Morning.
Currawong, Elizabeth Gould.

Mary Edwards Walker worked as a surgeon for the Union Army during the Civil War. She was captured by Confederates after crossing enemy lines to treat wounded civilians & arrested as a spy. She's the only woman to ever receive the Medal of Honor - pictured here, wearing it.

What?!

#medievalsky #caturday #catsofbluesky

The Morgan Museum & Library MS M.179, f. 44v

First signs of spring. The winter aconites in the park are out and the snowdrops will soon follow.

'Crow and Cherry Blossoms' - Ohara Koson, ca. 1930's.
#JapaneseArt #shinhanga #crows

Medieval elephant at Basel Cathedral, Switzerland.

'Black Crow' - Kawanabe Kyosai, ca. 1870s.
#crows #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt

If you ever hear music when no-one is around, it could be a koto-furunushi. The koto is a Japanese stringed instrument which, if forgotten, can transform into a #yokai resembling a wild beast that can move on its own and play all the songs ever played on it.
#MythologyMonday #JapaneseFolklore
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A little color on a grey day.

Evening walk in the park with a very dramatic sunset.

"this is fine"

British Library Manuscript - royal ms 20 a ii f3r