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Anne Crossland

@anniev12.bsky.social

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Retired married granny.Love books and love Orkney.

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What better way to celebrate #NationalPoetryDay than with a poem about our mysterious Veiled Lady. Thanks to @kbrookes42.bsky.social for this poem about his favourite piece of art on display at The Cooper Gallery

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

J.B. Priestley died on this day 1984. In 1938 he chaired a Yorkshire Authors Dinner in Leeds. White roses, heather and bracken adorned the top table, a map of the county was placed behind Priestley and a vast Yorkshire pudding was brought in to singing of ‘Ilkla Moor Baht 'At’.

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Anne Crossland @anniev12.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

View from the boathouse window

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Anne Crossland @anniev12.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Soon heading off up the long road north for our holiday in Orkney.Staying in Perth tonight and sailing across Friday morning.

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Pete Mckee @petemckee.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

a recent painting from my ‘Vive La Nan’ show. Proper Chips

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Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

“Reading Is Fun!” The great Maurice Sendak’s poster for 1979’s International Year Of The Child.

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St Magnus Cathedral, Orkney @stmagnuscathedral.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

After weeks of rain we have some sunshine and a sprinkling of snow 💒❄️☀️

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Cole's Corner, painting by Sheffield artist Bill Kirby (1934-2019).

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Incredible scenes as we slide from January into February and realise that yet again it's Monday night (and it's 5pm) so it MUST be time for Episode 4 of 'How light is it in #Orkney at 5pm this week?' We are NOT making this up. IT REALLY IS THIS LIGHT 💡

The view out the back of the library. The streetlights are on. The sky is a deep bright blue.

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

'Kirkwall Fair.' (1888) Although Arthur Melville was not regarded as one of the Glasgow Boys, he was seen by them to be a kindred spirit. A year after painting this work on Orkney, he left Edinburgh and settled in London, although he often returned to Scotland to paint.

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Ken Brookes @kbrookes42.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

If X equals bluesky Then I'll give it a try, Many followers have defected And now I have reconnected. Hoping for better days ahead Working from my garden shed, Inspiration is all I need Then all my followers will take heed. Not quite a sonnet.

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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

I love this poem in Orcadian Dialect by Kevin Cormack in the latest edition of PN Review

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