@tjquk.bsky.social
A gardener who likes drawing, books & nature as well as chess and now attempting to skateboard at 50+😲. I don't trace, or use a lightbox, or draw lines, just draw with my dodgy eyes 🤓🔎 and a pencil 🖍. NO AI
No labels just me take it or leave it.🇬🇧🇺🇦
No labels just me take it or leave it.🇬🇧🇺🇦
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Finally finished my needle-felting Hare (I know it looks more like a rabbit but I think the colours were wrong). I really enjoyed making it.
I lost a lovely artistic customer today, I'm not religious or anything, but I can't help thinking he was saying goodbye 🥲
December 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I lost a lovely artistic customer today, I'm not religious or anything, but I can't help thinking he was saying goodbye 🥲
Just been watching a cabinet meeting with Trump and even there he looks like he's falling asleep nevermind Sleepy Joe, America now has Dozy Don
December 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Just been watching a cabinet meeting with Trump and even there he looks like he's falling asleep nevermind Sleepy Joe, America now has Dozy Don
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RIP, Gramma
www.nbcnews.com/news/animal-...
www.nbcnews.com/news/animal-...
Gramma the Galápagos tortoise, oldest resident of San Diego Zoo, dies at about 141
Zoo officials said she came from the Bronx Zoo in either 1928 or 1931 as part of their first group of Galápagos tortoises.
www.nbcnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
RIP, Gramma
www.nbcnews.com/news/animal-...
www.nbcnews.com/news/animal-...
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The brightest potential can only unfold in the absence of self-critical, self-threatening thoughts.
Self-scaremongering, self-shaming, or self-bullying are mental tools that only disturb your best version.
So stop. Be compassionate. Let the being be.
Self-scaremongering, self-shaming, or self-bullying are mental tools that only disturb your best version.
So stop. Be compassionate. Let the being be.
December 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The brightest potential can only unfold in the absence of self-critical, self-threatening thoughts.
Self-scaremongering, self-shaming, or self-bullying are mental tools that only disturb your best version.
So stop. Be compassionate. Let the being be.
Self-scaremongering, self-shaming, or self-bullying are mental tools that only disturb your best version.
So stop. Be compassionate. Let the being be.
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Portrait of Pelicans
November 30, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Portrait of Pelicans
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“The Visitor”. I want the title to be ambiguous. Whenever I see coyotes in the ravine I feel an invisible membrane of territory.
Coloured pencil on cotton paper. #SciArt
Coloured pencil on cotton paper. #SciArt
November 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“The Visitor”. I want the title to be ambiguous. Whenever I see coyotes in the ravine I feel an invisible membrane of territory.
Coloured pencil on cotton paper. #SciArt
Coloured pencil on cotton paper. #SciArt
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A friendly reminder that I am offering up to 800 USD off our photography tours to Patagonia, Namibia and the Canadian Rockies! Please visit my website at beautysurroundsyou.com/small-group-... to find out more. It would be wonderful if you could consider joining us!
#bluesky #photography
#bluesky #photography
November 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
A friendly reminder that I am offering up to 800 USD off our photography tours to Patagonia, Namibia and the Canadian Rockies! Please visit my website at beautysurroundsyou.com/small-group-... to find out more. It would be wonderful if you could consider joining us!
#bluesky #photography
#bluesky #photography
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November 30, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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The Evolution of Man
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Cartoon by David Horsey | Los Angeles Times
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Cartoon by David Horsey | Los Angeles Times
November 30, 2025 at 3:59 AM
The Evolution of Man
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Cartoon by David Horsey | Los Angeles Times
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Cartoon by David Horsey | Los Angeles Times
I've become a human ostrich and burying my head in only beautiful things rather than the ugly of reality
November 30, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I've become a human ostrich and burying my head in only beautiful things rather than the ugly of reality
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This masterpiece by the great artist Steve Huston looks like a painting in water, capable of suspending his subjects in space and time, which thrill with vivid moments of figurative dynamism and give the observer the sensation of being able to literally swim in his brush strokes full of life...
