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And for Today? 12th December. #Advent
R.Lampitt's charming "Farm at Twilight"
Farm buildings in the snow. A figure with a dog trudges to the barn. A thin crescent moon hangs in the frosty air.
December 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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I missed yesterday! So here is "The Twa Corbies" by Arthur Rackham (Sing along if you know the words.)

youtu.be/D1H0ypy2sdM?...
Two crows on a small twisted tree.
December 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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#Cardiff
A planning notice for a digital advertising screen near Maindy Pool
December 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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10th December - Today's #Advent picture is yet another seascape. This is "The Pilot" by Normal Wilkinson.
A small rowed boat bearing three figures awaits the approach of a steamship from out of the mist.
December 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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9th December - #Advent - "Pool of London" by Wyllie
A richly coloured scene of working boats at sunset.
December 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Monday 8th - Today's #Advent picture is "The Downs in Winter" by Eric Ravilious
A bleak landscape of ploughed fields in Winter.
December 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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7th December - My #Advent picture is Claude Lorraine's "Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba"
A glowing, and perhaps overly-romaticised view of a harbour with castle and classical columns. In the middle distance a ship prepares to depart. The sun, in the centre bathes the entire scene in light.
December 7, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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It's the 7th of December!?
A day that will go down in INFAMY!
The classic image of the Pearl Harbor attack. The crooked superstructure of USS Arizona surrounded by immense clouds of black smoke and destruction.
December 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Today (Saturday 6th) - I'm going with this painting of Miranda* by John William Waterhouse. #Advent

*from "The Tempest", I assume.
A red haired girl gazes out to sea, where a ship is foundering on the rocks.
December 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Friday 5th - Today's #Advent picture is Camille Pisarro's "Two Women Chatting by the Sea"
A sunny morning by the sea, two woman meet on a dusty road. One carrying a covered load on her head. The picture has an exotic but serene quality.
December 5, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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December 4th - Here is "Cardiff Docks" by Lionel Walden
(which you can see for yourself in The National Museum in Cardiff) #Advent
An atmospheric but gritty scene of rain-soaked railway tracks, with the masts of ships seen though the steam.
December 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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December 3rd - let's have Caspar David Friedrich's "Wanderer above a Sea of Fog" #Advent
Caspar David Friedrich's "Wanderer above a Sea of Fog" - in which we gaze out across a mist filled alpine landscape with a figure with his back to us.
December 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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I'm subverting this post with this image...
A blue Henry Hoover (instead of a blue Henry locomotive)
December 2, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Today's picture is by one of my favourite artists - Edward Coley Burne-Jones.
This is his "Star of the Nativity" #Advent
The Magi arrive with gifts for the newborn king.
December 2, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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December! (Ouch! Oof)
A few years ago on the birdsite, I did an advent gallery of art.
I thought I'd do the same here.
We'll kick off with Ivan Aivazovsky's "Wrath of the Seas"
#Advent
A small boat is dwarfed by storm driven waves and illuminated by lightning. The seas are almost milky with froth and turbulence.
December 1, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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You just died. The sixth picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
Street scene: ruffians beating a figure beneath a bridge. Painting by Jack Sullivan
November 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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It worries me, to be in a space like this on Doctor Who Day. #DoctorWhoDay
You just know there's a dalek around one of these corners...
November 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Hurray! My t-shirt arrived FROM THE FUTURE!!!
T-shirt from 2060
November 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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My flip clock is pretty quiet, but I love its whisper-quiet 'flip' that's slightly louder when the hour changes.

But even better would be a "vane display" clock like this:
A vane display clock (actually showing the temperature) Each element of each 8-segment numeral flips like a flip-clock but using a electromechanical solenoid!
November 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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You have a soviet wristwatch too? 😍
Which one?

(My Racketa is such a fantastic design I utterly adore it)
A soviet era Racketa "TV" watch.
November 5, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Let's get this pasty started!
Neon sign which definitely says "Let's get this pasty started"
November 4, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Googly eyes make everything better
A 'dymo' style label maker. The letter tabs look like a wide toothy grin. Of course... googly eyes have been added.
October 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from “Star Wars,” “Star Trek,” “Doctor Who,” or “Transformers".
Poster for a performance of Karel Capek's "R.U.R." - which if memory serves is the original source of the word "Robot".
October 30, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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If you see this, post 4 female characters you love.
Granny Weatherwax - as depicted on a british stamp. Esme is my favourite character from Terry Pratchett's Discworld. Stern, wise, headstrong but always right. Kate Winslet's character (Tilly Dunnage) from The Dressmaker. (I love this film. If you haven't seen it, you should!) Commander Susan Ivanova (Claudia Christian) from Babylon 5 "I am Susan Ivanova, Commander. Daughter of Andre and Sophie Ivanov. I am the right hand of vengeance and the boot that is going to kick your sorry ass all the way back to Earth, sweetheart! I am death incarnate, and the last living thing that you will ever see. God sent me." Missy (Michelle Gomez) from Doctor Who The only character to see through the Doctor's nonsense. A proper baddie: sharp-witted and very funny.
October 29, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Found it!
A Pilot Elite (a lot like the E95S) A remarkably good fountain pen.
October 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM