Annie Brassey
@anniebrassey.bsky.social
Victorian Traveller, Writer and Collector (1839-1887)
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"And when all is still at night, the owls take up the strain, like mourning women their ancient ululu. Their most dismal scream is truly Ben-Jonsonian. Wise midnight hags!"
(Thoreau)
🎨 Brian Froud
#owlishmonday
(Thoreau)
🎨 Brian Froud
#owlishmonday
February 2, 2026 at 10:59 AM
"And when all is still at night, the owls take up the strain, like mourning women their ancient ululu. Their most dismal scream is truly Ben-Jonsonian. Wise midnight hags!"
(Thoreau)
🎨 Brian Froud
#owlishmonday
(Thoreau)
🎨 Brian Froud
#owlishmonday
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Two of the orthostats in the antechamber of the allée couverte of La Bellée in Boury-en-Vexin (Oise) have carved relief decoration. This is the most elaborate one, often interpreted as a necklace above a pair of breasts. Card by Prévot c.1908.
February 2, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Two of the orthostats in the antechamber of the allée couverte of La Bellée in Boury-en-Vexin (Oise) have carved relief decoration. This is the most elaborate one, often interpreted as a necklace above a pair of breasts. Card by Prévot c.1908.
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#HappyHedgehogDay !!! 🦔 Check out this little guy!! A small model of a hedgehog that is about 4,500 years old! from Chalandriani, Syros, Greece. Early Cycladic II period (2800-2300 BCE). National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece. 📷 My own.
February 2, 2026 at 9:46 AM
#HappyHedgehogDay !!! 🦔 Check out this little guy!! A small model of a hedgehog that is about 4,500 years old! from Chalandriani, Syros, Greece. Early Cycladic II period (2800-2300 BCE). National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece. 📷 My own.
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February 2, 2026 at 10:44 AM
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If you’re interested in the history of #Bexhill then why not check out Bexhill Open Street Map?
bexhill-osm.org.uk
There are historical maps, local info & town history. It will also give walking directions so that you can go and see the places mentioned for yourself. It is an invaluable resource.
bexhill-osm.org.uk
There are historical maps, local info & town history. It will also give walking directions so that you can go and see the places mentioned for yourself. It is an invaluable resource.
February 2, 2026 at 10:48 AM
If you’re interested in the history of #Bexhill then why not check out Bexhill Open Street Map?
bexhill-osm.org.uk
There are historical maps, local info & town history. It will also give walking directions so that you can go and see the places mentioned for yourself. It is an invaluable resource.
bexhill-osm.org.uk
There are historical maps, local info & town history. It will also give walking directions so that you can go and see the places mentioned for yourself. It is an invaluable resource.
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Analysis | What’s behind the sluggish recovery in visitor numbers? 📊
Although the sector is seeing positive signs, footfall has been slow to return to normal after Covid. Amid changes in visitor behaviour and an oversaturated market, creativity and risk-taking are key to standing out
Although the sector is seeing positive signs, footfall has been slow to return to normal after Covid. Amid changes in visitor behaviour and an oversaturated market, creativity and risk-taking are key to standing out
What's behind the sluggish recovery in visitor numbers? - Museums Association
Although the sector is seeing positive signs, footfall has been slow to return to normal after Covid. Amid changes in visitor behaviour and an oversaturated market, creativity and risk-taking are key to standing out
www.museumsassociation.org
February 2, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Analysis | What’s behind the sluggish recovery in visitor numbers? 📊
Although the sector is seeing positive signs, footfall has been slow to return to normal after Covid. Amid changes in visitor behaviour and an oversaturated market, creativity and risk-taking are key to standing out
Although the sector is seeing positive signs, footfall has been slow to return to normal after Covid. Amid changes in visitor behaviour and an oversaturated market, creativity and risk-taking are key to standing out
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Water-hag #folklore is across British Isles,but takes on distinctive characteristics.Ginny’s Lancastrian,Welsh Marches equivalent be Jenny Greenteeth…Peg Powler haunts Teesside,
luring men and boys to watery doom. Yorkshire has Grindy Low. #wetlandsday northerncurio.wordpress.com/2021/02/01/g...
luring men and boys to watery doom. Yorkshire has Grindy Low. #wetlandsday northerncurio.wordpress.com/2021/02/01/g...
