You’ve got us gripped with this alt text, @rspb.bsky.social 🌕

www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j... This is my absolute favourite book. This article is happy yet sad so beware - we need to look after our environment much more

Madame is rather foggy & fatigued. The perfect time to suddenly realise she has never ever questioned that the Scottish word - a word she grew up using - for a wee stream - a generally wet & not very flammable thing - is a burn 🔥 Time for a bit of a lie down. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_(l...

Today is #NationalPuzzleDay and DID YOU KNOW that along with an extensive collection of loanable jigsaws we ALSO HAVE FREE ONLINE JIGSAWS you can solve at: jigsawplanet.com/OrkneyLibrary We started publishing them online during lockdown and we now have over 80 puzzles to solve! 🧩

Daily bunny no.3209 is quite solemn

Will have to admit that watching a sporty anime the day after Madame had a shower & then took 12 annoyingly MEcfs filled hours to find the energy to put on socks is A Choice. (Not that she was sprinting much in the Before Times either but at least she was strolling slowly with socks on.)

Somehow we are watching an anime film about athletics. Can't comment on the sporty side but the animation & voice acting is rather good.

She is also fair tickled that the two manga she is currently trying to work through (foggy brain permitting) are Witch Hat Atelier & Chainsaw Man. Both from top tier mangaka but from very different parts of the forest!

Madame has a confession to make. Was not as taken by Jane Doe or Iris Out as she was by Kenshi Yonezu's other Chainsaw Man anime related song, Kickback. Except now she is catching up with the manga & OH! Especially Jane Doe 👍 We're going to need to see the film after all.

Have mentioned it before but we really are enjoying catching up with Medieval Death Trip 😁

Medieval times are unfairly stereotyped as brutal & dark *nods* Medieval chronicler humming in the background "so they took this child out into the forest & horribly murdered it & when his evil sister read about it, her eyes fell out & SO MUCH BLOOD!" Historian - DID NOT HAPPEN

Recently finished "Tokyo Express" by Seichō Matsumoto. Plot includes chronically ill bed based person who travels Japan in their imagination via train timetables. Madame was impressed but glad she can join in virtual travels thanks to lovely cyclists & walkers sharing the view on livestreams.

Me #Wordle picfur is for nashernal huggin day. If yoo not like huggitty hugs yoo can pwitend wif yoos faverwit teddies… me luffs huggies Bwing it on me woofs!! #BTPosse #BTWordleClub #DogsIfBluesky

We are catching up on Dime Store Adventures & Madame, who is old but not THAT OLD, remembers a netting cover on Uncle Grumpy's pram & being told it was to stop cats from sitting on the baby. No mention of breath stealing though.

Apparently it is Winnie The Pooh Day. Although we do differ on some key subjects - his dislike of long words & love of *shudders at the sticky fur of it all* hunny - he has done a fair bit to further the public profile of small bears. So YAY!

Honetsuki Juju, a man with a chicken leg for a head and who carries a turtle around, is the mascot of Marugame City.

Winter Sale ❄️ Find original #Handmade Gifts for Home & Hound at misheleneous. Now with 5%-60% off selected items because people (& pets) have Birthdays & Celebrations in January and February 🎁 misheleneous.etsy.com #DogsOfBlueSky #Etsy #Bsnm #Makers #SmallBiz #Gifts #Pets #Sale #Manchester #Dogs

A couple of favourites from first quick look at The Art of Witch Hat Atelier. Very hard to choose though. Kamome Shirahama is so incredibly talented.

The Art Of Witch Hat Atelier book has arrived & it is a very beautiful thing.

Jan. 16, 1926: BBC listeners across Britain are startled to hear reports of a Communist revolution sweeping London. A deadpan announcer relates how mobs of unemployed men led by radical agitators are tearing down Big Ben, blowing up buildings and looting the National Gallery. 1/5

Preparing serious scientific experiment. What is more likely to clear a headache - is it a couple of Anadin Extra & plenty of water & a nap or a small bear dancing to Creepy Nuts' excellent song "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born"? Unfortunately test subject has no trust in process 😠

Today is NATIONAL APPRECIATE A DRAGON DAY so we invite you to appreciate this dragon from our collections. The AZDAHA is a mythological Iranian dragon, described in Persian sources as an enormous winged serpent. This example is from the Gothic Map in our Folkloristan collection, item F_24_GM_06

The AskHistorians Best of 2025 Awards have been announced! Whether it's the Beast's books, Bond's booze or Blackfoot butts, come celebrate and enjoy some outstanding public history work! www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...

