@robbenten.bsky.social
Avid reader, beginning watercolorist, watcher of birds from my porch, retired teacher; loves taking photos, traveling to new places, and my family
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Since National Poetry Month and #SchoolLibraryMonth both fall in April, maybe I’ll join @lizgardensalad.bsky.social in posting a haiku every day - but make it library!
Haiku 1
4/1/25
Stories stacked on shelves —
worlds asleep in quiet rows,
waiting to be found.
Haiku 1
4/1/25
Stories stacked on shelves —
worlds asleep in quiet rows,
waiting to be found.
Welcome to my 16th year of celebrating National Poetry Month by writing a haiku-a-day. (Maybe, for you, it’s just year one. Great! Welcome! Join me!)
What are the rules? Well, a haiku is a three-lined unrhymed Japanese poetic form.
What are the rules? Well, a haiku is a three-lined unrhymed Japanese poetic form.
April 2, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Since National Poetry Month and #SchoolLibraryMonth both fall in April, maybe I’ll join @lizgardensalad.bsky.social in posting a haiku every day - but make it library!
Haiku 1
4/1/25
Stories stacked on shelves —
worlds asleep in quiet rows,
waiting to be found.
Haiku 1
4/1/25
Stories stacked on shelves —
worlds asleep in quiet rows,
waiting to be found.
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Listen to your children read. Read to your children. Read alongside your children. Take them to libraries. Talk about what reading means to you & what it can unlock.
Tell them it doesn’t matter if it’s comics, magazines or books as long as they’re engaged with the written word. #WorldBookDay
Tell them it doesn’t matter if it’s comics, magazines or books as long as they’re engaged with the written word. #WorldBookDay
March 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Listen to your children read. Read to your children. Read alongside your children. Take them to libraries. Talk about what reading means to you & what it can unlock.
Tell them it doesn’t matter if it’s comics, magazines or books as long as they’re engaged with the written word. #WorldBookDay
Tell them it doesn’t matter if it’s comics, magazines or books as long as they’re engaged with the written word. #WorldBookDay
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Author & illustrator friends - if anyone else wants to make virtual author visit resources & read-alouds available for SoCal schools & families this month, feel free to tag me so I can signal boost.
My heart is breaking for you, SoCal friends. I know so many kids will be out of school again this week due to the devastating wildfires, so I've pulled together a bunch of my virtual author visits & read-alouds. They'll be freely available for you all month. katemessner.com/read-alouds-...
Read-alouds & Resources for SoCal Schools & Families – Kate Messner
katemessner.com
January 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Author & illustrator friends - if anyone else wants to make virtual author visit resources & read-alouds available for SoCal schools & families this month, feel free to tag me so I can signal boost.
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Merry Christmas to all my wonderful followers! ❤️🥰🌲🎅🐦
December 24, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Merry Christmas to all my wonderful followers! ❤️🥰🌲🎅🐦
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My #Robin friend Little Mate chatting today. Big storm this weekend, but plenty of shelter in his territory, he should be ok. In #Bath #Somerset #UK.
#Bird #Birds #Birdwatching #Birding #UKBirding #BirdPhotography #Ornithology #Nature #Wildlife #UKBirding #UKWildlife
#Bird #Birds #Birdwatching #Birding #UKBirding #BirdPhotography #Ornithology #Nature #Wildlife #UKBirding #UKWildlife
December 6, 2024 at 5:04 PM
My #Robin friend Little Mate chatting today. Big storm this weekend, but plenty of shelter in his territory, he should be ok. In #Bath #Somerset #UK.
#Bird #Birds #Birdwatching #Birding #UKBirding #BirdPhotography #Ornithology #Nature #Wildlife #UKBirding #UKWildlife
#Bird #Birds #Birdwatching #Birding #UKBirding #BirdPhotography #Ornithology #Nature #Wildlife #UKBirding #UKWildlife
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It's that time of year again and Bobbin the Robin is good to go. My own photo plus a bit of Photoshop. #FestiveDailyRobin #nature #birds #robin #Christmas @rspb.bsky.social
December 2, 2024 at 10:57 AM
It's that time of year again and Bobbin the Robin is good to go. My own photo plus a bit of Photoshop. #FestiveDailyRobin #nature #birds #robin #Christmas @rspb.bsky.social