Hannah Valerie
@eckerusla.bsky.social
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Assorted posts about history, church architecture, choral singing, faith, baking, travel, and cats. #ActuallyAutistic #FaithfullyLGBT 💫🌈
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eckerusla.bsky.social
Over 2022 and 2023 I visited (or in the case of eight, revisited) all 26 English medieval cathedrals.

As an #Advent offering I'll be sharing photos here of one cathedral per day. Ish.

(List from here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archite... - other versions are also available)

#CofE
#AdventCathedralling
Portrait: Google Maps UK screenshot showing maroon markers on all the 26 (English medieval) cathedrals:
* Bristol
* Canterbury
* Carlisle
* Chester
* Chichester
* Durham
* Ely
* Exeter
* Gloucester
* Hereford
* Lichfield
* Lincoln
* Manchester
* Norwich
* Christ Church, Oxford
* Peterborough
* Ripon
* Rochester
* St Albans
* Salisbury
* Southwark
* Southwell
* Wells
* Winchester
* Worcester
* York
eckerusla.bsky.social
I am certainly breathing a (very selfish) sigh of relief we're not losing +Rachel to Canterbury!
eckerusla.bsky.social
Oh, she is just gorgeous!
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kpw1453.bsky.social
Some of the medieval roof bosses from the Church of St. Mary Redcliffe in Bristol. This remarkable church has over 1200! 📸 My own. #MedievalMonday #StMaryRedcliffe #Bristol
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venetiajane.bsky.social
Honey bees still enjoying the starry, pink Sedum #flowers on an autumn day. #DailyBotanicalBeauty #photography #bees
Collage of close-up photos showing honeybees feeding on clusters of vivid pink-red Sedum flowers. The images capture the bees’ golden, fuzzy bodies among the star-shaped blossoms, with softly blurred backgrounds in pink and green tones.
eckerusla.bsky.social
Oooh! Instantly added to my list of churches to visit - thank you!
eckerusla.bsky.social
Homemade chana masala is excellent autumn comfort food. 😋🍂🍽
Landscape: a dark blue pasta bowl containing flatbread, natural yoghurt, and a large portion of homemade chana masala (tomato-based curry containing chickpeas)
eckerusla.bsky.social
Kathryn, you never fail to make me smile!
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drjaninaramirez.bsky.social
SO THIS HAPPENED!!! Saw an actual copy of my new book Legenda for the FIRST TIME @historyrevmag BBC History Weekend!! Isn’t it beautiful 😍🥰😍🥰 preorder it here lnk.to/LegendaBook
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tanjabueltmann.net
Nothing good will ever be found at the end of the road this leads to.

It is a complete dereliction of duty of our media in the UK, and far too many politicians, that we could *ever* get anywhere close to this point of normalising what absolutely are extremist policies.
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danielsohege.bsky.social
British politics is basically a doom spiral of increasingly unhinged hostile policies.

Reform says something unhinged
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Labour counters with their own unhinged policy
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Tories shout from back they'll be even more unhinged
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Reform announces different unhinged proposal in response
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And repeat...🔁
eckerusla.bsky.social
Not yet! I am utterly perplexed.
eckerusla.bsky.social
Guess I won't be moving ever again... 🐾🐈‍⬛️

#Caturday #CatsOfBluesky
Portrait: Merky, our tuxedo cat, seen from behind settling down on a cushion on my lap
eckerusla.bsky.social
So, has anyone else's spellchecker also randomly turned Finnish, or... ?
Portrait: photograph of Word spellchecker suggesting Finnish alternatives to the word "description"
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stephanieoffer.bsky.social
Fun fact: Dame Sarah Mullally is the second medical professional to be Archbishop of Canterbury. Archbishop Thomas Secker (1758-1768) qualified as a medical doctor before being ordained #ArchbishopOfCanterbury
eckerusla.bsky.social
* Martyn

Doing really well today...
eckerusla.bsky.social
Yes, slightly younger. Actually, on reflection so is +Martin.

I take back my comment! Apologies.
eckerusla.bsky.social
I think several of the shortrunners were!
eckerusla.bsky.social
You and me both, Jay! And I still ended up seeing the update on here first...