Becky CMD
@beckycmd.bsky.social
“With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.”
🧐 Nature, history, travel, food, languages & linguistics.
🧐 Nature, history, travel, food, languages & linguistics.
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Stunning white Early Purple Orchid on Cleeve Common Gloucestershire this morning @ukorchids.bsky.social @europeanorchids.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Stunning white Early Purple Orchid on Cleeve Common Gloucestershire this morning @ukorchids.bsky.social @europeanorchids.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
Frampton on Severn Gloucester to Sharpness canal tow path sign at Splatt Bridge for #FingerPostFriday #Gloucestershire
April 25, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Frampton on Severn Gloucester to Sharpness canal tow path sign at Splatt Bridge for #FingerPostFriday #Gloucestershire
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Happy #BreadDay to all who celebrate!
#OnThisDay - 19 April - someone in #Pompeii felt so excited that they just had to record that:
"XIII K(alendas) Maias panem feci" (CIL IV 8972)
'On April 19, I made bread'
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (84596)
#OnThisDay - 19 April - someone in #Pompeii felt so excited that they just had to record that:
"XIII K(alendas) Maias panem feci" (CIL IV 8972)
'On April 19, I made bread'
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (84596)
April 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Happy #BreadDay to all who celebrate!
#OnThisDay - 19 April - someone in #Pompeii felt so excited that they just had to record that:
"XIII K(alendas) Maias panem feci" (CIL IV 8972)
'On April 19, I made bread'
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (84596)
#OnThisDay - 19 April - someone in #Pompeii felt so excited that they just had to record that:
"XIII K(alendas) Maias panem feci" (CIL IV 8972)
'On April 19, I made bread'
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (84596)
A wall-box in lovely Ragusa Iblea, oddly the only post box I spotted on my travels in #Sicily. For #PostboxSaturday 🇮🇹📮
April 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM
A wall-box in lovely Ragusa Iblea, oddly the only post box I spotted on my travels in #Sicily. For #PostboxSaturday 🇮🇹📮
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Primula tardiflora, April, Sichuan
April 19, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Primula tardiflora, April, Sichuan
For #FingerpostFriday, a rural sign in deepest #Sicily. An area of dazzling #orchids, ancient history and plunging gorges.
April 18, 2025 at 7:17 AM
For #FingerpostFriday, a rural sign in deepest #Sicily. An area of dazzling #orchids, ancient history and plunging gorges.
Sadly our #Sicily sojourn has come to an end. I leave you with the beautifully preserved old olive press and a giant arancino starter from our lovely agriturismo, Masseria Santa Catrini.
April 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Sadly our #Sicily sojourn has come to an end. I leave you with the beautifully preserved old olive press and a giant arancino starter from our lovely agriturismo, Masseria Santa Catrini.
Seen some impressive #Orobanche here in #Sicily, locally common. Here’s today’s: Orobanche Variegata on Broom.
April 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Seen some impressive #Orobanche here in #Sicily, locally common. Here’s today’s: Orobanche Variegata on Broom.
The archaeological museum at Agrigento is well worth a visit. Here are some lion-head waterspouts from the area, a fancy way to finish your guttering. #Sicily #AncientBluesky
April 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The archaeological museum at Agrigento is well worth a visit. Here are some lion-head waterspouts from the area, a fancy way to finish your guttering. #Sicily #AncientBluesky
Modern bronze statue of fallen Icarus and Temple of Concordia, Agrigento #Sicily #AncientBluesky
April 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Modern bronze statue of fallen Icarus and Temple of Concordia, Agrigento #Sicily #AncientBluesky
Goat with very curly horns near Agrigento #Sicily and pot, 6th century B.C., in the town’s archaeological museum, featuring the goat’s ancestor #AncientBluesky
April 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Goat with very curly horns near Agrigento #Sicily and pot, 6th century B.C., in the town’s archaeological museum, featuring the goat’s ancestor #AncientBluesky
Lots of these little ‘egagropili’ (balls of sea vegetation) on the beach at Vendicari #Sicily. Intriguing little things, like shipwrecked kiwi fruit.
April 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Lots of these little ‘egagropili’ (balls of sea vegetation) on the beach at Vendicari #Sicily. Intriguing little things, like shipwrecked kiwi fruit.
