Oh no.... So glad he survived. But what a tribute to you, that he knew he would be safe in your house. Poor Papa😞. I hope they will be safe in the water gardens...

Oh good! So pleased to see them again!!

Glad the walk was good. A stunning picture! But so sorry for the unnecessary stuff that preceded it.

Flowering in the garden in July

Autumn leaf palette, October

Hellebore varieties: the photo for February in my 2025 botanical calendar

A collection of botanical finds, pebbles, shells, seaglass, feathers and things that fell off trees-the January photo in my 2025 botanical calendar

There are just 65 calendars in this👆print run
They make 💯🌲presents bc they dial down levels of stress hormone for a whole year just by looking at the photos, through the gentle power of bonny twigs on the human brain
Plus you'll be supporting 2 v small independent businesses🌿

Tomorrow evening at 8pm UK time I’ll be putting the last of my 2025 botanical calendars in my Etsy shop. I design my photos using recent research to move your brain away from fight or flight by just looking at them. Small print run, dispatched by 🎄. Previous print runs sold out v. quickly 🌿

Wow!! Just making ourselves properly at home again!

Still not forgiven him!

Oh, thank goodness! Just found this on that other place, so came here to see I'd missed the one saying Mama had returned. 🦢💜🦢

Lots of doodles of birds in a sketchbook in blue ink with the fountain pen I used to draw them.

As I'm new here I'm not sure whether being honest about mental health, mental illness, autism & ADHD would be welcomed here. Maybe put a like on this if it either doesn't bother you or you'd find it helpful/might make you feel less alone with things you struggle with.

The more the better!!

So pleased it went well!!

Screen shot of webpage 'What could you buy with a working class wage? Most of the image is taken up with a sepia photograph of two shop workers in aprons standing outside their early 20th century grocers' shop

If someone earned 50 shillings a week 100 years ago, was that... good or bad?

Our handy guide 'What could you buy with a working class wage?', c.1900s-1920s, may be able to help!

Explore examples of weekly budgets, ads for consumer goods & more at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib... #genealogy

Thank you from me too.... Fascinating!

I love the colour of these.... One day I will treat myself to one of your rings. Just need to save up first! The fossil coral ones were lovely too!!

Sending you calm thoughts.... and hugs!

We have the original of my husband's Grandfather's Enlistment Form into the RFA dated 19 Nov 1914. He was 16 but said he was 18. Was in France with the RFA 7 Sept 1915 -rumour that his mother didn't know until he wrote to her from France & got the WO to send him home. Ended up serving in Palestine.

Just looked him up! Was familiar with the possums you find in NZ, but not these.

It would be so great if you could RT my Etsy shop in the twoots below/above. My🌲 jewellery orders usually make up a significant part of my income at this time of yr but the X exodus has meant I’ve only received 1 order-pretty scary income-wise. A small boost would help so much. Thankyou🌿

Pleased to see you! Hope that new swan has disappeared again!

Thinking about bringing 🦢🍃🌳🌎 over here then. Hoping to find the nature loving community I have left behind. Never been one to ask to be shared, but I’d be grateful if you could tell people I’m here.

Oh - we haven't seen Annie for ages!! Hope she is well!

What's that? In the UK, so don't recognise it at all.

I know it's a little early for an advert on here but this evening I'll be opening my Etsy shop (silverpebble) to take orders for🌲.

I cast real flowers & nature finds in recycled silver & make tiny wearable versions of much-loved bird species.

I'll link to my shop this evening...I ship anywhere🌿

That will be really lovely, Emma!

Good to see you here!

Hi!!! Good to see you here now!

I remember a patient in hospital in Taunton, SW England in early 1980. She'd had polio, but needed one of these machines for post-op recovery. There was only 1 in the whole of the southwest, brought specially from Bristol. She had so many medics visiting - as they'd never seen one before. Incredible

Did families sometimes refuse permission for names to be added to Parish memorials? Though I see that the stone does say died for King and Country. Presumably their mother had the names added to the gravestone.