Lucia Nixon
@lucianixon.bsky.social
Classical archaeologist working on Crete, feminist, passionate about equality issues. Also very keen on museums, poetry, and bees. Canadian 🇨🇦
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Bee on one of these white hellebore flowers! #tinyjoys @lizgloyn.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Bee on one of these white hellebore flowers! #tinyjoys @lizgloyn.bsky.social
Such a fierce stab of joy to see Sternbergia lutea appearing in autumn!
October 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Such a fierce stab of joy to see Sternbergia lutea appearing in autumn!
Lots of quinces (aka apples of Kydonia) on the tree this year! Looking fwd to making quince aioli in due course…
September 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Lots of quinces (aka apples of Kydonia) on the tree this year! Looking fwd to making quince aioli in due course…
I have just started reading the 1st book in Attica Locke’s trilogy featuring a Texas Ranger detective who is Black. I may be v busy over the next little while as it is GRIPPING!
July 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I have just started reading the 1st book in Attica Locke’s trilogy featuring a Texas Ranger detective who is Black. I may be v busy over the next little while as it is GRIPPING!
Beautiful red dahlia flower ‘Labyrinth’ opening today!
Not sure why it’s called labyrinth, but hey, I do archaeology on Crete and that’s why I bought this plant!
Not sure why it’s called labyrinth, but hey, I do archaeology on Crete and that’s why I bought this plant!
July 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Beautiful red dahlia flower ‘Labyrinth’ opening today!
Not sure why it’s called labyrinth, but hey, I do archaeology on Crete and that’s why I bought this plant!
Not sure why it’s called labyrinth, but hey, I do archaeology on Crete and that’s why I bought this plant!
Perfect circles on Prt
meadow tonight!
meadow tonight!
July 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Perfect circles on Prt
meadow tonight!
meadow tonight!
Run, don’t walk to the @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social to see the #Siena exhibition before it closes on 22 June! Paintings often heavily influenced by Byzantine icons (check out the halo here)! Plus use of textiles from Iran!
June 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Run, don’t walk to the @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social to see the #Siena exhibition before it closes on 22 June! Paintings often heavily influenced by Byzantine icons (check out the halo here)! Plus use of textiles from Iran!
After some 30 years of living in Oxford I finally made it to Sezincote Manor! This view shows the house with its green dome, the curving orangery on the left, and the Persian garden in the foreground. An Indianising fantasy
June 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
After some 30 years of living in Oxford I finally made it to Sezincote Manor! This view shows the house with its green dome, the curving orangery on the left, and the Persian garden in the foreground. An Indianising fantasy
A big white frilly SCENTED peony w a bud on either side! #tinyjoys @lizgloyn.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
A big white frilly SCENTED peony w a bud on either side! #tinyjoys @lizgloyn.bsky.social
The back of this van made my day! Read carefully…..
June 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The back of this van made my day! Read carefully…..
Really wonderful to see so many bees in my garden, including this one, on a purple allium flower! 🐝🐝🐝
May 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Really wonderful to see so many bees in my garden, including this one, on a purple allium flower! 🐝🐝🐝
First blossom of ‘The Lark Ascending’ roses this year! I can see it and smell its lovely scent and of course I think of the music!
May 21, 2025 at 10:06 AM
First blossom of ‘The Lark Ascending’ roses this year! I can see it and smell its lovely scent and of course I think of the music!
I received my postal ballot today so now I can vote in the federal election on 28 April!!! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
April 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I received my postal ballot today so now I can vote in the federal election on 28 April!!! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
@helenking.bsky.social I see your orange frillies and I raise you this Imperial fritillary!
April 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
@helenking.bsky.social I see your orange frillies and I raise you this Imperial fritillary!
Kalo Mina, everyone!
Have a good month!
Have a good month!
April 1, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Kalo Mina, everyone!
Have a good month!
Have a good month!
1st snakeshead fritillary in my garden this year! Silvery-green strap-like leaves, and bud w characteristic checkerboard pattern! Spring has sprung!
March 27, 2025 at 10:31 AM
1st snakeshead fritillary in my garden this year! Silvery-green strap-like leaves, and bud w characteristic checkerboard pattern! Spring has sprung!
Mad people are trying to wreck the economy of my country Canada, but this palest pink japonica growing against a brick wall has cheered me up #tinyjoys @lizgloyn.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Mad people are trying to wreck the economy of my country Canada, but this palest pink japonica growing against a brick wall has cheered me up #tinyjoys @lizgloyn.bsky.social
Scarlet japonica bursting into bloom on a dark grey fence! #tinyjoys @lizgloyn.bsky.social
March 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Scarlet japonica bursting into bloom on a dark grey fence! #tinyjoys @lizgloyn.bsky.social
Oxford peeps, do come to this Palestrina concert on Sat 29 March -- sublime music in the beautiful setting of New College Chapel, 6 pm!
March 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Oxford peeps, do come to this Palestrina concert on Sat 29 March -- sublime music in the beautiful setting of New College Chapel, 6 pm!
First Scilla this year! #tinyjoys @lizgloyn.bsky.social
March 2, 2025 at 4:40 PM
First Scilla this year! #tinyjoys @lizgloyn.bsky.social
Daphne flowers are beginning to open, and the scent is glorious!
February 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Daphne flowers are beginning to open, and the scent is glorious!
Not a wonderful image in technical terms, but wonderful in other ways — Orion to the lower left, plus the big bright thing up and right from Orion is Jupiter!!! Apparently Mars is also visible, up and left from Orion
February 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Not a wonderful image in technical terms, but wonderful in other ways — Orion to the lower left, plus the big bright thing up and right from Orion is Jupiter!!! Apparently Mars is also visible, up and left from Orion
The deep purple of this iris blossom in a sea of green leaves #tinyjoys @lizgloyn.bsky.social
February 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The deep purple of this iris blossom in a sea of green leaves #tinyjoys @lizgloyn.bsky.social