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Hare’s-tail cottongrass is turning our peatlands white! Lovely to see it in the #YorkshireDales at the moment 💚 Did you know this key peat-forming bog species once doubled as wound dressing and pillow stuffing? #WorldEnvironmentDay

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Compass stone and reflections. Taken on Glastonbury Tor.

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Inro are traditional Japanese portable containers worn suspended from the obi (sash) of a kimono. These multi-compartment cases held personal items like medicines, seals, or money. Made from wood, they were secured with silk cords and often featured decorative netsuke toggles.

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Before you speak, let your words pass through three gates. Is it true? Is it necessary? Is it kind? 🌸Buddhist wisdom🌸

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Marsh Thistle #wildflowerhour #nature

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🐚SHELL GAME🎴 To while away those rainy afternoons...a game of 'kai-awase' (貝合わせ). Traditional or seasonal scenes are painted in elaborate detail on the inside of shells. The aim of the game is to find pairs amongst the shells (each half related in some way). #貝合わせ #京都 #Kyoto #kaiawase #Japan

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Heath Bedstraw at the Hellfire #wildflowerhour #nature

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Silk's beauty begins with the spring silkworm, but not all tales of its origin are gentle. In "In Search of the Supernatural", a Jin Dynasty text, a girl in ancient Shu missed her father so deeply that she jokingly vowed to marry the horse if it brought him back. The horse did—and was killed 1/2

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Happy Wednesday! Here’s your midweek moment of zen. 😴 #wolfconservation #ambassadorwolf

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Puja Jaiswal Floral Artwork Puja Jaiswal creates delicate floral artworks using sculptural plaster, transforming flat surfaces into textured and three-dimensional compositions that resemble a blooming garden. #art #crafts #sculpture

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a hue of sunlight out of the black earth they made with their roots in the underworld touching the darkness of their whole story from which their leaves open to morning ~ W.S. Merwin Georgia O’Keeffe | Morning Glories

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Warm summer nights are good times to relax in Japan, but also a good time for the dead to manifest: hitodama are souls of the recently deceased, often visible around graveyards, their homes, and places associated with death. #LegendaryWednesday 🖼️: M. Meyer

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Among the Four Symbols of East Asia lore, the Vermillion Bird represents the South and its quadrant of stars, master of summer and red, with the planet Mars as its guide. Ancient roads are often named the Vermilion Bird in China, Korea, and Japan. #LegendaryWednesday 🖼️: M Meyer

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👘✨KIMONO FOREST💡🎋 As evening falls Arashiyama Station Square's winding path of 600 'kimono pillars' is illuminated. Let Nao-san take you on a tour of the 'Forest of Lights' (光の林). #Arashiyama #嵐山 #ForestofLights #光の林 #kimono #着物 #嵐電 #嵐山駅 #Kyoto #京都

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The path to the great fort of Dún Aonghasa on Inis Mór. Today is the first Wednesday of the month, so it is free entry to most @opwireland.bsky.social heritage sites across Ireland!

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'Tea House in the Night' - Takahashi Hiroaki, ca. 1936. #JapaneseArt #shinhanga

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Cockaigne—the subject of several medieval poems—was a fantastical paradise made up by peasants yearning for easier lives. In Cockaigne, houses are made of cake, streets are paved with pastry, cheese rains from the sky, & rivers flow with wine. #WyrdWednesday

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Vivian Maier, American (1926-2009), Untitled, November, New York, NY, 1953, photograph, Vivian Maier/Maloof Collection ‍

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Paul Gustave Fischer, Danish (1860-1934), Evening West Rampart Street, Copenhagen, 1919, oil on canvas, 55.5 x 39.8 cm, private collection

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Traditional Showa-era camera shop in Oshiage, Sumida showcases Japan's analog photography heritage. The vibrant yellow storefront advertises film development, color printing, and camera services with hand-painted signage typical of mid-20th century commercial design.

