May the shadow of the moon fall on a world at peace |
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27 October 2017 - This Winter Palace clock was stopped 100yrs ago when Bolsheviks seized power - started again |
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Amazing pumpkins for RNLI |
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'Apricity’ the warmth of the sun on a chilly day |
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Stonehenge, C16th illustration by Lucas de Heere was for his guidebook to Britain |
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Abit o' ole Debm for ee m'dears. A few old words and phrases from my childhood |
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A thousand acres of London's super-prime real estate is owned by 5 aristocratic families, the Crown & the Church |
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Sample of women's suffrage petition presented #onthisday 1884 |
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Nature - at Hawthorn Time |
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October 2017 Weather |
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Angarrack Lane in October... |
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Marazion November 2017 |
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Word of the day: “Eisvogel” - German for kingfisher, literally “ice-bird”; in Russian Зимородок, lit. “winter-born” |
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November 2017 Weather |
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Word of the day: "clinkerbell" - icicle (Somerset; archaic). Other regional names for icicles include "aquabob" (Kent), "ickle" |
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Word(s) of the day: “scréachóg reilige” - ‘screecher of the cemetery’; Irish name for the barn owl. Also “cailleach-oidhche ghea |
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A spectacular aerial view of the expansive ruins of the #Roman military colony of Timgad (Batna), Algeria |
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The new iPhone recognises your finger. #Security #Privacy #Fingerprint #rights #Mobile #Apple #Samsung |
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Zero-gravity hedgehogs |
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This map shows travel time from London in 1881 |
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In the February snow at Angarrack Christmas Lights |
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Tiredness... |
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Celebrating the snow... |
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Soarer in the Snow February 2009 |
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Early afternoon at @TrevoneBay #NoSnow |
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Clay |
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Winnol Weather.... |
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Word(s) of the day: "rionnach maoim"...'the moving shadows cast by clouds on moorland on a sunny, windy day'. Such compressed el |
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Word(s) of the day: "zawn" - wave-smashed cleft or chasm in a sea-cliff (from Cornish sâwn/sawan) |
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Explosion at Dynamite Towans |
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St Peter’s Day Lore |
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If St. Paul’s day be fair and clear, It doth betide a happy year; If blustering winds do blow aloft. Then wars will trouble our realm full oft; And if it chance to snow or rain, Then will be dear all sorts of grain |
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If weather on February 1 is bright and sunny, so can gather plenty of firewood - winter will continue! |
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March: Storm Moon |
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Godrevy view |
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Chernyobl 26th April 1986 |
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Bees and Echinops |
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Heligan Rhododendron Time Lapse |
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Marvellous Magnolias |
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1646 | Cornvbia sive Cornwallia | Joan Blaeu |
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Almost two-fifths (38%) of particulate matter comes from domestic wood burners and open fires, used by 7.5% of homes |
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A Delicate Truth |
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Renewing the Water Bounds at Truro.... |
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1st March.—In Mid-Cornwall, people arise before the sun is up, and sweep before the door to sweep away fleas |
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Quote - The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money |
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Quote - Learning to fill your empty places... |
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ALBA a whole country in 3 minutes |
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