Karen Cannard

Always a pleasure. 🙂

This is a fantastic resource from @nicmiller.bsky.social featuring the gift ideas that she mentioned on our @suffolksound.bsky.social show yesterday… plus lots more. (Thank you, Nic).💚🎄

Watercolour sketch of a House Sparrow

A House Sparrow sketch for today's #ArtAdventCalendar and a plug for the BTOs Garden BirdWatch. Gardens are important for wildlife and by keeping a weekly list we can all help provide data for science

Find out more at www.bto.org/our-science/... and @btobirds.bsky.social

#birds #art #birdart

A set of cook books and notes on a grey floor, with more books in a suitcase on a chair. The photo was taken in a radio studio after a very busy programme.

A scene from yesterday’s lunchtime show. @nicmiller.bsky.social is never knowingly underprepared. 🙂 Always a fabulous contributor. The show is now available on Listen Again at listenagain.suffolksound.com/player/wedne...

#foodgifts #cookbooks #experiences #eastanglianproduce

Thanks Julia. Lovely to hear from you. I hope you’re well.

Those days are precious when they happen. Trying to stay clear of the festive rush and keep to my own pace. I’ve got a surprise slow today. Hooray. Much needed following a very late night supporting youngest with his internship application. 🤩

Stay safe out there, Adam. Sending speedy recovery wishes. Also belated birthday greetings.

a man dressed as an elf is talking on a cell phone while sitting at a table . Alt: Elf (Will Farell) in a scene from the eponymous film. He's sitting at the table, phone to ear, squirting chocolate syrup over a candy plate. "I'm having candy for dinner!" reads the text

Tune in to @suffolksound.bsky.social at noon tomorrow for my food slot with @karencannard.bsky.social - two hours of chat about the best cookbooks, culinary experiences, food, drinks, and *things* to buy for cooks and eaters. We'll be focusing on Suffolk makers/producers/places too!

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Charity Super.Mkt to open more pop-ups amid rising demand for secondhand clothes

And such a hard one from which to unravel.

Oh, wouldn’t we just.

Thanks Peter. It’s that challenging time of year isn’t it? A celebration wrapped up in overwhelm for so many.

Photo of my latest newspaper column, the title of which is “Give the gift of understanding”. Features an image of hands holding several plainly wrapped gifts that are tied up with string.

My November column in this week’s @buryfreepress.bsky.social. Grrring at shops playing Christmas music so early in November - plus some feel-better ways to approach the festive season itself.

#simplerchristmas #greenerchristmas #understandingothers #wellbeing #helpingnature

And there’s the joy in reading. 🤩😀

Such brilliant advice.

I’ve just read the summary. Lessons through books. 🙂

I wish I’d had @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com advice when I was in my twenties and thirties. He’s the fairy godfather of common sense that my old “shop till you drop” impulses needed back then.

A photo of the Abbey Gardens in Bury St Edmunds, featuring a statue and in the foreground is a coffee sack with rope around it, used for covering banana plants for the winter. Surrounding the covered banana plant is greenery, including Salvia Amistad, which has purple flowers. In the far background is the medieval Abbey Gate, a large stone gateway building.

The Abbey Gardens in Bury St Edmunds, leading the way with banana plant protection. Growing banana plants? Protect them now. Winter is coming.

I love my Welsh folk - apparently Black Friday is referred to as Dydd Gwener y Gwario Gwirion (Silly Spending Friday). #blackfriday #dyddgwenerygwariogwirion

A white begonia flower, starting to fade.

A rose in full flower, starting to fade.

Purple and yellow flowers, slightly blurred. Name unknown.

A light purple petunia flower. Lilac petals with deeper purple veins.

An unseasonal-esque glimpse at what’s still flowering in the garden this week. The begonias are now coming to an end. The roses are still in bud. #suffolk

You’re most welcome. Keep up the great work. 💚

What the heck. This makes me wonder if @fossilheads.bsky.social have somehow sucked my inner monologue out of my head. Indeed, Merry Crisis, all.

It caused a right giggle - but only because the lady spotted it. 😂😂😂

This is so wonderful

Sorry, I can’t make it after all. Wishing everyone a fabulous evening. See you soon. 👋

Photo of a book by Joe Lycett. Parsnips, Buttered. How to win at Modern Life, One Email At a Time. Yellow cover. Book cover is a picture of Joe Lycett with parsnips in front of his face. Behind the book is a green patterned travel cup.

Saw in a charity shop this evening. Couldn’t resist. Almost got charged £3k extra though as the code for my extra donation got translated into ££££. #joelycett #parsnipsbuttered

Welcome to Bluesky, @sbghousemartins.bsky.social. Good to see you here.

Those are beautiful.

Coffee shops in railways with a book shelf is the only way to top it. 🤩

Wouldn’t that be a lovely thing. 💖