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Persiflage
@persiflage.bsky.social
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😶 not a girl 🍓 birbs 💘 blogging from deep into the woods 🌳 (bio from not a pornbot: https://perchance.org/botdescript)
Reader; writer; lover of great acting & storytelling; fannish; word nerd; semi-cripple; non-binary. pfp - Red Kite photo by me.
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Don't miss this beautiful bargain #BookSky 💙📚
julietemckenna.bsky.social Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 2h
Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'back' #BookQW #BookSky
Dan and Fin must conquer potentially lethal challenges before they can go home, and they've only booked this cottage for a week. The Green Man's Holiday is a February Kindle 99p offer, pricing-matched on Kobo and elsewhere. See linked post.
Cover art by Ben Baldwin shows a creature crouching in a low tunnel entrance lined with grey stones and partly hidden by green undergrowth and white flowers. The creature has pale skin covered in sparse black hair and it looks a bit like an ape, a bit like a bear, and completely unlike either of those. Book extract reads: I listened to the soft rustle of paper and Fin making faint noises of surprise and approval as she found something interesting. Then I heard something else. I opened my eyes. Fin was staring at me, concerned. ‘Was that a cat?’ ‘I don’t know.’ I sat up and put my mug on the table. ‘A bird, maybe?’ We sat and listened. We heard the noise again. ‘That’s not a cat.’ Fin dropped the leaflet she was reading into the wicker basket and stood up. ‘Whatever it is, do you think it’s hurt?’ ‘It’s out the back.’ I got to my feet. Something about the noise had sent a shiver down my spine. ‘Where are the keys?’ ‘On the mantelpiece.’ Fin was already heading for the kitchen. I grabbed them and followed her. ‘Wait for me.’ Fin stepped to one side in the little lobby so I could unlock the back door. I opened up cautiously. I was ready to slam the door shut, using my whole body weight to hold it closed until I could lock it, if something unfriendly was out there. There was no danger of that. I opened the door wider as Fin and I looked down with disbelief.
February 4, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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foxes-in-love.bsky.social
A comic of two foxes, one of whom is blue, the other is green. In this one, Blue arrives ont he scene as Green is cutting a random chunk of plastic, pieces of it flying everywhere. Blue is holding both of his eyes closed in order to protect them from impact, while Green is squinting with one eye, peering his work with the other. Blue: What's with the plastic shrapnel? Green: Arts and crafts. I'll clean up later. Blue sits down, looking at Green questioningly. Green - who has stopped clipping - frowns at his craft. Blue: How will you find them if you don't see where they go? Green: From the bottom of my foot. Green resumes clipping as Blue looks at him, stunned. Eventually, he manages to put his thoughts into words. Blue: ...You have feet?
February 4, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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davidzinn.bsky.social
The emergence of Dewey, waiting for springtime and practicing his bunt:
February 4, 2026 at 1:38 PM
persiflage.bsky.social
Hi #BookSky 💙📚
I've just read an advance copy of The Distance Between Us: A Short Story by Phillipa Ashley out on March 1st!
The Distance Between Us: A Short Story
From Sunday Times bestselling author Phillipa Ashley co…
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February 4, 2026 at 1:35 PM
persiflage.bsky.social
Snoozy floofster! 😍🦉💙
burrowingowl.bsky.social Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 4h
Good morning! 🪶
Burrowing owl with his eyes closed.
February 4, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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Today’s moment of calm. The first snowdrops are in bloom on the farm. With plenty still in bud or in the green. It looks like it’s going to be a beautiful spring
A triptych of a goldcrest in the snowdrops
February 4, 2026 at 11:33 AM
persiflage.bsky.social
Argh! There's a bright light in the sky - is it aliens?!!

Dear gods, was beginning to feel like I'd forgotten what the sun looks like!
February 4, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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Daily #BirdWatch 1/4
Heard: Robin, Goldfinch, Goldcrest, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Wren, Dunnock, Blackcap, Greenfinch, House Sparrow, Siskin, Redpoll, Black Redstart, Starling, Redwing, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Blackbird, Great Spotted Woodpecker,

