Anna Stephenson
@annastephensonanna.bsky.social
Rural dweller in deepest Aberdeenshire. Likes lighting fires and is good at it.
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Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 5
‘Snowstorm in a Pennine Valley’
Artist: SR Badmin
‘Snowstorm in a Pennine Valley’
Artist: SR Badmin
December 5, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 5
‘Snowstorm in a Pennine Valley’
Artist: SR Badmin
‘Snowstorm in a Pennine Valley’
Artist: SR Badmin
youtu.be/3DB-uJ0TxKQ?... my other claim to fame is my friend at school was an extra in Local Hero, he bounced a ball off the Ship Inn wall in Banff. He didn’t make the Final Cut, I still think it counts.
Mark Knopfler - Going Home (Theme Of The Local Hero | Official Video)
YouTube video by Mark Knopfler
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December 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
youtu.be/3DB-uJ0TxKQ?... my other claim to fame is my friend at school was an extra in Local Hero, he bounced a ball off the Ship Inn wall in Banff. He didn’t make the Final Cut, I still think it counts.
youtu.be/xvqeSJlgaNk?...
Claim to fame, for a while I worked alongside a guy who had been a racehorse trainer. He trained the wee guy from the Monkees who become a jockey, before he rescued Thoroubreds. I guess the wee guy (can’t remember his name) realised it’s a cruel sport.
Claim to fame, for a while I worked alongside a guy who had been a racehorse trainer. He trained the wee guy from the Monkees who become a jockey, before he rescued Thoroubreds. I guess the wee guy (can’t remember his name) realised it’s a cruel sport.
The Monkees - Daydream Believer (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by The Monkees
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
youtu.be/xvqeSJlgaNk?...
Claim to fame, for a while I worked alongside a guy who had been a racehorse trainer. He trained the wee guy from the Monkees who become a jockey, before he rescued Thoroubreds. I guess the wee guy (can’t remember his name) realised it’s a cruel sport.
Claim to fame, for a while I worked alongside a guy who had been a racehorse trainer. He trained the wee guy from the Monkees who become a jockey, before he rescued Thoroubreds. I guess the wee guy (can’t remember his name) realised it’s a cruel sport.
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Nigel Farage has got the Reich hump
December 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Nigel Farage has got the Reich hump
Thought the Frickles were worth a punt from Aldi, utterly boufin.’ Like a pickled slug boiled in Dead Sea water then battered with a substance that has a really weird sponge like consistency. Boufin’ doesn’t cover it.
December 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Thought the Frickles were worth a punt from Aldi, utterly boufin.’ Like a pickled slug boiled in Dead Sea water then battered with a substance that has a really weird sponge like consistency. Boufin’ doesn’t cover it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I loved this book and was so determined to crack the puzzle and find it.
I loved this book and was so determined to crack the puzzle and find it.
Masquerade treasure hunt golden hare sold for £82k at auction
People from around the world tried to solve riddles to find the hare through the early 1980s.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I loved this book and was so determined to crack the puzzle and find it.
I loved this book and was so determined to crack the puzzle and find it.
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“For heaven’s sake, Roger—stop dragging that one leg.”
October 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
“For heaven’s sake, Roger—stop dragging that one leg.”
The all seeing eye in the wood stack.
November 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The all seeing eye in the wood stack.
Apparently a 1987 calendar is exactly the same as a 2026 calendar
November 21, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Apparently a 1987 calendar is exactly the same as a 2026 calendar
Sunrise 8.34am, theres been a lot of deer activity in the garden, a lot of cloven hoof prints in the snow.
It’s minus something, if not double figures, close to.
It’s minus something, if not double figures, close to.
November 21, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Sunrise 8.34am, theres been a lot of deer activity in the garden, a lot of cloven hoof prints in the snow.
It’s minus something, if not double figures, close to.
It’s minus something, if not double figures, close to.
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Aleister Crowley Reads Occult Poetry in the Only Known Recordings of His Voice (1920)
Aleister Crowley Reads Occult Poetry in the Only Known Recordings of His Voice (1920)
Image by Jules Jacot Guillarmod, via Wikimedia Commons
In 2016, we brought you a rather strange story about the rivalry between poet William Butler Yeats and magician Aleister Crowley.
www.openculture.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Aleister Crowley Reads Occult Poetry in the Only Known Recordings of His Voice (1920)
November 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I saw a sheep upside down in a field today, hopped over the fence thinking it looked dead, bloated but with a bit of assistance it got up (not dead) and ran off. Never noticed the big bull until in the middle of the field, he was quite happy just watching. Nice bull.
November 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I saw a sheep upside down in a field today, hopped over the fence thinking it looked dead, bloated but with a bit of assistance it got up (not dead) and ran off. Never noticed the big bull until in the middle of the field, he was quite happy just watching. Nice bull.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Banff today with @maggiechapman.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Banff today with @maggiechapman.bsky.social
What are those things? Both have solar panels attached.
November 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
What are those things? Both have solar panels attached.
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For those who have the app, the podcast version of an interview Derek Alexander & l gave at Culloden during recent dig. Includes our interpretation of what we think the team of volunteers and archaeologists found over a week of hard work. Think a shorter version will go out on radio this weekend.
Scotland Outdoors - The Battle of Culloden - BBC Sounds
Mark Stephen visits Culloden Battlefield after a recent archaeological dig there
www.bbc.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
For those who have the app, the podcast version of an interview Derek Alexander & l gave at Culloden during recent dig. Includes our interpretation of what we think the team of volunteers and archaeologists found over a week of hard work. Think a shorter version will go out on radio this weekend.
I quite like those marmite rice cakes, they’re like a big ricey twiglett. Nice with a slice of Gouda or Orkney cheddar, tomatoes and a good crack of black pepper
October 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I quite like those marmite rice cakes, they’re like a big ricey twiglett. Nice with a slice of Gouda or Orkney cheddar, tomatoes and a good crack of black pepper
Looking towards The Mungo Hill with Tap O Noth behind.
October 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Looking towards The Mungo Hill with Tap O Noth behind.