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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 20h

"Hey is that arrow getting bigger?" - Harold Godwinson, 960 years ago today

That bit of the Bayeux Tapestry where Harold Godwinson gets hit right in the eye by an arrow, allegedly. It's hard to tell whether it's an arrow or a stitch and debate still rages as to how the guy actually died.

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Hipster Vampire Amy @lasrina.bsky.social · 10h

I’m telling you, part of what makes us human is the persistent urge to draw a little guy.

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of Tomás Júlio Leal da Câmara.

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Gretel le Maître 🐘 @gretellemaitre.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Sherborne Abbey’s beautiful ciel. I spent the whole afternoon here today, recording, reading, chatting and - mostly - looking; also recording today’s podcast episode - welcome! 🤗 www.buzzsprout.com/2412300/epis...

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donnaEhm @donnaehm.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Enjoying the reddish side of the colour wheel lately.

Looking down a residential street lined with cars and trees. It's very early in the morning and the sun is just starting to come up. The sky is a vivid pink and streaked with clouds.

A close up of a tree on a residential street. Its leaves are a vibrant and striking medium to dark red.

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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Storm approaching El Centro, CA.

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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The #Birdoftheday theme is #green Here's a calliope hummingbird showing off his gorget!🪶

Green hummingbird with a white chest and long, magenta gorget feathers.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Man on a bus, Dublin, 1984, photo by Tony O'Shea, Irish photographer.

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donnaEhm @donnaehm.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Saturday. An overcast start to the morning has given way to sunshine. Surprisingly quiet in the cafe, a rather enjoyable change from the usual.

A book, a mug of coffee, and a scone. The book is 'Rebecca' by Daphne du Maurier.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Street Kids, Glasgow, c.1949-51, painting by Joan Eardley, Scottish artist, 1921-63 (National Galleries of Scotland).

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donnaEhm @donnaehm.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Keeping my Thanksgiving gratitude simple but heartfelt: thank goodness it's a long weekend. open.spotify.com/track/09oPHx...

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Remarkably Bright Creatures

Dickon Hinchliffe · Remarkably Bright Creatures (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film) · Song · 2026

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Natania Barron ~ Fantasy Author @natania.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Beautiful Tersa sphinx moth outside today. They’re usually nocturnal, and this one may be older and just running down. But so beautiful. Looks carved of wood.

An angular moth with wood like grain, resting on concrete

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donnaEhm @donnaehm.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Orange is such an underrated colour. This is glorious, instant mood uplifter.

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Deep orange printed silk makes a lovely seasonal splash, sheer layers all gathered and draped. Hubert de Givenchy played with both shape and colour in his suit cries and seventies designs, this a perfect autumn cocktail dress c1970 #RISDMuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Partial view of a draped long sleeved cocktail dress in sheer silk chiffon. The deep orange is printed with a paler shade in blurry florals

Full length view of the long sleeved layered orange cocktail dress, gathered and draped. It is sheer with a dark under slip

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Suffolk Detectorist @sdetectorist.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Shadow and light. Interesting effect of my work light shining through hinge side of door 😊

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Gretel le Maître 🐘 @gretellemaitre.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

My haven last Friday night. The Royal Foundation of Saint Katharine.

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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 08/10/2026

Touching grass is no longer enough, I need to bury my body from the neck down in the living soil.

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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This beautiful amethyst-tinted serving bottle is made from a type of glass developed during the 1670s that contained a high percentage of lead. This so-called ‘lead-glass’ or ‘crystal’ was much heavier, less fragile and more brilliant than that produced previously in either England or Europe.

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

What up, witches? 🎃

Little brown goat wearing a witches hat. He's not wearing it well. It's kind of collapsed.

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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Do y'all have an obvious favorite photo of your dog? Because I sure do, and it will forever be this one of him photobombing Devil's Tower lol.

A photo of my dog photo-bombing Devil's Tower. My dog, a husky/malamute/wolf with black and tan fur is sitting in front of the towering rocky pillar with a large smile and tongue hanging out.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I’m crying this is so funny

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donnaEhm @donnaehm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I tell you what, the roller coaster this puzzle took me on at the last minute made me want to get out into the woods for a good long walk. This one brought up lots of happy memories of doing just that, for hours at a time. I didn't fully appreciate it at the time (do we ever?) but how lucky I was.

The completed puzzle. Alt text copied from first image: This is a forest scene with birds perched on low branches in the foreground. The ground is covered with grass, plants, and flowers. Thick tree trucks rise up out of the top of the frame . In the background are shafts of sunlight coming through the canopy. In the middle ground to the left are two red foxes peeking out from under some shrubbery.

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donnaEhm @donnaehm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Coming in for the landing...

An overview of the board. The puzzle is completed minus the border pieces which are sorted into two containers on the board. The four edge pieces are just underneath the bottom of the puzzle.

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donnaEhm @donnaehm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I thought I'd solved it when I realized the daisy piece actually fitted horizontally and not vertically. Only to discover I was STILL missing a piece! (Help me, bag of border pieces. You're my only hope.) And lo, a hearty huzzah! was sounded when it was brought forth.

A close up of the daisy piece fitted into the bottom row of the puzzle, but there’s an empty piece beside it. A bag of border pieces sits just above it and to one side.

A close of up of bottom of the puzzle where the missing piece is. The piece in question has been found and is right underneath it, waiting for its moment of glory! A few other border pieces are off to the side.

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donnaEhm @donnaehm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It’s distinctive, what with the bright white flowers and where they’re appearing on the piece. And there is definitely no spot remaining where that piece goes.

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donnaEhm @donnaehm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

True to form, as I neared the end I was fretting about a potential missing piece. At the bottom, to the right of the group of four showing a yellow flower, is a single piece that’s mostly while petals and a yellow centre (kind of like a daisy).

An overview of the board. The puzzle is mostly completed except for a few small bits near the bottom. One container of pieces is on the board.

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donnaEhm @donnaehm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

More woodland wildlife (although that frog looks like a crocodile at this point, doesn’t it?)

A close up of a few fitted sections in a sorting container. The sections are three birds plus the start of a frog's head.

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donnaEhm @donnaehm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Even when there are a bunch of completed sections on the board, somehow it doesn’t feel like I’ve made progress. But when they start coming together you can suddenly find that you’re actually halfway done.

An overview of the board. The two sides are now connected forming the top half of the puzzle. A few individual pieces are missing, as well as two smaller chunks. Containers of pieces are also on the board.

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donnaEhm @donnaehm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

But for whatever reason I couldn’t find that connection here, and I felt I was definitely at a point where it should have been obvious. Past it, actually, as I’d already been moving bits around and standing up and moving around the board to change my perspective.

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donnaEhm @donnaehm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

By this point I was wrestling with how and where these two sections connected to each other. I find that eventually I stop finding pieces I’m looking for because I’ve built up enough sections on the board, and the solution is that those sections have to be put together.

An overview of the board. There are two large sections. On the left is the tree with the foxes but with the smaller grouping showing the blue sky fitted into it. On the right the second tree trunk section has also been expanded by the smaller tree from the last image.

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donnaEhm @donnaehm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Despite the slow start, progress picked up by the one week mark. I did realize even at this early date that determining orientation was going to be a bit of a challenge. The foxes were a handy guide in that respect. At least I knew I had that particular section going the right way.

An overview of the board. In addition to the two large groups of tree trunks there is a smaller grouping featuring blue sky behind two trees, and another grouping of a smaller tree trunk.

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donnaEhm @donnaehm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Another woodland creature sighting! Isn’t this an adorable pair? They’re clearly taking a ‘wait and see’ approach to this whole puzzle business.

A close up of two red foxes peering out from under some shrubbery just behind one of the trees.

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donnaEhm @donnaehm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I wouldn’t say this was a flying start (two days separate this image from the one previously) but it is a solid one. I do like those branches circling around the trucks. They add a very tactile element to the picture, no?

Two large fitted groups of pieces showing the trucks of trees. There are narrow bands of grey and white branches wrapping around them like vines. To one side is a box containing other pieces.

