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Hey @gwenynen.bsky.social - we saw this sign in a museum today and both immediately said Wales.

Sign from a museum, saying Towy River coracle (cwrwgl), 2009. Built by W. Karl Chattington. This boat was produced for the 2009 Smithsonian Institution Folklife Festival and is provided through the courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution The coracle has been in use in Wales since the 7th century. Today, coracles are used along the Towy River in southwest Wales by sport fishermen angling for salmon and sea trout. They are propelled with a paddle held in two hands over the bow, in a figure-8 movement. Coracles are very light - the hull is painted canvas over wooden strips. When a fisherman came ashore he would simply pick the boat up and, using the leather strap, carry the boat home on his back. Why the irregular shape? On the fast flowing Welsh rivers the pear-shaped coracle is more stable and able to cope with river conditions. Picture of four men with coracles included, as well as a map of the UK, with the River Towy identified by a star. Picture of a coracle hanging from a wall with an oar in front of it.
June 15, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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It is frog season!
A small green frog in a red bucket.
May 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Hey @gwenynen.bsky.social - saw a book for you today while wandering around.
The cover of a book titled OMFG, Bees! With subheading Bees are soamazing and you're about to find out why.
January 19, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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I need to read more books. And not just Fox in Socks for the 17th time today.
A storygraph wrap up for 2024, showing that I read 12 books and 5,635 pages, including the covers for All Clear by Connie Willis and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke.
January 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Today's frog photo. We seem to have accidentally set up a frog house by the front door with the box for packages to stay dry.
Two small green tree frogs cling to the inside of a brown box.
October 21, 2024 at 9:06 PM
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I blame you.
A camelbak water bottle lid with a small green frog in the straw spot. The picture was clearly taken indoors.
September 30, 2024 at 8:03 PM
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Does the library know something I don't know?
A screen shot of a bunch of bookcovers under the heading "Popular non-fiction". One of the books is 1984.
June 14, 2024 at 1:34 AM
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I found the container of googly eyes again.
A collection of various breeds of dog shapes cut from plywood, with tiny-but-still-too-large googly eyes placed on them.
December 18, 2023 at 1:20 AM