#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 26: A song with love in the title I was going to post UFO's Love to Love, but a couple of people have already shared that one. So I've gone for another live classic - Whitesnake and 'Ain't No Love ...' from 1980 www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfiK...

Chilly but stunning out by Marshside (Southport) this morning. Lots of lapwings, fowl and geese making the most of the conditions. Dio was quite happy too 😊 #lurcher #dogsofbluesky #rescue

The Telegraph having a perfectly normal one this Boxing Day I see I’m pretty sure most people can manage a walk in the country without ripping foxes limb from limb by ‘accident’

Merry Christmas everyone!

On the first day of Foxmas, a very comfy fox . . . one curled up quite nicely in a box !    Thank you to Dora Nightingale of Fox Guardians #FoxOfTheDay

#MusicChallenge #MusicSky #DavidsMonthOfMusic December 25: A Christmas Song Marillion - 'The Carol Of The Bells' www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x_q...

#DavidsMonthofMusic #MusicChallenge Day 24: A song you’d kiss to under the mistletoe Goldfrapp - 'Strict Machine' "I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love with a strict machine ... " 😊 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yeaw...

As promised, your final Icelandic yule creatures post! This evening, on the 24th, Icelanders will gather together and unwrap presents. While books are a common gift, folklore states if you don't get new clothes for Christmas, the frightening Yule Cat (Jólakötturinn) will eat you. #iceland #christmas

Some say the animals talk at midnight on Christmas Eve and what the animals say is seldom good. But, of course, we hear what they have to say in our 25th #yulefolklore story, because it’s a proper #wyrdwednesday tale and… talking goats! Read it below! 🎨 Edgar Hunt

"We're dog lovers, but we'll kill them all if you don't let us use them to hunt." Tracks.

Turns out the best defence against charges of animal cruelty is to say "we'll kill 20,000 dogs".

I'd noticed that Brand was posting a lot of stuff about his new found faith and the importance of forgiveness and redemption.... and thus was expecting this www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It's important to receive new clothes by Christmas Eve in Iceland, or else you might become prey of the Yule Cat, pet of the vile jotun witch Gryla. The Yule Cat devours those who wander at night without these new clothes, though he can be distracted with food. #FairytaleTuesday

A comfy enough spot ! Thank you to Helen Wellman on Facebook for this morning's #FoxOfTheDay

Prone to throw tantrums? Naughty rather than nice? Default mode is “Defiance”? From Iceland? Then you might end up in Grýla’s pot. Read about her in our 24th #yulefolklore tale below! 🎨 Anette Pirso

And here’s a reminder of the actual value of those Brexit ‘freedoms’… Sweet FA compared to what they have cost us. (Private Eye)

#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 23: A song with an animal in the title Muse - 'Butterflies & Hurricanes' www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzCK...

A little selection of my favourite words for the season. Some beautiful, others potentially necessary. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. twowords2.page.link/play

As a man of the people, I will always defend trail hunting, which I know is a top priority for all my working class constituents who own horses and enjoy simple pleasures like ripping foxes apart for laughs.

Which Yule Lad is coming tonight? Why it's none other than Ketkrókur, or MEAT HOOK. No, really. Meat Hook, like Santa, is very enamored with chimneys, but instead he lowers a massive hook down in hopes of swiping your meats. I hope you know that I'm not making any of this up. #iceland #christmas

#WeekZforZero #AlphabetChallenge Zeros everywhere! 😀 Ignore the big zero however; look at the mileage. I had to pull over to get the pic

#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge A song with your favourite lyrics Brent Smith has always written superb lyrics, but this made the whole family cry when we first heard it. (Full lyrics in alt text) Shinedown - 'A Symptom Of Being Human' www.youtube.com/watch?v=imVo...

Good morning ! Thank you to Urszula Krawczewicz on Facebook for today's #FoxOfTheDay !

Yuletide is a time when the power of witches is said to peak and the people came up with all kinds of lore how to protect their homes, their families and their livestock. We’ll meet another witch in our 23rd #yulefolklore story – she might not be what you expect. Read her tale below! 🎨Nielsen

The Premier League: Dull as Dishwater: VAR, daft kick-off times and robotic football have made for monotonous matchdays

#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 21: a song from 1993 Aerosmith - 'Living On The Edge' youtu.be/7nqcL0mjMjw?...

