Deborah Harrison
@deborahjoy.bsky.social
Retired Occupational Therapist; interested in health & wellbeing, and occupational justice. Dipping my toes into nature, history, literature & photography. Enjoying the quiet life in Norfolk and Cumbria.
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 24, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Autumn pond; lovely colours from the rowan, field maple and hornbeam.
October 31, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Autumn pond; lovely colours from the rowan, field maple and hornbeam.
Marvellous writing for Halloween, weaving together magic and science. Thank you @annieworsley.bsky.social
A ghost post for Samhain.
Happy Halloween 😊
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Happy Halloween 😊
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Finding Ghosts
Early in October, after a big storm, we crossed the Minch to the Outer Hebrides. The ferry sailed across a peppermint ice-cream sea, rising and falling in great stomach-churning swoops, as waves sw…
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October 31, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Marvellous writing for Halloween, weaving together magic and science. Thank you @annieworsley.bsky.social
Lovely rainbows Annie 🌈 😊
A quiet weather day the forecaster said.
Ha! I was blown about and blasted with salt and grit and drenched in rainbows.
But my shadow-self looks long and lithe 😉
Ha! I was blown about and blasted with salt and grit and drenched in rainbows.
But my shadow-self looks long and lithe 😉
October 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Lovely rainbows Annie 🌈 😊
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Night night sweet dreamies
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
Have patience with all things,
But, first of all with yourself
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
Have patience with all things,
But, first of all with yourself
October 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Night night sweet dreamies
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
Have patience with all things,
But, first of all with yourself
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
Have patience with all things,
But, first of all with yourself
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“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien
― J.R.R. Tolkien
October 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien
― J.R.R. Tolkien
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A 500-year-old oak was felled for convenience.
In Suffolk, a retired classics teacher decided that wouldn’t happen again. He tells Aidan Baker his story.
Read the lesson of the lost oak. 🌳
In Suffolk, a retired classics teacher decided that wouldn’t happen again. He tells Aidan Baker his story.
Read the lesson of the lost oak. 🌳
The lesson of the lost oak: why one Suffolk man’s mission matters
Suffolk tree-lover David Hopkins talks about the work of adding to the Woodland Trust's 'Ancient Tree Inventory'
eastangliabylines.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
A 500-year-old oak was felled for convenience.
In Suffolk, a retired classics teacher decided that wouldn’t happen again. He tells Aidan Baker his story.
Read the lesson of the lost oak. 🌳
In Suffolk, a retired classics teacher decided that wouldn’t happen again. He tells Aidan Baker his story.
Read the lesson of the lost oak. 🌳
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Happy autumn equinox!
I was hoping for clear skies but it's cloudy. So here's the sun setting at its equinoctial position on the northern tip of the Trotternish peninsula on Skye.
View from the old wooden post on the clifftop near home over the sea to Skye in 2019 😊
I was hoping for clear skies but it's cloudy. So here's the sun setting at its equinoctial position on the northern tip of the Trotternish peninsula on Skye.
View from the old wooden post on the clifftop near home over the sea to Skye in 2019 😊
September 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Happy autumn equinox!
I was hoping for clear skies but it's cloudy. So here's the sun setting at its equinoctial position on the northern tip of the Trotternish peninsula on Skye.
View from the old wooden post on the clifftop near home over the sea to Skye in 2019 😊
I was hoping for clear skies but it's cloudy. So here's the sun setting at its equinoctial position on the northern tip of the Trotternish peninsula on Skye.
View from the old wooden post on the clifftop near home over the sea to Skye in 2019 😊
First frost of autumn
Mist plays across the water
It came without sound.
#naturewriting #ukcanals #autumn #poetry #haiku
Mist plays across the water
It came without sound.
#naturewriting #ukcanals #autumn #poetry #haiku
September 22, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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Suicide is the major cause of deaths for those under 35.
The issue is being highlighted as The Baton of Hope comes to Norwich 👇
Mental health support is key.
Norwich is lucky to have the Norfolk Clubhouse, described by Sir Noman Lamb as an 'enlightened' support model...
