HappyMouffetard
@happymouffetard.bsky.social
Chester, UK. Gardening, cats
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Ancient Greek silver stater (coin) with an octopus on the reverse side. 🐙
Minted in Eretria, Euboea, Greece, 500-480 BC.
Photo: British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
#Archaeology
#ReliefWednesday
Minted in Eretria, Euboea, Greece, 500-480 BC.
Photo: British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
#Archaeology
#ReliefWednesday
January 28, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Ancient Greek silver stater (coin) with an octopus on the reverse side. 🐙
Minted in Eretria, Euboea, Greece, 500-480 BC.
Photo: British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
#Archaeology
#ReliefWednesday
Minted in Eretria, Euboea, Greece, 500-480 BC.
Photo: British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
#Archaeology
#ReliefWednesday
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El Chupacapybara, is that anything? I did an illustration and got it out of my system, anyhoo...
January 28, 2026 at 3:18 PM
El Chupacapybara, is that anything? I did an illustration and got it out of my system, anyhoo...
Tom Jones and Nile Rodgers playing Chester racecourse in the summer. We could hear Tom from our garden the last time he played when the wind was in the right direction. Might try to get a ticket.
January 28, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Tom Jones and Nile Rodgers playing Chester racecourse in the summer. We could hear Tom from our garden the last time he played when the wind was in the right direction. Might try to get a ticket.
🍂 Plant #851 🌲
I figured it out in 10 guesses!
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🔥 64 | Avg. Guesses: 6.7
flora.metazooa.com
#metaflora
I figured it out in 10 guesses!
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🔥 64 | Avg. Guesses: 6.7
flora.metazooa.com
#metaflora
Metaflora
Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Plant!
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January 28, 2026 at 6:16 AM
🍂 Plant #851 🌲
I figured it out in 10 guesses!
🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩🟨🟩🟩🟨🟩
🔥 64 | Avg. Guesses: 6.7
flora.metazooa.com
#metaflora
I figured it out in 10 guesses!
🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩🟨🟩🟩🟨🟩
🔥 64 | Avg. Guesses: 6.7
flora.metazooa.com
#metaflora
🐊 Animal #912 🦒
I figured it out in 8 guesses!
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🔥 183 | Avg. Guesses: 5.1
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#metazooa
I figured it out in 8 guesses!
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🔥 183 | Avg. Guesses: 5.1
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#metazooa
Metazooa
Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Animal!
metazooa.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:04 AM
🐊 Animal #912 🦒
I figured it out in 8 guesses!
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🔥 183 | Avg. Guesses: 5.1
metazooa.com
#metazooa
I figured it out in 8 guesses!
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🔥 183 | Avg. Guesses: 5.1
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#metazooa
☘️ Plant #850 🍃
I figured it out in 9 guesses!
🟨🟨🟨🟧🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩
🔥 63 | Avg. Guesses: 6.7
flora.metazooa.com
#metaflora
I figured it out in 9 guesses!
🟨🟨🟨🟧🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩
🔥 63 | Avg. Guesses: 6.7
flora.metazooa.com
#metaflora
Metaflora
Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Plant!
flora.metazooa.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:13 AM
☘️ Plant #850 🍃
I figured it out in 9 guesses!
🟨🟨🟨🟧🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩
🔥 63 | Avg. Guesses: 6.7
flora.metazooa.com
#metaflora
I figured it out in 9 guesses!
🟨🟨🟨🟧🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩
🔥 63 | Avg. Guesses: 6.7
flora.metazooa.com
#metaflora
Metazooa
Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Animal!
metazooa.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:04 AM
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European goldfinch
Watercolour on silk mounted on paper, 84 × 118 mm.
Referenced from a photograph by Paul Fisher.
Watercolour on silk mounted on paper, 84 × 118 mm.
Referenced from a photograph by Paul Fisher.
January 26, 2026 at 5:37 PM
European goldfinch
Watercolour on silk mounted on paper, 84 × 118 mm.
Referenced from a photograph by Paul Fisher.
Watercolour on silk mounted on paper, 84 × 118 mm.
Referenced from a photograph by Paul Fisher.
Reposted by HappyMouffetard
What if in Never Never by The Assembly, the 'it' that Feargal Sharkey laments 'never happens to me' was getting a Kit Kat where there was no biscuit in it and it was all chocolate?
January 26, 2026 at 10:07 AM
What if in Never Never by The Assembly, the 'it' that Feargal Sharkey laments 'never happens to me' was getting a Kit Kat where there was no biscuit in it and it was all chocolate?
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Me: What would you like for breakfast? Weetabix? Crumpet?
Small daughter: Is there cheese on toast on the menu?
Me: Sure
Small daughter: I want it shaped like an axolotl head
Small daughter: Is there cheese on toast on the menu?
Me: Sure
Small daughter: I want it shaped like an axolotl head
January 26, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Me: What would you like for breakfast? Weetabix? Crumpet?
