If you're lucky enough to have space for a freezer, what bought ingredients do you have to have in there? Not leftovers, produce from the garden, or batch cooked meals. Stuff you buy from a supermarket.

#FoodStudies. Some hefty authors on this paper (clout, not body weight, obvs!)

'A Polo Ground in Wartime.' (1940) Kenneth Rowntree has always been highly regarded by those familiar with his work, he was an artist of great scope and variety. His early work reflects the inspiration and creative dialogue that came out of his friendship with Eric Ravilious.

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Pictures taken this week near Whitchurch Down, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography #moss

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... This is a wonderful listen.

A spirit watches over Dartmoor. His face is granite grey. His eyes are dark as peat pools. His name is Old Crockern. And today he’s at The Museum of English Rural Life. Learn Crockern's story on Absolute Units, w/ Ruth Webb & @lisaschneidau.bsky.social, out now! merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...

Holloway or sunken paths around #Dartmoor, I recently ordered some greetings cards of this collage, arriving tomorrow. These paths are Lettaford, path near Huckworthy, Footpath near Tavistock, Lydford and track near Middlemoor, Whitchurch Down. #Devon #photography

Alder trees and Taviton brook near Whitchurch Down this week, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography #trees

The heel stone, Challacombe triple stone row #Dartmoor #StandingStoneSunday

Some new greetings cards in my Etsy shop, at the very reasonable price of £3.25 each including uk postage. 🙂 #Dartmoor #Devon #photography. thegreenlanesshimmer.etsy.com

Another of the Double Ellen Hellebores. I bought 10 tiny plugs for £10 years ago so there's a few dotted around the garden. I forget how fabulous they are until they suddenly reappear. They do love the rain and acidic soil here in #Cornwall #nature #bloomscrolling #gardening 🌱

Some more crocus for another #SundayYellow 🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling

Stone, moss, waterfalls River Meavy #Dartmoor #Devon

At the outbreak of WW1, Anna Airy became a war artist. Her paintings include recording scenes of heavy engineering and armourment production. This work depicts a Shell Forge at the National Projectile Factory, Hackney Marshes London in 1918.

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The Magnolias are thinking they can sense Spring #gardening #mygarden #blueskygardening

#edgeworthiawatch #soon #signsofspring #mygarden #blueskygardening

IT HAS STOPPED RAINING!!!

The widowed American generals are out in force again 🙄

Willows and stream near Whitchurch Down, #Dartmoor, #Devon this week. #photography

It is astounding to me that people could watch this and 1/ Not burst out laughing. 2/ Not see how desperate he is.

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A gulp of Thames cormorants (yes, that’s the collective noun) - some facing east, most looking west. Wrongly identified as penguins by a fool with a loud voice on a passing Thames Clipper…

If you happen to like sparkling wine this Crémant from Aldi is lovely & very good value (£8.99). I bought a bottle last week & had to go and snaffle a few more before they are all gone 😋🥂

Good to see that PFAS-free waterproof jackets are highlighted in this list. If you love nature and outdoors demand clothing that doesn't pollute the planet: www.theguardian.com/thefilter/20...

Walter Bayes was regarded by his colleagues and fellow artists as an intellectual excelling 'in the science of picture making, including perspective and the proportions and balancing of colour;' this can be seen in this work from the 1930s.

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🥰 #Bloomscrolling #flowers #iris

Yes I'm sure taking loads of drugs must be great but what is also quite exciting is going for a walk in remote woodland and stumbling across a lone inexplicable brutalist pillar.

Two of my best cobweb-as-interdimensional-portal photos.

Twisted branches high on steep valley sides above the River Meavy #Dartmoor #Devon. Even this high up, the churning river & heavy rainfall lead to so much moisture in the air that trees are covered in moss, from which grow ferns - every bough supporting a complex ecosystem.

So many more daffodils are starting to flower. 🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling

A big, bright sunny splash of #bloomscrolling joy today for my #CountdownToRhodes in the run up to the imminent @mariposanature.bsky.social #OrchidsOfRhodes tours. It's the Colossus of Rhodes, Ophrys colossaea, an absolute *unit* of an #orchid. Proportionately big love felt for it, too.

They walk amongst us.

Happy Chinese New Year! Celebrating the Year of the Fire Horse. Perle D’Or, China Rose, bred by Rambaux, 1883. #chinesenewyear #roses 🌱

As in several of James Fitzgerald's paintings (this is from 1930) a human presence is only suggested; the light from the boats interiors lets us know there are people present, there's a quiet partnership suggested here.

Twisty trees and water ? Yes it’s an another post from Rachel’s page 🙂…. Willows and Taviton brook, near Whitchurch Down today, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography

I absolutely refuse to believe that the pheasant who regularly visits my mum and dad’s garden is real and has not in fact been crocheted.

River Meavy, near Burrator #Dartmoor #Devon #water #nature #stone #moss

Maths and biology conspired to make something beautiful: the world’s largest floating leaf (genus Victoria), spanning up to 3 m across. We decoded this enigma with mathematical modelling to show the lattice is an economy of material– the most structurally efficient way to cover a large surface area.

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Feb 1924: Meccano and Force ads «A real boys' food»

Bicycle polo at Crystal Palace, 1897.

For tonight’s love theme, in the words of Robert Burns “my love is like a red, red rose”. This is my favourite red rose variety Trumpeter. #GardensHour 🌱

The recording from our #PublicDomainDay virtual event is now available! 🕵️ Investigate THE CASE OF THE DISAPPEARING COPYRIGHT to learn which works entered the #publicdomain—and why copyright is more complicated than it looks. Watch the full recording ⤵️ archive.org/details/the-...