A small painting of classic, fairy tale red toadstools, fly agaric. They are on a watercolour and mixed media background of undergrowth in greens. An original art work, please note that the frame is not included. Watercolour and mixed media on acid free high quality watercolour paper 5 by 7 inches (12.7 by 17.8 cm).

Fly Agaric. The most famous member of a family of mushrooms containing some of the most toxic in the world.
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#Mushrooms #FlyAgaric #OriginalArt #Drawing #Watercolour #MixedMedia #Painting #Artwork #ArtFromScotland #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ShopIndy #NatureArt #bsnm

Life shouldn't be a competition, it should be a community activity.

The people who treat it as a competition are the ones terrified of being picked off in old age by the young, like they did to their elders, that's why they burn the bridges and fight to take away people's rights and healthcare.

Work to transform the old library building into apartments has apparently revealed human remains. I assume this means the cemetery of the Franciscan Friary over the road occupied an area larger than I had thought. Or there’s been a murder.

I’ll update on the body in the library when I know more…

Have you seen a Cowslip in bloom this year? This week’s challenge is to find one and share your pics for #wildflowerhour this Sunday using the hashtag #CowslipChallenge. Happy flower hunting! 💛

Part of early 16th century screen at east end of North aisle on St Nicholas church Alcester. Beautiful wood carving. #Woodcarving #Screen #Churches #Warwickshire

Lush with wild garlic and primroses, the last of the daffs and some very keen bluebells, this is the churchyard of St Michael’s on Greenhill, Lichfield which is very much living up to its name

Thanks! Snip snip!

Art in progress, ink lines on white paper shows a person holding embroidery scissors the same size as them, holding the round handle like huge eyeglasses peering through with a smile made of running stitch. Sharp dotted wedges dagger towards them in the background.

Latest series of work is me morphing with crafting. Feeling all needled and threaded. Sneak peek of me being a bit snippy. Don't run with scissors! Especially if they're as big as you. #Art #Artist #Crafts #Sewing #Thread #Yarn #Happy #Identity #EveryDayObjectify

If the scale of #litter seems overwhelming, if it seems like no one else notices it, if it looks like no one else cares, don’t lose hope!

Loads of folk DO care.

Take some action & others will follow.

We’re a powerful force.

Litter isn’t normal - Don’t accept it.

Be the difference!

Wowsers. We had sun, rain, wind swirling hail, sun, snow (!) then sun today. One of those four seasons in one day days eh?

Picture collage of three handmade textile dolls One two heads doll holding a little pig, one calico cat holding a giant blue fish and one little creature with Bunny Ears, wings, a mermaid tail.

Morning #Bluesky
These lovelies are currently available on my website.
Each character is unique and designed to look wonderfully weird and perfectly imperfect 🌿
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#bsnm #art #shopindie #artshop

All six acrylic butterflies finished!
I think I'll be taking a break from these little cuties for a while 😅

#acrylic #painting #butterfly #art #nature

Evening all. Not been feeling too well today, everyone here is loaded with the cold so I haven't been on here much. I'm just coming on to say this little dandelion dish is also available on Folksy.
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#gifts #handmade #clay #bsnm #art
#MHHSBD

Loving this. So colourful.

I finally got to peek into my physical archive today & it was great. All my paper based pieces survived the last move and it was like greeting old friends. Plus I found some pieces I'd forgotten about as they hadn't been photographed. Nothing like touching the real paper to reconnect and recharge.

When a few folk clear #litter it makes a big difference. When a WHOLE COMMUNITY of 11,000 do it the impact’s HUGE!

This Sat’s the #StoneySpringClean - asking everyone to spend 5 mins clearing by their home/business.

Does YOUR town do this? Could it?

#springcleanscotland

There's an art documentary on Sky at the moment and they've animated the paintings they're talking about. Because I guess Munch's the Scream isn't interesting enough.
#ffs

Looking down Derwentwater just near Friars Crag in the Lake District. A cold clear morning with blue sky, white clouds and a white topped hills in the distance. A small fence runs into the water with a some birds sitting on the top of the fence poles. The water has a slight ripple in it giving some partial reflections of the clouds

Mid February morning sunshine at #Derwentwater near #Keswick in the #LakeDistrict. A light dusting of snow on the tops and fluffy clouds and blue sky gave some lovely reflections

#landscapephotography
#uk
#England
#winter
#cumbria
#mountains

Government to lift paywall from large parts of the Land Registry Exclusive: finding out who owns land will become simpler under plans to make the best use of green spaces and hit net zero targets

VICTORY! Government to open up the Land Registry - bringing to an end a thousand years of secrecy shrouding who owns England.

I’ve been campaigning for this for ten years: the new Land Use Framework, published later today, makes it government policy. 1/

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Art with bold ink lines and colour. Trees float in curvy triangles that clump together in the sky. Around them swirls purple blue spinning sky with creamy clouds.

Landscapes or skyscapes? A mirrored pair of ACEO (mini collectable painting) which will be split into their 2 pieces. Recreated from a piece I made several years ago but until I cut this up not sure how it's going to turn out 🤞

#colour #spring #optimistic #hopeful #keepgoing #fantasy #air #sky

“Is it really a book if you can’t read it?” I say yes. Yes it is. Gorgeousness.

Bright colourful painting with ink lines showing curving sky and land. The air and clouds swirl round past citrus coloured mini trees and lush land builds in blocks to meet the curvy horizon.

New mini landscape paintings in progress. These 2.5"x3.5" pieces known as #ACEO (Art Cards, Editions & Originals) are an affordable way to collect #art & support #artists. This mirror pair will be lovingly chopped and in my new #Folksy shop soon.
Also working on new fun series around #crafting 🧵🪡🧶

Fantastic news in the UK today - the government has apparently ditched its plan to force creatives to 'opt out' if they don't want AI companies training on their life's work.

www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...

🧵 1/4

She is wonderful! Very clever of you.

Applause Youth Dance Festival

Young dancers from the East and West Midlands join for the Applause Youth Dance Festival. www.weekendnotes.co.uk/applause-you...

Muscari on the balcony with Mancunian blue sky and sunshine for #BlueTue #ColorADay
🩵🌿💙🩵💙🌿🩵 Have a lovely Tuesday folks!!
#ColourADay #flowers #Gardening #Ancoats #sunshine #springtime #EastCoastKin #FlowerReport #DailyFlowers #Manchester #MyBalcony

This is shocking stuff.

Jobs! Three jobs! I am hiring three full-time, three-year postdocs to research the long history of song at Newcastle, from any disciplinary background (within reason), starting 1 October 2026. Spread the news far and wide – all details in the link below...

jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...

Top view vanilla sock West Yorkshire Spinners in Kingfisher and Blueberry Bonbon

Side view of vanilla sock with Shadow Wrap heel

🧶 🧦 Been sitting in stash a few years. Decided time to knit.
Yarn: West Yorkshire Spinners, Kingfisher and Blueberry Bonbon.
Pattern: Vanilla with Shadow Wrap Heel.

#sockknitting
#handknitsocks
#knitsky

I can see actual sunshine today! Whoohoo! There's buds on the trees, the birds are singing and the clouds are wispy ❤️