Small daughter: Is there cheese on toast on the menu?
Me: Sure
Small daughter: I want it shaped like an axolotl head
Small daughter: Is there cheese on toast on the menu?
Me: Sure
Small daughter: I want it shaped like an axolotl head
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Today we’re celebrating Winnie the southern tamandua’s 8th birthday! 💛
Join us in wishing Winnie a gentle and love-filled birthday.
Join us in wishing Winnie a gentle and love-filled birthday.
January 26, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Today we’re celebrating Winnie the southern tamandua’s 8th birthday! 💛
Join us in wishing Winnie a gentle and love-filled birthday.
Join us in wishing Winnie a gentle and love-filled birthday.
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Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
January 25, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
🍀 Plant #849 ☘️
I figured it out in 7 guesses!
🟧🟧🟧🟨🟩🟩🟩
🔥 62 | Avg. Guesses: 6.6
flora.metazooa.com
#metaflora
I figured it out in 7 guesses!
🟧🟧🟧🟨🟩🟩🟩
🔥 62 | Avg. Guesses: 6.6
flora.metazooa.com
#metaflora
Metaflora
Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Plant!
flora.metazooa.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:14 AM
🍀 Plant #849 ☘️
I figured it out in 7 guesses!
🟧🟧🟧🟨🟩🟩🟩
🔥 62 | Avg. Guesses: 6.6
flora.metazooa.com
#metaflora
I figured it out in 7 guesses!
🟧🟧🟧🟨🟩🟩🟩
🔥 62 | Avg. Guesses: 6.6
flora.metazooa.com
#metaflora
Metazooa
Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Animal!
metazooa.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:05 AM
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Reposted by HappyMouffetard
1986:
smash hits 23 april 6 may 1986, page 24
Full mag --> https://archive.org/stream/smash-hits-23-april-6-may-1986#page/n23
smash hits 23 april 6 may 1986, page 24
Full mag --> https://archive.org/stream/smash-hits-23-april-6-may-1986#page/n23
January 25, 2026 at 11:10 AM
1986:
smash hits 23 april 6 may 1986, page 24
Full mag --> https://archive.org/stream/smash-hits-23-april-6-may-1986#page/n23
smash hits 23 april 6 may 1986, page 24
Full mag --> https://archive.org/stream/smash-hits-23-april-6-may-1986#page/n23
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Favourite Stations - Baker Street
Meet Anne, a Metropolitan Line train operator and photographer. Her favourite underground station is Baker Street
I've started exploring people's favourite stations on the London Underground Map
What is your favourite station, and why?
Meet Anne, a Metropolitan Line train operator and photographer. Her favourite underground station is Baker Street
I've started exploring people's favourite stations on the London Underground Map
What is your favourite station, and why?
January 25, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Favourite Stations - Baker Street
Meet Anne, a Metropolitan Line train operator and photographer. Her favourite underground station is Baker Street
I've started exploring people's favourite stations on the London Underground Map
What is your favourite station, and why?
Meet Anne, a Metropolitan Line train operator and photographer. Her favourite underground station is Baker Street
I've started exploring people's favourite stations on the London Underground Map
What is your favourite station, and why?
🌳 Plant #848 🍀
I figured it out in 9 guesses!
🟧🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩
🔥 61 | Avg. Guesses: 6.6
flora.metazooa.com
#metaflora
I figured it out in 9 guesses!
🟧🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩
🔥 61 | Avg. Guesses: 6.6
flora.metazooa.com
#metaflora
Metaflora
Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Plant!
flora.metazooa.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:59 AM
🌳 Plant #848 🍀
I figured it out in 9 guesses!
🟧🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩
🔥 61 | Avg. Guesses: 6.6
flora.metazooa.com
#metaflora
I figured it out in 9 guesses!
🟧🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩
🔥 61 | Avg. Guesses: 6.6
flora.metazooa.com
#metaflora
Metazooa
Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Animal!
metazooa.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:51 AM
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Please be briefly cheered up by this perfume bottle (Greek; c. 600BCE) from the Burrell Collection.
January 24, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Please be briefly cheered up by this perfume bottle (Greek; c. 600BCE) from the Burrell Collection.
At work and feeling like the Child Snatcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, trying to lure potential students with sweets.
January 24, 2026 at 12:44 PM
At work and feeling like the Child Snatcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, trying to lure potential students with sweets.
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January 12, 2026 at 8:44 AM
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Still sniggering to myself after yesterday, when child (for random reasons too long to explain) was wondering whether profiteroles had souls.
"Of course they do - profitersouls" I replied.
"Of course they do - profitersouls" I replied.
January 24, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Still sniggering to myself after yesterday, when child (for random reasons too long to explain) was wondering whether profiteroles had souls.
"Of course they do - profitersouls" I replied.
"Of course they do - profitersouls" I replied.