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Hello Blueskyers! 🌍 Thanks to the Tech Whizzes at BlueArk @en.blueark.app I now have access to all my past tweets on here! It was all starting to smell a bit musky over there… Isn’t it nice to have a record of the past? 😉🖼️🎎⛩️🎻 🥳🌈☀️🥂 #TwitterQuitter #NoXRegrets #Byebyebots #StayClean @bsky.app

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a starter pack of conservators from various disciplines - please let me know if you'd like to be added, and who I've missed... go.bsky.app/4HjAJJX

#Sourdough heaven. My kitchen smells amazing right now! #baking #bread #homebaking

Can’t get enough the #seaweed from @StromnessMuseum’s collection. Just finished a big project to mount, rehouse and conserve 350 of these exquisite #specimens! #Orkney #naturalhistory #science #algae #conservation #museums #naturalscience #PhycologyFriday @icon_scotland

Apparition in the clouds at #sunset here in #Orkney 😮

A great privilege meeting Professor Dame Mary Beard and her husband, Robin, last week when they visited #Orkney. They had a busy week including site tours, book signings, and opening the Ness of Brodgar Summer #Exhibition @OrkneyMuseums. Lovely to meet you @wmarybeard!

Massively enjoyed attending the @NessofBrodgar Summer #Exhibition @OrkneyMuseums last night. Story of the Ness and the people/research behind our current understanding of the site and its inhabitants told through stunning displays of #finds. It’s a must-see!! #Orkney #archaeology

Thanks @nautilusnat for sharing this with me! Lovely feeling knowing I have contributed in a small way to this exhibit @ZoologyMuseum ❤️ Miss you @CamUnivMuseums! #museums #exhibitions #Conservation #zoology

Long time no posting! I have been busy completing a collection condition survey at #Orkney #Wireless #Museum. Found some real gems, inc. several WWII secret agent #spy #radios amongst many domestic & #military wireless sets.#Heritage #Conservation #Conservator #Technology#Orkney#Orkney

So long! See you next year @NessofBrodgar #Excavation #Neolithic #Archaeology #FindsFriday

So thrilled to be working as part of the wonderful #Finds team @NessofBrodgar. If you can’t visit this incredible #Neolithic #Excavation before the last season next year, be sure to check out #dig diary updates https://www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/archive/dig-updates/.#Orkney...

Such a great afternoon catching up with old friends & colleagues @CamUnivMuseums while down for a few days. I even got to watch some #3Dscanning behind the scenes @ZoologyMuseum. Miss all of you! @WhippleMuseum @SedgwickMuseum #flyingvisit #homeawayfromhome

Just….something else……😍 #Orkney #sunset #midsummer #Scotland

#Crete or #Orkney? I almost can’t tell today! ☺️☀️#heatwave #Scotland #summertime

Baking in the sun here in #Orkney enjoying my lunch in a field with stunning panoramic view overlooking #ScapaFlow while working with the collection at #OrkneyWirelessMuseum ☺️🌞

Really pleased and excited to see that the #ScapaFlowMuseum is a finalist in @artfund’s #MuseumOfTheYear 2023. Although I only arrived in #Orkney and set up #HBConservation in September 2022, I’ve still been able to make a contribution to this fantastic new museum. #thread

#Exhibition text writing is HARD. Thank goodness I’m not a #curator. Every sentence feels like giving birth…painful, just painful 😂 And no, I haven’t given birth before (and no, I don’t care if I am wrong). I know I will be proud of the outcome, but…🤬😑😩 #newfoundrespect

Fun with #fossils at Stromness Primary School Fayre last Saturday with the @StromnessMuseum team. Children loved playing around with the 4D #dinosaurs and making #ammonite #christmasdecorations (great idea @cookoo79!) #christmasiscoming #paleontology #crafts

Lovely to attend the private view of ‘The Stone Speaks’ @StromnessMuseum featuring such inspirational and thought provoking work by artists Mary Grieve and Rebecca Marr. Photos really don’t do it justice, it’s such a clever artwork! #paleontology #art #COP27 #fossils #Orkney

What a FAB day exploring emergency response & #salvage, support networks and knowledge sharing among #heritage colleagues in Scotland. Thanks @HESEngineShed, ECRN, @icon_scotland! #beprepared #networking #CPD #collectionscare #haveaplan

Stunning day here in #Orkney ☀️ #sunshine #getoutside

It is time 😑 With a heavy heart I am disposing of all my #degree notes and copies of readings. You know you’ve done a worthwhile degree when you feel like reading and studying it all over again! ❤️#UEA #Archaeology #Anthropology #Arthistory #museology #heritage #Worldart

😃 Just a little bit excited to receive my first order of #conservation materials for my new #business #HBConservation based in #Orkney (website to come 😉). Thanks @preservation_e ! #businessowner #startup

