Keith Vaughan painted just twenty still life oil paintings over the course of his career. This work 'Pomegranate, Lemon, Cup,' painted in 1948, consists of a tabletop with a striped tablecloth and angular forms.
Apropos of nothing much, I once met a man from Zanzibar - we were on a night-shift preparing in-flight meals in an industrial kitchen in Croydon. I asked why he left.
’To see the world.’ he replied. We both laughed.
Only a princess could be so finely sensitive that she would be troubled by a single pea placed under all these mattresses and featherbeds. Here’s two wonderful illustrations of her in Hans Christian Andersen’s tale ~ at L, by Gennady Spirin and at R by Edmund Dulac
A golden morning light floods a minimally decorated Regency room.
Good morning - I hope you slept like a beetle-stuffed dunnock - I'm starting with 'Sunlight in the South Room, Kellie', John Henry Lorimer, oil on canvas, 1913.
Try this 1390 recipe for “sambocade”~ elderflower-flavoured curd tart, from book on cookery by Richard II's chief cook. Modern reviewer praised its “glorious bouquet of flavour", reminiscent of "Yorkshire curd tarts, fragrant hedgerows & long summer days” (British Library)
Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘April’
Shell Guide to Trees and Shrubs Artist: SR Badmin
Noah's Ark, Turkish Miniature from the early 20th century
Abu Yahya Zakariya’ ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini; ‘Wonders of the Seven Seas’, ca. 1203-1283 CE.
Ma Yuan's studies of the properties of water, southern Song Dynasty China, ca. 1190 - 1225 CE
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A leather-gloved hands holds a bat with nein-orange fur and a pink, wrinkled naked face, looking into the camera
It's #BatAppreciationDay.
Bats are an incredibly diverse group (around 1500 species - the second largest group of #mammals), performing incredibly important roles in their ecosystems. 🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇
Plus, some of them are bright orange. 🧡
#OrangeLeafNosedBat #bats #fieldwork #WildOz #MammalWatching
A butterfly with reddish wings and large light coloured eye spots in its forewings, and dark eye spots on its hindwings is resting on a dense cluster of white blossom. It's facing upwards, and its antennae are clearly visible. The background is a kind of dreamy blurred range of whites and light grey.
A final post for @rina2012.bsky.social's #ButterflyWeek.
A Peacock (Inachis io) butterfly on Cherry Plum blossom in Oxford's Lye Valley.
#inverts #UKWildlife #photography #ECK
@friendlyevalley.bsky.social @upperthames.bsky.social
I’ll never forget watching The Wicker Man with my outer Hebridean mum. “I just don’t know where there got all that wicker from”
When Andy Kershaw RIP was introduced to Dylan by Dave Stewart he addressed him as ‘your Bobness.’
Small dark-winged bird with tuft on its head, a gleam in its eye and a speckled pink breast stands on a leafy twig with a long-stemmed pink flower
Just in case you’re feeling a little glum about things, here’s an 18th century watercolour of a perky Tufted Titmouse to cheer you up www.villageantiques.ch/tufted-titmo...
The Second day of Creation according to the book of Genesis. From The Nuremberg Chronicle by Hartmann Schedel, circa 1493
Ship of Fools from the Nuremberg Shrovetide Carnival (1449-1539). Schembartsbuch, c 1590-1640
Irving Penn, Persian Violet Cyclamen, Cyclamen persicum, ca. 1973
Charles Ginner's work was painted from one of the windows of his sister's house at Boscastle in Cornwall in the late summer of 1928. Views from windows were a distinctive theme in his personal artistic vocabulary.
Good morning - I hope you slept like a Lepidotes macrocheirus-stuffed baryonyx - I'm starting with 'Derbyshire Walls' by Harry Epworth Allen (1894–1958).
An 18th century moon mission ~ this photograph-like image of a gibbous Moon, with the dark patches of the Sea of Serenity and the Sea of Tranquillity, is actually a remarkable pastel created by English painter John Russell, way back in 1795
“Who could be frightened in as wide and bright, as clean and quiet a house as this?” (Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road) madamebibilophilerecommends.co.uk/2026/04/15/w...
A black and white, high-contrast photograph of a small cluster of delicate wildflowers in the foreground, sharply in focus against a heavily blurred background. The flowers are light-colored with four petals each, growing on thin, dark stems. The background consists of dark, indistinct shapes that are grasses in a calm body of water. Wisps of out-of-focus grass frame the edges of the shot. The lighting is soft yet moody, emphasizing the texture of the petals and the stillness of the landscape.
riverbank
#MarginalWaters #Photography #ECK #ClassicMono #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Lumix
In addition to our 7 million specimens, we also hold a library and archive, available to visit by appointment. Researching? An artist in need of inspiration? A philatelist who wants to see a large collection of dinosaur stamps? We have you covered.
Seapinks and Stone walls.
Seapinks (Armeria maritima) are just starting to show their heads. Another sunny day or two and the place will be covered in them.
County Clare, Ireland.
Cormacscoast.com walking tours
The Pageant of April
Mary Wrinch
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Have you been in to check out our new displays recently? We are nearing the completion of the main court aisles with our ambitious Life, As We Know It project. Tell us what you think!
Two colour photographs: Left - pattern left as spilt water moves across dry tarmac. Right - pattern of metal bollard supporting chain with kerb, double yellow lines and a drain.
Painted illustration featuring a cartoon like smiling black unicorn above a sign in red with writing 'happiness'
Artwork by Angela Smyth, contemporary artist #WomensArt
Today's artist without a (known) birthday: Adriaen Coorte. Painter of the stillest still lifes. Three peaches, 1705.
