Pale pink and white apple blossom (left), and the purple leaves of a plum tree (right) against a softly clouded sky.

#silentsunday #bloomscrolling

Apple blossom and my sadly deceased Purple Plum from 5 May 2018.

This year the buds are *just* about to burst..

#flowersky #plantsky #photooftheday #appleblossom

A collection of a dozen cupcakes decorated to look like flowers in the yellow part of the spectrum. There are two daffodils, two roses, three dahlias, two ranunculus and three daisies. They have been set up dark blue background to show off their colour better.

A collection of a dozen cupcakes decorated to look like flowers in the yellow part of the spectrum. There are two daffodils, two roses, three dahlias, two ranunculus and three daisies. They have been set up dark blue background to show off their colour better.

I had the lighting and the energy to do a proper photo shoot of my cupcakes from last night. Now that I’ve had some distance from the project, I am quite pleased with how they turned out. They are lemon cupcakes with lemon curd filling and vanilla buttercream. I made them for my sister’s birthday.

"Strawberry Daydream" was painted using gouache in my sketchbook. 🐈‍⬛️🍓

Prints: www.the-inner-observer.com
#gouache #blackcat #painting

Picture of the century. 😍

📷 credit: Science Tube

Oo it worked!!

For reference, the Bluesky image ratio for 4 photos is 3:2 for each one.

My sloppy rushed attempt actually looks ok 👍😂

Left: colourful beaded fringe necklace in blues golds and greens, with tiny dragonflies. Hands in front of colourful autumn leaves. Right: a pair of black flower earrings with black and white crystals hanging underneath, and smaller white flowers. Hangs from a stem of lavender against a burry green background.

Left: A necklace of black flowers and crystals, hanging from a bronze chain worn by a pale figure. Right: a copper fern leaf pendant, hanging from a long chain with smaller ferns either side. Worn by a figure in a black dress.

Left: An elaborate V shaped wire wrap necklace, with crowned blue central wolf, and various blue crystals and stones hanging either side. Right: an oval shaped wire wrapped pendant, with purple and green central stone, and a froth of tiny crystals and beads woven in a thick frame around the edge. Displayed on an open hand against blurry purple flowers.

Left: elaborate silver and white beaded choker necklace with a bat, stars and leaves. The beads glow milky white in the sunlight. Displayed flat on a weathered wood background. Right: a pair of white flower earrings with black and white dangling crystal stamens, and smaller flowers above. Hanging from lavender and glowing in the sun.

It's #smallbusinesssaturday and so quiet I have to do the self-promo dance again (apologies)

Can I interest you in some #handmade #jewelry?

- Alterations / custom versions welcome

- Ship worldwide (Sadly not US atm)

www.etsy.com/shop/Herisso...

#bsnm #smallbusiness #giftideas #crystals #elfcore

I'm moonscrolling

A badger surrounded by lush foliage, wildflowers, and birds, butterflies, painting.

🖼️ Barbara Winrow

Chin scritchies! 😽👈

#caturday #chinscratchheaven #pets #cat

A silvery grey cat with his eyes closed. He is loafed in the folds of a blanket and a towel, front paws close to the camera (bottom)

#caturday Leg Time (Darcy)

#catsofbluesky #bluecat #catloaf #cat

A wolf dog in profile, sniffing a large boulder on the curve of a road. She wears a black harness topped with a red bow, her nose down to the ground. Behind is a fence, a hill of bright green fresh grass, and bushes with light green fuzz of leaves just opening.

..As for Lusha, there is pee-mail to attend to.

#dogsofbsky #eveningwalk #dogwalk #landscape

A low evening sun shines through a leafless oak tree (right), which along with branches on the left, are blackly silhouetted against the pale cloudless sky. The foreground is in deep shadow, midground is a field dotted with bushes starting to come into leaf.

📰🌿The Leaves Report: Finally greening up.

#landscapephotography #evening #treesky #nature #photooftheday

Two small white flowers emerge from the brown leaf litter of a forest floor. On the right is a large dog's leg and part of a black leash for scale. Behind is a leaf strewn trail, and a rising hillside brightly sunlit and dotted with moss covered trees.

Wood Anemones, Amemonoides nemorosa, with wolfdog paw for scale.

Hope you enjoyed our little walk!

#flowersky #springflowers #woodanemones #forest #dogwalking

Same dog viewed from slightly above. She is facing away down the path, head turned left to listen. Black hair fuzzes her back and a stripe down her bushy fox-like tail. Shadows of trees run parallel across the sunlit mossy ground, bottom to top. The tiny white dots are flowers.

