjoyable.This is for @nest69.bsky.social on here who was so pleased that Reunion ( after 57 yrs) made it into an anthology!
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September 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
One for you @nest69.bsky.social
Made it into an anthology
September 28, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Reposted
Two days to go!!
Tinkerbell assisting preparations…

This Saturday 27th, Kilham Village Hall, 11-6pm, doors open 10:30 - see you there!!

#poetry #yorkshire
September 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Lepidopterists often wonder if butterflies love or hate Marmite. Definitely❤️ as this Red Admiral proves!
It's the 2nd Avenues Open Gardens in #Hull tomorrow.
How we became 'The Marmite Garden' & other ramblings on being an Open Gardener are in link acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...
July 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
#Alphabetchallenge #WeekAforAlliteration

An Aged Alleged Author Artily Attempts Again to Attract Attention And An Audience.

amazon.co.uk/Bitter-Harve...
July 3, 2025 at 7:06 AM
What are you doing?
Oh Dave don't fuss.
July 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Poppies
July 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Red shoes
July 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Ash tree by the church
July 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Always peg your gazebo down properly
July 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
A Day on the 365 is about the #Gallery365in2025 Newcastle exhibition. Like others I've wondered how Sonya @gallery365.bsky.social was - we now know what she's been through recently!
Posting these 1400 words (in link) for those 365ers no longer over there
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March 15, 2025 at 9:43 AM
#thicktrunktuesday in the park
March 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekIforInside

Inside Curbar boulders
March 2, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Four from Chatsworth Park
March 2, 2025 at 11:09 AM
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekHforHeroes
NUWSS, WFL deserve more credit in women's fight for the vote -not just Pankhurst's WSPU
I bought set of Panko having used them as framework for Eleanor's story in Bitter Harvest Moon (99p on Kindle)
www.amazon.co.uk/Bitter-Harve...
Panko sadly is rubbish as a game!
February 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Hardwick Street #Hull
If you're a Beautiful South fan you may recognise the CD back cover in last photo (taken by bass player who lived next door back then).
Our hairdressers for 40 years also in shot.
#Gallery365in2025FebruaryWenders
@gallery365.bsky.social
February 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Well worth a visit!
For those who couldn’t make it yesterday a little glimpse.

Come and see the work hung and on screen at Newcastle City Library until March 5.

Creativity and community at its best .

Join in #gallery365in2025
#blueskyart #Newcastle #photography
February 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Reposted
Chuffed to bits to have several images in @gallery365.bsky.social Exhibition at Newcastle City Library…📸
February 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
#thicktrunktuesday
'As always I stop to photograph the lone tree
at the valley's end.'
A short poem 'Winter Walk' is in the reply
Swindale, Yorkshire Wolds near #Hull last week.
January 21, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Kindred Spirits

1973. Mrs HS is told she is donor-conceived.
2009. Mrs HS meets her first sibling.
2020. See Simon Evans one-man show about his discovery he is one.
2024 At least 60 known siblings. I lose track
2025 ?

My view from 2022 (2.4k words) in the link
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January 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCostume
The Grim Reaper - Krakow
January 19, 2025 at 11:25 AM
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCostume
My grandmother (left) who until I was 22, I'd thought dead. I met her once in 1974.
Long Lost Family about her is in the reply, (my favourite photo from handful I was sent a couple of years ago.
January 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The plan to grow bonsai in the tops of fingerposts on the Wolds Way is going well.
#fingerpostfriday
January 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM