Friend of mine just shared this on insta, what a great way to look at the importance of reading and the magic of it! ❤️

The Fens - Sky & River in harmony 💞

Caught a glimpse at 4am this morning….gorgeous

Right. If you want to know what's really going on, we're going to have stop falling for the spin & asking better questions. What on earth was Palantir's top UK dude doing anywhere near this? And why has neither govt revealed the sweetheart tech deal?

Florence Nightingale — inventor of modern nursing, born on this day in 1820 — on the healing power of nature and how to recover from burnout themarginalian.org/2022/05/22/flo…

Cloudy. A gusty northeasterly wind is ruffling the apple trees & causing the large leaves of the Windmill Palm tree (Trachycarpus fortunei) to making a clacking sound. Wood pigeons form the backing sound to tuneful song from robin, wren & blackcap. May slipping past at pace.

Astonishing evidence at the UK Covid-19 Inquiry. The Government repeatedly ignored offers from the Crick Institute to provide mass testing on a national scale. Instead, the Government paid Deloitte consultants to project manage, not yet established, privately run labs. 1/2

“Rabbit’s clever,” said Pooh thoughtfully. “Yes,” said Piglet, “Rabbit’s clever.” “And he has Brain.” “Yes,” said Piglet, “Rabbit has Brain.” There was a long silence. “I suppose,” said Pooh, “that that’s why he never understands anything.” ~A.A.Milne #MondayMotivation

Writing letters is a quiet act of rebellion in a digital obsessed world, and I love it for that. ✉️

My favourite photo of the weekend 🙂 I had gone to the sea to watch the waves and incoming weather, and my mum took this photo ☔️ #OuterHebrides

Photographer Kathryn Cooper captures the fluid movement of birds, particularly migrating starling murmurations at roost sites across the North of England UK #WomensArt

‘Somewhere between Calabria and Corfu the blue really begins’ Lawrence Durrell, Prospero’s Cell

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music Friedrich Nietzsche

The world in a puddle ~ Sherlock Holmes might immediately deduce that two pedestrians, two motor vehicles & two bicycles have passed by on this boggy woodland track, & that it’s evening (see the pale moon’s reflection in the water?) M C Escher, Puddle (1952)

Painting by Sylvia Ken, artist from the Amata community in South Australia, relates to the Seven Sisters creation story #WomensArt

And here is a *real* van Gogh, and it’s magnificent. (Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo) Why go for AI fakes when you already have this?

🇯🇵🌿 Japan is turning parking lots into floating gardens! Japan has started building green rooftops over public parking areas, transforming these everyday spaces into vibrant urban oases. This beautiful initiative, known as "floating gardens," brings more than just visual charm.

Louis MacNeice in prophetic mode: an age in which ‘reading and even speaking have been replaced | By other, less difficult, media’