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Lally Brown

@lallyb.bsky.social

Author/photographer who has lived on islands in the Caribbean and South Atlantic 🏝️now retired on beautiful Isle of Wight writing memoirs and enjoying the company of red squirrels. Life doesn’t get much better.

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The birds were creating quite a celebration Lynn, love hearing the skylarks back… and the stream in the background, all the sounds of spring this morning 🎢

26.02.2026 00:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m feeling well blessed Catherine, have a great day yourself ❀️

25.02.2026 09:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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What a beautiful February morning and such a joy to share it with a red squirrel 🐿️ #redsquirrel #isleofwight #mygarden

25.02.2026 08:50 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Honoured and deeply humbled!

12.02.2026 22:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow, Boris I’m absolutely thrilled… just listened to your Metamorphosis and it’s absolutely brilliant (especially the drums!) humble thanks β€οΈπŸ™

12.02.2026 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fed up with the rat race we bought tickets on a banana boat and headed to the West Indies, best decision we ever made!

08.02.2026 08:16 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œA fascinating insight into a different kind of life.”

Join me on my adventures of living and travelling afloat. The lifestyle that Murphy’s Law was invented for. πŸ˜†

Just 99p/c for each book until Tuesday the 10th!

www.amazon.com/dp/B0957DPKHW

07.02.2026 07:17 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bottoms up! #birdsoftheday #isleofwight

01.02.2026 11:00 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is my island, read all about it!
#isleofwight #i❀️wight

www.isleofwight.com

31.01.2026 09:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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For our latest contributions to the Writers Open House, it is wonderful to be able to share two true stories from Shirley Read-Jahn.

You can read The Specialist Appointment and Treasure here: www.fd81.net/freds-blog/t...

#welovememoirs #truestory #memoir #writingcommunity

27.01.2026 12:21 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I may be β€˜out of Africa’ now, but Africa will never be out of me.

Come reminisce with me in my three-book series about my two decades of life in #SouthAfrica.

99c per book till Sunday on Kindle Countdown!!

amazon.com/dp/B095BQ9FXN

#welovememoirs #travel #BooksWorthReading

13.01.2026 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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End of January and signs of spring in my garden #spring #isleofwight #daffodil #mygarden #nature

29.01.2026 07:00 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

WOW thank you soooo much WLM, that means a lot to me … your FB page and Bluesky support are very important to me, keep up the good work it’s really appreciated πŸ’–

10.01.2026 10:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you Lynn, and fun is a mandatory my friend, enjoy every second πŸ˜‚πŸ’•

20.12.2025 05:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Well wherever and whatever here’s wishing you a very, very happy Christmas Lynn, may it be full of fun (and chocolate!) πŸŽ„πŸ’•πŸŽ„

19.12.2025 22:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe snow for you? A proper white Christmas? No chance of that here, I do love a snowball fight but I’ll settle for sunshine instead πŸ˜‚β˜€οΈ

19.12.2025 06:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

They promise us sunshine tomorrow Lynn so fingers crossed I’ll dry out before the weekend πŸ˜‚

18.12.2025 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sooo grateful Lynn, such a super boost for my Caribbean sunshine, just what I needed to brighten up my very wet and windy day here on IOW πŸ€—πŸ’•

18.12.2025 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Looking for an escape to somewhere warm and sunny @lallyb.bsky.social has the #memoirs for you. #Caribbean #BooksWorthReading #bookstoreead Enjoyed them all

18.12.2025 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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"One of the best books I have ever read! Almost the whole of English history, told through the eyes of generations and generations of the same family." Review

http://mybook.to/tboh

#HistoricalFiction #medieval #Vikings #wotr #kindle #KU

18.10.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A sight to gladden the heart on my walk this morning #isleofwight #wildflowers #sunflowers

18.10.2025 09:59 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’–πŸ€—πŸ’–

05.10.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, it was hard work but definitely worth the effort and really appreciated by my sight impaired friends! πŸ€—πŸ’–

05.10.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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All now available as audiobooks ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
CARIBBEAN MEMOIRS OF AN EXPAT
#BVI #Montserrat #TurksandCaicos 🏝️

High and Dry in the BVI amzn.to/3sSDfAP
Treefrogs Can't Sing amzn.to/390O7Vb
Don't Drop the Dolphin amzn.to/3Q6KsJl
The Volcano, Montserrat and Me amzn.to/35IMZ6v

28.09.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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27.09.2025 07:58 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Loved this trio of barging books, really excellent reads!

28.09.2025 09:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m now able and especially happy to say that two of my memoirs are available as audiobooks. I wanted to do this as I know how many people rely on audiobooks, many for health or vision problems.

African Ways: www.amazon.com/Audible-Afri...

African Ways Again: www.amazon.com/African-Ways...

30.08.2025 12:39 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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As we slide into autumn here’s a summer memory to make you smile πŸ˜ƒ πŸ¦† #ducks #chicks #summermemories #wildlife #mygarden #isleofwight #naturephotography

28.09.2025 09:45 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’–πŸ“πŸ’–

28.09.2025 09:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sounds idyllic Peter! I’m getting Canada geese flying over the house daily now, I love that sound.

28.09.2025 09:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0