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Rachel Darker
@racheldarker.bsky.social
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Inhabitant of Planet Earth, drifting leisurely just off northwestern coast of continental Europe. 🇬🇧

Wistful nature dweller embracing witchy undertones.

#art #photography #haiku #rats #fire #fairies #folklore #infonuggets

TY for shares & follows!! ✨
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Tuck me in and tickle my tummy, Rocky’s orders for the day. Suits you, Sir!

#ratsofbluesky #fancyratsofbluesky #rats #fansyrats #photography #cuteanimals #sleepinganimals #critter #cuteness
Genteel rat enjoys sensory delights in Christmas blanket, feet and hands reflecting pure relaxation.
racheldarker.bsky.social
Tuck me in and tickle my tummy, Rocky’s orders for the day. Suits you, Sir!

#ratsofbluesky #fancyratsofbluesky #rats #fansyrats #photography #cuteanimals #sleepinganimals #critter #cuteness
Genteel rat enjoys sensory delights in Christmas blanket, feet and hands reflecting pure relaxation.
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Another beautiful leaf at the tail end of a beautiful Fall in Portland, Oregon - everyone’s favorite he’ll hole. #Photography #Flora #WashingtonPark #Portland 📷🐸💕
November 13, 2025 at 6:21 AM
racheldarker.bsky.social
Sleeping in daylight,
Fibrous point ovals become,
Molluscs night playground.

#haiku #poem #snail #daylight #poetry #photography #eastcoastkin
Snail nestles sleeping amongst textured foliage on bright autumnal day.
November 13, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Like a stubborn bloom
Living in cracks of concrete
You cannot kill hope.

#poetry #Haiku

Photo by Stockcake
A purple flower stretches upward, growing from a crack in the sidewalk concrete
November 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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~

💖 please enjoy 💖
🍲 a healing stew of 🍲
✨ uplifting good vibes ✨

#poetry #podcast

12 - boneyard broth

spotify / apple / tiny.cc/po3try

cw: #hope, #love, #positivity <3

~
November 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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caterwaulerin.bsky.social
rabbit prints
indelible ink--
frozen blink

#haiku
slightly splayed prints of rabbit along snow-padded log, sun moving right along as autumn stills song
November 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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grays.art
Upstairs / downstairs

White-footed leafcutter bee
(Megachile albitarsis) /
Orange-spotted Flower Moth
(Syngamia florella)

Naples, Florida
11-4-25

#AnimalArtTuesday #eastcoastkin #TwosDay #native #florida #insects #macro #photography #flowers #art #macroPhotography #bloomscrolling #bugSky #nature
A bee is positioned on top of a yellow flower, engaging with the central part of the bloom. The bee's body is oriented with its head facing downward into the flower, and its legs are visible gripping the flower's surface. Below the bee, a small moth with a long, slender, orange and black body, yellow-spotted wings, and extended legs is situated on the underside of the flower's petals, looking at us from brown eyes, upside down. The flower has a prominent central disc surrounded by a series of elongated petals that extend outward. The background is blurred, emphasizing the focus on the bee and the flower.
November 11, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning

We will remember them.

Memorial cross for Dad - my soldier
Royal Logistics Corps
1938 - 2024 - his light shines on.

#memorial #rememberanceday
A poppy on wooden cross lit up on the evening of the 11/11/25 at the cenotaph - his light shines on.
November 11, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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One of the reasons I love rats! 🐀 ♥️

Grey Rex, curly coat and whiskers.

#fancyrats #ratsofbluesky #cute #cuteanimals #animalphotography
Little Rocky loves his sleep, he quickly assumes the position waving hands and feet in the air! Rat cocooned in blankets and love, asleep. Grey Rex curly coat and whiskers.
November 9, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Cuteness Alert‼️

Rats dream, and grind their teeth too!

Rocky loves to cuddle up and sleep with his hooomans.

#ratsofbluesky #fancyratsofbluesky #cuteanimals #rats #bluesky
November 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Beaver super moon,
Casts wide buttery brilliance,
Spreading Cornish trees.

#haiku #photography #eastcoastkin #supermoon #beavermoon #moonphotography #iphonephotography #bluesky
Moon on first day of wane, rises above skyline appearing huge, camera does not do justice to its size. Framed in photo by wind bent Cornish tree, in blue sky.
November 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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"An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness."
-Maurice Maeterlinck

goodnight awesome people💜🎶💜
I am not sure but I think this is sorrel growing on the ground and on a tree trunk.
November 5, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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Rachel Newling

Australian Flowers:
Blue Waterlily

linocut on handmade
Japanese paper
layered fans of blue petals with yellow gold centers on deep green upright stems, dynamic black and white background
November 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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grays.art
Female Seaside Dragonlet
(Erythrodiplax berenice)

Cape Coral, Florida

Unique native dragonfly, can breed in brackish, & even seawater.

