Hopefully won't be too long before people are taking another amble on the Lunar surface, and I can add to the Moon landing sites on my picture. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour

Exciting announcement, #FolkloreThursday -ers! Our online exhibition is now LIVE! Come along to find out more about Näcken, a sinister Swedish water creature... Visit free online! www.spatial.io/s/DeeDeeChai... Check out the intro video on how to use Spatial.io: youtu.be/oMqB_V9qq3c?...

"We inserted, a fortnight ago, a letter from Mr. George R. Sims - otherwise "Dagonet" - asking us to assist Flash in the recovery of his son Jumbo. Within two hours of the publication of this letter Flash's son Jumbo was discovered in a poor quarter of Hastings." #Bexhill Chronicle 12.2.1916. #Dogs

In the early medieval period, colorful glass beads were a mark of prestige and fashion. This striking necklace, comprising over 60 beads in vibrant reds, blues, yellows, and intricate patterns, was discovered in the burial of a woman at Bissingen, southwest Germany, dating 7th century. 🧵1/2 🏺

Sunbeam #Kobe #Japan 12.2.1877. "We went for a walk...to the waterfall, half-way up to the Temple of the Moon. Much of the ground was covered with snow...yet on either side were camellias & tree-trees covered with red & white blossoms, orange-trees laden with fruit; goldfish swimming..." #Brassey

#WyrdWednesday In his 1555 book 'History of the Northern Peoples' Olaus Magnus describes a giant sea serpent 90m long living in caves & seas around Scandinavia that would attack livestock on land & pluck sailors from their boats. 🎨 Sea Serpent (Sjøormen) by Norwegian artist Theodor Kittelsen, 1892.

“Violet” had better give up the idea that she can write verses. The specimen she has sent us of her composition is perfect rubbish.

The alignments of Kermario in Carnac (Morbihan) comprise over 1,000 menhirs stretching for just over 1km in several rows. The tallest ones are at the W end from where this “general view” by Villard in Quimper was taken. It was published before 1903.

"The Park, Bexhill." Egerton Park postcard c.1902. #Bexhill #Sussex #Park #History #1900s #ThrowbackThursday

My pleasure.

The inaugural luncheon of the Hotel Metropole #Bexhill on the 10th May 1900 was very fancy indeed! One of the dishes was cotelettes d’agneau à la De La Warr.

'Personifying evil, a costumed mapico dancer in Mozambique hides from spectators', 1964.Photograph by Volkmar K. Wentzel, National Geographic Creative

“‘Oh, Queen of Snakes, Queen of Snakes, give me back my husband!”  (Andrew Lang “The Olive Fairy Book”) 🎨 Henry Justice Ford (1907) #goldenageofillustration #bookillustration #booksky

Nowadays it's erected on the Friday closest to the the solstice and it's a public holiday now.

'Patterns of genetic diversity on the X and Y chromosomes suggested that European-farmer ancestry seemed to arrive mostly through females. “We really do think that the bits and pieces of the farming lifestyle that were incorporated by these hunter-gathering groups came in through...women".'

Good morning, wyrdlings! Welcome to another whimsically #WyrdWednesday! This week's theme - “Sabaton, Snorri, Storsjöodjuret - Strange Scandi Stories!” @cwreeve.bsky.social here, all swaddled and stuck up a tree for some reason, but ready to share your posts 👻

"He led him over roads and paths, over mountains and hills. And all the while he slept" (Anna Wahlenberg “Tomtarna” from “Bland tomtar och troll”) 🎨 John Bauer (1909) #wyrdwednesday #goldenageofillustration #johnbauer

LEGENDS OF ICELAND Jón Árnason 1962 Frontispiece by J. B. Zwecker for edition translated George E. J. Powell and Eiríkur Magnússon 1864 #wyrdwednesday #illustration

Another of Kittelsen's engaging trolls from 'Norwegian Folk Tales' by Peter Christien Asbjornsen and Jorgen Moe (1960). #WyrdWednesday #folklore #folktale #trolls #faerie #Norway

#RodentOfTheDay House Mouse (Mus musculus) "The recent discovery of ultrasonic songs produced by male mice, when exposed to female sex pheromones, suggests that this behavior may be involved in mate choice." Photos and info: animaldiversity.org/accounts/Mus...

It was once argued that the Swedish skogsrå were spirits of trees themselves that are able to take human form – ‘tree-souls’ – but experts no longer believe this was ever the case, nor were they spirits that lived within a specific tree. #WyrdWednesday #TreasuryOfFolklore #WoodlandsAndForests

Sunbeam #Kobe #Japan 11.2.1877. "About 7am two Japanese officers came on board with a message which nobody could understand. The Japanese admiral sent word early this morning that he would come on board at two o'clock with some of his captains, and the French admiral..." #Brassey #History #1870s

"The Bexhill Laundry, Belle Hill, Bexhill-on-Sea. The Oldest Established Laundry in the District - A place of interest that everyone should visit - Come and see for yourselves how the work is done. All are welcome." Bexhill Observer 11.2.1928. #Bexhill #Sussex #Laundry #History #1920s

11 February 1765, London: birth of Elizabeth Knipe, later Mrs Cobbold, poet, writer & pioneer fossil collector from the Plio-Pleistocene Red Crag Formation of Suffolk. From 1813 to 1824 she sent over 40 fossils to James Sowerby for his Mineral Conchology, one of which he named Nucula Cobboldiae.

