Ancient shepherd's clock, humble sage of mountains and fields. Through a small hole penetrates the ray of sunlight, tireless traveler of the hours. Each advancing glimmer is an hour that was born and blossomed in a springtime May. ;) @vvb-lj.bsky.social

In honour of the 200th anniversary of Jefferson's death, here's a reminder of one of his loves - mockingbirds, including the disappointingly named Dick. www.monticello.org/encyclopedia...

Happy Independence Day, USA. ✨ It was 20 °C at 6 a.m., and 24 °C at 13h, in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776, when the USA formally came into being. (Jefferson made sure to record it; we would probably get along well, he and I. 🙂) edition.cnn.com/2026/07/03/u...

„A quieter dawn chorus tells us something is going wrong, often before we even recognise it. Once lost we may not get it back.“ - Dramatic loss of #birdsong in 50 years 🪶 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Sunday, 21. VI. 2026, 17:11 The sun will be saying goodnight earlier and earlier. Again. But this year, I have an extra sun or two of my own to keep the light when darkness comes again. May suns they are, May stars: a reminder of a time of bloom and growing light. ✨✨✨

In case anyone happens to be in the neighbourhood... terraparzival.net

#ThickTrunkThursday www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Literary translators, what is your favourite trick to put some distance between you and the text - to see how it works - when proper temporal distance is out of the question? I like to change the font (several times) and use "book view". Do you do that? Or have any other ideas?

On Friday, June 14, 2002, a 73 m asteroid, the 2002 MN, missed the Earth by three hours. Its mass and relative velocity were in the same range as the object associated with the Tunguska event of 1908. It was only discovered three days later, on June 17.

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11. VI. 2026, 17:27 #UrbanBeauty

11. VI. 2026, 17:27 (Missed the perfect shot by a few seconds.) #UrbanBeauty

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9. VI. 2026, 19:10 The heart of summer.

A hundred years ago roday, on June 10, 1926, Antoni Gaudí i Cornet died, after having been hit by a tram on June 7. An extraordinary visionary, an extra-ordinary human.

CLOVES. Why you should be chewing them. (Or just search for "cloves benefits", no quote marks.) pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

The intelligence of AI (@microsoft-copilot.bsky.social, in this case).

Let's not know what time it is. youtu.be/yx2rJthMXJw?...

Por el camino me encontré con esta jacaranda, una de las más bonitas que he visto hoy, adornando el cielo y la tierra. @vvb-lj.bsky.social

@alba7779.bsky.social Speaking of the animal kingdom... I suspect my home-made jungle is thriving better than I thought! 🧐

The last day of May 2026, 19:20

Sparrows chirping, a blackbird in the distance, a soprano rehearsing an aria behind a nearby open window... The blessed wind is gone; but it could be worse. 🌾

30. V. 2026, 22:47 The first cricket of the year.

There's a biggish stone I keep putting in the flimsy water bowl outside the building, so that it doesn't overturn when birds sit on the edge to drink... and a crow keeps taking it out. Every. Single. Day. We've been at it for YEARS. 😆 (S/he knows when I am armed with a phone camera, though. :D)

This one is for Augie - I remember he liked this one :) @houle.bsky.social #WorldBeeDay: Two painted beehive panels from the 19th century. 🐝😼 (Expand. Especially the second one. 🙂)

Just saw a baby crow for the first time in my life. Sitting in the grass, waiting for mama (or papa). Those innocent eyes. How I wish life - this world - were a much kinder place. For all living beings.

#WorldBeeDay A bee: in its dying moments its mouth opens and closes, kissing the ground www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#WorldBeeDay #OTD in 1734, Anton Janša, the pioneer of modern apiculture, was baptised. After his death (at 39), the empress Maria Theresa decreed that all teachers of apiculture should use his books. His original painted beehive is still preserved. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_J...

Hearing a noisy juvenile sparrow or two for the first time this year: that mono-tone, high-pitched CHEEEEP, repeated in quick succession for hours. 😊💕 (I remember that for years they used to make their debut on my balcony on May 8, for some reason.)

Fragment of a mosaic which once decorated a pool. Roman, late 2nd–early 1st century BC. Discovered on Via S. Lorenzo in Panisperna, Rome, in 1888. #MosaicMonday

Mein sind die Jahre nicht, die mir die Zeit genommen; Mein sind die Jahre nicht, die etwa möchten kommen; Der Augenblick ist mein, und nehm ich den in acht, So ist der mein, der Jahr und Ewigkeit gemacht. Andreas Gryphius, cca 1640

1. V. 2026, 16:00 "Go away. Nothing to see here! Just those self-important pigeons trying to steal the show, as ever." (SOUND ON) #Sparrows

The Heathen Maiden (seen below in a photo from cca 2020) was reported by the national TV to have disappeared during the last storms. A live webcam was set up today, showing it's still there. panoramicam.eu/cam/Po%C5%A1... BUT... (see next post)

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Taken expressly for @avecsesdoigts.bsky.social (but all are welcome to enjoy them :D)

Yep, spring is here.

May your heart be on fire. May good tear the veil of darkness. Daniel Bonnell, Road to Emmaus #2 (no copyright infringement intended)

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5. IV. 2026, 18:17 A green tulip

5. IV. 2026, 18:27 A local production of "Much Ado About Not Very Much".

#ironworkthursday for @vvb-lj.bsky.social #Marckolsheim #Alsace

2. IV. 2026, 14:24 Still life.

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Palm Sunday, 29. III. 2026, 18:47

Helena Vurnik: Annunciation, 1915

El Faraón gorrión y sus gorrioncllos molineros te traen una nueva primavera llena de flores, porque allí donde florece una flor, florece una esperanza. 🌾🌹🌹🌾🌞