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Carol Ann

@carolann.bsky.social
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Ex-academic. Ex-engineer. I like opera, theatre, live music, art. Mathematics and science interest me. I read a lot, nowadays, knit a bit, and go out less than I would like to. Random posts, no theme.

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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 3h
I spent many a youthful evening in a pub singing that one 🤣
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 3h
I loved her so much
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 3h
#TodayI’mWearing an old favourite yellow waistcoat over an even older favourite yellow dress
Fashion drawing of a woman wearing a yellow dress with a yellow patterned waistcoat over it 

Photo of a knitted Fairisle waistcoat in ochre and charcoal grey

Photo of a yellow and black gingham dress with a tiered skirt and a pintucked bodice. The neckline, sleeves and skirt tiers are edged with narrow bands of black velvet
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 14h
She never told me, but she was little and fierce
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 14h
I did a morning at the Co-Op round the corner. Went home in tears at lunchtime after a storeman put his hand up my skirt. My Nan went back in my place in the afternoon
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 16h
It will be really funny if it’s Ross #traitors
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 20h
#BookFromMyTBR Once again, the StoryGraph refuses to accept that this edition of this book has this cover
Paperback book
DeathWorld 2 by Harry Harrison

Cover art is a scary graphic black and white    creature, against a bright green background
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
#TodayI’mWearing corduroy
Fashion drawing of a woman wearing a maroon dress

Photo of a maroon needlecord dress with long sleeves and a zipped bodice. The skirt has a deeply frilled hem
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Oct 16th 2026 (Tricky), in less than 21 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com
cluesbysam.com
Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Forgot to post my outfit. #TodayI’mWearing this again
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
We’ve cracked. Heating is on
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
#TodayI’mWearing an old green dress
Fashion drawing of a woman wearing a green dress 

Photo of a green dress. The top is a fairly thick jersey, with long sleeves. The skirt is dark green needlecord, with a grey floral overprint
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
#TodayI’mWearing a lovely cable jumper in my favourite bright blue
Fashion drawing of a woman wearing a blue jumper 

Photo of a cable knit jumper in a lovely shade of bright blue somewhere between royal and cobalt
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Nice letter from HMRC telling me THEY owe ME money 😄
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
New slippers!
A grey fluffy slipper with an embellishment in the shape of a shrimp
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
#TodayI’mWearing a long sleeved denim dress in a blue-black dye the brand calls “Storm”
Fashion drawing of a woman wearing a dark blue dress

Photo of a “Gabrielle” dress from Aligne. It is blue-black denim with traditional orange stitching. It has a high waist, a zip front and long not-too-full sleeves
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Bexxter @bexxter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Mum doesn’t like pasta herself, but she likes to buy me interesting shapes or colours. Today’s was flower shaped ‘Soli’. Two flowers made a good portion with today’s Italian chicken and aubergine casserole
A packet of large sunflower shaped pasta with a green labelTwo cooked sunflower shaped pasta pieces in a steamy saucepan
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
#TodayI’mWearing this red ikat print dress again
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
My feet are cold. My fluffy slippers are in the post 😭
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
We got our heated airer out yesterday
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
#TodayI’mWearing my plague of locusts cardigan
Fashion drawing of a woman wearing a grey cardigan with green buttons

Photo of a woman wearing a grey cardigan with bright green buttons in the shape of large winged insects of some kind
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I don’t know enough of the history. I learn new things all the time 😄
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
At least, the thirty or so hours I have listened to are set in Siberia. I still have twenty odd hours to go
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Yes, I should have made the distinction between the authorship and the story, which is set entirely in Siberia
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Yes. And if I had the cash…
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
One of the best bits of Traitors for me is Claudia’s clobber. I loved the glittery sleeveless jumper she had on last night. Found it online. Fainted at the price of it
Screenshot of a brand webpage. A lovely glittery knitted vest as worn by Claudia on the Traitors. Not such a lovely price at £250
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
#TodayI’mWearing the same camel jumper as yesterday, over a brown dress
Fashion drawing of a woman wearing a brown dress with a camel jumper over it 

Photo of a camel coloured cable knit jumper

Photo of a brown dress with a jersey top and poplin skirt
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
#TodayI’mWearing the first “proper” jumper of the season. This one is a cotton cable knit in a warm camel colour
Fashion drawing of a woman wearing brown trousers and a caramel coloured jumper 

