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Mary Ellen

@maryellenuk.bsky.social

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Norn Irish mental health nurse in Hertfordshire. Mainly here for books and cats.

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noids @noids.bsky.social · 2d

Paw time for Ziggy.🐱

#catsky #cats #catsofbluesky #tnr #rescue #petsofbluesky #adoptdontshop #foster

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Mary Ellen @maryellenuk.bsky.social · 3d

Great photo!

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A tiny glow @atinyglow.bsky.social · 8d

Yin and yang

Grey cat snuggling around a white cat. Sleeping

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Mary Ellen @maryellenuk.bsky.social · 13d

She’s a wee dote 😻

Mary Ellen @maryellenuk.bsky.social · 14d

Happy #Caturday!

Close up of a grey cat staring seriously at the camera.

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Mary Ellen @maryellenuk.bsky.social · 16d

Nope, she’s a wee scaredy cat, bless her!

Mary Ellen @maryellenuk.bsky.social · 16d

Thinking about it….!

Grey cat in the bathroom, standing on a metal bin and looking into a bathtub full of water and bubbles.

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 22d

In memoriam...

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Mary Ellen @maryellenuk.bsky.social · 23d

September reads 📚💙

Favourites were One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This and Theft

A collage of book covers: The Kellerby Code by Jonny Sweet; Fair Play by Louise Hegarty; Amsterdam by Ian McEwan; Technofeudalism by Yanis Varoufakis; The Sentence by Louise Erdrich; One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad; Theft by Abdulrazak Gurnah; The Help by Kathryn Stockett; Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende; Endling by Maria Reva; By the Pricking of My Thumbs by Agatha Christie; We by Yevgeny Zamyatin.

Mary Ellen @maryellenuk.bsky.social · 26d

So sorry for your loss 💔

Mary Ellen @maryellenuk.bsky.social · Sep 24

Finding it hard to motivate myself to go to work this morning #cats

Mary Ellen @maryellenuk.bsky.social · Sep 18

Leaving work today (somewhere between Chequers and London) I had to pull over for a cavalcade of black Range Rovers and multiple police. Do you think it was the orange manbaby and his entourage?

Mary Ellen @maryellenuk.bsky.social · Sep 16

I completely agree!

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Zoë Veal @zoe-veal.bsky.social · Sep 14

The NMC are looking for feedback on the future of the code and revalidation www.nmc.org.uk/news/news-an...

NMC seeks initial views on the future of the Code and revalidation

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has launched a survey giving professionals, students, employers and the public the opportunity to have their say on the future of the Code and revalidation

www.nmc.org.uk

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Misty @purplestarrynight.bsky.social · Sep 13

Loki sez, look deep into my eyes and be Zen like me. Have a great #Caturday.

#Cats #CatsofBluesky #Catsky #Catpics

Close-up of grey cat staring contemplatively beyond, paws tucked in front

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Mary Ellen @maryellenuk.bsky.social · Sep 12

The weather doesn’t know what it’s doing today 🌧️ ☀️ 🌈

A bright full rainbow, grey skies and some traffic underneath.

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Mary Ellen @maryellenuk.bsky.social · Sep 11

Thank you! Trying to learn from your wonderful photos! 😹

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Mary Ellen @maryellenuk.bsky.social · Sep 7

Yes agree, Ghost Wall was brilliant! Favourites were definitely Ordinary Saints and Leonard & Hungry Paul, two very different Irish books!

Mary Ellen @maryellenuk.bsky.social · Sep 7

Also reading one of her books at the mo!

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Mary Ellen @maryellenuk.bsky.social · Sep 2

August Reads 📚💙

A collage of book covers: Leonard & Hungry Paul by Rónán Hession; Babel by R F Kuang; Making Sense of a United Ireland by Brendan O’Leary; Astraea by Kate Kruimink; Poor Things by Alasdair Gray; Ordinary Saints by Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin; Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss; The Inherited Mind by James Longman; The Names by Florence Knapp; Towards Zero by Agatha Christie; The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon; The Mini Rough Guide to Marrakech by Rough Guides.

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Mary Ellen @maryellenuk.bsky.social · Aug 20

Great selection! My vote is for The Benefactors by @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social

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Mary Ellen @maryellenuk.bsky.social · Aug 20

Will be interested to see what you think!

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A tiny glow @atinyglow.bsky.social · Aug 20

Not sure exactly what’s going on here….

Grey cat lying on the floor on her back with her hind paws resting on a cupboard door

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Mary Ellen @maryellenuk.bsky.social · Aug 17

Absolutely loved this 📚💙

Book cover for Ordinary Saints by Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin.

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Mary Ellen @maryellenuk.bsky.social · Aug 14

This looks good!