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Birgit
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🌳Nature-loving Bavarian with a British Soul 🌿
🦋 Hiking 🥀 Photography 🍁 History 🕷
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Birgit @birgithlaefdige.bsky.social · Jan 31
Can't wait to go back to my beloved Bavarian Forest National Park💜 (and no that is not AI, the mallard kept posing in front of me 😁)
Mallard in front of small moor pond in the National Park plus my hiking shoes
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scottishinsider.org
Dean Village, Edinburgh - 1837 and 2025

Feel free to share your lovely memories from this place :)

#scotland #edinburgh #beautifuldestinations #visitscotland
Side‑by‑side comparison image of Dean Village in Edinburgh across time. On the left is a detailed black‑and‑white drawing labelled “1837,” showing old stone mill buildings packed closely beside a curving river. The water in the foreground flows around scattered boulders and over a low weir or waterfall, with an arched stone bridge in the background and tall, plain gabled warehouses rising above the riverbank. On the right, labelled “2025,” is a bright colour photograph taken from a similar angle. Sunlight warms reddish and yellow sandstone tenement buildings with pitched roofs, chimneys, and bay windows, surrounded by green trees and bushes. The Water of Leith runs calmly through the foreground, bordered by grassy banks and a stone wall. Across the top center, in large white script, is the title “Dean Village.” Along the bottom in small white text is a Facebook link.
December 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
birgithlaefdige.bsky.social
A quick check... haven't been here in quite a while.
Hello everyone (might be a while before I log in again)
December 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
birgithlaefdige.bsky.social
I have to admit I am not really getting into that app... don't feel connected at all here... will keep the account, check once in a while, but not spending too much time here. Hardly any of my friends are here and if, not really active.
July 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
birgithlaefdige.bsky.social
I was finally able to visit the British Museum again and have a look at all those beautiful Sutton Hoo finds :-)
Sutton Hoo Helmet at the British Museum from Anglo Saxon times
July 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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thekentacorn.bsky.social
Wyndham's Oak - Silton, England

A thousand years of greatness

Photo: Charles Finch
A massive oak tree in a field
June 9, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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tjalamont.bsky.social
🐙🌿🕷️ Ever see a spider yawn? Well, now you have. Okay, not yawn as in draw a big sleepy breath - spiders don't breathe with their face - but this one is stretching its chelicerae (mouthparts that end in the fangs) wide, making them look like a Yosemite Sam mustache. Also, it's grooming its eyes--
A macro photo looking into the face of a pale yellow-green jumping spider atop bright blue fabric, with out of focus greenery in the background. The spider has a patch of bright orange hairs atop its head. One of its large central eyes looks black and the other green, which is from the internal reflective parts of the eyes being aimed in two different directions -- one not reflecting light, the other reflecting nearby greenery. The blue fabric is from a Los Angeles Dodgers baseball cap, which is this spider's favorite team.
June 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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moomindaily.bsky.social
Moominmamma knitting while sitting on the sofa in the moominhouse. Moominmamma knitting while sitting on the sofa in the moominhouse.
June 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
birgithlaefdige.bsky.social
Erfahrungsgemäß ist es stinknormaler Filterkaffee, den man in einigen Ländern unter seltsamen Namen suchen muss😂
ruthe.de Ralph Ruthe @ruthe.de · Jun 7
Erstmal Kaffee.
Eine Frau und ein Mann in einer Starbucks-Filiale. Sie halten ein Langenscheidt-Buch in der Hand: "Deutsch-Coffeestore / Coffeestore-Deutsch" und schauen verwundert hinein. Dahinter guckt der Barista gelangweilt und wartet, darauf, dass sie endlich bestellen.
June 7, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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A Springwatch highlight from years gone by with Bill Oddie 🐤 💙

Hiding in a haystack to spot the stunning kingfisher 😍

#Springwatch #Springwatch20 #Springwatch2025 #BBCSpringwatch #wildlife #nature #spring #kingfisher
May 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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oewordhord.bsky.social
turf, f.n: turf, sod, piece of earth with grass on it; the grassy surface of the earth. (TURF / ˈtʌrf)
Image: Luttrell Psalter; England (Lincolnshire), c. 1320-1340; @britishlibrary.bsky.social Add MS 42130, f. 176v.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
Medieval manuscript illustration of a grassy knoll with dogs chasing rabbits out of their holes; on top of the knoll two rabbits face one another, forelegs outstretched.
May 25, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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actordougjones.bsky.social
His Grace, Duke Douglas of Sealand is now officially a senior citizen. I contemplated a more dignified photo for this occasion, but undressed under the Sealand flag instead. A birthday suit tradition that started In 2019 if you scroll back.
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#birthday #seniorcitizen #nakedoldguy
May 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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profaliceroberts.bsky.social
Sharing my childhood dream to be a horse has been revelatory and joyful! Lots of people have admitted a similar ambition; others wanted to be cars, fire engines or even a potato when they grew up!
www.instagram.com/p/DJ43PrQs8k...
May 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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totaberlustig.bsky.social
Zum Tag des Lichts 💡
Tot, aber lustig unterstützen? Hier!:
▶️ Förderer werden werden: steadyhq.com/totaberlustig
▶️ Einen Kaffee ausgeben: paypal.me/holtschulte

#totaberlustig #cartoon #tod #tot #Licht #LED #Stromrechnung
May 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Choose 20 VAMPIRES you love. One VAMPIRE per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, just VAMPIRES.

DAY 7
May 16, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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ruthe.de
Schönen Abend noch!
In einer Wohnung, die Tür zum Flur steht offen. Ein Mann steht im Türrahmen und sagt empört: "Machen Sie Ihren Fernseher leiser!". Ihm gegenüber steht ein weiterer Mann, blutverschmiert, mit einer Axt in der Hand. Glaubwürdig überrascht sagt dieser: "Ich hab gar keinen."
May 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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simonscatofficial.bsky.social
mid week slump
May 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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I am still so angry and sad about what those assholes did!
www.bbc.com/news/live/ck...
Two men guilty of felling world-famous Sycamore Gap tree
Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, both from Cumbria, are each convicted of two counts of criminal damage.
www.bbc.com
May 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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nlandnp.bsky.social
Northumberland National Park Authority notes the outcome of the Sycamore Gap trial today. Read our statement here:

www.northumberlandnationalpark.org.uk/two-guilty-o...
Two guilty over Sycamore Gap tree felling • Northumberland National Park
Two men have been found guilty over the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree. An investigation has been ongoing since the tree was cut down
www.northumberlandnationalpark.org.uk
May 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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nationaltrust.org.uk
We would like to thank Northumbria Police and the Crown Prosecution Service for bringing the case regarding Sycamore Gap to a resolution.

Photo: John Millar
The Sycamore Gap tree before it was felled. A single tree stands between two hills, with blue sky above and green grass below framing the image
May 9, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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oewordhord.bsky.social
sām-wīs, adj: dull, foolish. (SAHM-WEES / ˈsaːm-ˌwiːs)
#OldEnglish #WOTD
May 8, 2025 at 7:02 AM
birgithlaefdige.bsky.social
Happy Birthday to the one and only Sir David Attenborough 💜
savebutterflies.bsky.social Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · May 8
Happy 99th Birthday to our President, the legendary Sir David Attenborough 🎂🦋

Thank you for being an inspiration to millions across the globe.
Sir David Attenborough in a blue shirt, smiling while holding up a butterfly on his hand
May 8, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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oliscartoons.bsky.social
Paradox 🤭
May 7, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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oewordhord.bsky.social
un-āræfnedlīc, adj: intolerable, impossible to bear. (UN-ah-RAV-ned-leech / ˈʌn-aː-ˌræv-nɛd-liːtʃ)
#OldEnglish #WOTD
May 7, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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carlbovisnature.bsky.social
Grumpy Pheasant approaching... 😁😍
Taken last weekend at RSPB Ham Wall in Somerset. 😊🐦
#birds 🪶
Male Pheasant approaching the camera, surrounded by green
May 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM