Anna Iltnere

Sea Library Advent Calendar

9th sea letter is from India (7):

"I love looking for seaglass. Oh the beautiful colours they come in all blues and the greens."

(there's even a book drawn with the title: love for the sea)

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I didn't know what to say

photo: Andrew Sutton

New Snapshots of Comet 3I/ATLAS Highlight a Dazzling Glow and Two Separate Tails Learn about the latest NASA and ESA images of Comet 3I/ATLAS, showing its brightness and tails of dust and plasma.

I’m thinking about this bright blue two tailed wonder the whole day

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A golden retriever holding an octopus in its mouth, so it looks like tentacles

The Thing (1982, John Carpenter)

Sea Library Advent Calendar

8th sea letter is from Freya (7):

"Once I saw a seal in the sea it was very shy!"

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7th sea letter is from Charly (7):

"The school classrooms are called Minnows. Seashells. Starfish. Dolphins. Coral. Ligthouse and Ocean."

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Letter from November Dear friend, On the first day of November, which was a Saturday, I walked for four hours with Nemo to the sea, along the beach and back home with a long detour. From November until April the beach …

"I was giggling at a crow slipping on the ice for just a second, probably thinking no one noticed. I did. And I felt like a part of a big and beautiful world – the one we all cherish and create.

Despite everything, because of everything, and just because."

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6th sea letter is from Ava (7):

"I saw a big hermit crab it was the size of a book."

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019: A Letter to the Sea On November 19 I received 29 letters from Shoreham Beach Primary School in Shoreham, UK. A very special thanks goes to Jackie Verrall for spreading the word, and to the children…

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5th sea letter is from Hunter (7):

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What We’re Reading The New Yorker’s editors and critics choose this year’s essential reads in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction.

WILLIAM BLAKE AND THE SEA MONSTERS OF LOVE by @philiphoare.bsky.social has been named one of the BEST BOOKS OF 2025 by @newyorker.com!

Take a look at the amazing list below:

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4th sea letter is from Ann (7):

“I like the sea because it has things I like.”

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I’ve been reading Christina Riley’s new book, “Looking Down at the Stars”, published in Nov – a wonder-full creation by the writer, artist and founder of The Nature Library in Scotland. In acknowledgements I often discover new names. There, among the inspirations for this book, I found my own name.

Underwater image of the shallows, showing sand & rock, small fish, & the underside of surface. The water has incredible clarity & shimmers with colour & light. This was taken off Koufonisia, 1 October this year.

~ sea dreaming in Greek ~

I’ve been reading Christina Riley’s new book, “Looking Down at the Stars”, published in Nov – a wonder-full creation by the writer, artist and founder of The Nature Library in Scotland. In acknowledgements I often discover new names. There, among the inspirations for this book, I found my own name.

“But that first winter was like a crazy experiment. That’s how we started our journey to live in an old wooden house by the sea.”

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3rd sea letter is from Jeta (7):

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O clouds unfold!

“Shoreham pupils praised for heart-warming contributions to Letter to the Sea project run by the Sea Library in Latvia”

All letters come from Dolphin Class! 🐬

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2nd sea letter is from Johny (7): sea-library.com/2025/12/02/0...

735: Roger Cox: The View from the Shoulder The story of surfing in Scotland is defined by people who dared to dream in spite of the cold, from Neva MacDonald-Haig and the coffin-lid surfers of Machrihanish, who first took to the waves off t…

I believe the same goes for Scotland’s surfers. I loved this book, especially the story of the coffin-lid surfers sea-library.com/2025/11/01/7...

"The seagulls sometimes steel my chips! those cheeky little things. They go for any food: chips, fruits, veg, chocolate, fish and ice cream."

This will be my Sea Library Advent Calendar – with 29 windows to open instead of just 24.

First letter is from Bonnie (7)

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“The sea unites people, unites coasts, unites continents. In a way it’s a niche project but it’s a niche project that speaks to nearly all of the world.”

I was interviewed by the super cool @outsideleft.bsky.social and Michelle Williams. You can read our zoom here: outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...

014: A Letter to the Sea Maijā es izsūtīju aicinājumu jūras kopienām visā pasaulē: Uzraksti vēstuli jūrai. Četrpadsmitā vēstule ir pienākusi 2025. gada 19. novembrī – to raksta Lote no Rīgas. Silts prieks par šo vēstuli, j…

"Sea – you, simple as childhood and yet impossibly complex... You alone can answer questions that humans do not even know how to ask."

Please, read this beautiful letter to the sea from Lote: sea-library.com/2025/11/30/0...

the edge of my world

happy first advent sunday

For @sealibrary.bsky.social and any other sea lovers.
From Durlston this morning

so beautiful and full of energy