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AFewGreenLeaves
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Art, history, books, hiking, and science. Dogs are cool, too.
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AFewGreenLeaves @pondare.bsky.social · 17d
Charming, rakish, would not say no to some cheddar cheese.
A tan dog with a black muzzle reclines on his bed, head up, staring at me. His left ear is raised at a rakish angle and his slightly exposed lower teeth give the impression of a smile.
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thomasragon.bsky.social
Hashimoto Okiie (1889-1993)
December 2, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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agemoyen.bsky.social
Calendrier de l'avent d'enluminures médiévales #calavhist, jour 2 !

Ce petit cheval de Troie est terriblement trop mignon...

BnF, ms. Français 12 601, fol. 235 ; un manuscrit du XVe siècle.
Enluminure médiévale montrant le cheval de Troie et des soldats grecs en train d'y grimper
December 2, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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apelife.bsky.social
By the lake
Photo Credit: My daughter
#EastCoastKin
December 2, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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ljdubcan.bsky.social
Today’s Canadian painting is “Stormy Weather, Georgian Bay” painted by Frederick Varley in 1921.
December 2, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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bucksarchives.bsky.social
Found this Animorphs prequel, now you are also burdened by witnessing it
An 1863 satirical cartoon from the London Illustrated times, depicting a man transforming into a sharp and eating up a bunch of fish that are also mortgages and loans? I don't know I think there's a lot of stuff going on here that made far more sense at the time.
December 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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moma.bsky.social
Alexander Calder, Brooch, c. 1940
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136772
Gift of the artist
November 30, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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kpw1453.bsky.social
Dedication stone from Roman Bath to the goddess Sulis which was set up by Priscus, a stonemason and tribesman of the Carnutes (a tribe in Gaul). Now part of the museum collections at The Roman Baths in Bath. 📸 My own. #EpigraphyTuesday #RomanBritain #Bath
December 2, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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drnwillburger.bsky.social
Somewhere in a Roman brickyard, around 1800 years ago, a fresh tile was drying ahead of firing - until a dog trotted straight across it.
Centuries later, the tile has made it into a museum: not because of an emperor, but thanks to one dog who accidentally walked his way into history.🧵1/2

📷me
A Roman tile with 13 dog's paws prints
December 2, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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chapps.bsky.social
They say ‘fake it ’til you make it’, which might have proved embarrassing to the woman who once wore this snake bracelet, if the gilding chipped off at a party … to reveal the bronze beneath. Discount luxury, same as it ever was. 🏺 1/

Western Greek, from Cumae. 200-100 BCE. #BritishMuseum
Gilded bronze snake bracelet, with curved snake head terminals at either end. The body of the coiled bracelet is made of two medium thick wires of bronze twisted about one another. There’s a feather or vegetal pattern on the backs of the snake head terminals, reminiscent of the ‘agathadaemon’ snakes, which brought luck and fertility. Chips of gilding have worn off to reveal the dark bronze beneath.
December 2, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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jabb.bsky.social
🎨: Sarah Evans
December 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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thomasragon.bsky.social
Erwin Poell
December 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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gswooster.bsky.social
'Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?' #Wodehouse
November 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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venetiajane.bsky.social
Wildflowers found on a lovely, sunny walk through the village on the last day of November. Prickly sowthistle, yarrow, wood avens, red dead-nettle, cyclamen, bramble, white dead-nettle, hawksbeard, feverfew and some hazel catkins impatient for spring! #TheWinter10 #WildflowerHour
A collage of close-up wildflower photos, including a closed prickly sowthistle flower, pink bramble bloom, yellow hawksbeard buds, white yarrow, pink and white dead-nettles, a yellow wood avens flower, a curled pink cyclamen bud, small white feverfew flowers, and long green-yellow hazel catkins.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Suzie MacKenzie, printmaker working primarily in collagraph, her work describes the landscape of the north-eastern Highlands of Scotland #ReframingWomenPrintmakers #Winter
Print featuring rooks flying above bare trees against a wintery pink sky
November 30, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
'Three Waratahs' (hand painted version) from the series of linocuts of Native Australian flowers by contemporary printmaker Rachel Newling #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
Print featuring three large red blossoms on dark green stems with leaves against a white background
November 30, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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jillwhitelock.bsky.social
Ailsa Craig from Arran.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekVforVowels 📷 #photography
A view across rocks and a sandy beach to a island in the sea. The sea and sky are pale blue, with a low band of white grey clouds in the sky.
November 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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tribe-xx.bsky.social
Alex Colville
November 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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oh-that-guy.bsky.social
Spiegel im Spiegel for Cello and Piano (Arvo Pärt)
Leonhard Roczek - Cello
Herbert Schuch - Piano
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Spiegel im Spiegel for Cello and Piano (Arvo Pärt)
YouTube video by Leonhard Roczek
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November 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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oh-that-guy.bsky.social
Algoma Hill | Lawren Harris
November 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Tired: Strong Floor, No Ceiling
Wired:

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The Coup - "The Guillotine"
YouTube video by ANTI- Records
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November 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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hiroshiyoshida.bsky.social
Sakujii https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/156899
© Estate of Hiroshi Yoshida
November 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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classicalalan.bsky.social
All of the original artworks on my Etsy shop are currently on sale at 20% off, including this watercolour of the two standing stones on the Île de Sein, Brittany that are known as 'Les Causers', or 'The Talkers'.
Check them out here: shorturl.at/HDzSI
#StandingStoneSunday
A black and white watercolour painting of two standing stones standing next to one another.
November 30, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Penny Evans, ceramic artist in Australia who creates works that embody her Indigenous Kamilaroi/Gomeroi cultural heritage #WomensArt
Photo of a dush in irregular oval shspe with circular symbols in pinks, blues, reds and black which are linked by black lines against a white and black background
November 27, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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akbridgelake.bsky.social
"To See Nature Anew: The Evolution of Animal Art in the 18th & 19th Centuries" is the latest by R.E. Sample - a fascinating look at how these depictions occurred and likely shaped our feelings towards our fellow creatures for the better.

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To See Nature Anew: The Evolution of Animal Art in the 18th & 19th Centuries
"To See Nature Anew: The Evolution of Animal Art in the 18th & 19th Centuries" is R.E. Sample's latest. In The Renaissance Garden Guy.
renaissancegardenguy.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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alisonfisk.bsky.social
Something ancient and wonderful for the weekend! 🤩

The world’s oldest known sculpture of a horse!

This tiny figurine was carved from mammoth ivory by an Ice Age artist some 40,000 years ago!

📷 by me

#Archaeology
My photo shows a profile view of a small horse figurine with head to the left, displayed against a dark background. Sculpted from mammoth ivory, the surface is a mottled greyish-earthy-brown colour with a shiny patina. It was once likely pale white in colour. It measures 2.5 cm height, 4.8 cm width, and 0.7 cm depth. The head is gracefully lowered with a long curving neck and a convex curved back. The four legs are incomplete. The top of the tail remains. The eyes, nostrils, and mouth are carved as indents. The ‘Vogelherd Horse’ was excavated in 1931, together with a number of other ivory animal figurines from the Vogelherd Cave, Swabian Jura, Germany. It is the oldest known sculpture of a horse. On display at the Museum of Ancient Cultures, at Hohentübingen Castle, Tübingen, Germany.
November 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM