I’m across the pond but very happy to boost your post. Looks like a great read! Bookmarks are gorgeous. What’s not to love?

(ps heal well, quickly)

As well as the 5 points originally posted in this thread, if I'm being fully honest I should also include 6, which is I'm currently recovering from a fractured jaw, and for some reason giving away a few signed copies of my books with some nice original art work makes me feel less sad and useless.

Just put it on hold through the Libby app. Looking forward to it!

Divide and conquer. That’s the game plan. It doesn’t matter how…

Shot from ground level, a round ceiling mural that echoed Metis embroidery. On a black background, we see a wild rose in tjr centre, surrounded by flowers, berries, birds and butterflies.

The mural in context - on the ceiling, surrounded by lights and blond wood ceiling tiles. It hangs above the soaring atrium of the University Commons

I was on the @ualberta.bsky.social campus today for the unveiling of this remarkable art installation by Metis painter Christi Belcourt. It’s called In My Grandmother’s Time, and it blends traditional motifs from Metis beading and embroidery with digital technology. And it’s gorgeous. #ualberta #yeg

A collection of autumnal and coastal nature finds on watercolour paper, including seedheads, larch cones, shells and feathers

Floral finds from the garden in later May on a dark enamel background

Spring floral finds from the garden including cowslip, hellebore and gold lace primula in a series of Victorian glass bottles

Garden floral finds in April with hand written labels on a buff coloured linen background

I confess things are tricky financially atm due to mental illness preventing me from working as much as I'd like. If my photos have ever lifted your mood on an anxious or sad day & you'd like to support me by buying me a ☕ or a set of my wallpapers my ko-fi's here.Pls RT ty x: ko-fi.com/emmamitchell

This explains almost everything! #Taskmaster

The Senate vote to destroy America’s most visited wilderness could happen with 24 hours’ notice and the deadline runs out at the end of April.

Good morning - I hope you slept like a clam-stuffed puffer-fish - I'm starting with 'In Mermaid Street, Rye', Philip Leslie Moffat Ward, watercolour, 20th cent.

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Season 21, Episode 1 - 'Cube is good.' | Full Episode YouTube video by Taskmaster

You may not know @taskmaster.tv. It's hilarious & joyful. I begged to do it, worked out my schedule a year ahead of time to make it happen & got to do the best show on TV w/ the loveliest ppl. Ep 1 is out &, trust me, you need this joy. All seasons free on youtube.

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A little white dog sits on a pale green sofa with a multi-coloured blanket beside her, scrunched into the corner of the sofa. She’s pushed the blanket there. Evidence? Her hair is charged and standing up, leaving her looking like a late stage dandelion

Soon after the grooming…

“Most of life is just ordinary. You have to learn how to be happy there.”

~ Michelle Obama

Be okay when it’s quiet. Be okay when it’s hard. You’re still here.

#SheShed

Painting of a curled up sleeping fox against a cream background

The #fox appears in the folklore of many cultures and is associated with cunning and tricks or as a familiar animal, possessed of magic powers #FolkloreThursday
Artwork by Jackie Morris, artist, author, illustrator #WomensArt

Exactly!

Same. Wish more people would…

Boycott PayPal too

"Light Fossils" dinosaur light painting by artist Darren Pearson, known as Darius Twin, using a unique photography technique.

The artwork is created using long-exposure photography, where the camera shutter remains open while the artist moves handheld lights to "draw" the figures in real-time.

What a picture!

New York Movie, by Edward Hopper, 1939, 📸 by Carlos Fyfe

A robin in a nest it has made in the folds of an outdoor table umbrella

Over the weekend, one of the tables outside the tea room at Arlington Court, Devon, was cordoned off - because a robin built a cosy little nest inside the umbrella!

To give them some peace and avoid disturbance, we've temporarily closed off the area until they choose to move on.

📷 Barry Edwards

Perfection! Thanks James.
Happy Easter to you

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Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico is a UNESCO World Heritage Site containing over a thousand years of Indigenous history ancient ruins, sacred sites, and cultural landmarks built by the ancestors of today’s Pueblo peoples.

How many points would you give today’s cat?

📚 《Slow Living Under Mount Fuji》
#pet #cozy #Meow #catlover #CatsofBluesky

An oak leaf bud opening

HOLD ON TO YOUR HATS, THE OAKS ARE AWAKE 🥳🌳🌳

Also he has repeatedly threatened to annex a loyal member of the commonwealth, Canada

Definitely cancel!

Maple syrup under a microscope.

That is why Canadians are so happy, we literally eat glitter. 😊

#Canada

Art UK recently visited Corbenic Poetry Path in Dunkeld, a beautiful 3.5km trail that winds around the grounds of Corbenic Camphill Community 🌿

Watch the full film on YouTube 👉 https://youtu.be/IHEo-QFHhko

Parkinson’s UK “Socks” Film | Don’t Panic YouTube video by THE GOODS

youtu.be/uTOld91Ax9c This @parkinsons.org.uk ad hasn’t pleased everyone but I thought it packed a tremendous emotional punch

‘It feels like they’re pulling figures out of the sky’: UK pet owners welcome crackdown on vet fees Competition watchdog will launch cost comparison website and has ordered vets to cap written prescription prices

This well-reported piece appears to have nonetheless missed what I suspect is the 'real' story behind these massive price rises: the UK veterinary sector has been targeted by US private equity firms in the past decade, and turned into yet another vehicle for extracting wealth from ordinary people.