Ginny Greenteeth: River-Hags and Watery Gods of Northern Britain
In the mythoscapes of many North Country childhoods, Ginny Greenteeth is a witch-like hag who stalks children near the tarns, becks and burns that pockmark this hilly country. For those like myself…
northerncurio.wordpress.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Water-hag #folklore is across British Isles,but takes on distinctive characteristics.Ginny’s Lancastrian,Welsh Marches equivalent be Jenny Greenteeth…Peg Powler haunts Teesside,
luring men and boys to watery doom. Yorkshire has Grindy Low. #wetlandsday northerncurio.wordpress.com/2021/02/01/g...
luring men and boys to watery doom. Yorkshire has Grindy Low. #wetlandsday northerncurio.wordpress.com/2021/02/01/g...
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A mammoth drawings from Arcy-sur-Cure cave,France.
Outlined in red-ochre, this rotund, tuskless mammoth looks like a juvenile.
At 28,000 years old, a product of the Gravettian culture, one of the oldest examples of cave art in Europe.
The saddest mammoth from the Ice Age. 🦣😢🏺
#MammothMonday
Outlined in red-ochre, this rotund, tuskless mammoth looks like a juvenile.
At 28,000 years old, a product of the Gravettian culture, one of the oldest examples of cave art in Europe.
The saddest mammoth from the Ice Age. 🦣😢🏺
#MammothMonday
February 2, 2026 at 10:29 AM
A mammoth drawings from Arcy-sur-Cure cave,France.
Outlined in red-ochre, this rotund, tuskless mammoth looks like a juvenile.
At 28,000 years old, a product of the Gravettian culture, one of the oldest examples of cave art in Europe.
The saddest mammoth from the Ice Age. 🦣😢🏺
#MammothMonday
Outlined in red-ochre, this rotund, tuskless mammoth looks like a juvenile.
At 28,000 years old, a product of the Gravettian culture, one of the oldest examples of cave art in Europe.
The saddest mammoth from the Ice Age. 🦣😢🏺
#MammothMonday
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BBC News - Rare fungus spotted for first time in 50 years - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rare fungus spotted for first time in 50 years
Mushroom hunters on the Isle of Man are left marveling at the rediscovery of Cobalt Crust fungus.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 8:28 AM
BBC News - Rare fungus spotted for first time in 50 years - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sunbeam #Yokohama #Japan 2.2.1877. "I was called at five o'clock, & at half-past six Mabelle & I started for the market. It was blowing a gale, & our four oarsmen found it as much as they could do to reach the shore. The Shanghai mail-boat was just in, & I pitied the poor passengers..." #Brassey
February 2, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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Barrel-shaped jug with stags.
c.750 - 600 BCE
From Larnaca, Cyprus.
(Ancient city of Kition)
“the barrel-shaped body and trumpet-shaped neck & mouth of the jar were inspired by Phoenician pottery & artistic traditions”, Ashmolean Museum
Loaned to Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
#Archaeology
c.750 - 600 BCE
From Larnaca, Cyprus.
(Ancient city of Kition)
“the barrel-shaped body and trumpet-shaped neck & mouth of the jar were inspired by Phoenician pottery & artistic traditions”, Ashmolean Museum
Loaned to Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
#Archaeology
February 1, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Barrel-shaped jug with stags.
c.750 - 600 BCE
From Larnaca, Cyprus.
(Ancient city of Kition)
“the barrel-shaped body and trumpet-shaped neck & mouth of the jar were inspired by Phoenician pottery & artistic traditions”, Ashmolean Museum
Loaned to Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
#Archaeology
c.750 - 600 BCE
From Larnaca, Cyprus.
