Alison
@aalisonn.bsky.social
Making the move over
Biology PhD, mad about music, museums, travels. Slowly hiking national trails!
Biology PhD, mad about music, museums, travels. Slowly hiking national trails!
Tbilisi. The buildings a feast for the eyes
June 2, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Tbilisi. The buildings a feast for the eyes
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This 19th-century netsuke of a monkey holding a crab has been brought to life thanks to the animation talents of Timothy Barkley 🐒 🦀
May 15, 2025 at 8:11 AM
This 19th-century netsuke of a monkey holding a crab has been brought to life thanks to the animation talents of Timothy Barkley 🐒 🦀
Two of these things are kind of the same. Norfolk. Bottle tops
May 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Two of these things are kind of the same. Norfolk. Bottle tops
Yorkshire Wolds Way - day 1, took 3 visits, no dramas, got all year. Slowly hiking national trails
May 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Yorkshire Wolds Way - day 1, took 3 visits, no dramas, got all year. Slowly hiking national trails
Cute faience models of baboons spotted at the @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social
May 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Cute faience models of baboons spotted at the @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social
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Happy Fossil Friday! Meet the short-necked plesiosaur, Cryptocleidus oxoniensis. This marine reptile’s short tail could only function as a rudder, leaving the limbs as its main organ of propulsion.
April 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Happy Fossil Friday! Meet the short-necked plesiosaur, Cryptocleidus oxoniensis. This marine reptile’s short tail could only function as a rudder, leaving the limbs as its main organ of propulsion.
North Wales Coast Path.
Many many seals. A great scenic walk around The Great Orme. 5 miles from West Shore to Llandudno Pier, lovely views and a good hill to get started
Many many seals. A great scenic walk around The Great Orme. 5 miles from West Shore to Llandudno Pier, lovely views and a good hill to get started
April 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
North Wales Coast Path.
Many many seals. A great scenic walk around The Great Orme. 5 miles from West Shore to Llandudno Pier, lovely views and a good hill to get started
Many many seals. A great scenic walk around The Great Orme. 5 miles from West Shore to Llandudno Pier, lovely views and a good hill to get started
Very heavy, I can’t imagine carrying them around. Aurochs, an extinct cattle breed - Chester House Northamptonshire
April 16, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Very heavy, I can’t imagine carrying them around. Aurochs, an extinct cattle breed - Chester House Northamptonshire
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Spurn Point, Humber estuary, view from the lighthouse, photo by Jennifer Cunningham.
April 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Spurn Point, Humber estuary, view from the lighthouse, photo by Jennifer Cunningham.
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We don't see English papers so I hope all is well with the Stock Market.
April 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
We don't see English papers so I hope all is well with the Stock Market.
Love Gail’s designs coz Preston bus station = happy memories 😉 🤭
@gailmyerscough.bsky.social
@gailmyerscough.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Love Gail’s designs coz Preston bus station = happy memories 😉 🤭
@gailmyerscough.bsky.social
@gailmyerscough.bsky.social
Builders found an empty wine bottle (1988 Liebfraumilch) under the bathroom floor. It was put back with a note hinting to look for my 2020 time capsule under the kitchen floor. This is fun
April 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Builders found an empty wine bottle (1988 Liebfraumilch) under the bathroom floor. It was put back with a note hinting to look for my 2020 time capsule under the kitchen floor. This is fun
Jeff Wayne’s War Of The Worlds at Leeds Arena. Amazing live show from a record memorised since student days. And thank goodness for bacteria, our microscopic allies
April 3, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Jeff Wayne’s War Of The Worlds at Leeds Arena. Amazing live show from a record memorised since student days. And thank goodness for bacteria, our microscopic allies
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On the way to work, Tyneside, 1955, by Harry Morrison.
April 3, 2025 at 7:27 AM
On the way to work, Tyneside, 1955, by Harry Morrison.
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✨First light. I'm so grateful to the Clwydian hills that carry the remnants of Offa's Dkye for dipping in reverence to the gargoyles of the Marble Church, Bodelwyddan, North Wales.
April 3, 2025 at 5:56 AM
✨First light. I'm so grateful to the Clwydian hills that carry the remnants of Offa's Dkye for dipping in reverence to the gargoyles of the Marble Church, Bodelwyddan, North Wales.
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Ten 1960s paper bags from Germany, all promoting pen & pencil companies. presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/p...
Found/scanned by us.
Found/scanned by us.
April 2, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Ten 1960s paper bags from Germany, all promoting pen & pencil companies. presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/p...
Found/scanned by us.
Found/scanned by us.
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Looking for a power boost? Don’t count on this fungus! The fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) has a wide range and can be spotted on forest floors throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Its bright red cap may be alluring, but it’s also a warning...
Photo: Holger Krisp, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Holger Krisp, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
March 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Looking for a power boost? Don’t count on this fungus! The fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) has a wide range and can be spotted on forest floors throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Its bright red cap may be alluring, but it’s also a warning...
Photo: Holger Krisp, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Holger Krisp, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Super interesting extinction story about this animal, the thylacine. Gone in 1936. This one seen in Oxford @morethanadodo.bsky.social
March 17, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Super interesting extinction story about this animal, the thylacine. Gone in 1936. This one seen in Oxford @morethanadodo.bsky.social