if you’re someone who still reads for pleasure, you’re heroic. if you’re able to unplug from all the chaos of our entertainment culture and disappear into the warmth and quiet of a book, that is a superpower and I’m very glad to know you.

How an octopus named Otto caused an aquarium power outage by climbing to the edge of his tank and shooting a jet of water at a bright light that was annoying him. The staff believed that the octopus called Otto had been annoyed by the bright light shining into his aquarium and

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Happy Twelfth Night, the traditional "end" to the Christmas or holiday season...but you can keep going if you want to. Keep your sparkly lights and candles and evergreens, they're comforting in the cold and dark season of winter as we await spring's return.

January © Stanley Roy Badmin (English painter, 1906 – 1989)

#HappyNewYear2024 🐈‍⬛🖤

When someone tells me that staying home and reading doesn’t count as having plans for New Year’s Eve

The best way to spend the days between Christmas and New Year Art by Esther Bennink

A reminder that the 12 Days of Christmas started yesterday. The celebration, worship, feasting, and rest go on for another eleven still. Make merry. Take naps. Do a puzzle. Eat leftovers. Go for a walk. Drink it in. No rush. Takes the pressure off a bit, doesn’t it?

Unwrapped my #tbtbsanta gifts this morning, and I am SO spoiled again by @MaureensBooks89 Thank you very much for making me feel as a kid on Christmas! 🥰

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, the last window. ‘Winter Pastoral’ Artist: SR Badmin

In Iceland there is a tradition called Jolabokaflod - Christmas Book Flood. This is when loved ones present each other with books on Christmas Eve & then read them together. The books should be new & booksellers do most of their trade at this time of year. #BookWormSat #Yule

Here we have the first Christmas card - it had to start somewhere. 1000 were printed. Designed by John Callcott Horsley for Henry Cole in 1843. #PennyPost #Christmas2023

'Winter Solstice' 🎨William .E. Duke

Thank you Pam for this lovely #tbtbsanta card. It's right on time, and I love the little animals. 😊

Thank you Chelsea for this pretty #tbtbsanta card and the stickers! They fit my winter mood perfectly. 😊

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 21 ‘Snow in the Weald’ Artist: Rowland Hilder

We adopted a second cat! She is still pretty scared (and traumatised) but warming up more to us every day. It's a lot of fun and also a lot of work. Every day is a new adventure with her, as she can do things our Threelegged Grandma Cat hasn't done in years anymore. 😆

The Twentieth Window. Midwinter Eve. The Little Girl had spent so many Christmases ill or convalescing in bed, it had become a family tradition to decorate a tree in her room, usually by the long windows which looked out over the parkland. That year, her bed was made neatly in