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In Chinese #folklore, the phoenix was once an ordinary bird, quietly gathering food year after year. When a terrible drought struck, it shared its stores, saving countless birds from starvation. In thanks, each bird gifted it a feather. Adorned in their colors, the phoenix became 1/2 #painting #art

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This July, my new bilingual English-Japanese yokai art book will come out here in Japan. If you're a yokai fan studying English or Japanese, you're going to love this book!

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Thank you @johnmoralestv.bsky.social for Standing Up for Science!

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Grey and green today. I took this about an hour before sunrise here in Glastonbury, the wind causing ripples in the grass.

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William Blake’s illustration to Dante’s 14th century Divine Comedy depicts Dante running away terrified from three sinful beasts ~ a leopard (lust), lion (pride) & she-wolf (greed). A diaphanous Virgil, representing reason, hovers encouragingly (NGV, 1824-7)

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Sąjūdis, Lithuania’s movement to restore independence from the Soviet Union, was established on this day in 1988. The movement grew rapidly, and just 2 years later, Lithuania became the first to break free from Soviet occupation, inspiring others to follow. 🇱🇹

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Dunno about anyone else, but i have months with nothing new for #Tombtuesday, & then all of a sudden recently i'm spoiled for choice This week - an incredible selection from Knudshoved Odde in Denmark 🇩🇰 a 🧵👇

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🌈🌦️ALL SORTS OF RAIN🌧️🌂 Not all rain is the same. There are numerous words and phrases to describe the different conditions found around this time of year... ☔️'Hashiri-zuyu' (走り梅雨) expresses the unstable weather preceding the rainy season. #Kyoto #京都 #Japan #梅雨 #rainyseason

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"Rue", 2015, oil on panel, 10" x 15" - Esao Andrews, American, born 1978

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'Five Story Pagoda in Nikko on a Rainy Day' - Takahashi Hiroaki, ca. 1924 - 1927. #JapaneseArt #shinhanga

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In Chinese myth, Da Yu, founder of the Xia Dynasty, cast the Nine Tripod Cauldrons (禹鑄九鼎) after taming floods across the nine provinces. To protect travelers, he engraved local beasts and spirits onto each massive cauldron—turning them into public guides for navigating the unknown. 1/2 #mythology

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Milena Pavlović-Barilli, Serbian (1909-1945), Mould of Beauty, for US Vogue, 15 April 1941

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Huge news: I found the Gameboy I bought to stress-play hours of Tetris in grad school and it still works

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Space Pride! #pride #pride2025

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Manatee fam!! #manatee #manatees #manateesofcoralcity #manateefamily #mamatee #babytee #calf #trio #sirenia #coral #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity #civicpridethroughbiodiversity

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🌿Fairy and Squirrel by Helen Jacobs (1888-1970)

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In the Ming Dynasty, painter Dai Jin (戴進, 1388–1462) captured a legendary moment in "Fishing by the Weihe River" (《渭濱垂釣圖》): King Wen of Zhou visits the recluse Jiang Ziya, who fishes with a straight hook—not for fish, but for talent to recognize him. 1/2 #painting #art

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This bring me so much joooooy!!!!

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#MosaicMonday Mosaico romano con pulpo, fechado entre el S. II y III d. C, 🏛️ Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid 🇪🇦 España #Hispania #Roma #Archaeology #AncientBluesky

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A handsome river kingfisher preening itself. #birds #nature

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Fantastic to see some emerging #dragonflies in my #wildlifepond today, great start for #30DaysWild #Odonata @britishdragonflies.bsky.social

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'Fox Tea (Kitsune Cha)' [Acrylic on Linen, 12 x 16"] by Yumiko Kayukawa from the recent Beautiful Bizarre curated exhibition ‘Dreamland Awaits’ at @coreyhelford.bsky.social‬ For inquiries: [email protected] #artexhibition #beautifulbizarre #newcontemporaryart #art #artforsale #artist

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We take a trip to the City of the Tribes for today's edition of our #MonumentMonday newsletter, as we explore the rich medieval heritage of Galway City. #Ireland #SpéirGhorm

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Ancient Greek clay aryballos (perfume flask) in the shape of an owl, c. 640 BC 🦉❤️ The Louvre, Paris 📷 by me #OwlishMonday #Archaeology

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