Ana McKellar

Yes, sadly. My past neighbour was horrified at my mossy roof (60s concrete tiles) for that reason. He religiously scraped his bare with a spade, making an evil racket in the process.

Protect caterpillars as UK’s moth population plummets, urge charities Instead of removing plant-munching caterpillars, gardeners asked to take relaxed attitude to support the moths many of them grow into

“many of the 2,500 [moth] species in the UK are at risk, with numbers having fallen by 33% since the 1960s. This is due to factors including habitat loss, climate breakdown and pollution.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Purple crocuses and yellow daffodils in green grass.

Good morning! 🌱
Another warm and sunny day today. A long walk would be lovely, but first there’s work to be done.
Have a lovely day!

Beautiful roof for a thriving moss garden. Love the chimneys.

4-panel comic: Astronomers asking researchers from different departments to help them identify the “little red dots” in JWST images: (1) Entomologists [Person 1 behind easel that is black with red dots on it, looked at by Person 2 with shoulder-length hair.] PERSON 2: Clover mites. (2) Computer Scientists [Person 1 behind easel that is black with red dots on it, looked at by Person 3 with beanie.] PERSON 3: Stuck pixels. (3) Dermatologists [Person 1 behind easel that is black with red dots on it, looked at by Person 4 with ponytail.] PERSON 4: Cherry angiomas. (4) Graphic designers [Person 1 behind easel that is black with red dots on it, looked at by Person 5 with short hair.] PERSON 5: No, those are vermillion, or maybe jasper. Can I see your color settings?

Little Red Dots

xkcd.com/3212/

night. at a lake with trees around it.

A new *sleep safe* episode.

An empty place. Just the wild sea at a distance. Birds chattering. Then after half an hour, rain on water, getting heavier.

Episode 293 - Pools of Rye Harbour (sleep safe)
> www.podbean.com/ew/pb-arbyy-1a5e13f

Calm sea to the left, deserted beach with dunes to the right, low hills beyond. Two sorts of clouds, fluffy ones and stretched out ones, both altocumulus

Oh be still my beating heart, altocumulus floccus AND lenticularis. What an evening.

#UKCanals Thankfully not this week 2026

😂 bit of a contrast

Excellent resting result, apart from bored Pepper.

YouTube video by Charlotte Potter Charlotte singing Pie Jesu in Cathedral Quarry, Little Langdale #soprano #classicalcrossover

Whooop. It was Charlotte Potter singing Pie Jesu m.youtube.com/shorts/jXlkt...

Something like that, it’s like a double bed! I doubt I’d be able to reach both sides, which rather defeats its object.

That’s the widest ladder stile ever!
@lakesstiles.bsky.social

I can’t remember what she sang, but probably early classical because I recognised it. It seemed to be an acoustic where many things could sound amazing.

Canal boat on a snow-covered canal. Snow is falling.

This week in 2018. Snow and ice on the canal.

Urgh, thanks for that. We were talking today of whether the canal would be likely to freeze this late.

Gorgeous.

Ooooh, this is where a glorious soprano recorded herself singing alone. It was fantastic. Sadly a bookmark lost leaving twatter.

A starling murmuration next to Brightons palace pier, as seen from the sea

Some new things for spring. The latest gallery newsletter from a very sunny #Brighton beach. eepurl.com/jAGDFI

An enormous wave crashed with huge amounts of white spray thrown up in the air. Peachy sky beyond.

Parts of the ring road were closed today - winds recorded of 57.5m/s (128 mph/207kpmh) - yikes! Got some amazing massive crashing waves this afternoon at Eyrsti-Fellsfjara beach at Jökulsárlón. Apart from the sand whipping me from behind, I was in heaven!

#Iceland #WavePhotography #CanonR5markii

Row of pines descending from L to R reflected in still waters of a lakeland Tarn.

Tarn Hows #1 #photography #landscapephotography #uknikon

For anyone still suffering from CCDD*, here’s the second male to start singing on my patch this year.

*Chronic Chiffchaff Deprivation Disorder. The struggle is real.

A pale sandy coloured path leading up through a young barley field to a silhouette of a tall strong oak tree in the distance standing alone with pale sky behind.

A second #thicktrunktuesday today 😊. A local tree standing proud.

Glorious 🥰

Double-headed, deep lilac tulips in large ceramic containers on a concrete patio. The tops of other tulips in containers behind them can also be seen - some are tall and frilly, white with yellow stripes, while others are double-headed, frilly and peach-coloured. In the background, patio furniture and wooden raised beds can be made out, the closest one on the left also containing tulips that are just about to open.

As we wait for this spring's bulbs to bloom, I'm continuing to post weekly tulip pictures from previous years to brighten up the timeline.

These are a favourite of mine - "Lilac Perfection" with "Lemon Beauty" and a glimpse of "Brisbane" behind.

🔆🌷

#TulipTuesday #GardeningBluesky #BloomScrolling

Small bottles with fairy lights and seaglass

Many of these have sold out so I have added a few more seaglass pendants, earings and fairy lights to Etsy shop.
It takes time to make these so it will probably be a few weeks before I am about to restock again. Thanks so much for your support ❤️

Text on an academic article about "Moving Things: Moving Cartloads of Treasures from Venice to Ethiopia, ca. 1400" pasted into Grammarly in a Browser. It offers to invoke the digital ghosts of David Abulafia, Barry Flood and Chris Wickham to give me "expert feedback".

Using Grammarly for the first time in forever ... WHAT?

As a non-native speaker writing primarily in English, I used to use it to check prepositions, point out too long/convoluted sentences etc.

It now offers to summon colleagues both living and dead to "expert review" the piece???

What?

And so many meanings of the word common, it’s no wonder 😉

The picture shows sand on a beach. There are criss-crossing lines formed by drier and therefore lighter coloured ridges of sand, creating a mesh-like effect.

Yellow Strand, Sligo, last week.

🌊

#TidesOutTuesday #Sligo #WildAtlanticWay #Scape #AbstractArt #Nature #Seascape #Photography #EastCoastKin

Me too. They’re so beautiful and fascinating.