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Rosalind Ahmed

@21rosa.bsky.social

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Museums, galleries, medieval and Irish literature, folklore, poetry, botany, Cumbrian walks, Oxfam bookstores. Remainer trying to do the right thing in a world that's going/gone off balance. All 📸 mine, unless stated

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miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 3d

#EUr0cktober
#MusicChallenge

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Portugal. The Man – Feel It Still

Portugal the country has some of the best cities to wander around. Loved every minute we were there.

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Wyrd Wednesday @wyrdwednesday.bsky.social · 5h

Wyrdlings!
We have a special announcement today. Our dear friend @signemaene.com has collaborated with Wyrd Mother
@prairiebones.bsky.social and launched a Kickstarter campaign for their newest book of short stories! Link posted below⬇️

Our topic for tomorrow's #WyrdWednesday will be:
🖤WITCHES🖤

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Rosalind Ahmed @21rosa.bsky.social · 1h

#EUrOcktober #MusicChallenge
Celebrating #Finland today, 14 October, with Little My and the #Moomins 🤍💙
youtu.be/9YAmXjBUp-g?...

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Rosalind Ahmed @21rosa.bsky.social · 1h

#Howl-A-Ween #SpookySeason #MusicChallenge #MusicSky
youtu.be/yrrTSGYNjNw?...
'Tis a #creepy thing
to feel your voodoo working

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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 1d

Kind of a sad read about how butterflies are losing their vibrant colors in a drab world.

As the World Becomes Drab, Butterflies Follow - bioGraphic

With monocultures increasingly replacing diverse forests in the tropics, brilliance has become a burden.

www.biographic.com

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Rosalind Ahmed @21rosa.bsky.social · 6h

It was a good tip, thanks! 🙏🏻

Rosalind Ahmed @21rosa.bsky.social · 8h

Have you checked out this blog @theghostmonk.bsky.social?

Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 13h

There is some superb writing here. Take a look at Unquiet Things.

Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.social · 14h

“I wasn’t prepared for how absolutely sumptuous this movie looks. Every single frame could be framed and hung on a wall. This might be the most visually gorgeous film I’ve watched all month. Maybe all year.”

unquietthings.com/31-days-of-h...

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Brainfog @brainfog88.bsky.social · 1d

It's that time of the year, love is in the air. A buck making the moves on this doe and giving me the side eye. That is a piebald buck, not an albino. It's still cool to see a white buck. Whidbey Island, Washington.
#buck #deer ##naturephotography #pnw #whidbeyisland

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Air and Nothingness Press @aanpress.bsky.social · 5d

With a week to go, we hope you can Join Jamie Lackey and AaN on October 17th, 6:00pm, at Blythe Books in Brentwood for our “The Forest Gods” book launch. RSVP here - www.blythebooks.com/shop/p/an-ev...

Covers to both books and date and time info + a QR code to scan.

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Rosalind Ahmed @21rosa.bsky.social · 10h

Exciting news incoming from @wyrdwednesday.bsky.social On tenterhooks till then ...

Rosalind Ahmed @21rosa.bsky.social · 10h

A lot going on this #ThickTrunkTuesday not least the hand like bough reaching across from one trunk to the other ... There are many tanglewood tales whispered among these trees near the Vindolanda Roman site #Northumberland

Not the 'Tanglewood Tales' about Greek myth, but ancient stories from the earth in this place. A tree with a double trunk and many twisted boughs leans on a hillside near a broken fence. There is a an irregular, arch shaped hollow at the bottom of the trunk.The autumn sunlight is soft but this can be a windswept site

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Jim Richmond 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🏉⛳️📷🏏 @jamesrichmond.bsky.social · 1d

Dunnottar Castle, Stonehaven
#sunset #aberdeenshire #architecture #history #photography #fotografia #fotografie #canoneosr6mkii #scotland

A historic castle ruins perched atop a rocky cliff, overlooking a calm sea under a moody sky. A winding path leads to the ruins, surrounded by lush greenery and coastal features.

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Pete Tellone @petertellone.bsky.social · 8d

Natural Bridge - DVNP

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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 4d

“Caddo Angel”

Caddo Lake, TX

#Scape

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Christine @cmehere.bsky.social · Sep 12

@nanogrrrl.bsky.social challenged me to a duel so we thought we would open it up to all of you creative people.

49 days to get it together 😁

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yvesbroeckx.bsky.social @yvesbroeckx.bsky.social · 5d

I W H E R E S I L E N C E G R O W S I

In the hush of fog and flame, the trees remember what we forget — that beauty is often born from stillness.

— The Asylum Art —
Art and words by Yves
#Art #Painting #Autumn #Nature #blueskyart #complexptsd #cptsd #tree #trees #stillness #fog #flame

Where Silence Grows captures a moment suspended between breath and memory. Tall birch trees rise through a veil of mist, their fiery crowns glowing against a muted gray sky. The painting explores the quiet strength of nature — how it stands, endures, and burns softly even in the fog of fading seasons. The warm autumn tones evoke both transience and peace, a reminder that stillness, too, can be alive.

Art copyright ©Yves Broeckx
This is digitally created art
concept and execution by Yves

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Ina🌱 @ina58.bsky.social · 2d

Seen by my daughter in the early morning. #Stunday #beaver #CastorFiber #Hardinxveld #Holland #riverdike #nature #Photography

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 1d

Given what we're watching in Portland...

Here's information on attacking dictator-types with humor and mockery.

It's been branded "laughtivism."

And the Portland frog is showing how it works.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Elql...

Pushback Politics Part 2: The Power of Humor

YouTube video by National Council for History Education

www.youtube.com

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Sarah Archer @sarcher.bsky.social · 3d

A mesmerizing array of cookware from the November, 1970 issue of House Beautiful 🫕

Colorful pots and pans set on a black and white striped platform

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Rosalind Ahmed @21rosa.bsky.social · 23h

@davidnice.bsky.social Have you seen this? Impressive!

Austin Glatthorn @glatthorn.bsky.social · 2d

A paper model of the Schwarzenberg #theatre (1766) in Český Krumlov. It’s a nice reminder of my last two summers teaching there. I can’t wait to revisit it again.

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Rosalind Ahmed @21rosa.bsky.social · 1d

The Magpie Rhyme

"One for sorrow,
Two for joy,
Three for a girl,
Four for a boy,
Five for silver,
Six for gold,
Seven for a secret,
Never to be told"

Rosalind Ahmed @21rosa.bsky.social · 1d

#Howl-A-Ween #SpookySeason
#MusicChallenge #MusicSky
youtu.be/w6EIFD80f90?...
According to #bird #folklore the number of magpies encountered can predict either good or bad luck. This song's origins appear to emerge from ornithomancy, an ancient way of interpreting omens according to bird behaviour

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Rosalind Ahmed @21rosa.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely agree ...
Time for the hard stuff 🫖😮

The #sketch that hits the spot courtesy of @shawnazilla.bsky.social

#art
#Inktober
#DrawnTogether 🤝

Shawna Galey Avanessian @shawnazilla.bsky.social · Mar 28

What it takes to get through the day sometimes.
☕️🫖🧋
#processillustration #photoshop #kidlitart #sketch

A digital illustration of a princess on the ground crazily pouring tea from a tea pot into her mouth. Beside her is a spilled cup of tea and pieces of broken plates.

Rosalind Ahmed @21rosa.bsky.social · 1d

#AlphabetChallenge
Cuckooflower blooms around the same time that the cuckoo begins to call in spring.
It may not be topical in mid- October but it's a contender for #WeekPforPink 🌸

Each flower has 4 small, delicate, pink petals, veined with darker pink

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