What a beautiful day enjoying the #Orkney sunshine 🌞☺️ #NewLife #AdventureTime #getoutside

Ahh, how satisfying reuniting my conservation #books 😊

Just went for a farewell ride in my beloved MX-5. I am crying inside 😥 Why am I selling again?! Such a gem of a #car to drive. Thanks for the good times. May you make the next person very happy x @MX5World @mx5oc

It’s happening! Not long now until I start a new chapter as a #freelance objects #conservator based in beautiful #Orkney. SO excited! @icon_scotland @HistEnvScot @OrkneyHeritage @OrkneyMuseums @orkneycom @StromnessMuseum @OAS_Orkney

That’s all folks! Wow, what a FANTASTIC 9 months working with @CamUnivMuseums! I have relished every minute ❤️ Will miss you guys so much, thanks for being awesome!! @classarch @WhippleMuseum @ZoologyMuseum @MAACambridge @scottpolar @SedgwickMuseum @FitzMuseum_UK

If you can’t escape the heat 🥵and don’t have a fan, don’t forget about the cool air setting on your hairdryer for a bit of instant relief! 😉😨

I’m ready to remove some #mercury! #collectionshazards #museumsunlocked @WhippleMuseum

What an object! Lovely to have had the chance to prepare this fabulous #Chinese #kingfisher #headdress for the new #MAAColour #exhibition @MAACambridge. These feathered crowns were often worn by noblewomen for ceremonies and official occasions. @CamUnivMuseums #Feather #Colour

Always nice to know that surgery has gone well. Genet @ZoologyMuseum is pleased to have the tip of his ear reinstated 😆 @CamUnivMuseums #ear #surgery #taxidermy #naturalhistory #conservator

Having fun @SedgwickMuseum today continuing treatment of this previously prepared and mounted baby #ichthyosaur. Reassembling piece by piece and filling the gaps 😁 #fossil #naturalhistory #fossilconservation #conservator @Nat_SCA @Conservators_UK

Great day with my sis @NMMGreenwich celebrating #WorldOceansDay and the opening of the new #PolesApart #exhibition focussed on life and work aboard #RSSSirDavidAttenborough and scientific research in the #polar regions. Thanks @BAS_News for organising this trip! #polarscience

Getting into the ‘spirit’ with @jen_gossman 😆. Measuring and topping up alcohol levels of these cichlids @ZoologyMuseum #spiritspecimens #fluidpreservation #museumcollection #zoology #conservator @Nat_SCA

I’m in #cello heaven! 😊😁🎶 #music #luthier

Today, genet grooming @ZoologyMuseum @CamUnivMuseums #cleaning #taxidermy #naturalhistory #Conservators_UK

Stop the privatisation of Channel 4 @NadineDorries - Sign the Petition! https://chng.it/df79Bt5F via @UKChange

This should be interesting. No comment on the name 🙄 Great to see a spotlight on conservators for once! https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00162tm #conservator #museums #gallery #collectionscare #art #heritage #history #archaeology @BBCRadio4

Beautiful morning to be working amongst classical sculpture ☺️@classarch @CamUnivMuseums #lovemyjob #classicalarchaeology #Classics #plastercasts #museums #conservator

Very satisfying before/after conservation of this peacock bass mounted skeleton. Total treatment time: 11 hrs 20mins @ZoologyMuseum @CamUnivMuseums @Conservators_UK #fish #skeleton #naturalhistory #MuseumBehindTheScenes

My new favourite toy 😆 @MAACambridge #conservator #tools #museum #anthropology #cleaning #adze

It’s a special moment when you come face to face (well, almost) with the maker of an ancient object all these years later. Just realised I was staring at Roman fingerprints while cleaning this Samian ware bowl @MAACambridge! #conservation #archaeology #romanarchaeology

Trying to figure out how to put this guy back together 🤔 Cichla ocellaris (peacock bass) #naturalhistory #fish #skeleton #conservator

#FossilFriday This is the first fossil I’ve worked on - an Edaphosaurus spinal vertebrate - and how rewarding to piece it together, mount it, and finally see it on display at @ZoologyMuseum Chuffed! 😆 #NaturalHistory #mounting #conservator #conservation

My next patient (or should I say victim?) 😂 Can you guess his name? It’s not that hard! I do believe he’s smiling 🙂#naturalhistoryconservation #museumspecimens #conservator #turtle #taxidermy @ZoologyMuseum @CamUnivMuseums

Absolutely LOVING my new job with @CamUnivMuseums! Involved in so many exciting projects with lovely people. Here are a few froggies I initially treated @ZoologyMuseum Look how cute! (And yes, it was fiddly work repairing that digit 😅) #conservator #NaturalHistory