Photo of a cable knit jumper in camel coloured cotton
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BuDS Disability Service @buds-disability.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Covid wave in England is growing very fast, and the overall Covid risk level has been raised to High. As of 4 October, 1 in every 175 people were infected, up 34% on the previous week. We continue to recommend that Covid-Cautious people take full precautions in ALL indoor places. A thread 🧵
Covid wave rapidly growing in England.
Risk level now High with 1 in 175 infected.
PPE masks recommended indoors.
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I don’t usually get bad reactions, but yesterday’s jabs have knocked me flat. And I think one of them has given me an upset tummy
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
#TodayI’mWearing this dress again. I really like the skirt fabric, but the waistline bothers me
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Jabs jabbed First time I’ve had to pay for a Covid vaccination. £90 ! Bit of a shock tbh
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#TodayI’mWearing brown linen trousers and a black t shirt with a leopard print chore jacket I bought to cheer myself up. This is probably the last outing for the trousers until next spring. I don’t wear linen trousers in the winter
Fashion drawing of a woman wearing brown trousers with a leopard print jacket 

Photo of a cotton drill chore jacket in a dark leopard print 

Photo of a pair of brown linen trousers
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
My daughter always buys me a big box of Fazer pear jellies for my birthday. I think pear is my favourite flavour of sweet
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I agree
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
These are lovely
A bag of IKEA jelly sweets in pear, elderflower and gooseberry flavours
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It’s chilly enough for a cardigan, so #TodayI’mWearing my black one with the Greek myths buttons, over a black t shirt and the black denim skirt I wore the other day
Fashion drawing of a woman wearing a black cardigan with turquoise buttons 

Photo of a black lambswool cardigan with turquoise buttons in the form of figures from Greek mythology. The buttons are, top to bottom, Aphrodite,  Medusa, Athena, Zeus

Close up photo of the Athena button on my cardigan, which is no longer available because the brand changed her for a different bust of Athena a couple of years back. I like the original, although it does date the cardigan
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Morning! Still insomnia-reading (listening to) ICE by Jacek Dukaj. Only 19 hrs left to go About to start Black Narcissus by Rumer Godden, which has been propping up my tsundoku for a while
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Love that tardigrade
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Yes. I like it as a colour. Just not sure if it’s an autumn colour. Feels a bit on the cold side
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#SundayPixAnimals There has to be at least one cat. Not my own this time
Louis Wain’s sketchbook, open at a page with three drawings of realistic cats

Part of the Animal Therapy: The Cats Of Louis Wain exhibition at the Bethlem Museum of the MindTwo of Louis Wain’s fantastical cat paintings, with Christmas themes. The left hand painting shows a cat dressed as Father Christmas holding a small cat with a halo representing who knows what. There is also a large Christmas pudding in the foreground 

The right hand painting shows three cats holding songbooks and singing. They are in front of a holly hedge, so they might be singing carols
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#SundayPixAnimals Couldn’t let today’s topic go by without a Damien Hirst shark
“Death Denied” by Damien Hirst. Part of his Natural History exhibition at Gagosian in London

The work is a shark suspended in a tank of blue formaldehyde
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#SundayPixAnimals Saw this on my travels. Quality of the photo is not great because it was taken from inside a moving bus. I do not pass judgment on the quality of the art
Truly ghastly street art. An enormous painting of a chihuahua, covering the entire end of a block of flats in Poplar, east London, photographed from inside a bus
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#TodayI’mWearing one of last year’s frocks. Not sure if the colour works for me this year
Fashion drawing of a woman wearing a green dress 

Photo of a green midi dress with a navy print of a tropical flower and bird pattern. The dress has a shirred bodice and buttoned cuffsClose up of the navy print design of birds and flowers on the green dress
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I am reminded that I very rarely like a couple’s choice dance #strictly
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Supplement: it got really chilly, so I dug out one of my knitted hoodys
Photo of a charcoal grey merino wool hooded jumper with a 3/4 buttoned placket
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yes, they are softer than normal jeans. They do have a high waist, which I like, but I know not everyone does
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#Keywords > 3 October 2026 🎉 I found all 5 words - perfectly! 🟩🟩🟩🟩 ✓ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ✓ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ✓ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ✓ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ✓ 🏆 Win streak 2 🔥 Play streak 51 I do love getting the flashy rainbow
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#TodayI’mWearing the heavy black denim skirt that has been in storage since March
Fashion drawing of a woman wearing a black skirt and a striped top

Photo of a navy and white not-quite-Breton striped t shirt with three-quarter sleeves and lace edgings to the sleeves and hem

Photo of a heavy black denim maxi skirt. The skirt is very full and has sewn down pleats from waist to hip
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Carol Ann @carolann.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Really irritating that the StoryGraph refuses to accept that this is the cover image of this edition of this book
Paperback book: DeathWorld 1 by Harry Harrison. Cover art is a spiky graphic black and white flying insectoidal thing against a bright blue background
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