Barbara
@onther1se.bsky.social
Fascinated by nature. Supportive of all living things & their right to exist peacefully and unharmed. 🌱🐈⬛🦋🐾🇬🇧
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Rise and shine, it's the final day of #BigGardenBirdwatch!
Remember, you can still take part even if you haven't signed up.
Help us spread the word: share this post, text someone, or tell the whole table over your Sunday roast.
The more data we get, the better 🧑🔬
Remember, you can still take part even if you haven't signed up.
Help us spread the word: share this post, text someone, or tell the whole table over your Sunday roast.
The more data we get, the better 🧑🔬
January 25, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Rise and shine, it's the final day of #BigGardenBirdwatch!
Remember, you can still take part even if you haven't signed up.
Help us spread the word: share this post, text someone, or tell the whole table over your Sunday roast.
The more data we get, the better 🧑🔬
Remember, you can still take part even if you haven't signed up.
Help us spread the word: share this post, text someone, or tell the whole table over your Sunday roast.
The more data we get, the better 🧑🔬
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Shops in Kyiv have started letting animals inside during the severe cold so they wouldn’t freeze ❄️🐾
January 18, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Shops in Kyiv have started letting animals inside during the severe cold so they wouldn’t freeze ❄️🐾
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❄️🩵 Winter landscapes of Kyiv at the Hryshko Botanical Garden🩵 ❄️
January 18, 2026 at 2:19 PM
❄️🩵 Winter landscapes of Kyiv at the Hryshko Botanical Garden🩵 ❄️
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Across Ukraine, “Points of Invincibility” are opening for stray animals
Caring Ukrainians help street pets survive the cold and even run masterclasses on how to do a good deed for zero cost
❤️❤️❤️
Caring Ukrainians help street pets survive the cold and even run masterclasses on how to do a good deed for zero cost
❤️❤️❤️
January 15, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Across Ukraine, “Points of Invincibility” are opening for stray animals
Caring Ukrainians help street pets survive the cold and even run masterclasses on how to do a good deed for zero cost
❤️❤️❤️
Caring Ukrainians help street pets survive the cold and even run masterclasses on how to do a good deed for zero cost
❤️❤️❤️
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January 13, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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Well Professor, it's Christmas Day 1952 and you're on the phone to the Prime Minister of South Africa asking for permission to commandeer a military flight over contested airspace to obtain a fish which may or may not be unusual. For some reason he agrees to this.
January 6, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Well Professor, it's Christmas Day 1952 and you're on the phone to the Prime Minister of South Africa asking for permission to commandeer a military flight over contested airspace to obtain a fish which may or may not be unusual. For some reason he agrees to this.
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That dusk, in the dark drawing room, Old Fox lit the beeswax candles on the spruce tree for the last time & the ghosts of the past & of those yet to come stepped forward, held in their spun-gold for a brief weighted moment, for the end of Yuletide is leaden with time, with the fugacity of all things
January 5, 2026 at 1:31 PM
That dusk, in the dark drawing room, Old Fox lit the beeswax candles on the spruce tree for the last time & the ghosts of the past & of those yet to come stepped forward, held in their spun-gold for a brief weighted moment, for the end of Yuletide is leaden with time, with the fugacity of all things
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I’m on my nonsense again. This week’s Six Things:
– the sunlight optimism calculator
– important cat science
– a deranged entanglogram
– the progression of English
– Wacky Races truthing
– gridogram
open.substack.com/pub/levparik...
– the sunlight optimism calculator
– important cat science
– a deranged entanglogram
– the progression of English
– Wacky Races truthing
– gridogram
open.substack.com/pub/levparik...
Six Things, Volume 141
Optimism | Cats | Entanglogram | English | Wacky Races | Gridogram
open.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:59 AM
I’m on my nonsense again. This week’s Six Things:
– the sunlight optimism calculator
– important cat science
– a deranged entanglogram
– the progression of English
– Wacky Races truthing
– gridogram
open.substack.com/pub/levparik...
