BiSquared 🏳️🌈 86 47<p>I’m sitting here viewing a Disney Holiday/Christmas commercial in fricken’ August. August FFS!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christmas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BahHumbug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BahHumbug</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Commercials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commercials</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TooEarlyForThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TooEarlyForThis</span></a></p>
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Douglas E. Welch<p>Icicles and Snow 3, Ohio, 2004 2 </p><p><a href="http://welchwrite.com/blog/2025/08/14/icicles-and-snow-ohio-3-2004-photography/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">welchwrite.com/blog/2025/08/14</span><span class="invisible">/icicles-and-snow-ohio-3-2004-photography/</span></a></p><p>On PIxelfed: <a href="https://pixelfed.social/p/douglaswelch/861630519746916443" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pixelfed.social/p/douglaswelch</span><span class="invisible">/861630519746916443</span></a></p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/blackandwhite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackandwhite</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/blackandwhitephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackandwhitephotography</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/icicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>icicles</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/farm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>farm</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/country" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>country</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/rural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rural</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/winter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>winter</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/snow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snow</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/outdoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>outdoors</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/ohio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ohio</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/cleveland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cleveland</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/christmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>christmas</span></a></p>
Baa Baa Brighouse<p>We Wish You A Merry Christmas!</p><p>Now that we have your attention...don't worry, the August heat hasn't addled our brains! But we're in full Yarn Advent Calendar mode and the limited spaces for our 2025 offering are filling up fast.</p><p>This year we will be continuing the musical theme with mini skeins inspired by a selection of your all time favourite traditional Christmas carols.</p><p>From ‘We Wish You A Merry Christmas’ to ‘Ding Dong Merrily On High’, from ‘Deck the Halls’ to ‘Away In A Manger’, the Baa Baa Brighouse Yarn Advent Calender promises to give Carols from Kings College, Cambridge, a run for its money!</p><p>Fine out more:<br><a href="https://www.baabaabrighouse.co.uk/shop/special-yarn-boxes/baa-baa-brighouse-yarn-advent-calendar-christmas-carols/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">baabaabrighouse.co.uk/shop/spe</span><span class="invisible">cial-yarn-boxes/baa-baa-brighouse-yarn-advent-calendar-christmas-carols/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/yarn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yarn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/knitting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>knitting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/crochet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crochet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/indieyarn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>indieyarn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/indiedyer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>indiedyer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/handdyedyarn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>handdyedyarn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Christmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christmas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Advent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Advent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/AdventCalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdventCalendar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/YarnAdventCalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YarnAdventCalendar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ChristmasCarols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristmasCarols</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/carols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>carols</span></a></p>
Douglas E. Welch<p>Winter Scene 4, Ohio, 2004 [Available on Prints, Cards, and More]</p><p>Purchases Watercolor-style Prints and Cards at<br>hhttp://DouglasEWelch.com/shop/381</p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/pine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pine</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/tree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tree</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/sky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sky</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/farm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>farm</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/country" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>country</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/rural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rural</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/winter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>winter</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/snow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snow</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/outdoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>outdoors</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/ohio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ohio</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/cleveland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cleveland</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/christmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>christmas</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/prints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prints</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/products" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>products</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/cards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cards</span></a></p>
Margo De Weerdt<p>It will be 32 degrees Celsius here today, yet I find myself in a merry, merry mood for the current work in progress… <br>To be continued. </p><p>P.S.: I don’t dislike summer per sé, yet I always look forward to that first frisk autumn day… Anyone else? </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illustration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/workinprogress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workinprogress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/postcards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>postcards</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gouache" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gouache</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/christmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>christmas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/winter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>winter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autumn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autumn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artistforhire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artistforhire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastoart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediart</span></a></p>
