National Library of Scotland maps department guide to website changes scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2025/07/nati... #genealogy #FamilyHistory

Tomorrow! Do you have something broken that you could use some help fixing? #cork #repaircafe #sustainabilty

I love reading these projects from the ‘Perth Women…’ ❤️

#Caturday Elsa trying to use the bush as a Klingon cloaking device - not working Not working Elsa! I can actually see you.

This week from the camera - old Old Kirk & Kirkyard Old window & small flaky door Good luck with the door! Part of an old waterwheel at a wool mill. Sony/Canon lens 2025

This week with the camera All things bright… Fruit for the loom - yarn Clan book/reading bench Flooers Windows 98 or something Sony/Canon lens 2025

Credit @rnlibuckie (Facebook) 📣 Just one more sleep until the Cullen Harbour Gala! We’ll be there tomorrow (Sunday 27th July) with the RNLI Buckie Lifeboat alongside from approx. 1200-1430. Come aboard, meet the crew, and visit our fantastic fundraiser's stall! 💙

Katherine Mary Fryer (1910-2017): Cat and Lantern (before 1940) #Scaturday

Our second Perth Women on Wikipedia editing club is this Saturday 26 July, in Bramblers Café, St Johns St. Come and join us, no matter your confidence level. You can work on Wikipedia articles with peer support from more experienced editors. #WomensHistory #PerthScotland

Once called the "Witches' Stone", the symbols on this boulder near Tormain Hill in Edinburgh were carved over 2,000 years ago 🧙‍♀️ Discover this area's rich prehistoric landscape by joining an excavation close to the site from 26 July (no experience required): www.digitscotland.com/events/the-t...

Please do come to my talk ‘Taking a Line for a Walk’ at the Royal Liver Building on Sunday 3rd August, 12-12.45 as part of Liverpool Art Fair. I’ll talk about my background, the techniques in my work, and my motivations behind doing it. #art #liverpool Book here free - liverpoolartfair.com/visit/

Taphophiles - shout out on an interesting article.

During the 1930s, the US "book women" of Kentucky, aka "packsaddle librarians," delivered books to remote and isolated communities in the Appalachian Mountains on horseback, riding in rain, snow or heat ...#WomensArt

🎶 Don’t go chasing waterfalls…🎶 Actually, you probably should. It’s great exercise & improves mental health. Some top picks here…

Local botany/ flora groups are amazing: lovely people (from beginner to expert) go out plant-hunting together, share #WildFlowerID tips, have fun, often find rare things, often eat cake... assessment of local pubs is optional, honest! Find out what's happening in your area: bsbi.org/local-botany

Any knitters who can help ...

Thank you to those people who have booked for our Yorkshire Day heritage walk around Pontefract. There are still places available. Did you know you will be walking in the footsteps of royalty. In 1541, King Henry VIII visited the castle with his new 16 or 17 years old wife Catherine Howard. BUT!

Timeline cleanse before Monday The heather is having to compete hard with the pines and gorse Fruit is putting in an appearance Getting to grips with the Canon lens On the Sony - lots to do there but it’s fun learning Sony/Canon 2025

My brew with a view today Low water levels at a loch A haar behaving like it’s Karma Chameleon and bullrushes around the loch Sony/Canon 2025

There's something other worldly about a walk in the woods with a gnarly tree, 'shrooms and a bunch of fae folk nailed to trees (that sounds wrong but sounds quite Pratchett-esque) AND a fist full of treasure to carry home! Sony/Canon 2025

If you’re coastal crawling or rock pooling - a great way to help in a survey for citizen science. There’s sheets for recording finds. They’re looking for 14 main types. Identification isn’t easy but I’ve just looked at their handy guide that helps with that.

Many thanks to @museumsassociation.org for highlighting our Library of Sanctuary status www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour...

@refbooks.bsky.social Tinfoil, macro, ‘shrooms Towards the end he does some clever stuff with tinfoil in his bokeh too youtu.be/QxY_lBB1Q6U?...

Libraries are for *everybody*.

🗓 Yesterday, 18th July, was the Feast Day of Glasgow’s St Thenue/Enoch so I thought I’d do a re-share 🐟 1/3 #scotland #glasgow #Saints #miracles #folklore #saints #patronsaint #holywell #witchcraft #spirituality #christianity #WomensHistory 📸 Photo Credit: Pexel

#Caturday PART II There has been a delivery Which has brought, a box Elsa’s now delighted and All is well with the world, again.

