Libby Johnston
@Libbyextra
Worked in Women's Health. Interests in the Heart, EM Services, Nursing and Midwifery. Actively Promote CPR and use of AEDs • Humour, Music, Art and the Garden
The colour pink has been shown to shift our brains away from fight or flight & into rest & digest. Here are some botanical pinks to let your eyes pause on for a while in case your Monday has stress in it:
'The Wish' St Michael's Tower on Glastonbury Tor.
Now playing 🎶 Come Together by The Beatles: shazam.com/track/216357?r…
Now playing 🎶 O salutaris hostia by Kate Ledington, Maeve Stier, Portland State University Chamber Choir & Ethan Sperry: shazam.com/track/50819623…
GPs and midwives in the 20th century commonly carried a medical bag such as this. From 1833, all medical graduates were required to study midwifery. This was vital as prior to 1915, 95% of births still took place in the home. Therefore, travelling obstetric kits were essential.
In around 2015, Loughborough - home of Ladybird - commissioned a set of book benches to celebrate the history. They are scattered around the town. Such a brilliant idea (Pic via Instagram @HJKstyle)
'The Photobomb (x3)' This morning in St Michael's tower on Glastonbury Tor.
The World's Tallest and Longest hedge is the Meikleour beech hedge in Perthshire. It is one third of a mile long and 98ft high. It was planted in 1745 and local legend says the hedge grows towards the heavens because the men who planted it were killed at the Battle of Culloden.
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Anguloa Uniflora, the orchid with flowers that resemble swaddled babies.
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A 7-year-study of 70,000 elderly people from 19 towns in Japan has found that the more public library books there are in a town, the fewer residents need long-term nursing care.
The Plane Tree ‘The lungs of London’ Trees (1963) Artist: SR Badmin
Sunrise at Stonehenge today (28th July) was at 5.26am, sunset is at 8.59pm 🌤️
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Jane Peterson (1876–1965), an American Impressionist & Expressionist painter #WomensArt
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Studies say cows have best friends and get stressed when they are separated.