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@redskies.bsky.social
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Books, art, maths, knitting, embroidery, gardening, cats, hens, Early Medleval history, the Western Isles, good food, sea swimming, shells, birds & wildlife.

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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 3h
Contrasting weather #uist
Looking southwest, storm clouds threaten to extinguish the light.Looking east, blue sky and big clouds.
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 11h
48 hours of stormy skies #uist
Dark clouds turn the landscape dark.Dark clouds with rain falling and a strange glow on the skyline.Closeup of the heavy rain in the distance.Dazzling sun turning silver
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Rain #uist😻🐈‍⬛
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Good morning #uist
Dawn and the sky is a blend of cool greys and blues, lit from one corner in the east by pale light with the merest hint of pink.
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Lazy #cats 😻🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛
The sun shines beyond the windows as three black cats stand or sleep on furniture.
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#Seashells from East #Beach Berneray #uist
A bowl of seashells being cleaned. Mainly bivalves plus the odd limpet and a single cowrie.Mainly bivalves drying on a stainless steel surface. A quite different selection compared to those I find at my nearest beach.
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
After rain battering the window all night, the calm before the next storm. #uist
A bright horizon beneath dramatic grey and cream clouds and glimpses of blue sky.
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The tide ebbs East #Beach Berneray #uist
Looking along East Beach across the wet sand towards HarrisA soft grey sky, wet shell sand, and distant hills. Not as magnificent as West Beach but easier to reach and less exposed.
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
East #Beach Berneray for a bracing walk #uist 🐚🦪🐚
The sun glimmers behind grey clouds. On the horizon is a curious yellow glow. The tide is ebbing.A rock pool full of shellsLooking across black rocks to the sea and Skye in the distance.
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Lunch at the Berneray Bistro #uist 😍
Cullen skink with a cheese and tomato hoagie. 😋
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sitting at the roadside debating treating myself to lunch at the Berneray Bistro or heading home for chores. #uist
Turquoise ocean, blue sky streaked with white clouds.
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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
29 September is Michaelmas, the feast of St. Michael and All Angels. St. Michael, traditionally the celestial warrior who leads the fight against evil, is patron saint of soldiers, paratroopers and police officers. The Michaelmas daisy, or aster, is his dedicated flower.
Collage of Michaelmas daisies in shades of soft lilac-blue. A small copper butterfly rests with open wings on one flower, while a meadow brown feeds on another. Other images show clusters of the daisy-like flowers, with yellow centres, blooming in the late-summer garden.
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Grey clouds, crepuscular rays, and someone triggered last night’s trap. #uist
Gathering grey clouds and rays of sunshine.A disgruntled tabby cat in the trap I set last night. Not the kitten I was hoping for.
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Moonrise and the chickens are roosting in the polycrub. #uist
The moon shines pink from behind hazy clouds.Close-up of the moon beyond a ruined house.A huddle of chickens high up near the polycrub roof.
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Setting #TNR #cat traps in the soft evening light. #uist
A golden sun sinks into the ocean to the west.A cat trap set up at the edge of the verge.The sun is fading behind faint clouds to the west.The last light of the sunset reflects in the water.
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It’s such a lovely day and #Bingo is doing his best impression of the panther. #uist 😻🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛
A dazzling sun glitters of the sand flats beside the Co-op car parkA black cat with golden eyes lies on a golden art nouveau chair.
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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I know there is a hell of a lot going on right now. But not all of it is bad. Some is astonishingly good - like the results of this study from June. Cervical cancer is a terribly cruel thing. This might, at long last, be the beginning of the end of it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News headline "Young women now have 'close to zero' risk of cervical cancer death after HPV jab"
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A beautiful breezy morning. #uist
The sun dazzles in a blue sky of scattered clouds and turns the loch to silver
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#moonrise #uist
The moon rises from behind clouds in a lavender sky.
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Reflections in the puddles in the driveway #uist
Looking west, the grey clouds in the pale yellow and blue sky reflect in the puddles.The puddles are mirrors to the sky.Fence posts stretch out into the distance.
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Pink edged clouds and a new neighbour. #uist 🐄
Pink edged clouds in a blue sky over the loch.Close up of the clouds.A cow stands in the field by the garden fence.The cow is a dark blue roan.
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sunshine, showers, and a#rainbow #uist 😻🐈🐈‍⬛
A double rainbow A dazzling sun through a fain-covered window.A pale ginger cat in front of a window. The sun shines brightly outside.A huge black cat sits and looks at the sunshine outside.
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Cool, windy, and wet. Sausages for lunch. It’s that kind of day. 😋 #uist
Soft grey clouds and soaking rain.
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Breeze rising and the panther is hanging onto the top of the wellington chest by his fingertips. 🙀😻🐈‍⬛ #uist
The sun glitters in a silvery windy sky.A huge black cat sleeps among shells and candlesticks on the top of a wellington chest, his behind and tummy hanging half off.
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Fast changing skies #uist
Gilt-edged grey clouds in the distance.10 minutes later and a shining patch of light in the sky
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Big skies #uist
Huge grey clouds in the blue sky over the ruffled loch.
