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Colette
@bellinghwoman.bsky.social
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SF&F reader, cat lover, *VERY* happily retired.
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The reason we were in town
Trees on either side of a path in Cambridge Botanic Garden, lit up with green, orange & blue lights. On the lake in Cambridge Botanic garden, an illuminated Saxon warrior and one of his dogs in a rowing boat. One of the buildings in Cambridge Botanic Garden with colourful flowers projected onto its front
December 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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And here's the photo
A large cardboard box, split into clearly labelled and numbered sections, which contains a floor standing light from Serious Readers.
November 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Our cat, posing for the friend who's feeding him while we are away at the Irish Discworld convention.
Our Usual (I e. mostly brown)Abbysinian cat posing on the stairs. He's very pretty, and boy does he know it!
October 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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What fresh abomination is this!?!
A packet of digestive biscuits with a pink coating where the chocolate should be. The flavour is supposedly raspberries and cream. THe packet is labelled 'Limited Edition' - I wonder why.
October 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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A large sign seen in Icy Strait Point in Alaska with a serious warning about the dangers of the local bears and the local geography. The sign starts 'Warning! Alaska can be a dangerous place. This is not a zoo! Bears can kill you - you can die if you get lost - falling down mountains and cliffs can kill you' and it carries on in that vein.
June 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Happy cat! Hope your day greatly improved.
A contented, sleepy cat, snuggled up in his shaggy grey bed.
June 28, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Big ship chicken!
In a narrow channel through the Stockholm archipelago, our big ferry seems to be heading straight for a ferry coming the other way
June 26, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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These are the remains on the crater's edge
On top of Vesuvius, the picture shows the remains of the concrete platform that formed part of the funicular's end station The remains of the funicular platform from the other side.
June 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Almost at the end of our trip. Can't show the whole route as the software got very confused and cut off everything to the left of the International Dateline :-)
A map showing all the places we've stopped in Alaska - Kodiak, Homer, Seward, Valdez, the Hubbard Glacier (didn't stop, just into the bay, had a look & straight out again) Icy Strait Point, Sitka, Ketchikan and now a couple of hundred miles away from our final destination, Vancouver.
June 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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At the Hubbard Glacier, half way between Valdez and Icy Strait Point. The ship is as close as it dares get and is slowly spinning on the spot (yay for bow thrusters!) to give everyone a chance of a good view.
The southern end of the 400 foot high wall of ice where the glacier meets the sea The middle section of the glacier wall. The northern end of the glacier wall.
June 1, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Wonder why I'm thinking of toblerone...
A view across the bay in Valdez of a row of sharply pointed snow-covered hills.
May 31, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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You should have one from me, too.
The view from our cabin. A distant snow-capped range of hills across the bay from where we're docked. I think they're part of the Kodiak cluster.
May 29, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Astonishing display of melon carving and chocolate sculptures, never mind the bewildering variety of desserts and cakes, all this for Sunday brunch. Really admire the skill of the catering crew!
Another abstract chocolate sculpture on the left, another chocolate flower sculpture on the right and in front, cakes and mousses One pink and white chocolate sculpture looking like roses and one brown chocolate abstract sculpture The fruit end of the brunch dessert offering, with lots of melon and an intricately carved watermelon on display
May 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Crossing the International Date Line has obviously confused the ship's tracker :-)
The ship's tracker on the TV in our cabin, apparently showing us sailing across Canada to our current position then turning sharp right to sail along the southern edge of the Aleutian chain of islands
May 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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It's going to take another 5-6 days (we cross the International Date Line & get to rerun 25 May) to get across the Northern Pacific to Kodiak. Good job there are plenty of interesting lectures to attend!
Map of the Northern Pacific, showing our current position north east of Hokkaido, and on the top right of the map you can see part of Alaska and our next port of call, Kodiak Island. The map also reminds us how close Japan is to North & South Korea and Russia.
May 22, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Thought you might appreciate this
Sign outside a cinema that says 'Come for Bucky Barnes stay for a good Marvel film'
May 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Well, one of us is comfortable :-)
A very relaxed cat with the top half of his body flat on the bed, the bottom half draped up and over my legs
April 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Buskers are getting more inventive
A busker on a slack wire playing the violin and singing while balanced on one leg
April 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Not far south of Turin, distant Alps
From the train looking east across a wide valley just south of Turin to the distant snow- covered Alps
March 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Just south of Rome, a low flying cloud
A cloud hanging half way up a hill just south of Rome, picture taken from the train
March 25, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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How to embarrass my beloved - I mentioned it was his birthday, so after they'd cleared away the main course , they came and sang at him ;-)
@bellinghman with a. Chinese version of a birthday cake - 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream with a blue candle stuck in the top.
February 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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We now have a crime scene policeman here, just about to dust for prints.
A smashed double glazed conservatory door
December 21, 2024 at 1:20 PM
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Meissen turn the windows of their town hall into an Advent calendar
A white building with blue shutters, made into an Advent calendar by painting numbers on the shutters. Each day the relevant numbered shutter is opened to reveal a picture.
December 15, 2024 at 11:12 AM
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Not quite The Distraction Club, but close enough :-)
Mitch Benn, Ivan Shepherd on drums & Kirstie Newton on keyboards on stage at The Fighting Cocks pub
November 19, 2024 at 9:45 PM
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Sakura 27/02/11-14/11/24
A photo of our fawn (peach coloured) Abbyssinian cat, sitting by the cat flap
November 14, 2024 at 4:31 PM