Emma Francis
@emmajfrancis.bsky.social
Open Research Manager and Manager of Aberdeen University Press at University of Aberdeen. Interests include Open Research, Digital Preservation, Lego and Sci-fi
🙌🏻 I managed to see the conjunction of Jupiter and Venus at sunrise this morning. Now I just need to get back to sleep!
August 13, 2025 at 4:12 AM
🙌🏻 I managed to see the conjunction of Jupiter and Venus at sunrise this morning. Now I just need to get back to sleep!
We’ve chased the haar down to the sea to have some time on the beach before it gets too hot. If anyone in Aberdeen lost their laundry from their line, this might be it! ☀️💨
July 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
We’ve chased the haar down to the sea to have some time on the beach before it gets too hot. If anyone in Aberdeen lost their laundry from their line, this might be it! ☀️💨
The best thing about Aberdeen might just be how quickly you can get from work to the beach with an ice-cream in your hand 🍦☀️🏖️
May 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The best thing about Aberdeen might just be how quickly you can get from work to the beach with an ice-cream in your hand 🍦☀️🏖️
There’s too much awful going on out there (gestures wildly), so rather than scream into the abyss, I’m sharing a couple of photos from Aberdeen poppy season. These are in our botanical gardens, but there are many other poppies across campus at the moment. Butterflies 🦋 too, but they are too quick!
May 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
There’s too much awful going on out there (gestures wildly), so rather than scream into the abyss, I’m sharing a couple of photos from Aberdeen poppy season. These are in our botanical gardens, but there are many other poppies across campus at the moment. Butterflies 🦋 too, but they are too quick!
☀️ It isn’t often it is warm enough to sit in a park at 9am in Aberdeen! At least, not without several layers of down…
April 30, 2025 at 9:44 AM
☀️ It isn’t often it is warm enough to sit in a park at 9am in Aberdeen! At least, not without several layers of down…
Someone talented has created a beautiful temporary artwork in the sand at low tide at the beach in Aberdeen.
Looking away from the beach though you can see smoke from a wildfire on a hillside due to us having had such dry weather.
Looking away from the beach though you can see smoke from a wildfire on a hillside due to us having had such dry weather.
April 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Someone talented has created a beautiful temporary artwork in the sand at low tide at the beach in Aberdeen.
Looking away from the beach though you can see smoke from a wildfire on a hillside due to us having had such dry weather.
Looking away from the beach though you can see smoke from a wildfire on a hillside due to us having had such dry weather.
5.25pm in Aberdeen and not totally dark 🥳🙌🏻 bonus shot of (I think) Venus ⭐️
February 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
5.25pm in Aberdeen and not totally dark 🥳🙌🏻 bonus shot of (I think) Venus ⭐️
Excited to receive my @wikipedia.org merch from their store! store.wikimedia.org
I didn’t know they had a store until I donated, so wanted to share the knowledge!
Now, especially, we shouldn’t underestimate how important Wikipedia is to promoting knowledge equity ❤️
I didn’t know they had a store until I donated, so wanted to share the knowledge!
Now, especially, we shouldn’t underestimate how important Wikipedia is to promoting knowledge equity ❤️
January 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Excited to receive my @wikipedia.org merch from their store! store.wikimedia.org
I didn’t know they had a store until I donated, so wanted to share the knowledge!
Now, especially, we shouldn’t underestimate how important Wikipedia is to promoting knowledge equity ❤️
I didn’t know they had a store until I donated, so wanted to share the knowledge!
Now, especially, we shouldn’t underestimate how important Wikipedia is to promoting knowledge equity ❤️
Seal pup with a tasty fish snack
January 26, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Seal pup with a tasty fish snack
That’s not a real haggis! This is more like it…
January 24, 2025 at 10:20 AM
That’s not a real haggis! This is more like it…
A big difference weather wise in Aberdeen from when I took a picture of Mother Earth. Today was damp, but I found hellebores about to flower, which cheered me up on my walk.
January 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
A big difference weather wise in Aberdeen from when I took a picture of Mother Earth. Today was damp, but I found hellebores about to flower, which cheered me up on my walk.
Sunrise 🌅 in Aberdeen this morning
January 16, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Sunrise 🌅 in Aberdeen this morning
Winter walk through the woods 🌲❄️
January 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Winter walk through the woods 🌲❄️
Amazing sunrise in Aberdeen
December 25, 2024 at 10:55 AM
Amazing sunrise in Aberdeen
And that’s a wrap! It is always sad when you finish your @mooseallain.bsky.social advent calendar for another year. 🎄⭐️🎁
December 24, 2024 at 4:07 PM
And that’s a wrap! It is always sad when you finish your @mooseallain.bsky.social advent calendar for another year. 🎄⭐️🎁
Day 21 of the @mooseallain.bsky.social aardvark advent calendar done 😢. It may just be me, but 11 has a Boris Johnson look about him 😬😂
December 21, 2024 at 10:40 AM
Day 21 of the @mooseallain.bsky.social aardvark advent calendar done 😢. It may just be me, but 11 has a Boris Johnson look about him 😬😂
Not a pet, but a marshmallow snowman made by our resident elf.
December 21, 2024 at 10:30 AM
Not a pet, but a marshmallow snowman made by our resident elf.
Rainbow 🌈 on the school run!
December 16, 2024 at 8:55 AM
Rainbow 🌈 on the school run!
I like the contrast of new reflected in old.
December 12, 2024 at 9:41 PM
I like the contrast of new reflected in old.
Aberdeen this morning 🌅
December 11, 2024 at 8:46 AM
Aberdeen this morning 🌅
Here is mine. I’ve zoomed in so you can see the super cute felt snail. He looks very happy on my tree and you can’t get more Christmassy than a snail… 🤔
December 9, 2024 at 11:15 AM
Here is mine. I’ve zoomed in so you can see the super cute felt snail. He looks very happy on my tree and you can’t get more Christmassy than a snail… 🤔
Day 7 done. There’s still time to download one. I love this annual tradition from @mooseallain.bsky.social
December 7, 2024 at 12:09 PM
Day 7 done. There’s still time to download one. I love this annual tradition from @mooseallain.bsky.social
Aberdeen weather report from my office. 🌨️❄️
November 19, 2024 at 12:04 PM
Aberdeen weather report from my office. 🌨️❄️
Aberdeen this morning.
November 19, 2024 at 7:22 AM
Aberdeen this morning.