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Ogilvy Ottewell
@ogilvyottewell.bsky.social
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OK Poet, Bad Artist, Failed Novelist.
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chapps.bsky.social
This engraved Romano-Egyptian magical gem (green jasper) depicts the Egyptian god and psychopomp Anubis holding an ointment jar and standing over a lion-shaped bier. The mummified body of Osiris lies on top. 💀🏺 #ancientbluesky 1/

100-125 CE. #GettyVilla
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Oval green jasper gemstone with an engraved scene of the jackal-headed god Anubis standing behind a funerary bier, which is shaped like a striding lion. Anubis holds an ointment jar over the mummified body of his father, Anubis, who is fully wrapped in bandages.
January 11, 2026 at 1:28 AM
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mark156.bsky.social
A sunny march morning nine ladies peak district #Standingstonesunday
9 ladies stone circle in the morning sun,trees surrounding it,sun and blue skies
January 11, 2026 at 11:37 AM
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eastofelveden.bsky.social
Stone and lichen guardians of Machrie Moor, Arran, Scotland #StandingStoneSunday
January 11, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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alisonfisk.bsky.social
Something lovely for the weekend!

Minoan cups made by Bronze Age potters some 3,800 years ago!

Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete 📷 by me

#Archaeology
My photo collage shows five cylindrical Minoan cups each with a single handle and a slightly flaring rim. Each cup is decorated with a different geometric polychrome motif as follows: Top left: on a black background, a central band delineated by an upper and lower white line contains evenly-spaced dark-orange circles, each orange circle is outlined by a white line. Above and below the central band are swirling white vine-like lines. Top right: on a black background, a large white spiral on the front of the cup and beside it a dark-orange oval with stylised white petals at each end which looks like a wrapped sweet! Middle left: a central band of white and dark orange diagonal lines runs around the cup. Above and below the central band are alternating black and white diagonal shapes, the black ones look like shark fins Bottom left: a central reddish-orange band delineated with a white line. Above the central band are swirling, spiralling white lines against a black background, and below the central band are alternating white and black diagonal lines. Bottom right: all set against a black background. A central band delineated with white lines contains white ‘s’-shaped diagonal white stripes. Above the central band a row of red dots outlined with white circles. Below the central band a single white line on the black background. This type of Minoan pottery is known as Kamares Ware, named after the Kamares Cave on Mount Ida on the Greek island of Crete where this kind of pottery was first discovered. Kamares Ware vessels were luxury items produced by palace workshops at Phaistos and Knossos on Crete. These five cups were excavated at Phaistos and are dated 1800-1700 BC.
January 10, 2026 at 11:31 AM
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megalithic.bsky.social
Neu Gaarz Dolmen: A well preserved dolmen in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania with NW-SE orientation, the chamber is set with two uprights on the long sides and one stone on the NW side. On the chamber capstones, there are some cup marks visible. 📷 weldersdog- More:
January 11, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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arnaerr.bsky.social
''All tragedy erased. I see only wonders…''

Blue Lake 2hrs speedpaint
#hollowknight #art
January 11, 2026 at 8:49 PM
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roger1952.bsky.social
Sasuke Inari Shrine in Kamakura, Japan. The small statues visible in the image are not rabbits, but rather foxes (kitsune), which are considered the messengers of Inari, the Shinto deity of fertility and prosperity.
small statues of fox
January 11, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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dreambeastpoems.bsky.social
like a fragile flame
oxygen intoxicates
the seconds in me

#senryu #haiku #moments #vss365 #flame #seconds #oxygen
January 10, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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bakerart.bsky.social
Summer flowers, oil on board, cone flowers, poppies, nasturtiums and other flowers in two glass containers (sold)
#art #botanical #oilpainting
Summer flowers, oil on board, cone flowers, poppies, nasturtiums and other flowers in two glass containers
January 9, 2026 at 6:40 AM
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trimontiumtrust.bsky.social
9 Jan– #Agonalia in honour of Janus #Roman god of beginnings, transitions & endings - with two faces looking to past & future. An ancient festival, its meaning was already unclear in antiquity, but still carefully observed. A ram was sacrificed by the Rex Sacrorum at the Regia in the Forum Romanum.
Various depictions of Janus, god with two faces, in sculpture and carving Various depictions of Janus, god with two faces, in sculpture and carving Various depictions of Janus, god with two faces, in sculpture and carving
January 9, 2026 at 9:50 AM
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purrinink.bsky.social
Just making sure everything is safe. 🐾
January 8, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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rayhourigan.bsky.social
Mouse pauses in the
Moonlit field, a whoosh of wings,
Death in silhouette.
#BSPP49 #MoonlitField #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@blueskypoetry.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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fliddais.bsky.social
With the river crossed
Lightly on the underside
Of belief, a love less likely
Tightly keeps the strings
Tied yet divided, broken
Amidst this connection
Twisting into a
Symphony with no
Direction, only noise
Without relief

#Cassiopeian #connect #vss365 #symphony #poetry #writingcommunity
January 8, 2026 at 2:56 AM
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ignorantfairy.bsky.social
shattered crystal bowl
containing nothing but light
shards gleam at midnight

#haiku #senryu #poetry
January 8, 2026 at 6:09 AM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Judith Godwin,
Woman, 1954,
US Abstract Expressionist painter
#WomensArt
Abstract painting with strong dark straight lines at angles, patches of pink, gold and white colour with a hint of a human form
January 8, 2026 at 8:11 AM
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rayhourigan.bsky.social
Pastel shades,
Acrylic pops,
Inky parades,
Nuanced slop,
Timeless faces,
Iconic places,
Notable pieces,
Garish friezes.
#AcrosticJanuary #Painting #acrosticpoem #writing #writingcommunity
@daveashleypoet.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 8:20 AM
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rayhourigan.bsky.social
For whom was this place
Built? Narrow passages, ten
Feet tall, glowing walls.
#2WordPrompt #Narrow/Whom #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@jason-h-abbott.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 9:14 AM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
UK ceramic artist Marie Prett specialises in figurative and carnivalesque sculptures #WomensArt
Boat-like ceramic sculpture with sails and on wheels with five human figures dressed in carnival clothes inside and a dog perched at the front, all against a dark background
January 8, 2026 at 9:55 AM
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blsamaddar.bsky.social
Her voice echos off of nothing.
Words fall like glass weights from her tongue,
shattering.
Vacant, vacant—
her eyes,
her tired steps.
Holding
the sum of foolish things.
January 7, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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flameoffiredrake.bsky.social
Frost
Seldom snow
But
Always
Frozen

That was
Her heart
Its world
Her hope

But beneath her feet
Crunched
Magic
And
Sparkle

To some
A landscape
Frigid and bleak

Yet
To her
It was
Her soul's dream
January 8, 2026 at 11:33 AM
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bakerart.bsky.social
This is the @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social lake, a watercolour drawing done on location 2017. As I can't travel far to sketching locations now I hope to do more drawings there when warmer weather arrives (it's a short walk away!)
#watercolour #indianink #enpleinair
@cubotanicgarden.bsky.social watercolour drawing of the lake
January 7, 2026 at 1:32 PM
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ullamr.bsky.social
Leptis or Lepcis Magna was a prominent city of the Carthaginian Empire and Roman Libya. Established as a Punic settlement prior to 500 BC, the city experienced significant expansion under Roman Emperor Septimius Severus (r. 193–211), who was born in the city. #RomanSiteSaturday
The ruins from air
December 6, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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haikutsunami.bsky.social
days unravel
like a bobbin of twine
through this long dark labyrinth
of our earthly time
and the Cardinal sin
that we dare not admit
is believing we chose every step of the way
when we just stumbled along, from day to day

#DailyHaikuPrompt
#Haiku #senryu #tanka
December 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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haikutsunami.bsky.social
across the graveyard
a lone magpie picks Insects
from epitaphs
December 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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drnwillburger.bsky.social
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Black-and-white cartoon of a Roman wooden fortress with a guard on the wall and a large catapult on the left, launching a stone tablet engraved with the Roman numerals “MDXXVI” toward a lone person standing outside and holding a small bundle of goods; beneath the scene, a caption reads: “We sent you a secure access code! Do not share this code with anyone! Your access code will expire in ten minutes!”
December 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM