A seven spotted ladybird on a dried windblown oak leaf

Look who I just found, mooching about in the leaf litter 🌱🐞

#InsectThursday #BugSky #UKWildlife

A 7-spot ladybird viewed from the front

A 7-spot ladybird 🐞
#Edinburgh #ladybird

A ladybird beetle hanging upside down beneath a blade of juncus recurvus

Hold on tight, my friend 🌱🐞

#InsectThursday #bugsky #UKWildlife #Bloomscrolling #EastCoastKin

To all of these men in particular who cannot understand why sexual assault that occurred decades ago still matters.

I was sexually assaulted twenty six years ago.

I am closer to fifty than forty.

I still will not get on elevator with men if I am by myself.

That's why it matters.

Red and black Seven-spot ladybird on a branch covered in yellow and green grey lichen.

Seven-spot ladybird on a lichen-covered branch in West Cambridge last week. #WildWebsWednesday

Ladybird on a clover flower 🐞😍
#ladybug

Seven-spot Ladybird seen on a window frame in Cheshire today.

That’s great. I hope it goes well ♥️

A Bohemian Waxwing eating snow and facing the camera. The beak is full and there are flakes all around the bird. The bird is very round.

the Abominable Snowborb😱😂 #birds

My #Robin friend Little Mate taking a snack this evening. We had a good chat and then he had his very important singing to do.
In #Bath #Somerset #UK​
#nature #wildlife #ukwildlife #bathnature #bird #ukwildlife​

Fuck off anxiety!!

♥️💕

So glad you’re trying to be gentle with yourself, because you’ve had SO much going on lately. You’re doing the best you can ♥️💕

I’m plodding. We’re currently busy trying to get the PIP review form sorted, so it’s causing a lot of anxiety & stress. Will be glad when the process is all over! Hope you’ve been able to get some rest ♥️💕

Glad to hear it ♥️

Ladybird

Sun shining ☀️
Birds singing 🎶
And a little seven-spot ladybird soaking it all in 🐞

A large number of bright red and black bugs clustered in groups on the ground amongst some dead leaves and pine needles. To the front and right is a single orange beetle, a 7 Spot Ladybird.

Spot the odd one out...
Some glorious sunshine this lunchtime so popped into Earlham Cemetery and was greeted with a mass of Firebugs (Pyrrhocoris apterus) and one out of place looking 7 Spot Ladybird.

A gravestone with ivy leaves and a group of red ladybird.

Saturday's the perfect day to hang out with your mates on a gravestone...

Altica flea beetles and a Seven-spot Ladybird on dead stems.

Altica flea beetles and a Seven-spot Ladybird on dead stems.

Altica flea beetles and a Seven-spot Ladybird by the Yare Valley Walk in Norwich this afternoon, with @vannabartlett.bsky.social.

We were all enjoying the mild, sunny day.

A ladybird is nestled amongst the fruiting spurs of an apple tree.

A nicely maturing fruiting spur system on apple 'Devonshire Quarrenden', with sun-warmed ladybird.

Sorry to hear that Debs ☹️ is it any better this evening?

Massive well done ♥️ not surprising it was taxing, but you did it & I hope you’re proud of yourself. Hope you’re able to get some rest lovely, you must be exhausted.

This made me smile so much just now. I love this 🥰 you look amazing.

A close up photo of a black and white greyhound, her nose is out of focus as it is close to the camera

What a good snoot!

"You're so brave for telling me about your illness."
Me: No, I just don't know how to shut up.

19 16-spot ladybirds huddle up on a wooden fence post. They are yellow ladybirds with a black line down the middle of their back and black spots.

A number of 16-spot ladybirds huddled up in a crack in a wooden fence post. They are yellow ladybirds with a black line down the middle of their back and black spots.

I won the ladybird lottery at the weekend, with 338 16-spot Ladybirds huddled up on a series of fence posts!

#beetle #Coleoptera

Your daily affirmation:
Repeat after me: I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and my mind goblins will not defeat me today.

A sketchbook page showing four sketchy illustrations of pigeons made with neon colored pencils & micron pen. The only colors used were pink, green, blue, and purple. Each pigeon is posed differently, and one in particular looks distressed, with the words above it: “everything is too much.”

I sketched some pigeons! ⭐️

[ #cuteart #traditionalart #sketchbook ]

I’m so sorry to hear this 😞 sending you lots of love.

Sending you SO much love ♥️ I’m sorry things are so hard right now. You have nothing at all to apologise for.