Shadows and star flowers (and wolf dog)

#forest #eveningwalk #trees #photooftheday

A brown and white wolf dog stands on a path to the left, her head turned around and smiling. Long lines of tree shadows stripe the forest floor of short green grass, dotted with star shaped white flowers.

We turn down the valley, finally some green appears.

(It's moister down here, close the the river)

Then one, no many little white flowers!

They are Wood Anemones, Anemonoides nemorosa

#dogsofbluesky #dogwalk #hiking #forest #nature #treesky
#woodanemone #bloomscrolling

View of a bare forest of reddish brown dead ferns, grass, and old leaves still clinging to some of the bare breech trees. The sunlight is harsh and bright with no new leaves to give shade yet. Between the trees are the outlines of hills, and a clear light blue sky.

And Spring held it's breath,
Beneath the wide blue sky.

#landscape #forest #trees #nature

View down a forest path. The trees are thin, straight trunked and still bare of leaves, the ground covered in last year's dry bracken ferns and leaves, both a reddish brown colour. The evening sun.(top centre) shines brightly. There is little shade. One small dark green pine tree grows on the left.

Into the woods, still bare of leaves and baking hot 🥵

#forest #eveningwalk #landscape #photooftheday #treesky

Stomping my anxieties off really helped. Maybe through pictures, it may help a bit vicariously.

The Horrors persist, but so do you.

(And Nature - who is vast, powerful, resilient, and an extremely bad idea to fuck with. I take inspiration from that)

Bright evening sun shines through a twisted oak tree on a river bank. The branches are twisted and still leafless, shadows casting lines over the water. Bare trees line the left bank, moss covered boulders and pine trees on the right.

More gorgeous pics of the river walk we went on earlier.

My favourite place in the world.

Wish the leaves were out, there was v little shade and still bastard hot at 7pm.

#landscapephotography #river #nature #hiking #peaceful #asmr

A river and still leafless forest, bathed in a still bright evening sun. Bare oak branches covered in moss twist into fantastic shapes. The flowing water is bright white with reflected sunlight.

Hey who needs a Calming Distraction™️ right now?

Taken on my dog walk earlier.

#landscape #calming #river #hiking #zen #photography

The Moon: oh wow you guys decided to come back

Artemis II crew: earth’s haunted

Never seen it so dry either. We can walk in places that are normally bogs this time of year.

All the little springs and rivulets are missing.

This is July Dry already.

A forest of mostly bare trees, and some leggy Scots pines. Harsh bright sunshine from to right, casting black shadows on the forest floor. The only sign of fresh green is the grass just starting to grow in patches.

A brown dog facing forwards but her head turned to look behind. The shadows of her paws form long black bars across the sunlit forest floor, which is dry, brown, and scattered with pinecones. Some small green young pines behind right.

Yesterday was hot. Today is 26°C and tomorrow is higher. It is APRIL.

There are are no leaves onto the trees yet, and Lusha still has a full winter coat.

We're doing later walks, sticking to the cooler forest and valley paths.

#landscape #dogwalks #forest #hiking #eveningwalk

And here’s the eclipse photo from Artemis II. I am in tears.

Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the Moon. A muted blue Earth with bright white clouds sets behind the cratered lunar surface. The dark portion of Earth is experiencing nighttime. On Earth’s day side, swirling clouds are visible over the Australia and Oceania region. In the foreground, Ohm crater has terraced edges and a flat floor interrupted by central peaks. Central peaks form in complex craters when the lunar surface, liquefied on impact, splashes upwards during the crater’s formation. [alt text from NASA]

#Artemis II lunar flyby images are showing up! 😍

A crescent Earth setting behind the Moon.

Playing the Pat Game.

(She still likes to do this as I bush my teeth)

#blackcatsofbsky #kitten #catvideos

A black kitten sitting on a windowsill. She is in her gangly teen stage - all legs and pointy angles. She wears a red collar, has green eyes, and faint bands of lighter grey stripe her legs.

She's still all legs and ears, rivalling Amber for the Most Angular Cat Awards.

(Will she grow out of it? I suspect they're half-sisters so possibly not)

#blackcatsofbsky #blackcat #kittens #catportrait

A black kitten, now poising nicely for her portrait. Front paws neatly together, tail curled over the window sill edge, black whiskers puffed out in fans.

Early #whiskerswednesday bc busy.

Look It's WILLOW (She who was Shelley-kitten)

Purrfectly mannered and growing up a beauty.

#catsofbluesky #blackcatlove #kittensofbsky #cat #blackcatsofbluesky