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Beth
@f33lthesun.bsky.social
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Retired teacher.
Reader, crocheter, golfer.
Owned by a dog!
📖 Fallen Knight
Book Reviews: https://bethsbookcase.org/
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smithsmm.bsky.social
No. 27 in my #FavePicturebooks25 is My Home is My Backpack by #EugeniaPerella & #AngelaSalerno a poignant, emotional story of displacement that ultimately uplifts.
“Our home is special made from the people we love and the things we love doing.”Beautifully told.
#PicturebookPage
November 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
f33lthesun.bsky.social
Not at all surprising. I said this to you @happyheadteacher.bsky.social .
Been waiting for mine since Feb. 🙄
schoolsweek.bsky.social Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 12d
Investigation: Thousands of retired teachers and leaders potentially entitled to better pensions following the landmark McCloud ruling have died before even receiving statements outlining what they could receive

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Thousands of retirees die before pensions row settled
New data reveals scale of backlog facing the Teachers’ Pension Scheme administrators Capita
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November 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
f33lthesun.bsky.social
I really need to not be this type of person any more.
A fuel gauge with the indicator on empty and the low fuel icon lit up.
November 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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unofficialoa.bsky.social
Morning,

A request for help:

I recently moved up north (near Bolton) and I’ve been on supply ever since.

I need a permanent job. Science teacher. 20yrs exp.

Schools don’t always advertise on the TES so if anyone knows anyone, please pass this on?

I’d really appreciate it!
November 16, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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smithsmm.bsky.social
No. 29 in my #FavePicturebooks25 is “To See An Owl” by @cordellmatthew.bsky.social
— a joyous celebration of passion, persistence & nature. The art is stunning, the story is MAGICAL, and the journey is as beautiful as the destination. #PicturebookPage
November 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
f33lthesun.bsky.social
Spotted the instantly recognisable silhouette of this grey heron on a rooftop as I was driving. Pulled over into a convenient lay-by take these.
@everyheron.bsky.social
Green fields, trees, overcast sky, the hint of mist, and an old stone out building with a fence in front. A grey heron sits on the top of the roof. A grey heron, neck pulled in, looking left, on top of a roof.
November 9, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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nicktankard.bsky.social
My illustrations for The Woman in Black are now available as signed giclee prints. You can view them on my website nicktankard.co.uk I’ll also be making the original illustrations available here on Bluesky, watch this space…The illustrations are in the hardback edition published by Vintage Classics.
A black and white printing ink and black pen illustration of a man driving a pony & trap towards a large dark house, the only source of illumination being a light by the doorway of the house and stars in the night sky. Spooky & atmospheric.
September 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Beach walk.
White Jack Russell on rippled sand, at the edge of the sea. Rippled wet sand, still rock pools, rocks and a blue sky with fluffy white clouds. A grey heron in the still blue water of the rock pools, a white egret on the rocks. An egret searching for fish in the calm blue rock pools. It is reflected in the still water.
November 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
f33lthesun.bsky.social
Today I start the 7th decade of my life. I am fine about that. Spent it walking in the sunshine with Jack on Lindisfarne, having coffee and cake at Pilgrims Coffee, chips at Seahouses and visiting @forumbooks.bsky.social .
A white Jack Russell on grass, in front of an upturned boat, with Lindisfarne Castle in the background. A round black tray on a wooden table, with a slice of Cuthbert Cake and a cup of black coffee. A bag of chips in front of the harbour at Seahouses. Books…The Christmas Clue by Nicola Upson, Walk the Blue Fields by Claire Keegan, playground by Richard Powers, The Ship of Strays by Kiran Millwood Hargrave and The Long Shoe by Bob Mortimer.
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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ianeagletonauthor.bsky.social
I will be running something called MIDDLE-GRADE MONDAYS over on Instagram. I’ll be inviting a middle grade author to come onto a live chat with me so we can talk about their books!

I’m very excited to announce that the first author will be the amazing SF Said on 3/11 at 12.45!