(Ancient city of Kition)
“the barrel-shaped body and trumpet-shaped neck & mouth of the jar were inspired by Phoenician pottery & artistic traditions”, Ashmolean Museum
Loaned to Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
#Archaeology
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February 2, 2026 at 8:38 AM
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'My Wife's Lovers'
~ Carl Kahler (1891)
~ Carl Kahler (1891)
February 2, 2026 at 3:48 AM
'My Wife's Lovers'
~ Carl Kahler (1891)
~ Carl Kahler (1891)
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Today is Candlemas - which is a beautiful name. A chance to celebrate 'the return of light'
Artist: Roger Hall
Artist: Roger Hall
February 2, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Today is Candlemas - which is a beautiful name. A chance to celebrate 'the return of light'
Artist: Roger Hall
Artist: Roger Hall
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Roe deer antler mask from prehistoric Eilsleben, Germany
Despite being a Neolithic site, the mask is probably Mesolithic in origin, indicating contact and exchange between hunter-gatherers and the first farmers in central Europe #MesolithicMonday
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Despite being a Neolithic site, the mask is probably Mesolithic in origin, indicating contact and exchange between hunter-gatherers and the first farmers in central Europe #MesolithicMonday
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
February 2, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Roe deer antler mask from prehistoric Eilsleben, Germany
Despite being a Neolithic site, the mask is probably Mesolithic in origin, indicating contact and exchange between hunter-gatherers and the first farmers in central Europe #MesolithicMonday
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Despite being a Neolithic site, the mask is probably Mesolithic in origin, indicating contact and exchange between hunter-gatherers and the first farmers in central Europe #MesolithicMonday
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
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An Acadian tradition for La Chandeleur (Candlemas) was for young men to travel through their village bearing a pole with a carved rooster on top, collecting donations for the poor. The photo below shows the revived custom on Prince Edward Island in the early 1930s. #Folklore
📷 Margaret Richard/CBC
📷 Margaret Richard/CBC
February 1, 2026 at 2:53 PM
An Acadian tradition for La Chandeleur (Candlemas) was for young men to travel through their village bearing a pole with a carved rooster on top, collecting donations for the poor. The photo below shows the revived custom on Prince Edward Island in the early 1930s. #Folklore
📷 Margaret Richard/CBC
📷 Margaret Richard/CBC
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Warwickshire weather lore for this day:
If Candlemas Day be fair and bright,
Winter will have another flight.
If Candlemas Day be wind and rain,
Winter is gone and won’t come again.
#CandlemasDay
If Candlemas Day be fair and bright,
Winter will have another flight.
If Candlemas Day be wind and rain,
Winter is gone and won’t come again.
#CandlemasDay
February 2, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Warwickshire weather lore for this day:
If Candlemas Day be fair and bright,
Winter will have another flight.
If Candlemas Day be wind and rain,
Winter is gone and won’t come again.
#CandlemasDay
If Candlemas Day be fair and bright,
Winter will have another flight.
If Candlemas Day be wind and rain,
Winter is gone and won’t come again.
#CandlemasDay
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We’re obsessed with this Tylosaurus from the Saint-Vrain Zoological Park, South of Paris, that opened in the mid-1970s and closed in 1999.
The site has remained in an abandoned state, and it seems that this and various other prehistoric statues are still there!
The site has remained in an abandoned state, and it seems that this and various other prehistoric statues are still there!
February 1, 2026 at 9:12 PM
We’re obsessed with this Tylosaurus from the Saint-Vrain Zoological Park, South of Paris, that opened in the mid-1970s and closed in 1999.
The site has remained in an abandoned state, and it seems that this and various other prehistoric statues are still there!
The site has remained in an abandoned state, and it seems that this and various other prehistoric statues are still there!
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Four bicycle riders stop for a photograph on the Alameda Avenue Bridge, Denver, Colorado
ca. 1905
ca. 1905
February 1, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Four bicycle riders stop for a photograph on the Alameda Avenue Bridge, Denver, Colorado
ca. 1905
ca. 1905
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Fox in Winter, Bruno Liljefors, 1904.
February 2, 2026 at 6:41 AM
Fox in Winter, Bruno Liljefors, 1904.
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Book Cover of the Day:
February 2, 2026 at 6:33 AM
Book Cover of the Day:
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Ballynoe, Co. Down
#StandingStoneSunday
#StandingStoneSunday
February 1, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Ballynoe, Co. Down
#StandingStoneSunday
#StandingStoneSunday
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