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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Lovely afternoon for a walk at RSPB The Lodge. The heather's still going strong, heard more birds than we saw but got a nice view of a hobby in flight.

Purple heather with trees in the background.

Sweet chestnuts peeking out of their case.

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I've reviewed How to survive a world in crisis (and not grow weary of doing good) by Ruth Valerio for @johnrayinitiative.bsky.social. jri.org.uk/book-review-...

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Excellent haul from the second hand bookshop at Blickling earlier this week.

Unseen things above - Catherine Fox
Hangman's Holiday - Dorothy L Sayers
The heretic's apprentice - Ellis Peters
The Grasmere and Alfoxden journals - Dorothy Wordsworth

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Alternatively I can offer pretty pictures of flowers in the walled garden.

White cosmos threaded through golden grasses.

View down path towards greenhouse, lined with pink and white cosmos.

Hot coloured salvias lining a path ending in a greenhouse.

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Can I interest anyone in sleepy piglets as a timeline cleanser? Taken at Wimpole Home Farm today.

Lots of small black spotted piglets lying on straw.

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A few days under North Norfolk's big skies was good for the soul. Also good for birdwatching, curlews, skeins of geese, oystercatchers piping, snipe, avocets... you get the idea.

Beach from top of sand dunes, water channels curving out to sea under blue sky with clouds.

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Lovely chilled weekend visiting the gardens at Rousham and putting my feet up with a book*. This week looks like being writing focused with a couple of pieces at the final edits and proofreading stage, and one at the exciting early research stage.

Small fountain in the centre of a circular pond with a path leading off through a green tunnel.

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Lovely day at Rousham yesterday as a wedding anniversary treat. Took a picnic and enjoyed a potter round the gardens and church. Beautiful weather and very peaceful.

Greenhouse with line of geraniums in pots, cosmos filled border to the left and a round dovecote seen over a green hedge.

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Good (if soggy!) day trip to @greenbeltfestival.bsky.social yesterday. Tea, cake, prayer, activism, poetry and old friends. We may also have succumbed to temptation in G-books...

View from inside The Tiny Tea Tent into a quiet festival area first thing in the morning.

Packed Hot House venue ready for Ruth Valerio to talk about her new book. The decorations are climate / wildlife themed.

Greenbelt guide, wrist band and book purchases.

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

A brief history of Bedfordshire in plants and animals: telling the tangled story of people, the land, plants and animals in one ordinary English county. Read all the posts so far here: shellydennison.co.uk/category/bri...

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Obviously. Well, we definitely need the rain I suppose.... (Ifykyk)

Weather forecast screenshot for Kettering showing thundery showers across the August bank holiday weekend.

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Lots of lovely colour at Wrest Park this morning plus an excellent haul from the second hand bookshop. Still a bit hot for me but definitely better than last week.

Packed flower border including yellow rudbeckia and pink echinacea, with fruit trees trained up the brick wall.

Pile of books:
Ellis Peters - city of gold and shadows
Death in the Arctic - Tom Hindle
The Bertie Project - Alexander McCall Smith
James Herriot - all creatures great and small

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I think someone needs to explain to @bsky.app how election reporting law works in the UK because this isn't it.

Bluesky list trending claiming that Farage has won the Clacton byelection when the polls are still open and the result won't be known until much later.

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The colander thing worked surprisingly well!

Multiple crescents of light via the partial eclipse of the sun projected onto paper through a colander.

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

After days watching Suffolk burn via the news it did me good to get out and watch some birds for a bit, the air ringing with the peewit call of lapwings, sand martins skitting across the water, tufted ducks and coots swimming, and elegant egrets and cormorants resting on the scrapes. #NatureWriting

View through a bird hide screen over a lake.

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The wildfire footage this summer has been awful across the UK but there's something particularly upsetting about seeing pictures from somewhere I know well. I hope Dunwich is brought under control soon.

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I am investing way too much hope in this forecast for next week.

Weather app screenshot suggesting we might finally get some rain next week.

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

It's been a while since I had a good second hand book buying haul but I'm very pleased with this morning's stack. All this and tea and a pastry too! #TinyJoys

Agatha Christie - The Secret of Chimneys
David Nicholls - Starter for Ten
SJ Parris - Heresy
Footnotes - Peter Fiennes
One Summer 1927 - Bill Bryson

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Cool enough to actually get out and have a decent walk today at our local @rspbengland.bsky.social reserve (The Lodge). So lovely to be amongst green trees and enjoy some peace and quiet.

Blackberries in varying degrees of ripeness.

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

This is one of my biggest AI bugbears - the offer to bypass proper reading and understanding of documents to save time. Who knows what interesting nuggets would get lost in the summary process.

This appears to be a long document. Save time by reading a summary using AI.
Document is Luton's Heritage Hats off to Luton: a guide to the town's hat industry.

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Erm no. Thanks anyway random LinkedIn person in my messages.

Hi Shelly. Have you considered opening your own kitchen showroom?

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

This morning's editing tools. Because sometimes getting a piece of work off the screen and physically moving things around helps understand how it works much more effectively. #OldSchool #AmWriting

Clear ruler, blue pen, green pencil, roll of sellotape, and metal scissors

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

ICYMI I've just launched an Instagram account to support my freelance work with charities and not-for-profits. Today's post includes ideas and tips for social media posts during #SmallCharityWeek. www.instagram.com/shellydennis...

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

It's #SmallCharityWeek but what counts as a small charity? Answering this isn't as easy as you might think - a quick thread. (1/6)

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Warm and muggy in Bedfordshire today.

Red poppies in the foreground, behind them fields and overhead a cloudy sky.

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

For info for fellow Bedfordshire folk - both hospitals are asking for people to avoid A&E this evening.

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

New post with mills, fairies, Arthur Conan Doyle and the Brontës. shellydennison.substack.com/p/once-upon-... #LocalHistory

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

You can also find a friends only (plus ads 😬) feed on Facebook but it's unnecessarily well hidden and again you need to pick it every time.

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

This is your semi regular reminder that you can choose a non-algorithmic, chronological following feed on Insta. You need to choose it every time but it is there. Picking favourites is another way of getting a curated focused feed.

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Comfort reading. I love the Inspector Alleyn books and it's a shame they often seem overshadowed by Sayers and Christie. (Both of whom I also enjoy btw)

Ngaio Marsh Vol 1 Inspector Alleyn mysteries.

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Mind you, I'm not sure we needed this side swipe at a perfectly sensible government policy.

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Enjoyed this gem in the BBC puff piece about George going to Eton. Sending him to the local comp was never terribly likely was it?

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Lovely day for a spot of birding on the Wetlands Nature Reserve in the Forest of Marston Vale. Lots of sand martins using the wall, reed buntings, a marsh harrier, oyster catchers, grebes... and a bittern!

View from the sand martin hide, with the sand martin wall on the right. Looking out over a lake lined with trees.

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

The benefits of not giving over personal data to do the age ID thing keep on coming.

Bluesky screen indicating I can't 'enjoy' the group chat function.

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

New blog post. Not-for-profits can sometimes fall into the trap of explaining what they do but not why it matters. I take a look at how understanding outcomes and impact can help you communicate what changes as a result of your work. shellydennison.co.uk/2026/06/10/c... #CharityComms

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I've just launched an Instagram account to support my freelance work with charities and not-for-profits. I'm planning a mix of content including services, behind the scenes, current projects and tips. If you'd like give me a follow then that would be lovely! www.instagram.com/shellydennis...

Instagram graphic for the start of a carousel explaining the services I provide.

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Popped into our local museum to see one of the temporary displays and ended up having a good mooch round some of the permanent collection afterwards. The Venetian Glass display was a nice find as I've just finished reading Tracy Chevalier's 'The Glass Maker'. #TinyJoys

Museum display cabinet: The Rise of Venetian Glass 1500-1700, with an array of clear glass goblets.

Museum display case with porcelain and a yellow dress.

Museum gallery showcasing brightly coloured William Burges wooden furniture.

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

The roses are having such a good year. I don't think we've ever had as many flowers on Pride & Prejudice. #TinyJoys

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Far too hot to do anything other than enjoy the garden with a book and an ice cream. #TinyJoys

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Holy Trinity, Long Melford yesterday, where I actually saw someone carrying the relevant edition of Pevsner, which is the sort of thing I didn't think happened in real life anymore. (Although that it happened in East Anglia does track)

Large flint church in green churchyard with stone cross in foreground.

Church interior with reflected coloured light from the stained glass windows hitting the carved reredos behind the altar.

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Had a day in Oxford yesterday with museums, libraries, bookshops and cake.

Exhibition sign for Wonder of Birds at the Bodleian Libraries (Weston Library) in Oxford.

Macaroon slice and a map of the Ashmolean Museum.

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

This month's Waitrose food magazine is completely mad.

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Shelly Dennison @dennisonshelly.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Looks like they agree with you. I'm not averse to seeing Burnham in Number 10 but I don't care for this way of getting him there. Time will tell what the voters in Makerfield think about being used to engineer things.

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