A furry fiddlehead

Western Sword Fern (Polystychum munitum)
#Spring #ferns #fiddleheads

NHS approves new treatment for aggressive cancer that could triple life expectancy Also known as Ziihera, the antibody treatment targets a protein called HER2, which stimulates tumour growth. It works by activating the immune system to eliminate cancer cells and reduces HER2 levels

my little sister worked on this cancer trial!! everybody say well done Liv ✨

#LookAndSee #MusicChallenge
Bit of a balcony scene feel
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📸 Saturday 11 April Rothbury, Northumberland

Symmetry (almost) on #ThickTrunkTuesday

Island Peace and Quiet In a world of "lo-fi" urban noise, the island represents more than a vacation—it is a physiological reset, a biological necessity, and a return to our "Hi-Fi" origins.

Chosen silence is essential 🤍
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#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge
21: a cover
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#ScavengerHunt2 #MusicChallenge
21: 'Dúlamán' - 'Seaweed'
"Seaweed from the yellow cliff, Irish seaweed
Seaweed from the ocean, the best in all of Ireland"
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#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge
21: a song with syncopation
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#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge
20 a song with a number in the title: 2
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#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge
20: a fade out ending, and a deeply emotional song
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Repost for #OwlishMonday
🦉talking more sense than many people...

Misericords provided some support for perching choristers; they could take the weight off their feet during long services but still look like they were standing, hence 'misericordia' from the Latin for mercy. It is thought that this carving was made by Claes de Bruyn, a master woodcarver working in the Southern Netherlands.

This barn owl decorates an oaken misericord, a little ledge found on the underside of hinged seats in choir stalls. Providing relief for religious rumps, they were often carved with impious figures. This carving is from Belgium c. 1441-1445 #OwlishMonday #medievalsky

The medieval cathedral was illuminated by changing colours last December

Over Christmas, Lincoln cathedral was bathed in a #WeekPForPurple glow 💜 #AlphabetChallenge

Clannad - Caisleáin Óir YouTube video by An Ghaoth Aniar

#IsmuasMusicChallenge #MusicChallenge
19: a song that gives you chills: evocative, affecting and beautifully sung..."Caisleán Óir"/"Golden Castle"
'Around us
A bright star in the night
The sea is calm
And there is peace in the wind'
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📸 Friday 17 April, 2026

Had seen no bluebells this year until walking by Natland Beck near Kendal - and there it was, tiny and tender on the damp, grassy bank 💙
#wildflowerhour

Looking angelic on Friday 17th April

Urban botany in Kendal - the trumpet shaped blooms of white comfrey #wildflowerhour

This well known oil on canvas of a lilac clad young woman turning from a bowed figure in shadow symbolises the fragility of young love. Pink petals are fallen at her feet

"O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day"

The Two Gentlemen of Verona I, iii
#ShakespeareSunday

🎨 'April Love' Arthur Hughes (1855-6)

Stan Beckensall – The Smell of Water Posts about Stan Beckensall written by ironopolis

🙏🏻 Think you'd enjoy the work of the late Stan Beckensall.
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#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekOForOld
Also #StandingStoneSunday
Trethevy Quoit, near St Cleer in Cornwall, is a neolithic ‘dolmen’ burial chamber, so is quite old!

Well defined, concentric double rings and cups carvings on a sandstone outcrop on Tod Crag, near Ottercops Moss, Northumberland

Quite the boggy, marshy, hardy heather root and tussocky grass strewn hike to Tod Crag yesterday. In northern Britain, 'cup and ring mark' rock art falls within the 4000-1500 BC period. Definitely a venerable contender for #WeekOForOld #AlphabetChallenge #Northumberland #archaeosky

Excellent resource, thank you 🙏🏻

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge
18 A relaxing song
We saw Natalie perform last night; she's sublime
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I meant to repost to you @theghostmonk.bsky.social

6:30pm TODAY on @BBCRadio4Extra

From 2023, Omnibus 📻 “A Tomb with a View”

The 2020 book “A Tomb With a View – The Stories & Glories of Graveyards” by Peter Ross, abridged by Anna Magnusson

Read by Andy Clark

#BookchatWeekly #BookwormSat #BookSky

📸 Sunday 15 March, 2026

#BlueSkyArtShow #Edge of empire and the #Edge of the crags, the cliffs, the whinstone along Hadrian's Wall #Northumberland UK

Let's hope it is not that but I absolutely agree - you need a properly scheduled appointment with a specialist and soon. Good luck with that and I hope to read you've better news

You lucky duck, you! Excellent find 👌🏻

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compounded by sensory overload. Hope things have improved for you now