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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Remembering Charlotte Brontë, born on this day 1816 in Thornton, Bradford.

Helen Stockton @helenstockton.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Here’s my #foxoftheday a rather small, cute one! Think the set is the other side of our garden fence in some dense brambles and this cub decided to explore! @chrisgpackham.bsky.social

A fox cub on a lawn next to a fence with fields behind.

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Helen Stockton @helenstockton.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Went to Pashley Manor Gardens to see their famous display of tulips. Been meaning to for years but never quite got around to it. Stunning!

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Helen Stockton @helenstockton.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Such a lovely spring day that I sneaked out and did a couple of hours in the garden. The magnolia is blooming and the flowering currant was a cutting from our previous house.

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Looking for a #network of fellow #WomenWriters? We encourage and promote women writers’ work and offer a supportive and well-informed #WritingCommunity. Come meet us at our monthly #SkyChat on Thurs, 19 March at 6pm GMT when we'll chat about Women Writers & Writing the Messy Middle! #WomenWritersNet

Green and grey typewriter partially covered by a white rectangular field with text that states: Women Writers Chat Join us for a #SkyChat on Women Writers and Writing the Messy Middle on Thursday, 19 March, 6pm GMT. Follow #WomenWritersNet & @womenwritersnet for details.

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Giles Paley-Phillips @eliistender10.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Thinking of those who find Mother's Day offers up some painful emotions.

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Helen Stockton @helenstockton.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Had to fill up with petrol yesterday so made a point of looking out for the cheapest petrol station on a twenty mile journey. The price varied by ten pence a litre. How can that be justified? Even the cheapest can’t have been selling at a loss….😡

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Helen Stockton @helenstockton.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Checked my bees today, all dead. This relentless wet weather has done for them. So disappointing. This will be the first spring for a long time with no bees in my apiary. 😔

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Helen Stockton @helenstockton.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

There are signs of spring! They couldn’t be more welcome…

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Helen Stockton @helenstockton.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Had a few moments to sneak to the sea today.

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Helen Stockton @helenstockton.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Made a topsey turvey doll for my great-niece! Love a bit of knitting!

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Helen Stockton @helenstockton.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Today is #NationalSnowdropDay apparently. Four years ago, when we first moved to our house, I planted a pot of snowdrops, in the green, and they’ve never been seen since… until this year, when a sole survivor has appeared. Hoping it’ll clump up! 😂

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

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Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

A party of three Common Cranes has been seen in the Arun Valley in recent weeks - if anyone has managed to photograph them please let us know! @sussexornitholo.bsky.social @chriscorrigan3.bsky.social

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Helen Stockton @helenstockton.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Went to see Hamnet at the cinema yesterday. The original book by Maggie O’Farrell was really good and so is the film. If you haven’t seen it, take tissues!

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Helen Stockton @helenstockton.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Another weekend, another bird count, this time the #biggardenbirdwatch for @rspb.bsky.social 12 species, 19 birds including green and great spotted woodpeckers and blue, great, coal and long tailed tits. Also nuthatch. No corvids or finches though…

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Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Taking part in the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch this weekend? Please also log sightings by iRecord (with photos if you have them) to let the Sussex Biodiversity Records Centre know who you've seen! You can use the iRecord website or app: f.mtr.cool/gkyrehdsoe 📷Long Tailed Tit©Neil Fletcher

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Helen Stockton @helenstockton.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Did my January count for @btobirds.bsky.social Winter Bird Survey today. Nothing exceptional but a good range of woodland birds and a pleasant way to spend a Sunday morning. Lots of redwings still around, feeding on the berries.

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Helen Stockton @helenstockton.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Apparently today is International Women in Beekeeping Day. Here’s to us! 🥂 Let’s hope our bees our hunkered down safely in their brood boxes! Photo from last spring!

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Helen Stockton @helenstockton.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

This year, for the first time, I’m doing an annual list of all the bird species I see, where and when. Have you done this? How many did you see and did you only include birds you saw rather than heard? #birdwatching

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Helen Stockton @helenstockton.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Village show success! Didn’t actually enter my dog but he ‘helped’!

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Helen Stockton @helenstockton.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

My cactus is flowering! They don’t last long but they’re lovely.

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Helen Stockton @helenstockton.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

I don’t know about other folk but I’ve not heard a single cuckoo this year… ☹️

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Helen Stockton @helenstockton.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Had some very interested spectators on my @bbs-birds.bsky.social late visit this morning. Followed me across their field and even checked my clipboard to make sure I was recording my birds right!

Horse sticking his nose into a clipboard with bird survey forms on.

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Helen Stockton @helenstockton.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Pleased to get my copy of the Breeding Bird Survey and good to see our county, Sussex, with such good coverage. Second year doing my square. @bbs-birds.bsky.social

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Helen Stockton @helenstockton.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Today is #worldbeeday. Here’s to all my fellow beekeepers!

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Helen Stockton @helenstockton.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

First rose of the season, Gertrude Jekyll. 🥰

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Helen Stockton @helenstockton.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Our village had its #VEDay celebrations yesterday. We had a choir, someone from the local history society telling how war affected the village, and they lit the beacon. So many people gave so much for everything we take for granted now…

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Helen Stockton @helenstockton.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Got about thirty of these growing on a verge locally. Just lovely.

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Helen Stockton @helenstockton.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

When we moved into our house three years ago, the garden was in a poor state with a few decent plants in the wrong places and struggling. I his wisteria was one. Moved it and nurtured it. First year it has flowered. 😊

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Helen Stockton @helenstockton.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Latest knitted toy for young family member. Had fun with the colours on this one!

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Helen Stockton @helenstockton.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Did a village litter pick today. Depressing and satisfying in equal measure…

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Helen Stockton @helenstockton.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Tried some nettle cake yesterday. Didn’t really taste different to regular cake, but very green!

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Helen Stockton @helenstockton.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Also got seconds in the village show with my hellebores and my cyclamen.

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Helen Stockton @helenstockton.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Village horticultural society spring show tomorrow so tentatively entered the floral display novice class with subject of ‘nest’. What are my chances…?

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Helen Stockton @helenstockton.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

The hellebores are looking great at the moment. #gardenshour

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Helen Stockton @helenstockton.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Latest knitting project, a present for one of my great nephews. Who remembers these? Also bought him a Swanee whistle so he can do the sounds effects. I’ll be popular! 🤣😂

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Helen Stockton @helenstockton.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Ok, gardeners of blue sky, to me, wild garlic is a broad leaved plant with white flowers. My neighbour says this is wild garlic but it has narrow, blade like leaves and no flowers yet! It smells of garlic and grows like a weed, but can I cook with it… 🤔 @pepperpotherbs.bsky.social #gardening

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Helen Stockton @helenstockton.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

As part of my freelance activities I do talks. Yesterday was ‘Poetry for those who think they can’t’ held in a lovely, listed village hall. ‘My literary dogs’ is by far the favourite so nice to do something different for a change.

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Helen Stockton @helenstockton.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Lovely springtime walk in the village nature reserve with the dogs. Newts in the ponds and birds singing - just lovely!

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Helen Stockton @helenstockton.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Had a lovely morning doing a guided bird song walk at Rye Harbour @sussexwildlife.bsky.social 38 species seen and/or heard.👍

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Helen Stockton @helenstockton.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

The spring flowers are starting to appear in the garden.😊

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Helen Stockton @helenstockton.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

This Christmas’s Amaryllis is flowering! It’s been a bit slow off the mark but a beauty nonetheless.

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Helen Stockton @helenstockton.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

20 Day Plant Challenge Choose 20 plants that have stayed with you or influenced you. One plant per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no details, just photos 15/20

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Helen Stockton @helenstockton.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

20 Day Plant Challenge Choose 20 plants that have stayed with you or influenced you. One plant per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no details, just photos 14/20

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