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Tom
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Arts. Gilder. Oil, & traditional Water gilding.
Ophthalmic tech, Perimetry, plus.
Rocks.
History buff.... especially of the 1692 Salem witch trials.

- In the USA. *sigh*
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🦉 Relief plaque of a beautiful owl with melancholic eyes in remarkably high relief & other exquisite details, Egypt, 400–30 B.C.

🏛️ Met

🏺 #archaeology #ReliefWednesday #Egypt #owl
Relief plaque of a beautiful owl with melancholic eyes in remarkably high relief & other exquisite details. The plague is made of limestone.
October 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Friday’s #Scape... Nendrum Monastic Site on Mahee Island, Down, Ireland
Founded by St Machaoi in the 5th Century
#IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #Photography #Infrared #Black&White #Monochrome #ClassicMono #Art #BlueSky #BlueSkyArt #PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #EarlyChristian #Down
September 26, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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We only rate dogs. This is very clearly a red panda. We've had just about enough of your tomfoolery. Please only send dogs. Thank you… 12/10 (IG: __joyjoa)
a front-facing selfie of a small creature that looks identical to a red panda (though to an untrained eye one could mistake them for a pomeranian with red panda coloring). the fluffball is backlit by sunlight, and there is a tree with yellow leaves in the background.
September 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Megaliths of Callanish VIII overlooking bridge to Great Berneray Island, Isle of Lewis #StandingStoneSunday
September 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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#OTD September 17, 1692 the Court of Oyer & Terminer held its last witchcraft trials in Salem & adjourned. With over a hundred people still in jails awaiting trial, the judges must have assumed another session would take place in October, but the Court of Oyer and Terminer would never meet again.
September 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Ozette Triangle, WA State
#Ilford Delta 100 35mm Film, #Kodak Signet 80 (1958), Ektanar 50mm f2.8 lens

#TidesOutTuesday

#filmphotography #photography #filmisnotdead #signet80 #vintagecamera #monochrome #ClassicMono #landscape #cascadia #Ilford #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky
September 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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🪬🧿 Draw bridge ahead! #sketching #artwork #drawing #bridge #urban #artist #creative
A man in a black leather jacket is seen from the side, drawing in a sketchbook with a pencil. The drawing depicts a bridge with its central span raised. In the background, an actual bridge of similar design can be seen, partially obscured by trees. Next to the man, a yellow diamond-shaped road sign reads "DRAW BRIDGE AHEAD". The scene is set on a clear day with a blue sky.
September 5, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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#OTD September 15, 1692, Stephen Johnson confirmed his pact with Satan, as well as his love for French fashion: "he was to have of the Devil for his Service...a pair of French fall Shoes"
September 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Goodnight. May all our dreams be magical journeys that gently lead us to Monday.
🖼️ The Wanderer, Peter Van den Ende.
The image is an illustration from "The Wanderer," a wordless picture book by Peter Van den Ende. It depicts a small paper boat navigating a vast, textured ocean under a starry night sky illuminated by the Northern Lights The illustration is monochrome.
September 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Scorhill

#StandingStoneSunday
Black and white photo. A triangular standing stone - part of the circle at Scorhill on north Dartmoor. It stands on a broad, flat valley - a ridge rises in the distance. Dark cloud above.
September 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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He's just a little guy, and that is all he needs to be
April 3, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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For Friday’s #Scape... Connemara mist, Galway, Ireland
Image: 1990s - 120 Kodak Technical Pan 2415 film, Mamiya RB67
#TechnicalPan #Film #Analog #Analogue #BelieveInFilm #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #Landscape #Art #BlueSky #BlueSkyArt #EastCoastKin #Connemara, #Galway, #Mist #Ireland
September 5, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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For #TombTuesday... in the Cavan Burren Park a dolmen in a clearing at the edge of a wooded area.
Cavan, Ireland
Image: 2017
#IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #Megalithic #Photography #Infrared #Black&White #Monochrome #PhotographersOfBluesky #Art #BlueSky #BlueSkyArt #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #cavan
September 9, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Sparkling golden cubes pyrite Crystals with quartz

📽️📹Bobby_nature_minerals

#minerals #crystals #gemstones #rockhounds #geology #mineralspecimen #pyrite
December 23, 2024 at 5:53 PM
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Stone pilgrims – whether archaeologist, ley hunter, lithically -entranced traveller – talk of alignments, arrangements. We build worlds, project narratives from their positioning. We need to talk more of the intimate relationships they have with each other. – Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday
August 31, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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#StandingStoneSunday
The Penrhos Feilw Standing Stones are a pair of standing stones on Holy Island west of Ynys Môn in north-west #Wales. They are thought to date from the Bronze Age but their origins and purpose are unclear. #Archaeology #History
August 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Dutchman Richard van Mensvoort was born in 1972 and, as a child, was interested with drawing anything that caught his eye. People, animals, everyday life… Richard still gets inspired by the same subjects that attracted him as a child. As a modern impressionist, he captures every day life in oil.
a dark cloudy sky with rays of sunlight shining through, above a river landscape with trees and with a cargo ship sailing on it
August 30, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Small yellow wave (Hydrelia flammeolaria)
Photo by Samantha May, Yorkshire, UK (2024)
via Yorkshire Eden @SamanthaMay64
August 21, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Stunning deep golden calcite crystals on dark basalt. A new discovery from Đắk Nông Province, Vietnam.

Vid: c.k.fine_minerals
Chad Kaatz

#crystals #gems
August 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Large Indian Himalayan quartz crystal—naturally formed, pristine clarity.

Video: huali6437
Hua Li
#minerals #quartz
August 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Happy Monday!

Here’s an ancient amber bear carved about 10,000 years ago!

This magical find washed up on a beach at Fanø in Denmark from a submerged Mesolithic settlement under the North Sea.

National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen. 📷 by me

#Archaeology
My photo shows a small figurine of an amber bear carved some 10,000 years ago during the Mesolithic period. The bear is seen in profile facing right. The legs are incomplete. The ears, muzzle and mouth are defined. The figurine is displayed on a small metal stand. The display lighting shining on the bear’s head and neck enhances the translucence of the orange coloured amber.
August 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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For #MosaicMonday this fantastic photo of a mosaic (and a lovely fish 🐟) that was discovered in the submerged ruins of #Roman Baiae.

Photo: Parco Archeologico Campi Flegrei
The photo was taken underwater. It shows a partially uncovered mosaic on the ground of the sea and a fish swimming above it.
August 18, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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Hendrik and Paula Kerstens - Golden Egg Box (2025)
Archival pigment print, 40×30 in (101.6x76.2 cm)
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August 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM