Plate from Giovanni Battista de' Cavalieri, '𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘢 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘭𝘵𝘪 𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪 𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪 𝘥𝘦𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘪 𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪' (Monsters from all parts of the ancient and modern world, circa 1585). #WyrdWednesday

Bohol Island is in the Philippines and has about 1,700 cone-shaped hills formed from coral deposits and rainwater erosion. They are known as the chocolate hills as in the dry season they turn brown. #WyrdWednesday

Welwitschia is well known for its unique morphology. The plant has only two leaves that grow out of a large woody stem, known as a crown, and continue to grow throughout the plant's life. Welwitschia is one of the longest-living plants on Earth, #WyrdWednesday 🧵

“We have met the enemy and he is us.” ~ Pogo the Possum. Cartoonist Walt Kelly coined this phrase for Earth Day back in 1970. #WyrdWednesday #EarthDay

I've just listened to the latest Film Stories podcast, this week discussing the 1990 film Dick Tracy. A highly interesting and informative story, very much recommended. @filmstories.bsky.social

Happy Founding of Rome Day! Since 121 A.D., the Romans celebrated the founding of their City on April 21st with chariot races. #BenHur (1924). #MGM

It was a beautiful day by the Ocean earlier. #Weather #Aimsir #Photography #Castlerock #CarraigCeasail

“I'm dancing the seven veils Want you to pick up my scarf See how the black moon fades Soon I can give you my heart ... ” ~ Mandinka (1987), Sinéad O'Connor. A guaranteed tune to start the week with a smile, just heard this on TodayFM. #TracksOfMyYears #TheMorning

“Come they of noble family?” ~ Henry V (A2,S2). #ShakespeareSunday #TracksOfMyYears

[Stage Direction] [Enter PROSPERO in his magic robes] The Tempest V, 1 #ShakespeareSunday

#ShakespeareSunday But what art thou, whose heavy looks foretell Some dreadful story hanging on thy tongue? Henry VI, Part III [II, 1] Does anyone know how to read coffee cups? 😃

A harmless necessary cat.  The Merchant of Venice  Act IV Scene 1 #ShakespeareSunday #ThemeFree My Gus today #cats

“Look forward on the journey you shall go” ~ Measure for Measure (A4,S3). #ShakespeareSunday #MontyPython

“Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast.” ~ Romeo and Juliet (A2,S3). #ShakespeareSunday #MotownRecords

“I'll direct thee how thou shalt escape by sudden flight.” ~ Henry VI, Pt.2 (A5,S5). #ShakespeareSunday #TracksOfMyYears #Prince💜

Just received “Shana” from “Jem and the Holograms” to add to my #doll collection: She’s truly, truly, truly outrageous! 🎶🎸💜 #DollSky 💕

"Two lips, indifferent red;" ~ Twelfth Night (A1,S5). #ShakespeareSunday #TRHPS

"I know, by that same eye, there's some good news." ~ Antony and Cleopatra (A1,S3). #ShakespeareSunday #MousePIforHire

I do love nothing in the world so well as you: is not that strange? Much Ado About Nothing Act IV Scene 1 #ShakespeareSunday #ThemeFree

“Sing, and dance it trippingly.” ~ A Midsummer Night's Dream (A5,S1). #ShakespeareSunday #TracksOfMyYears

“ ... to meet you at the tower and welcome you.” ~ Richard III (A3,S1). #ShakespeareSunday #BéalFeirste [📷Me]

"What's his name and birth?" ~ Cymbeline (A1,S1). #ShakespeareSunday #JamesBond #007FirstLight #LanaDelRey #DavidArnold

“But signs of nobleness, like stars, shall shine on all deservers.” ~ Macbeth (A1,S4). #ShakespeareSunday #StarWars

“The instruments of darkness tell us truths, win us with honest trifles ... ” ~ Macbeth (A1,S3). #ShakespeareSunday #Advertising #60s

‘(A)nd at length found myself…within view of the melancholy House of Usher. I know not how it was --but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit.’ ~ Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher. #BookWormSat

"I'm not being horrible Edmond Dorf," I said a little louder. "You don't have to shout," said Jean, "and I'm afraid the travel vouchers and tickets are ordered. Berlin has been told to expect Edmond Dorf." ~ Funeral in Berlin (1964), Len Deighton. #BookWormSat #Berlin #MichaelCaine

