Rachel
@rachelgozo.bsky.social
Just trying to maintain some measure of sanity in this mad world, with photos of life on a very small island.
For cats, please visit @thecatisbusy.bsky.social
For cats, please visit @thecatisbusy.bsky.social
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December 24, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Sheep ❤️
December 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Sheep ❤️
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Plaka street dressed up in a chaos of peaceful ribbons.
#Plaka #Greece #Photography #GreekChristmas #Travel
#Plaka #Greece #Photography #GreekChristmas #Travel
December 14, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Plaka street dressed up in a chaos of peaceful ribbons.
#Plaka #Greece #Photography #GreekChristmas #Travel
#Plaka #Greece #Photography #GreekChristmas #Travel
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The main focus of medieval reindeer illustrations was most definitely their multiple horns as in this 13th century image from the "Liber de natura rerum" by Thomas de Cantimpré (1201-c1272). #medievalmanuscripts #medievalbeasts #reindeer #reindeers
![A right-facing very fierce white bellied, brown deer-like animal with six multi-branched darker brown antlers and a short tufted tail. It has cloven hooves and its body is rather stretched out while its head is tucked into its shoulders. It is shown on a deep blue background with big gilt spots in a black-rimmed gilt rectangular frame with the antlers seem to pierce and the reindeer's front hooves are resting on a small hill. At first glance, the animal seems very fierce but a closer look makes it seem dopier. The muzzle and eyes look more like a donkey than a deer. Image from Bibliothèque Municipale de Valenciennes, MS 320 [Liber de natura rerum], folio 77r.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hmq6dpbhsfnbzqxa6mrixd5i/bafkreihy3uihyltix6tfrutlfe43dhjkcl2cn2hmbnmcfsqiwmx37upcou@jpeg)
December 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The main focus of medieval reindeer illustrations was most definitely their multiple horns as in this 13th century image from the "Liber de natura rerum" by Thomas de Cantimpré (1201-c1272). #medievalmanuscripts #medievalbeasts #reindeer #reindeers
More rain showers - this could be the first December in 11 years when we have achieved the expected rainfall.
#TheGozoDaily #gozolife #winter
#TheGozoDaily #gozolife #winter
December 23, 2025 at 5:39 AM
More rain showers - this could be the first December in 11 years when we have achieved the expected rainfall.
#TheGozoDaily #gozolife #winter
#TheGozoDaily #gozolife #winter
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Ink stand Tuscany c. 1510 designed to contain everything needed for writing - quill, penknife, pounce, ink.
With legend: “the Word is made flesh” (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)
The dream Christmas gift for anyone interested in writing, literacy, religion, majolica &c &c.
With legend: “the Word is made flesh” (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)
The dream Christmas gift for anyone interested in writing, literacy, religion, majolica &c &c.
December 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Ink stand Tuscany c. 1510 designed to contain everything needed for writing - quill, penknife, pounce, ink.
With legend: “the Word is made flesh” (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)
The dream Christmas gift for anyone interested in writing, literacy, religion, majolica &c &c.
With legend: “the Word is made flesh” (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)
The dream Christmas gift for anyone interested in writing, literacy, religion, majolica &c &c.
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📷 Tosya, Kastamonu, 1910s (Northern Anatolia)
December 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
📷 Tosya, Kastamonu, 1910s (Northern Anatolia)
Maybe those two stones are safer than they first appear, but still... 🤔
#TheGozoDaily #gozolife #farming
#TheGozoDaily #gozolife #farming
December 22, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Maybe those two stones are safer than they first appear, but still... 🤔
#TheGozoDaily #gozolife #farming
#TheGozoDaily #gozolife #farming
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“Whatcha lookin’ at, Morris?”
“Not a fucking thing, Walter.”
“Not a fucking thing, Walter.”
December 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
“Whatcha lookin’ at, Morris?”
“Not a fucking thing, Walter.”
“Not a fucking thing, Walter.”
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New street art on Passage Briare
"Being a Drama Queen" by The Walls Have Ears
#paris #art #streetart #passagebriare #15minutecity #urbanism
"Being a Drama Queen" by The Walls Have Ears
#paris #art #streetart #passagebriare #15minutecity #urbanism
December 12, 2025 at 9:14 AM
New street art on Passage Briare
"Being a Drama Queen" by The Walls Have Ears
#paris #art #streetart #passagebriare #15minutecity #urbanism
"Being a Drama Queen" by The Walls Have Ears
#paris #art #streetart #passagebriare #15minutecity #urbanism
The sheep are made from wax by a gentleman in town, who had made an enormous wax crib diorama occupying a whole wall of one room in his house.
#TheGozoDaily #gozolife #presepju #tradition
#TheGozoDaily #gozolife #presepju #tradition
December 21, 2025 at 7:03 AM
The sheep are made from wax by a gentleman in town, who had made an enormous wax crib diorama occupying a whole wall of one room in his house.
#TheGozoDaily #gozolife #presepju #tradition
#TheGozoDaily #gozolife #presepju #tradition
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Little Senorita freezing her little buns off this morning. 🖤
December 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Little Senorita freezing her little buns off this morning. 🖤
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One grey morning the first snow began to fall in Moomin Valley. It fell softly and quietly, and in a few hours everything was white. Moomintroll stood on his doorstep and watched the valley nestle beneath its winter blanket.
Tove Jansson
Moomin Midwinter
#BookWormSat #MidWinter 🎄
Tove Jansson
Moomin Midwinter
#BookWormSat #MidWinter 🎄
December 20, 2025 at 6:35 AM
One grey morning the first snow began to fall in Moomin Valley. It fell softly and quietly, and in a few hours everything was white. Moomintroll stood on his doorstep and watched the valley nestle beneath its winter blanket.
Tove Jansson
Moomin Midwinter
#BookWormSat #MidWinter 🎄
Tove Jansson
Moomin Midwinter
#BookWormSat #MidWinter 🎄
And there she hangs, on the kitchen wall above the place I prepare the food. I'm sure she's judging my cooking 😆
#TheGozoDaily #gozolife #judgedbytheChristmasfairy
#TheGozoDaily #gozolife #judgedbytheChristmasfairy
December 20, 2025 at 6:15 AM
And there she hangs, on the kitchen wall above the place I prepare the food. I'm sure she's judging my cooking 😆
#TheGozoDaily #gozolife #judgedbytheChristmasfairy
#TheGozoDaily #gozolife #judgedbytheChristmasfairy
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We need to know who keeps ordering all this snow. You're not in trouble, we just need to know for, uh... for our records. ❄️
December 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
We need to know who keeps ordering all this snow. You're not in trouble, we just need to know for, uh... for our records. ❄️
December 19, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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It's time! Behold the Christmas hedgehog! From Verdun, Bibl. mun., ms. 0107, f. 008. Our thanks as always to @etreharne.bsky.social who found her.
December 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
It's time! Behold the Christmas hedgehog! From Verdun, Bibl. mun., ms. 0107, f. 008. Our thanks as always to @etreharne.bsky.social who found her.
Sheep ❤️
Panda's first moments here. Those two idiots with him had spent a week on unscheduled holiday in our neighbour's fields, and when he brought them back they had a stowaway with them...
December 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Sheep ❤️
December 18, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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Highland cattle are famous for their ability to "disco nap". Normally these brief, efficient sleeps will last between three and twenty minutes, deploying a variety of objects as pillows, including moorland boulders, cars or any particularly large dog or sheep who happens to be nearby.
December 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Highland cattle are famous for their ability to "disco nap". Normally these brief, efficient sleeps will last between three and twenty minutes, deploying a variety of objects as pillows, including moorland boulders, cars or any particularly large dog or sheep who happens to be nearby.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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A squirrel emptying my squirrel proof bird feeder. I can't blame them, it is frigid out there. The mate is on the ground below the post collecting seeds.
December 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
A squirrel emptying my squirrel proof bird feeder. I can't blame them, it is frigid out there. The mate is on the ground below the post collecting seeds.
Traditional crib or Nativity scene in a village window (plus reflection of buildings opposite).
#TheGozoDaily #gozolife #tradition #presepju
#TheGozoDaily #gozolife #tradition #presepju
December 17, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Traditional crib or Nativity scene in a village window (plus reflection of buildings opposite).
#TheGozoDaily #gozolife #tradition #presepju
#TheGozoDaily #gozolife #tradition #presepju