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Ceramic teapot with peacock head spout to the left and peacock feather stylised design on the pot in green and purple
Peacock teapot by Carol Long, US ceramicist who draws influences from Art Nouveau and plant and animal life #WomensArt
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Iβm so in for The Mandalorian and Grogu. It just looksβ¦fun. Sometimes thatβs all I want. Iβm excited for a new pulp adventure set in a galaxy far, far away. #starwars #filmsky
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Medieval manuscript image of blue horse with spots.
frid-hengest, m.n: of uncertain meaning but βhengestβ is βhorseβ: one idea is βhorse-horseβ (tautological); (less likely) βbeautiful-horseβ, βpeace-horseβ or βwar-horseβ. (FRID-HENG-gest / ΛfrΙͺd-ΛhΙΕ-gΙst)
Image: Bestiary; England, 1220-1240; @theul.bsky.social Kk.4.25, f. 59r.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
Photo featuring a plate with orange border and central abstract swirling design in green, blue, orange, purple and cream
Clarice Cliff (1899-1972), regarded as one of the most influential ceramics artists of the 20th Century #WomensArt
ββOne of the big pictures here is increased variability β the increase in differences between the good years and the bad years in agriculture," Professor Howden said.
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βParched start to 2026 for southern Australia as east coast lows dry upβ
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Photo of a group of ceramic tableware, including cups, saucers, plates and a jug, all with an Art Deco design of geometric shapes and lines in bold green, blue and white
Susie CooperΒ OBEΒ ( 1902-1995), prolificΒ EnglishΒ ceramicΒ designer whose designs gained international acclaim #Womensart
Sreenshot of the Heatmap of Australia 7:02pm Whilst coastal areas are getting a reprieve the area around most of SA, and the SA, NSW and QLD borders is still in purple signify a lot of heat
Wrap of #Heatwave Maximums for 30 Jan 2026.
SA 50.0 Β°C Port Augusta 2:43pm
NSW 48.1 Β°C Smithville 3:32pm
Qld 47.3 Β°C Ballera 1:59pm
Vic 45.6 Β°C Mildura 6:01pm
ACT 40.4 Β°C Tuggeranong 4:12 pm
Tomorrow conditions will start to retract then ease on Sunday
Observed maximum temperature at BoM stations between 23 - 29 (provisional) January 2026.
A couple of stations in outback SA joined the rounded (but not quite) 50 Β°C club for the current heatwave over central/southern Australia on Thursday.
Heat map of Australia showing a large mass of purple over inland Vic, ACT, NSW, QLD and SA - Screenshot taken at 4:15pm
Wrap of todays #Heatwave
NSW: 49.2 Β°C Borrona Downs 3:32pm ( Near White Cliffs )
Qld: 48.5 Β°C Thargomindah 2:45pm
SA: 48.3 Β°C Marree Airport 5:17pm (50Β°C forecast for tomorrow!)
Vic: 46.0 Β°C Yarrawonga 2:48pm
ACT: 43.5 Β°C Tuggeranong 3:49 pm
*Some of these are all time or Jan records
Painting portrait of the upper half of a white woman with brown hair tied up and pale top.
βLock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.β
β Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own #WomensArt
Portrait by her sister Vanessa Bell
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English writer Virginia Woolf was born #OnThisDay in 1882. For Christmas 1933, society hostess Ottoline Morrell gifted her friend Woolf an embroidered black silk shawl, now believed to be the only surviving piece of Woolf's clothing. Monks House collection. #readmorewomen #fashionhistory
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βNo man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent...And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.β
John Donne, English metaphysical poet, Dean of St Paulβs London; born #OTD 1572.
Portrait after Isaac Oliver, National Portrait Gallery London
βIβm a remarkable woman..always was, though none of you seemed to think so.βMay Morris, English artist embroiderer, designer, feminist and socialist, dismayed by the lack of support for women artists founded the Womenβs Guild of Arts, 1907 #womensart
Photo of a sculpture resembling a.side view of a hare's head facing left on a rectangular stone plinth against a white background
'Hare head Study' in bronze by Nichola Theakston, one of the UK's foremost contemporary sculptors working within the animal genre #womensart
Canberra closed out 2025 with three months that saw roughly half their average rainfall, while only 8.6mm has fallen to date in January 2026 (monthly average 56.8mm).
Memories.
Article from January 2020 when Canberra's air quality was "the worst in the world". And six years later, smell of smoke in Canberra from bushfires in Victoria is here. That's how it started in 2020. Fingers crossed it doesn't progress. #bushfires
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
The departing sun underscores the smoke tainted clouds from fires in the South
Thankfully tomorrow brings some relief from the scorching heat and belligerent winds
#MyHome
Canberra #CBR
Australia
A cartoon with text 'map of procrastination' above an image of an island with different areas such as 'lake coffee break' and 'napland' hills
Gemma Correll, British cartoonist who currently lives and works in California #WomensArt #Backtowork
painting of a capybara saying sad things on the couch of a capybara psychologist taking notes
capybara at the psychologist
Screenshot of Canberra weather showing a series of days with days in or above the high 30s (C).
Canberraβs outlook for next week looking a bit toasty.
A Room (in the Second Post-Impressionist) | Roger Fry
