Today's litter pick. Wheens of bags filled (30)+, gas bottles, sofa, chairs, bottles.... and Laoch was delighted as he found a burst football. Great so many folk turning up to my request for help in clearing this area.

Tulips and cherry trees at Arundel castle.

More bluebells (better get used to this for a few weeks!). #Bluebells #Berkhamsted #CanonR5MarkII

Morning! Happy Sunday! I'd love to know which was your favourite photo from this week's posts in the #Sundayvote - 1,2,3 or 4? [1 is the windblown tree, 2 is the portrait waterfall, 3 is the square waterfall and 4 the stream shot] #dartmoor

Marmalade, 2021 by US painter Leah Gardner #womensArt

palm-trēow, m.n: a palm-tree. (PALM-TRAY-oh / ˈpalm-ˌtreːɔw) Image: Benedictional of St Æthelwold; England (Winchester), mid to late 10th century; @britishlibrary.bsky.social Add MS 49598, f. 45v. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Warmer days are coming soon

I have some pictures on show this weekend, for a very good cause. Please come along if you can.

Two pictures from the sea in #Brighton on Wednesday. The beach was packed, and everyone was smiling for the first time in about three months. Went for a swim after work, watched the birds, saw a few friendly faces up there on the pier and cycled home without getting rained on. More of this please.

cnucian, wk.v: to knock, beat, pound. (K’NUCK-i-ahn / ˈknʌ-kɪ-an) Image: Register of creditors of a Bolognese lending society; Italy (Bologna), c. 1394-1395; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.1056, f. 1v. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Ready to tackle the final ridge to the summit of Sgurr nan Gillean, Isle of Skye. Great climb but a summit the size of a pool table...

Blaze wi' Phil and Ally

One of my favourites. The bluebell fields of Ballachulish.

Hurrah. Thought id lost this pic. Summit of Beinn Dorain.

The week when I was very late for #SixonSaturday #mylittlegarden renaissancegd.medium.com/my-little-ga...

Layered beginning. #photography #sunrise #scape #EastCoastKin

Littlehampton Pier

Flooding in the water meadows at Arundel, West Sussex.

Crows and church bells

At the weekend, I heard of another small business/friend deciding to close. Others are on the verge. January is historically a poor sales period, and lots are just holding on in the hope that February will be better. Others can't risk it and will be lost. Buy from the Wee guys OorPatts.com

Lärche im Morgennebel 📍Murtal, Steiermark 📷Friedrich Beren #landscapephotography #landscape #photography #flickr flic.kr/p/2pgH1KL

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Another Cambridge street painting. I think these old views of people dressed up and thronging the streets in celebration of their exams being over are a bit of an antidote to what's going on now (original sold a long time ago). Direct watercolour no predrawing. #art #watercolour #mayweek

★★★★★THE DEAD AND THE DYING - 'Lin Anderson is a fantastic author and every one of her Rhona MacLeod books is so interesting, so tense, and so informative - it is difficult to put the books down.' https://bit.ly/4nrA9Q8 #Thriller #LinAnderson #TheDeadAndTheDying

Moin leeve Lüüd ...

Morning on the tops

Memories of summer flowers from our garden

Weird night in the pub. There was a Chinese girl in. I canna speak Mandarin, she didn't speak great English, but we managed to get by in bad Spanish. This is how the world should be. We're all just people on this planet for a wee while....

Happy New Year, roll on 2026🥳

Sunset over the Mont Saint Michel… #photography #culture #art #landscape

'Snow Shadows' by contemporary printmaker Alexandra Buckle #WomensArt

Patagonia's iconic mountains usually take the limelight, but they are surrounded by endless, stunning alpine ranges. A forgotten, majestic peak, covered in fresh snow, glows red in the first light of day. #bluesky #photography #landscape #mountains #nature #landscapephotography #naturephotography

Derwent Mist 📍Derwent Water, UK 📷Steve Cole #landscapephotography #landscape #photography #flickr flic.kr/p/2qNThsY

Whiteout on the River Coupall, Glen Coe. Hope ye all have a very merry Christmas folks, and a belter of a New Year! Thanks for all your your support and kind words over 2025, always very much appreciated 🙏Here's to adventures new in 2026, Slainte!!🥃 xxx www.damianshields.com

Gígja Einarsdóttir, photographer who was born and raised around Icelandic horses #WomensArt

More of artist Helga Stentzel's fun clothesline animals #WomensArt

Ich möchte euch allen fröhliche Weihnachten wünschen; schöne Tage, so wie ihr sie euch wünscht. 🎄 Besonders möchte ich mich bei den vielen Helfern da draussen bedanken, die immer für mich da sind und mich nicht im Stich lassen. Ihr seid toll! Danke. ❤️🤗

For when it comes, have you and your family a wonderful Xmas. From our family. Xxx

Autumn past

Quiet places

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Meine Frau und ich schauen gerade eine Doku über Japan. Zugverkehr. 99% aller Züge kommen pünktlich. Ein Zug gilt als verspätet, wenn er mehr als 10 Sekunden Verspätung hat. Wir fangen zeitgleich an zu lachen.

Die Kühe von Schwangau (im Hintergrund das Schloss Neuschwanstein) 📍Schwangau 📷Manfred Nowag #travelphotography #travel #photography #flickr flic.kr/p/2rM5Rsu

Contemporary Ukrainian painter Maria Chepeleva #WomensArt #ArtAdvent

Feck it. Treated myself for Xmas.

Day eighteen of Hatvent Last Hatvent mum bought me a hat But the very next day she wore it herself This year I got the hat back And I think I look quite special

Well way down South where the air gets cold There's a tale about Hatvent That you've all been told And a real patient dog dressed up in a hat Who spends the whole year hoping it gets squashed flat … It's the little Saint Bledd (little Saint Bledd)

☀️"Shchedryk" est un chant qui unit le monde entier. Il était déjà chanté en Ukraine bien avant l'arrivée du christianisme. Il incarne la grandeur d’âme des Ukrainiens. En 1901, le compositeur ukrainien Mykola Leontovych en composa la musique, laquelle est devenue une œuvre mondialement connue.❤️🎶💙💛

'Winter hares in conversation' by UK contemporary printmaker Angela Harding #WomensArt #ArtAdvent