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Patchwork Jane Austen Sneak Peek

Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 5h

For Jane Austen fans...

Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 5h

@drbibliomane.bsky.social , I thought you'd like this (if you don't know about it already) :
www.cartoonkate.co.uk/pages/patchw...
#18thC #19thC #JaneAusten

Reverend Stanier Clarke mansplains to Jane Austen how to write a novel. Henry Austen is very ill after eating mercury salts. Patchwork: a graphic biography

www.cartoonkate.co.uk

Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 5h

@drbibliomane.bsky.social , I thought you'd like this (if you don't know about it already) :
www.cartoonkate.co.uk/pages/patchw...
#18thC #19thC #JaneAusten

Patchwork Jane Austen Sneak Peek

Reverend Stanier Clarke mansplains to Jane Austen how to write a novel. Henry Austen is very ill after eating mercury salts. Patchwork: a graphic biography

www.cartoonkate.co.uk

Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 1d

Dry clean?

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Bridget MacKeith @bridgetmackeith.bsky.social · 3d

Thinking of Xmas? I mean, it IS October, so you really should be 🤭

I have illustrated these cards, available in a pack of 6, for the Labrador UK Action Group, the lovely charity who re-homed Riley with us 😍🖤

Please look them up on Facebook and follow the link if you’d like to buy any ☺️😍

Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 3d

How lovely, Lydia! Thank you so much for sharing.

Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 3d

Big key possibly a barrel tap key.

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Sue Hardy-Dawson @suehardy-dawson.bsky.social · 4d

Aparently today is #WorldAnimalDay so here's a poem about disappearing habitats from If I Were Other Than Myself @troikabooks.bsky.social

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Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 5d

Have a pleasant trip, Yaroslava. I shall look forward to hearing about it.

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Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 5d

Interestingly:
"London, Thursday June 3,
On Thursday evening the liquor in the thermometer, which had been from Wednesday morning at 77½ suddenly fell 19 degrees, i.e. to 58 degrees; such sudden alteration is never remembered in this country."
[Reading Mercury - Monday 07 June 1784, p.2]

Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 5d

It's hard to see this as anything other than a mistake, especially as earlier MH has been talking about how intense the heat was. There is no way 52 degrees is hot for May - even during the night!

Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 6d

What a lovely photo!

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Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 6d

I've one of each. Lovely coins. So big! But you wouldn't want to go swimming with a couple of bob's worth in your pockets!

Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 6d

Bluesky made a hash
Of Ogden Nash.

Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 7d

There used to be a ginger cat of character in Tobermory.

Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 8d

I didn't mean to set you homework! 😂

Comprehensive Guide to WWI German Uniform Types

Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 8d

The British helmet was that typical fried egg look, whereas the German helmet changed over the war from spiked to the bucket type:
paddelaters.com/blogs/compre...

Explore the evolution of WWI German uniforms, including the iconic Stahlhelm, field caps, camouflage helmets, and more

paddelaters.com

Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 8d

A pearl in the oyster.

Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 8d

I would say that was a Tommy.

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Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 9d

They're OK though, they have a stable relationship.

Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 9d

Happy Birthday!

Be of good cheer;
Another year.

Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 9d

Yes, let's hope it brightens.

Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 9d

Looks good! I managed to spot it with binoculars this morning. (Grey fuzzy a bit of an understatement!)