At Lindisfarne the ghost of St. Cuthbert himself is said to haunt the ruins of the priory and the area around the castle, on nights when the moon is full and the tide is high across the roadway to the mainland. The ghost of a phantom white dog also roams the ruins… #SpookySunday

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Villa Emo Capodilista, near Padua. By Dario Varotari, finished probably 1578. What a dream.

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It gives me great joy to announce that at 3.59pm today precisely, it will be the tenth anniversary of one of the finest things ever broadcast

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Painting of blue-winged teal and scarlet tanager birds by William Savage, 1890.

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‘At no other time does the earth let itself be inhaled in one smell, the ripe earth…bitter where it borders on taste, and more honeysweet…Containing depth within itself, darkness, something of the grave almost.' ~ Rainer Maria Rilke 🍂 🖼️ Franklin Carmichael

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