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Got a visitor to Bear's Bed today. His tag says his name is Evil Momo but he seems like a decent chap. I am positive he won't try to eat me & steal my pillows. Or steal me & eat my pillows. Absolutely positive 👍

Oh dear. Just seen some chat about the new Buffy & it being described as not a reboot or a sequel but an evolution. Which sounds a bit like arguing the Atlantic Ocean isn't wet but is actually rather moist while announcing a recreation of the Titanic.

My name is Teddy D Bear & I shall be king of the pirates! Or would be if my devil fruit power wasn't having more naps than a sleepy sloth. At least we finally have something to look forward to this year.

From the 1960s, five London vehicles to cut out & make. www.presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/c... A double decker bus, a mail train, a black cab, a news truck & a post van.

This year continues to be not the best since sliced bread. Luckily it is #terriertuesday Terriers (& their staff), we salute you *salutes*

@nyatsby.bsky.social Have you watched this show? Me & Madame started watching it a couple of nights ago. We have only watched one episode so far but very interesting.

Madame has been feeling very fatigued & grumpy & every time she tries to do the being awake & human thing, some stupidness seems to occur in the world. So she did more sleeping & dreamt someone stole all her clothes & books. She is not impressed with 2026 so far.

In the UK, 2026 is the #NationalYearOfReading. Which do you prefer: the smell of new books or of old books? 📚 Here's the chemistry behind both! www.compoundchem.com/2014/06/01/n...#NationalYearOfReading #ChemSky 🧪

I am finally getting to see "Paddington In Peru". Imagine someone combined the movies "Black Narcissus" & "Aguirre: The Wrath Of God". But with bears. Be nothing like "Paddington In Peru" but still something to think about.

The Changing Of The Calendars has happened. 2025 #BTPosse taken down & 2026 calendar from @misheleneous.bsky.social set up 😊

Happy new ears, my friends. May the year ahead be full of stuff & things of excellence. Like hugs & naps & comfy pyjamas & small bears 🎉

Apparently it is New Ears Eve or something. Madame is being very fatigued this week & not up for a load of celebrating but we shall be attempting the all important Changing Of The Border Terrier Calendar ceremony at some point before mid February *salutes*

So lovely. Like a gentle velvety hug.

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A lovely version of a favourite song by one of our favourite singers* Ellie Minibot. (* Also a robotics engineer, bug enthusiast & vtuber. Minibot but many talents) youtu.be/8sp2gzZfLm4?...

Thank you to @tourguideted.bsky.social & @reddyteddy.bsky.social - sending many hugs

Madame has been wanting to see The Fall for many years. Finally seen it tonight. Wishing she could have seen it on a big screen. A beautiful strange mix of art & storytelling. youtu.be/VZtQH_cwTOw?...

Fresh sheets on the bed, camo on the bear & Moomins on Madame 👍

#OnThisDay in 1931, Wilson "Snowflake" Bentley died from pneumonia contracted after walking home in a snowstorm. In 1885, the self-educated farmer from Vermont, using a homemade camera, became the first person to photograph a snow crystal: publicdomainreview.org/essay/t... #otd

A festive miracle! Madame just realised she put a special thing in A Safe Place. We were having a sad sit because obviously never seeing that again. But then, in the very place it shouldn't be, THE LOST THING! youtu.be/QMiqF5wtXMY?...

We occupy a very specific niche when it comes to the public discussion of history, and that niche is serious answers to the question of how bamboozled Hitler would have been by big chungus memes. www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...

But I got the even more awesome BT POSSE CHRONICLE! #BTPosse

Madame was feeling a bit grumpy this morning. Luckily a wee early festive gift has arrived for her. Between this & listening to more of Medieval Death Trip, I'm sure we'll have her full of jolly seasonal fun in no time ⛄

Oh! & Witch Hat Atelier has a magic system based around stationery. It may have been conjured with magical pen & ink specifically for Madame 🖋️

& we will need to start up our Crunchyroll subscription again when the anime is released next year. youtu.be/hMmBSCQs1H4?...

We have a problem. Madame has finally managed to read vol. 1 of Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama & it is more lovely than she ever imagined. But now she needs all of the available volumes & spin off & art book & can she dress as the picture book seller?