I’m concerned whether there’s going to be a flurry of them before then.

A book per day I can’t guarantee.
It’s ambitious for me with ADHD.
A book, whenever, erratically,
is what I can offer realistically 🤣
#naturebookchallenge

Book cover with title ‘The Mind of a Bee’ by Lars Chittka, in white text on a black background. A close-up photograph of an iridescent bee is the centre image.

Nature book challenge. A book per day in no particular order, until you’ve shared ALL of the best nature books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews

#Books #Nature #Naturewriting
#naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky

The cover of the book ‘Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses’ by Robin Wall Kimmerer. The cover shows an illustration of moss, and a quote by Robert MacFarlane which says, ‘Grounding, calming and quietly revolutionary’

Nature book challenge. A book per day in no particular order, until you’ve shared ALL of the best nature books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews

#Books #Nature #Naturewriting
#naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky
#moss #bryophytes

Just brilliant!

Thank you so much!

Stick n’ stitch that works in the printer sounds like an absolute game changer. I’ve only recently started using soluble fabric but this sounds even better. How do you remove it? Peel off? Or is it soluble?

That is stunning! I love the composition 😍

So Cajun French just kept the /r/ then?

Wow, thank you 🥹

Thank you! ☺️

Thank you so much! 🥰

That’s brilliant!

Stunning work!

Forgot to say, these are all hand embroidery

A compilation of 12 photos of my embroidery pieces. Some are stitched words or line drawings in backstitch. Some are thread paintings. Ex There is one rectangular redwork piece in a frame, which is a stitched poem entitled ‘redwork’ and one piece that is a simple house design stitched on a mini canvas. The other ten are all in circular embroidery hoops. There are positive messages in the pieces with words. For example, the first piece in the top left, an embroidery piece in a hoop, with freehand words stitched in red. In the centre is a heart, around which is the phrase ‘create & chat’. All the words begin with the letter C. There are some flowers stitched with daisy chain stitch, and heart motifs. The stitched words are: contentment, conversation, calm, cherish, cozy, cheer, connect, craft, companions, comfortable. The bottom left piece is an embroidery ‘thread painting’ in an orange hoop. The scene is a pond in the woods. A tiny figure in the centre stands on a hillock just beyond the water. There are patches of ground stitched in orange and russet, where there is a carpet of fallen larch tree needles. The last piece, at the bottom right, is an unfinished embroidery in a detailed thread painting style, of a woodland scene, framed in a green embroidery hoop. The large central tree is growing on rock. In the foreground, the purples in the rock strata have been accentuated.

Happy #WorldEmbroideryDay ☺️
Some pieces from my embroidery journey 2021-2025 (the last one is still unfinished)

Hand embroidered ‘thread painting’ work in progress, depicting a woodland scene, with a central tree growing on rock, and framed in a green hoop.

Incredibly slow progress on my #HandEmbroidery #ThreadPainting

#WIPWednesday

Isn’t it appalling? Getting a glimmer of satisfaction that she’s actually trending on FB now because of it

The article that got #RebeccaSolnit FB account disabled. They are also taking it down if anyone else shares it.

Screenshot of a search box, showing that Rebecca Solnit is ‘popular now’

I know it’s small consolation, and a weird irony, but you’re popular right now on FB

I couldn’t think of anyone with more integrity than you @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

Their bias is so blatant now. It’s appalling and very, very worrying

What a lovely idea!

I like all of them 🥰

Fair enough 😂 after all, it is morning

Morning. Why bloody hell?

Gorgeous work!

Today I’d like to #LiftToTheSky @brokenspinearts.bsky.social for starting #LiftToTheSky an absolutely joyful, positive, community-building concept. Thank you 🥰

Bluesky is an "echo chamber" but Twitter is some kind of what, salon? An egalitarian agora where ideas are respectfully exchanged?

Twitter is a smoking Cybertruck with a greasy dude reeking of Axe Body Spray offering Circus Peanuts out of the back seat. I have no interest in getting into that ride.

Briliant! 😂