Fruitshoot

Nero on his fiddle again

Your photographs are beautiful and a delight to enjoy

Recumbent Fox on grass by pine tree Kew Gardens

Recumbent fox cleaning itself Kew Gardens

Fox near pine tree Kew Gardens

#FoxOfTheDay Kew Gardens

Beautiful flower you have there! It’s taken me 10 years to grow one from seed and it’s staying indoors as I don’t think it will survive a British winter!

Wet September. Wet. Not West🙄

View of 4 panel window surrounded by fairy lights with backlit garden in view. Plants in pots on mantelpiece.

West September Sunday evening looking through the kitchen window

Absolutely inspiring selection❤️

Beautifully said and absolutely true ❤️

Fantastic lyrics for the opening verse of a song👍

View of blue sky through canopy of an oak tree. Sun is shining through in the centre. Taken in Kew Hardens.

Underneath an oak tree in Kew Gardens resting awhile

How do you stop a powerful woman? Call her a witch. Back cover of Gemma Holman’s Rial Witches. White page, red writing and pentacle image

Front cover of Royal Witches by Gemma Hollman. White page, image of woman with crown and outstretched arms and title below

Looking forward to this week’s read..

One of my favourite places!

Budding lemon and lemon flower. Flower is off white colour with 6 outer petals in a cross formation and 20 or more inner petals with pollen tips. There is a large bud in the crown. A small budding lemon is to the left of the flower and both are surrounded by leaves.

Lemon and lemon flower on my lemon tree in London

Duck sheltering duckling on grass beside Grand Union Canal. Female duck, brown feathers and blue flight wings. Duckling fluffy feathers

Turtle sunbathing on steps leading to canal water. Length about 30cm. Same spot as previous photo of duck and duckling

Morning commute along Grand Union Canal by Lock 99. Same place 24hrs apart

Full strawberry moon, appearing from behind a tree, rising over west London. The sky is black, the aura from the moon illuminates the tree to the left

Strawberry moon rising over west London

Fantastic photo 👌

Beautiful photos, all of them 👏

Spent a few quid in that store back in the day!

Ruby Slippers🙄

Plan view of two different arrows standing vertically in the ground. The left one has 3 small fletches, the right has 4 large. They stand in grass with granite cobbles to their left

A gradient coloured 4 fletches arrow on the left and a red, black and white hooped 3 fletched arrow on the right. An olive tree in the background

A gradient coloured 4 fletches arrow on the left and a red, black and white hooped 3 fletched arrow on the right. An olive tree in the background. The photo is a close up of the fletches

Side by side comparison of the two sets. The red and hooped arrows are 5/16 diameter and the gradient 4 fletched are 23/64. For target shooting at different distances.

Another different set I’ve made for 80yds and above. Cresting loosely inspired by the Scarlet Slippers these are made of Spruce, 28” long, 70 grain points and hand cut feathers. For my English Longbow. #arrows

Wooden arrow shafts painted in a long reflective red section with black and white hoops and copper trim. The arrow feathers are red, black and white

Nickel steel arrow points fitted to a wooden arrow lying against a hedge of green leaves

Another different set I’ve made for 80yds and above. Cresting loosely inspired by the Scarlet Slippers these are made of Spruce, 28” long, 70 grain points and hand cut feathers. For my English Longbow. #arrows

Some arrows I’ve made recently. The cresting is inspired by a photo posted by @richardmortimer.bsky.social a little while back, with his kind permission. 28” long, with 125gr points, weigh 565-570 grains and have 4 hand coloured fletches. They are for use at targets 60yds and under. #arrows

Some arrows I’ve made recently. The cresting is inspired by a photo posted by @richardmortimer.bsky.social a little while back, with his kind permission. 28” long, with 125gr points, weigh 565-570 grains and have 4 hand coloured fletches. They are for use at targets 60yds and under. #arrows

Some arrows I’ve made recently. The cresting is inspired by a photo posted by @richardmortimer.bsky.social a little while back, with his kind permission. 28” long, with 125gr points, weigh 565-570 grains and have 4 hand coloured fletches. They are for use at targets 60yds and under. #arrows

Some arrows I’ve made recently. The cresting is inspired by a photo posted by @richardmortimer.bsky.social a little while back, with his kind permission.
28” long, with 125gr points, weigh 565-570 grains and have 4 hand coloured fletches. They are for use at targets 60yds and under. #arrows

Lovely picture of a lovely plant! The flowers are gorgeous! Harvested ours yesterday to make pesto and garlic butter; third year running!👍

Was there. Can confirm. I was one of them!

This is another joke right?

Offa’s wife, even!

Very welcome! I really enjoyed the book and it filled a gap in my knowledge. Just need to find one on Cynethryth, Offas’s wife now!

It was excellent! First time I’ve seen them.

A wonderful walk from Albaicin past the cave houses to Sacremonte for that view! Beautiful!

Likewise! I’ll return to it once I’ve read more about the man, his times and the cultural influences of the period; and there’s a lot to become acquainted with I expect!