Birgit

I fear a lot of topics I am interested do not have accounts here. They are only to be found elsewhere. Also only like 5 of my friends are here and probably 2 of them are regularly active.
Also I hate that I can't have private settings.

I have to admit I am not really getting into that app... don't feel connected at all here... will keep the account, check once in a while, but not spending too much time here. Hardly any of my friends are here and if, not really active.

Sutton Hoo Helmet at the British Museum from Anglo Saxon times

I was finally able to visit the British Museum again and have a look at all those beautiful Sutton Hoo finds :-)

A massive oak tree in a field

Wyndham's Oak - Silton, England

A thousand years of greatness

Photo: Charles Finch

A macro photo looking into the face of a pale yellow-green jumping spider atop bright blue fabric, with out of focus greenery in the background. The spider has a patch of bright orange hairs atop its head. One of its large central eyes looks black and the other green, which is from the internal reflective parts of the eyes being aimed in two different directions -- one not reflecting light, the other reflecting nearby greenery. The blue fabric is from a Los Angeles Dodgers baseball cap, which is this spider's favorite team.

🐙🌿🕷️ Ever see a spider yawn? Well, now you have. Okay, not yawn as in draw a big sleepy breath - spiders don't breathe with their face - but this one is stretching its chelicerae (mouthparts that end in the fangs) wide, making them look like a Yosemite Sam mustache. Also, it's grooming its eyes--

Moominmamma knitting while sitting on the sofa in the moominhouse.

Moominmamma knitting while sitting on the sofa in the moominhouse.

Erfahrungsgemäß ist es stinknormaler Filterkaffee, den man in einigen Ländern unter seltsamen Namen suchen muss😂

get well soon xxx

A Springwatch highlight from years gone by with Bill Oddie 🐤 💙

Hiding in a haystack to spot the stunning kingfisher 😍

#Springwatch #Springwatch20 #Springwatch2025 #BBCSpringwatch #wildlife #nature #spring #kingfisher

Sutton Hoo Byzantine bucket believed to be cremation vessel Archaeologists find human and animal remains in the base of the bucket, confirming their beliefs.

Hoo heard the news about Sutton Hoo?
We can now reveal that we found the entire base of the Bromeswell bucket intact during last year's Time Team excavation and following further investigation we now know it contained an early Anglo-Saxon cremation burial: buff.ly/91DezbT

Medieval manuscript illustration of a grassy knoll with dogs chasing rabbits out of their holes; on top of the knoll two rabbits face one another, forelegs outstretched.

turf, f.n: turf, sod, piece of earth with grass on it; the grassy surface of the earth. (TURF / ˈtʌrf)
Image: Luttrell Psalter; England (Lincolnshire), c. 1320-1340; @britishlibrary.bsky.social Add MS 42130, f. 176v.
#OldEnglish #WOTD

His Grace, Duke Douglas of Sealand is now officially a senior citizen. I contemplated a more dignified photo for this occasion, but undressed under the Sealand flag instead. A birthday suit tradition that started In 2019 if you scroll back.
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#birthday #seniorcitizen #nakedoldguy

Sharing my childhood dream to be a horse has been revelatory and joyful! Lots of people have admitted a similar ambition; others wanted to be cars, fire engines or even a potato when they grew up!
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Zum Tag des Lichts 💡
Tot, aber lustig unterstützen? Hier!:
▶️ Förderer werden werden: steadyhq.com/totaberlustig
▶️ Einen Kaffee ausgeben: paypal.me/holtschulte

#totaberlustig #cartoon #tod #tot #Licht #LED #Stromrechnung

Choose 20 VAMPIRES you love. One VAMPIRE per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, just VAMPIRES.

DAY 7

Well I am "du" as well... and my hairdresser told me yesterday that my haircolour now is called "salt-and-pepper.... ahem...

I still don't know if he thought I look so old or you so young 😂

Remember that flight attendant who thought I am your mother?!? 😆😂

In einer Wohnung, die Tür zum Flur steht offen. Ein Mann steht im Türrahmen und sagt empört: "Machen Sie Ihren Fernseher leiser!". Ihm gegenüber steht ein weiterer Mann, blutverschmiert, mit einer Axt in der Hand. Glaubwürdig überrascht sagt dieser: "Ich hab gar keinen."

Schönen Abend noch!

mid week slump

Two men guilty of felling world-famous Sycamore Gap tree Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, both from Cumbria, are each convicted of two counts of criminal damage.

I am still so angry and sad about what those assholes did!
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Two guilty over Sycamore Gap tree felling • Northumberland National Park Two men have been found guilty over the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree. An investigation has been ongoing since the tree was cut down

Northumberland National Park Authority notes the outcome of the Sycamore Gap trial today. Read our statement here:

www.northumberlandnationalpark.org.uk/two-guilty-o...

The Sycamore Gap tree before it was felled. A single tree stands between two hills, with blue sky above and green grass below framing the image

We would like to thank Northumbria Police and the Crown Prosecution Service for bringing the case regarding Sycamore Gap to a resolution.

Photo: John Millar

sometimes we get hype here too😂😂

It was so crazy around here back then 😁😂

sām-wīs, adj: dull, foolish. (SAHM-WEES / ˈsaːm-ˌwiːs)
#OldEnglish #WOTD

Happy Birthday to the one and only Sir David Attenborough 💜

Paradox 🤭

un-āræfnedlīc, adj: intolerable, impossible to bear. (UN-ah-RAV-ned-leech / ˈʌn-aː-ˌræv-nɛd-liːtʃ)
#OldEnglish #WOTD

Male Pheasant approaching the camera, surrounded by green

Grumpy Pheasant approaching... 😁😍
Taken last weekend at RSPB Ham Wall in Somerset. 😊🐦
#birds 🪶