Before Storm Chandra and after of a similar patch of the beach at Seatown where I have my weekly sauna. The sand has disappeared to leave some fascinating grey rocks with wave-like formations. Bet there’s some great fossiling to be done! #JurassicCoast

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Interesting how one storm from an uncommon direction can completely change the look of a beach. Before and after shots of Seatown coming up

"For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed." - Khalil Gibran. A gorgeous display at my favorite Thai restaurant reminded me of my flower-loving compatriots. This one is for all of you. Stay well! 💐 #ThankfulThursday #dailyflowers 🌱 #flowerreport #bloomscrolling

I doubt I will ever witness a better description of pheasants than the time I heard a ten-year-old call them "fashion chickens".

Annie Turnbo Malone, American chemist, inventor, businesswoman, philanthropist. Early Af-Am wmn millionaire; hair care/beauty supply entrepreneur. Founder, developer, of a prominent commercial cosmetics enterprise for blk wmn(1900s-20s) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #BlackHistoryMonth #ChemSky #SciSky

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

It’s that time of year again. The snowdrops are out on the banks of the river in Netherbury - a gorgeous village in Dorset where I have the privilege of teaching yoga every week.This sight always lifts my spirits. #Imbolc #Spring #snowdrops #WestDorset

Maka Hannya Haramita Shingyo The Heart of Great Perfect Wisdom Heart Sutra (Japanese) × INFINTE repetitions 🌹🐎🙏🐎🌹 c/o @benjaminvanbell7.bsky.social youtu.be/GgfmLuUGETc?...

This is great. It was on BBC Alba the other night. If you didn't see it, here's another chance. I hope you like it. #Donegal www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFp1...

Carved stele inside the Table des Marchands, a Neolithic tomb at Locmariaquer, Brittany. The shapes may represent shepherds’ crooks, symbolizing the pastoral life of the tomb's builders. #TombTuesday 📷 June, 2023.

If any of you is looking for someone to write about / explain science to children, including fact-checking, I am looking for work. You can see why I’d be a good hire here at alomshaha.com

A seaside wood-fired sauna with my beloved ‘sisters’ tonight, welcoming in the sun and the warmth and bathing in the moonlight with the sound of surf on shingle. Imbolc Blessings, Bluesky friends. May your year be peaceful and prosperous 🙏🏼🌕🌞 #Imbolc #BrigidsDay #Spring

The incredible stones feom the ‘Alignments’ at Carnac, Brittany, France. Happy #StandingStoneSunday and a joyous #Imbolc to one and all. Mine. 2023. #thelightreturns, #thecrossquarters #Brigid

For #StandingStoneSunday on St Bride's/Brigid's day, here is the wonderfully twisted (and named) Poit Na H-i stone on Mull, emerging from the ground like a giant granite claw. Happy Imbolc all, spring starts here though it may not yet look like it!

Happy belated #Caturday! In the ongoing series of Milo as a kitten photos, here’s one of my faves. Have a peaceful, restorative Sunday friends 🙏🏼🧡🐾 #Milothecat

Good morning everyone, happy to share this draft poem with you for #poemsabout #blackveils. Another tricky prompt from @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk! Look forward to reading others later! #poems #poetry #scottishpoetry #scottishwriting

#OnThisDay, 30 Jan 1913, Ida B Wells forms the Alpha Suffrage Club in Chicago, Illinois, to give a voice to Black women who had been excluded by national suffrage organisations because of their race. #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory 🗃️ 1/3

Nannie Helen Burroughs, educator, entrepreneur, women’s rights advocate, daughter of formerly enslaved parents, founded a school in Washington DC in 1901. She observed, “Education & justice are democracy’s only life insurance.”

Mornings are for fresh starts. Evenings are for soft landings. In between, we simply do our best. -Jennifer Wagner Whatever the day brings, be well wonderful light weavers.✨ #photography #nature #bluesky #naturephotography #quotes

First snowdrop pushing up amongst the brambles at the end of my garden. Spring is on its way, friends 🙏🏼🦋🌱 #bloomscrolling

Just after this wave broke I got a good soaking up on the boardwalk. It’s wild out there! #stormyseas #wildweather #staysafe #WeatBay #localbeach #seaside

Hi #Catsky

Hello Bluesky friends. That time has come round again. It’s #Caturday and for the next month or so I’m going to be posting photos of #Milothecat as a kitten. How about this one? Yes, we fell hard. I hope your weekend has started smoothly and peacefully. Take it gently. Much love 🧡 🐾🙏🏼

A soothing shot for your timeline, taken on one of the less blustery days this week from the pier. Yes that is the cliff off of ‘Broadchurch’. Feeling blessed to be living by the sea. Sleep well friends. Sweet dreams and may you wake up refreshed and ready for the new day. #Jurassiccoast #WestBay

A soothing shot for your timeline, taken on one of the less blustery days this week from the pier. Yes that is the cliff off of ‘Broadchurch’. Feeling blessed to be living by the sea. Sleep well friends. Sweet dreams and may you wake up refreshed and ready for the new day. #Jurassiccoast #WestBay

Had to clamber over a barbed wire fence, rip my coat and trespass to get a photo of this folkloric monster pretending half-successfully to be a tree. I have no regrets.

