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Vassiliki Veros
@vaveros.bsky.social
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Libraries and digital literacies scholar as well as popular romance fiction. PhD teaching @ UTS.

Walking, talking, storytelling and shallowreading. I sometimes forget the shallow part.

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And this one daisy that has emerged from the agave comes to my shoulder. Incredible!
Daisy and agave.
November 14, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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My garden is in full bloom, including my 30 year old daisies which are waist high.
Flowers in front of a greek statue. Flowers, lemon tree and lattice. Daisies, irises and a fig tree. Impatiens, cotrus, red flower, lillipilli, columned stairs and the statue
November 14, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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It all looks ok. I think there was hail damage elsewhere.

Blue skies today!
Looking out a window to trees and clear sky. A plane is in the sky.
November 4, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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A wild storm. Hail, startling thunder and lightning. I shut down all my computers and stopped marking. I am waiting it out with the lights turned off.
French windows, bookshelves. Looking out to dark greenery.
November 3, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Hello Gehry, my old friend.
Frank Gehry designed university of technology sydney building. Blond curved bricks with sharp edges and square reflective windows. Blue sky and a tree framing the left side of the image.
September 3, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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And here is a photo from earlier in the week of the blooming magnolia just on dusk.
Deep pink magnolia flowers against a deep blue sky.
August 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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I am obsessed with this nearby magnolia.
Pink magnolia flowers against a grey clouded sky.
August 10, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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The Greek-Australian Writers' Festival photographers:

The Heart of Giving by Effy Alexakis-Fr Nektarios's soup kitchen
Art On The Wall by Eirini Alligiannis-street art in NYC
Glimpses Of The Silk Road by Marios Kalyvas & Aretha Zygouri-travels from Turkey to China
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Art On The Wall by Eirini Alligiannis - street art in NYC Glimpses Of The Silk Road by Marios Kalyvas & Aretha Zygouri -travels from Turkey to China The Heart of Giving by Effy Alexakis - Fr Nektarios's soup kitchen
April 26, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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I have these canna lillies (which I didn't plant) that have grown wild. They are taller than me. I was so chuffed until I looked them up and apparently they are listed as invasive weeds. I still love them but feel the shame of my ineptness. Oh! There is a lemon tree being strangled in that mess 🤦‍♀️😂
Canna lilies and agaves in front of my lattice fence
April 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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A stick library for good doggies 💕🐕

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(Top marks for the local preschool promo.)
A wooden shelf titled Doggy Stick Library filled with a number of differently shaped sticks near a small park/plaza. Also a phone number 130011SAGE and branding for the Sage preschool.
February 25, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Back at it today!
Though I am mostly in the harbour. The ocean only on non-surf days. 💕
Manly Cove. Harbour, sand, people and sailboats on a bright sunny blue day.
February 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Nice day for a harbour swim 🏊‍♀️💕
Fairlight beach
January 25, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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I am dabbling with my garden. The holes are bigger, there are no threads to thread, and more people to enjoy the prettiness.
Flower garden, mostly marigolds Front garden with canna lilies, agaves, figs, and daisies. More canna lilies and agaves, looking towards the house. Pretty pink daisies
December 28, 2024 at 7:58 AM
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My bromeliad aechmea is in early flower. I love the pink petals peeking out!
Green and silver striped broad leaves with pink spik flowe emerging. Background is a sandstone wall.
December 13, 2024 at 10:06 PM
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My 25 year old daisies in my front yard continue to bloom. They love Novembers. This year, they have peaked at hip high 💕🌻
LOYS OF Daisies in front of a statue of Artemis framed by a tree. Daisies standing high above agaves. To the side is a glimpse of the street and footpath in front of the house.
November 17, 2024 at 10:29 PM
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Show me that your workplace is a Greek organisation....
4 olive oil bottles in a staff kitchen
November 14, 2024 at 1:59 AM
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A lovely Sydney day. Happy to be back in the Gehry building 🥰
A yellow brick building which looks like it is a crumbled bag. Curved bricks and square windows. Framed by blue sky and tree leaves.
March 5, 2024 at 11:32 PM
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Queueing for icecream at Fairlight Beach.
Calm waters, beach, people queueing around a small tinny boat with the sign "icecream"
January 13, 2024 at 3:47 AM
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We finally have the answer. Sydney Thunder is the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
A rainbow ending at the gold scoreboard at the Sydney Thunder vs Perth Scorchers at the BBL cricket.
January 8, 2024 at 9:10 AM
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And then at yesterday's workshop at the Penrith regatta centre, there were these delightfully pretty sailboats.

A visually splendid 10 days 💖
Green trees framing pastel coloured boats and sails. Pink, purple, green, blue, orange. Pastel coloured boats and sails on blue wayerway with green trees on the horizon and blue sky. Pink, purple, green, blue, orange, yellow.
November 21, 2023 at 12:30 PM
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I also spent several days in Port Macquarie. A fave vacation spot. There was fab icecream, great pizza, awesome coffee but the hotel was not great. And sadly, no koalas spotted on this visit.
Green park on a riverfront. Palm trees and firs (?) With a darkening blue sky and a vivid orange sunset glowing on the horizon.
November 21, 2023 at 12:25 PM
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I have just finished an intense fortnight of workshops for a road safety education roadshow. Travelling up the NSW coast was lovely, especially during peak spring time with lots of jacarandas and flame trees. Pics taken in Taree, Bellingen and Nambucca Heads.
Flame tree on the shores of the Manning River Blue sky, blue rivef, lush green grass and a bright red leafed tree. Kingfisher on a verandah overlooking pretty eucalypts. Jacarandas at the entrance to Taree. Road is framed by the purple leafy tree. Sheep and llamas in Bellingen grazing on lush green grass framed by green leafy trees and purple leafy jacarandas.
November 21, 2023 at 12:19 PM
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So all these years we have been cutting back the annoying fern in our backyard to let the lilli-pilli grow. But it has been forgotten for a while, and we have an accidental jacaranda tree/sapling!
A glimpse of purple leaves amongst green ones. Blue sky backdrop.
November 2, 2023 at 6:28 AM
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The "Ships" book is making me twitchy. I think my sons are shelf-trolling me. 😬
A row of books on a bookshelf. Most of the books are the same height. The "ships" book is 1/3 of the height of the others. It is shelved between "Adam Spencer's big book of numbers" and "The subtle art of not giving a f**k"".
October 19, 2023 at 11:42 AM
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Sydney FC vs Brisbane for the Australia Cup.

Sydney is skyblue all the way!
Stadium lights, game in progress, active fans arms in the air.
October 7, 2023 at 8:51 AM