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Northern Star (Adrian) ๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿš‚โœจ

@northernstarca.bsky.social

The Shining Time Station guy๐ŸŒŸClassic Thomas, prop collector, archivist, N/HO modeller, 1/2 of Time To Shine pod๐Ÿš‚ โ€œNothing is impossible unless you stop believing in it.โ€๐ŸŒˆ shows.acast.com/right-on-track YT: @trainofthoughtpodcast TikTok: @shining.time.stat

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Post image 09.03.2026 20:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 320    ๐Ÿ” 30    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
[A screenshot of the Nintendo Australia website flash intro from 1998. A number of official artwork renders are used for the buttons. The Yoshi button is labeled "HELP" and is altered to have smaller pupils than usual.]
Source: image: https://web.archive.org/web/19980530120304fw_/http://www.nintendo.com.au/flash_index.html, info: Bluesky user @vghistory.bsky.social

[A screenshot of the Nintendo Australia website flash intro from 1998. A number of official artwork renders are used for the buttons. The Yoshi button is labeled "HELP" and is altered to have smaller pupils than usual.] Source: image: https://web.archive.org/web/19980530120304fw_/http://www.nintendo.com.au/flash_index.html, info: Bluesky user @vghistory.bsky.social

The 1998 official site for Nintendo Australia had a deliberately silly aesthetic with small animations and edits to official renders. For the "HELP" button, Yoshi's pupils were made smaller than usual to give him a "concerned" expression, as though in need of help.

09.03.2026 17:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1404    ๐Ÿ” 328    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Beautiful job!๐Ÿ˜Š

09.03.2026 21:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A watercolour painting of Caerphilly Castle in South Wales

A watercolour painting of Caerphilly Castle in South Wales

Something different today. This is my local castle, about a 12-15 min walk from my house, it even has a moat! You can also get married there :)

In other news, I've packaged up all 32 weekend orders and they're being dropped at the sorting office tomorrow morning ๐Ÿฅฐ

#watercolours #castle #welshart

09.03.2026 18:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 738    ๐Ÿ” 54    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 32    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Vasilij Kandinskij.

Akhtyrka. Entrada principal a la dacha. 1917

09.03.2026 19:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Lots of love from me and Steve!

09.03.2026 14:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 646    ๐Ÿ” 102    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Happy International Women's Day!

Post your favorite female character!

08.03.2026 18:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Argenteuil, Seen from the Small Arm of the Seine - 1872
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/7762

08.03.2026 12:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 85    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Ink sketch of the garden with watercolour (and a gardener in a hat). The object just off centre at the bottom is a driftwood sculpture which is slowly decaying

Ink sketch of the garden with watercolour (and a gardener in a hat). The object just off centre at the bottom is a driftwood sculpture which is slowly decaying

This is a sketch of the garden at the front of the studio. Includes twisted hazel which I really like to draw.

This is a sketch of the garden at the front of the studio. Includes twisted hazel which I really like to draw.

A couple of garden sketches from last summer, ink and watercolour. Already planting seeds for this year including some sunflowers which look great in a busy mixed flowerbed.

07.03.2026 17:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2431    ๐Ÿ” 213    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 51    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
Orange and white cat, 100% good

Orange and white cat, 100% good

Behaviores Report: 100% goode!

08.03.2026 04:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 927    ๐Ÿ” 47    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Gettng grooovey (flashing lites warning)

08.03.2026 02:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 669    ๐Ÿ” 34    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 37    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Love this๐Ÿ˜

07.03.2026 14:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A LNER K2 locomotive in blue livery is pulling a train of green-and-cream LMS coaches.

A LNER K2 locomotive in blue livery is pulling a train of green-and-cream LMS coaches.

Janet taking a passenger train along the NWR mainline. #STMY #TTTE

07.03.2026 07:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 56    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Mayor Mamdani and a child play with Legos while looking very serious and concentrated. The child is impossibly adorable and wearing tiny blue glasses.