#PrimaryEduSky
November 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
f33lthesun.bsky.social
Just perfect today. Bit of a strong breeze, blue sky and white clouds echoed by the blue sea and white horses.
#Northumberland #DruridgeBay
@happyheadteacher.bsky.social @smithsmm.bsky.social @natty008.bsky.social @edfinch.bsky.social @whatonomy.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
f33lthesun.bsky.social
Three years ago today. One of the best decisions I ever made. 🌊
Hand holding house keys.
November 1, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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mariannedoherty.bsky.social
With it being Halloween I guess we need a spooky #KidsBooksFriday. But I am also a total scaredy cat so I’ll be sticking to cosy spooky books thanks. The kids do seem to love a bit of horror though, so do recommend - just don’t expect me to read any! 🙈 👻 #UKKidLit #KidLitUK #KidLit
Book cover for The Witches of Anderson House: A Spell for Disaster by Jennie Poh with Dave Lowe Book cover for The Skull by Jon Klassen Book cover for Garlic and the Witch by Bree Paulsen Book cover for The Unexplained: Ghosts by Adam Allsuch Boardman
October 31, 2025 at 7:33 AM
f33lthesun.bsky.social
Can’t beat an #IndieBookshop edition. Collected Book of Dust 3, The Rose Field, from @forumbooks.bsky.social this morning. Came with a free bag and an alethiometer pin badge. And just look at the endpapers and #UnderTheDustJacket 🥰
An orange tote bag with a rose and text: “and now the final part begins…” The Rose Field Hardback copy of Philip Pullman’s The Book of Dust Volume 3 The Rose Field Pin badge alethiometer. Alethiometer pin badge Under the dust jacket, Black book cover, red “dust” and text: Tell me what’s in the red building in the desert of Karamakan. The building then roses come from. …an opening into another world… The world where the roses come from? …they would come from nowhere else… Endpapers for Booknof Dust vol 3. A mountain scene with a cloudy sky. All in shades of orange, with white sky.
October 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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A proper #Bookcident yesterday @forumbooks.bsky.social Accidental Bookshop.
A pile of book spines. From top to bottom: Letters from the Upside by Katya Balen, Benbecula by Graeme Macrae Burnet, Haunted Tales by Adam MacQueen, Antarctica by Claire Keegan, Rainforest by Michelle Paver, Wild Folk by Jackie Morris and Tamsin Abbot, The Long Shoe by Bob Mortimer, Wolf Crown by Piers Torday.
October 18, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Beach walk.
A white Jack Russell running across wet sand on a beach, blue sky and dunes in the background. Blue sky, light clouds, rocks sea and sand. A group of sanderlings on the shore line. A curlew on seaweed between rock pools.
October 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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The reviewoftheday comes from @f33lthesun.bsky.social and Beth really enjoyed @bbnya.bsky.social _official 2024 finalist ‘Madame Eldridge’s Wayward Home for Unruly Boys’ by @brclothwrites.bsky.social ‘A thoroughly deserved 5th place in the BBNYA 2024 awards.’

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Madame Eldridge’s Wayward Home for Unruly Boys by Benjamin Ryan
Blurb Deep in the heart of Virginia’s dense backwoods, the Wayward Home for Unruly Boys hides more than just troubled youth. Under Madame Eldridge’s watchful eye, three strict rules govern their be…
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October 6, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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rosdando.bsky.social
Ok, I'm gonna need readers with tweens and teens who are fully into the autumnal witchy vibes to get on board with my magical books set in October with ravens, a Norse god and found family vibes.

(Written by an anti-AI and gentle queer AuDHD author)

Available here: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...
A Gift of Words by Rosalind Dando. Cover image shown against an autumn background. White text reads: BBNYA 2025 finalist! "Filled with magic and heart" "Four of my five children read this and loved it" "Fab blending of everyday life, magic, and Norse mythology."
October 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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#NorthumberlandSunset
Orange, purple and red clouds as the sun sets, house roofs silhouetted.
October 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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2018 Paris and 2023 Rome.
Come on #TeamEurope #RyderCup
@rydercupeurope.bsky.social
Selfie of me (half my face) at the Ryder Cup in Paris. Golf hole and grandstand in background. Selfie of me (in shades and white bucket hat) in the crowd at the first tee of Ryder Cup in Rome.
September 26, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Beach walk.
A white Jack Russell standing on the sandy rocks, looking out over rock pools and a very calm blue sea. Sky is blue and cloudless. Blue sky, calm blue sea, rocks and rock pools, with a grey heron, a curlew and a gull. A grey heron on seaweed, in the sea, with a fish in its beak. A grey heron, up to the top of its legs in a calm blue sea, with an open beak, fish caught in it.
September 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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A treat for you @everyheron.bsky.social
A blue sea, waves in the distance, calm near the rocks. A grey heron stands in a calm pool of sea. A grey heron, neck curved down, in the sea, with a fish in its beak. A grey heron standing on seaweed in a rock pool, beak wide open. A grey heron, on seaweed, has caught a fish by the tail in its beak.
September 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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#SandPatterns
Six photos of different natural sand patterns on a beach.
September 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Beach walk.
White Jack Russell walking on sandy beach. Rocks, blue sky and sea in the background. White Jack Russell licking his lips whilst walking on a sandy beach. Silhouetted cormorant on a rock in the sea. Blue sky, strip of blue sea and vast sandy beach.
September 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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karlduke8.bsky.social
Finally Y5/6 inspired by The Lost Words…#everychildisanartist 3/3 #primaryart #art #sketching #drawingskills #natureart #nature #naturalworld
September 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM