Helen Shardlow
helenshardlow.bsky.social
Helen Shardlow
@helenshardlow.bsky.social
Love to travel, read and take the odd photo. Human to Don Francesco Parmigiano the cat (aka Frankie). Home is the amazing city of Edinburgh, Scotland. A place of history, granite and creativity
Have a chilled weekend y’all #cats
January 31, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Here's a map of tomorrow's route! Join us on Middle Meadow Walk at 2pm!
January 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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25th of January is Burns Night in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 when we celebrate the life and works of poet Rabbie Burns and maybe enjoy some haggis and a dram of Whisky!

To spread the Scottish love, here’s a starter pack of some of my favourite Scottish book folk for you to follow 💙📚

go.bsky.app/35mtmU9
January 25, 2025 at 7:25 AM
My chonky boy Don Francesco Parmigiano waiting for the storm to pass so he can go outside
January 25, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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Anyone looking for their roof? It’s waiting for a bus in Polwarth. I guess it doesn’t know that @lothianbuses.bsky.social are off the road! #eowyn #edinburgh
January 24, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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It’s windy enough here in Portobello to launch garden furniture through car windows. #Eòwyn
January 24, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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There's a lot of pitch events here at the start of the year, so it's pretty hard to keep track.

Here's a list of the ones we know of and when they're happening!

#WritingCommunity
#WriteSky #Writers
#AmQuerying #AmWriting
January 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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It's been one week since #BluePit, so we've compiled some stats! (Huge thanks to @solimaniac.com for the scripting!)

#LitAgents, if you haven't had the chance, be sure to check out all the amazing pitches. Our community here is growing!

#WritingCommunity
#WriteSky #Writers
#AmWriting #AmQuerying
January 20, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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Hello dear new people on Bluesky - a tip to the wise, put your bio up, and ideally do a post, before you begin to follow people.
Also, alt text on your pics is a thing here.
January 14, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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⛓️𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙱𝙾𝚈 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙼𝙾𝙽𝚂𝚃𝙴𝚁𝚂 𝙼𝙰𝙳𝙴

HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE x BLACK SPOT x CONSTANTINE x CRACOW MONSTERS

When a string of grisly murders plague the city, Griffin is struck with visions of the victims. He was much happier when the monsters only lived in his head.

#P #A #D #F #T #Bluepit #OV
January 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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THE SHERIDAN TAPES X THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES

Fake paranormal investigators + real witch = real encounters they weren't ready for

🖤 missing person mystery
🖤 soft pining
🖤 eldritch gods & locations
🖤 religious trauma
🖤 gothic podcast vibes
🖤 two timelines
🖤 creepy forests

#BluePit 📖 #H #Wip #A
January 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Slow Horses x Dark Matter

Turns out there's more to The Cold War than nuclear supremacy. It's a race to develop time travel technology, espionage is the name of the game, and nobody’s playing fair.

#Q #A #T #SF #BluePit 📖 #agentguide #amquerying
January 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Get in loser, it's the year 1899 and we're taking a trip from London➡Paris➡Rome to find a way into the Underworld so that the MC’s brother doesn't unleash Hell upon earth--and along the way, we're going to slay demons & fall in love w/a bisexual vampire hunter 🌹
#BluePit 📖 #Q #Hs #F #H #R #LGBT #POC
January 13, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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🎸 daisy jones x knives out 🗡️

the songstress, the high-flyer, the gambler, the sweetheart, the watcher, the matriarch and the rogue. seven suspects. one the killer of renowned rockstar sam corvi. but who? only they can tell you

#BluePit #W #A #LF #M 📖
January 13, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Ghost Light - Haunted by his past, ex-MI5 operative Harry Eames hides in Edinburgh. When a burnt body is found near a mosque, he recognises the uncanny parallels to a Victorian magician’s death, drawing him towards a secret society and a web of lies. #BluePit #Q #A #T #P #D📖
January 13, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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I still have some room for a proofread in February if anybody needs a spot!
January 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Looking back at 2024…all those days! Some good, quite a few not so good this year. One less day in 2025…here’s to guilt free, walks, resting, reading, music and slow mornings…
December 31, 2024 at 9:34 AM
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This is the spot (Loudins) where the Union Canal went under Fountainbridge via a lifting bridge to reach the original canal basin.
December 30, 2024 at 9:05 PM
Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (20/20)
#MusicSky #MusicChallenge #Music
December 31, 2024 at 8:44 AM
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Japan has many volcanoes. Due to past accidents, access to active ones is often restricted. This photo, taken at Mount Aso, shows a rare volcano with fewer access limits where activity can be seen up close. It’s my most meaningful photo of the year. Did you take any memorable photos this year?
December 31, 2024 at 2:19 AM
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...stains, a home can be purified in order to begin the new year without any physical or spiritual baggage. Today this end of year clean is called oosoji (お掃除) which means big clean.
🎨1. Kitagawa Utamaro
2. 'Shoka Susuharai' from the 5th volume of 'Toto Saijiki'
#JapaneseArt #ukiyoe
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December 31, 2024 at 5:53 AM
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In #JapaneseFolklore susu harai is an end of year tradition based on a ritual cleaning ceremony when priests and households would clean and beat the dust and soot out of tatami mats to prepare for the new year. It is believed that by cleaning away any dirt and...
#NewYearsEve #FairyTaleTuesday
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December 31, 2024 at 5:53 AM
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Every. Morning.
every monday morning, i wonder to myself if i really need a job
December 31, 2024 at 6:38 AM
40 books read in 2024 #blueskybooks
December 30, 2024 at 5:07 PM