Yester Castle, built by Hugo de Giffard, the Wizard. The castle was built over an entrance to Hell and the builders were an army of goblins provided by the Devil. The only remaining complete structure is the subterranean Goblin Hall. more in my: "Folklore of Scotland" #bookwormsat #Scotland

Arkham Asylum- located in Gotham City, first appearing in Batman (1974) Based on H.P. Lovecraft fictional city of Arkham, MA #BookWormSat 🖼️ = Mikel Janin, Batman vol 3, 2016

#BookWormSat „It was a warm night at Castle Caladan, and the ancient pile of stone that had served the Atreides family as home for twenty-six generations bore that cooled-sweat feeling it acquired before a change in the weather.“ ✍️Frank Herbert, Dune 📷 Château Gaillard of Richard Lionheart,Normandie

"buildings or places of note...real or imagined" #bookwormsat Fortress of Solitude, Doc Savage no.23. By Kenneth Robeson. April 1968, cover art by James Bama. #booksky "It was also too bad that John Sunlight was destined to be the man who found the Strange Blue Dome."

“ ... full of sound and fury ... ” ~ Macbeth (A5,S5). An excellent production by Druid Theatre at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast. #Shakespeare #Theatre

Later today I am attending Druid Theatre's acclaimed production of Macbeth, directed by Garry Hynes. It is part of their 50th anniversary season. #Shakespeare #DruidTheatre #LyricBelfast #Theatre

“Fort Knox is a bank like any other bank. But it is a much bigger bank and its protective devices are correspondingly stronger and more ingenious.” ~ Goldfinger (1959), lan Fleming. #BookWormSat #FortKnox #JamesBond

‘It is Stonehenge!’ said Clare. ‘The heathen temple, you mean?’ ‘Yes.Older than the centuries; older than the d'Urbervilles!’ Tess of the D’Urbervilles Hardy #BookWormSat

"History began badly and hav steadily got worse." - Nigel Molesworth #BookWormSat #BookChatWeekly #WorldHeritageDay #RonaldSearle

“We ate lunch at the cafeteria in the park. Afterwards, avoiding the zoo (Holly said she couldn't bear to see anything in a cage), we giggled, ran, sang along the paths toward the old wooden boathouse, now gone.” ~ Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958), Truman Capote. #BookWormSat #CentralPark

Tara Booth art at the AVANT GARDENER exhibition currently at the Naughton Gallery, Belfast. This event forms part of REACH 26, Queen’s University Belfast’s annual Arts and Sustainability Festival. #Belfast #TaraBooth #Art

Sad news, former BBC Radio 1 DJ Andy Kershaw dies, aged only 66. #RestInPeace #AndyKershaw

“Once more. A great knight has defeated evil for a hundred years!” ~ Celia. The Haunted Castle by Robert Kanigher in The Brave and the Bold #20 (DC Comics, November, 1958). #PhantomsFriday #50s [🎨Irving 'Irv' Novick]

Eddie Cochran was killed in a car crash on April 17th, 1960 aged 21 while on tour in England. #OnThisDate #EddieCochran

“ ... Cats, you’re aware, can repose in a chair, Chickens can roost upon rails; Puppies are able to sleep in a stable, And oysters can slumber in pails. But no one supposes A poor Camel dozes ... !” ~ The Camel’s Complaint, Charles E. Carryl. #WyrdWednesday #BookologyThursday [🎨Donald McGill]

“A fisherman living in York Complained that the length of the walk From his house to the sea Took two days or three, And more if he stopped for a talk.” ~ Michael Palin. #WyrdWednesday #BookologyThursday [🎨Bob]

“Mrs. Dighty in her nightie walking in the dark, trod upon a puppy dog's tail and made the creature bark. Mrs. Dighty in her nightie let the puppy go, by lifting up her instep and raising her big toe.” ~ Mrs. Dighty, Spike Milligan. #WyrdWednesday #BookologyThursday

Watching the film Chicago, directed by Rob Marshall. Starring Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Richard Gere. #FlicksOfMyYears

Happy Birthday wishes to Peter Davison. Born on 13th April 1951. #PeterDavison #DoctorWho #BOTD

This evening for #SkySunday. #Belfast #Ireland

Well done, Rory McIlroy is the 2026 Masters champion. #TheMasters #Golf #RoryMcIlroy

"The odds are gone, and there is nothing left remarkable beneath the visiting Moon." ~ Antony and Cleopatra (A4,S15). #ShakespeareSunday #DCcomics #V

“No planet is of mine.” ~ Antony and Cleopatra (A5,S2). #ShakespeareSunday #DoctorWho