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Elaine

@actuallyelaine.bsky.social

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Freelance fairy's midwife.🌈 Signs, portents, omens, and foreshadowing, with chips and a side salad. Jabberwock champion. Eldritch horror. The Shrew Remains Untamed.

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Elaine @actuallyelaine.bsky.social · Jan 22

Pebble beach, north island.

Beach pebbles of various colours and sizes. PnW

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A.Z. Fell, Esq. @azfell-esq.bsky.social · 2d

It is my deeply-held belief that all Creators are Divine.
●Storytellers
●Artists
●Music-makers
●Poets
●Dancers
●Makers of Beautiful Things
●Teachers
●Healers
You are all Gods and Goddesses.
✨️✨️✨️

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Professor Plum @davindaire.bsky.social · 2d

Books! The color blue! Ghosts and Goblins! And the month of October! I approve this message (and repost it every year)....

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Elaine @actuallyelaine.bsky.social · 2d

It takes a bold hand to make gentle art.

Elaine @actuallyelaine.bsky.social · 2d

@davindaire.bsky.social
I believe Turner painted this morning's sepia sunrise.

Orange and sepia sunrise 10 October 2025
PNW
Photo by actuallyelaine.bsky.social

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Elaine @actuallyelaine.bsky.social · 5d

I am Toad.
I am also Frog.
But at least we're together in all this nonsense.

Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 6d

“Frog,” asked Toad, “did this really happen?”

“Maybe it did, and maybe it didn’t,” said Frog.

Toad questions Frog about the veracity of his ghost story, an animated look on his face.

From "Shivers"
In *Days with Frog and Toad*

Elaine @actuallyelaine.bsky.social · 5d

What a beauty! 🩷

Elaine @actuallyelaine.bsky.social · 5d

Does SDNP harvest any of the sloes, and might there ever be a Park gin on offer?
🍸

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Elaine @actuallyelaine.bsky.social · 6d

Toodle-doo to a brilliant Monday.
Coffee with a dear old friend; sublime, teary, and hilarious.
Love you madly, Xander. 💜

Sunset PNW island 6 October 2025.
Photo by actuallyelaine.bsky.social

Elaine @actuallyelaine.bsky.social · 7d

Hiya, 5th October!

Sunrise toward the mainland.
PNW island.
Photo by actuallyelaine.bsky.social

Elaine @actuallyelaine.bsky.social · 8d

It's October, and that means...
A rewatch of The Ghost and Mr. Chicken!

"Why don't you run up an alley and holler Fish?"

#andtheyusedbonami
#murderanddeath
#attaboyluther

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken film 1966
Starring Don Knotts

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Elaine @actuallyelaine.bsky.social · 8d

And I am here for every wisp of fog and petulant raindrop.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 9d

Hence, horrible shadow!
Unreal mock’ry, hence!

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South Downs National Park @southdownsnp.bsky.social · 9d

Fly agaric.

Stunning to look at but poisonous.

It can be spotted on lowland heath around birch and pine, where it is thought to have a mycorrhizal relationship - sharing nutrients between tree roots and the fungi itself.

📷 Olivia French

#SouthDowns #AutumnVibes

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Elaine @actuallyelaine.bsky.social · 8d

Oopsie.
It's 1:30, and I need to be to work by 8.
😵

Elaine @actuallyelaine.bsky.social · 9d

Hedging their bets against either side, I suppose.

Elaine @actuallyelaine.bsky.social · 9d

I wonder, did the churches carve them into the wood so the beasts couldn't escape, or did the artists carve the wood away so the beasts might walk about whenever they wished?

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Elaine @actuallyelaine.bsky.social · 9d

My young friend Mouse said, "Flowers are sunshine that grows out of the dirt."

Here's a bit of sunshine, for whomever needs it.

🐭+🌼=☀️

Orange/yellow flower twins.

Photo by actuallyelaine.bsky.social

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Elaine @actuallyelaine.bsky.social · 12d

October is rolling in with a storm here in the #PNW and Clive is ready for it.

Smug bastard.

Clive the gargoyle atop his column, flanked by pink fairy roses and deciduous trees in varying shades of autumn.

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Elaine @actuallyelaine.bsky.social · Mar 5

It's the PERFECT day to reach out to your favourite artist, writer, actor, designer, singer, photographer, dancer, stylist or any ONE of the myriad magic makers who bring your heart a bit of joy... and tell them THANK YOU!

Add your own tags.
Create a bit of joy.
#thankthemagicmakers

Stylized symbols of arts/drama, music, dance, visual arts, film/tv, design, writing.

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Elaine @actuallyelaine.bsky.social · 15d

How peaceful she looks!

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Elaine @actuallyelaine.bsky.social · 16d

Well, it was a slow start to blooming but here we are, Nasturtiums, awash in blooms at the end of (checks calendar) bloody September.

Elaine @actuallyelaine.bsky.social · 16d

Damn, I'm sorry.
You're absolutely allowed to feel all the feels, even the unpleasant ones.
They don't all have to tickle to be valid, which does suck b@lls.

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Elaine @actuallyelaine.bsky.social · 20d

Mabon blessings from Merlyn.
#MerlyntheAusPyr
#happymabon🍁

Merlyn the AusPyr mix, snuggled in the grass with trees behind.
Photo by actuallyelaine.bsky.social

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Elaine @actuallyelaine.bsky.social · 21d

Last night, as I left work.

#pnwsunset

Sunset and smoky sky.
PNW near Canadian border.

Photo by actuallyelaine.bsky.social

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 24d

When Toad got home, he said, “Tomorrow I will get to work and rake all of my own leaves.”

Toad looks at his messy yard, which is covered with leaves.

From "The Surprise"
In *Frog and Toad All Year*

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