Mayor Mamdani and a child play with Legos while looking very serious and concentrated. The child is impossibly adorable and wearing tiny blue glasses.

No interruptions, please. Weโ€™re building universal child care.

06.03.2026 21:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18355    ๐Ÿ” 2048    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 193    ๐Ÿ“Œ 147
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My sister rescued a new pom. He's inbred and his name is Sandwich

07.03.2026 03:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2023    ๐Ÿ” 196    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 94    ๐Ÿ“Œ 34
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Reverend Jesse Jackson called on each of us to be heralds of change, to be messengers of hope; to step forward and say โ€œSend meโ€ wherever we have a chance to make an impact.

How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him.

07.03.2026 01:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23298    ๐Ÿ” 5714    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 632    ๐Ÿ“Œ 369
My cat Otis tucked into a blanket

My cat Otis tucked into a blanket

He's tucked in

06.03.2026 06:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1321    ๐Ÿ” 72    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Rare aesthetic: Building the Nant Gwernol extension ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ

This year also marks the 50th anniversary of the extension's opening!

๐Ÿ“ธ TR Collection, David Mitchell

#HeartofGold #RailwayAdventure

06.03.2026 17:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 55    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I'm home in my bed and I didnt have to post a day 10 update. Having heat and hot water is fantastic. Thank you for following this saga. Here's my cat tax.

05.03.2026 03:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2059    ๐Ÿ” 85    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 33    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Round two fighting a "bumblefoot" infection on Xander. He's such a good sport about his Epsom soaks!
๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ”

#chicken #rooster #kaporossurvivors #veganfortheanimals #starlandsanctuary

04.03.2026 22:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 657    ๐Ÿ” 37    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A collage of images from #Nosferatu of 1922 - on the left a dramatic poster portraying Count Orlok, on the top right the iconic scene of his shadow ascending a staircase, and in the lower right Orlok is fatally exposed to the sun.

A collage of images from #Nosferatu of 1922 - on the left a dramatic poster portraying Count Orlok, on the top right the iconic scene of his shadow ascending a staircase, and in the lower right Orlok is fatally exposed to the sun.

On this day in 1922, German director #FWMurnau released the iconic expressionist silent movie #Nosferatu โ€“ Eine Symphonie des Grauens (A Symphony of Horror).

04.03.2026 22:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1551    ๐Ÿ” 288    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 67    ๐Ÿ“Œ 25
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Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy. But right now, theyโ€™re under attack.

Several Republican-controlled states have redrawn their congressional maps to give themselves an unfair advantage in the midterm elections.

05.03.2026 13:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18113    ๐Ÿ” 6395    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 522    ๐Ÿ“Œ 273
Gray and white tuxedo cat, Mina Harker, licking a dilute tortie kitten (Clover) in front of an opened, screened deck door.

Gray and white tuxedo cat, Mina Harker, licking a dilute tortie kitten (Clover) in front of an opened, screened deck door.

It's blurry, but cute. Mina and little Clover enjoying the warm weather, fresh air, and birdcalls.

05.03.2026 18:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3040    ๐Ÿ” 150    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 39    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Built by King Kasyapa, Lion Rock in Sri Lanka is a a 5th-century fortress.

It features ancient frescoes, a mirrored wall, water gardens, and a summit palace, accessible via 1,200 steps, taking about 1โ€“1.5 hours to reach the top.

04.03.2026 21:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 71    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ–บ FunHouseRadio.com <- TUNE IN

04.03.2026 22:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I'm sorry that I had to move my leg one inch...geez!

04.03.2026 03:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3546    ๐Ÿ” 150    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 137    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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Not long until the Statfold Spectale of Steam! A whopping 14 narrow gauge locos in steam across the weekend! I'll be back this year supporting the GVT Trust. Profits from my kits will be going to help the tramway. It's going to be a great event, I hope to see some of you there!

04.03.2026 16:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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