Reposted by LydiaElizabeth Tutty @tutty352.bsky.social · 23hThe Goggleby Stone, once part of the processional avenue at Shap, dating from the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age. 0302
Reposted by LydiaCarolyn B @kylenano.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Gorse, a Foxglove and a few Heather flowers, Beacon Hill, Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire. #WildflowerHour 0203
Lydia @hersecretgarden.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This morning I walked to the coffee shop, settling at the edge of the market square as trailers of bleating sheep arrived. I wandered amongst them, the earthy scent of lanolin wrapping me in comfort. I watched the faces around me, hoping that one day I might belong amongst them. 050
Reposted by Lydiapmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 23/09/2026In Search of Destiny (1998) - Viktor Kryzhanivsky 324767
Reposted by LydiaDave Borthwick @borthwickdave.bsky.social · 23/09/2026& morning of the equinox, field below the house is low rumble & hoo as cows do dawn roll-call, steady rain & traffichiss from the main drag - but some promise SSE as cloud gives up the hill 0314
Reposted by LydiaNicolas Robert @robertsnickc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026‘The Sense of Sight.’ #Painting by Annie Louise Swynnerton (1895) #art 1217
Reposted by LydiaRachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Blackberries Spilling from Tin Cup, Carducius Ream. 116538
Reposted by LydiaDave Borthwick @borthwickdave.bsky.social · 21/09/2026& sky thickens midafternoon, dingy light turning changing leaves grubby, but stirring in the bright moss base of the oak: treecreeper #birds 2234
Reposted by LydiaRachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I love this video of Bellever in November 2024 I found. It was very cold with a light dusting of frost, there was a beautiful mist over the river and that night snow fell. #Dartmoor, #Devon #photography 2435
Reposted by LydiaRachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 21/09/2026A Fawn, Samuel John Carter, 1875. 010419
Reposted by LydiaChristina Maslen @christinamaslen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026A pan across Callanish for #StandingStoneSunday 18011
Lydia @hersecretgarden.bsky.social · 20/09/2026My favourite word is ‘river’, and I often find myself standing beside one, longing to step into it or simply let the water run through my fingers. 1183
Reposted by Lydiapmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Detail : At the Swan Lake, by Hans Zatzka (1859-1945) 139673
Reposted by LydiaDonna Rainey @donnarainey4.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Hawthorns laden with berries, a beautiful sight & an amazing resource for wildlife. 1353
Reposted by LydiaRachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Sheep and oaks near yes Sheepstor … a Couple of Septembers ago, #Dartmoor, #Devon #photography #moss 0636
Reposted by LydiaDave Borthwick @borthwickdave.bsky.social · 14/09/2026this morning, commute among corvids in claggy air, dew de-stealthing spiderwebs, exhale of dawn 0263
Lydia @hersecretgarden.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Today marks 12 years since I lost my mum. These are some of my favourite photos of her in my mum and dad's house, which they restored together, with their Springer Spaniel, Tess. I have been told these are some of the only photos where I look most like her. 240
Reposted by LydiaArmand Sarlangue @armandsarlangue.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The mesmerizing white horses of Camargue dancing in a golden light beautifully shaped by the dust in the air… #photography #wildlife #art #horse 1428451
Reposted by LydiaDave Borthwick @borthwickdave.bsky.social · 08/09/2026& faint rainbow & bent grass windriffled waters & wildfire sky in high cool wind land reeking dark 0326
Reposted by LydiaMoira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The terrestrial form of Amphibious Bistort, Persicaria amphibia, on the bank of the Wey Navigation at Guildford. #WildflowerHour 1442
Reposted by LydiaBob McIntosh @scotfot.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Burdock #SeedHeads #wildflowerhour 0274
Reposted by Lydiae2thepowerpii.bsky.social @e2thepowerpii.bsky.social · 28/08/2026After the rainfall the brook was flowing fast. 114115
Reposted by Lydiapmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 28/08/2026horses galloping in the fog 723140
Reposted by LydiaElizabeth Tutty @tutty352.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Heck and lone sheep who lives at Ty Mawr Wybrnant, Bishop Morgan’s birthplace. 1252
Reposted by LydiaAntique and Vintage Book Art @antiquebookart.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Illustration from Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics by Richard Folkard, London, 1884. #artsky #booksky #naturesky 0225