Exquisite

Here’s an alternative shot for #BlueMonday, which is not a real thing but a marketing gimmick so let’s celebrate our beautiful ocean today. This is from our sailing trip to Brittany in 2024, when all around was blue blue blue

Here’s an alternative shot for #BlueMonday, which is not a real thing but a marketing gimmick so let’s celebrate our beautiful ocean today. This is from our sailing trip to Brittany in 2024, when all around was blue blue blue

Good morning and good afternoon and I hope your week has started well. Here’s a biiig stretch from Milo who is starting his day as usual, with requests for snacks and door opening in preparation for a full day’s snoozing. It’s Blue Monday so why not do the same? 💤 🐾 #BemoreMilo#Catsky#Catsofbluesky

Ancient Egyptian bronze head of a cat with amber eyes, c. 600 BC. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen. 📷 by me #Archaeology

Throwback to summer 2023, when I fulfilled a long time ambition to see the stones at Carnac. What’s more we sailed there from the south coast of UK in our old boat, 2 years after we’d taught ourselves to sail. All in all, a satisfying outing #StandingStomeSunday #Carnac #Neolithic #TheAlignments

Wonderfully atmospheric and intimate shot of a small section of the famous Carnac Alignments

Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.

The Barnhouse Stone on Mainland Orkney, which creates the winter solstice sunset alignment with Maeshowe. From one angle it looks like a paddle. From another angle, it becomes almost spear-like. From any angle: wonderfully crusty and lichenous! #StandingStoneSunday

I doubt I will ever see a more inspired bit of upcycling.

For #caturday… Milo having a really good wash. ‘Got to get behind those ears.’ Watch ‘til the end for the full effect. #Milothecat #Catsky #CatsofBluesky #HappyCaturday #mindfulness #Saturdayvibes

Well, possibly. But also you know. Not? #Caturday #catphilosophy #Catsky

For #caturday… Milo having a really good wash. ‘Got to get behind those ears.’ Watch ‘til the end for the full effect. #Milothecat #Catsky #CatsofBluesky #HappyCaturday #mindfulness #Saturdayvibes

A breather for your timeline. The sun came out for my sauna on the beach today. May your evening be as peaceful as my afternoon was listening to the waves break on this pebbly beach, looking out at the setting sun 🙏🏼☀️🌊 #gratitude #sunsonsea #nature #seastheday #seaside #Seatown #JurassicCoast

Hard to believe something so delicate could have been made 1500 years ago - let alone make such a huge journey and remain intact.

Hello all. It was a dull and murky day at the beach yesterday, but I like the river running through the red stones and the different shades of water, sky and surf. Sleep well, sweet dreams and may you wake up refreshed and ready for another day 🙏🏼 #seatown #seaside #oceandevotion #seastheday

Look at this beauty! 4 blossoms on my amaryllis … I always plant one in November and it helps me get through #January #bloomscrolling #FridayFlowers (nearly)

Feeling the weight of the world. Also feeling a tiny crack of light as I get back to art making. Monoprint. Acrylic on paper. #art #print #printmaking #monoprint #grief #healing

We’ve reached 1000 followers! We’re not quite sure how this happened, what with our cat photos (of a an admittedly very handsome cat), standing stones and sun-on-sea shots. The thing we most love about Bluesky is the warmth and the kindness we extend to each other. 🙏🏼 With gratitude, Milo and team

The astonishing journey of this beautiful creation 🙏🏼🧘🏽🙏🏼

A common carder bumblebee having a great time with a red nasturtium 🌱 #Bloomscrolling #BugSky #Flowers #Macro #RedWed #ColorADay #RastCoastKin

Another Cambridge street painting. I think these old views of people dressed up and thronging the streets in celebration of their exams being over are a bit of an antidote to what's going on now (original sold a long time ago). Direct watercolour no predrawing. #art #watercolour #mayweek

Yesterday I bought some trousers & last night I went to the Atlantic (the local disco). There was some nice blokes there, about 3 or 4 Punk blokes & lots of punk girls. My zip broke while I was pogoing & no one seemed to have any safety pins, even the punks.