Douglas E. Welch<p>Winter Scene 3, Ohio, 2004</p><p><a href="https://welchwrite.com/blog/2025/08/12/winter-scene-3-ohio-2004-photography/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">welchwrite.com/blog/2025/08/12</span><span class="invisible">/winter-scene-3-ohio-2004-photography/</span></a></p><p>On Pixelfed: <a href="https://pixelfed.social/p/douglaswelch/860974445966766034" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pixelfed.social/p/douglaswelch</span><span class="invisible">/860974445966766034</span></a></p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/pine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pine</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/tree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tree</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/sky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sky</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/farm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>farm</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/country" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>country</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/rural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rural</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/winter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>winter</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/snow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snow</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/outdoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>outdoors</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/ohio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ohio</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/cleveland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cleveland</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/christmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>christmas</span></a></p>
barefootliam<p><a href="https://www.fromoldbooks.org/CirclingTheYear-1870/pages/161-hymn-to-the-seasons/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fromoldbooks.org/CirclingTheYe</span><span class="invisible">ar-1870/pages/161-hymn-to-the-seasons/</span></a></p><p>This stylized wreath of ivy includes allusions to all four seasons, as well as “Hymn to the Seasons”. It almost fills a page. The following pages have the hymn .</p><p>The lettering is black with tiny white dots, a technique known as criblé.</p><p>Scanned at high resolution and cleaned with <a href="https://floss.social/tags/GIMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GIMP</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/vintageArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintageArt</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/fobo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fobo</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/christmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>christmas</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Xmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Xmas</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/wreath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wreath</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/engraving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engraving</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/blackAndWhite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackAndWhite</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/GIMP3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GIMP3</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Gimp_3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gimp_3</span></a></p>
Douglas E. Welch<p>Icicles and Snow, Ohio, 2004 2 [Prints and Cards Available]</p><p><a href="https://welchwrite.com/blog/2025/08/11/icicles-and-snow-ohio2-2004-photography/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">welchwrite.com/blog/2025/08/11</span><span class="invisible">/icicles-and-snow-ohio2-2004-photography/</span></a></p><p>On Pixelfed: <a href="https://pixelfed.social/p/douglaswelch/860631429694673464" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pixelfed.social/p/douglaswelch</span><span class="invisible">/860631429694673464</span></a></p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/blackandwhite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackandwhite</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/blackandwhitephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackandwhitephotography</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/icicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>icicles</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/farm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>farm</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/country" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>country</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/rural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rural</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/winter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>winter</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/snow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snow</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/outdoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>outdoors</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/ohio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ohio</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/cleveland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cleveland</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/christmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>christmas</span></a></p>
Glasgow<p>Glasgow woman who vanished from sun lounger in Greece – Everything we know as search hits 10 days</p><p>Michele Ann Joy Bourda vanished on Ofryni beach in Greece while her husband was asleep. 13:37, 11 Aug…<br><a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GB</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Headlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Headlines</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Britain</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Christmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christmas</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GreatBritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreatBritain</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Religion</span></a><br><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/335836/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/335836/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
https://www.europesays.com/2318574/ 3 elves cycle from German town to Finland’s Santa Claus Village #124520010 #article #Christmas #finland #GeneralNews #Oddities #Suomi #uutiset #WorldNews
EUROPE SAYS · 3 elves cycle from German town to Finland's Santa Claus Village - EUROPE SAYSThree postal workers have set off on a nearly 3000-kilometer bicycle journey from St. Nikolaus, Germany, to the small town of Rovaniemi, Finland
Icicles and Snow, Ohio, 2004 [Prints and Cards Available]
http://welchwrite.com/blog/2025/08/10/winter-sunset-ohio-2004-2-prints-cards-and-more-available/
Cards and More
http://DouglasEWelch.com/shop/817
Winter Sunset, Ohio, 2004 2 [Prints and More Available]
https://welchwrite.com/blog/2025/08/06/winter-sunset-ohio-2004-2-prints-and-more-available/
Prints and more at
http://DouglasEWelch.com/shop/816
Christmas in August ...
Cute Christmas cat - handmade watercolor painting -->
https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/cute-christmas-cat-vertical-karen-kaspar.html
Winter Woods [Prints and More Available]
https://welchwrite.com/blog/2025/08/07/winter-scene-ohio-2004-3-prints-cards-and-more-available/
Cards and More
http://DouglasEWelch.com/shop/815
Continued thread
Retro cartoon-style Xmas tree, made around the mid-2000s in 3ds Max.
I created nearly everything using 3ds Max back then, even 2D vector stuff, before Max became bloatware, and I jumped onto the #Blender ship.
Winter Sunset, Ohio, 2004 [Prints and More Available]
https://welchwrite.com/blog/2025/08/06/winter-sunset-ohio-2004-prints-and-more-available/
Prints and more at
http://DouglasEWelch.com/shop/814
Winter Sunset, Ohio, 2004 [Prints and More Available]
Prints and more at
http://DouglasEWelch.com/shop/814
#sunset #trees #silhouette #winter #snow #outdoors #nature #ohio #cleveland #christmas #christmascard #forsale #products #gifts
Prints and more at
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#sunset #trees #silhouette #winter #snow #outdoors #nature #ohio #cleveland #christmas #christmascard #forsale #products #gifts
#Christmas sale. ‘Maciejowski Bible’, Paris ca. 1240. NY, Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.638, fol. 36v.
#medieval #MedievalArt
I just learned today is #owlAwarenessDay ...
So here is my Snowy owl in the snow dreaming of a white Christmas - enjoy!
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The security guards at my workplace have been unironically playing #Christmas songs sine July.
I thought we Filipinos agreed we can only play Christmas songs starting September, not starting typhoon season.
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