A very round looking Eurasian Robin, complete with trademark orange/red breast and face plumage plus grey undercarriage, perches on tiny legs on the rim of a blue, glazed terracotta planter. The background shows garden greenery and the red brick wall of a house plus the trunk of a climbing Hydrangea. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro

A Robin is Not Just for Christmas. I couldn’t resist today’s alt theme #AllTheYearRound
from @alan678.bsky.social for #BirdOfTheDay
Yes it’s Roberto, no longer with us, but his Robin brethren are here … ever-present in our gardens.
#Robins
#ForJanet
#ColorADay
#BlueTue
#photography #ECK

Image of Charles Dickens seated at a table with books, ca. 1860.{{PD-US}} Accompanied by text that says: Anne-Marie Millim, “Crossing Currents: The Mother Tongue, Monolingualism, and Multilingualism in Household Words and All the Year Round,” Victorian Periodicals Review, Volume 57, Number 4, Winter 2024.

Anne-Marie Millim considers how #Dickens ’s journals championed the view that only a native speaker can master a language. Learn how contributors to #HouseholdWords and #AllTheYearRound worked to implement a prestige language in VPR 57.4: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl... @rs4vp.org

Like every week, we need to be committed to amplifying the voices and experiences of autistic individuals. Through participatory research, we're working together to create a future where every person is valued. #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek #AllTheYearRound