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Have they tried this yet? [Hieronymus Bosch, The Cure of Folly (Extraction of the Stone of Madness), 1475-80, Oil on panel, 48 x 35 cm (Museo del Prado, Madrid)]

Alfred Stevens, Moonlight, 1894

Vivian Maier, US street photographer whose work was discovered and recognized after her death #womensart

Baychimo was a steel-hulled cargo steamer owned by the Hudson Bay Company. In 1931, the ship was abandoned after becoming trapped in pack ice and over the next few decades, was reported "sailing" on the Beaufort Sea. Last sighting in 1969. Is k/as "The Ghost Ship of the Arctic." #LegendaryWednesday

The Haunting of Flitwick Manor www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz3H...

Step into the unknown... blurring the edge of time— past whispers in silences, It waits in shadows, hinting at truths too veiled for words, only the soul might begin to trace. #SuchPossibilities

We’ve raised £181,645 so far. Help us reach our target of £330,000 and donate today: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/cerne-giant-appeal?campid=Social_Central_Fundraising_Bluesky_CerneAbbas_200126

Chairman of the Danish Defence Committee, Rasmus Jarlov, "It is a shock the USA has turned on us that quickly and that aggressively" "It is dangerous for us to be as dependant on the Americans as we did before"

The shot from last video I posted… Beautiful light moment in Antarctica with the red sails 🔥🔥 #photography

Join Hannah Stitfall on our first day on location in Northern Ireland at @nationaltrust.org.uk Mount Stewart meeting some of the cutest & most famous residents 🐾🐿️ Our wildlife cams will be live from 10:00 - 22:00 on iPlayer. Chris, Michaela & Iolo are back on BBC Two & iPlayer at 7pm. #Winterwatch

According to rumour, there are a number of post boxes in Hookland that have been sealed for being haunted. When you scrutinise the stories, most evaporate. However, odd facts remain. I mean, why on earth did the GPO use to employer the services of a 'ghost-layer'. – #MattAdams, 1982

Today we're celebrating perfect imperfections! This rather unremarkable bowl has at sometime in its past been damaged. The cracks were repaired using gold (a Japanese technique called kintsugi or kintsukuroi) turnig this bowl into a symbol of resilience.

Wishing my very fave Dr Who - TOM BAKER - a very Happy Birthday!

Is the nation dumbing down? These are real answers to real questions on real quiz shows, all from Private Eye's Dumb Britain column. From ‘Private Eye - The Year In Review 2025’. Available to watch in full on the Eye’s YouTube: youtu.be/AQ5Xxj2EwGQ

Tom Baker is 92 today

Any day now we'll learn that they're electromagnetic jellyfish that can read our thoughts.

Chopstick https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.495.1

Mary Shelley's original Frankenstein manuscript, 1818 (Bodleian Library at Oxford University)

Carefree blackbirds at the waste treatment plant #birds #Vertical #Photography #BlueSkyArtShow #Art

I have sent this one and it was well received!

'Snow at Miyajima' - Kawase Hasui, 1928. #ToriiTuesday #shinhanga #JapaneseArt

Join us for a weekend of the Gothic and the ghostly in the haunted city of York this April - SPRING HAUNTS is coming on the weekend of 11th and 12th April! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spring-hau... #york #yorkshire #haunts #hauntings #horror #gothic #writing #writers #authors #fiction

If Labour won’t nationalise water, their “big overhaul” is a con. Sewage in our rivers. Bills going up. Profits protected. Public services should be in public hands.

Moonrise Boogie by bohemiansthings

Before the rain came #tuesdayvibe #weather

💫 Join me Wednesday for #LegendaryWednesday where the theme is unsolved mysteries! With your unresolved legends, your enigmas, phenomenons, true-crime tales, unexplained art, & mysterious deities. Share a #legend #folklore #quote #fairytale #poetry #film #art #mythology 💫

last night, i caught the milky way and andromeda in the same image and it was so special to me. two galaxies, millions of light-years apart.

Winter’s delicate geometry ❄️🩵 #alphabetChallenge #WeekCforCloseUp #photography #winter #Devon #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin

Ok folks going to get through as many #BirdOfTheDay entries as I can. Bear with me. Here’s one for #MacroMonday #photography #EastCoastKin

Mushrooms on dead wood in winter in the Austrian mountains. #fungifriends #MushroomMonday #photography #mushrooms #ShroomScrolling #Mycology #ForestFind #MycologyMonday #Nature #fungi #austria #sony

“Here Scylla bellows from the dire abodes, Tremendous pest, abhorr’d by man and gods!” (Homer, “The Odyssey”, trl. Alexander Pope) 🎨 @mgzd42

In celebration of today's New Moon A fox curled up and dreaming of the moon 🦊🌑🌿 #NewMoon #FoxMoon #FoxoftheDay

"In the shadow of the raven's wing, even the darkest fears can find light."

"Maybe the bravest thing we can do is keep existing, keep creating, even when the outcome is uncertain." Patti Digh All the best........

Breathtaking ......

Last evening, the fog was rising off the new snow on the lake, and the clouds got all furry 💙 #MinimalMonday #BlueSkyMonday #MinimalMonday #EastCoastKin #photography #Winter #BlueHour #ClassicMono

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Have a great 2026.

This world is such a little place. Just the red in the sky before the sun rises. So let us keep fast hold of hands, that when the birds begin, none of us be missing. ~ Emily Dickinson

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is restricting clean energy investment and jobs for the sake of Big Oil. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #cdnpoli #abpoli #climate

News | National Trust celebrates biggest donation in its history News comes as conservation charity reveals its plans for 2026

Andy Kehoe

#AlphabetChallenge #WeelCforCloseup Nature can be incredibly beautiful 🥰

Today's #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme is #BirdsYouLove Red-tailed Hawk, dark-morph, Harlan's subspecies. Kansas 2024. This bird has returned every winter, for the past 13 years, to a territory near my house #Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Raptors #Winter #FlyoverCountry