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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

First sea swim of the season to wash the post-op and Covid cobwebs away 🍂 🌊

Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In 2020 I started an art history ma with @openuniversity.bsky.social I got merit in the 1st module & switched to a broader humanities MA to study creative writing, as my focus had shifted. Anyway, I got a distinction in the writing module. So that’s nice. But true to form, I’m unsure what’s next. 🤔

Gwen John (1876-1939)
Old Woman Writing
inscribed and dated 'old woman writing/au magasin du Louvre.Feb 6 28' (along the lower edge)
watercolour and gouache, unframed
6 1/8 x 4 ¾ in. (15.5 x 12.1 cm.)
PROVENANCE

Private collection, France, in the family of the present owner since circa 1929.

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Loving the lgbt AND Welsh representation in this week’s The Orcadian letters page. #InclusionMatters #RebeccaRiotersRocked 🏳️‍🌈 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I made myself a nudibranch friend at an Orkney Science Festival creative workshop with artist Jenny Pope 🌊 it was great to learn so much about plankton from Elaina Rose Kelly @heriotwattuni.bsky.social 🔬

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

According to my husband, me screaming my head off and explaining that “the pirates are coming!” EVERY SINGLE TIME I see one of these ships through the window isn’t funny. I disagree. 🏴‍☠️ 😱

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Watched Gladiator II last night, which tied up all the lose ends apart from a glaringly obvious one: WTF happened to Dondus? 🐵

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Omg how have I only just discovered Frontier on Netflix: In 18th-century North America, ruthless trappers and entrepreneurs fight to wrest control of the fur trade from the mighty Hudson's Bay Company. Starring a smouldering Jason Momoa. It’s incredibly bloody and silly.

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Folk music session in the Stromness Royal Hotel bar last night 🎻🎹🪕

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Yesterday my youngest son Robin decided to gift his older brother Rowan some fish cutlery to eat his Friday night fish supper with 🐟 🍽️ @kidsinmuseums.bsky.social #mftadventure

Three fish forks and three fish knives. Silver colour with monogram on handle. "R B T A " arranged on a sectioned square.

Doodle and writing: ‘fish cutlery for Rowan’

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Someone proved that gingerbread man wrong.

Facebook post: ‘Found in middle of road near Deepdale. Have moved it onto verge.’ It’s a big cardboard gingerbread man alongside a painted sign saying “you can’t catch me.”

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Unwell to a bingeing Cranford degree 🤒

Deborah declaring, “I suddenly have a headache of phenomenal dimension.” Directly before dropping down dead, seemingly killed by news of the railroad coming to Cranford.

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Some Stromness Shopping Week parade photos

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

My son Rowan would gift his younger brother the Neolithic Skara Brae Buddo figurine @stromnessmuseum.bsky.social “because it would make him laugh”. #mftadventure @kidsinmuseums.bsky.social

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Beachcombing can result in some unexpected finds… 🩲 🤢

A photo of some very wet pants lying on a Stromness beach

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

You know it’ll be a nice mass when the priest enters the church with his pet whippet. Meet Artemis. The priest also has a pet cat and bunny. Only a man of God could make this work. 🐾 🐈‍⬛ 🐰

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Our Airbnb seems a bit smaller than it looked online #summerholiday

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

P7 school leavers cheesecake by Rowan for his younger brothers end of primary school party 🎈

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Stromness Baptist Church Weekend in Hoy: sea swimming, Kirk singing, a furry new friend and memento mori 🌊 🎶 🐾 ☠️

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Spent the bonus bank holiday exploring Elvie, drinking coffee in the New Mistra Store and enjoying a walk around the Broch of Gurness! 🌊 ☕️ 🐾

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Pink fluffy clouds tonight…

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Raffle prize tour at the Orkney Distillery

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

64% pork and according to Robin, the best thing ever 🐷

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

I’ve had an utterly brilliant day today, meeting @timmymallett.bsky.social

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

The current Household Ceasefire is on life support.

Child’s handwriting: ‘my room is better’

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

But if I use the one by the bookshop I’ll be enticed inside and buy books! 📚 😬📮

Red postbox with handwritten signs: ‘birds nesting!!!’ ‘Next postbox by bookshop ⬅️’

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

#thatlondon day four: @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social (very lovely! 😻) and, on their recommendation, @hornimanmuseum.bsky.social 📚🏛️

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

#thatlondon day three: bookshops and boogie 📚 🪩

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

#thatlondon day two: Tate Modern and Nigerian Modernism

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

A rather lovely day out yesterday… 🏛️🎚️🕯️🍻

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

It’s Beau’s birthday today, he’s six!

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

My eldest son made a castle for a school project and it looks like Buddo 😮 #fortbuddo

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

It’s a good job he’s cute 🥰

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Rowan made welsh cakes for St David’s Day! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 😋 #dyddgŵyldewihapus

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Me, Beau and the boys doing our #bestbuddoselfie 📷 😮 😮 😮 🐾

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Rage-baiting boob at it again, I see. #trump

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Happy #penguinawarenessday 🐧penguin is a word of Welsh origin that’s become part of the English language. Welsh sailors used the term for the Great Auk, and the name transferred to similar Southern Hemisphere birds as they were discovered.

The word "penguin" likely comes from Welsh, combining "pen" (head) and "gwyn" (white), meaning "white head," originally applied to the now-extinct Great Auk in its white-patched winter plumage, not modern penguins. Welsh sailors used the term for the Great Auk, and the name transferred to similar Southern Hemisphere birds as they were discovered.

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Time for a team building fishing trip. What could go wrong? 🎣

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

I hear Trump’s been busy on the Truth Social again.

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Trump having a totally normal one, I see.

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

My mum got me this art print card for my birthday and I feel very seen. 🛌 😴 Sydney William Carline (1888-1929) - The Eiderdown - 1929.40 - Manchester Art Gallery.

Painting: Sydney William Carline (1888-1929) - The Eiderdown - 1929.40 - Manchester Art Gallery.

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