I swear since the moment I took this photograph in Bushy Park last week, the sun has gone off in a big huff. Please come back sunshine, all is forgiven. 🤗
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#landscapephotography
#treescape
#sunrise
Dreams of spring starting!
A dry, tranquil Cissbury Ring this afternoon, the tree, the eastern entrance and my Dad on the edge of a mahoosive flint mine and another mine with clayey bottom. 🏺
Two boar tusks fixed together at their bases, forming a circular, horseshoe shape. On bronze strips and plaques fixed between the tusks are hung small bells in the shape of tulips.
Mounted boars' tusks with tulip-shaped bronze bells from near the Heuneburg 🇩🇪 #NationalTulipDay 🌷
No parallels were known from the Early Iron Age, but late Celtic and early Roman examples suggest it was a breast ornament for horses.
🔗 from 2017 (£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
A ginger cat sits on a grey floor in front of IKEA boxes. He is wearing a hi vis jacket with “Cautio” on the back. He is unhappy with this.
It’s IKEA building day and Mr Snoopervisor Spud is unhappy to be forced into his PPE.
Elevation map of the Fens showing present-day topography and major settlements. Insert: map of Britain with the Fens (an area of eastern England) highlighted.
The Fens, once the UK's largest lowland wetland, are under threat from environmental change. Examining changes in landscape, habitat, and species from the Neolithic to today underscores the need for integrated heritage and environmental management.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
I follow the quiet signs—
deer tracks by the creek,
water moving forward,
small miracles underfoot.
Nature keeps reminding me that renewal is real, that light finds its way back, even after the storm.
#HopeInSmallThings #NatureAsHealer #WalkingWithAttention
Swatch sample of knitting in purple, coral, mauve and burgundy plain and colour-change yarns
Balls of leftover yarns pulled from stash for new project.
Clue 1 of a mystery yarn knit along completed; a colourwork yoke with Japanese short rows upstand for back neck.
I've finished Clue 1 of my first ever Mystery Yarn ALong. A community knitting project run by the designer where everyone gets a clue weekly, which when knitted end up making a colourwork jumper.
This is the #Rujuu sweater, designed by #ZaneteHussain, pattern can be found on #Ravelry.
Patchwork quilt in progress, laid out over backing to try out the design. Mixed tartan and suiting sample rectangles in the centrepiece, plain blue cotton band surrounding, and tweed sample band around that, then the blue backing folded over to the front. All in muted shades of blue, green, brown.
Patchwork backing tryout. Pure wool tweed, suiting and tartan sample fabrics repurposed.
If we're not at war, Pete Hegseth is a murderer. If we are at war, Pete Hegseth is still a murderer. He's a murderer. And you don't need to go to The Hague to hold him accountable because there are perfectly good, American laws AGAINST MURDER.
My latest in @thenation.com
Our findings show a rare win-win approach to humanely manage cat overpopulation AND protect wildlife - this is a game changer!
Read the full paper: bit.ly/SaveCatsAndW...
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#TNR #cats #conservation
That's some side-eye you're getting from Squeaky!
