Reposted by Lynne SDirk Puehl @wunderkammertales.eurosky.social · 09/10/2026"I sleep, but my heart waketh" Simeon Solomon was born #otd 1840 🎨 "Night" (1890) 1428
Reposted by Lynne SLynne S @ghirlandia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Stream in a forest in Autumn 🍂 1908 Peder Mørk Mønsted 0216
Reposted by Lynne SDirk Puehl @wunderkammertales.eurosky.social · 08/10/2026"However, the faire flowre of beautie fades away, as doth the lilly fresh before the sunny ray..." (Edmund Spenser) John D. Batten was born #otd 1860 🎨 "The Garden of Adonis—Amoretta and Time" (1887) 1427
Reposted by Lynne SC.W. Reeve @cwreeve.bsky.social · 07/10/2026“With my aversion to this cat, however, its partiality for myself seemed to increase.” - Edgar Allan Poe, The Black Cat #WyrdWednesday 🎨 by John Coulthart 27316
Lynne S @ghirlandia.bsky.social · 07/10/2026That, o'er the floor and down the wall, Like ghosts the shadows rise and fall! The Sleeper Edgar Allan Poe #WyrdWednesday 13310
Reposted by Lynne SMarsh's Library @marshslibrary.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Wednesdays in the Archive📜 The countdown to Halloween is on! Today we're sharing the recommendation letter Bram Stoker, author of Dracula, supplied to gain admittance into Marsh's Library 🦇 13111
Lynne S @ghirlandia.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Roses and White Lilac Raoul M. de Longpre French, 1843-1911 063
Reposted by Lynne SThe Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Created in 1992 by Yuka Taguchi (田口由花), this painting stands as a masterwork of contemporary Nihonga (traditional Japanese-style painting) 425964
Reposted by Lynne SHelen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“A full harvest moon is rising, though it is still only twilight” (What to Look for in Autumn, 1960) Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL GrantWatson 751567
Reposted by Lynne SSigne Maene @signemaene.com · 03/10/2026'...she made her nest of rags and jewels, was happy in the sunlight, squawked loudly at danger, pried and was insatiably curious, forgot when to eat or ate all day, and sang when sunsets were red.' -Laurie Lee. 🎨Julien Dupré #BookWormSat 03613
Reposted by Lynne SDirk Puehl @wunderkammertales.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026"Yesterday afternoon set in misty and cold. I had half a mind to spend it by my study fire, instead of wading through heath and mud to Wuthering Heights." (Emily Brontë "Wuthering Heights") 🎨 Lewis Chrighton #bookwormsat 0449
Reposted by Lynne SRoseRed @thebookishgardener.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠—𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚢𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍. 𝙴𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚍𝚞𝚛𝚎, 𝙴𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎, 𝙴𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝, 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚊 𝚜𝚞𝚗 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝, 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎." -𝙹𝚊𝚗𝚎 𝙰𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗, "𝙴𝚖𝚖𝚊" 📷𝙿𝚑𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚑: 𝙼𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝙲𝚊𝚕𝚗𝚊𝚗/𝙽𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚃𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝 🌳𝙲𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝙱𝚘𝚠𝚗, 𝙱𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚝𝚘𝚗 𝙷𝚊𝚕𝚕 #BookWormSat 1435
Lynne S @ghirlandia.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Emma blushed. Such pretty Easter daisies, he said, and oracles aplenty for maids in love. Madame Bovary / Gustave Flaubert Ivan Shishkin #BookWormSat 0295
Reposted by Lynne SBarnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The #OnlineArtExchange this week is all about autumn 🍂 Autumn Regrets by John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836–1893) from Shipley Art Gallery #Autumn #Art #BlueskyArt @artukdotorg.bsky.social 1407
Reposted by Lynne SElisabeth Hungría @helisabethhh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026For today's #OnlineArtExchange, we immerse ourselves in the crimson warmth of Winslow Homer's "Autumn" (1877). A canvas where Victorian elegance meets the untamed, abstract beauty of changing leaves and quiet autumn melancholy. @artukdotorg.bsky.social 35311
Lynne S @ghirlandia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Stream in a forest in Autumn 🍂 1908 Peder Mørk Mønsted 0216
Lynne S @ghirlandia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Strange Chameleons Brehm's Life of Animals 1895 #wyrdwednesday 0163
Reposted by Lynne SRichard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is the only drawing (1868) made by John Everett Millais for an uncompleted project with Alfred Lord Tennyson and the composer Sir Arthur Sullivan to combine poetry, painting and music - 'The Songs of the Wrens,' by Tennyson and Sullivan came out of this idea. 010218
Reposted by Lynne SVerity Vagary @verityvagary.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Abandoned James Jacques Joseph Tissot c 1881-2 082
Reposted by Lynne SDirk Puehl @wunderkammertales.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026"Faerie Folk" 🎨 Arthur Rackham, frontispiece for Julia Ellsworth Ford's "Imagina" (1914) 18420
Reposted by Lynne SRachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Morning. Just. Le Merle Noir, Leo Paul Robert in Les Oiseaux dans la Nature by Eugene Rambert, 1916. 229054
Reposted by Lynne SDirk Puehl @wunderkammertales.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026“When it draws near to witching time of night” (Robert Blair) 🎨 Holls Walck #owlishmonday 210332
Lynne S @ghirlandia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A cacophony of sound: The Bird Concert 1670 Melchior d'Hondecoeter #OwlishMonday 0188
Lynne S @ghirlandia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Indeed, a sheep doth very often stray, An if the shepherd be a while away. Two Gentlemen of Verona I, 1 Thomas Joseph #ShakespeareSunday 0110
Reposted by Lynne SThe Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"The hare limp'd trembling through the frozen grass" - John Keats, 'The Eve Of St Agnes' (Painting by Bruno Liljefors, 1905) #BookWormSat #Keats #poetry #hare 06414
Reposted by Lynne SJoe McCartney @mccartneyjoe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"Flopsy, Mopsy and Cotton-tail, who were good little bunnies went down the lane to gather blackberries. But Peter, who was very naughty, ran straight away to Mr. McGregor’s garden and squeezed under the gate!" ~ The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902), Beatrix Potter. #BookWormSat 03910
Reposted by Lynne SPenlee House Gallery & Museum @penleehousegallery.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is gold, silver & bronze. We chose A Golden Dream (1893) by Thomas Cooper Gotch, owned by The Harris. Gotch drew on fables and folklore, often leaving his sources mysterious. 🍎✨ #ThomasCooperGotch #NewlynSchool #BritishArt 0228
Reposted by Lynne Swomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 24/09/2026'Angel' by Marianne Stokes (1855–1927), Austrian painter who created this work in an Art Nouveau style #WomensArt 7831135
Reposted by Lynne SVictorian Web @victorianweb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026#autumnequinox! Time for the leaves to fall, if they haven't already! This is John #Ruskin's marvellously evocative "Study of a Spray of Dead Oak Leaves," 1879, from the Collection of the Guild of St George, Museums Sheffield. You can feel how crisp the leaves are! victorianweb.org/painting/rus... 041
Reposted by Lynne SRivka @theasraidance.bsky.social · 22/09/2026🍂Autumn Leaves by Franklin Booth 15424
Reposted by Lynne SAnnest Gwilym @annestgwilym.bsky.social · 21/09/2026For #owlishmonday, image by Valentine Cameron Prinsep, 1863. #owl #owls 03611
Reposted by Lynne SDirk Puehl @wunderkammertales.eurosky.social · 21/09/2026"Far over the misty mountains cold To dungeons deep and caverns old We must away ere break of day To seek the pale enchanted gold." "The Hobbit" was first published #otd 1937 🎨 J.R.R. Tolkien 313137
Reposted by Lynne SRoseRed @thebookishgardener.bsky.social · 19/09/2026“𝙻𝚊𝚞𝚛𝚊…𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚢 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚑, 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝙻𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝟷𝟹𝟸𝟽, 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚡𝚝𝚑 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕, 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚂𝚝. 𝙲𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝙰𝚟𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚘𝚗, 𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚜…” - 𝙵𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚜 𝙿𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑, 𝟷𝟹𝟸𝟽 (𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘-𝚁𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎) 🖌️𝙿𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙻𝚊𝚞𝚛𝚊 𝚍𝚎 𝙽𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚜, 𝙸𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗 (𝚅𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚗) 𝚂𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 #BookWormSat #booksky 05612
Lynne S @ghirlandia.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I am young and fain to sing In this happy tide of spring Of love and many a gentle thing, I wander through green meadows dight With blossoms gold and red and white; Giovanni Boccaccio Italian, 1313 – 1375 Henry A. Payne #BookWormSat 1387
Reposted by Lynne SMelissa @2023chastete.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Rue de l’epicerie at Rouen, on a Grey Morning (1898) by Camille Pissarro 0296
Reposted by Lynne SDr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 17/09/2026“And if thou wilt, remember, And if thou wilt, forget.” Christina Rossetti, English poet, born in 1830. Portrait drawing by her brother Dante Gabriel Rossetti, coloured chalk on blue-grey paper, dated September 1866, & signed with artist’s monogram. Andrew Lloyd-Webber Collection 0428
Reposted by Lynne SDirk Puehl @wunderkammertales.eurosky.social · 11/09/2026“With that I saw two swannes of goodly hewe Come softly swimming downe along the lee; … Sweete Themmes! runne softly, till I end my song.” (Edmund Spenser) 🎨 Walter Crane “Prothalamion” 17113
Lynne S @ghirlandia.bsky.social · 16/09/2026People and Landscape of Michoacán, Mexico Alfredo Zalce 1962 Mural: Palacio de Gobierno de Michoacán #WyrdWednesday 1256
Reposted by Lynne SRaggaMog (Morri-Arty) @raggamog.bsky.social · 16/09/2026In mythology, the Chihuahua's ancestors were psychopomps, or soul guides, in the afterlife. The Aztecs believed that when a person died, their soul had to navigate the nine perilous levels of the underworld. These small dogs would ferry the deceased across the final river to safety. #WyrdWednesday 3396
Reposted by Lynne Swomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 15/09/2026'Honeysuckle’ design, 1883 by May Morris, influential textile artist and designer of the Arts and Crafts movement #WomensArt 121808269
Reposted by Lynne SRoseRed @thebookishgardener.bsky.social · 12/09/2026“𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝙽𝚎𝚠 𝚈𝚘𝚛𝚔-𝚗𝚘𝚒𝚜𝚢, 𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚝𝚞𝚖𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢, 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚋𝚞𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝙽𝚎𝚠 𝚈𝚘𝚛𝚔-𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎? 𝙰𝚖𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚕 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚟𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚡 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚕𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚕…” -𝚆𝚊𝚕𝚝 𝚆𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚖𝚊𝚗 🖌️ 𝚂𝚒𝚍𝚗𝚎𝚢 𝙻𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚜, 𝚆𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 1856 #BookWormSat #Books 2535
Lynne S @ghirlandia.bsky.social · 12/09/2026His soul stretched tight across the skies That fade behind a city block, Or trampled by insistent feet At four and five and six o’clock; T. S. Eliot / Preludes IV John Atkinson Grimshaw #BookWormSat 0287
Reposted by Lynne SDirk Puehl @wunderkammertales.eurosky.social · 12/09/2026"What strange phenomena we find in a great city, all we need do is stroll about with our eyes open. Life swarms with innocent monsters." (Charles Baudelaire "Paris Spleen") 🎨 Jean Béraud #BookwormSat 17311
