Carol Maddock

@carolmaddock.bsky.social

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Recovering librarian.

Seriously bashed-up tennis racket sitting aloft a rubbish bin beside tennis courts.
Spiky baby conkers nestling amid chestnut leaves. Gorgeous greennesses, but it's too soon!
Very handsome heron on a canal bridge staring off into middle distance. Probably wondering what he's having for Xmas dinner.
Cartoon of a sad-looking man in a business suit, with a briefcase in one hand, and a toy dinosaur in the other. Text says: "When you grow up people stop asking you what your favourite dinosaur is. They just don't care."
Two cats, one tabby, the other white, sit side by side on a stone wall. It is obviously date night, but it looks as if they've had a bit of a disagreement.
Black cat with unearthly bluey-greeny eyes, peeps over a stone wall.
Golden sundowning over hills with sunsparkling sea below.
Beautiful black cat, with mesmerising greeny-blue eyes, popping its head up from behind a stone wall.
Sun setting behind distant mountains, in an absolutely clear sky. Very striking, but some clouds would make for a much more dramatic sunset.
Very sharp horizon cutting across sea below, and the big, beautiful blue sky above.
Lovely smiley photo of white-haired author Felicity Hayes McCoy draped in purple, orange and red coat. Her photo is printed alongside a question and answer article in the Irish Times newspaper.
A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #1,153,648, Carol Maddock ‪@carolmaddock.bsky.social‬, joined on Sep 21, 2023"
Two novels laid side by side. One book cover says "Death under a little sky". The other is titled "Big sky".
Creamy-brown mottled fungus growing from tree bark.
Gull perched on a chimney stack, flanked by two herons on a rooftop parapet.
Tree close alongside decorative garden railings. The tree trunk is growing around one of the railings.
Heron reflected in the waters of the Grand Canal, beneath an old sign for Murray's Undertakers.
A wintry tree with no leaves, set against a clear blue sky.
Beautifully frilly white cactus flower. (Sadly it will wither by tomorrow) I call it the carpe diem cactus.
Opalescent, pearlescent, all the escents sunset over the hilos this evening. From vivid orange to palest cream.
Weird (to me), light green insect perched on grey woven chair fabric. Possibly a mantis?
Very dramatic swathes of cloud at sunrise.
Screenshot of some app icons. The Duolingo icon looks as if it's melting.
Two black cats eye each other. One is stretched on the ground, peeping around a corner. The other is high up on a wall, feigning disinterest. Both are completely aware of the other's scrutiny.
Light ginger and white cat looks into the morning sun, with metal barrier behind. The cat is not the most beautiful, but has noble presence.
Twitter users showing blank posts and the rather disconcerting date of 01 Jan 1970.
Sergeant Phil Esterhaus from the TV cop programme, Hill Street Blues. He always ended each morning briefing by cautioning "Let’s be careful out there".
Very small bird perched on top of an electricity pylon. The bird is singing his tiny heart out.
White flower at the top of a cactus spike, with two other buds about to burst open.
Dark grey cat (with very beautiful eyes) looking back over his left shoulder.
Winged insect, perhaps a moth, on a rough paving brick. Cream wing with red and black markings.
Vivid purple flowers amid green leaves. No idea of the species, sorry.
Prickly Pear cactus above a stone wall with a background of clear blue sky.
White egret foraging for insects after nightfall.
White cat with a collar reclining on a bamboo roof.
Dark grey, fluffy cat on a wall, looking directly at you.
Screenshot of blank tweets, all seeming to have been posted on 01 Jan 70
Cygnet sleeping on the Grand Canal.
Uncompleted jigsaw of the National Library of Ireland reading room. Art by illustrator Annie West.
Heron at low tide in the River Dodder.
Egret in the River Dodder at low tide.
Newspaper advertisement for a National Gallery of Ireland online art appreciation course with Dr. Kathryn Milligan. Title is On The Move.
Two Irish children's books. The President's Dog by Peter Donnelly. It's Too Dark, Puffling by Erika McGann, illustrated by Gerry Daly.
Ornate coal hole cover set into pavement slab.
Five cormorants sunning themselves on a pontoon, River Dodder, Dublin.
Ladybird elves work on making a pair of shoes by candlelight. The shoemaker and his wife watch from behind curtains.