fletchpj @fletchpj@qoto.org

Sunamura no onryo is a ghostly pumpkin #yokai with a bright orange pumpkin for a head & a body with arms & legs made of pumpkin vines & leaves. The poor thing struggles to lug around its heavy head. Despite this it was believed to appear after dark in Sunamura village & chase after people. Little else is known about this yokai other than its appearance on an 1858 board game alongside many other more well-known creatures from #JapaneseFolklore.
#folklore #DailyFolklore #japodon @folklore

I'm not always excited about the short winter days, but at least I don't have to stay up late to go night rock pooling! The anemones are amazing this time of year, especially in UV light. 😍 🌊

🌞MOIN, Ihr Ungehorsamen*innen☀️😁
🔴 Helena malt eigentlich lässig, coole Bilder, aber ihre Porzellanwaffen möchte man gleich ausprobieren. Schade, es ist Kunst.
🔴 Helena actually paints casually cool pictures, but her #porcelain weapons you want to try right away. Too bad, it's art.
➡️ Artist: #HelenaHauss in #Paris 🇫🇷
Website: https://ogy.de/nwa6
Insta: https://ogy.de/3s9s
☕ #Streetart #Mastoart #Art
#Handmade #Sculpture #Porzellan #BuonGiorno #Bonjour #GutenMorgen #GoodMorning

I visited a lovely garden in rural NZ yesterday & was drawn along this mossy path. #Mosstodon

Amber Jelly, Exidia recisa. A Winter fungi and a new find for me, grows on willow and takes on this almost translucent amber colour when wet. Jewels on a twig #MushroomMonday #mushrooms #fungi #cumbria Location, Bowness-on-Solway NNR

Calostoma lutescens
#mushrooms
#mushroomaniac
#fungi

Do you know of a better place to sit and just be at peace. I bet you don't. This is my little secret corner of woodland, I don't dare share it out Incase it gets trashed or ruined - it's my selfish spot. Remains untouched in the years I've been visiting. #scotland #woodland #seat #nikon #peace

Jelly tooth fungus, Pseudohydnum gelatinosum. Many teeny tiny teeth #fungus #mushrooms

Been working on a #moth page in my nature journal celebrating all the creatures that came to a black light sheet back in July of 2021 at the Schulenberg Prairie of the #MortonArboretum. #InverteFest

Discovered this amazing virtual exhibition about thousands of 17th century letters in the Dutch postal system that were never delivered!

New technology enables them to be read without being opened. Learn more here:

http://brienne.org/unlockedbriennearchive

#history #Dutch #DutchHistory #17thcentury #EarlyModern #Europe #EuropeanHistory #letters #Brienne #BrienneCollection #SignedSealedUndelivered

For this year's gingerbread I made... Curiosity!

#space #gingerbread #nasa #mars #curiosity #baking #astronomy

Holloways - from the Anglo-Saxon ‘hola weg’, or sunken road - are ancient green lanes carved over centuries by livestock, wagon wheels and human feet.

Locals call this one Hunt’s Lane but you won’t find that name on a map. Shivers down your spine are guaranteed as you follow in the footsteps of countless others and wonder: what errands were all those folk doing, what was on their mind?

#holloway #archaeology #medieval #history #environment #Somerset #Quantocks

Stemonitis #SlimeMould

I made a tiny sewing machine! It’s a Christmas present for my grandma, who loves sewing and quilting. The model is roughly 1/6th scale and mostly made of basswood, finished with acrylic paint and various metal bits. I based my design on a real vintage Singer model from the 1920s.

#art #sculpture #miniatures #sewing

Ghost story for Christmas klaxon. The excellent "Schalcken the Painter" is on BBC4 tonight at 10.30pm, and then on iPlayer. Really not to be missed. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001gc8r
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#ghosts #ghostStoryFor Christmas #haunting #horror