In Cumbrian dialects, 'thimble-flower' is foxglove, 'tod' is fox, 'bummel' is bee

in lore, faeries gave a fox, foxglove petals to put on it's toes, the fox's gloves, to raid the hen house without being heard

#folklore #nature #cumbria
📷 Alan McFadyen

The Oxford Canal

I remember it being unpleasant & a lot less fudge-y.

Owl is one of the "Three Elders of the World" and the others are Eagle and Blackbird

An Owl appearing in your dream represents transformation, hidden wisdom, and spiritual evolution

#owlishmonday #mythology
📷 Connor Stefanison

James Y. Simpson once fled a breast amputation while studying medicine in the 1830s. The sight of the soft tissues being lifted with a hook, coupled with the surgeon preparing to make two sweeping cuts around the breast, proved too much for him. Simpson would go on to discover chloroform. #histmed

Good morning, Bluesky. There is beauty in the world, if you look for it.