I've published something (finally)! It's been in my head for a long time. Relieved to have it out in the wild. On to the next thing. #medievalwales #pottery www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

19: Plant a tree in your front yard, and fight for street trees on your street, in your neighborhood, and across your city. There are literally dozens of ways they make life better on streets and in cities. It’s one of the best investments a city can make.

The Library of Alexandria was burned. The Nazis burned books. Lenin destroyed Soviet science. This is no different. Trump and the GOP are coming for both science and our libraries.

Bison return to Illinois' Kane County after 200 years, a crucial step for conservation and Indigenous connection phys.org/news/2025-12...

MV Calumet on the Calumet River, East Side, Chicago

A portrait of Ovenmitt as a young prince. @suzannacrampton.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo-D...

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@annelouiseavery.bsky.social Maki Morris says something wonderful about Jane Austen's writing here: Austen inspired her to want to be a writer, to be able to, like Austen, "use words like paint on canvas." And that is what I feel about your writing, Anne Louise. 👏 www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPZq...

“Women in early medieval Ireland”, Online lectures by me, Lizzie Boyle, Charlene Eska, and Fergus Kelly seminar for Oxford Centre for Early Medieval Britain and Ireland youtu.be/ebQjYq-rT4c?...

Ovenmitt and Java are two heartbreakers every time. What about these two? Does Inca in Ovenmitt's beauty salon have any appointments available for a spa? youtu.be/Lg2SMJf5pww?...

Sorry @onslies.bsky.social; your #SRSlyGood reading has been usurped!

@annelouiseavery.bsky.social Oh, the magic of a hot water bottle, offered with love.

Other work of the Ladybird artists. ‘Tower of London’ Artist: Ronald Lampitt

@suzannacrampton.bsky.social Suzanna, do you think it's surprising to have daffodils bloom in December? Do you think it's the Gulf Stream? or some other aspect of the Isle of Wight climate? Or the alpaca?

Definitely think a different narrative could broaden support for change. It is odd really that a car-dependent society which requires state licensing, surveillance/policing, endless massive government investment & restricts freedom to use alternatives has such ardent defenders on the right.

USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked

Chicago >>>

They're playing variations on "Sakura" (on WFMT) and it's so interesting

Jefferson Masonic Temple, Jefferson Park. One of two active temples remaining in Chicago.

In the bitter gloom, he stood, the Newcomer. He watched the ghosts bolden through & listened to their clumsy armour, to their scattered cries, thorn red in the darkness. Where is Thomas Becket, traitor to king & country….Here, I am…no traitor…but a priest of god…Ferez! Ferez!

CTA bus and train rides will once again be free overnight on New Year’s Eve. blockclubchi.co/4rUtzEa

@annelouiseavery.bsky.social's Patreon - (from Aug 13, 2021) "Old Fox's Best Cheese Scones for Difficult Days" #OldFoxCommunity (Pine Marten, Old Fox) Today is a good day to subscribe. www.patreon.com/posts/old-fo...

@madocleonard2.bsky.social Did you see the "Blue Lights" TV show? I love Sian Brooke. I just love looking at her face. I think she is a fabulous actress. I don't like the music, however -- think it's a bit "Dragnet"-y.

Example of shift the bike path to avoid driveway-driver conflicts www.flickr.com/photos/james...

911? Yeah, me again. The Gehry bandshell has scarpered.

2936-2958 (formerly 1309-1331) W. Monroe, Chicago. (This is only 6 of the survining 9.)They were built in 1885 by developer S. E. Gross; L. H. Hallberg was the architect. According to the clipping from the September 22, 1885 Tribune, each house had a name.

So fair and foul a day I have not seen! Beautiful fog at Graceland Cemetery today.

A year ago you were also dealing with the hay: @suzannacrampton.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsT6... I guess hay is a winter thing

Be Prepared www.bbc.com/news/article...

@suzannacrampton.bsky.social I know you are interested in lichens (about which I know nothing except I suspect that the green stuff growing on the north side of my elms are lichens), so I wondered if you'd ever seen any one like this on Black Sheep Farm.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBx-... You've heard of the Farm Report. This is the Fern Report.

For #Caturday

Candyland House, Rogers Park, Chicago

exterior door avondale, chicago

40 North Menard Avenue

Hayracks needed to be filled. My canine crew tried in every way to assist youtu.be/GaOEZ0yzvpI?... via @YouTube Stephen’s Day was replenished hay day. I also transplanted more ferns in woods and planted lots more bulbs, bluebells, camassia, crocuses and a few snowdrops.

Please pretend that I saw this when it was posted yesterday & my "You there, boy, what day is it?" joke is timely

Christmas morning, a beautiful crisp sunny day with frosted glitter grass. May peace be with you all

I recommend these videos to anyone who hasn't seen them yet. A bit of post-Advent magic from Susan's @wildcottageknits.bsky.social visit to the #BlackSheepFarm. ✨️🎇 youtu.be/w8VcGk9xJpc?... ✨️🎄 youtu.be/uMZ-hwtEdIY?... ✨️🎁 youtu.be/Fb4yUlcIbQs?...

A beautiful Christmas Day. I cooked orange duck & planted more ferns youtu.be/txt6r84o6qg?... via @YouTube Twas a quiet day with normal farm routines, a delicious meal in the middle. One of you out there sent me delicious series of jams & chutneys, one of which I ate today

Record warming met weak political resolve as climate pressures mounted this year.

Sometimes, I get lucky. #Illinois #nature

Pages from A.W. Pugin’s Floriated Ornament, the 1849 manual that helped guide gothic revival architects/artists like John Mallon, who redecorated st. Edmund’s in 1943

Merry Christmas from beautiful St. Edmund’s in Oak Park and/or Happy Holidays to my beloved followers. May we all end the year on a high note full of positivity about the State of Illinois and a desire to share Illinois information and photography.