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Somewhere between heaven and woolworths
This morning's smile
January 19, 2026 at 8:07 AM
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Mosaic niche
Found at Baiae, near Naples
1st Century CE

Once displayed against a wall in a garden or courtyard. An appropriate location, with the peacock, birds & plants.

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Now #FitzwilliamMuseum #Cambridge

#MosaicMonday #Roman
January 19, 2026 at 7:42 AM
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Because beauty helps, this is the Villa Farnesina in #Rome, full of bright early 16thC frescoes - incl Raphael's "Galatea" on the wall left - filled to the brim with heavenly creatures: gods, planets, constellations, cupids, and birds everywhere 🤩
January 4, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Good morning World
January 18, 2026 at 9:20 AM
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The other morning I took a picture of a desert cottontail rabbit in the neighbor's front yard
January 17, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Taking refuge . . .
January 16, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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January 16, 2026 at 8:40 AM
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2052 years ago, on the 16th of January 27 BCE, Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus was granted the title 'Augustus' by the Senate, marking the end of the Republic and the start of the Roman Empire. #otd #history 🗃️
January 16, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Good morning World
Not one of my snaps but sent by a friend of 40 years. A wonderful fact, and a wonderful sky.
January 16, 2026 at 9:03 AM
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Grand morning for a walk above Ullswater to watch the lightshow
January 15, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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In Annie Dillard's book The Writing Life, she writes:

"Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you. You open your safe and find ashes."

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBooks
January 15, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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Because LANDSKAP 😍
The track from Freedom Wood down to Bix Bottom, and the ruins of St James church. #chilterns
January 15, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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Study of a woman's head, 1490 #highrenaissance #leonardodavinci
January 15, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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A foggy pheasant in the field, but not yet a Friday. 12/25/25.
#photography
January 15, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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January 15, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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At Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology, tiny invertebrates are preserved alongside ornate, handwritten labels that harken back to our not-so-distant pre-digital age.

www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/01/maki...
January 14, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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A combination of formal, semi-formal and wild through the hedge at the back. It’s the variation that keeps my interest. About half of the sixty or so roses have been pruned, hope to finish the rest today.

Wishing all gardeners a productive day.

#gardening #UKgardens #Norfolk 🌱
January 14, 2026 at 10:09 AM
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#RockinTuesday #TidesOutTuesday #AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBooks #EastCoastKin #Ireland #NorthernIreland

The Ecology of Rocky Shores by J.R. Lewis

This cut in the coast
takes the tide daily.
Nothing softens.
Nothing forgets.
January 13, 2026 at 9:28 AM
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A brilliant, eclectic list.
I’ve read many of them and it was uplifting to remember that they are still out there waiting to be read and reread.

apple.news/AShl0WAifQWS...
50 Books From The Past 50 Years Everyone Should Read At Least Once — Southern Living
Fifty contemporary classics everyone should read at least once—only 50? There are hundreds we could include, and if we did, this list would go on and on.
apple.news
January 13, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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👀From 2024... "If you’re an academic who is still using X, I would gently suggest to you that it is time to let go. The platform will either fold ~ or complete its evolution into the central engine of a politics, that compromises your professional credibility through association."

#X #AcademicSky
Twitter/X has ceased to be a neutral platform it’s time academics let go - Impact of Social Sciences
Mark Carrigan, argues Twitter/X no longer holds value for academics looking to share and communicate their work to wider publics.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
January 12, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Quite
The app, called Sile Me in Chinese, requires users to 'check in' by pressing a button. If they fail to do so over two consecutive days, the app sends a message to an emergency contact nominated by the user. ft.trib.al/MjkOVOV
January 12, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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Banjeren door een beetje verlegen bloot bos.
Een fijne avond ✨
#VandaagGemaakt
January 12, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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January 12, 2026 at 9:17 AM