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Jeni B
@jeniboyns.bsky.social
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English living in Ireland.

Performer and performing arts teacher. Lessons online - contact for details.

Disneybounder.

Proud and childless cat lady.
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A trip to Buncrana this afternoon to enjoy the beautiful sunshine and give Belle more exposure to busier places.
I’m sitting on a bench wearing a mustard yellow coat, grey woolly hat and grey rimmed sunglasses. Belle, a black, and white collie with brown patches by the eyes and inner ears, sits to my right. In the distance is the shoreline with grass, then sand, then the sea. Hills can be seen in the distance. Belle, a black and white collie, is stretching against her lead, standing on the sand at the edge of the sea as waves are coming in. To the left are some small hills and the sun is low in the sky. The sky is blue at the top of the image and yellow as it gets closer to the sea. The sun is reflected in the sea and sand, just above the dog’s head in the picture.
February 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Does anyone else use RTÉ Player on their Smart TV and sometimes get a ’Page not found’ message where it has sent you to their website instead of opening the actual app?!

#IrishSky
A smart TV showing a web page for RTÉ instead of the RTÉ Player app. There is a page not found message partially hidden behind the Cookies accept/reject message and underneath a line of text reads, “why not click on the magic door to see what’s on the other side”. Under the text is a very simply created image of a red door with six panels in between two walls of red bricks.
January 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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This is what it looks like at the top. Also alt text is incredibly important here. A lot of people won’t share images without alt text.
A cropped screen shot of the top of my Bluesky account. The tabs shown from left to right are: Broadway Shows, Vegan!, VEGAN FOOD and 📌
January 31, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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My gift from my lovely friend in England arrived today, having been held up at customs for ten days. Fortunately they didn’t pinch the delicious biscuit!
A box full of tiny paper streamers in pastel colours sits behind the contents: a photo of me and my friend in Bridgerton style outfits with a happy birthday message; a star shaped decoration that says “Happy Birthday! May YOUR day be FILLED with RAINBOWS, cake, love & LAUGHTER!”; and a round sugar cookie with pleated edges, covered with white icing and a message imprinted on it that says, “yay It’s your birthday”. Some small, circular confetti in pastel colours sits around the items and the pale wood desk they are all arranged on. A brown cardboard box with a pink circular sticker that says, “Do not open until your Birthday! no peeking! TREATBOXUK.COM”. At the top left of the box is the Treat Box UK logo and at the bottom is a message that says, “OPEN ME HERE! 🖤”. A round sugar cookie with fluted edges covered in white icing sits on a yellow plate with a large blue flower design. The icing is imprinted with the message, “yay it’s your birthday”.
January 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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How to breakfast on one’s birthday.
In the foreground a cup of tea in a Minnie Mouse themed oversized coffee mug, behind which is a glass of Bucks Fizz. Behind that again are three birthday cards. To the right of the mug is a Kindle in a blue textured case, with a yellow ‘Put it to the People’ People’s March sticker in the top left corner.
January 20, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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A little look at Princess Anna basking in the sunshine that streams across the bed in the guest bedroom for #Caturday
A tabby and white cat lays stretched out on a grey and white checked duvet cover. There is a large window behind her showing bright blue sky and a splash of sunshine which illuminates the top half of the cat.
January 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Took down all the Christmas decorations today bar the tree and the window lights (a job for tomorrow). Stitch is clinging on to Christmas, though.
A black and white tuxedo cat (Stitch) sits on a fluffy white Christmas tree skirt at the base of a decorated Christmas tree, looking defiantly into the camera.
January 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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It’s time for #NewgrangeSolstice again!
A laptop sat on a coffee table, sat next to a grey Very Merry Christmas Sign in the shape of a Christmas tree. On the laptop a line of people can be seen holding hands in front of Newgrange passage tomb in Ireland, waiting for sunrise on the Winter Solstice 2024.
December 21, 2024 at 8:43 AM
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Great ice patterns on the windows this morning.
A winter scene of trees and sunrise seen through a window with swirled frozen ice patterns.
November 27, 2024 at 9:06 AM
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It was this one …
The front cover of Russ Abbot’s “I love a party” album. There are three photos of Russ Abbot in various cheeky poses in the centre of a white background, with cartoon images of exploding champagne glasses, pink balloons and green streamers.
November 15, 2024 at 8:39 PM
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Have a fantastic time! Lots of my friends have been multiple times, and I got to go on a night when a huge group of us took over the whole place and they created a bespoke, multi-hour event. It was incredible.
This is a photo of my team (we had six teams in total).
A large group of people face the camera in blue jumpsuits while standing on the bridge of a space ship set.
October 20, 2024 at 7:39 AM
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Watching my first #NewgrangeSolstice
A laptop showing the entrance to the chamber of Newgrange passage tomb. It is mostly darkness with a triangular opening through which the sunlight is starting to appear on the winter solstice.
December 21, 2023 at 9:12 AM
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Last night Lilo decided she wanted to be in the exact same space as Anna. She never learns that Anna does not enjoy such extreme closeness!
A black cat stretched out directly in front of a tabby and white cat who has a disgruntled look on her face.
December 17, 2023 at 8:19 AM
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The lychee sour! That’s one of the two I had when I was there 😁.
A lychee sour cocktail with a small plate of white asparagus, chickpeas and almonds with a truffle reduction.
December 14, 2023 at 1:13 PM
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When you’re standing in M&S translating the French ingredients on the back to check for allergies for @boynez55.bsky.social and you don’t realise they are in English on the side of the pack 🤣
A list of ingredients on the back of a box of M&S mince pies that is all in French.
November 30, 2023 at 1:41 PM
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This is what happens when you share a Spotify account! Not sure how ALW pipped Sondheim on there after all my Merrily listening these last few weeks …
Spotify wrapped data.
November 29, 2023 at 4:24 PM
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Early morning at Derry airport. Flying home to see my family and friends for 13 days, leaving Michael in charge of the house and the kitties!
A tall Christmas tree in an airport terminal entryway. There are wrapped presents in silver and white under the tree.
November 29, 2023 at 5:36 AM
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I have one of those!
Black and white tuxedo cat sitting on a blue yoga mat.
November 26, 2023 at 10:31 AM
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I can’t get over how happy I am to see my tree standing in the corner window. My first Christmas in Ireland!
Christmas tree with an angel on top, standing in front of a corner window. Glitter covered presents stand to the right of the tree and the window sill has a range of soft toys sitting on it. A hand holding a glass cup of hot chocolate in the foreground with a lit Christmas tree and a television in the background. The television screen features Patrick Kielty picking a green and yellow Buddy the Elf costume out of a wardrobe.
November 25, 2023 at 7:52 PM
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My cat scared me yesterday - if I couldn’t see her breathing I would have assumed the worst! But she was just casually sleeping with her eyes open 😬.
Tabby and white cat on red and white Scandinavian print throw blanket, asleep but with eyes wide open. Close up of the face of a tabby and white cat on red and white Scandinavian print throw blanket, asleep but with eyes wide open.
November 23, 2023 at 1:58 PM
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You need to learn how to photograph a pint of Guinness 🤣
A beautiful pint of Guinness with other beer pumps in the background.
October 28, 2023 at 12:49 PM
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My favourite genre of shit AI - ‘cosy Christmas’. The dead giveaway is any text is always utter nonsense (zoom in on the red cushion) but this one is particularly special as there seems to be half a bed under the window!
A Christmas bedroom scene produced by AI with a large double bed covered in blankets and cushions with a traditional red/green/gold/white colour scheme. There is also half a bed situated under the window for some reason.
October 26, 2023 at 6:51 PM
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This afternoon’s walk at Pollan Bay.
Looking out to sea from the shore with a blue sky, bright sun in the middle and a man in the distance.
October 22, 2023 at 3:03 PM
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Halloween cat. Princess Anna loves this season.
A tabby and white cat (Anna) sits on a spider web table cloth on top of a plastic box. An extra large Minnie Mouse and a small Mickey Mouse sit behind her in Halloween costumes.
October 19, 2023 at 12:40 PM
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Good morning.
A purple and orange sunrise over a slate roof with a bay and hills in the distance.
October 17, 2023 at 8:39 AM