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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 14h

That old Public Information Film about the Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water... www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNPM...

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The Spirit Of Dark And Lonely Water (Public Information Film 1973)

YouTube video by Zone Horror

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 1h

Christi Belcourt, Métis visual artist who creates paintings inspired by Métis and First Nations historical beadwork #UnlockingWomensart

Painting with a symmetrical design featuring flowering plants with different coloured blossoms against a black background

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Leigh Goodwin @leighgoodwin.bsky.social · 16h

even in these times of bitter losses, of pain & anger I recall how water carries light: small waves burn at dawn, rivers flame at sunset misted rain halos solitary streetlamps stars are obscured but faithful, patiently shining in case of cloudbreaks 🌬✨️ #poem L.C. Goodwin #art Marianna Armata

haloed streetlights reflect
in this long stretch of
rainwatered black pavement

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Catherine Munro @catherinemmunro.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Tiny treasures #Shetland

A circle made of tiny seashells including cowrie, mini sea urchin and yellow whelks and mini scallops

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Titania @titaniasrealm.bsky.social · 3h

Have a magical night ✨ 🎨 Ulla Thynell

Artwork depicting a dark enchanted forest, with fairies, deer and mushrooms.

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Helen Bennett 🌿 @helenbennett.bsky.social · 15h

A reminder from nature to pause, breathe, and appreciate the beauty that surrounds us while seeking a perfect balance in life... like this gorgeous male Southern Hawker! 💙🫶📷 Happy Monday everyone. Wishing you all a wonderful week ahead. 🕊️🌿 #MacroMonday #Nature #Invert #Dragonflies #UKWildlife #ECK

A close-up photograph of a vibrant male Southern Hawker dragonfly (Aeshna cyanea) resting vertically on a stalk of purple toadflax flowers.
The dragonfly is positioned head-up, with his long, segmented abdomen extending straight down the flower stem. His thorax is a bright apple-green color, accented by two prominent yellow-green oval patches on top. His abdomen features a pattern of dark brown, black, and bright green spots, transitioning into vivid blue segments at the very tip of his tail. The Southern Hawker has large, shiny compound eyes separated by a bright golden patch on the top of his head. Four translucent, glassy wings are spread fully open and flat to the sides, revealing an incredibly dense, delicate, dark-veined net pattern across their entire surface. The background is completely out of focus, filled with a soft, bright green and yellow bokeh effect created by sunlight filtering through garden foliage.

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Den 🇮🇪 @denterrick.bsky.social · 12h

With a little light these beauties really stand out from the rest of the darker forest. Some of them are tiny and hard to spot but they shine when the light hits them. #Hiking #Photography #Fungi #FungiFriends #Mycology #ECK #Dublin #Ireland

Gorgeous Stagshorn Fungus on a little hill deep in a dark forest. A tiny sliver of sunlight lights up its tips.

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Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 13h

Good morning.

An old London street lit by a single gas lamp with a cowled figure stands beneath gazing at an archway through which there is a tantalising glimpse of an ancient city. Sand pours from the archway onto the street. Pencil and mixed media on toned paper. Colour applied.

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Hexagonal @hexagonal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Another good stump

A stump covered in moss with many yellow mushrooms growing on it

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 15h

Book Cover of the Day:

The Owl King and other fairy tales, Green cover with silver lettering and silver and black decoration of faith sat on branch holding an arrow and frog sat on lily pad.

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 13h

On a dark dark hill there was a dark dark town. In the dark dark town there was a dark dark library. And in the dark dark library... there was a big skeleton, a little skeleton and a dog skeleton! Stromness Library is ready for #Halloween with Steph's fabulous #Funnybones art!

A window decorated with characters from Funnybones

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 3h

There are just 6 spaces left on my bird illustration & mental health zoom w'shop this Sat I'll teach you how: 🪶to draw birds using my simple formula 🧠creative activity incl. drawing alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health. Open to anyone anywhere: workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bird...

