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ivy

@askylitocean.bsky.social

"Blue Birds" by British illustrator Tracey English.

January 22, 2026 at 1:07 AM

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Tom Duffin Photographer

@tomduffinphotos.bsky.social

Gorgeous winter light in Edinburgh yesterday

#bruntsfield #edinburgh #architecture

January 20, 2026 at 1:47 PM

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Yaroslava

@strategywoman.bsky.social

As long as I can breathe, I’ll keep educating you about Ukraine

Today, 117 years since the birth of Maria Prymachenko (1909–1997), a renowned 🇺🇦 folk artist.

Few know her son and grandson were artists too: the first two works – by Maria,
the third – by her son Fedir,
the last – by her grandson Ivan

January 12, 2026 at 8:11 PM

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social

@womensartbluesky.bsky.social

'Murmuration' by contemporary UK printmaker Hester Cox #WomensArt

Print with three trees on a hill to the left and a large flock of flying birds above right in a tight formation in a blue sky

January 13, 2026 at 5:35 AM

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Rachel Deering

@racheldeering.bsky.social

Morning.
🖼️ Becca Stadtlander

Painting of red-crowned cranes (Grus japonensis) in a snowy, natural setting. The cranes are in dynamic postures, possibly engaged in their courtship dance.

January 11, 2026 at 7:31 AM

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Helen Day

@lbflyawayhome.bsky.social

‘At the edge of the mere’

Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
(What to Look for in Winter, 1959)

Under a leaden sky, ducks are huddled together on a partially frozen silvery lake surrounded by reeds and bull rushes

January 11, 2026 at 8:21 AM

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Annes Mien

@annesmien.bsky.social

Watercolour painting of a country scene in summer to ward off those winter blues. #art #watercolour #painting #summer

A stile and some red poppies. A picture I painted from a Terry Harrison watercolour teaching book. It conjures up a lovely summers day in the country.

January 8, 2026 at 8:25 PM

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Catherine Munro

@catherinemmunro.bsky.social

Starlings in their fleecy slippers #Shetland #snow

Two starlingson a sheep's back in the snow

January 6, 2026 at 3:01 PM

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Annes Mien

@annesmien.bsky.social

Watercolour painting of some flowers to brighten up your day! #art #watercolours #painting

January 7, 2026 at 11:41 AM

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social

@womensartbluesky.bsky.social

'Winter trees' textile collage with #embroidery,
by UK textile artist Katy Rundle
#WomensArt

Textile collage reflecting an image of a winter forest with many tall thin tree trunks in icey ground and a rising sun on the horizon

January 5, 2026 at 5:43 AM

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WeRateDogs

@weratedogs.com

This is Ollie. He found a perfectly placed carrot snack on his walk. Simply can't believe his luck. 13/10 best day ever (TT: maxime_aries)

January 5, 2026 at 11:10 PM

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Emma

@emmasartworks.bsky.social

Fieldfares in the hawthorns at Sutton Bank, North Yorkshire (UK). These beautiful thrushes are winter visitors to the UK, though numbers vary. It’s impressive how such large, striking birds can almost vanish among a tangle of branches, berries and grey winter sky. Watercolour painting.
🐡🪶

Watercolour painting of three fieldfares among a berry-covered winter hawthorn, with a vague vista of purple tree-covered hills behind them.

January 4, 2026 at 10:00 AM

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social

@womensartbluesky.bsky.social

Contemporary UK artist Natasha Newton's painted stones are inspired by landscape and nature #WomensArt

Photo looking down on seven small stones of different shapes, colours and sizes, each has an individual painted design of a bird, trees or spots in black or white

January 4, 2026 at 6:02 AM

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Alison Fisk

@alisonfisk.bsky.social

Something lovely for the weekend!

The Dorestad Brooch, c. AD 800.

This beautiful Carolingian brooch was found at the bottom of a well in the Netherlands in 1969!

Gold inlaid with almandines, pearls, glass, and enamel. Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden 📷 AlexanderVanLoon www.rmo.nl/en/collectio...

A large Carolingian gilded disc brooch intricately decorated with cloisonné inlay; that is tiny gold cells inlaid with semi-precious red almandine stones, white pearls, and red, white, green, and blue glass and enamel. The inlay is arranged to form a cross. At the centre of the brooch is a large oval red almandine in a gold fitting. Around the rim are four smaller almandines (one missing), four relatively large pearls, and sixteen smaller pearls. The brooch measures 8.5 centimetres in diameter.

Large brooches like this were used to fasten a cloak, so this one was both functional and decorative. Analysis shows that the brooch was modified in antiquity. The remains of the attachment pin on the reverse was hammered flat to take small nails to attach the brooch to another object, perhaps a book or casket

January 3, 2026 at 6:49 PM

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Denise Wong

@denisewong.bsky.social

Woodland Sleeping Fox,
Watercolour painting.

#Fox #RedFox #AnimalArt #WildlifeArt #Wood #ForestAnimal #Watercolour #Art #Painting #ArtPrints #WildlifeGiftIdea

December 31, 2025 at 1:12 AM

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Helen Day

@lbflyawayhome.bsky.social

It’s conventional on New Year’s Eve to do a review of the year.

The year I have decided to review is 1964.

(Artist: Ronald Lampitt, Look and Learn)

An illustration composed of four long panels, each one representing a season of the year, from spring to winter.
Each panel shows the same suburban garden

December 31, 2025 at 7:46 AM

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Sheep Daily 🐑

@sheepdaily.bsky.social

🌹❤️

A white sheep with thick fleece standing to the right in a field of poppies and looking at the camera

December 20, 2025 at 3:28 AM

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Denise Wong

@denisewong.bsky.social

Elephant and Calf,
Watercolour painting.

#Elephant #Wildlife #Animal #WildlifeArt #Watercolour #Art #Painting #ElephantWallArt #ArtPrints #WildlifeGiftIdea

December 10, 2025 at 4:37 AM

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RaggaMog (Morri-Arty)

@raggamog.bsky.social

Today's theme for #FolkyFriday is 'gifts'. There is an old tale of the wren bringing fire to mankind. In its quest to get the flame, it became scorched by the sun. All the other birds gave the wren the gift of a feather as thanks, apart from the owl who refused.
Art my own.
#Folklore #Birds #MHHSBD

December 5, 2025 at 9:24 AM

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Alison Fisk

@alisonfisk.bsky.social

The Lewis Chessmen

These 12th-century chess pieces are packed with personality, and have such charmingly expressive eyes! ♟️ 👀

From a large gaming hoard discovered on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, in 1831.

📷 by me

#FindsFriday
#Archaeology

My photo collage shows a selection of bishop and warder chess pieces finely carved from creamish-coloured walrus ivory, dated c. 1150-1200 AD. Found in a large gaming hoard on the Isle of Lewis. On display at the British Museum.

Photo top left: Two bishops and a warder. All standing. The bishops wear long garments, mitres, and hold a crozier with both hands. The bearded warder wears a long pleated garment and a conical helmet with neck and ear-pieces. He’s armed with a sword and kite-shaped shield inscribed with a lozenge shaped cross.

Photo top right: A so-called ‘berserker’ warder chess piece. Standing, wearing a long garment and hood, armed with sword and a shield decorated with an interlaced saltire. The warder has large, wide-open eyes, and large upper teeth which bite the top of the shield. Height 8.2 cm.

Photo bottom left: A standing warder and two seated bishops, one of which is partly obscured by the warder. The bearded warder wears a long pleated garment and conical helmet with neck and ear-pieces, is armed with sword and shield. The seated bishops wear long garments, mitres, and each holds a crozier and book.

Photo bottom right: A warder and a bishop, both standing. The bearded warder wears a long pleated garment, and conical helmet with neck, ear-pieces and ornamented head-band. He is armed with a sword in right hand and kite-shaped shield in left hand. The bishop wears a long garment with cloak, and mitre, and holds a crozier in his left hand and a book in his right hand.

December 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM

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Orkney Library & Archive

@orkneylibrary.bsky.social

'The perfect brand collaboration doesn't exist.'

Agatha Christie/Mr Men:

2 Mr Men books themed on Agatha Christie books. Mr Poirot in Mischief on the Nile and Little Miss Marple in Muddle at the Vicarage

December 5, 2025 at 11:33 AM

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George The Station Cat

@george-station-cat.bsky.social

Good morning & welcome to Whiskers Wednesday

If you wait until you feel ‘better’ to start living, you might be waiting forever
Go live your life
Do it sad
Do it anxious
Do it uncertain
Healing doesn’t always come before the experience.
Sometimes the experience is what heals you