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Imbolc Blessings to all, and a blessed full Goose Moon. Bride is awake 💙🪶🌱🥛🐑🦢🕯💚🪿
Art by Wendy Andrew Lizzie Spikes- Driftwood Designs Cicely Mary Barker
Art by Wendy Andrew Lizzie Spikes- Driftwood Designs Cicely Mary Barker
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And this morning the Shed is a balcony overlooking a river, where swans reflect the golden clouds and everything is birdsong…
February 15, 2026 at 6:50 AM
And this morning the Shed is a balcony overlooking a river, where swans reflect the golden clouds and everything is birdsong…
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Sunshine and church bells in Turin…
February 15, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Sunshine and church bells in Turin…
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And this morning the Shed is a chandelier, made from a million pieces of chinking, winking crystal…
February 13, 2026 at 9:56 AM
And this morning the Shed is a chandelier, made from a million pieces of chinking, winking crystal…
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And this morning the Shed is a tiny door set into the flank of a mountain...
February 12, 2026 at 10:03 AM
And this morning the Shed is a tiny door set into the flank of a mountain...
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Jeanne Baret (1740 – 1807) was a French explorer, naturalist, and botanist who is recognised as the first woman to have completed a voyage of circumnavigation of the globe. (She did so by joining an expedition, disguised as a man.)
February 12, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Jeanne Baret (1740 – 1807) was a French explorer, naturalist, and botanist who is recognised as the first woman to have completed a voyage of circumnavigation of the globe. (She did so by joining an expedition, disguised as a man.)
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tell your sheep i said hi
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
February 12, 2026 at 5:19 PM
tell your sheep i said hi
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The Wasp and the Hornet exchanged sad looks. “Indeed, it is bad for the Honeybee,” they said. “But the cause of Justice has been addressed.”
February 11, 2026 at 10:17 AM
The Wasp and the Hornet exchanged sad looks. “Indeed, it is bad for the Honeybee,” they said. “But the cause of Justice has been addressed.”
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Cup of tea, ten minutes to spare; you know what that means: #Storytime. Here's how it starts, as always:
There is a story the bees used to tell, which makes it hard to disbelieve...
There is a story the bees used to tell, which makes it hard to disbelieve...
February 11, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Cup of tea, ten minutes to spare; you know what that means: #Storytime. Here's how it starts, as always:
There is a story the bees used to tell, which makes it hard to disbelieve...
There is a story the bees used to tell, which makes it hard to disbelieve...
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Off to the Turin Chocolate Festival for Valentine Day’s weekend to talk about all things VIANNE and chocolate. And master chef Gabriele Gorlato has promised to create a special bespoke pastry , just for me…
February 11, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Off to the Turin Chocolate Festival for Valentine Day’s weekend to talk about all things VIANNE and chocolate. And master chef Gabriele Gorlato has promised to create a special bespoke pastry , just for me…
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Unsolicited writing advice, no. 643: It may be tempting to include song lyrics in your work. (And why not? Stephen King does it all the time.) But beware; the rights to even a line of a song can run into the thousands of pounds- and the publisher will expect YOU to pay for them…
February 11, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 643: It may be tempting to include song lyrics in your work. (And why not? Stephen King does it all the time.) But beware; the rights to even a line of a song can run into the thousands of pounds- and the publisher will expect YOU to pay for them…
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Ian Rankin, who writes about music all the time, has a good way of getting around this: he paraphrases, instead of quoting. And he uses the song titles, which are not subject to copyright.
February 11, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Ian Rankin, who writes about music all the time, has a good way of getting around this: he paraphrases, instead of quoting. And he uses the song titles, which are not subject to copyright.
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And this morning the Shed is a garden gate, singing the songs of springtime…
February 11, 2026 at 8:37 AM
And this morning the Shed is a garden gate, singing the songs of springtime…
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And this morning the Shed is a sunny veranda underneath a persimmon tree…
February 10, 2026 at 8:32 AM
And this morning the Shed is a sunny veranda underneath a persimmon tree…
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Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1943-) is a Northern Irish physicist who, while conducting research for her doctorate, discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967. This discovery earned the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1974, but not to her - the prize was awarded to her (male) supervisor. #CelebratingWomen
February 10, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1943-) is a Northern Irish physicist who, while conducting research for her doctorate, discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967. This discovery earned the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1974, but not to her - the prize was awarded to her (male) supervisor. #CelebratingWomen
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And this morning the Shed is a tower of ice, accessible only by a staricase made from a frozen waterfall...
February 9, 2026 at 9:58 AM
And this morning the Shed is a tower of ice, accessible only by a staricase made from a frozen waterfall...
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We can never really know what it’s like to walk in each other’s shoes. But, we can listen and show empathy
Image: www.instagram.com/allontheboard
Image: www.instagram.com/allontheboard
February 7, 2026 at 7:47 PM
We can never really know what it’s like to walk in each other’s shoes. But, we can listen and show empathy
Image: www.instagram.com/allontheboard
Image: www.instagram.com/allontheboard
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Don't remove the racist post.
Remove the racist from his post.
Remove the racist from his post.
February 7, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Don't remove the racist post.
Remove the racist from his post.
Remove the racist from his post.
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And this morning the Shed is a spinning wheel, spinning the clouds into threads of gold…
February 8, 2026 at 9:22 AM
And this morning the Shed is a spinning wheel, spinning the clouds into threads of gold…
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Missed yesterday's #Storytime? Here it is, all washed and brushed... ko-fi.com/post/The-Vul...
The Vulture and the Jackal
Joanne Harris and the Storytime Band published a post on Ko-fi
ko-fi.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Missed yesterday's #Storytime? Here it is, all washed and brushed... ko-fi.com/post/The-Vul...
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February 6, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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And this morning the Shed is a promontory overlooking a stormy sea: the green waves rise like cutlasses; the sky is like a purple bruise…
February 7, 2026 at 9:24 AM
And this morning the Shed is a promontory overlooking a stormy sea: the green waves rise like cutlasses; the sky is like a purple bruise…
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And this morning the Shed is a house in the hills; alone in a field of snowdrops…
February 6, 2026 at 9:31 AM
And this morning the Shed is a house in the hills; alone in a field of snowdrops…
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Marie Spartali Stillman: Pre-Raphaelite muse and talented artist in her own right, whose own important work is often overlooked. More than just a model.
February 5, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Marie Spartali Stillman: Pre-Raphaelite muse and talented artist in her own right, whose own important work is often overlooked. More than just a model.
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And this morning the Shed is a forbidden chord, the playing of which was once believed to summon the forces of darkness…🎶
February 5, 2026 at 7:58 AM
And this morning the Shed is a forbidden chord, the playing of which was once believed to summon the forces of darkness…🎶