Josie Gilbert

Worthing Beach on an overcast August afternoon.

Print featuring a woodland scene with dappled sunlight

Linocut by contemporary UK printmaker and artist Alexandra Buckle who is inspired by her local countryside #womensart
#summer #sunday

A black and white image of a woodland scene in misty conditions. © Damian Ward 2025

Another image from Thursday morning.

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#monochrome
#blackandwhite
#woodlans

The cutting garden in July: Sweet peas galore The Sweet peas arrived with abundance in July and I’m always so happy to see them or should I say smell them. That perfume so evocative for me, lots of memories and the scent of summer. I lov…

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Magical mornings

Breached

Social distancing

The Edinburgh launch event for Lin Anderson's latest crime thriller THE DEAD AND THE DYING is in The Edinburgh Bookshop on 12th August. Info & tickets: https://bit.ly/4eX3Mp1
#CrimeFiction #BookSky

I realize that pub crawls are all the rage, but I truly feel as though there could be an immense market for library crawls, bakery crawls, museum crawls, bookstore crawls, and greenhouse crawls.

Morning flight on the Dutch countryside. Taken last week on a misty morning here in the Netherlands.

The unmissable sounds of the last sea going paddle steamer The Waverley heading off Loch Long in Argyll Scotland this afternoon after a beautiful trip 🚢

Hope everyone has a lovely evening 💙

#Scotland #StormHour #TheWaverley

Medieval manuscript image of a black, lion-like creature with hoofed feet baring its teeth at a pair of wyverns.

næder-bīta, m.n: ichneumon (lit. ‘snake-biter’). (NADD-er-BEE-ta / ˈnæ-dɛr-ˌbiː-ta)
Image: Liber de natura rerum; France (Abbaye de Saint-Amand), 13th century; Bibliothèque Municipale de Valenciennes, MS 320, f. 73r.
#OldEnglish #WOTD

Mist over Loch Chon #Scotland #Trossachs #Aberfoyle www.damianshields.com

Mist over Loch Chon #Scotland #Trossachs #Aberfoyle www.damianshields.com

A black and white image of an underpass underneath the M40 motorway. There is a scene with a wooden gate framed by the concrete walls of the tunnel. © Damian Ward 2022.

I paused for a while and let one thousand vehicles pass over me.

M40 Underpass, Oxfordshire 2022.

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#monochrome
#blackandwhite

ge-maca, m.n: a mate, an equal, companion. (yeh-MA-ka / jɛ-ˈma-ka)
#OldEnglish #WOTD

In French, you don't say "I miss you." You say "tu me manques" which means, "you are missing from me" I love that...

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Listen: Ryan Adams - La Cienega Just Smiled 🎵

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Photo of a willow sculpture in a woodland, the sculpture resembles a female archer with flowing long skirt about to shoot an arrow into the distance

UK sculptor known as Anna & the Willow creates nature-inspired sculptures made from rods of willow #WomensArt

Passing scenes in Sutherland

Good afternoon 👋

A visit from pirate ship Albatross on Loch Long in Argyll Scotland 🏴‍☠️ 🤣

Hope everyone is having a great Thursday too 💙

#Scotland #StormHour #Albatross

Sunrise on the Langdale Pikes from Blea Tarn #lakedistrict #photography

Guten Morgen aus England!

fnæd, n.n: the border, hem or fringe of a garment; (in plural) fringes, the loose threads at the edges of a garment. (F’NADD / ˈfnæd)
#OldEnglish #WOTD

#sixonsaturday 05-07-25 with : alstroemeria, dianthus, agapanthes, romneya, star jasmine, and a tour in my potager / vegetable garden !
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The Queen Anne cruise ship after leaving Greenock Scotland heading to Southampton with paddle steamer The Waverley escorting in front 🌊

Have a beautiful Wednesday evening everyone 💙

#Scotland #StormHour #QueenAnne #Waverley

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Le Mont Saint Michel Rising from a sea of low fog…
Captured Friday morning in this iconic location, which happens to be super close from my home.

#photography #art #landscape

#sixonsaturday 28-06-25 :
Pelargonium, false patchouli, iris (Neomaria northiana ), figs, 2 mallows, and echeveria in bloom.
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Julia Margaret Cameron - Study of King David 1865-66