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Redskies
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Books, art, maths, knitting, embroidery, gardening, cats, hens, Early Medleval history, the Western Isles, good food, sea swimming, shells, birds & wildlife.
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I have dodged the showers, fed the hens, watered the polycrub, unpacked packages, packed packages, and sorted cat traps. #uist
Towering blue-grey clouds to the west and the water filled ruts of the driveway.
December 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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#rainbow #uist
So is it the old car or the wind turbine beyond that the rainbow is illuminating?
December 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Towering clouds #uist
Looking out over the lochan, half the sky is blue with golden sunshine, half is grey rain clouds. Looking down the driveway to the west, towering white clouds in a blue sky.
December 3, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Final Christmas hat and scarf for the figurines on my brother’s Dutch street organ 🧶🦌🎄
Red and white scarf and hat decorated with colourwork trees and reindeer.
December 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Little and large fill out an armchair. @janh1.bsky.social #Blossom #Sherbet 😻🐈‍⬛🐈
A large young tabby cat sleeps on an armchair cuddling a rug. A small dark tortoiseshell kitten has managed to squeeze on there with him.
December 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Possibly the most handsome cat I’ve ever fostered. #Sherbet the gentle giant. 😻🐈
A tabby cat sits gazing out of the window, where a golden sun lights silver clouds. He may be a giant tabby cat but he’s still a kitten at heart. Look at those fabulous whiskers! The feather wand is Sherbet the tabby cat’s favourite toy. In a rare moment, the usually reserved and self contained tabby cat lies on the back of the sofa .
December 2, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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#morning #uist
A fiery eye has appeared in the midst of the grey foaming clouds and reflects in the loch. The clouds have ebbed revealing more blue sky.
December 2, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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My perfect evening. #knitting #panther 😻🐈‍⬛🧶
A huge black cat is sleeping halfway on my lap beside the red Christmas doll’s scarf that I’m knitting.
December 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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A fine afternoon and the #kittens are sleepy. 😻🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈 #uist
The sun is low in an afternoon sky of silver clouds. In the foreground, a dark tortoiseshell kitten cleans herself while a grey kitten sleeps snuggles against her. In the background, a tabby cat sleeps on another armchair. The two kittens are now asleep.
December 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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We’ve moved to St Balthild’s golden ring and her life story. The ring now in the Norwich Castle Museum. Her embroidery survives and is stunning. 😍🪡
The saint’s seal ring showing her name and face on one side, and a risqué scene to be used on letters to her beloved husband. An embroidery by the saint showing the jewels she once wore.
December 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Attending the #WuffingEducation morning seminar on Beowulf and beyond. We’ve moved from St Eligius to the Merovingian kings and on to the #SuttonHoo coin collection. #EarlyMedieval
The collection of 37 gold coins (each from a different mint) and 2 gold ingots from the great purse in the Sutton Hoo ship burial. A coin for each of the crew, ingots for the helm and the skipper.
December 1, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Last night’s rain has cleaned the windows and the #sheep are considering invading the garden. #uist
Dawn beyond the loch as the sky lightens to the southeast where bluish clouds drift across a soft blue sky. Looking west down the puddled driveway towards pink and grey clouds , a few sheep 🐑 loiter just inside my gate.
December 1, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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#uist is tied together by marine rope salvaged from the beach. 😎
The pale sun shines in a grey mackerel sky behind a passing place sign. Under a mackerel sky, a set of gates and hurdles are tied together by bleached marine ropes. A quiet walk down the lane and back - the perfect prelude to Sunday lunch.
November 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Lichen on the rocks and ice in the ditch. 🥶 #uist
A grey rock covered in white, grey and yellow lichen. An icy grass-filled ditch.
November 30, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Something or someone scared the #geese up. #uist
November 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Another fine morning and the blazing sun has melted the frost on the grass. Dark clouds in the distance. #uist
Looking south through salt-stained glass, the sun blazes and is mirrored in the loch. Looking west, the fields glow bronze in the sunlight but dark clouds gather on the horizon. The shadow of the house strictly delineates the golden grass from the silvery frosted grass.
November 30, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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birlinnyarn.co.uk/shop/knittin... #BirlinnYarn now has their Festive Star pattern on line. 🧶
November 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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#Boo #FosterKitten adores his big brother #Bingo. Boo was trapped this summer, Bingo last winter, in pretty much the same spot. 😻🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛ #uist
A black cat and a half grown kitten on the top of the wellington chest. The kitten, lying down, looks up adoringly at the cat sitting by him.
November 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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#sunset #uist
Looking southwest, the last traces of orange and yellow fade into blue and grey. Looking west, all is soft grey clouds backlit lit by the reflection of light from the ocean over the horizon.
November 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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#FosterKittens are feeling friendly. 😻🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛
Bubbles, a grey and white kitten, lies on the chesterfields Blossom, a dark tortoiseshell kitten, sits on the arm of the sofa. Blossom lies sleepily on the back of the sofa
November 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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30 lengths of the swimming 🏊‍♀️ pool, then home. #uist
The view from my favourite Co-op car park. The yellow sun blazes over a few clouds in the blue sky and the sea is a mirror. How is this calm possible after 80mph winds ?
November 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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#rainbow #uist
The full arch of a rainbow against storm clouds. Sheep in the foreground. Those clouds look threatening! 🙀
November 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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#Shadow #Foster #cat doesn’t care about your stupid rules of etiquette. 🙀😻🐈‍⬛😂
A tuxedo cat lies on the arm of a chesterfield sofa, one hind leg either side.
November 29, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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#sunrise #uist and some incredibly dirty windows! 🙀🙄
Through wet and salt-stained glass, a red sun rises beyond the corner of the loch. The blue and orange sky is partially covered by meandering grey cloud. Slightly higher paler sun, less cloud, as much dew and salt on the windows. The rising sun blazes through the triptych of windows. Damn, they’re filthy.
November 29, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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#moonlight #uist
Fence posts silhouetted against a sky of ragged clouds backlit by the moon. Fence posts illuminated by my house lights under a midnight blue sky where the Plough hangs tipsy.
November 29, 2025 at 3:15 AM