Laura
@kelpiewrangler.bsky.social
Vellichorist, frustrated sculptress/painter, gardener, collector of flotsam, and jetsam.
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**Top Ten Images of the Year · #5 of 10**
✨ One of my favourite windows — a lovely 15th-century depiction of a wren hunting a spider in the Zouche Chapel at York Minster.
✨ One of my favourite windows — a lovely 15th-century depiction of a wren hunting a spider in the Zouche Chapel at York Minster.
December 30, 2025 at 7:30 AM
**Top Ten Images of the Year · #5 of 10**
✨ One of my favourite windows — a lovely 15th-century depiction of a wren hunting a spider in the Zouche Chapel at York Minster.
✨ One of my favourite windows — a lovely 15th-century depiction of a wren hunting a spider in the Zouche Chapel at York Minster.
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This charming crab is waving goodbye to 2025. One of many marine images around a lost figure of Neptune (a wheel from his chariot survived) under what is now Gloucester House in Dyer Street, Cirencester. This image was the most popular of my #MosaicMonday offerings this year!
#AncientBlueSky 🏺
#AncientBlueSky 🏺
December 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This charming crab is waving goodbye to 2025. One of many marine images around a lost figure of Neptune (a wheel from his chariot survived) under what is now Gloucester House in Dyer Street, Cirencester. This image was the most popular of my #MosaicMonday offerings this year!
#AncientBlueSky 🏺
#AncientBlueSky 🏺
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Tonight’s Only Connect is a normal Monday night episode - back in the main series, and quite the challenge for anyone who’s been mainlining Tia Maria since Christmas Eve. The specials resume tomorrow night!
8pm, BBC Two
8pm, BBC Two
December 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Tonight’s Only Connect is a normal Monday night episode - back in the main series, and quite the challenge for anyone who’s been mainlining Tia Maria since Christmas Eve. The specials resume tomorrow night!
8pm, BBC Two
8pm, BBC Two
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Inge Burgerhoudt, contemporary ceramics artist from the Netherlands who works under the title Kleur Keramiek #Womensart
December 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Inge Burgerhoudt, contemporary ceramics artist from the Netherlands who works under the title Kleur Keramiek #Womensart
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I absolutely adore this Pied Wagtail roost in #Bath. It’s mesmerising watching them. And seeing people’s reaction when they realise that they aren’t Christmas decorations 🎄🐦⬛
December 28, 2025 at 6:54 AM
I absolutely adore this Pied Wagtail roost in #Bath. It’s mesmerising watching them. And seeing people’s reaction when they realise that they aren’t Christmas decorations 🎄🐦⬛
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£2 peonies at T&M today. If you buy yourself 6 like me and pay £6 delivery they come in at £3 each.
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December 27, 2025 at 9:23 AM
£2 peonies at T&M today. If you buy yourself 6 like me and pay £6 delivery they come in at £3 each.
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Hi BlueSky. Can you help solve this Christmas mystery?
A gift in a cracker. A hard plastic black ball. Three white-ish spots on one side, one white-ish spot on the other. No instructions, nothing else with it. Any ideas what it is or what it’s supposed to do?
A gift in a cracker. A hard plastic black ball. Three white-ish spots on one side, one white-ish spot on the other. No instructions, nothing else with it. Any ideas what it is or what it’s supposed to do?
December 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Hi BlueSky. Can you help solve this Christmas mystery?
A gift in a cracker. A hard plastic black ball. Three white-ish spots on one side, one white-ish spot on the other. No instructions, nothing else with it. Any ideas what it is or what it’s supposed to do?
A gift in a cracker. A hard plastic black ball. Three white-ish spots on one side, one white-ish spot on the other. No instructions, nothing else with it. Any ideas what it is or what it’s supposed to do?
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Oh my. People are *actually* using AI to check tide times… 😬
Planning a festive swim? Warning not to rely on AI for advice on tides www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Planning a festive swim? Warning not to rely on AI for advice on tides www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Warning about using AI for festive swim tide time advice
The Coastguard warns about AI after two people are stranded after being given the wrong tide times.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 26, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Oh my. People are *actually* using AI to check tide times… 😬
Planning a festive swim? Warning not to rely on AI for advice on tides www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Planning a festive swim? Warning not to rely on AI for advice on tides www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I wouldn’t feel as if it were Christmas if I didn’t share Balmain’s 1955 cocktail dress. I can only imagine how the wearer felt, arriving in this perfect Christmas gown. To all those who celebrate, I hope you are enjoying peace with favourite people. Sold via #KerryTaylorAuct #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
December 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I wouldn’t feel as if it were Christmas if I didn’t share Balmain’s 1955 cocktail dress. I can only imagine how the wearer felt, arriving in this perfect Christmas gown. To all those who celebrate, I hope you are enjoying peace with favourite people. Sold via #KerryTaylorAuct #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Wishing you all a merry Christmas from me, minispollie with her new teddy
December 25, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Wishing you all a merry Christmas from me, minispollie with her new teddy
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As many of us begin Christmas meal prep, allow me to share the advice that my ER nurse sister puts in the chat every year:
A dropped knife has no handle. Jump away. Let it fall. You can pick it up and wash it.
A dropped knife has no handle. Jump away. Let it fall. You can pick it up and wash it.
December 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
As many of us begin Christmas meal prep, allow me to share the advice that my ER nurse sister puts in the chat every year:
A dropped knife has no handle. Jump away. Let it fall. You can pick it up and wash it.
A dropped knife has no handle. Jump away. Let it fall. You can pick it up and wash it.
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Mudlarked garnets from the Thames Foreshore. Wishing everyone a peaceful and happy Christmas 🎄
December 24, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Mudlarked garnets from the Thames Foreshore. Wishing everyone a peaceful and happy Christmas 🎄
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Painting by Jeremy Miranda ‘This years tree’ 2024
Acrylic on board. Size 10 × 12 in.
Acrylic on board. Size 10 × 12 in.
December 24, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Painting by Jeremy Miranda ‘This years tree’ 2024
Acrylic on board. Size 10 × 12 in.
Acrylic on board. Size 10 × 12 in.
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Lewtrenchard Manor #Devon
Such wonderful skill displayed in producing this beautiful tile-like floor made of upright slates.
Once home of Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould hymn writer, folklore & folk song collector & lover of #Dartmoor.
#TilesOnTuesday
Such wonderful skill displayed in producing this beautiful tile-like floor made of upright slates.
Once home of Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould hymn writer, folklore & folk song collector & lover of #Dartmoor.
#TilesOnTuesday
December 23, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Lewtrenchard Manor #Devon
Such wonderful skill displayed in producing this beautiful tile-like floor made of upright slates.
Once home of Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould hymn writer, folklore & folk song collector & lover of #Dartmoor.
#TilesOnTuesday
Such wonderful skill displayed in producing this beautiful tile-like floor made of upright slates.
Once home of Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould hymn writer, folklore & folk song collector & lover of #Dartmoor.
#TilesOnTuesday
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I found 50p on the beach with my dads detector.
December 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I found 50p on the beach with my dads detector.
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Nooooo! Driving Home For Christmas singer Chris Rea dies age 74 www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0...
Chris Rea: Driving Home For Christmas singer dies aged 74
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December 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Nooooo! Driving Home For Christmas singer Chris Rea dies age 74 www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0...
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Good morning
You've made it, this is the shortest day of the year. From here on the days get lighter and longer
May this Solstice and turning of the wheel bring you love, peace, and good fortune in the coming year.
Let us welcome the returning sun with Hope and Joy. May you never thirst! 🌱💚
You've made it, this is the shortest day of the year. From here on the days get lighter and longer
May this Solstice and turning of the wheel bring you love, peace, and good fortune in the coming year.
Let us welcome the returning sun with Hope and Joy. May you never thirst! 🌱💚
December 21, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Good morning
You've made it, this is the shortest day of the year. From here on the days get lighter and longer
May this Solstice and turning of the wheel bring you love, peace, and good fortune in the coming year.
Let us welcome the returning sun with Hope and Joy. May you never thirst! 🌱💚
You've made it, this is the shortest day of the year. From here on the days get lighter and longer
May this Solstice and turning of the wheel bring you love, peace, and good fortune in the coming year.
Let us welcome the returning sun with Hope and Joy. May you never thirst! 🌱💚
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Day 20 - As the doorbell rings once more, Betsy tucks herself further into the space beneath the lounge window and holds her breath. Her plans for the evening revolved around a gin fizz and a good book. 1/2
December 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Day 20 - As the doorbell rings once more, Betsy tucks herself further into the space beneath the lounge window and holds her breath. Her plans for the evening revolved around a gin fizz and a good book. 1/2
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Buses in the 1950s were specially designed to fit under Beverley’s medieval North Bar Gate, East Yorkshire.
December 20, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Buses in the 1950s were specially designed to fit under Beverley’s medieval North Bar Gate, East Yorkshire.
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𝐒𝐰𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐲 𝐎𝐰𝐥. 💔
For the first time in 20 years, a bird species has disappeared from the country.
For the first time in 20 years, a bird species has disappeared from the country.
December 17, 2025 at 9:25 AM
𝐒𝐰𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐲 𝐎𝐰𝐥. 💔
For the first time in 20 years, a bird species has disappeared from the country.
For the first time in 20 years, a bird species has disappeared from the country.
Lots of berries on my Holly trees before the birds scoffed them.
December 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Lots of berries on my Holly trees before the birds scoffed them.
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‘Buddo’ - a rare representation of a human figure from the British Neolithic, dating to around 2900-2400 BC. Discovered at Skara Brae in the mid-C19th, it was re-discovered amongst the archaeological collections at Stromness Museum in 2016. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #Archaeology
December 19, 2025 at 7:33 AM
‘Buddo’ - a rare representation of a human figure from the British Neolithic, dating to around 2900-2400 BC. Discovered at Skara Brae in the mid-C19th, it was re-discovered amongst the archaeological collections at Stromness Museum in 2016. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #Archaeology
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December 19, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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I’m increasingly uneasy about the flood of AI images on social media. They are mostly absurd and frustrating. They may sometimes be creative experiments, but the fact that so many users take them at face value says a lot about our collective loss of visual literacy.
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December 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I’m increasingly uneasy about the flood of AI images on social media. They are mostly absurd and frustrating. They may sometimes be creative experiments, but the fact that so many users take them at face value says a lot about our collective loss of visual literacy.
www.facebook.com/groups/ancie...
www.facebook.com/groups/ancie...
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A mini-story to cheer you up this morning. The other day my teenage son returned to his locked bike to find the back wheel nicked. We went back yesterday to rescue it - and found this note taped to the frame. We have the wheel again. A very happy Xmas to Ollie and his note-writing other half.
December 17, 2025 at 8:11 AM
A mini-story to cheer you up this morning. The other day my teenage son returned to his locked bike to find the back wheel nicked. We went back yesterday to rescue it - and found this note taped to the frame. We have the wheel again. A very happy Xmas to Ollie and his note-writing other half.