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Scenes from the life of St Patrick at St Patrick Earlswood by Birmingham artist Bernard Sleigh 1913. Bernard trained at the Birmingham School of Art and was a member of the Bromsgrove Guild.

#wallsonwednesday #wallpaintingwednesday
January 14, 2026 at 6:17 PM
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"An early morning walk is a blessing for the whole day."
~ Henry David Thoreau

Good morning Bluesky! It's time to rise, it's time to shine! Do the work of love today with a smile on your face, and a song in your heart. Happy Thursday! ❤️
January 15, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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Went to my favorite winter place to shoot 📷 again on Tuesday 1/13 and a lot of the eagles had left so I played with the swans and geese. Thought this pic was a cool effect when rotated and looked like an owl. 🪶 #BlueSkyPhotography #BlueSkyPhotographer #Birds #Reflections
January 15, 2026 at 8:51 PM
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January 14, 2026 at 10:43 PM
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January 15, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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January 16, 2026 at 12:09 AM
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Did you know, incidentally, that Cat Stevens did a comedy country song about the time he got deported from the US because he was on the no-fly list, and got Dolly Parton, Paul McCartney, Alison Krauss, and for some reason Terry Sylvester of the Hollies to sing bits of it?
Yusuf / Cat Stevens – Boots and Sand ft. Paul McCartney & Dolly Parton [Official Music Video]
YouTube video by Yusuf / Cat Stevens
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January 15, 2026 at 6:24 AM
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A between jobs twitch on Monday for my favourite bird… the Great Grey Shrike at Fillingham in Lincolnshire. Stunner! #LincsBirding
January 15, 2026 at 12:09 PM
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My short-eared owl for day 15 of #birbfest2026 Early today! #birdart #birbfest #shortearedowl
January 15, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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Low clouds in the foothills this morning. Wishing you a peaceful day or evening. 💛🕊️
January 15, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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"This land like a mirror turns you inward
And you become a forest in a furtive lake;
The dark pines of your mind reach downward,
You dream in the green of your time,
Your memory is a row of sinking pines."
Gwendolyn MacEwan/The Dark Pines
#VT365
#LandscapePhotography
#Poetry
#NaturePhotography
January 15, 2026 at 12:53 PM
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Bedtime
January 15, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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On this day in 1919, Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht were assassinated by far-right paramilitaries.
They warned against half-hearted revolution until the end. The enemies of socialism restored “order” - a prelude to fascism, not peace.
January 15, 2026 at 10:34 PM
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Cute little waning crescent moon in the sky this early morning.
January 15, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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I don't normally post for #PalacesAndGardens but I couldn't resist posting this piece of Victorian vandalism for #TimePassages.

The tall red sandstone sundial in the foreground was a medieval cross that some Victorian thought would make a sundial. 🙄

#EastCoastKin #photography #Cheshire #Kodachrome
January 15, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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Fragile beauty: boy blowing soap bubbles Tiny, almost miniature work painted in 1676 by Caspar Netscher, who died (alas!) on this day in 1684.
January 15, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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Sprinkler system //

At the end of a 2 km hike on boardwalks and through the moose exclusion zone, with a hint of a hangover after a kitchen party, we reached Baker's Brook Falls.

#waterfall #waterfalls #photography
#landscapephotography #newfoundland #travelphotography
#waterfallwednesday
January 15, 2026 at 1:06 AM
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The day started with a slow grin 📷🕊️ …
January 15, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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Goodnight ineffables ❤️ love to all ❤️ remember that you are so very much loved ❤️ cherished and wanted in this world of ours ❤️ 😈 😇 🥂🥰🫂😘
January 14, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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Iconic Monument Valley as seen in Countless Westerns. Arizona.
#photography #fujifilm #landscape #clouds #buttes #rocks #MonumentValley #Arizona #western #JohnFord #movies
#JohnWayne
January 15, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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Susanna Huygens, looking slightly nervous in her ill-advised mega-frame. Painted by Caspar Netscher, whose day is today.
January 15, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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Every morning & afternoon, Namibia's mesmerizing Deadvlei comes alive in a symphony of light, shapes & shadows. Two beautiful trees seem to reach out, to hold on to each other, as the shadows creep in & the last line of light recedes.

#photography #landscapephotography #bluesky #nature #landscape
January 15, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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January 15, 2026 at 9:59 PM
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January 16, 2026 at 12:05 AM
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we ride uncertain outside of a reaction
taking care to care, holding compassion tight
to heart beat and breath says much of our character
how we take into account, life as purposeful tides
asks what of our humanity remains humane enough
to find how divinely meant for this moment we are #emoetry
a fire burns in a fireplace with the letter n visible
Alt: a fire burns in a fireplace
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January 15, 2026 at 3:51 PM