Jake Paul & Tate getting battered, then Tiny Tommeh getting kicked out of Dubai, all on the same weekend. Christmas came early for all the decent people in the World 🤣🤣👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Day 21 of #ArtAdventCalendar: "The Count" #birds #owls

It feels beneath me to laugh at Andrew Tate and Jake Paul getting badly beaten in a boxing ring. But, you know, "beneath me" like a huge pile of gold beneath a peacefully chuckling dragon.

I don't generally condone violence but happy Andrew Tate Getting Battered Day.

Thank you blues, that was special 💙 Gutted about the result, but thank you to everyone who helped make this possible. 🔵⚪️🌊

The White House has been caught. The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims. In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.

The tenth Yule Lad arrives from the mountains tonight and he's definitely the creepiest. This is Gluggagægir, or Window Peeper. A voyeur with thick glasses and sometimes binoculars, this santa is on a stakeout for things he can steal in your home. Crime Claus! #iceland #christmas #culture

#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 20: a song with a name in the title This works with both Róisín and Rose A cracker of a song ... Thin Lizzy - 'Róisín Dubh (Black Rose): A Rock Legend' www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5Th...

Shooting hares will finally be banned for most of the year, and a ban on trail hunting will be announced Monday as part of a package of animal welfare measures Will the govt also move to ban or license grouse & pheasant shooting…? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Shooting hares in England to be banned for most of the year

The worst, most dishonest prime minister we’ve ever had, rocks back and forth in his Daily Mail cubbyhole spewing out idiotic bilge to kid himself that he and his disastrous Brexit weren’t an almighty national fuck-up. A deeply pathetic threat from an abject failure of a man.

This is heart breaking. The final line of the blog is truly upsetting and horrific 😢 "I’ll be updating the Hen Harrier Missing/Dead List over the Xmas period when I’ll have some time…there are still some more to add to the 143 Hen Harriers we already know about"

The joys of Christmas shopping! A selection of "Abandoned Husbands" in Lancaster yesterday. "I'll just nip in, you wait here!" I feel their pain. #shopping #christmas #misery #blackandwhite #streetphotography #candid #lancaster #lancashire #england

It's the 9th night of yule, and with it comes Bjúgnakrækir, or Sausage Swiper. This santa hides in your rafters to swipe sausages that you're smoking. Modern day versions see him hiding in your attic waiting to steal your hot dogs, which are practically the national dish here. #iceland #christmas

#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 19: A song with a part of the body in the title ZZ Top - 'My Head's In Mississippi' www.youtube.com/watch?v=0968...

Aren't they brilliant ? Thank you @heidiburton.bsky.social for sharing ' Longsocks ' - today's #FoxOfTheDay

New 'Leopards eating faces' example just dropped. It's a doozy!

#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 18: A song with air, fire, water or earth in the title Off their 2017 album of the same title, Europe with 'Walk The Earth'. Play it loud. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ij5...

“Rings of fire” by Francisco Negroni. A pair of circular clouds is illuminated by lava from the Villarrica volcano in Chile as night falls. The scene was captured by photographer Francisco Negroni, who takes regular trips to the volcano to monitor its activity.

Pet of the dreaded Perchten, trickster and, some say, harbinger of death. Half-goat, half-bird, sometimes a witch, always wild - the Habergeiß stalks the Alpine Winter nights - and she might test you, too! We meet her in our 19th #yulefolklore story below! 🎨 Abigail Larson

Thank you to @matthewjames86.bsky.social for this morning's #FoxOfTheDay

Tonight, our 7th Yule Lad arrives; every parent of a teenager's least favorite Santa: Hurðasleikir, or Door Slammer. This lad enjoys waking you by slamming doors, and he loves the sound of squeaky door hinges. Don't expect WD-40 in your shoe as a present from this dude. #iceland #christmas #culture

#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 17: another favorite song A classic and a song I have always loved. Deep Purple - 'Child In Time' www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai0T...

Another comfy spot , shared by Nicki Chilcott on Facebook , thank you Nicki ! #FoxOfTheDay