Black Labrador sitting on a rock in the foreground. Blue sky and white clouds in the background

Two labradors one cream/red and one black in the foreground with the backdrop of Dove Crag our first peak of the day. Sunny spring weather and blue skies

A couple more from our wander on Sunday up Dove Crag (pic on right) and Fairfield. A lovely spring day.

#labrador
#landscapephotography
#lakedistrict
#cumbria
#spring
#mountains

Feeling a bit Noo-Noo faced following an excess of caffeine.

Susan Entwistle.
Spring at Harlow Carr.
#Acrylics #Pointillism #Spring

Palantir in the NHS is linked to Mandelson

Mandelson is linked to Wes Streeting

Wes Streeting is defending Palantir’s involvement in the #NHS

Nothing to see or everything to see

Palantir must be removed from the NHS

A Labrador Fox red/cream sniffing the air whilst climbing up to Fairfield in the Lake District. Dog in front of picture with Hills and Mountains in the distance

Freya says "I can smell someone having a sandwich stop in the next valley"

From our little mountain wander on Sunday up onto Dove Crag, Hart Crag and Fairfield in the #LakeDistrict.

#landscapephotography
#Labrador
#Dog
#mountains
#FoxRed
#UK
#Cumbria

3D printed zoetrope by Kevin Holmes makes frogs appear to leap endlessly on lily pads using optical illusion

Frayed Threads of a Grecian Summer
By Jeff Stanford, 2026

Today's frog is the green bright-eyed frog.

I laughed

View towards Crummock Water this afternoon

Blooming cactus, no ID but a Trichocereus hybrid type cactus with numerous red blooms that are not quite fully open. The cactus is planted in a mixed succulent garden bed by posters house.

There is still beauty is this world 🌵❤️
#TimelineCleanse #BloomScrolling #Succulents

A Staedtler Graphite 0.3mm pencil and eraser at rest on a piece of tissue paper on an incomplete drawing of the corner of a brick building. To the left a sash window can be seen, with another emerging from the tissue paper on the right.

Working down the drawing and adding a window, led to adding a bit more to the darker tones of the brickwork. The drawing is steadily getting to a state that I am happy with.

#ArchitecturalIllustration
#pencil #drawing
#ArtShare

Mandelson, close friend of Epstein, lobbied for Palantir. The public deserves to know what went on behind closed doors.

We must kick Palantir out of our NHS.

#savethenhs #palantirout

The Old Man of Storr, Skye

Pic: Steven Murphy

I remain convinced that a blazing hot vindaloo is the World's most effective cold remedy, insofar as it does next to nothing rather than absolutely nothing. The improvement in my mood is immediate, however illusory the physical benefits.

This is ex-Labour MP and water company lobbyist, Ruth Kelly. She was Labour MP for Bolton West from 1997-2010 and was in Tony Blair’s New Labour cabinet (where she was an advocate for PFI). She has been Chair of Water UK since 2023. Water UK is the main lobbyist for the UK’s private water companies. She's also the Chair of Thames Freeport, a Director of Heathrow Airport, advises the Vatican on its financial portfolio and is Senior Fellow at the Policy Exchange think tank.

Ever wondered why Labour won't #renationalise water?

Blimey - it certainly is. Such a diverse genus that I find myself doubting that they really belong together. Similarly with Solanum 🤔. Wonderfully cheery plant, though!

"Scotland" by palette knife painter Georgia Hart

Well worth saving! Love the simplicity of the shape and the richness of the colour.

Red wallflower from bud to flower

Erysimum cherii 'vulcan', this got frazzled in last years really hot dry sunny spring but I did manage to save a cutting which is just coming into flower now 🌱

#Bloomscrolling #RedWed #ColorADay

The aliens from the 1970s Cadbury's Smash advertisement.

Doesn't sound particularly tasty 🤔.

caffeine is perfect when you're having trouble concentrating and would rather be having trouble concentrating while vibrating

We call ourselves "intelligent," yet the humblest fungus can decompose waste and build soil, a tree can harness solar energy, and a wetland can purify water—all without toxic byproducts. True intelligence is learning from these systems, not bulldozing them.

Our new album is out today! A sincere request to help spread the word!

Another day, another seven spot ladybird. This time on a stellaria flower. There are a LOT of ladybirds again this year where I live - north wales coast.
#ladybug

Nyx my melanistic jeweled lacerta

Heard you guys like cool lizards

Today's frog is the sand frog.

A partially opened wild garlic flower bud, the white star of the flower just beginning to burst

Well call them ramsons as they're in my garden rather than in the woods, wild garlic just starting to pop into flower 🌱

#GardensHour #Bloomscrolling #MacroMonday