#ColorADay #RedWed #NightmareNov #legs #eastCoastKin #bugSky #macro #photography #macroPhotography #native #insects #bugs #dragonflies #nature #art #dragonflyweek
Dynamic flicker of life, about 1 to 1.5 inches (~3cm) long, jewel of the salt marsh, a delicate mosaic of bold color. A vibrant creature, painted in striking strokes of orange, yellow, and contrasting deep, velvety black. Her main body section, the thorax, is like a canvas of narrow "tiger" stripes, an intricate pattern of black lines set against her background of brilliant, warm orange and yellow, where her four shimmering wings and six slender legs are attached, a bustling central hub of energy. Her long, segmented tail, or abdomen, is mostly orange on the upper side, while her underside is a contrasting black. Her eyes, large and essential for her aerial hunting, are a warm red-brown ontop, black-spotted green below. Her wings are a marvel of engineering, translucent and delicate, with a complex network of fine veins like stained glass.
November 5, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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#BlueSkyArtShow
#Autumn
The glass is full of effervescent
autumn view between two trees ~ the sun travels to the other side of the little beach
Sunlight glistening on water between two trees
November 1, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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A bedraggled autumnal HALF Cuckoo Pint!

A tea made from this plant was believed to increase fertility, one could get pregnant just by looking! Also known as Lords & Ladies, for full bloom shape. Its pollen named Fairy Lamps for slight ethereal glow in dark.

#FallLeaves #BlueSkyArtShow #Autumn
Two sets of browning orange Cuckoo Pint leaves with remnants of berries positioned above.
November 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Carp, Warm, Breath

Carp suspend in shadow,
Warm day attracts surface meet,
Bate breath less disturb!

#haikuprompt #haiku #poetry
November 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Moths need darkness to thrive 🖤

But globally, light pollution is increasing by 10% a year, and these vital nocturnal pollinators need our help.

Find out how you can provide a haven for moths where you live by creating Moon Meadows 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/moon-meadows...

📷: Marian Coburn
Poplar Hawk-moth resting on a branch against a black background
October 31, 2025 at 11:17 AM
racheldarker.bsky.social
Fallen leaves gather at rivers edge in a Samhain ceremony, welcoming in next turn of the wheel.

#FallFoliageFriday #photography #Samhain #eastcoastkin #forestfriday #autumn #Pagan
Yellowing decayed leaf strikes a colourful pose on shale path framed by green grass and brown twigs. Fallen leaves gather at rivers edge in a Samhain ceremony, welcoming in next turn of the wheel.
October 31, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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He abandoned her before Death’s breath.

His pride did not hide,
Seven deadly sins, hollow,
She could not follow.

#Horrorprompt
#Sevendeadlysins
#Po3try
#Horrorinsix
#Senryu
#Halloween
#Writingprompt
October 31, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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caterwaulerin.bsky.social
Laying torn in pain,
struck by scorn in silent war,
heard faint tune from coppered horn~

"Everything you love matters as self scatters~
when battles thought fought reveal true tattered banners.

Your blood, sweat and tears, amidst unwitnessed fears, are enough."

🕊️
#PoemsAbout #blood #micropoetry
October 31, 2025 at 8:56 PM
racheldarker.bsky.social
Tangled lines loosen,
Kite soars above foggy dew,
Small hands feel power.

31/10 - Foggy, Kite

#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry
October 31, 2025 at 9:46 PM
racheldarker.bsky.social
Tranquil surrounds reverb autumn chorus, conduit veins of the earth lay before us. Blessed be 🧙 ✨ 🍁

#autumn #river #nature #bluesky #earthenergy #springs #flotsam #bubblingwaters #poetry
October 31, 2025 at 5:31 PM
racheldarker.bsky.social
Witches blessings to ye #bluesky all hither, from our sacred flows of Boscastle river ✨ 🧙

#ancientriver #halloween #westcountry #eastcoastkin #samhain #witch #gaia #motherearth
October 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Red-bellied woodpecker came back as soon as I put up the feeders. Happy times #birds
October 31, 2025 at 12:51 AM