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Rachel Darker

@racheldarker.bsky.social

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Inhabitant of Planet Earth, drifting leisurely just off northwestern coast of continental Europe. 🇬🇧 Wistful nature dweller embracing witchy undertones. #art #photography #haiku #rats #fire #fairies #folklore #infonuggets TY for shares & follows!! ✨

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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 23h

Snaggly, fuzzy, dried and crunchy.. how the meadow has changed since summer!

#photography #eastcoastkin #autumnphotography #changeofseason #fall

Not sure what these are but they are fluffy and snaggly autumnal foliage. How the meadow changes.

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Gray @grays.art · 12h

A palm-sized,
Male Common Green Darner
aka “mosquito hawk”
(Anax junius)

on red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle)
in Cape Coral, Florida yesterday

#ColorADay #GreenSat #BlueSkyArtShow #glow #eastcoastkin #dragonflies #native #insects #bugs #bugsky #nature #macro #photography #macroPhotography #art

Large, walnut -coloredeyes, set in a greenish-olive head, with solid green thorax (mid-section), followed by bright blue dividing section, then dull purple remainder of the body.

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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 8h

She was literally glowing like a golden nugget amongst the brambles! I think she drank up the gorse flower colours before they all faded to autumn.

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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 22h

Beautiful golden spider colourings in meadow today, shine out like polished brass!

#fall #autumn #spider #spiderseason #nature #insects #eastcoastkin

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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 23h

Snaggly, fuzzy, dried and crunchy.. how the meadow has changed since summer!

#photography #eastcoastkin #autumnphotography #changeofseason #fall

Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 2d

Yes they certainly do like to chew, and poo, as well as dream anew.
🐀 💙 have you seen the temple in India where they are sacred and live freely, they don’t allow you to walk in it with shoes! I don’t think I could do it without my flip flops.

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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 2d

Fancy rats kept as pets and wild rats are a different concept of cute indeed. I can imagine the chaos a wild colony would cause living near an auto garage!

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Tea 🐀 @teaandtoastie.bsky.social · 2d

Sound on for munching

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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 2d

Rats in Dream!

Too cute not too share. Hope you all have a great day 🦋

#dreams #ratsofbluesky #fancyratsofbluesky #dreaming #cuteanimals #rats #petlove #eastcoastkin #bluesky

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🎭 m i k e ✨ @po3try.bsky.social · 5d

7 - interlude

3 poems about #mentalhealth really.
let's let ourselves talk about it.
#worldmentalhealthday

tiny.cc/po3try

cos these windmills
ain't gonna tilt
at themselves

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Sabine Shutterbug @sabineshutterbug.bsky.social · 5d

Dear all, our next theme
#Myth&Legend means timeless stories passed through generations, featuring gods, heroes, magic, and mysterious origins. These tales inspire culture and connect us all. Share your favorite legends and keep their magic alive!
#PalacesandGardens #Myth&Legend #EastCoastKin

Some ideas for motives:

Mythical Figures and Characters

Enchanted and Magical Places

Legendary Creatures and Beasts

Symbols and Artifacts

Epic Events and Tales

Light and Atmosphere

This poster features a dark blue background with a subtle, blurry reflection of a chandelier and window scene, giving an atmospheric effect. The text is large, white, and centered, making the main information stand out. The top displays the hashtag “#PalacesandGardens” in bold letters. Immediately below, the date is listed as “Thursday 9 October 2025.” The poster’s main focus is the theme “#Myth&Legend,” which is also bold.
A detailed description follows: “Myth & Legend encompass timeless stories and folklore passed down through generations, featuring gods, heroes, magical creatures, and the mysterious origins of people and places. These narratives are rooted in cultural identity and human experience, blending imagination with history to inspire art, literature, and community connections. Find suggestions for motives in alt text.”
Near the bottom, the text says, “Everyone is welcome.” Finally, the hashtag “#EastCoastKin” is displayed in bold white letters at the base of the poster. The overall effect is welcoming and informative, with a focus on legibility and inclusion, though some text overlaps with the lighter area caused by the chandelier reflection.

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pm gibbs @pmgibbs.bsky.social · 4d

#TheCampfire
TOMORROW 🔥
First Tuesday
October 7, 2025
Unleash imagination
Open the cache
Check under that rock
Look up in the branches
Bring on your stories
post a pic, write in Alt
make a thread
keep it short & simple
Our ears are open
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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pm gibbs @pmgibbs.bsky.social · 4d

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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 6d

I think maybe! I love mushrooms too! Just about to start doodling some amongst other woodland fairy folk. 😊 💙 ✨

Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 7d

To change colour with an emotion is incredible, and they quickly move on if they know a problem is unsolvable, beautiful sentient beings, that unfortunately like rats, do not live long enough!

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The Mighty Athena | 🇳🇿 @mightyathena.bsky.social · 8d

𝙰𝚝𝚕𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝
𝚄𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚜
𝙿𝚕𝚎𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐
𝙷𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚎𝚝
𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗

#tanka
Photography: @naztronomy.com

Tanka written in response/inspired by @aetherread.bsky.social post.

Photography by: @naztronomy.com; their post tagged with #astronomy #astrophotogrphy #pleiades (Alt-text from their photo: 60s of M45 in NINA.

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Aetherread post:

A crown worth defending.
Call the knights. Noir.
Receive my transmission. Revive me.
Queen of the stars. Sapphires. Seven.
0xE7134974

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My response:

Atlas bright
Upholds her crown of stars
Pleione spinning
Her message well met
I commune with The Seven

#tanka

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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 8d

Agreed, aren’t humans the worst? Aww, like octopus? I think most animals top our intelligence by far.

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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 8d

Maybe the lesser of two weevils !

Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 8d

This is the info I found 😊

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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 8d

Spiders in a Spin.

Experiments by NASA scientists showed spiders weave webs in different ways depending on substances given. Art #sketch is based on caffeine! Caption by @po3try.bsky.social!

#inktober #inktober2025 #art #spider #meme #memeart #spider #coffee #nasa #weave #caffeine #dailysketch

Spider suspended glowing above special brewed Arachnocchino, having weaved a crazy web high on caffeine!

Happy Inktober peeps! 🕷️

Caption reads: Caffeineight and Weave like Crazy!

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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks K.T was great to see you! 🐙 💙

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rubecula24.bsky.social @rubecula24.bsky.social · 18d

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richard mortimer @richardmortimer.bsky.social · 17d

A small friend in the garden

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Breezie @breeze420.bsky.social · 17d

"Life is pretty simple:
You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works.
You do more of what works."
-Leonardo da Vinci

this one feels pretty flat
but I liked the sun shining
🤍🙃🤍🌞🌛🤍

clouds above roofs with a tree on the right. sun is streaming across the sky.

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feral cats hollerin are @caterwaulerin.bsky.social · 17d

reeds of seed clusters
bleached, primed under autumn sun~
first ache of frost paint
❄️

#haikufeels #ache #haiku #BlueSkyRelay #frost #micropoetry #poetry #photography

tall pushki towering in field of leaves falling into soil
grey blue sky of clouds diffusing sunlight through reeds of seed pods in laced bursts of fireworks
erupting in silence of spruce stand

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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 18d

#ColorADay #BlueTues #photography #eastcoastkin #seascape #cloudscape

Left half of frame path by lock gates with seating on overlooking sea, upper two thirds from horizon line orange-yellow into cerulean blue!

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