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Christine Morgan
@bookwormchris.bsky.social
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Reads a lot & writes too. Love all things literary. Interests include the sea, Art & Design, Education, Health & Disability issues.
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Autumn colour enjoyed at #LullingstoneCountryPark this week wheeling along by the river.

Magnificent trees with leaves changing colour & preparing to fall. Spot the robin quietly posing in the branches.

#Autumn #Kent #Trees
Photo of bridge over the river with a wide selection of tall mature trees, showing autumnal colours across the green, yellow, brown spectrum, in the background and one in the foreground with a dark trunk laid on the ground pointing over the river. Branches and leaves of a Hawthorn tree with a robin sitting on a branch in the middle. Close up of yellowy/green leaves on branches with bits of blue sky behind. Tall mature tree with thick dark trunk spearing out branches and light green leaves with blue sky in the background.
November 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Happiness is receiving the new #MillieJohnson book #LetTheBellsRingOut with additional goodies from @foxlanebooks.bsky.social

Now, do I save the book for nearer Christmas or dive in?

#Christmas #Books #Joy
Photo shows Hardback book Let The Bells Ring Out by Millie Johnson. The book cover has a steam train stopped in the snow and a couple wrapped up warm watching from close by. To the left of the book is a black 2026 diary with let the bells ring out embossed in gold on it, a navy blue pen with let the bells ring ring out on it and a coaster with the same picture as the front of the book.
October 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Enjoyed some sun & views of the sea yesterday from one of my favourite bench viewpoint in Whitstable @myfavouritebench.bsky.social - calm before the storm.
#Whitstable #Sea #Bench
Photo of a wooden bench framed by trees either side of a path leading to it. Beyond the bench is the sea and blue skies with white clouds. Photo of sea groins with seagulls perching and sea coming in on a pebbly beach. In the background is a coastline showing land.
October 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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View from one of #myfavouritebench on Tankerton tops, Whitstable on Saturday. Colours of the sea lovely to see along with the Greta Barge. @myfavouritebench.bsky.social

#Sea #Whitstable #Tankerton #Kent #Bench
In foreground there are brown & chalky grasses. Beyond is the sea with clear colours of green & blue & a Thames barge sailing with sails furled. In the background is land.
September 29, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Ooh #M&S are doing a gluten free bacon roll so on a rainy, cool Saturday I’m quality control testing it with a cup of coffee. Will report back.
Photo shows a bacon roll on a plate with a knife & behind that a mug of coffee.
September 20, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Pleased to buy a copy of the #Faversham 2026 calendar which contrasts the same street/place/building from days gone by with the current day. Beautifully done & lovely to see similarities & differences. If you’re visiting for #Hopfest this weekend pop in the #InformationCentre to get a copy.
Front cover of Faversham calendar showing the Guildhall in times gone by. Two photographs of Market square Faversham one from 1894 and one in 2025 Two photographs of same building in Market Square, one when shop was a butchers and one today where it is now in 2025 the Information centre. Two photographs of Faversham Creekside, one much older and one of present day showing a restaurant and apartments in the buildings.
August 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Piano on a bike in #Faversham today played & ridden by singer Chloe Marie Martin from North Devon. Beautiful voice.
Photo shows a young woman sitting & singing on a bike which has a white piano attached. She is dressed in old fashioned pirate dress & hat.
August 15, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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A very old book from the late 50s I remember reading & loving The Apple of Healing by Hilary Semmens.
Front cover of old book with title The Apple of Healing by Hilary Semmens Picture shows four children looking at a glowing apple in a small chest surrounded by other treasures.
August 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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First visit to the beautiful #IghthamMote @nationaltrust.org.uk today. Enjoyed the Civil war re-enactment activities & living history encampments- loved the leather work. Something for everyone to see, enjoy & learn about in glorious sunshine.
#Kent #Summer
View of lake in foreground & Ightham Mote medieval house in background. Soldiers from civil war enactment march in front of house with flag held high at front, drum players behind & pikestaff holders at the rear. Civil war enactment soldiers fire muskets at Ightham Mote civil war display. Craftswoman sits working on leather on the grass in front of white tent. There is a selection of goods around her including beer tankards & water flasks all made of leather.
August 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Enjoyed visit to local #Faversham library & reflecting how great it is to browse & pick up books I want to read and walk away with them for no cost. Picked books today as if I was going away-I'm not-so getting into holiday spirit but at home-a true staycation sleeping in your own bed.
#Libraries
Three books are piled one on top of the other on a glass top table. The top book is called On a night like this by Lindsey Kelk, the second in pile is The summer skies by Jenny Colgan and the one on the bottom of the pile is Seawife by Amity Gage.
August 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Ten little fingers and ten little toes by Men Fox & Helen Oxenbury is a lovely book, here read aloud on YouTube.

Or Janet & Allan Ahlberg classic Each Peach, Pear Plum or the Baby's catalogue are key classics to share with babies and young children.
Front cover of book in pale yellow colours with six babies playing in the middle with the title The Baby's Catalogue by Janet and Allan Ahlberg the border has baby items like ducks, socks, bricks, dummies, bottles and shoes on it. Front cover of book with pale blue border and green background in foreground with thin branches surround by items from nursery rhymes such as plums, peaches, horn, dog, frog.. Title is in the middle with pale blue background and says Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet and Allan Ahlberg.
August 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Struggling a lot this week need help & to see other writers. Feeling despondent about my writing that maybe it’s too late for me?
A yellow star with the caption in the middle saying ‘don’t judge me.’ writershq.co.uk written at the bottom of picture
August 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Had a fascinating day out with #WildWithWheels at #rspbdungeness

Such an interesting & unique landscape against a background of the power station & lighthouse.

The new accessible hide is a great resource.

