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Hello! Chef. Leftie. Hammer. Skater. Sussex by the sea. No Terfs/Transphobes please. She/her. It's not my birthday today 😕 Also not so recently single. Form a queue, lads.

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ChefMagenta @magentakoru.bsky.social · 2d

Good morning bluesky! I have an announcement!

With permission from the great man @wombat37.bsky.social himself I am taking over #SundayPix this week. The reason? Sunday is Wombie's birthday and the theme is going to be him!

#SundayPixWombie
#SundayPixWombat
#SundayPixWombat37

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The 37th Wombat 📚🐝 @wombat37.bsky.social · 19m

Oh my heart, the alt-text

🐾Beast +Trooper🌿 @trooper.bsky.social · 4h

It pictures of the nicest leaves for Wombat.
In the darkness we did find them, full of beauty, all the colours of the Autumn warm and glowing 🐾🌿
#sundaypixWombat

Just occasional in the world there is a Wombat, creating magic, as communities are born. The 37th Wombat bring kindness to the land, and grow the forest strong with friendships, full of possibilities and tales, with places for traditions, and sizzling sausages to share.

In the woodland, seasons come and go. Through the cold of winter, trees remain.. until one day, beyond imagining, leaves will brave the world again

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ChefMagenta @magentakoru.bsky.social · 18m

Exactly. It's very frustrating.

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Purple Queen Publishing 📚💜 @purplequeenpub.bsky.social · 43m

For allowing the use of my face on his book covers (how could I refuse when he made me look so lovely?), @wombat37.bsky.social had this engraving sent to me too. 💜 I'll treasure it.

A metal engraving of two book covers that my face is on. Madame Monvoisin's Emporium of Extraordinary Adventures Vol 1 & 2 by Michael Wombat. The first is yellow, the second is mauve.

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ChefMagenta @magentakoru.bsky.social · 25m

We are having the worst season ever.

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Sumarumi @sumarumi.bsky.social · 38m

#SundayPixWombie #SundayPixWombat #SundayPixWombat37

Before our Wombat began the weekly delight that is #SundayPix, in the days of Twitter yore, we had the occasional themed photo challenge from @Origami_Owl (Paul Groom).
Look closely at the contributors to find a familiar name (indeed, a few!).

A montage of photos on the theme Silhouettes & Shadows, curated and shared by Origami_Owl on Twitter (1 Nov 2012). Below the montage is a list of the contributors, including our lovely Wombat (and many others of us who are still active, now on Bluesky).

A montage of photos on the theme Reflections, curated and shared by Origami_Owl on Twitter (1 Nov 2012). Below the montage is a list of the contributors, including our lovely Wombat (and many others of us who are still active, now on Bluesky).

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Alexa Wilson @alexadwilson.bsky.social · 3h

How clever he is at photoshop. #SundayPixWombie #SundayPixWombat #SundayPixWombat37

A photo of me doing a Travolta disco pose and wearing a strapless ball dress ( I was 19). Wombat has photoshopped me onto a pick of him standing by the sea so I am picking his nose.

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Mark Sundaram @alliterative.bsky.social · 2h

Nothing makes me feel happier than thinking of times spent with people I love and who love me, & I certainly love you dear Wombat. Here we are from the Beatles tour we went on together, seeing all the Liverpool sights and singing Beatles songs!
#SundayPixWombie
#SundayPixWombat
@wombat37.bsky.social

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Purple Queen Publishing 📚💜 @purplequeenpub.bsky.social · 1h

I received this unexpectedly in the post. It's a mug showing the cover of one my books (it actually has a different cover now). This is the kind of lovely thing @wombat37.bsky.social does.

#SundayPixWombie #SundayPixWombat #SundayPixWombat37

A white mug with an old bookcover of mine printed on it (Pool of Players by Miranda Kate). The handle & inside of my mug is light green.

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Purple Queen Publishing 📚💜 @purplequeenpub.bsky.social · 1h

Here's a selection of @wombat37.bsky.social paperbacks - I have the completed & separate copies of Madame Monvoisin's Emporium of Extraordinary Adventures, b/c that's me on the cover.😊 If you have to name just one fav story, I'd say Mythily.

#SundayPixWombie #SundayPixWombat #SundayPixWombat37

A selection of books standing up on a bookshelf, all written by Michael Wombat: The Complete Madame Monvoisin's Emporium of Extraordinary Adventures in hardback, and Volume 1 & 2 in paperback, Warren Peace, Blood on the Ground, Mrs Stockley's Parrot, Mythily, Johanna & Sebastian's Big Day Out, Rollie, Moth Girl & A Winkle in Estuary Mud.

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Alexa Wilson @alexadwilson.bsky.social · 2h

This is a splendid book and you should all buy it and read it. #SundayPixWombat #SundayPixWombie #SundayPixWombat37

The front cover of The Raven's Wing by Wombat.

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ChefMagenta @magentakoru.bsky.social · 2h

All the love to all of you Mary x

ChefMagenta @magentakoru.bsky.social · 2h

That was the correct choice.

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Hutsutgirl @hutsutgirl.bsky.social · 2h

Snap - photographically and likewise...

#SundayPixWombat

A copy of Michael's 'A Winkle in Estuary Mud: a potpourri'

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🐾Beast +Trooper🌿 @trooper.bsky.social · 4h

It pictures of the nicest leaves for Wombat.
In the darkness we did find them, full of beauty, all the colours of the Autumn warm and glowing 🐾🌿
#sundaypixWombat

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Tee Leef 🌱 @teeleeau.bsky.social · 6h

Since I have, alas, no photos of the Great Wombie Himself, please enjoy this babby wombat who took a great interest in my toes #SundayPixWombat

Taralga NSW

A bright eyed young brown and grey wombat steps inquisitively towards the camera © 2020 Tracey L. Baglin

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Purple Queen Publishing 📚💜 @purplequeenpub.bsky.social · 6h

A few of writers met up back in Nottingham in 2015. That was the first time I met Wombie.

@lisashambrook.bsky.social
@alexbrightsmith.bsky.social
@wheneverfrenetic.bsky.social
@sorchaodowd.bsky.social
(of those I know are here on Bluesky)

#SundayPixWombie
#SundayPixWombat
#SundayPixWombat37

A collection of 10 peop;e posing for a photograph.

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Purple Queen Publishing 📚💜 @purplequeenpub.bsky.social · 6h

With @lisashambrook.bsky.social and Rayn.

#SundayPixWombie
#SundayPixWombat
#SundayPixWombat37

Three people sitting at a table having dinner, all smiling at the camera.

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Purple Queen Publishing 📚💜 @purplequeenpub.bsky.social · 6h

And all of us at dinner.

#SundayPixWombie
#SundayPixWombat
#SundayPixWombat37

Lots of people sitting round a table having a drink, all smiling at the camera.

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Lisa Shambrook @lisashambrook.bsky.social · 6h

When we met up way back in 2015 to talk words and books! That's me, @purplequeenpub.bsky.social and @wombat37.bsky.social in the front row, and my oldest, Rayn, behind me with the antlers!

#SundayPixWombie
#SundayPixWombat
#SundayPixWombat37

A group of 10 writers in this picture, in the upstairs room of a Nottingham pub. The back wall is full of clocks.

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Purple Queen Publishing 📚💜 @purplequeenpub.bsky.social · 6h

When me and @vspearson85.bsky.social went to meet up with Wombie in 2024. When the Summer Realm was just a wink in our eyes.

#SundayPixWombie
#SundayPixWombat
#SundayPixWombat37

Three people looking and smiling at the camera. Two women with a man in the middle.

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Purple Queen Publishing 📚💜 @purplequeenpub.bsky.social · 6h

As we both posted the same one at the same time, here's another with silly faces.

@vspearson85.bsky.social

#SundayPixWombie
#SundayPixWombat
#SundayPixWombat37

Three people looking at a camera, all with slightly not right expression. Two women and a man between.

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Lisa Shambrook @lisashambrook.bsky.social · 6h

Several of us found we were wearing the same colour nail polish that writer's day in Nottingham, including @wombat37.bsky.social Peacock blue!

#SundayPixWombie
#SundayPixWombat
#SundayPixWombat37

Four hands all pointing inwards like a compass, all wearing shades of teal or peacock blue nail polish.

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Pidgeon & the Frogening 🐸💚 @mypidgeon.bsky.social · 6h

Wishing you a good birthday, Wombie, and sending you all the hugs!

#SundayPixWombat
#FuckCancer

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Lisa Shambrook @lisashambrook.bsky.social · 6h

Wombat, Alex, and I in Nottingham back in 2015. Wombie is a gorgeous man! Considered, and thoughtful, but also the life of the party. He is also a logophile, sesquipedalian, wordsmith, and beautifully erudite. It's an honour to write with him! 💙
#SundayPixWombie
#SundayPixWombat
#SundayPixWombat37

Bearded man with glasses and camouflage jacket, brunette woman wearing a pale scarf around her neck in a pink dress, and brunette woman with black glasses in a denim jacket standing against a pink tiled wall.

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Lisa Shambrook @lisashambrook.bsky.social · 6h

Most recent meet up with myself, Wombie, Miranda, and V to talk Summer Realm and pleaching... which we hope to unleash soon! These people make writing fun 🥰💙 Thank you for involving me, Wombie, love you!

#SundayPixWombie
#SundayPixWombat
#SundayPixWombat37

White haired woman with black glasses and black fern dress. Grey bearded man with glasses, yellow t-shirt, blue jacket. Brunette woman with glasses, blue t-shirt, purple jacket. None long-haired woman with black purple stripe top and white jacket, in front of a brick wall.

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