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saramoohead
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Engineering Manager at FreeAgent. Was kids book publishing. BookPenPals + http://engineeringyourstory.com + http://undiscoveredvoices.com. She/her. Do-gooder.

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Traffic jam at the end of our holiday in north Wales
A single track road with hedges on both sides, and 15 ducks waddling away, taking up the whole road
August 29, 2023 at 12:58 PM
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Oh yeah! #pokemongo

Don't know if it's everyone now or just finally my turn, but there are no routes near me and soon there will be!
A screen shot of the routes tab in the mobile game Pokémon Go, with the active "Create new route" button highlighted by a drawn-on yellow arrow.
August 25, 2023 at 8:03 AM
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Also, walked up Rhialgwm to almost see Eryri (Snowdonia), but too much cloud.
August 24, 2023 at 6:46 PM
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Wales is beautiful. Just back from a gorgeous walk along a rushing river to Pistyill (waterfall) Rhiwargor.
A photo of a rugged, rocky waterfall, with some trees visible on either side. Near the top of the falls the water splits into three segments of white bubbly strands, the top most strand has carved a notch in the rock at the top. A photo of a wide, fast river, dotted by medium dark grey boulders. There are many shades of green fun the heather and the trees, and there are two hills in the distance , that the river is carved between. The sun is shining and the sky is blue.
August 24, 2023 at 6:31 PM
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My son is spending this week in his school holidays beginning to learn Blender via an online course. As ever, he's going slightly off-piste and following the tutorial to make... a biblically accurate angel. The hoops with eyes kind. It's impressively terrifying.
A photo of a computer screen showing the Blender 3d rendering software platform with the file folder icons on the left and some settings on the right. In the middle, there is a 3d object that is four shiny golden yellow rings, getting consecutive smaller, set off at jaunty angles, with random eyeballs attached to the outside of the rings, and one large eyeball in the middle.
August 22, 2023 at 12:50 PM
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Enjoyed a bonkers new game this evening: Cat in a Box, which includes paradoxes and "quantum trick taking"
The lid of the game box for Cat in the Box, with a light brown background and a cute black cat with big white Os for eyes. Because the game has vaguely scientific themes, there are formulas scribbled in hand writing over the title of the game.
August 21, 2023 at 10:10 PM
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Don't forget to heart and pin this feed, so it can be discoverable in the goodfeeds search... #kidlituk_intro

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A screen shot of the top of the KidLitUK_intro feed page, focusing in on where to pin and heart the feed.
August 1, 2023 at 8:59 AM
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Yes, I am over excited about Pokémon Go Fest in London this weekend...

Totally unofficial 3d printed and hand painted versions of the official logo of the event.

https://gofest.pokemongolive.com/london?hl=en
A photo of two almost identical 3d printed versions of the logo of Pokémon Go Fest London, handpainted to mostly match the yellows, blues and pinks of the official logo
July 31, 2023 at 10:34 PM
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He couldn't be more snuggled in his burrito bed.
A very small black and white furry dog lying down, tucked right to the back of a fleece doggy bed that's shaped like a clam. You can really only see the top half of him because he's so buried.
July 31, 2023 at 8:08 PM
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As a publisher, my favourite thing was publishing books that authors wrote with kids, via a forum (anyone remember Ning?). The first one was a sequel to Fleur Hitchcock's debut SHRUNK!.
https://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/book/9442/SHRUNK-Mayhem-and-Meteorites-by-Fleur-Hitchcock.html
Screenshot of a buzzing Ning forum with the children sign ups, videos from Fleur explaining the process, the first chapter prompt for the children and a photo of a model that one of the children made based on the project. Screenshot of the discussion section of the forum, where children are sharing their own writing, sending messages to Fleur, and making suggestions for each of the chapter prompts. An example of some of the creativity the children poured into the project. Four children's illustrations of what the characters in the story would wear as home made hero costumes, labelled with things like a sauce pot, dad's underwear and football boots.
July 27, 2023 at 7:12 AM
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Went to BlueDot festival this weekend. It's a music + science + art festival held under the Lovell telescope. Magnificent but also MUD. Highly recommend.

We learned about DNA, poo identification, the icy moon of Jupiter, making balloon animals, pulsars, quasars, Jeffrey Boakye and the band Henge.
A mom in muddy yellow wellies and a rainbow dress, and a son in a blue rain coat and green wellies, standing under the metal lattice work of a giant white telescope.
July 26, 2023 at 7:54 PM
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Couldn't decide on my first post... Kids books? Technology? Despair at the state of the world?

But I'm organising the loft (attic) and found something that would do a good job summing me up...

NiB 12" Gentlemen Buffy figures from 2000ish. *happy sigh* Unwilling to unbox, even for this photo op.
Top view of a box containing for individual boxes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer toys. A separator sheet is visible, hinting that these boxes have been well looked after in storage for a long time.
July 17, 2023 at 9:22 PM