Robbie Rowe
@privateshufti.bsky.social
Healthcare scientist, naturalist, spotterish
Omnivorous reader and book collector (modern firsts, nature writing, climate fiction)
Casual birder, insect enthusiast
Into food, travel, history, music
Fediverse presence: @[email protected]
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Omnivorous reader and book collector (modern firsts, nature writing, climate fiction)
Casual birder, insect enthusiast
Into food, travel, history, music
Fediverse presence: @[email protected]
No DMs
Reposted by Robbie Rowe
We wander winter afternoons where the light is too weak to keep the ghosts at bay. Stumble onto paths that can only be haunted. Each footstep scuffs up stories, scuffs up spirits. We walk and leave a wake of whispers. – #DAKilroy, 1982
December 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
We wander winter afternoons where the light is too weak to keep the ghosts at bay. Stumble onto paths that can only be haunted. Each footstep scuffs up stories, scuffs up spirits. We walk and leave a wake of whispers. – #DAKilroy, 1982
'Great flakes of snow blotted out all the distant view. The bushes in the garden were upholstered with fat snow cushions. The yew trees by the house were like huge tattered snow umbrellas '
A world transformed by snow in Lucy Boston's Children of Green Knowe
#BookWormSat ❄️
A world transformed by snow in Lucy Boston's Children of Green Knowe
#BookWormSat ❄️
December 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
'Great flakes of snow blotted out all the distant view. The bushes in the garden were upholstered with fat snow cushions. The yew trees by the house were like huge tattered snow umbrellas '
A world transformed by snow in Lucy Boston's Children of Green Knowe
#BookWormSat ❄️
A world transformed by snow in Lucy Boston's Children of Green Knowe
#BookWormSat ❄️
December 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Nice of the weather to provide a giant outdoor fridge for the festive period. Just shifted lots of stuff to the shed 🌲🎅☃️
December 24, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Nice of the weather to provide a giant outdoor fridge for the festive period. Just shifted lots of stuff to the shed 🌲🎅☃️
A tangle of mistletoe adding some festive colour to the bare branches in Hollybrook cemetery, Southampton
December 24, 2025 at 6:02 AM
A tangle of mistletoe adding some festive colour to the bare branches in Hollybrook cemetery, Southampton
Today in the cemetery:
2 mistle thrushes loudly rattling and chasing each other through the trees
Blue tits pecking at buds on the horse chestnuts
A carrion crow perched, hunched against the cold, occasionally preening
A goldcrest at eye level, prospecting through a privet hedge
🪶
2 mistle thrushes loudly rattling and chasing each other through the trees
Blue tits pecking at buds on the horse chestnuts
A carrion crow perched, hunched against the cold, occasionally preening
A goldcrest at eye level, prospecting through a privet hedge
🪶
December 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Today in the cemetery:
2 mistle thrushes loudly rattling and chasing each other through the trees
Blue tits pecking at buds on the horse chestnuts
A carrion crow perched, hunched against the cold, occasionally preening
A goldcrest at eye level, prospecting through a privet hedge
🪶
2 mistle thrushes loudly rattling and chasing each other through the trees
Blue tits pecking at buds on the horse chestnuts
A carrion crow perched, hunched against the cold, occasionally preening
A goldcrest at eye level, prospecting through a privet hedge
🪶
Reposted by Robbie Rowe
Harold M. Lambert, Three Deer Laying Down in Snow, photographic print, 1940
December 20, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Harold M. Lambert, Three Deer Laying Down in Snow, photographic print, 1940
Reposted by Robbie Rowe
'Winter Night in the Mountains,' was made in 1901 when critics were trying to associate Harald Sohlberg with Impressionism. He dismissed the idea saying he had no interest in capturing ‘half-hour of devotion,' to atmosphere but the vastness and physical presence of the landscape.
December 20, 2025 at 11:16 PM
'Winter Night in the Mountains,' was made in 1901 when critics were trying to associate Harald Sohlberg with Impressionism. He dismissed the idea saying he had no interest in capturing ‘half-hour of devotion,' to atmosphere but the vastness and physical presence of the landscape.
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Hi! We have 1 wish for Christmas! That in '26 we reach 100,000 followers on @bsky.app Please help us by RTing your endorsement!
Follow us! Birds of the World is a groundbreaking resource where you can find deep ornithological content on birds, stunning multimedia, and range maps for every bird!
Follow us! Birds of the World is a groundbreaking resource where you can find deep ornithological content on birds, stunning multimedia, and range maps for every bird!
December 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Hi! We have 1 wish for Christmas! That in '26 we reach 100,000 followers on @bsky.app Please help us by RTing your endorsement!
Follow us! Birds of the World is a groundbreaking resource where you can find deep ornithological content on birds, stunning multimedia, and range maps for every bird!
Follow us! Birds of the World is a groundbreaking resource where you can find deep ornithological content on birds, stunning multimedia, and range maps for every bird!
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I met this wonderfully characterful old tree mantled in thick ivy in a Killarney industrial estate.
Wild beauty, and giver of shelter and life to countless creatures, hanging on defiantly in the midst of banal uniformity, relentlessly growing all around.
Wild beauty, and giver of shelter and life to countless creatures, hanging on defiantly in the midst of banal uniformity, relentlessly growing all around.
December 14, 2025 at 7:42 AM
I met this wonderfully characterful old tree mantled in thick ivy in a Killarney industrial estate.
Wild beauty, and giver of shelter and life to countless creatures, hanging on defiantly in the midst of banal uniformity, relentlessly growing all around.
Wild beauty, and giver of shelter and life to countless creatures, hanging on defiantly in the midst of banal uniformity, relentlessly growing all around.
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Torhousekie Stone Circle in Galloway. The central setting of three stones is reputed to be the grave of the mythical King Galdus.
#StandingStoneSunday #Galloway #Wigtownshire #history #legend #folklore #ancient #Photography @stoneclub.bsky.social
#StandingStoneSunday #Galloway #Wigtownshire #history #legend #folklore #ancient #Photography @stoneclub.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Torhousekie Stone Circle in Galloway. The central setting of three stones is reputed to be the grave of the mythical King Galdus.
#StandingStoneSunday #Galloway #Wigtownshire #history #legend #folklore #ancient #Photography @stoneclub.bsky.social
#StandingStoneSunday #Galloway #Wigtownshire #history #legend #folklore #ancient #Photography @stoneclub.bsky.social
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When I see an ad boasting of all that A.I. can create for me
December 13, 2025 at 4:12 AM
When I see an ad boasting of all that A.I. can create for me
"Whatever exists, he said. Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent."
"He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die."
The Satanic judge from Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian, who rides with the outlaws
#BookWormSat 👹📚
"He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die."
The Satanic judge from Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian, who rides with the outlaws
#BookWormSat 👹📚
December 13, 2025 at 8:53 AM
"Whatever exists, he said. Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent."
"He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die."
The Satanic judge from Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian, who rides with the outlaws
#BookWormSat 👹📚
"He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die."
The Satanic judge from Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian, who rides with the outlaws
#BookWormSat 👹📚
Reposted by Robbie Rowe
The brainiest orange rock posy lichen (Rhizoplaca chrysoleuca) I ever saw. Northwest Territories, Canada.
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends
December 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The brainiest orange rock posy lichen (Rhizoplaca chrysoleuca) I ever saw. Northwest Territories, Canada.
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends
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I heard so much in the early days of this book (ESPECIALLY from publishing industry people): that it was "too weird" & I was "asking too much of my reader". What they didn't realise was that I wasn't writing it for them or the other people they talked about.
I was writing it for people like Robbie.
I was writing it for people like Robbie.
Villager is a highly original, enjoyable, and trippy experience. I've read it twice & bought the paperback for a friend for Xmas. Thanks for writing it @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social 👏👏👏
December 3, 2025 at 9:59 AM
I heard so much in the early days of this book (ESPECIALLY from publishing industry people): that it was "too weird" & I was "asking too much of my reader". What they didn't realise was that I wasn't writing it for them or the other people they talked about.
I was writing it for people like Robbie.
I was writing it for people like Robbie.
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Thank you so much to everyone who has supported our Kickstarter! 🖤
If you would like to dance on strange, wild music with the witches of Flanders, consider backing our project! Every little bit helps! ✨
kck.st/492NqKt
If you would like to dance on strange, wild music with the witches of Flanders, consider backing our project! Every little bit helps! ✨
kck.st/492NqKt
The Witch's Child and other Dark Tales from Old Flanders
An illustrated short story collection inspired by witch folklore from Flanders
kck.st
October 31, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Thank you so much to everyone who has supported our Kickstarter! 🖤
If you would like to dance on strange, wild music with the witches of Flanders, consider backing our project! Every little bit helps! ✨
kck.st/492NqKt
If you would like to dance on strange, wild music with the witches of Flanders, consider backing our project! Every little bit helps! ✨
kck.st/492NqKt
Went on a ramble yesterday from my house through the local woods and fields.
A late-flowering thistle still attracting bees.
A variety of fungi despite the dry weather.
Flocks of finches and tits patrolling the hedgerows in the former pasture between the M27 & Broadleaf Park, Rownhams
#NatureNotes
A late-flowering thistle still attracting bees.
A variety of fungi despite the dry weather.
Flocks of finches and tits patrolling the hedgerows in the former pasture between the M27 & Broadleaf Park, Rownhams
#NatureNotes
October 19, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Went on a ramble yesterday from my house through the local woods and fields.
A late-flowering thistle still attracting bees.
A variety of fungi despite the dry weather.
Flocks of finches and tits patrolling the hedgerows in the former pasture between the M27 & Broadleaf Park, Rownhams
#NatureNotes
A late-flowering thistle still attracting bees.
A variety of fungi despite the dry weather.
Flocks of finches and tits patrolling the hedgerows in the former pasture between the M27 & Broadleaf Park, Rownhams
#NatureNotes
"In this autumntime,
why do I so feel the years?
In the clouds a bird"
By Matsuo Basho, translation by Andrew Fitzsimons
Autumn Haiku Picks From Japan's Poetry Tradition | Tokyo Weekender share.google/LKSkMCotaksm...
#Autumn
#BookWormSat 📚🍁
why do I so feel the years?
In the clouds a bird"
By Matsuo Basho, translation by Andrew Fitzsimons
Autumn Haiku Picks From Japan's Poetry Tradition | Tokyo Weekender share.google/LKSkMCotaksm...
#Autumn
#BookWormSat 📚🍁
Autumn Haiku Picks From Japan's Poetry Tradition | Tokyo Weekender
The best autumn haiku selection by Matsuo Basho, Kobayashi Issa, Masaoka Shiki and Yosa Buson, in Japanese and English translation.
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October 18, 2025 at 9:17 AM
"In this autumntime,
why do I so feel the years?
In the clouds a bird"
By Matsuo Basho, translation by Andrew Fitzsimons
Autumn Haiku Picks From Japan's Poetry Tradition | Tokyo Weekender share.google/LKSkMCotaksm...
#Autumn
#BookWormSat 📚🍁
why do I so feel the years?
In the clouds a bird"
By Matsuo Basho, translation by Andrew Fitzsimons
Autumn Haiku Picks From Japan's Poetry Tradition | Tokyo Weekender share.google/LKSkMCotaksm...
#Autumn
#BookWormSat 📚🍁
October 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
October 1, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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Fragaria vesca, Wild Strawberry, Invert Associates
Native of woods, scrub & hedgerow, embankments & road verges, an important element of the ground flora. It supports 51 species of invert as a larval host, of which 14 are Coleoptera, 30 Lepidoptera.
📷 CAM Lindman, Bilder ur Nordens Flora
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Native of woods, scrub & hedgerow, embankments & road verges, an important element of the ground flora. It supports 51 species of invert as a larval host, of which 14 are Coleoptera, 30 Lepidoptera.
📷 CAM Lindman, Bilder ur Nordens Flora
🌱
June 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Fragaria vesca, Wild Strawberry, Invert Associates
Native of woods, scrub & hedgerow, embankments & road verges, an important element of the ground flora. It supports 51 species of invert as a larval host, of which 14 are Coleoptera, 30 Lepidoptera.
📷 CAM Lindman, Bilder ur Nordens Flora
🌱
Native of woods, scrub & hedgerow, embankments & road verges, an important element of the ground flora. It supports 51 species of invert as a larval host, of which 14 are Coleoptera, 30 Lepidoptera.
📷 CAM Lindman, Bilder ur Nordens Flora
🌱