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"Lovely thing - solid, presumably copper? In St Malo's cathedral"

Tagging @notpodium.bsky.social

On a recent visit to France I saw this lectern and thought of you. Lovely thing - solid, presumably copper? In St Malo's cathedral, with heaps of other good stuff. (Twitter folk tell me you're here now.)

#StaircaseSaturday

I'm back on BlueSky! So here's an odd thing on the left bank of the R. Seine in Rouen.

The pedestrian staircase up to the Pont Guillaume le Conquérant is adorned with a well executed graffiti showing Rowan Atkinson. Just... why?

Is it a subtle French joke? (We won, Blackadder!)

Photo of a close-up of a number of highly decorated eggs in different colours and stulised images of deer, flowers or bees as well as individuap patterns

A pysanka is a Polish-Ukrainian #Easter egg, decorated with traditional folk designs using a wax-resist method #WomensArt

23: The John Watson Building Stones Collection at the Sedgwick Museum in Cambridge Cabinets with a cardboard box dinosaur I’ve become quite a fan of the Victorians/Edwardians in the course of this project, their fascination with science, building, innovation and categorisat…

Thanks for the hint. 👍 😀

A little light Googling led me to this (where your UCL walks get a shout-out) and introduced me to the fab-sounding buildinglondon.blog/2021/12/20/2...

As I have friends in Cambridge, I hope to visit and then check out the Raffaelli table in the Fitzwilliam.

Ruth, thanks so much! Lovely name and lovely patterns. Looks prettier than the red Devonian limestones we have a little south from me in Devon.

Middle of the week brings out the small ones for #WrensDay, so here is one of our feathered friends near some holly leaves at Yarrow Valley CP.

#birds #wildlifephotography @rspb.bsky.social #naturephotography #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturetherapy #photography #wildlife #Wrens

Hello, Ruth. I hope you can help ID a reddish stone font & pavement in Villefranche de Conflent, S. France. Tim Palmer said you'd moved to BlueSky and you're the best.

Tim thinks limestone, I guess red gneiss, my sister who posted the pic has NO idea. Lots of it in the hills, apparently.

This looks amazing @pavementgeology.bsky.social!

Thanks so much! My sister will be delighted. (I've told her the RHS says it has sticky leaves so hopefully she will report back.)

I must remember to hang out on BlueSky for #WildflowerHour.

I live in Devon and forage it regularly. It's not rare. and hard to mistake for anything dodgy. Very nice too...

Hello Moira! Is #WildflowerID more active on Bluesky these days?

If yes, any chance of an ID for a pesky furrin plant in S France, near Pyrenees? My sis wonders if it's a linaria/toadflax but the leaves seem wrong but there are over 200 varieties of the damn things. Any clues would be appreciated.

Thanks for posting! A favourite flower of my childhood...

Blimey! Did you take a few leaves home to eat? Great with butter and lemon...

Glad you liked it. 👍

Medieval Three Hares at Sampford Courtenay

Yep. Plus an understanding of the proper use of reflexive pronouns. 😆

Meanwhile, here's a pic of my Gail's cinnamon bun for the apostrophe and bakery fans. Credit to Gail's for their commitment to old-school grammar.

And a few more yellow Snowdrops found during today's outing. A winter delight, and a bit of a Northumbrian speciality... #wildflowerhour #botany

A pot of snowdrops with some in flower by a window. Halls buildings in the background.

The uni kid sent me a photo of the snowdrops that I dug up. Now flowering in halls. #WildflowerHour 🤍🌱

A carpet of yellow-flowered Winter Aconite.

Spring is on its way 😊
#wildflowerhour

Winter Aconite in a #Northumberland churchyard today.

Ooh, I've got some of them...

Yes! If I had a pic of the red kites above my Oxfordshire house, I'd post it. Please have some aconites instead. 😀

#EverydaysASchoolday!

Good luck, Canadian friends. 👍

There's always "Wolford Chapel in Devon, England... The building and land are publicly owned by the Canadian province of Ontario, and flies the Flag of Canada despite being in the English countryside." Wikipedia.

Wonderful place. Maybe a bit small for y'all...

Point taken.

But I have a feather phobia. I had NO idea I might be sharing a plane ride with feathery things that could flap around in flight. Let alone if they get into the cabin on the approach to landing. Or join their friends outside by diving down the toilets and into the jet engine vents...

👍

Happy Candlemas!

Been there.

A long time ago I tried driving up in my little cheap English rubbish car. With three friends, for the first time. Never have I wished I had lighter, slimmer friends more.

Do I also remember lost caravans at the bottom of the valley or was I just hallucinating?

Thanks for this. I'm hoping to visit with friends outside Cambridge this year. 👍

Closeup of a large teardrop shaped leaf covered in water droplets. The light reflecting makes some of them dark and some brilliant.

#BlueSkyArtShow is closed until next Saturday but the calendar is full of opportunities to share art and mingle.

Today is Sunday #Stunday run by Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social. Post something stunning under the tag.

I get stopped in my tracks by wet leaves. The texture and play of light is ✨✨✨