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Love growing tomatoes, flowers and herbs. Photography as a hobby. Reading and collecting books. Collecting stamps. Baking. Love dogs. And little model electric trains 🚂 No DMs please unless we have an established rapport. Canberra, Australia

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Throw back to Winter fog on the lake

Throw back to Winter fog on the lake

Oh my. I just realised. It's the last day of Summer here in the Southern Hemisphere. Autumn tomorrow. However that does not mean a big reduction in temperature. We still have 30°C days forecast for early March in Canberra #summer #autumn #seasonchange

28.02.2026 09:14 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
The Last Wish of Bristol Keats book cover

The Last Wish of Bristol Keats book cover

This book is two of two. The first being The Courting of Bristol Keats, which I enjoyed very much. I had to wait for this second book to be published and spent 10 months re-reading a fourteen book series. I was well occupied. #booksky 🪐💙📚

28.02.2026 08:54 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Dalek creature from Doctor Who

Dalek creature from Doctor Who

27.02.2026 04:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Finished. The last book was a battle from start to finish. A gruelling slog of meat versus magic. Even the story estimates that ninety percent of participants on the side of the Light were destroyed. Not counting the Seanchen who look set to take advantage despite the treaty with Rand. #wheeloftime

26.02.2026 21:30 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sir Neville Dinglewap of Cheem

24.02.2026 02:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

👍 keep making the videos 😊

21.02.2026 12:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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"Rows and flows of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air"
Joni Mitchell
#bluesky #clouds 📷 #photography #nature #jonimitchell

19.02.2026 23:22 — 👍 25    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Resolution is in sight. Memory of Light. Book 14. It's been 10 months since I started in April last year. Book 13 tied off a number of threads and left some hanging. It turns out that the Gemini AI has processed all the books and is a happy interlocutor #wot #thewheeloftime #wheeloftime 📚💙🪐

19.02.2026 21:30 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If "tension" is a thing then I suggest that looks like an issue. The top one appears tighter than the bottom example

18.02.2026 12:51 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🤣 I don't mind if you want to hang onto it though 🤣

18.02.2026 00:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hello @mooretee.bsky.social Tee! Our summer down here is coming to an end. The mornings are darker now when I wake up. I am not sure I want Summer to end this year! Can you wave your magic wand for me?

17.02.2026 22:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Sky, clouds, gum tree, lamp posts #nature #photography #tree 🌱📷

17.02.2026 20:08 — 👍 30    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

🤞

17.02.2026 10:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Quercus Cerris. Turkey Oak. Beautiful. An acorn with an afro. I dub thee Sir Afrocorn. #nature #photography #oak 📷

15.02.2026 20:36 — 👍 29    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Light is a beautiful thing. Look forward to seeing the positive

14.02.2026 17:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I feel like I am on the home straight now by starting book 13, Towers of Midnight. An epic read, an epic tale. I have been reading it for months! I don't want to think about it being over! I may need therapy #wot #wheeloftime #thewheeloftime #booksky 📚💙🪐

13.02.2026 01:12 — 👍 18    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Sky clouds gum tree

Sky clouds gum tree

Sky, clouds, gum tree #photography #sky #clouds #tree

09.02.2026 21:21 — 👍 33    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

The janitor from hell

05.02.2026 23:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

They are dehumanising people in preparation. Making it common and therefore normal. Only worse to come if history is anything to go by. There's a job of work in front of everyone

05.02.2026 22:36 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Kato set diagram showing track layouts that accumulate

Kato set diagram showing track layouts that accumulate

I am prone to being a compulsive collector. Particularly if a set is involved. So when I see something like this it's a challenge more than informative #modelrail #modelrailway #kato 🚂

05.02.2026 22:26 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Beautiful ❤️ I adore the engraved stamps. This one is a fine specimen of the art

02.02.2026 09:35 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image In preparing myself for the transition I came to it with an open mind, knowing that I have gotten through the Sanderson versions and enjoyed finishing the story. So now I can put a finger on why I had the reaction I did all those years ago. I found the prose in the first prologue story clumsy and weak compared to the casual elegance and richness of Robert Jordan. The farmer's story is reminiscent of bad war propaganda in its style and execution. If that was the intention then it succeeded in throwing me off and further lamenting Jordan's passing. However I look forward to getting to the parts of the books where Sanderson excels in fulfilling Jordan's vision

In preparing myself for the transition I came to it with an open mind, knowing that I have gotten through the Sanderson versions and enjoyed finishing the story. So now I can put a finger on why I had the reaction I did all those years ago. I found the prose in the first prologue story clumsy and weak compared to the casual elegance and richness of Robert Jordan. The farmer's story is reminiscent of bad war propaganda in its style and execution. If that was the intention then it succeeded in throwing me off and further lamenting Jordan's passing. However I look forward to getting to the parts of the books where Sanderson excels in fulfilling Jordan's vision

#thewheeloftime #wot 📚💙 The Gathering Storm. Book 12. When I first started on this book, the first of the Sanderson ghost writes, I quickly became disillusioned. Angry almost. This was not Jordan and put the book back on the shelf. It was a year or more before I calmed down enough to start again

02.02.2026 02:56 — 👍 19    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

You had me at "... assemble."

29.01.2026 21:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A bit warm in town today. That's 107 °F in the old money #weather

28.01.2026 04:45 — 👍 12    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0
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Frieda is a rescue. She was found abandoned in an empty house when she was about 12 weeks old. She has her forever home with us. She is nervous with strangers and sometimes her hind legs quiver. However her love for our family and the other dogs is boundless. My heart is full #dogsofbluesky #gsp

26.01.2026 04:58 — 👍 49    🔁 1    💬 3    📌 0
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A little ray of sunshine #modelrailway #fleischmann 🚂

25.01.2026 23:42 — 👍 44    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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Seen outside the local bakery. Awesome! #birds #dogsofbluesky

25.01.2026 02:57 — 👍 29    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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A few years ago I threw a packet of mixed seeds into a patch of the garden. Of all the things that came up, this is the most beautiful. #dahlia 🌱

23.01.2026 15:19 — 👍 22    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0