Jackie Powell

Professor Daisy Dott worked through the night. The morning sun found her with head in hands, asleep on the plinth.

Wordle 1,724 5/6

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The scan was finished. The three Professors Dott waited impatiently for the light above to go off so that they could see the results.

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Professor Dolly Dott was so excited at her discovery that she rushed into the bedroom and shook Dotty awake.

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On no. I blame Wordle for not choosing an acceptable word!

Step ladder found, and Professor Dolly could finally reach the inscription.

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Oh no! That was almost me too. I don’t like this word.

Dotty helped Dolly to manoeuvre the slab onto a horizontal surface so that they could examine it more closely.

Wordle 1,720 5/6

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Nb. This is my Dotty.

Professors Dolly and Dotty Dott sat at either end of the inflatable. It reminded them of being on a see-saw as children.

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Professor Dolly Dot waited on the inflatable lifeboat until the water level dropped.

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Professor Dolly Dot was joined by a colleague. Together they crept along a low passage, away from the door in case something alarming was behind it.

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For my Welsh family and friends on St. David’s Day. 💛

Reference books were stacked on the desk ready for the researchers to continue the next day.

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The king and his guard stood at the entrance to a ruin which they thought could be a burial chamber.

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The king took a steam train for the next leg of his journey.

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Me too. We had a paper bag of sugar, and we had to eat it outside!

I didn’t know about that! I just checked and no, there hasn’t been one for decades. Rhubarb is becoming more popular again though, I think. Or maybe trendy, like kale!

Bought at Wakefield rhubarb festival from Oldroyd’s - the very best rhubarb (and one of the best Yorkshire names!).

Can I have two? First the rhythmic clunk of the tilt hammer in the steelworks, heard in the distance as I lay in bed. Second, dad’s piano playing, the first thing he did when he got in from work. He was a gifted player.

‘Tis the season.

An old colour picture postcard showing a grand concrete building set in a 1960s streetscene. A red bus is on the road, a well dressed couple walk on the pavement. The sky is such a beautiful blue, and the old Owens College building in the distance is very grubby.

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of the Students Union at @manchester.ac.uk

And here's a bonus jigsaw of the card, just because the sky is such a beautiful blue!!

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If you like this image, please repost it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

On the moors above the river the broom was in full flower. King Wordy Wordle VI was pleased to see it.

Wordle 1,713 4/6

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King Wordy Wordle V1 remained on his great throne throughout the ceremony, inspecting the medals of the Olympians as they knelt before him one by one.

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The GB team returned home. As they descended the steps of their plane, medals gleaming, the sun came out.

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Queues formed to exit the arena in Verona.

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The gold was not won.
Hot tears of disappointment
melted ice and hearts.

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An ambulance was on standby outside the stadium just in case.

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Verbena ‘Bapton’. A tiny plant grew into a beautiful but very large shrub over one season, then seeded itself everywhere so thickly that it looked like turf! Conditions must have been perfect, but very hard work to remove!

The abseiler missed a foothold and fell into a crevasse.

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