Bluebells and mossy woods, Burrator reservoir last week, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography

“Look in my face; my name is Might-have-been; / I am also call'd No-more, Too-late, Farewell;” Dante Gabriel Rossetti was born #otd 1828 🎨 The Roman Widow (1874)

Life in the slow lane,happy #thicktrunktuesday all🌳

Hawthorns are in bloom. :)

@mrkstpn.bsky.social Happy Birthday! :) I’m only a little bit late. :)

If you're interested in Czech folklore and culture, you might want to have a look. :) Sharing is highly appreciated! #Folklore #CzechFolklore #SlavicFolklore petrapavlikova.substack.com

#BookWormSat Míla Fürstová's illustrations for the ballad Polednice by Karel Jaromír Erben. Polednice is the Czech word for Noon Witch or Noonwraith. She appears at fields and punishes people working during noon because they should be resting at that time. She also punishes disobedient children.

Oak trees for this #ForestFriday. 🌿

Today I stumbled upon these irises. :) #Flowers

"Our life is no dream; but it ought to become one, and perhaps will." Poet & polymath Novalis was born #otd 1772. 🎨 Caspar David Friedrich "The Dreamer" (1835)

#BookWormSat "What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet" ~ William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

Forest floor is always so fascinating. 🌿 #ForestFriday #FungiFriday #Moss #Fungi

Fox-tail Feathermoss (Thamnobryum alopecurum) in King's Wood LNR, Corby, yesterday. #mosses #bryophytes #forestfriday

A little colourful scene in the forest. #Hiking #Photography #Scape #Bloomscrolling #ForestFriday #EastCoastKin #Ireland

There’s something very soothing about moss. 🌿 #MossyMonday #Moss #Forest #Woodland

Fuzzy tufts 🌿

Ferns are starting to unfurl. 🌿

I can’t wait! :)

Dandelion selfie 🌿

#BookWormSat "I’d wager you haven’t heard the legend of the Monterrubio mine. ... It was an ancient terror, I’ve heard people say. Or a pagan devil, rising from the dark maw of the mine to devour all in its path. Some say it was a haunting." ~ Isabel Cañas, The Possession of Alba Díaz

Bonny beetles for #Invertefest! Woodland dor beetle (Anoplotrupes stercorosus) Rose chafer (Cetonia aurata) Lesser stag beetle (Dorcus parallelipipedus) Seven-spot ladybirds (Coccinella septempunctata) #BugSky #beetles #entomology #bugs #Coleoptera

Morning in the garden. 🌿 It's getting warmer so I refill all the bird baths/drinkers almost daily.

An older autumnal picture for this #ForestFriday. 🌿

Giō-ji's moss garden really comes alive in the rain. The origins of the temple are hazy, but it's thought the hermitage began as a dōjō called Ōjō-in (往生院 'Temple of Rebirth'), built by Ryōnin (良忍 1073-1132) to help spread Yūzū Nembutsu (融通念仏宗).

A picture of a Eurasian jay I took a few years ago in late April. There are so many of them in this forest. I love these beautiful birds. 🌿 #Birds #Forest #Woodland

Mossy picture. 🌿

Finding light and calm amongst the woods,a beautiful spring sunday morning it is.

Mother and foal, cute as anything. #Hiking #Photography #EastCoastKin #Dublin #Ireland

This is what part of my lawn looks like now, and the rest of it is also quite blooming. And there are so many bees and other pollinators. 🌿🐝

Warming the wings,a little resting moment in the speckled sun☀️

Strange creatures lurk in the woods. :) #ForestFriday #Woodland #Moss

Two years ago in the garden. :) #Squirrels

In the dark forest, three's a charm. #Hiking #Photography #Scape #Forest #Woods #EastCoastKin #Ireland

#BookWormSat "Alone in her room... She missed the feel of the forest floor beneath her feet. She missed her friends, the animals." ~ Jackie Morris, The Wild Swans #Forest #Moss #Books #FairyTales #Woodland

Portal to the realm of fairies for this #ForestFriday. 🌿

Lovely starling in the garden. :)

An Italian olive grove for this #ThickTrunkTuesday. 🌿

I love forest mirrors. :) #moss #woodland #forest

Spring in the garden. :)

Last week, I encountered THE biggest wild native Irish tree of my life: the Brian Boru Oak, once part of Galway and Clare's mighty Slieve Aughty rainforest. (Zoom in to see Sonia of the Woodland League for scale.) Can you even imagine when this sort of magnificence was nothing special?

In Ireland, this is what we call a soft day. #Hiking #Photography #Scape #Landscape #Nature #EastCoastKin #Ireland

#BookWormSat "Anguish and despair had penetrated into the core of my heart; I bore a hell within me which nothing could extinguish." ~Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

April has us all aflutter with more beautiful butterflies and moths to look for in our gardens and green spaces 🌷🦋 What have you seen recently?

A lovely beech tree for this #ThickTrunkTuesday. 🌿

Parasol mushrooms for #MushroomMonday. 🌿 #Moss #Forest #Woodland

Another older autumnal picture from the forest. 🌿

Time spent in the forest. A good way to heal what ails you. #Hiking #Photography #ForestFriday #ColorADay #GreenSat #EastCoastKin #Ireland

'You have witchcraft in your lips.' -Shakespeare 🎨Henrietta Rae (detail) #BookWormSat

#BookWormSat "Over hill, over dale, Thorough bush, thorough brier, Over park, over pale, Thorough flood, thorough fire. I do wander everywhere, Swifter than the moon’s sphere; And I serve the Fairy Queen..." ~ Shakespeare Still from Jiří Trnka's film A Midsummer Night's Dream.

An older autumnal picture for this #ForestFriday. 🌿 #Moss #Woodland #Forest