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Happy first of the month to all who celebrate #RabbitRabbitRabbit
Large, brown hare standing on long grass in profile facing the right side of the frame. The hare is lit from behind by the sunrise. There is a gravel path in the background.
August 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Mossy wanted to know why, when both her sisters had been featured on Bluesky, she hadn't yet had her close up. So I thought I'd better give her a turn. Please put your hands together for gorgeous Moss 👏👏👏 #chickens 🐓
Orange chicken with darker orange neck feathers looking forward, standing on a lawn.
December 14, 2024 at 2:43 PM
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I guess I should do my #ArtAdventCalendar day 10 post huh?

First Day Out Redux
55x40.5in
140x103cm
Oil on Canvas
2019 and 2023
Abstract landscape: Swirling blue storm cloud with a blue white wall cloud, rain over a green field and trees
December 10, 2024 at 6:29 PM
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In 1973, American photojournalist Pamela Harris travelled to Taloyoak in northern Nunavut in what was originally intended as a short visit. However, after meeting with the Inuit women’s craft circle there, she wanted to do something more. Harris returned south, and managed to…
Portrait of Arnayouk Alookee, with baby in her hood, collecting lichen in Taloyoak (Nunavut) in 1973. Portrait of Arnayouk Alookee on a rock ledge, same day, smiling at the camera.
December 10, 2024 at 6:40 PM
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Tonight's entry for the #ArtAdventCalendar is this fabulous female rhinoceros beetle. She graced the September volume of the Annals of the Entomological Society of America.
(Dynastes neptunus) Tandayapa, Ecuador
A large brown beetle on a mossy log with dense cloud forest and mountains in the background.
December 11, 2024 at 12:05 AM
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Wonderful day ahead for 🇫🇷. Notre Dame will reopen on time, 5 years after it was gutted by fire. I was lucky enough to have visited the inside this week. It is stunning, the blanched stonework of the vaults and pillars as they would have been in medieval times

www.economist.com/europe/2024/...
December 7, 2024 at 10:41 AM
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A recent visit to the medieval village of Blanchland (the Land of the White Monks). This character greets you when you enter Blanchland Abbey. Read and see more at www.stories.davefoster.co.uk/land-of-the-...

#history #northumberland #castles #photography #church #medieval
December 7, 2024 at 12:29 PM
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The Myth of Making It
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December 3, 2024 at 7:31 AM
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Another great day in Durham. Cannot get enough of this brilliant historical city.
November 25, 2024 at 6:43 PM
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A few greater white-fronted geese a whole lot of cackling geese. They were part of a huge crowd gathered on a sandbar in the river. Video in the reply (with sketchy bsky quality) #birds
Lots of geese standing on a sandbar and in the surrounding water
October 16, 2024 at 1:12 AM
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Eagle-eyed view of geometric tracery in 19th century window at All Saints Church, Highweek, Devon

#WindowsonWednesday
October 16, 2024 at 5:43 AM
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So many colors, shapes and textures going on this single beautiful bird!

Steller's Jay #birds #becurious 🪶
photo of a steller's jay on a triple twisted power line. they are facing away from the camera with their head turned to the right looking at the camera. their feathers are very dark grey, black and multiple shades of blue with sleek feathers, fluffy feathers and some feathers with striped markings.
October 5, 2024 at 4:33 PM
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October 6, 2024 at 4:01 AM
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Great Photography. Photo credit 📸: Mary Jacquel
October 5, 2024 at 6:03 PM
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Chaffinch launch! - A female Chaffinch takes to the skies at Romsley Worcestershire UK - 13-09-24 #birds #ukbirding #nature #ornithology
September 15, 2024 at 1:55 PM
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New arrivals at Hall Hill Farm in County Durham, UK.
New arrivals at Hall Hill Farm in County Durham, UK
September 14, 2024 at 2:46 PM
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St Mary le Bow, Durham is now a heritage centre. Medieval church rebuilt around 1685 with tower completed 1702

#SteepleSaturday #Durham
September 7, 2024 at 5:26 AM
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damianward.bsky.social
Millennium Stone No. 4, Buckinghamshire 2024.

#photography #monochrome #bnw📷📸
September 5, 2024 at 8:41 AM
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saskajanet.bsky.social
Good morning, Junior
(American robin) #birds
Young American robin standing on the railing of a metal park bench. It has a very spotty belly. It is facing forward with head turned to its left giving a profile
September 6, 2024 at 1:13 PM
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I'll be doing another 'how to use BlueSky' talk, this time with @scbwicanadaeast.bsky.social on Oct 26!

It's free to attend, pls register on the site: www.scbwi.org/events/bluesky

#kidlit #scbwi
Photo of author illustrator Charlene Chua for SCBWI Canada East event 'Nothing but Bluesky'. The talk on Oct 26 is about how to use BlueSky for children's authors and illustrators.
September 6, 2024 at 2:25 PM
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Watercolor piece from 2013. It's old, but I still like it! Look at all those little scales, so pleasing 🐉

#art #myart #dragon #illustration #traditionalart #watercolor
Watercolor painting of a dragon and a unicorn swirling around eachother in either a battle or a dance
September 6, 2024 at 6:37 AM
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Nature!

🌱🍄📷🌿📸🕷️
#nature #photography #naturephotography #fairysteps #fungifriday #moss #scotland
Several little groups of mushrooms. They have a creamy rounded cap with a peach coloured centre, on speckled peach stems growing from a moss covered small tree stump littered with dead leaves.
September 6, 2024 at 6:28 AM
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Enjoying a dip in Joe's Pond, Tyne and Wear, UK. The Greylag, the ancestor of many domestic geese, is the largest and most robust among the wild geese native to the UK and Europe. #birds #ukbirding #wildlife #nature #photography #goose 📷 🦉
greylag goose at joe's pond in tyne and wear uk
September 6, 2024 at 7:39 AM
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This magnificent roof in the hall at Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland looks medieval. It’s actually a false ceiling made from teak from Thailand in the 19th century .

#Castle #woodensday 🏰
September 4, 2024 at 6:51 AM