Reposted by LydiaRebecca Wheeler @botanybeck.bsky.social · 23/08/2026The most Flowering Rush, Butomus umbellatus, I have ever seen! A huge swathe, looking breathtakingly beautiful besides the River Blackwater, Kells for #Wildflowerhour 211111
Reposted by LydiaMoira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Is it a Swan? Is it an Angel? I think it's a Swangel. 5644
Reposted by Lydiapmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 23/08/2026forgotten by everyone except nature. 09917
Reposted by LydiaDave Borthwick @borthwickdave.bsky.social · 22/08/2026& in the haggard lanes seeding & fruiting - a great tit in ripening haws, slow explosions of rosebay down - across a gappy hedge swarms of martins (brown hare moves at warp speed west), meadow pipit channels a new season's colours 1307
Reposted by LydiaOrkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Back in the olden days it was only the very wealthiest of cows that could afford to have a portrait photographer visit them at home. 560696
Reposted by LydiaOlivier de Saint-Aubin du Pressoir @chrisoligh.bsky.social · 21/08/2026George Frederic Watts (English, 1817-1904). “Physical Energy”, c.1907. Kensington Gardens, London. cast bronze 041
Lydia @hersecretgarden.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I started a Substack today - a little place for the things I make, find, and think about. I often write poetry but keep it to myself because it’s not “done correctly”. Mostly, I write it because I like it. No particular rules or purpose, just a small corner for things I’d usually keep to myself. 060
Reposted by LydiaMartin Dunstan @martin-dunstan.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Female blackbird feasting on brambles beside the Dighty Burn in Panmurefield. 📷📸🎞️🪶 #birds #ukwildlife 0113
Reposted by Lydiaronanmaenardø @ronanmaenardo.bsky.social · 14/09/2025Thomas Bewick - A general history of quadrupeds (1790) 052
Reposted by Lydiapmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 20/08/2026the art of reading in paintings 07421
Lydia @hersecretgarden.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Now thoroughly obsessed with finding a copy of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre with wood engravings by Fritz Eichenberg. I’ve never seen such a perfect visual interpretation of the novel. The melancholy, the gothic darkness, the wildness and the quiet intensity all captured so beautifully. 050
Reposted by LydiaDave Borthwick @borthwickdave.bsky.social · 06/08/2026& flatcalm, insects shoaling over water, close to skin; cattle wearing lanyards come down to the lochan to drink; a cranky heron hunches until you all just leave; harebells stand stilled & luminous in gloom 1253
Lydia @hersecretgarden.bsky.social · 19/08/2026youtube.comLong Lankin (2009 Remaster)YouTube video by Steeleye Span - Topic 030
Reposted by LydiaDave Borthwick @borthwickdave.bsky.social · 18/08/2026& a soft night lacking drama - low pressure & glower - autumn in the peripheral - a field clarted with pied wagtail (17), wan sun, & the new moon drifting under cloud 0316
Lydia @hersecretgarden.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I spent the day on the moors, windswept amongst the heather, watching deer, grouse, rabbits and sheep wander freely across the hills. Now, wrapped up with a cup of tea, I feel utterly exhausted yet deeply peaceful. Something about that wild, open freedom made sense. I could have stayed forever. 181
Reposted by LydiaPaul Hughes @pshughes.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Found this one at a Tram stop in Sheffield on a Sorby Botanical Meeting. Lots of head scratching and app searching in the end we settled on it potentially being Ajowen Caraway, Trachyspermum ammo, #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @sorbynathissoc.bsky.social @panspecieslisting.bsky.social 3325
Reposted by LydiaDonna Rainey @donnarainey4.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Wild carrot still flowering but some has gone to seed. #wildflowerhour 0171
Lydia @hersecretgarden.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Early this morning, I wandered into an allotment clearance. Coffee in hand, I came away with the loveliest old garden tools, homegrown fruits and vegetables and a jar of homemade jam. A morning of simple pleasures, little treasures and good causes. Oh Sunday, you really are a pleasure. 1191
Reposted by LydiaThe Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 16/08/2026A headless horse as depicted by the typically weird Czech artist Jaroslav Panuska. In #folklore most headless horses are in teams pulling coaches with more than one headless #ghost inside and driven by headless coachmen. There seem to be very few which frolic about on their own. #SpookySunday 26317
Lydia @hersecretgarden.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Bare feet on the grass surrounding the apple trees. 0111