#rspbdungeness #AccessibleHide #Dungeness #WildWithWheels

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Photo is situated outside entrance to RSPB Dungeness & shows one woman, wearing pink T Shirt sitting in tramper mobility scooter talking to RSPB ranger, Gini, leader of Wild With Wheels group sitting in powered wheelchair wearing Wild With Wheels high viz jacket and Michael from Wild with Wheels standing wearing Wild with wheels high viz jacket. Photo of information board showing photos and descriptions of birds you might see at the nature reserve including house martins, swallows, reed warblers, swift, sedge warbler, yellow wagtail and whitethroats Photos with hedge in foreground overlooking lake and Dungeness powerstation and lighthouse in background. Photo of bank with a profusion of white bunny tail plants.
July 15, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Just finished reading #ToExistAsIAm by @gracespencegreen.bsky.social which is an honest & thought provoking view on recovery after spinal injury, care & disability. This paragraph on care & being cared for struck a particular chord with me.

#Disability #Wheelchair #Acceptance
Text says: These minute acts of care I experience daily are not only beautiful but radical. Care to me is the antithesis of capitalism. When someone lifts me into a car, helps me out of the shower, when I hold my friend’s arm to help her balance, we are not here to make a profit or a product. We are here for each other. Caring goes against everything society seems to be hurtling towards. In a world that feels like it is becoming more and more hostile to be kind is a profound act.
June 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Good visit to the library today and came away with #Deadland by @william1shaw.bsky.social the second one in the series set in Dungeness which I've enjoyed very much.

The second book is #SameTimeNextYear by Millie Johnson.

Which one to read first?

#Books #Crime #Dungeness #Fun #Library
Phot shows the front cover of two books. On the left is the paperback copy of the book Deadland by William Shaw with a dark scene showing a small house on pebbles with a narrow rail track running partway to it and on the right is a hardback edition of the book Same time Next Year by Millie Johnson with a pink background showing three women linking arms in front of a shop painted blue.
June 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Lovely scoot round the Pegwell Bay Country Park this morning with Wild with Wheels group. Curlews and Oyster catchers about in the bay.
View across Pegwell Bay with cliffs in distance, sea and close grass land and bush Dogwood bush in foreground with pink flowers and the bay in background with views of channel out to sea. View of grassed area in foreground and long line of Cypress trees in background. Sky has white and grey clouds with some blue sky.
May 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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A Necklace of Raindrops by Joan Aiken & illustrations by Jan Pienkowski.
#JoanAiken #JanPienkowski
Front cover of book with author name Joan Aiken & title A Necklace of Raindrops at the top. Main picture shows silhouette of genie, princess and little girl against a colourful background. Pictures by Jan Pienkowski at the bottom.
May 26, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Seagulls on guard over Faversham Saturday market.

#Faversham #Market #Saturday
Photo shows the roof of a building with white walls. On the edge where the walls meet the sloping tiled roof are two seagulls. About 5 foot apart from each other, looking out.
April 26, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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I love damsons whether they are stewed, in jam, damson cheese, damson chutney, damson gin, sloe damson gin ...... Now craving that gorgeous flavour and syrup on Greek yogurt - heaven in a bowl.

So beautiful with bluey/purple bloom on them when ripe for picking.

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Photo of bluey/purple damsons on tree branch from Royal Horticultural Society article
April 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Unexpected finds from Faversham Antiques market today. Now time for a coffee at #CafeGuild Sun shining & clear blue skies. Lovely way to spend a Sunday morning.

#Faversham #SundayMorning
Photo shows part of a table with black and white checked cloth & a tiny blue & white china jug. Behind that on a chair is a large cream & floral covered cushion bursting out of a blue plastic bag and a wooden basket balanced on top of it.
April 6, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Oh the joy of mooching round Canterbury Waterstones with many books calling out to me. I was on a mission for a present for a friend’s birthday & found two books for her & three for me! In my defence if I’d not bought them I might have forgotten them the next time I shopped?

#Books #Reading
Photo of the fronts of five paperback books. Titles are Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King, The Pebbles on the beach, The Garden Against Time, Maurice and Marilyn and Norway travel guide.
March 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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In my local Post Office in Faversham postal services can only be 'fitted in' after banking or travel money requests who have prioritised queues. The main(3rd) queue for actual postal services is not staffed so waits are long. Nonsense or what?
#RoyalMail #CustomerService #Faversham
Photo shows sign which says Customer notice We now have dedicated priority positions for customers wanting Travel Money or Banking. Staff manning those positions will only be able to call customers from the main queue when free. Behind the sign is a wire unit with plugs for sale
March 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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I loved this one from @adamcsharp.bsky.social & am practising learning it.
Screen shot from Bluesky by Adam Sharp with a colloquial Italian phrase from Tuscany ‘ Una Barca in culo con I remi aperti’ literally meaning go stick a boat up your ass with the oats open or in brief Fuck Off. below is a response & gif of woman with surprised eyes.
March 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Enjoyed visit to Kearsney Gardens with #WildwithWheels group in glorious Kent Sunshine. Beautiful place #Kent #Wildlife #Outdoors
March 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Today’s joy-finishing reading #TheOpheliaMurders by @jmsimpsonauthorbsk.bsky.social the first in a new series #WhistlersPeak. It’s a real page turner that had me gripped as I started to see & guess where different threads/characters might go. Cliff hangers might just sum it up!
#Crime #Mystery
Front cover of book with authors name J. M. Simpson at the top. There is a dark, moody picture of a Highland loch with mountains surrounding it in the background. In the foreground is the floating dead body of a young woman dressed as Ophelia in a white dress surrounded by flowers. The title The Ophelia Murders is printed above her. At the bottom the text says One mountain resort. Three deaths. Some secrets are worth killing for. First in the Whistler series.
March 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM