Beau Nighdell

I'm so old that I can remember the days when you could just read something on the Internet without choosing your cookie settings, sign up to a free newsletter, asked to donate, and badgered to complete a customer survey

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The Guns William Soutar Now, on the moors where the guns bring down The predestinated birds, Shrill, wavering cries pass Like the words of an international peace; And I would that these cries were heard in every town, Astounding the roar of the wheel And the lying mouth of the news: And I would that these cries might more and more increase Until the machine stood still; And men, despairing in the deathly queues, Heard their own heart-beats Shouting aloud, in the silence of the streets: “Are we not also hand-fed in a wilderness: What are we waiting for?”

Now, on the moors where the guns bring down
The predestinated birds,
Shrill, wavering cries pass
Like the words of an international peace;
And I would that these cries were heard in every town,
Astounding the roar of the wheel
And the lying mouth of the news…

—William Soutar (1898–1943), “The Guns”

This was a great Sunday read.

My favorite doctor and companion (Nobody liked this the first time around but I don't care, Shirl and Heather would still be amazing)

A Lammas-themed collage combining Harvesting at Windsor (1795) by Benjamin West, showing labourers cutting grain near Windsor Castle; a 19th‑century painted ceiling medallion in the Passage du Caire, Paris, depicting Demeter (Ceres) holding a sheaf of wheat and cornucopia; and a photograph of red field poppies (Papaver rhoeas), an August birth flower linked to harvest and remembrance.

On 1st August, Lammas is kept as the loaf-mass, when the first bread from new grain is blessed in thanks for harvest. The field poppy (Papaver rhoeas), an August birth flower, is sacred to Demeter, Greek goddess of harvest, symbolising enduring love, remembrance, and consolation.

Simone Weil, ‘The Iliad or The Poem of Force’ (1939)...

#Illustration

More please?

Great video, really well done -- so good of you to do this! Hope you have an easy time with your chemo.

How lucky you are! Thanks for sharing these observations.

That's some fancy Altoids tin!

Oooh, wonderful!

The best time to plant a tree in your yard was ten years ago.
The best time to build a wizard tower in your yard was five years ago.
The best time to sharpen your antlers and disappear into the mossy wilds is right now.

I'm curious how you read this. I assume the infants in the sky are babies that didn't survive, but the 2 women at far right look a bit less fully grounded than the others; do you think they might be representations of the dead too? And what about the two looking skyward?

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We get adverts here for Poolife.

That makes sense! I was fooled by all the matching wood, as if it was intended to be there permanently.

Why is it in the kitchen in the photo? I mean, my parents grew up taking baths in a tin bath in the kitchen because that's where the water could be heated, but this photo baffles me. (But yeah, folding bathtub in the bathroom, definitely.)

Two groundhogs in the garden yesterday, Mr. Groundhog swinging his tail around like a propeller. And then... (I guess it's time to trap and relocate Mrs. G!) 🌱 #spring

wildlifeanimalcontrol.com/groundhogmat...

No one ever brings me a stately cake. Hmph.

Looks like a painting.

I read every word -- absolutely fascinating!

A photo of an expanse of still water with a variegated but predominantly grey sky above it.

#LakeOntario, #PrinceEdwardCounty, #Ontario, May 7/25

Really lovely photo!

Yellow irises stand out against dark green foliage of bleeding hearts and boxwood, with trees in the background.

Sometimes a gray day is just fine. No sun today, and these yellow irises just glow. 🌱 #Bloomscrolling #Gardening

A field of dandelions viewed through a hedge gap.

A view through a fragrant Hawthorn hedge to a field of dandelions.
#Mayday #Beltane #wildflowers #dandelions #Yorkshire

Two accounts, that's my solution, with an insanely long list of blocked terms on this one.

Excellent! Did you make them?

Gorgeous photo!