Illustration of full moon rising over hillside with fungi and fairies, tree on top of hill.
Goodnight.
🖼️ Asako Eguchi
06.03.2026 21:50
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Illustration of full moon rising over hillside with fungi and fairies, tree on top of hill.
Goodnight.
🖼️ Asako Eguchi
3 varieties of lichen together on a stick in the snow
We are better together. 🥰🙏
#nature #love #trees #lichen
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird. San Jose Costa Rica. What a place and I've not even left San Jose yet 👀
#costarica #costaricabirds #birds #birding 🪶
‘Often when I imagine you,
your wholeness cascades into many shapes.
You run like a herd of luminous deer,
and I am dark;
I am forest.’ ~ Rainer Maria Rilke. #BookWormSat
"This morning I watched the deer
with beautiful lips touching the tips
of the cranberries, setting their hooves down
in the dampness carelessly, isn't it after all
the carpet of their house, their home, whose roof
is the sky?"
Mary Oliver
🎨 William Morris tapestry (detail)
#BookWormSat
Straight out of my planter! 😂 Then, the wee rascal took the entire cluster & fled down the cedars.
Using a white pencil to bring out some of the fur highlights in this red squirrel. I saw him/her again today, high in the tree canopy, avoiding my camera … #SciArt #WildlifeArt
Jewels of the Woodland Floor: A Dazzling Pheasant Draped in Fire, Emerald, and Gold Caught Mid-Forage in Perfect Light #Birds #lukehaigh #birdwatching #photography
Jewels of the Woodland Floor: A Dazzling Pheasant Draped in Fire, Emerald, and Gold Caught Mid-Forage in Perfect Light #Birds #lukehaigh #birdwatching #photography
The Scots Gaelic for red deer is 'fiadh ruadh'. In the Highlands people once called them ‘faerie cattle’ as they believed fairies milked them from my upcoming: "Folklore of Scotland" https://folklorepress.co.uk/ #bookwormsat #folklore #Scotland art: Echoes from the Golden Grove by Annie Stegg
The Scots Gaelic for red deer is 'fiadh ruadh'. In the Highlands people once called them ‘faerie cattle’ as they believed fairies milked them
from my upcoming: "Folklore of Scotland"
folklorepress.co.uk
#bookwormsat #folklore #Scotland
art: Echoes from the Golden Grove by Annie Stegg
Photo of wren. Description from ebird: ‘A small, rust-coloured bird with gray cheeks and white on the throat and belly. The upperparts are brown, and the rusty underparts lack the white streaks of other similar species. Skulks in undergrowth and low vegetation in evergreen forests, forest edges, and bamboo thickets. The song consists of about 3-5 strong, warbling notes.’
Wren of the Day:
Tawny-breasted Wren-Babbler
Near Threatened
📷 Rofikul Islam
Illustration of otter resting on stone above water and reeds.
Otter, artist unknown.
Photo of wren. Description from ebird: ‘A medium-sized, uniformly-colored wren found in the upper subtropical and temperate zone of the Andes from western Venezuela to extreme northern Peru. Bright rufous-brown overall (brightest in the northern populations) with black lores and indistinct dark barring on wings and tail. Similar to Sharpe’s Wren, but brighter brown and typically found at higher elevations. Occurs from around 2,200-3,800m. Small parties forage in the understory of forest, often around bamboo thickets. Can be skulky and difficult to see well. Sometimes follows mixed-species flocks. Listen for the harsh chattering calls.’
Wren of the Day:
Rufous Wren
📷 Michael Todd
A Magellanic penguin standing on rocks with water splashing in front of it from a wave.
A Magellanic Penguin at the waters edge 🌊 🐧
#birds
A photo of a large cumulonimbus cloud over a flat, grassy landscape during sunset. The cloud displays vibrant shades of orange and yellow illuminated by sunlight, contrasting with darker gray clouds below and a blue sky above. Zooming in above the towering storm, you'll see a planet flying from left to right.
Yesterday's storm chase along the TX/OK border didn't play out as I had hoped, but that's not too surprising for early season setups. Still, there's almost always at least a bit of a consolation prize. This struggling storm painted by the setting Sun was yesterday's. #Photography
Evening views of Bamburgh beach and castle from across the rocks. Partially cloudy sky gave some muted sunlight colours in the clouds
Evening stroll and dog walk at Bamburgh Beach, Northumberland. Started off relatively cloudy but the clouds started to break up a little aand give some lovely soft light in the sky across the beach and rocks. A worthwhile wander.
