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Ana McKellar

@anamca.bsky.social

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Always curious. On a narrowboat, hoping for a passivhaus one day. Landscape history, nature and biodiversity. Partially-sighted. Please use descriptive alt-text to help screen-readers and include all. DMs not available.

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Adrianna Amari @4aamari.bsky.social · 21h

bearing witness to the day

the delicate grasses at the water’s edge stand, we stand, watching the painted edges of days glow

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My Shetland @thordale.bsky.social · 3h

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Wild hairstyles today.

#myshetland #shetland #storm #shetlandponies

A Tad Feisty Out There!

It’s a tad feisty out there. These photos are from breakfast first thing. The light was not great. The big ones are savyy and know never to lift their heads until all food is finished, or th…

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 14h

New Bearly Newsworthy is out!

From Plaid Cymru’s historic win and the White House’s sneering to Nadine Dorries proving gravity affects both IQ and policy - it’s all here.

Oh, and @monkemma.bsky.social dismantles another nonsense headline from The Express. Beautifully.

Bearly Newsworthy: Issue Three

A Summary of Things That Happened, Didn’t Need to Happen, and Probably Shouldn’t Have Been Reported in the First Place

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Radio Lento @radiolento.bsky.social · 9h

If you are missing the sound of the sea....

Episode 244 - Rocky West Somerset beach (31 mins)

An empty beach. An empty landscape. Under perfect October blue skies.

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a beach of rocks. a calm sea. a blue sky. no one around. a glimpse of Wales across the Bristol Channel.

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Allan T Adams @allantadams.bsky.social · 8h

Part of the chapel in the great tower of Warkworth Castle, Northumberland. A piscina and sedilia watched over by an angel corbel.

#WarkworthCastle
#ArchitecturalIllistration
#pen #drawing
#ArtYear

Pen sketch of a chapel interior with two windows, a corbel with a face, a wall mounted basin or piscina, an elaborately arched wall bench and part of a doorway by the steps.

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Allan T Adams @allantadams.bsky.social · 11h

On 35th October 2022 I finished this drawing of the view from the pulpit of Holy Trinity Church, Goodramgate, York. Many of the box pews are made of recycled panelling.

#ArchitecturalIllustration
#pencil #drawing
#ArtYear

Pencil drawing of a church interior. The view is taken from the raised pulpit in the centre of the nave, and includes the large west window ahead with a glimpse of the main doorway, partly hidden by a panelled screen, to the extreme left. Three-armed candelabra were used to provide light in the box pews.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 2d

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

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Ana McKellar @anamca.bsky.social · 11h

Welcome back!

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Ana McKellar @anamca.bsky.social · 11h

😱😂 I remember the photos at the time 🫣
Aside: long ago, I was involved in a biodiversity management plan for the Roding valley, I doubt any of it was actioned from what you and @paulpowlesland.bsky.social have shown.

Ana McKellar @anamca.bsky.social · 11h

Indeed. I was horrified at the time and wondering how that slipped in the plan but now the rationale that the builders weren’t accommodating the roof pitch going makes sense, key point.

Ana McKellar @anamca.bsky.social · 11h

Great job. Worth all that sweating and slipping and falling in a heavy backpack 🫡

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Ana McKellar @anamca.bsky.social · 23h

I enjoyed that, thanks to you both. I followed Es’s mammoth Twitter thread at the time and was fascinated. Good to revisit his experience.

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Allan T Adams @allantadams.bsky.social · 1d

The Great Tower of Warkworth Castle, Northumberland. The great tower stands on top of the motte, was commissioned by Henry Percy after he was made 1st Earl of Northumberland in 1377. It is in the shape of a Greek cross, with four polygonal wings radiating from a central block.

#pen #drawing

Pen sketch of a castle tower in the shape of a cross with the ruins of other structures in the foreground.

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The Mindful Narrowboat @themindfulnb.bsky.social · 1d

youtu.be/KcFzEzvsJCM As I take a gentle cruise in this week's vlog, I am reminded about the incredible, unique waterway system we have and I discover stories and lives along the canal that have shaped it all. I also meet an old friend! Take care 🦋🌻

Utterly Humbled by What's around me on my Narrowboat Home #259

YouTube video by The Mindful Narrowboat

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The Hermit of Everything @hermiteveryday.bsky.social · 1d

It’s October 24th and my rose bush apparently had a fit. Clusters of roses all at once! ✨

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Ana McKellar @anamca.bsky.social · 1d

Stilson to me

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My Shetland @thordale.bsky.social · 1d

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Weather foul.

#myshetland #shetland #shetlandponies #icelandichorses #storm

The North Wind Doth Blow

As I write, the wind is gaining strength but my plan is go day-by-day through this storm. Like the train in Dumbo, “I think I can, I think I can”. My only priority is that Iacs gets hi…

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 1d

Stunning autumn colours looking up towards Cnicht ('Knight') mountain near Croesor in Eryri/Snowdonia this afternoon ⛰️🍂

A river in autumn woodland looking towards a distant mountain peak

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The Hermit of Everything @hermiteveryday.bsky.social · 1d

When October is odd with roses blooming and no water in the taps..so you draw comfort mice. ✍️🐭✨

A drawing of a mouse in a cape and pointed hat. Two pens and a pencil lie nearby, also an eraser with a smiling pumpkin on it.

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Ana McKellar @anamca.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting, I’d no idea how this is done.

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What a stunning shop front

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7and7is @alensinthelandscape.com · 1d

The paved way into Borrowdale from Rosthwaite
#FootpathFriday #LakeDistrict #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Photography

A misty, black-and-white landscape featuring a muddy path flanked by stone walls and trees, leading towards distant hills shrouded in mist.

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Grant Bulloch @bulloch.photography · 1d

It’s a crisp and breezy autumn morning here in Edinburgh, but earlier in the week it was looking very different.

#photography #landscapephotography #photographers #nikon #scotland

Salisbury crags, photographed from the edge of the cliffs in a thick mist with the hazy sun shining through in the background.

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Ian Lance Richardson @ricojosh.bsky.social · 1d

A little controversy for a Friday morning, which is the best English county to live in? I've lived in Lancshire, West Yorkshire, Gloucestershire, Greater Manchester & East Yorkshire & spent a fair amount of time in every county. My answer is North Yorkshire, yours?

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Ana McKellar @anamca.bsky.social · 1d

North Yorkshire too but I admit a bias 😉. Herefordshire-Worcs close second except for no coast. Living in Essex, London, Northants and Leics meant lots of journeys ‘getting away’…