The issue is being highlighted as The Baton of Hope comes to Norwich 👇
Mental health support is key.
Norwich is lucky to have the Norfolk Clubhouse, described by Sir Noman Lamb as an 'enlightened' support model...
September 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Suicide is the major cause of deaths for those under 35.
The issue is being highlighted as The Baton of Hope comes to Norwich 👇
Mental health support is key.
Norwich is lucky to have the Norfolk Clubhouse, described by Sir Noman Lamb as an 'enlightened' support model...
The issue is being highlighted as The Baton of Hope comes to Norwich 👇
Mental health support is key.
Norwich is lucky to have the Norfolk Clubhouse, described by Sir Noman Lamb as an 'enlightened' support model...
Worth clicking the link and taking a look. Thanks for sharing @annieworsley.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Worth clicking the link and taking a look. Thanks for sharing @annieworsley.bsky.social
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You cannot pour from an empty pot. Please make sure you take time to rest and recharge. Self care is not selfish, it is vital. We cannot give fully to others if we are lacking in ourselves. Be kind to all things but start with You. 😊
#Cornwall #sunset #calm #life #peace #mindfulness #photography
#Cornwall #sunset #calm #life #peace #mindfulness #photography
September 5, 2025 at 12:20 AM
You cannot pour from an empty pot. Please make sure you take time to rest and recharge. Self care is not selfish, it is vital. We cannot give fully to others if we are lacking in ourselves. Be kind to all things but start with You. 😊
#Cornwall #sunset #calm #life #peace #mindfulness #photography
#Cornwall #sunset #calm #life #peace #mindfulness #photography
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When meadows are as rich and profound as constellations.
Hay making, August, 2025.
Hay making, August, 2025.
August 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
When meadows are as rich and profound as constellations.
Hay making, August, 2025.
Hay making, August, 2025.
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Happy world photography day, Bluesky.
I’ve loved every moment of the Photography community here, it’s been welcoming. So thank you!
Here are some of my favourite woodland photographs from Spring, Summer, Autumn & Winter.
#worldphotographyday #photography
I’ve loved every moment of the Photography community here, it’s been welcoming. So thank you!
Here are some of my favourite woodland photographs from Spring, Summer, Autumn & Winter.
#worldphotographyday #photography
August 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Happy world photography day, Bluesky.
I’ve loved every moment of the Photography community here, it’s been welcoming. So thank you!
Here are some of my favourite woodland photographs from Spring, Summer, Autumn & Winter.
#worldphotographyday #photography
I’ve loved every moment of the Photography community here, it’s been welcoming. So thank you!
Here are some of my favourite woodland photographs from Spring, Summer, Autumn & Winter.
#worldphotographyday #photography
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A nature writer transformed a former field into a wildlife paradise over 15 years, showing that small-scale nature restoration can bring back nightingales, butterflies and bees.
James Canton tells his story to Jenny Rhodes.
James Canton tells his story to Jenny Rhodes.
How to create your own little pocket of paradise
James Canton explains how he made his wildlife heaven in rural North Essex, and how we can all do something for nature
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August 10, 2025 at 6:15 AM
A nature writer transformed a former field into a wildlife paradise over 15 years, showing that small-scale nature restoration can bring back nightingales, butterflies and bees.
James Canton tells his story to Jenny Rhodes.
James Canton tells his story to Jenny Rhodes.
Summer pond, home to a moorhen family that I am not clever enough to photograph.
August 9, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Summer pond, home to a moorhen family that I am not clever enough to photograph.
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Good morning and welcome to Fish For Tea Friday
Move forward, even on the days you feel like sitting down.
Embrace your life journey with gratitude, so that how you travel your path is more important than reaching your ultimate destination.
Move forward, even on the days you feel like sitting down.
Embrace your life journey with gratitude, so that how you travel your path is more important than reaching your ultimate destination.
August 1, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Good morning and welcome to Fish For Tea Friday
Move forward, even on the days you feel like sitting down.
Embrace your life journey with gratitude, so that how you travel your path is more important than reaching your ultimate destination.
Move forward, even on the days you feel like sitting down.
Embrace your life journey with gratitude, so that how you travel your path is more important than reaching your ultimate destination.
Be more bumblebee 🐝❤️
Bumble bee was one of the happiest of all the bees. He’d buzz and bumble around the spring flowers and appreciate every single one of them. He didn’t get to take the flowers home, just love them for a second and move on. Maybe that’s why he was so happy…no attachment, just love.
June 30, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Be more bumblebee 🐝❤️
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Great to see @chelseagreenbooks.bsky.social on Bluesky!
As well as publishing my book, they've published brill books by @nicolawriting.bsky.social @themarshtit.bsky.social @vickihird.bsky.social @derekgow1965.bsky.social & @robintransition.bsky.social, whose new book looks FABULOUS!
Worth a follow
As well as publishing my book, they've published brill books by @nicolawriting.bsky.social @themarshtit.bsky.social @vickihird.bsky.social @derekgow1965.bsky.social & @robintransition.bsky.social, whose new book looks FABULOUS!
Worth a follow
Happy UK Publication Day to HOW TO FALL IN LOVE WITH THE FUTURE by @robintransition.bsky.social!
"What a joyous book to read!" @kateraworth.bsky.social
Buy it on @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/how-...
"What a joyous book to read!" @kateraworth.bsky.social
Buy it on @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/how-...
How to Fall in Love with the Future: A Time Traveller’s Guide to Changing the World a book by Rob Hopkins.
There are an infinite number of possible futures that lie ahead of us—like threads stretching out into the distance. Rob Hopkins, cofounder of the international Transition Network movement, invites us...
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June 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Great to see @chelseagreenbooks.bsky.social on Bluesky!
As well as publishing my book, they've published brill books by @nicolawriting.bsky.social @themarshtit.bsky.social @vickihird.bsky.social @derekgow1965.bsky.social & @robintransition.bsky.social, whose new book looks FABULOUS!
Worth a follow
As well as publishing my book, they've published brill books by @nicolawriting.bsky.social @themarshtit.bsky.social @vickihird.bsky.social @derekgow1965.bsky.social & @robintransition.bsky.social, whose new book looks FABULOUS!
Worth a follow
Beautiful 😍
June 18, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Beautiful 😍
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Morning All !
It's Saturday and time for the #BlueSkyArtShow on the theme of #Joy
Here's our dog Bella from 2020 on the beach near Bamburgh Castle... who says a dog can't smile ? She's nearly 16 now and still has the odd gallop
#Dogs #DogsofBlueSky #Photography #EastCoastKin
It's Saturday and time for the #BlueSkyArtShow on the theme of #Joy
Here's our dog Bella from 2020 on the beach near Bamburgh Castle... who says a dog can't smile ? She's nearly 16 now and still has the odd gallop
#Dogs #DogsofBlueSky #Photography #EastCoastKin
June 14, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Morning All !
It's Saturday and time for the #BlueSkyArtShow on the theme of #Joy
Here's our dog Bella from 2020 on the beach near Bamburgh Castle... who says a dog can't smile ? She's nearly 16 now and still has the odd gallop
#Dogs #DogsofBlueSky #Photography #EastCoastKin
It's Saturday and time for the #BlueSkyArtShow on the theme of #Joy
Here's our dog Bella from 2020 on the beach near Bamburgh Castle... who says a dog can't smile ? She's nearly 16 now and still has the odd gallop
#Dogs #DogsofBlueSky #Photography #EastCoastKin
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A new post on the blog. Wildflowers on the shore and a special gift from a crofting neighbour.
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All along the quiet shore
We have just chased out a group of rogue sheep from the croft for the seventh time. Two large ewes and their two chubby lambs, each with a creamy fleece and brown spots around the nose were owned b…
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June 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
A new post on the blog. Wildflowers on the shore and a special gift from a crofting neighbour.
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June 11, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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'Rising Tides' by contemporary US painter Samantha French #WomensArt
June 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
'Rising Tides' by contemporary US painter Samantha French #WomensArt