Croatia in spring 2025 was full of botanical delights, too many to choose from really. Yellow Alyssum (Alyssum alyssoides) and this very cute Parentucellia latifolia were standouts though. Unexpected finds in ordinary places, in this case road verges.

One of the prints I acquired in London features a young woman who I assume is seductively telling the featured young man, "how about you don't drown this kitten you absolute maniac"

Moiraine and Perrin say hello #catsofbluesky

Going all the way back to January for todays #AdventCalendar bringing you one of my 31 daily #birbfest drawings 🐦 #art #artyear #cuteart #smartist #sciart #birds

Some "get well soon" art I made for a father and daughter that got sick. #art #traditionalart #pencilart

A nice cluster of Cladonia #lichen spp...plus the remains of what was a cloudberry flower. #fungi #fungifriends #wildflower

He will owe it nevermore.

This watercolour of a pond at Lolworth became even more impressionistic because I went away from my easel and the wind blew it face down into the water. A brave lady rescued it and it was propped up in the sunshine to dry. I started another one leaving this one as it was. #art #pleinair #ponds

Pansy February 26th 2024

Raya Power makes a solar-battery system you can put in… | Canary Media www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...

Save 30% on #NewBook "The Invention of Order," in which Don Thomas Deere retraces the colonial origins of spatial organization in the Americas and the Caribbean and its lasting impact on modern structures of knowledge, power, race, and gender. #LatinAmStudies #PostcolonialTheory buff.ly/G60iAfG

"Bluesky is an echo chamber." "Bluesky doesn't have enough reach" "Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right" I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.

“Every goodbye ain’t gone” - Nnenna Freelon Her book is what the world needs right now. Especially those of us living with profound loss.

Our friend the Helmeted Water Toad is the only living species in family Calyptocephalellidae which technically makes them not a "true toad", but they share many toady characteristics! They are known to eat nearly any animal that fits in their very large mouth! (photo by Benjamin Gallardo)

In a world that asks us to move faster, I create art inviting us to slow down. My work is rooted in nature, hope & healing, meant to bring calm, connection & quiet joy into your home. If you believe beauty matters, if nature feels like home, if you’re craving a little more peace in your life…

It's #TextureTuesday

🌹 random rose 🌹 February 26th 2024

Day 15 of #ArtAdventCalendar, an older chickadee sketch. This was digital, drawn by hand on a Wacom tablet, back when I was still using Photoshop. 🪶🐡 #BirdArt #drawing #art #DigitalArt

I finished this drawing today: a hermit thrush. It’s one of my favourite local birds: they are a bit shy and sound like flutes in the trees. #Birds #SciArt

December 13, 2025 Cliff Swallow Background Paint: Raw Sienna #watercolour #watercolor #painting #art #artYear #artSky #rollandpaint #OnlyBeautifulThings #BCBirds #birdArt #cliffSwallow #swallow

Snow Buntings fight over grain in the fields of Linwood, Ontario. #birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #52frames_nature #52frames #photography

The Pacific Wren is a tiny forest undergrowth dweller of western North America. Until recently it was considered the same species as the Winter Wren and the Eurasian Wren, which explains why it looks so similar to the wrens I see in my neighbourhood 😁 #birdtober #birdart #wren #wrens #sciart 🪶

Appreciation post for Ahmed al-Ahmed. Hero.

Here is another watercolour drawing done on location in Winchester. This shows Dean Garnier's Garden which lies on the site of what was once the monk’s dormitory of the Benedictine Monastery. I still have the original of this tucked away somewhere. #art #watercolour #Winchester

Camellia February 12th 2024

Treasure flowers January 25th 2024

My heart breaks for Brown University. Students should only have to worry about studying for finals right now, not hiding from gunfire.

My heart is with everyone at Brown University tonight, and I’m praying for the victims of this terrible shooting. No one, at a school or anywhere else, should have to fear senseless gun violence.

My birthday is Monday. I’ll be 46. I don’t really celebrate it. Bc honestly a great deal of my life stopped when Heaven gate’s welcomed my son

I’ve decided to stop driving every day—and hopefully it’s a game-changer for the environment. 🚶‍♂️🌱 Giving up my car means cutting down on greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. Small choices can have a big impact. #SustainableLiving #ClimateAction

I really admire Alexis Pauline Gumbs. An amazing and formidable poet. But there is a part of her work that is very, very prescriptive. Especially for ppl who are in academia. Gumbs' work includes a deep biographical analysis of the inimitable visionary Audre Lorde. +

Christmas 2009. Laurinburg NC I told my mom and dad l'd decorate the tree for them. I was 29, my daughter was 10, and my son (now in Heaven) was 3. Reflections 365

We are so pleased to announce we were awarded Highly Commended at the Haringey Community Awards 2025. Our work has been recognised for promoting Black British history, culture and creativity. Thank you to Haringey Community Collaborative. A big thank you to all of our followers for your support

It's the most bunderful day of the week! 🖤🖤 It's #blackpompom day AND #bunnybuttfriyay! ~Jet 🖤🐰❤️

I can’t wait to get back to Tucson in February

UNREAL

Our friend the Balearic Green Toad is most commonly found in Italy but is also found on the Balearic Islands in the western Mediterranean Sea! They can sometimes be distinguished from their close relative the European Green Toad by the red spots on their parotoid glands! (photo by Samuel Paitreault)

The AHA has created an advocacy guide in support of international education. Read about the current threats to international education and learn how you can make a difference. 🗃️

Feeding the birds. Chokeberry in the foreground with Hydrangea tardiva sp. in the background. #coloraday #redwed #chokeberry #berries #photography #winter #gardening #bloomscrolling

Here is a petition from North Carolina that advocates for support of academic freedom. If you feel inclined to support, explore the link actionnetwork.org/petitions/pr...

Snapped this earlier today (9 December) in Crowley's garden before the "Lumberjack Event." Hope knows no season

Continuing our series on places of significance in labour history, Kathy Davies introduces Coney Street in York, where in 1978 striking journalists picketed the offices of the Yorkshire Evening Press sslh.org.uk/2025/12/10/c...

Join us tomorrow for our Annual Dymond Lecture. This year's speaker is Dr Mike Esbester, who will be exploring the hidden human stories behind Britain's railways. Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/dymond2025 #WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

Our friend the Thick-skinned Harlequin Frog is a critically endangered toad who lives at high altitudes in the Andes mountains of Ecuador and Peru! They are also known as Schmidt's Stubfoot Toad, named after Eduard Oscar Schmidt, who first described them as a species in 1857! (photo by Jasmin Odar)

Despite what you hear from fossil fuel-funded politicians, the U.K has just generated a record amount of clean, domestic wind energy. Enough to power 23 million homes! U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.

10 Indigenous-led, northern #Ontario economic development projects secure federal funding New Indigenous clean energy fund also announced at media event www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Sending out a special wave of warmth to my fellow grievers. The holidays are difficult. And if the grief is very raw, the holidays are almost unbearable. Sending light and renewal to you. From my grieving heart to yours.

It was nice to hear from Professor Peter Wood (Black Majority), who offered well-wishes for completing my next book, "Pest Control: Birds, Black Folk, and the History of Environmental Consciousness in the U.S. South:. He recommended these two books, and I will pick them up soon.

First citation from book that just came out on 11/27. That was fast :) Thanks for reading Derek and Josh- I look forward to reading this when it comes out in 2026.

These few braving the rain on Invalid's walk and evading the goats #greatorme #wildflowerhour