#UKBirding
February 4, 2026 at 10:04 AM
persiflage.bsky.social
I'm loving these! 💛💙
cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social Charlotte Strawbridge @cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social · 8h
No. 13
#30DaysOfArt
#FlowersOfScotland
#30Flowers
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30 days art project Meadow yellow Poppy
February 4, 2026 at 9:48 AM
persiflage.bsky.social
It's just occurred to me that it'll still be dark when I have to walk over to the hospital for my 7am 'check in' next Weds. *sighs*
February 4, 2026 at 7:18 AM
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February 4, 2026 at 4:53 AM
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Hi #BookSky 💙📚
I've just finished reading Margin of Error by @rachelslacey.bsky.social
What an absolute delight of a tale! Love it!
Margin of Error
From Rachel Lacey, author of Learning Curves, comes a t…
www.goodreads.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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katwithsword.bsky.social
I have space available in my editing calendar, and I'd love to fill these spots. I do developmental editing of novels and novellas. More info and contact link here: www.kathowardbooks.com/editing
February 3, 2026 at 3:31 PM
persiflage.bsky.social
LOL Of course they have!! Morons!
February 3, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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This powerful new Greenpeace film exposes how Eni – one of the world’s biggest oil and gas companies – is using the Winter Olympics and Paralympics to greenwash its climate damage. Watch and share the film, and add your name: act.gp/4k1d4CM
Oilympics: The Games on Thin Ice - Greenpeace International
Fossil fuel companies are greenwashing their image by sponsoring big sporting events to hide their destruction. Don’t let them get away with it.
act.gp
February 3, 2026 at 2:16 PM
persiflage.bsky.social
Starling up on the TV aerial opposite absolutely going off despite the continuing diluvian outpour!!!

#UKBirding
February 3, 2026 at 2:10 PM
persiflage.bsky.social
Fluffy floofster kisses! 🦉💙
burrowingowl.bsky.social Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 1d
Good morning! 🪶
Burrowing owlet grooming Mom's head. Mom's eyes are closed.
February 3, 2026 at 1:24 PM
persiflage.bsky.social
Daily #BirdWatch 1/2
Heard: Robin, Goldfinch, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Dunnock, Wren, Pied Wagtail, House Sparrow, Starling, Redwing, Blackbird, Rock Dove, Wood Pigeon, Mallard, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Black-Headed Gull, Herring Gull

See: 8 Robin, 4 Goldfinch, 2 Blue Tit,

#UKBirding
February 3, 2026 at 10:32 AM
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cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social Charlotte Strawbridge @cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social · 1d
No. 12
#30DaysOfArt
#FlowersOfScotland
#30Flowers
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30 flowers Gorse
February 3, 2026 at 10:15 AM
persiflage.bsky.social
Chucking it down here this morning.
February 3, 2026 at 8:12 AM
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Hi #BookSky 💙📚
I'm reading the newly published Margin of Error by @rachelslacey.bsky.social - out this very day and quite the change from Cadfael!
Margin of Error
From Rachel Lacey, author of Learning Curves, comes a t…
www.goodreads.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:15 AM
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Hi #BookSky 💙📚
I've finished re-reading Brother Cadfael's Penance by Ellis Peters - and thus have finished re-reading the entire Cadfael Chronicles.

Sad now.
Brother Cadfael's Penance (Chronicles of Brother Cadfa…
November, 1145. While Cadfael has bent Abbey rules, he …
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February 2, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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silverpebble2.bsky.social
Yesterday was the midway point between the winter solstice & the vernal equinox & today is Imbolc, the pagan celebration of the return of the light. We’re climbing out of winter & the whole botanical calendar (save snowdrops & aconites) is ahead. A very good thought in case you need it today 🌿:
A miniature posy I made from flowers in my garden in a tiny Victorian burst lip bottle
February 2, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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A comic of two foxes, one of whom is blue, the other is green. In this one, Blue looks at Green over his shoulder as Green looks at a tiny cut on his tail. Green: Oh huh, a tiny cut. Blue: Let me get the wound spray. Green begins to lick the tiny cut, while Blue looks shocked. Green: Nah, it's fine. Blue: Don't lick it!! Blue frowns at Green as Green looks up from the cut. Green: Your own saliva is actually better for your wounds than someone else's. Blue: That doesn't make it good for you! As Blue leaves to get the wound spray, Green calmly continues to lick the wound. Blue: You stop that! I can hear you!
February 2, 2026 at 2:20 PM
persiflage.bsky.social
It's the peek-a-boo floofster trio! 🦉💙
burrowingowl.bsky.social Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 2d
Good morning! 🪶
Three burrowing owls peeking out from underground.
February 2, 2026 at 2:16 PM