Compressed.. 🫤 Which I now know = burnt out (Thank you Greg)

Queen of the Music Hall Marie Lloyd born on this day! Here's a clip of a tribute to her in my tv series 'The Stories Behind The Songs' on #TPTV Her song 'My Old Man' (Don't Dilly Dally On The Way') #MarieLloyd @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social

I think these are myrtle. They smell like concentrated bluebells. #Spring

Maybe this is what’s missing? We need people Churus

"It won't be about colour or sexuality It won't be about where you're from or what you believe It won't be about religion, it won't be about oil It won't be about lines drawn in the sand anymore When cometh the hour, cometh the war It'll be the rich versus the poor" Beans on Toast

Not sure if the feeling is depression or compression

@teamidris.bsky.social Isn’t this fantastic - in a kind of scary brilliant way

@snowkitten.bsky.social A sad truth 😢

The ancient Egyptians never cease to amaze.

Happiness is…playing along to treasured records! This is ‘Mammy’s Arms’ recorded by my dad, Dave & Joe Brown in ‘92. Have a lovely weekend. #ChasandDave #JoeBrown #FridayFeeling

Neolithic recycling ✨

Unusual morning: A big badger hurtling through the front garden. Is that some kind of omen? 🤔

Four paintings from tne 'Bush flowers' series, by Raelene Stevens, contemporary Australian Indigenous artist from the Tweed Valley area of NSW #WomensArt

Laughing While Digging, 2022 by Roxana Halls, contemporary UK painter #WomensArt

This is one of my favorite optical illusions, because even when you know specifically HOW IT WORKS, it's still hard to make your brain believe it. The image below is real-world video, but you're being tricked into believing it's an elaborate miniature by the DIORAMA EFFECT. Let's talk about it.

Behold!

This is superb 💕 ..listen

Capturing a Queen: The Image of Anne Boleyn #art #history www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Absolutely certain these beauties will sprout little eyes and shuffle off (stage right) giggling.

🙀😹

I am going to give the accordion a bashing for 10 minutes

@soundcube.bsky.social Heart (and Robin) warming

If they close anymore roads round here, I will implode..

Just look at these cheerful, friendly little mites 😘

Dave’s not alone.. It’s been a hard weekend

Crocheted mandala, street decorations, a collective creation by women in Licata, Italy #WomensArt

Metre-high marble head of Antinous, the teenage Greek male favourite of the Roman Emperor Hadrian. When the head was unpacked on its return from an exhibition tour, it was obvious that someone had given it a couple of kisses (Louvre, 2nd century)

Thank goodness for the neurodivergent Where would we be without them 🤔

I decluttered 7k emails and felt epic til I looked around the room and realised there was zero material change 😢

My Boxing Day gift from the local field (bottom left) which occasionally gives up a great treasure - for seekers. #FossilFriday ok, near enough!

This somewhat reminds me of an arrangement you might make! @soundcube.bsky.social

I have done the swimming and am satisfyingly wrinkly-toed 🏅

Going swimming..

When they’re brown they’re done When they’re black they’re f…..

@teamidris.bsky.social How it started..

Illustration by artist Tamsin Abbott, from the recent book 'Wild Folks' created in collaboration with fellow artist Jackie Morris #WomensArt

FOI requests show that in 2024/2025, payments to individual finders & landowners for 'Treasure' rewards cost us £7,280,321.26 1/2 bigbookoftorcs.com/2026/01/11/t... #Archaeology #Treasure #Detecting 🏺

This is huge, heavy and unwieldy. If you left one or two around your dwelling, nobody would come to argue with you.

The prancing! @teamidris.bsky.social @snowkitten.bsky.social

Here is a video of a frozen creek that had begun to thaw, and the water was flowing beneath the thin ice on top. I took this because it was soothing and wonderfully bloopy and I wanted to listen to it for hours. You are all welcome to enjoy it, too. Let your brain settle here and rest for a moment.

I need to use the sleep.. 😴

Xx

Can I please add: Botryoidal, iridescent joy✨

Quite certain this is a stop motion and that mold is going to sprout eyes and saunter off any second now.

Superb!

We have a muntjac curled up behind the bins.. He’s made a nest yesterday in the dry leaves and he’s hanging out there now, out of the horrible, chunky rain.