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DannyVE

@dannyve.bsky.social
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Reader, Europhile, gardener, stargazer, painter, foolish fashionista, determined optimist, lifelong vegetarian & Olympian daydreamer

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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 12h
Good moooorning from today’s designated reading nook!
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 13h
Goodbye darkness, my old friend www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The night sky is getting 10% brighter every year. We’re forgetting what darkness feels like
If more cities start regulating outdoor lighting, we humans could make the environment better for all living creatures
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Reflections: gazing at early morning sunlight on the sea and thinking how amazing that our dear old moon makes these wavelets dance.
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Good morning busy bees! I hope your day leaves you some space to stop and watch our lovely world turning!
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Good morning autumnal early birds and welcome to (gulp) the last Monday in September! May your day be splendidly golden!
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Good morning Sunday people! Wishing you the best of all possible days!
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Good morning early birds! Fragrant greetings from a delightful Mediterranean garden! Wishing you a bloomingly lovely day!
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I have just had to put several years of Duolingo to the test having to have quite a complicated and technical conversation in Spanish I really just hope I said what I needed and intended to say! 😬
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Good morning, lovely people! Wishing you a green and pleasant Friday!
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good morning Blue Sky friends! I’m off to visit one of my very favourite reading spots in this corner of the world today! Hope your day has some treats in store for you too!
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Been alone in lovely Menorca for five days and my husband is flying out to join me next week…and let me tell you what I’ve learned: if Reading And Enjoyably Pottering ever becomes an Olympic category, you can rely on me to win gold for my country, however challenging the opposition!
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Blessed sunrise
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Good morning, Blue Sky friends! I hope the day puts on a show for you!
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Good morning early birds! Wishing you days spotted with dappled light, wherever you may be roosting!
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Psychedelic sunrise
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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‘It’s transformed the village’: the volunteers greening up Britain’s train stations
Exclusive: Five gardening teams shortlisted for Royal Horticultural Society’s new Railway Stations in Bloom award
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Good morning, sweet angels and a happy, hopeful, light-filled new week to you!
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Another day! Fresh opportunities! Good morning, dearest early birds! Wishing you a splendid day!
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Happy International Red Panda day to anyone with a heart! Thanks for the intel @briteeyedviolet.bsky.social 😘
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Good morning super-early birds! On holiday, I love to rise even earlier than at home and quietly watch the day unfold itself from the dark! Wishing you a beautiful day!
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Rose at idiotic o’clock & caught a plane at stupid o’clock. Now so addled, I really don’t care what time it is because I’m back in my super special and lovely place!
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Awoke, spooning with husband, and thought ‘We are like ancient supercontinent Pangea before modern world was formed!’ That (sorry if TMI) was my first conscious thought of this new day! What was yours? A super-happy Thursday to you!
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Good morning early birds! I hope the day leads you somewhere unexpectedly lovely!
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Good morning autumnal early birds and the cheeriest of Tuesdays to you!
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Good morning, lovely people! Let’s step into a fresh, new week together! Happy, hopeful Monday to you!
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Steve Jones on the pros and cons of AI datacentres – cartoon
To drink or to think – that is the question
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Awoke to Debussy on the radio and a waft of petrichor through the window and Sunday is off to a beautiful start! Wishing you the loveliest of days!
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Artist delights in beautiful ‘mess’ and dead trees of England’s rewilding sites
Rebecca Howard spent two years visiting projects and painting landscapes that feature in West Sussex exhibition
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Greetings weekenders! Wishing you your perfect Saturday, whatever shape that is!
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It must be the seasons shifting, because, in scenes of decadence unseen since the last days of ancient Rome, this is the second day in a row that I’ve woken up ‘late’, ie past 7am! A happy, reflective, Friday to you!
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Good morning! A splendid Thursday to you!
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Good morning, Blue Sky friends and random scrollers! A marvellous midweek to all as we gently stroll towards the weekend!
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...
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‘Bold, brilliant, thrilling’: leading authors on the novels every school should teach
A new term, a new PM … time for a new English curriculum? We ask writers from Ben Okri to Samantha Harvey to pick books that will inspire a lifelong love of reading
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Autumn mornings are a bit like apples, some are crisp, some are golden! This morning looks positively delicious! Happy day to you!
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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‘Britain’s Yellowstone’: restoration project aims to take the greed out of land acquisition
Investors in Emblehope Moor will get their financial returns – and then it will be given to community or charity owners
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
It’s oh so quiet: good morning sweet Sunday early birds! Let there be birdsong, sunshine and happiness!
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Gardening has been abandoned in favour of reading in the garden… story of my life! 🙄
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Meikie @meikiecakie.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This….
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Good morning, weekend friends! Wishing you a happy, tranquil time far away from the working week!
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Morning early birds! Happy & hope-fuelled Friday to you!
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Good morning! Blustery start to the day here! Wishing you a refreshingly fab Thursday!
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Newsflash: I got rained on while gardening just now…and I rather liked it tbh. That’s it! As you were!
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Good morning not-yet-but-almost autumnal angels! Hope you slept well & feel ready to face whatever day it turns out to be (do Bank Holidays do this to you as well?) Let’s rise and shine together!
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
What a suggestible little creature I am! One flip of a calendar page and my thoughts turn to Spring bulbs, chestnuts, porridge and Fair Isle woollies…and, yes, I’d wear those hats in a heartbeat!
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Awoke and suddenly, somehow, it’s September! Good morning, sweet early birds and here’s to a golden day!
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
A huge #CazaletChronicles fan, I was lucky enough to read a proof of #TheGoldenHours (with, understandably, some trepidation) but-good news-it’s wonderful! www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...
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‘Who would dare take on Elizabeth Jane Howard’s fans?’ Louisa Young on reviving the Cazalet Chronicles
The author’s new trilogy continues her aunt’s beloved family saga. What would happen next to the sprawling cast of characters ... and could she pull it off?
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Wow! The very last day of August! I’m not ready for the mist and mellowness quite yet though! Happy Bank Hol, early birds! I shall be playing Hunt The Sunbeam if anyone wants me! Have a fab day!
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Effie 🌸 @effie-7.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
‘Scuse me while I kiss the sky. Peaceful Sunday to you, friends ☕️🥐💙
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Good morning early birds! Wishing you an absolutely brilliant day!
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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Good morning! Are you glass half-full or glass half empty? For eg: It’s Bank Holiday Weekend and it’s raining 😍 Or It’s Bank Holiday Weekend and it’s raining 🙄 For once, I’m so glad and grateful to have my glass half full of rain water!
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