November 30, 2025 at 1:12 AM
This masterpiece by the great artist Steve Huston looks like a painting in water, capable of suspending his subjects in space and time, which thrill with vivid moments of figurative dynamism and give the observer the sensation of being able to literally swim in his brush strokes full of life...
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Pair of Collared Falconets (Microhierax caerulescens) in Doi Inthanon NP, northern Thailand by Sheau Torng Lim. With a size of 15-18 cm, these falconets are one of the smallest raptors in Asia.
November 30, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Pair of Collared Falconets (Microhierax caerulescens) in Doi Inthanon NP, northern Thailand by Sheau Torng Lim. With a size of 15-18 cm, these falconets are one of the smallest raptors in Asia.
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🎶 | A new mural has been unveiled on Mathew Street celebrating 100 figures from music who have shaped Liverpool’s cultural heritage, past, present and future.
READ MORE 👉 tinyurl.com/2spm9dkw
READ MORE 👉 tinyurl.com/2spm9dkw
November 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🎶 | A new mural has been unveiled on Mathew Street celebrating 100 figures from music who have shaped Liverpool’s cultural heritage, past, present and future.
READ MORE 👉 tinyurl.com/2spm9dkw
READ MORE 👉 tinyurl.com/2spm9dkw
Not even December and I've seen Christmas Decorations up for more that a week. I'm one of those that feels depressed around the silly season. I have my reasons. It did kind of make me smile though.
November 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Not even December and I've seen Christmas Decorations up for more that a week. I'm one of those that feels depressed around the silly season. I have my reasons. It did kind of make me smile though.
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Flower mural by Jenna Morello in Atlantic City, N.J.
In the comments is a before photo, and a how she did it photo.
#mural #StreetArt #art #artist #flowers
Brighten up our neighborhoods.
In the comments is a before photo, and a how she did it photo.
#mural #StreetArt #art #artist #flowers
Brighten up our neighborhoods.
November 30, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Flower mural by Jenna Morello in Atlantic City, N.J.
In the comments is a before photo, and a how she did it photo.
#mural #StreetArt #art #artist #flowers
Brighten up our neighborhoods.
In the comments is a before photo, and a how she did it photo.
#mural #StreetArt #art #artist #flowers
Brighten up our neighborhoods.
Making some progress on both my skateboards (yes I have two 🙄). I can now push and put my back foot on. Haven't worked up the nerve to twist my front foot to the side, but I feel good about getting better at it all the same.😊🛹
November 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Making some progress on both my skateboards (yes I have two 🙄). I can now push and put my back foot on. Haven't worked up the nerve to twist my front foot to the side, but I feel good about getting better at it all the same.😊🛹
It's nice to finish things but I'm such a fidgety person I was already thinking what next before I had finished what I was doing. I am guilty of starting things and putting them down and not finishing them, maybe that's why. I'm enjoying the process so much I don't want it to end.
November 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It's nice to finish things but I'm such a fidgety person I was already thinking what next before I had finished what I was doing. I am guilty of starting things and putting them down and not finishing them, maybe that's why. I'm enjoying the process so much I don't want it to end.
Finished this book and thoroughly enjoyed it.
November 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Finished this book and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Finally finished my needle-felting Hare (I know it looks more like a rabbit but I think the colours were wrong). I really enjoyed making it.
November 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Finally finished my needle-felting Hare (I know it looks more like a rabbit but I think the colours were wrong). I really enjoyed making it.
November 30, 2025 at 9:20 AM
There is one bird I hear each year that tells me that Winter is here. The Fieldfare.
November 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
There is one bird I hear each year that tells me that Winter is here. The Fieldfare.
Why does Tesco feel the need to put cheese in everything?
November 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Why does Tesco feel the need to put cheese in everything?
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#Small. Yep, I think this gorgeous little green tree frog qualifies. It's today's theme for #BlueSkyArtShow. It was hanging out on my Lady in Red hydrangea, living its best life. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin #frogs #hylidae #amphibians
November 22, 2025 at 9:32 AM
#Small. Yep, I think this gorgeous little green tree frog qualifies. It's today's theme for #BlueSkyArtShow. It was hanging out on my Lady in Red hydrangea, living its best life. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin #frogs #hylidae #amphibians