My Advent Calendar begins x Watercolours by Rachel Advent Calendar, Dec 1st That Christmas has its special gifts, But our year-round joy depends On the cherished people in our lives, Our family and friends. By Joanna Fuchs #Advent #Christmas #watercolour #art #tree #paint

Watercolours by Rachel Advent Calendar Day 6 Happy Wednesday x "Every day is a fresh beginning," #watercolour #watercolourpainting #landscape #winter #artist #trees #light #sunrise #cold #freshstarts #inspiration #Devon #Lane #sun #wintertrees #painting #artist #sky #paint

Watercoloursbyrachel #AdventCalendar December 7th Happy Thursday x Snow-Flakes Out of the bosom of the Air, Out of the cloud-folds of her garments shaken, Over the woodlands brown and bare, Over the harvest-fields forsaken Silent, and soft, and slow Descends the snow. #art #sky

Watercolours By Rachel, Advent Calendar Day 10 Happy Sunday x Blue Winter Winter uses all the blues there are. One shade of blue for water, one for ice, Another blue for shadows over snow... #watercolour #watercolourpainting #blue #owl #Advent #texture #flight #art #painting

Watercolours By Rachel Advent Calendar Day 11 Northern Lights A magnificent array of colours. Reds, greens, violets, blues, A mystical curtain of bright celestial hues. Happy Monday x #watercolour #penguin #northernlights #cold #wildlife #art #ChristmasCountdown #snow #paint

Watercolours By Rachel Advent Calendar Day 12 My Studio visitor... Happy Tuesday #watercolour #watercolourstudio #robin #painting #ChristmasCountdown #paintbrushes #birds #Britishbirds #Devon #studiovisitor #inspiration #wildlifeartist #wildlifeart #studio #Advent #art #paint

Watercoloursbyrachel Advent Calendar December 13th A day at the beach “I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. #watercolour #ChristmasCountdown #beachday #family #KindnessMatters #inspiration #fun #Devon #artist #sky #painting #art #artist #sea

Watercoloursbyrachel Advent Calendar Day 14 Have a lovely Thursday I Think we all value kindnes I love the Christmas-time, and yet, I notice this, each year I live; I always like the gifts I get, But how I love the gifts I give. Carolyn Wells #watercolour #birds #Advent #art

📷 Wedding dress, maker unknown (English), c. 1807. Muslin embroidered with cotton.⁣ Credit: Victoria and Albert Museum

Rose 'Strawberry Hill' ☀️ 🌿🩷🌿 Sweetest pick of the patch. 🤗 #RoseADay #Flowers #gardening #Advent #FlowersOnFriday

Day 15 of Rose Advent and here’s “Blue for You” Rose. Such a beautiful colour, and repeat flowers for months. Have a lovely day everyone.#RoseADay #Roses #Advent #GardeningX

By dawns early light... #hadrianswall #nationaltrail

Alarm clocks at the ready. ⏰ Only one week to go until our live stream of the sunrise from Stonehenge! Visit our Facebook page on 22 December from 7am to tune in. For information on attending the #WinterSolstice in person, please visit: bit.ly/3uNjNKY

Good morning! For the 15th day of #Advent and #RoseADay AND #FlowersOnFriday AND #PinkFriday 15.12.23, another beautiful but unnamed rose spotted in Forcalquier, France September 2023 🩷

Of all the many people I’ve been writing about for my next book, #AnneofCleves has been by far the most enjoyable to explore. I was recently lucky to acquire this lovely copy of Holbein’s portrait of Anne. She’s scrubbed up rather well thanks to conservation by Francis Downing.

How low can UPenn go? Meet Patricia Anton, Chaplain for Muslim Life at UPenn. Here she compares savage Hamas terrorists captured by the IDF to innocent victims of the Holocaust.

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A video of Mariupol during the holidays in 2021, before Russia "liberated" the city. Look how beautiful it was, how festive. In a few months, a Russian bomb will hit Mariupol drama theater (the building in the beginning of the video), killing hundreds. 📹: SunVideo/YouTube

La Seine , La Seine , la Seine tellement jolie elle m’ensorcelle ..🎶🎶💙💛🤍. 📸B.Fleurot 💛🎶💙🎶