– the sunlight optimism calculator
– important cat science
– a deranged entanglogram
– the progression of English
– Wacky Races truthing
– gridogram
open.substack.com/pub/levparik...
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Without sign or sound
The world slips passed
The arbitrary lines
We invest so deeply in;
The cradling of
The fragility of our tears
The sparks of hope,
And all our brittle fears.
Unnoticed, save for
The quickening in the bud
The push new stem
The incremental return of light.
#DailyNature #newyear
The world slips passed
The arbitrary lines
We invest so deeply in;
The cradling of
The fragility of our tears
The sparks of hope,
And all our brittle fears.
Unnoticed, save for
The quickening in the bud
The push new stem
The incremental return of light.
#DailyNature #newyear
January 1, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Without sign or sound
The world slips passed
The arbitrary lines
We invest so deeply in;
The cradling of
The fragility of our tears
The sparks of hope,
And all our brittle fears.
Unnoticed, save for
The quickening in the bud
The push new stem
The incremental return of light.
#DailyNature #newyear
The world slips passed
The arbitrary lines
We invest so deeply in;
The cradling of
The fragility of our tears
The sparks of hope,
And all our brittle fears.
Unnoticed, save for
The quickening in the bud
The push new stem
The incremental return of light.
#DailyNature #newyear
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Good morning floofsters!
It’s a chilly one today so top up your hot drinkies and keep warm.
Day 8 of the #HedgewatchXmas Advent Calendar is coming up soon.
Are you ready?
It’s a chilly one today so top up your hot drinkies and keep warm.
Day 8 of the #HedgewatchXmas Advent Calendar is coming up soon.
Are you ready?
December 8, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Good morning floofsters!
It’s a chilly one today so top up your hot drinkies and keep warm.
Day 8 of the #HedgewatchXmas Advent Calendar is coming up soon.
Are you ready?
It’s a chilly one today so top up your hot drinkies and keep warm.
Day 8 of the #HedgewatchXmas Advent Calendar is coming up soon.
Are you ready?
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Spike takes a huge breath, his prickles are quivering, this is an awesome responsibility. He gently pulls open door 4 of the #HedgewatchXmas Advent Calendar.
Wow!
It’s a beautiful photograph of wildlife taken by Brock on his trusty old camera.
Isn’t that marvellous?
#Hedgewatch
Wow!
It’s a beautiful photograph of wildlife taken by Brock on his trusty old camera.
Isn’t that marvellous?
#Hedgewatch
December 4, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Spike takes a huge breath, his prickles are quivering, this is an awesome responsibility. He gently pulls open door 4 of the #HedgewatchXmas Advent Calendar.
Wow!
It’s a beautiful photograph of wildlife taken by Brock on his trusty old camera.
Isn’t that marvellous?
#Hedgewatch
Wow!
It’s a beautiful photograph of wildlife taken by Brock on his trusty old camera.
Isn’t that marvellous?
#Hedgewatch
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(A)
I thought you might like some 'Veranda News'.
It's where I spend a lot of time in the cold weather.
Some humans usually come in and make a drink for themselves.
I don't mind sharing my veranda with them.
Betty says allotments aren't just about gardening, they are places for making friends too.
I thought you might like some 'Veranda News'.
It's where I spend a lot of time in the cold weather.
Some humans usually come in and make a drink for themselves.
I don't mind sharing my veranda with them.
Betty says allotments aren't just about gardening, they are places for making friends too.
December 4, 2025 at 10:59 AM
(A)
I thought you might like some 'Veranda News'.
It's where I spend a lot of time in the cold weather.
Some humans usually come in and make a drink for themselves.
I don't mind sharing my veranda with them.
Betty says allotments aren't just about gardening, they are places for making friends too.
I thought you might like some 'Veranda News'.
It's where I spend a lot of time in the cold weather.
Some humans usually come in and make a drink for themselves.
I don't mind sharing my veranda with them.
Betty says allotments aren't just about gardening, they are places for making friends too.
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The Fifth Window. The Elderly Squirrel was carefully arranging his Christmas cards on the Georgian mantlepiece in his little sitting room. There were five cards in sum.
December 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The Fifth Window. The Elderly Squirrel was carefully arranging his Christmas cards on the Georgian mantlepiece in his little sitting room. There were five cards in sum.
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My little art shop has a collection of bird drawings and other nature subjects.
All one of a kind originals at affordable prices for gifts.
folksy.com/shops/thewee...
#Birds #Owl #Turkey #Bullfinch #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ShopIndy #SupportSmallBusiness #bsnm
All one of a kind originals at affordable prices for gifts.
folksy.com/shops/thewee...
#Birds #Owl #Turkey #Bullfinch #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ShopIndy #SupportSmallBusiness #bsnm
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
My little art shop has a collection of bird drawings and other nature subjects.
All one of a kind originals at affordable prices for gifts.
folksy.com/shops/thewee...
#Birds #Owl #Turkey #Bullfinch #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ShopIndy #SupportSmallBusiness #bsnm
All one of a kind originals at affordable prices for gifts.
folksy.com/shops/thewee...
#Birds #Owl #Turkey #Bullfinch #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ShopIndy #SupportSmallBusiness #bsnm
The satisfaction & relief of bringing the tender fuchsias & agapanthus into the greenhouse before the first forecast sharp frosts of the winter. Also moved pots of hardy plants around & planted two tubs of spring bulbs. Almost winter-ready 🍂🍁🌷
November 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The satisfaction & relief of bringing the tender fuchsias & agapanthus into the greenhouse before the first forecast sharp frosts of the winter. Also moved pots of hardy plants around & planted two tubs of spring bulbs. Almost winter-ready 🍂🍁🌷
A lovely package of beautiful things from @theweeowl.bsky.social has arrived safely through #StormClaudia. Inside the tissue paper is a precious drawing, protected from damp by a cellophane sleeve. Do check out @theweeowl.bsky.social & treat yourself & others to her delightful, unique work. 🦉🎁🖌️
November 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A lovely package of beautiful things from @theweeowl.bsky.social has arrived safely through #StormClaudia. Inside the tissue paper is a precious drawing, protected from damp by a cellophane sleeve. Do check out @theweeowl.bsky.social & treat yourself & others to her delightful, unique work. 🦉🎁🖌️
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A quiet November so far, I am hoping for some sales on my most popular subjects before the end of the month.
If you are outside the UK the time to order for Christmas is now!
folksy.com/find/item/85...
#Mushrooms #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ShopIndy #ChristmasGifts #bsnm
If you are outside the UK the time to order for Christmas is now!
folksy.com/find/item/85...
#Mushrooms #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ShopIndy #ChristmasGifts #bsnm
November 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
A quiet November so far, I am hoping for some sales on my most popular subjects before the end of the month.
If you are outside the UK the time to order for Christmas is now!
folksy.com/find/item/85...
#Mushrooms #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ShopIndy #ChristmasGifts #bsnm
If you are outside the UK the time to order for Christmas is now!
folksy.com/find/item/85...
#Mushrooms #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ShopIndy #ChristmasGifts #bsnm
The rain from #StormClaudia is lashing down. The lack of human activity is an opportunity for birds to visit our garden undisturbed. A Goldcrest has worked it's way around every branch of the young Blenheim Orange apple tree, raindrops bouncing off its shielding feathers.
November 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The rain from #StormClaudia is lashing down. The lack of human activity is an opportunity for birds to visit our garden undisturbed. A Goldcrest has worked it's way around every branch of the young Blenheim Orange apple tree, raindrops bouncing off its shielding feathers.
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One of the badgers moving forward, searching for peanuts at the start of the night. The moonlight creating dark and light patterns amongst the trees. #mammals
November 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
One of the badgers moving forward, searching for peanuts at the start of the night. The moonlight creating dark and light patterns amongst the trees. #mammals
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The presses are rolling!
My first wild fairytale has gone to print.
Nature’s Advent Calendar – A Wild Fairytale will soon unfold.
Inspired by my Advent calendars, sharing nature’s treasures, it’s a tale of twenty-four small doors opening into nature’s quiet magic.
Published by Cloth of Nature Press
My first wild fairytale has gone to print.
Nature’s Advent Calendar – A Wild Fairytale will soon unfold.
Inspired by my Advent calendars, sharing nature’s treasures, it’s a tale of twenty-four small doors opening into nature’s quiet magic.
Published by Cloth of Nature Press
October 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The presses are rolling!
My first wild fairytale has gone to print.
Nature’s Advent Calendar – A Wild Fairytale will soon unfold.
Inspired by my Advent calendars, sharing nature’s treasures, it’s a tale of twenty-four small doors opening into nature’s quiet magic.
Published by Cloth of Nature Press
My first wild fairytale has gone to print.
Nature’s Advent Calendar – A Wild Fairytale will soon unfold.
Inspired by my Advent calendars, sharing nature’s treasures, it’s a tale of twenty-four small doors opening into nature’s quiet magic.
Published by Cloth of Nature Press
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If you are in the Oxford area next Thursday, I’m giving a talk on the birds of the Lye Valley area. It’s a multimedia presentation (pictures and calls!) covering the resident and migratory birds recorded in this part of the city. See you there!
@friendlyevalley.bsky.social
#Oxonbirding
#Oxford
@friendlyevalley.bsky.social
#Oxonbirding
#Oxford
October 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
If you are in the Oxford area next Thursday, I’m giving a talk on the birds of the Lye Valley area. It’s a multimedia presentation (pictures and calls!) covering the resident and migratory birds recorded in this part of the city. See you there!
@friendlyevalley.bsky.social
#Oxonbirding
#Oxford
@friendlyevalley.bsky.social
#Oxonbirding
#Oxford
A misty day when cloud sat so low over the land that it's moisture covered everything. Up high above the clouds, a thin seeping noise as parties of Redwing arrived for winter. One group dropped low to circle the copse once, twice & again. Committing the luxuriant berried trees to group memory.
October 13, 2025 at 10:08 PM
A misty day when cloud sat so low over the land that it's moisture covered everything. Up high above the clouds, a thin seeping noise as parties of Redwing arrived for winter. One group dropped low to circle the copse once, twice & again. Committing the luxuriant berried trees to group memory.
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An observation test for you - for your inner 8 year-old
“The artist has hidden 12 things in this picture. How many can you find?”
Treasure magazine, 1964
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one? 🙏)
“The artist has hidden 12 things in this picture. How many can you find?”
Treasure magazine, 1964
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one? 🙏)
October 11, 2025 at 7:07 AM
An observation test for you - for your inner 8 year-old
“The artist has hidden 12 things in this picture. How many can you find?”
Treasure magazine, 1964
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one? 🙏)
“The artist has hidden 12 things in this picture. How many can you find?”
Treasure magazine, 1964
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one? 🙏)
I think this is a Frosted Orange moth. Or perhaps a Sunflower Borer. Thanks to Google lens for those suggestions, I had never seen a moth like this before. It was uncovered when I was harvesting potatoes, hiding in the compost. The metallic sheen & Fin de Siecle pattern is stunning.
September 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I think this is a Frosted Orange moth. Or perhaps a Sunflower Borer. Thanks to Google lens for those suggestions, I had never seen a moth like this before. It was uncovered when I was harvesting potatoes, hiding in the compost. The metallic sheen & Fin de Siecle pattern is stunning.