Hello. Still without necessary IT and health issues mean I may have to leave the county long before I would wish. However, I am still filling notebooks and hope to be able to restart an intermittent service at some point soon. I am also discussing how best to make Hookland permanently available.

"Forte's For Quality Ice Cream Wholesale And Retail Ice Cream Parlour and Soda Fountain: 37 Marina, Bexhill." 1951. #Bexhill #Sussex #Seaside #IceCream #History #1950s

Self Portrait. (2007), Louise Bourgeois #Womensart

The Staffordshire Hoard helmet. A helmet fit for a king! This reproduction is based on helmet fragments from the Anglo-Saxon Staffordshire Hoard. It shows how it might have looked when it was made around 1,400 years ago. Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent 📷 by me #Archaeology

"The Midsummer Pole, or Majstang, around which the peasants dance, is decorate with leaves and flowers. It is erected on the 23rd of June, the eve of St. John's Day. This festival is an old relic of sun-worship which has been adopted..." Customs of the World by Charles Rudy, 1900. #WyrdWednesday

The Peyro-Lebado in Lacaune (Tarn) is one of the biggest statue-menhirs in Europe at 4.5m tall and 1.85m wide. Made of granite from 3km away, its features are badly eroded but traces of a belt and other details suggest it represented a male figure.

In a #Norwegian folk tale, a troll-hag, with disconnected head, made repeated attempts to entice chubby little Butterball into her sack with various gifts. But he always got the better of her and escaped with the gift. The illustration is by Theodor Kittelsen. #WyrdWednesday #folklore #folktale

New discovery: During excavations in Cologne, archaeologists have unearthed a lararium, a household shrine, dating back to the 2nd century. This discovery is considered unique north of the Alps. Similar examples were found in Pompeii and Herculaneum. www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft... 🏺

Portrait of a Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling (detail), Hans Holbein, c.1526.

Alice Woodward (1862–1951), a prolific illustrators known for her work in children's literature, and scientific illustrations. One of the few, prolific 19th century women credited in palaeoart.

A wall around the Andorsrud hillfort in Øvre Eiker in Buskerud, Norway (Photo: Kristine Friis Jørgensen). There are c. 450 hillforts in Norway. Most Norwegian hillforts are from the Late Roman Period to the end of the Migration Period, c. 200-600. #HillfortsWednesday

Very Olde-Worlde, seaside hotel interior designed to look like a historic country house

Morning. 🖼️ Cormorant, Ohara Koson.

Your regular reminder: Lemmings Do Not Explode Or Throw Themselves Off Cliffs A popular myth about these arctic rodents has its roots in faked documentary footage from Disney www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/l...

Is your research related to Asia or Africa? Join us on Friday 27 February for an open day exploring our Asian and African collections as well as those of @soasuni.bsky.social , @sas-news.bsky.social and @senatehouselib.bsky.social Book your place here: link.bl.uk/ctf

Alfred Seifert (Czech, 1850–1901) "Hypatia", 1901. Oil on Canvas, 50.2 × 39.4 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

#RodentOfTheDay Sandy Inland Mouse (Pseudomys hermannsburgensis) "Endemic to Australia, the sandy inland mouse can be found widely yet sparsely throughout arid and semi-arid areas of central southern and western Australia." Photo/Info: bie.ala.org.au/species/http...

Beowulf — Lynd Ward, 1939

Valentine's Day was an unremarkable saint day until the High Middle Ages, when bird-watchers remarked that bird breeding season began in mid-February, and Valentine's Day was chosen: birds remain a key motif of this day for love birds. #FairytaleTuesday

This heavy example of Sussex Pottery is displayed on the parquet floor of our Sargent Gallery. #Bexhill

I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.

I find myself in need of £130 to join a trade union with, so here I am, shilling books with a hopeful expression. ko-fi.com/s/7292dd0671

"Families shiver - all because gas kits were mislaid. ...the Gas Board had forgotten to deliver their conversion kits. The families are residents of the Penland Wood Estate, chosen as the first part of Bexhill to get Natural Gas." Bexhill Observer 10.2.1973. #Bexhill #Sussex #Gas #History #1970s

#RodentOfTheDay Cotton Mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus) "It lives in swampy woodlands and related brushy areas, bluffs and upland forests. This rodent consumes mostly insects, slugs, spiders and plant material. " #MouseMonday Photo and info: dnr.illinois.gov/education/wi...

“A screech-owl with glowing eyes flew three times round her, and cried three times ‘Shu hu-hu.’” (Grimm) 🎨 Arthur Rackham #goldenageofillustration #booksky #bookillustration #owlishmonday