My illustrations of 5 British birds: long tailed tit, coal tit, wren, redwing and blackcap

My illustration of a redwing on a hawthorn branch from my book Making Winter

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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 5h

never the wrong time for this classic

Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?"
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”

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Tanuki’s Ghostie Revenge @tanukisrevenge.bsky.social · 11h

Good morning and happy #MushroomMonday

An ivory chalice shaped mushroom with wavy hills grows from the grass

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 3h

By Laurie Kaplowitz

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𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖬𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗒 𝖠𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇𝖺 @mightyathena.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

𝐼 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 - 𝑎 𝑆𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑥'𝑠 𝑚𝑖𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟 #SenryuSunday #senryu In tidying up my laptop, I stumbled across the attached quote. It gave me pause and a bit of inspiration ✨

In dark brown capital letters on a light yellow background, a quote by Emily McDowell: “Finding yourself” is not really how it works. You aren’t a ten-dollar bill in last winter’s coat pocket. You are also not lost. Your true self is right there, buried under cultural conditioning, other people’s opinions, and inaccurate conclusions you drew as a kid that became your beliefs about who you are. “Finding yourself” is actually returning to yourself. An unlearning, an excavation, a remembering who you were before the world got its hands on you.

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In tidying up my laptop, I stumbled across the above quote. It gave me pause and a bit of inspiration ✨

𝐼 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔
𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 -
𝑎 𝑆𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑥'𝑠 𝑚𝑖𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟

#SenryuSunday
#senryu

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Did you know? Before pumpkin spice became the prevailing taste of the autumnal season, other flavors were tried, including bright dead leaves, malevolent fog, damp squirrel, and mossy darkness.

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John Shelley - Illustrator @studionib.bsky.social · 2h

#inktober2026 Day 5, and the prompt word is SMACK. (or a smack for a Smack!) #Inktober #Inktober_smack

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Titania @titaniasrealm.bsky.social · 10h

26 days until Halloween 🎨 Margaryta Yermolayeva

Artwork depicting a Halloween scene with three black cats on a full moon night, carrying jack-o'-lanterns. There is a dark house in the background, and a witch flying on a broom.

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Michael Muller (he/him) @michaelmuller.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

three haiku from the sentient pond for #HaikuSaturday pond wanting to see: bird, beaver, fish, reed, bush, tree, stream, shore, sky: you, me pond wanting to hear: hawks' calls, gulls' cries, frogs' croaks, the occasional: bear pond wanting to be: watery ambitions for growth: someday, the sea

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 3h

Spire Cove, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska IG: @wilderness_addict www.instagram.com/wilderness_a...

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 20h

Georgia O'Keeffe, Purple Leaves, 1922 #AutumnWeek

Painting of vertical light purple leaves in close-up

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 15h

Deadwood is not dead

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🦋🐕‍🦺🌺LadyWillow💚🐾🦋 @ladywillow.bsky.social · 23h

www.threads.com/share/BANePk...

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Karin Celestine @celestineandthehare.com · 04/10/2026

I met a spoon carving badger in the woods today. He’s hoping to be invited to spoonfest next year. In the meantime he’ll be demonstrating his skills at Great Northern craft fair in Manchester

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Paula ⚪️ @paulaflucas.bsky.social · 12h

Bridget Riley + Rothko MashUp! #aofoto #AccidentalArtist #AccidentalArt

A steel corrugated side panel of a garage door with a long oblong panel of turquoise & blue paint centrally in full sunlight.

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 12h

When they talk about reducing red tape, remember this image.

Grenfell Tower, a black smouldering carcass of the building shorty after the fire, in 2017.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Aren't trees brilliant?

A photo taken looking up into the canopy in a copse in the South Devon countryside in perfect morning sunlight, early in May.

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Other work by the Ladybird artists. ‘Ludlow Castle’ (Readers Digest magazine) Artist: SR Badmin

Finely-detailed, mixed-media illustration of Ludlow Castle viewed from across the river. The trees on the hill slope are vivid with autumn colours.

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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 3h

@oregoncoastaquarium captures video of a sea otter grooming its fur in the water: #AGoodPlace

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Hexagonal @hexagonal.bsky.social · 13h

Mushroom undersides of interest

Several orange mushrooms on a decayed stump from below

Four thin white mushrooms in moss and dead wood

The underside of a white mushroom in mulch

The underside of bridge and brown mushrooms with gills in moss

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Skionar @skionar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Goodnight

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Chris Woodyard @chriswoodyard.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#31DaysofGraves Day 4 Entrance L is for Lychgate, a wonderful illustration by @landisblair.bsky.social for A is for Arsenic: An ABC of Victorian Death, available worldwide. Lychgate: A gate between the land of the living and the dead, marking the boundary between consecrated and unconsecrated soil.

Black and white drawing of a roofed structure with open gates where a wheeled bier and hatted mourners stand. A veiled woman stands at the entrance of the gate. A church tower stands in the background and there are trees and a fence next to the roofed structure--a lychgate, because monuments in a cemetery can be seen in the background.

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 2h

Goodnight from band practice for the Tower Block Saints, where a poltergeist sympathetic to the neighbours keeps on pulling on amplifier plugs. Goodnight from Emma Hartley, unable to express why her daughters’ tales of an acorn-headed man scare her so much. Goodnight from Hookland.

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Catherine Baker @catbake.bsky.social · 2h

kitchen after dark the distant moon still gilding the cheeks of apples

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Leaf Journal: On Writing for Young People @leafjournal.bsky.social · 3h

On Writing for Young People Conference 2026. Online. 5-6 Nov. Speakers include Karen Sands-O'Connor on the panel 'Writing Black British History for Children' with Yinka Olusoga, J. T. Williams and Aneesh Barai. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/on-writing...

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Bridget @8rid6et.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

🍂 autumn garden littered with prompts 🍁 #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #micropoetry #writer #amwriting

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Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

No way I can compete with the major poetry publishers who get collections stocked by bricks-and-mortar bookshops But I do have word of mouth and all you wonderful people here on Bluesky, pushing the numbers of readers of Whatever You Do, Just Don't far beyond the sales of the big boys. Thank you!

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 16h

landscapes are highly protected habitats and an important part of Yorkshire’s natural heritage. The Alt on the image of Twisleton Scar tells you more. #NaturalHeritage #LimestonePavements #YorkshireDales #TwisletonScar

Maidenhair spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes), a compact evergreen fern featuring dark green, rounded leaflets arranged on distinctive wiry, black stems. Image: Yorkshire Dales National Park

The selected region shows the white flower cluster of a baneberry plant. NB All parts of the baneberry plant especially the berries that develop after flowering are highly toxic and poisonous if ingested by humans or pets Image: Yorkshire Dales National Park

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 16h

called ‘grikes’. Rainwater, made slightly acidic by carbon dioxide, slowly dissolves the limestone, creating this distinctive terrain. The pavements are vital ecological havens. Shaded grikes provide shelter for rare plants, including ferns and baneberry. Today, these ancient

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 16h

🧵The iconic limestone pavements of Yorkshire, famously found around Malham Cove and Ingleborough, are spectacular post-glacial landscapes. Formed and exposed by the last Ice Age, these flat expanses of Carboniferous limestone feature blocks known as ‘clints’, separated by deep fissures

Twisleton Scar’s hawthorn trees are among the most photographed and recognisable natural landmarks in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Rather than being a single tree with a documented historical story or human-planted heritage, these hardy hawthorns are celebrated for their resilience, distinctive appearance and close connection to the ancient landscape. Their story is inseparable from the rugged limestone pavements of Twisleton Scar. Growing from thin soils between the limestone, the trees have endured centuries of harsh weather, strong winds and exposed conditions. Their twisted forms and weather-beaten branches are a reminder of nature’s ability to survive in challenging environments, making them an iconic symbol of the Yorkshire Dales. Image: Wind-formed hawthorn tree against a stormy sky on Twisleton Scar limestone pavement, Mike Green CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

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SkandiPhotographer @skandiphotographer.bsky.social · 7h

The tide moves across the rock in a veil of water, while the low sun picks out every curve in the shoreline. #photography #naturephotography #fujifilm #skandiphotographer

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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 10h

Early morning autumnal colour. Craster

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Niko J @nikojln2016.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Blue. For BlueSky. Because my BlueSky friends love these flowers and blue is my favourite colour. Hydrangea flowers for sale at my favourite florist. #Hydrangea #Hortensia 💙🌱🪻 📍Chelsea, London SW3

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 8h

In all these years of visiting Byland I can't remember being there in the rain. Image: Byland Abbey (in the rain) Allan Harris, CC BY-ND 4.0 #medieval #BylandAbbey #Tiles

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 8h

Glistening under a grey Yorkshire sky, the 13th-century tiled floors of Byland Abbey undergo a stunning transformation in the rain. The downpour awakens the deep emerald greens, warm mustard yellows, and rich terracotta oranges of the medieval floor.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 7h

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 12667: This is going to be controversial, but hear me out: Don't let anyone (ANYONE) in or out of publishing label you as "the new X", however popular X may currently be. You'll be judged as second-rate and unoriginal before your book has even come out...

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