#Caturday A sulky Elsa No idea why She’d not long had a Dreamies fix Maybe because it’s so windy out there I’ll just continue watching Hot Fuzz - Saturday film It works for me or For the Greater Good

Joy of Spines 4–8 Aug @natlibscot.bsky.social Edinburgh Free Underneath Edinburgh’s streets are 50 miles of shelving. This slideshow reveals the broad & deep collecting practices of the National Library of Scotland, & tells the story of who we are, as a species www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/joy-of-spi...

"Curl up with a good book, they said. But what to choose...?"

Would you like to work here? ⛰ We are looking for a Reserves Operation Manager to join our team. As part of our Reserves team, the role will deliver conservation and restoration work in the rugged North West of Scotland. 🔗Find out more and apply at bit.ly/3GsRXKA #Vacancy

We've just had a re-stock of our popular A3 Travel Poster Prints of Cullen which we are delighted to have been selling for almost two years. Available in-store at Cullen Tourist Office, online at www.discovercullen.com/shop and from our stall at Cullen Harbour Gala on Sunday 27th July.

📣 In partnership with @sylva.org.uk, we’ve launched the British Woodlands Survey 2025, focused on resilience. If you own, manage, or work with woodlands, we need your insights to help shape future policy and practice. 🔗 www.sylva.org.uk/bws2025 ⏰ 30 minutes to complete 📅 Closes on 31 August

Two weeks to go until the start of the Cullen Art Group Annual Exhibition. Friday 1st - Sunday 3rd August 2025 at Cullen Community Centre.

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26 Videos of old photography of #Aberdeenshire. #Scotland for you to visit on my #pinterest account uk.pinterest.com/tourofscotla...

A selection of 8,000 videos of old photography of interest to folks with #Scottish Roots or an #ancestry and #genealogy interest in #Scotland on my #pinterest account for you to visit uk.pinterest.com/tourofscotla...

It's the Cullen Links junior open this Sunday 20th July. Tee is reserved from 10:30-13:30, get in touch to book in now on 01542 840785.

Last night. First outing with an old legacy 28mm Pentax lens from eBay on the Sony camera Hand held & all controls manual Happy with the results It’s a keeper & it will get more outings. Could do with a hood for it… Tried for close up middle & distance has macro potential. Sony/Pentax 2025

Sunday Another brew with a view Outside/Inside the bridge Top level horses & carriages Middle level labourers, servants and other pedestrians. Sony 2025

Saturday A brew with a view A (w)hole castle to myself Breathtaking views all around A ruin. Dark times. Scotland’s history. Clan wars. Sony 2025

Feeling in a lighter, better mood today. Beautiful day - out & about on the bike. Some lovely apple juice, jug of ice ready. Cake rewards!

Tomorrow we should be celebrating your birthday I will never, ever get over what happened but there has to be hope & healing even tho’ some days it definitely feels like this ‘pain is built to last’ Need a reset & few days space with my camera & furry family #grief www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJlH...

Last day of the THRIFT SHOP Hall Church, York Place, Cullen. 10am-3pm. Come & grab a bargain! Lovely new clothes with the labels still on them. Household items: pretty bedding, cushions, electricals all PAT tested and much more.

If you're in Glasgow and want to take advantage of the sunshine to get to know it a bit better, my book Glasgow Uncovered is here to help. I've just dropped off a new batch at Bigglestones Books on Glassford Street in the city centre, so you can pick one up today! #glasgow #book #glasgowtoday

Another bike fully serviced and cleaned today but too hot to take out until this evening. Road tested and trail tested this evening but not quite as late tonight :) A sunset from over the handle bars. Mobile phone. Camera not cooperating :(

I’m not so good at drinking raw water, tapoline whatever but I do like infusion drinks made with water. Or, use sparkling. Just chuck in whatever fruit you like + ice. Or use carrot or beetroot In winter, I still drink them but warmed up with a dab of honey www.emoryhealthcare.org/stories/well...

What a view to end a visit to the beach at Cullen 🏖️

Bargain deal on the audiobook version of A Tomb With A View!

Wait! What? There’s a posh noun for stationery folks! Every day’s a school day! Shout out to the papyrophiliacs!