#Northumberland
#sunset
#uk
#evening
#Castle
An old, old being amidst beeches, beasts and barrows in the New Forest...
Our 7th #darkspringtide tale brings us to Hampshire during the Wars of the Roses where we meet our Lady of the Stags, which makes this a proper #bookwormsat story today!
Read it below.
🎨 Warwick Goble
🌷❤️🔥🌷"Wrong will be right, when Aslan comes in sight,
At the sound of his roar, sorrows will be no more,
When he bares his teeth, winter meets its death,
And when he shakes his mane, we shall have spring again."
📖C.S. Lewis - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
#BookWormSat
Shadowfax tossed his head and cried aloud, as if a trumpet had summoned him to battle. Then he sprang forward.
Fire flew from his feet; night rushed over him. Tolkien-Lord Of The Rings. #BookWormSat
Cherry blossom in green glass vase against teal background on beige base. Painting.
🖼️ Jan Wittenberg
Snowy hills and blue skies, with footsteps showing on a snowy track
A woman hiker walking through snow up a hillside, blue skies overhead
Just when it felt like spring was actually underway, winter returned yesterday. Though with no wind it was T-shirt weather.
Stunning day in the Scottish Borders.
A vivid orange sunset
The last of the sun on Cardigan Bay tonight 🌞🌞
Moorish Victoriana: cast-iron ornamental railings on Llandudno pier
Lovely work by Charles Driver back in the day - & a wonderful photograph by @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social 👌📷
Information panel - The Roman Eifel Aqueduct The aqueduct from the Eifel region to Cologne is the largest ancient engineering structure north of the Alps. As one of the most popular archaeological monuments in the Rhineland, it can still be experienced in many ways along the Roman Aqueduct Trail. From the 1st to the 3rd centuries AD, the 95.4 km long aqueduct ensured the water supply of the Lower Germanic provincial capital Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium (Cologne) for at least 190 years. It replaced the foothill aqueducts that had existed since 30 AD and supplied the city daily with 20 million litres of the finest drinking water from the "Sötenich Limestone Basin" near Kall. The planning, route design, and construction are masterpieces of ancient engineering. Along its route, the aqueduct overcame an elevation difference of approximately 350 m as well as all natural obstacles. As a gravity sewer, its route was adapted to the terrain and featured a varying gradient between 0.1% and 4.5%..
Information panel Construction of the Aqueduct The so-called Roman aqueduct, constructed of solia stone and cast masonry, was lined internally with a sealing red water-repellent plaster. Its hydraulic properties were achieved through the addition of brick dust instead of volcanic ash, as used in other Roman aqueducts. A layer of blackish-gray wood ash, whose function was described by the Roman engineer Vitruvius in the 1st century AD, served to seal the finest hairline cracks. The largely accessible, U-shaped aqueduct was covered with a vault and featured inspection shafts that allowed access for cleaning, inspection, and repairs. Construction likely took less than five years, as work was carried out simultaneously on several sections.
Roman Eifel Aqueduct, Köln, Germany
This section, with sediment, was erected near the Cologne Roman city wall in 2020
Discovered 2016 in Hürth-Hermülheim, Rhein-Erft district.
At 95.4 km (c. 60 miles) it carried water to the city from the Eifel region.
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#RomanSiteSaturday
Anfiteatro de Tarraco (Tarragona), Cataluña 🇪🇦 España. Este imponente anfiteatro romano fue construido en el siglo II d.C., bajo el imperio de Trajano o quizás Adriano. 📷 A. M.
#RomanSiteSaturday
Anfiteatro de Tarraco (Tarragona), Cataluña 🇪🇦 España.
Este imponente anfiteatro romano fue construido en el siglo II d.C., bajo el imperio de Trajano o quizás Adriano.
#Hispania #Roma
#RomanArchaeology
#Archaeology
#AncientBluesky
The remains of the north gate
Cologne was Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium. After Julius Caesar destroyed the Eburones in 53 BC, Agrippa colonised the area with the Ubii. A fortified settlement was established c. 38 BC. This was the birthplace of Julia Agrippina: at her request the colony was renamed in AD50 #RomanSiteSaturday
For #RomanSiteSaturday some of the visible remains of the Roman colonia of Tipasa, now Tipaza, Mauretania Caesariensis, Algeria; courtesy of Carole Raddato. #RomanArchaeology
#RomanSiteSaturday with the view over Vindolanda
It was only this Autumn that we got there for the first time
See more of what we've been up to over Autumn/Winter, and a nice relaxing watch for Saturday morning with the Grey Days playlist >>>
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