An afternoon in November

And then she sleeps ready to nurture the soil for the year ahead 🕊️ …

Millstones, the last rays of the sun - 1890 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/3110388

Seed heads in old glass bottles... on the windowsill of a cottage we once lived in, in Shaftesbury

The Pond at Montgeron - 1876 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/8966

💐 Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe A Gand: chez Louis van Houtte, eÌditeur, 1845-1880. [Source]

Pont-Aven woman and child https://botfrens.com/collections/44/contents/12015

Peach - 1882 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/3110088

September-Erinnerungen 🌦️ September memories #eastcoastkin #coloraday #yellowthu

“By the lake or river-side Where the Alders dwell, In the Autumn may be spied Baby catkins; cones beside - Old and new as well. Seasons come and seasons go; That's the tale they tell!” Illustration & words from The Song of the Alder Fairy by Cicely Mary Barker. #FolkloreThursday #poetry #nature

"That perfect day, that magic moment that we're all waiting for, is right now." Kevin Griffin

Common Buckeye Butterfly In a land of fantasy...

#photography #fotografía #flowers #fujifilm #xt5 #アサギマダラ 📷 ִֶָ 𓂃.𖥧🦋𓈒𓏸ᵕ̈*

The Blue Hour at Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte for #PalacesAndGardens ‘s #WeatherAndMood. In some summer nights, the garden is decorated with thousands of candles, and the Château is open at night so that you can experience how it was to live there by candlelight.

Have a wonderful day...🫶 #ColorADay #YellowThu #InsectThursday #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #Butterflies #Bugsky #flowers #onlybeautifulthings #photohour #bloomscrolling #nature #ArtYear #thelittlethings #EastCoastKin

Good morning. Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #lunchtime , birds with food in their mouths. The alternative is #fluffy , birds with feathers fluffed up. Good luck!! #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

Morning. The Great Blue Heron, Newell Convers Wyeth.

🍂 Good morning! 🍂

🖼️ Basil Ede

Red Stag and Doe in a Heathered Field, Rosa Bonheur.

“ Can we all pray that the big Irishman brings peanuts next time.” #HolidayRobin #birds #EastCoastKin

Today’s #AutumnArrivalSpotlight is the Snow Bunting! ❄️ These hardy winter visitors are the world's most northerly breeding passerines. Watch for lively flocks on shingle and sandy shores, their plumage a mix of white and warm rusty hues. A charming winter spot!

Cherryboat crystal by Mollie Jones

Soaring in to share some of the funniest wildlife images of the year. 📸 These are just some of the 40 finalists part of the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards with Nikon Europe! Winners will be announced on the 9th December. 🏆

Hampton Court Palace, April 2025 An unseasonably hot, cloudless day in #London. Fortunately, the tulips were surviving it well. #PalacesAndGardens #WeatherAndMood #RoyalPalaces #HamptonCourt #gardens #tulips #EastCoastKin #bloomscrolling

#ThrowbackThursday to June and a quartet of colourful roses. Precious Love, Flower Power Gold, Lady Adriana, Eustacia Vye. Just what’s needed on a grey & damp November morning. Have a good day everyone, take care. #roses 🌱

Fills my heart with joy, Bertie does. #birds #ukbirds #bullfinch #bertie #joy #photography

Inside looking out, on the same November afternoon at Prince Eugen's former home at Waldermarsudde. #weatherandmood #palacesandgardens

Sun glimpsing through the November dusk in the palace park of Prince Eugen of Sweden's former home at Waldermarsudde. #WeatherAndMood #Palacesandgardens

Stourhead #PalacesAndGardens #WeatherAndMood #photography

An early autumn morning in Sanssouci Park, Potsdam. #PalacesAndGardens #WeatherAndMood #mood #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin

Mal was fürs Herz.🫶 Diese Bilder entstanden in Sassari auf Sardinen und zeigen tausende Stare. Murmuration nennt sich das und dient in erster Linie dazu Fressfeinde zu verwirren. Natur kann schon echt geil sein.

Goldener Oktober ☀️ Golden October #eastcoastkin #waterwednesday

#Dailyflowers to beat the November blues, always think positively, it's not all grey! Take care of yourself 🫶 #ColarADay #RedWed #Photography #Flowers #PhotographersOfBluesky #loveandpeace #November #onlybeautifulthings #photohour #bloomscrolling #Nature #ArtYear #thelittlethings #EastCoastKin

Good morning. As I’m not hosting #BirdOfTheDay today, I thought I’d post a beautiful Eurasian Jay I saw yesterday. I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

Morning. Vögel der Heimat, Birds of our Homeland), Dr. Karl Russ, illustr. E. Schmidt, 1887.

Squirrel, illustration from British Mammals, A. Thorburn, 1920.

Hello Wednesday. 🖼️ Jill Barklem

'Dinge die mit "D" beginnen oder so aussehen ...' #FotoVorschlag Dahlien 🌸

“ So if you could just hang a red bauble off this branch, then we’ll move to the next one. Thank you.” For Rob’s @robcrank68.bsky.social #HolidayRobin #birds #EastCoastKin

So Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social has decided today’s #BirdOfTheDay is all about #CloseUps of any bird, and the Alternative Birds are Blue Tits or Great Tits. Great theme. I’m sticking with the Jay from yesterday. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

In the Garden (Celia Thaxter in Her Garden) 1892 by Childe Hassam

Schwane (1916) by Carl Thiemann

Tonight, the Woodcock Moon rises. 🌕 Folklore whispers of Woodcocks awaiting this moonlit night to cross the seas & arrive in huge numbers on our shores. It was believed tiny Goldcrests journeyed with them, riding on their backs! It will be our second Supermoon of the year.

Red Hollyhocks in the Garden of the Ancher Family at Markvej in Skagen (1916) by Anna Ancher