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donnaEhm @donnaehm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The first woodland creature sighting!

A close up of four fitted pieces showing the head of a bird.

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donnaEhm @donnaehm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

And we’re off! With this puzzle it was all about the patterns as opposed to the colours. The stripes forming the bark of the trees stood out, especially the grey shades, so that’s where I started.

Pieces showing a general tree bark pattern of greys and browns are arranged on the board with two fitted together.

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donnaEhm @donnaehm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

(3) A third version of (2) that’s a hybrid of square and rectangular (chaotic neutral) Lastly (but not pictured here) there's (4) Random Cut (aka Chaotic Evil). (Not a surprise that the two puzzles I did with random cut pieces have been Klimts.)

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donnaEhm @donnaehm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

In the puzzles I’ve done so far the pieces have been cut in one of four ways, three of which are in this one. (1) Square and rectangular (lawful good) (2) Same as (1) but slightly smaller (lawful neutral)

Pieces are arranged in a semi-circle around the board. In the middle are five pieces turned over to highlight their shapes.

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donnaEhm @donnaehm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I spent many a happy summer hour wandering the woods so it was a no brainer this puzzle jumped out at me.

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donnaEhm @donnaehm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It wasn’t uncommon to see deer, rabbits, and yes, a fox or two wandering across our backyard. There was a small pond further back and if you kept walking, you’d come out into a wide meadow that had some apple trees.

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donnaEhm @donnaehm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

August’s selection: “Behind the Squires, Devon”, Hilary Jones Lookability Score: 10/10 Swear Score: 3/10 KLIMT SCORE: 1/5 If I was to imagine the long days of August in picture form, it would be this. Probably because I grew up in a rural area that looked a lot like this.

The completed puzzle. This is a forest scene with birds perched on low branches in the foreground. The ground is covered with grass, plants, and flowers. Thick tree trucks rise up out of the top of the frame . In the background are shafts of sunlight coming through the canopy. In the middle ground to the left are two red foxes peeking out from under some shrubbery.

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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I don’t think I’m the only person who will appreciate this

Triangular diagram labelled The Introvert
Hierarchy of Needs.

Top: Self-actualisation - A completely empty house. An arrow pointing to the house says “Nobody needs anything. Nobody is coming home for hours. Phone on silent.”

The next level is Esteem - Plans getting cancelled. An arrow here says “‘Sorry, we're going to have to rearrange.’ Oh no. That's terrible. I'm devastated.”

Next level: Belonging - One person you actually like. No group chat. No networking. No "let's go round and introduce ourselves." Just one person you can talk absolute shit with.

Fourth level: Safety - An escape route. Own car. End seat. Knowing exactly when the event finishes. A believable reason to leave early.

Bottom of pyramid: Physiological needs - Being left the fuck alone for a bit. Food. Water. Sleep. 45 minutes where nobody speaks to you.

Created by Lee Harding, @theintrovertedrecruiter

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Ned Pyle @nedpyle.com · 04/10/2026

A waterlilly in the reflecting pond at the botanical garden. It’s been rather rainy and gloomy the first few days after I arrived by my magical weather powers I use for walkies finally regained full strength today

A lovely pink and white tipped flower with yellow center floats of pale green Lilly pads in blue water, very sunny

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Ned Pyle @nedpyle.com · 04/10/2026

Ok, Helsinki nedwalkies round 1 : random scenes from downtown. Autumn in Finland is the “blink & you’ll miss it” variety so my timing on this trip was solid, the leaf changes have just started at the botanical garden. 🧵

University of Helsinki botanical garden conservatory. Glass and white painted iron greenhouse structures in classic late 19th century styling (the park itself is considerably older). Yellow and red and green trees fill the background under pale blue skies full of wildly scudding white clouds

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Sorry for the late start, but it is officially Spooky Season

White goat with two fuzzy purple bats on his head

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

mistakes were made

california post headline: california squirrel's flying attack is finalist in national wildlife photo competition

photo depicts a squirrel in mid-flight from a tree branch, apparently about to attack an owl who has the most "are you fucking KIDDING me" look in history

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