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Books,Craic,Cake

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Love reading books. Other interests - pets, food, history & historical researching, wildlife & photography

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Books,Craic,Cake @bookscraiccake.bsky.social · Nov 17

I welcome followers but know that, if you have zealous religious views and try to follow me, I will block you.

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Books,Craic,Cake @bookscraiccake.bsky.social · Jul 27

You too! Beautiful flowers!!

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Books,Craic,Cake @bookscraiccake.bsky.social · Jul 27

Of course! You’ve just reminded me of what crowd pullers the Victorian narrative paintings were. It makes sense now - an era where people were far more savvy about symbolic references in paintings & images - thank you 😊

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Chris Paton @chrismpaton.bsky.social · Jul 27

National Library of Scotland maps department guide to website changes
scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2025/07/nati... #genealogy #FamilyHistory

National Library of Scotland maps department guide to website changes

From Scotland, a daily news blog about genealogy, family history and personal heritage.

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Books,Craic,Cake @bookscraiccake.bsky.social · Jul 27

I read the book ‘Steeple Chasing’ by Peter Ross - seem to recall that quite a few of the pre-reformation, roof angels still survive in East Anglia.

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Books,Craic,Cake @bookscraiccake.bsky.social · Jul 27

Same but what attracts me to them is that, some of them are so busy, they’re like those magic eye puzzles - there’s obviously something there to decipher but we’re so temporally removed now and many of us with so little biblical knowledge it’s difficult to work out what they’re trying to convey.

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Books,Craic,Cake @bookscraiccake.bsky.social · Jul 27

That is interesting & gives some context. It seems implies that they were post reformation & carved in 1868 - still beautiful tho’.

Books,Craic,Cake @bookscraiccake.bsky.social · Jul 27

Agree! The old phrase; less is more. The wildlife ones are beautiful.

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Books,Craic,Cake @bookscraiccake.bsky.social · Jul 27

I wonder how old it is? Some pre-reformation angels in the roof survived; either because they escaped notice at that height or, were too high up to reach and trash when the churches were sacked of their Catholic icons & symbols.

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Bettyincork @bettyincork.bsky.social · Jul 26

Tomorrow! Do you have something broken that you could use some help fixing? #cork #repaircafe #sustainabilty

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Books,Craic,Cake @bookscraiccake.bsky.social · Jul 26

I love reading these projects from the ‘Perth Women…’ ❤️

Perth Women on Wikipedia @perthwomenwiki.bsky.social · Jul 26

We had a lovely group of new and experienced editors at our Wikipedia club this morning. Here's a 🧵 of articles we worked on...

#WomensHistory
#LGBTQhistory #PerthWomenOnWikipedia #PerthScotland

'Rosie the Riveter' image of woman with headscarf, her arm indicating strength, and text that reads We Can Edit. Derived from famous We Can Do It image, in public domain on Wikimedia Commons.

Books,Craic,Cake @bookscraiccake.bsky.social · Jul 26

#Caturday

Elsa trying to use the bush as a Klingon cloaking device - not working
Not working Elsa!
I can actually see you.

Books,Craic,Cake @bookscraiccake.bsky.social · Jul 26

This week from the camera - old

Old Kirk & Kirkyard
Old window & small flaky door
Good luck with the door!
Part of an old waterwheel
at a wool mill.

Sony/Canon lens 2025

Old cemetery with graves in the fore and middle ground. Part of an old church towards the rear of the image with a stepped and slated roof and a cross at the top. An arched window in the wall. Parts of houses can be seen in the background.

A sloping path and sloping house wall in white harling. An old window is above a small door. The door has been painted brown but the paint is flaking off badly. A small horseshoe is nailed to the door with the open end of the shoe at the top.

An old arched doorway and stairs inset leading to a double pale green door. The wall above is grey with three plaques in a line above. The oldest shows it was dedicated to a convener - John Murray - for his charitable work. His initials ‘I M’ and crest of the guild of cordiners above in red and gold dated 1710. Below is another plaque in gold lettering that says it was rebuilt in 1787 by the ‘incorporation of shoemakers’ and below that, the building was restored in 1975.

Part of a waterwheel with water flowing down against an old stone wall.

Books,Craic,Cake @bookscraiccake.bsky.social · Jul 26

This week with the camera
All things bright…
Fruit for the loom - yarn
Clan book/reading bench
Flooers
Windows 98 or something

Sony/Canon lens 2025

Bobbins of yard at a wool mill. Bright orange left and middle. Some taupe top middle and bottom left. Dark grey on the right and centre.

Brightly coloured reading bench. The top is a fiery sun in mountains and the bottom is misty woods and pine trees.

Bright yellow, rounded flowers on the left and greenery and leaves on the right.

A white window frame with 6 small panes at the top and 6 small panes at the bottom. The panes have been made various different colours by coloured films placed on the inside of the window.

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Discover Cullen @discovercullen.bsky.social · Jul 26

Credit @rnlibuckie (Facebook)

📣 Just one more sleep until the Cullen Harbour Gala!

We’ll be there tomorrow (Sunday 27th July) with the RNLI Buckie Lifeboat alongside from approx. 1200-1430.

Come aboard, meet the crew, and visit our fantastic fundraiser's stall! 💙

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Debbie Cameron @debsadelight.bsky.social · Jul 26

Katherine Mary Fryer (1910-2017):
Cat and Lantern (before 1940)
#Scaturday

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Books,Craic,Cake @bookscraiccake.bsky.social · Jul 25

You too!

Books,Craic,Cake @bookscraiccake.bsky.social · Jul 25

I also tried a typed description but that didn’t work either. Thanks for coming back on that…my first random Google search of the day will be - froghopper 😀

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Emma Miller 😁 @emmadmiller.bsky.social · Jul 24

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Books,Craic,Cake @bookscraiccake.bsky.social · Jul 24

A couple of suggestions from Siri but given the 1st suggestion is an African fish species… :D

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Books,Craic,Cake @bookscraiccake.bsky.social · Jul 24

Ladybird larvae?

Books,Craic,Cake @bookscraiccake.bsky.social · Jul 24

Oh lol!

Books,Craic,Cake @bookscraiccake.bsky.social · Jul 24

Monument at the Chapel of Garioch Kirkyard that commemorates the anniversary of the battle & the Leslie’s who died in the battle.

Own photo March 2025

Books,Craic,Cake @bookscraiccake.bsky.social · Jul 23

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Perth Women on Wikipedia @perthwomenwiki.bsky.social · Jul 23

Our second Perth Women on Wikipedia editing club is this Saturday 26 July, in Bramblers Café, St Johns St. Come and join us, no matter your confidence level. You can work on Wikipedia articles with peer support from more experienced editors.

#WomensHistory #PerthScotland

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Dig It! @digitscotland.bsky.social · Jul 22

Once called the "Witches' Stone", the symbols on this boulder near Tormain Hill in Edinburgh were carved over 2,000 years ago 🧙‍♀️

Discover this area's rich prehistoric landscape by joining an excavation close to the site from 26 July (no experience required): www.digitscotland.com/events/the-t...

Black and white sketch of a large boulder with cup marks carved in a line along it

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