Peigi MacKillop
@peigibheag.bsky.social
Heritage, archaeology, cooking, art, fashion, Gaelic, Berneray. Ex-librarian, ex Oracle admin. I have my books, and my poetry to protect me. 💙 NHS
Reminds me of my mum's resting place at Trumpan Cemetary, Skye. Image (c) David Ross
Kevin Wilbraham@kpw1453.bsky.social · 11h agoThe remains of the late medieval Church of St. Mary on the Island of Rousay in Orkney. 📸 My own. #WallsOnWednesday #Rousay #Orkney
Thanks a bunch Lothianbuses for wiping all my favourites!
⚠️ Want to see more Durotriges Big Dig Iron Age #archaeology? ⚠️ Of course you do !! Catch *Sandi Toksvig's Hidden Wonders* with @rakshadigs.bsky.social and us on Channel 4 this Saturday 8 August 7pm 👍 Salamanda Media Bournemouth University 👇👇👇👇
Shortlist: Best Book for Children Age 8+ - Èiginn Ùisdein, Mòrag Anna NicNèill (Acair) - Kali, Coocoora (Out of the Blueprint) - Màiri Anna NicCoinnich, Claire Pepper, tr. Eleanor Wood (Scottish Children of the Past) - Seachdain Seunta, Cathy Mary Nic a’ Mhaoilein (Acair)
He also invented the Philips 3 head shaver
Nereide@drnereide.bsky.social · 2d ago1/15 In 1873, in his 'A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism' (Section 113), Maxwell paused on a precise question: how many “equilibrium points” can the electric field⚛️ generated by a finite number of point charges have?🧪 #mathematics #physics #HistSci #HistMath #Mathsky
THREAD/ORIGINAL ART GIVEAWAY This hare linoprint is by my mum, Jo. I'll be sending an original of this to one randomly chosen person who reposts this link to my recently updated website & pops a reply below. www.tom-cox.com The offer is open worldwide. I also have some more art to give away...
Getting up like a gran in a low chair after 4 sherries
Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️@snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 3d agoThe Southern Three-Banded Armadillo (Tolypeutes matacus) is one of the only armadillo species capable of rolling into a completely sealed sphere: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...
⚡️In Conversation with Louie Stowell! Join us for an interview with the creator of the Loki: A Bad God's Guide series, @louiestowell.bsky.social Families can learn about the shape-shifting Viking trickster god at the Govan Stones! @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-convers...
In Conversation with Louie Stowell - Loki: A Bad God's Book Series
Where better to hear about the shape-shifting Viking trickster god than among some giant Viking tombstones at the Govan Stones Museum?
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I had a joke about Sisyphus but I couldn't seem to finish it.
David McArdle@davemcardle.bsky.social · 5d agoI had a joke about kleptomania, but somebody stole it.
Archaeological Geophysicist (Assistant Supervisor) Magnitude Surveys Location: Bradford, Yorkshire Salary: £30,723 GBP – £32,604 GBP (Annum) Closing Date: October 30, 2026 www.bajr.org/job-ad/archa...
Archaeological Geophysicist (Assistant Supervisor) - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources
Salary: £30,723 GBP – £32,604 GBP (Annum) Closing Date: 30/10/26Location: Bradford, Yorkshire BD1
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I've got a mother, way over in glory land youtu.be/vbZFOHlIpro?...
Cha Dachaidh Dhomh an Saoghal sung by Kristine Kennedy
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Last week the posy I brought home from the garden had a chrysalis attached though I didn't notice till I got home. If you, like me, haven't watched a butterfly emerge you won't be prepared for how amazing or how long emergence takes #TinyJoys a 🧵
Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli. This man did an exquisite drunk.
James Stewart Grinning in The Philadelphia Story
Alt: James Stewart; close up of a man wearing black tie, with slicked back hair grinning and looking drunk in The Philadelphia Story.
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I'm a loom-setter and weaver. I grow veggies and keep chickens. I am also a midwife.
Revan@revan.eurosky.social · 7d agoEnough “what would you do on the commune questions” If you got sent back 100 years and were given your grandparent’s job, what are you doing?
🧵Medieval records show that Byland Abbey established a grange at Bentley Grange, Emley by the late 12th century, with evidence suggesting agriculture, iron forging and smelting taking place By the 15th century ironworking had ceased, and after the Dissolution in 1538 the site was recorded as
This year's Highland Archaeology Conference talks programme is almost ready! Save the date and watch this space for further announcements!!
Boiling I'm watching A pot boils You pull The flesh from bones A hand caressing The deepest recess Of a life Strip-skin Pull out a liver Take my best feathers for a hat Throw me the scraps For a cannibal They taste good Are we not At the end * Dragged Our flesh Withered As Papyrus #PegsPoyums
For #ArtRepostJuly #realistic, drawings from photos of a hermit crab seen in Lewis, DE #art #ArtChallenge 🐡
Holy feline fiends! #EarthaKitt is Catwoman! 🦇 BATMAN (1967) 11:10am #AdamWest #BurtWard #YvonneCraig in 'Catwoman's Dressed to Kill' #TPTVsubtitles
I feel a bit like I’m Prodding a dead pony But . I must mention that I have art for sale and am a person www.chloecumming.com/almost-drawi...
Chloe Cumming@chloecumming.bsky.social · 8mo agoJust added all these drawings to my website, yellow rabbit, flow monkey, Bastion Booger and Ox Baker. First two in Here: www.chloecumming.com/almost-drawi... And the wrestler 🤼 ones here: www.chloecumming.com/wrestlerdraw... Thank you for looking. Do look!
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Peigi MacKillop@peigibheag.bsky.social · 9mo agoShe is the walrus This is where she swims Every day Once, dark-red hair Smooth as kelp Now white and rough as crottals She strides from the sea Holding aloft her prize A lobster, blue as lapis Flecked with shell-sand Glittering Both aglow Raging into the sun #PegsPoyums
Reposting RM transcript. Laugh or cry? 15 May: Midlands Super Hub 16 May: Glasgow 18 May: Stornoway 23 May: Scottish Parcel Hub 24 May: Glasgow 28 May: Stornoway 30 May: Inverness 31 May: Glasgow 02 June: Stornoway 05 June: Scottish Parcel Hub 06 June: Glasgow 09 June: Lochmaddy 09 June: Berneray