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Georgie and her favourite toy. 😻🐈‍⬛ #ProofOfCat
A white and black cat lies and plays with a catnip mouse.
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ginger dreams 😻🐈
A pale ginger cat sits silhouetted by the window.
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Anne Louise Avery @annelouiseavery.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Andrew Woodhouse @skyecommercial.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Heading off to save lives at sea without fear or favour.
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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Yes, all in all, I can recommend Cary Elwes’ ‘As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride’ highly. William Goldman’s 1993 tribute to André is lovely, too: books.google.co.uk/books?id=DBo...
...Gone at 46, he was the most popular figure on any movie set I've ever been on. If he asked you to dinner, he paid, but when you asked him, he paid. One actor, after several free meals, snuck into the kitchen to pay. He felt himself being lifted up in the air. The actor was Arnold Schwarzenegger: "He turned me so I was facing him, and said, ‘I pay’. Then he carried me back to the table like a little boy." Sometimes children and grown-ups would see him and be terrified. Sometimes children would see him, shriek with glee, and begin clambering all over him. There is a scene at the end of Princess Bride where Robin Wright jumped out of the castle window, and Andre was to catch her at the bottom. The shot was set up for Robin to be lifted a foot. Maybe two. The first take, he caught her and gasped, suddenly white like paper, and almost fell to his knees. His back was bad. And getting worse. Andre once said to Billy Crystal, "We do not live long, the big and the small." Alas.
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A bright breezy day with occasional downpours threatened. The ginger one is lazily cleaning himself. 😻🐈 #uist
In a blue sky gilded with sunlight, a row of huge clouds drop rain in the distance.A pale ginger cat sprawls on a stool and cleans his upper chest.
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I had to go down the drive to open the gate and retrieve the wheelie bin. 🙀🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #uist
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The perfect evening #uist
Soft blue sky reflects in the wet sand beneath the causeway.The moon , peeping from behind a cloud, sends reflections like stones skipping across the the water.Softened by hazy cloud, the moon shines gently on the loch.
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Up and down the islands. I’d hoped to go to the beach but I’m just too tired. #uist
A rainbow hangs over the hill to the northeast.Cumulus clouds reflected in the mudflats beyond the causeway.
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The salt on the windows creates weird patterns in the sunlight. #uist 😻🐈‍⬛
The bright sun in the blue sky somehow has wings.A huge black cat, the Panther, sits on the stool and gazes out of the window.
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
As the light fades, the moon rises #uist
Bright mackerel sky to the west.Across the loch, the moon shines amid the clouds.The western sky has darkened.
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Journey home under shining skies #uist
The sun shining through wispy cloud and turning the ocean silver.Crossing the big causeway, the sun and sea are even brighter.Hints of mackerel to the bright sky.A tree silhouetted against the sky.
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cornwallhistory.bsky.social @cornwallhistory.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Spare a thought for Bridlington RSPCA. I once had a cat who had a litter of 8 kittens. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Appeal after rescue cat births nine kittens in East Yorkshire
The RSPCA's Bridlington branch says it is one of the biggest litters it has seen in years.
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Ok, I can drag myself away. #uist
The sun shines over the grass bank.
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
When you’ve delivered #kittens to the ferry and you’re sitting in the sunshine by the harbour reluctant to drive home. #uist
A black and white kitten looks out of a carrier.A black kitten scowls in the bottom of a carrier.A crewman carrying the carriers.The Pabbay Lass heads out towards Harris, kittens on board.
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Steve Gale @stevewg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Colley Hill, Surrey: coffee break from birding the steep scrub. Love the plaque on the bench I’m sitting on
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Is it edible? #fungi #uist
White fungus growing in the grass. Don’t worry, I’m not going to eat it, just curious.Golden yellow tiny fungi in the grass. Definitely not edible but v pretty.
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#uist #WashingLine on a beautiful day.
A towel, pjs, and underwear on a washing line among green fields. A frizzle hen looks hopeful as she runs toward the photographer.Silver and blue dazzling sky.
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A bright morning and I’m forgiven for the flea medicine. #uist 😻🐈
White clouds and a dazzling sun in the blue sky.A pale ginger cat cleans all the tray from an espresso saucer.The cat has a flea allergy so it’s vital I keep him flea free.
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
When every cat but the one you want goes into the cage! 🙄😻🐈🐈
A fluffy tabby cat explores the trap you’ve set for the ginger cat.
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Anne Louise Avery @annelouiseavery.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A misty moisty morning. Ginger doesn’t realise we’re going to use flea medicine on him later. 🤫😻🐈
A grey misty view of the lochA pale ginger cat sleeping on a blanket.
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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Please, Tootsie, stop trying to keep all the fosters! 🙄😻🐈🐈‍⬛
A byoung black cat and calico cat are snuggled together on my bed.
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Simon Pease @simonpease.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I may have missed it. Can anyone point me to the govt. Statement on attacks on volunteers for the RNLI, and their commitment to have the police pursue and prosecute every perpetrator?
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