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Published: January 20, 2025 17:03
It's Monday night AGAIN and it's already time for EPISODE THREE of 'How light is it in #Orkney at 5pm this week?'
It's a month since the winter solstice and we've already got an hour more daylight each day and
OMG it is literally THIS light! π‘
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Published: January 20, 2025 10:05
Today is #BlueMonday but we're not blue because we know that the days are getting longer and we're getting back to lovely blue skies and sunshine.
(this photograph was NOT taken today)
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Published: January 18, 2025 10:24
Happy #WinniethePoohDay from Pooh and the gang who are cuddled up and busy reading some of their old adventures. π―π
#WinniethePoohDay celebrates the birthday of Winnie the Pooh creator A.A. Milne's who was born #onthisday in 1882. π
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Published: January 17, 2025 10:37
'Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. It seemed to me I stood by the iron gate leading to the drive, and for a while I could not enter, for my eyes were too googly.'
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Published: January 16, 2025 15:46
Just gave this Columbo book to someone on a four week loan.
It'll probably be back in a minute.
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Published: January 16, 2025 10:48
Minah on her way up to #TheTraitors tower last night
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Published: January 14, 2025 16:05
Okay who did this? There is absolutely no truth in the rumour that the new Ann Cleeves novel set in Orkney features the balls of Orkney Library & Archive.
Although it's only published in October so we haven't read it yet...
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Published: January 14, 2025 10:38
Sharks might be the killers of the deep but they don't look quite so sure of themselves if you add a googly eye
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Published: January 13, 2025 17:01
How has a week gone by already? It's Monday night AGAIN and it's already time for EPISODE TWO of 'How light is it in #Orkney at 5pm this week?' It's wet out there and it's darker than last week.
We're not going to lie to you.
It is absolutely THIS light.
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Published: January 13, 2025 11:02
Our stacks are better than your stacks
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Published: January 10, 2025 10:16
Happy Friday! The sunrise behind the harbour and ferry terminal taken from Stromness Library this morning. β€οΈ
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Published: January 9, 2025 14:44
Our balls have started to thaw
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Published: January 9, 2025 10:05
Carmen Carmen Carmen Carmen
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Published: January 8, 2025 10:53
When you need to design two different book covers but you've only got one photo to use
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Published: January 7, 2025 13:26
We hope you all enjoyed the launch of 'How light is it in #Orkney at 5pm this week' last night. That last minute break in the cloud provided a bit of a plot twist and made it lighter than it might have been.
Who knows what'll happen next week. Lighterβ¦
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Published: January 7, 2025 10:54
Guess who's back? Back again.
Booky's back. Tell a friend.
#BookyMcBookface is back on the road for the first time in 2025. Today he is in Orphir and Stenness, so go along and borrow some books! π
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Published: January 6, 2025 17:01
It's Monday night and it's 5pm so it is quite literally time for EPISODE ONE of the FIFTH SEASON (first on Bluesky) of 'How light is it in #Orkney at 5pm this week?
It is January. It is 2025.
And it is THIS light.
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Published: January 6, 2025 13:40
This is how light it is at lunchtime, but the real question is how light will it be at 5pm?
SEASON FIVE (but first on Bluesky!) of 'How light is it in #Orkney at 5pm this week?'
Launching TODAY. At 5pm. Obvs. π‘
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Published: January 6, 2025 10:05
Logging back in like
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Published: December 24, 2024 14:28
Merry Christmas to all our customers, friends and followers. π
We're closing soon and our social media will be going quiet for the festive season. π
Hope to see you all back here in 2025! π
There will be light π‘
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Published: December 24, 2024 10:30
It's #ChristmasEve. It's just over 3 weeks since we joined Bluesky and we've just reached 10,000 followers!
Thanks to everybody who has followed us here and given us such a lovely welcome! πβ€οΈ
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Published: December 24, 2024 09:52
Our #Lego display case is full of Christmassy creations! Santas, snowmen, Christmas trees and more! π
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All made by our customers using our Lego collection. β€οΈ
#OrkneyLibraryLego
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Published: December 23, 2024 14:59
Don't forget that even when Orkney Library is CLOSED OVER CHRISTMAS you can still get FREE eBooks, eAudiobooks and eMagazines through the FREE #BorrowBox App! Available 24 hours a day, every day using your Orkney Library card. π
Find out more at:β¦
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Published: December 23, 2024 10:23
It has only been two days but we already have 22 seconds more daylight that we had on the #WinterSolstice on Saturday. π‘
By Christmas Day it will be 84 seconds more.
By the end of December it will be more than 8 minutes.
By the end of January it will beβ¦
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Published: December 23, 2024 09:53
The struggle is real.
LIKE if you're finished already
REPOST if you're working until Christmas Eve
(Also if you're working Christmas Day then you deserve ALL the likes)
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Published: December 21, 2024 11:14
This is the Neolithic chambered cairn of Maeshowe in #Orkney which was built 5000 years ago. Every year on the #WinterSolstice (if the sky is clear) the setting sun shines down a perfectly aligned passageway and illuminates the inner chamber.π‘
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Published: December 21, 2024 09:54
Today is the #WinterSolstice in the Northern Hemisphere.
In #Orkney
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Published: December 20, 2024 15:18
Just after 2pm today in #Orkney. Early sunset as we approach the #WinterSolstice. π
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Published: December 20, 2024 11:11
Thanks to everybody who has followed us on Bluesky so far. It's been lovely getting to see you all here. β€οΈ
Remember you can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram or *whispers* Twitter.
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Published: December 20, 2024 10:22
Were you in the library yesterday?
Are you quite small?
Do you seem to have one hand colder than the other right now?
If you can answer YES to all three questions then we might have your glove! Please collect from the main office.
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Published: December 19, 2024 17:01
steamy steamy joy joy
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Published: December 19, 2024 14:47
Happy Birthday to A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, which was first published #onthisday (19th December) in 1843. π
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Published: December 19, 2024 09:16
This morning #BookyMcBookface is away on the ferry to Rousay for his last trip of 2024.
It's a bit wild out there but the BOOKS MUST GET THROUGH π¨ππ
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Published: December 17, 2024 15:23
We received a lovely Christmas card today from one of our customers. π
'You are vital for the health of our community.'
#LibrariesAreEssential β€οΈ
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Published: December 17, 2024 11:10
Don't forget that #Christmas isn't #Christmas unless you've got an #AgathaChristie book/film/game to read/watch/play over the holidays.βοΈπ
Don't @ us it's just the rules. #ReadChristie2024
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Published: December 16, 2024 16:23
It's like 2 of our worlds have collided
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/articles/c0mv8zjmw2ro