Derek Bird

Christian husband. Lived through 2 Millennia, 2 Centurys, 7 decades; a christian through 5 and married through 4. I'm not as old as this makes me sound.

[Derek Bird @derekb67]

“I would rather be what God chose to make me than the most glorious creature that I could think of…"
#CSLewis

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Could the UCL Final be any more ridiculous, a grand piano on the pitch 😂

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@Melo_lfc Never mind Gakpo, what's wrong with Jones? Is his head broken? He should have headed it, scored a goal, and no problem.

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Back to the 70’s with pitch at Grimsby v Wolves in @EmiratesFACup
Mud glorious mud #GRIvWOL
#BlundellPark
@officialgtfc @Wolves

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My latest vinyl from @atlasrecordsuk Transformer by @loureedofficial “Too-Rye-Ay” by Kevin Rowland & Dexys Midnight Runners, Parade by @prince and the Revolution, with my favourite Prince song, “Sometimes in snows in April” #DexysMidnightRunners #Prince #LouReed #vinylrecords

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@LWestwoodAuthor His Concerts in China is a great album. Yet again, great musical taste of those fish 🐠🐟

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@barrabest I’d sooner stick my head in a metal bin and let a Lambeg drummer have a go at it than listen to Oasis.

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@SkySports There's more knowledge and character in an unpainted Subbuteo figure.

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@atrupar

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@LWestwoodAuthor @BridgeBooksDro1

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@LWestwoodAuthor Great choice, you have some cultured fish.

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@distilleryworld Great, he has been outstanding.

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@distilleryworld I’ll go watch us play Portavogie Rangers.

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The polyculture bed at the allotment has provided us with these lovely turnips and beetroot. The courgettes also keep coming. #Turnips #Beetroot #Courgettes #Allotment #AllotmentUK

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@booksaremybag Just finishing this, a great account of a brilliant man and his flaws. I picked this up from a @nationaltrust bookshop, an amazing find.

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@distilleryworld Surely you mean July

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Harvested the onions which were ready, some of them are right big stonkers. Jill had put together a rack so now they and the garlic are drying safely in our shed. It is full of the pungent aroma of onions and garlic 🧄🧅 #Onions #OnionsAndGarlic #Garlic #Allotment

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@LWestwoodAuthor I can't see me doing this at the allotment 😂

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I dug up our first crop of garlic from the allotment yesterday and got some really nice bulbs. Now we’ll have to dry them and string them to hang ready for use in the kitchen. #Garlic #GarlicLovers #Allotment #GrowYourOwn

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Bridge Books
Book Challenge 2025

21st - A Book That is Most Precious to You

Holy Bible

This one I received in Sunday School almost 50 years ago. It has notations that I’ve added over the years.

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#IndieBookshopWeek
#Bible

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Bridge Books
Book Challenge 2025

20th - A Book from a Genre You Rarely Read

Circle of Small Beings Damon Galgut

This was a “blind date” book and an enjoyable surprise.

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