Reposted by prestoconfuocoRachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Morning. Currawong, Elizabeth Gould. 114526
Reposted by prestoconfuocoDr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Mary Edwards Walker worked as a surgeon for the Union Army during the Civil War. She was captured by Confederates after crossing enemy lines to treat wounded civilians & arrested as a spy. She's the only woman to ever receive the Medal of Honor - pictured here, wearing it. 6578135
Reposted by prestoconfuocoUlrike Graßnick @ulrikegrassnick.bsky.social · 15/03/2025What?! #medievalsky #caturday #catsofbluesky The Morgan Museum & Library MS M.179, f. 44v 0124
prestoconfuoco @prestoconfuoco.bsky.social · 08/02/2025First signs of spring. The winter aconites in the park are out and the snowdrops will soon follow. 030
Reposted by prestoconfuococurious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social · 11/12/2024'Crow and Cherry Blossoms' - Ohara Koson, ca. 1930's. #JapaneseArt #shinhanga #crows 123353
prestoconfuoco @prestoconfuoco.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Medieval elephant at Basel Cathedral, Switzerland. 020
Reposted by prestoconfuococurious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social · 20/11/2024'Black Crow' - Kawanabe Kyosai, ca. 1870s. #crows #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt 121063
Reposted by prestoconfuococurious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social · 25/11/2024If you ever hear music when no-one is around, it could be a koto-furunushi. The koto is a Japanese stringed instrument which, if forgotten, can transform into a #yokai resembling a wild beast that can move on its own and play all the songs ever played on it. #MythologyMonday #JapaneseFolklore 1/2 616447
prestoconfuoco @prestoconfuoco.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Evening walk in the park with a very dramatic sunset. 010
Reposted by prestoconfuocoRichard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 16/11/2024"this is fine" British Library Manuscript - royal ms 20 a ii f3r 8486222210
