Donna Lennard

CLOSING SOON: We are looking for a HR Manager 🐝

This is an exciting opportunity to make a positive difference in a friendly, highly focussed organisation with an important mission.

🕒 Part-time (21 hours per week)
📍 Home-based

Full details: https://ow.ly/pSE550XmZbj

It’s a collage type of day. 😉 16 little snippets of details taken from a variety of my embroideries. I hope it brightens your timeline… 🪡🌿🌺✨🌱🪻🪷 #stitchedart #thesewingsongbird

A houseplant with long green leaves in a white plant pot sits on a windowsill. Protruding from the base is a long stem of beautiful pink buds, one of which is flowering.

I have had what I thought was a green, leafy houseplant for about 8 years. Over the last few weeks, it decided to do this! 😍

Freelancers & creatives! 🌍
The Theatre Green Book is running FREE intro webinars to help you make more sustainable theatre.

Open to all working in theatre, dance, opera, circus & beyond.
Sign up here 👉 theatregreenbook.com/events1/intr...

Fete, Chelmsford, Essex: ‘It absolutely dares to be different’ – restaurant review | Grace Dent on restaurants There’s something so endearingly adventurous and devil-may-care about this menu that makes me love the place

I'm so pleased this fabulous restaurant is getting the plaudits it deserves. I love this place 🤤

Fete, Chelmsford, Essex: ‘It absolutely dares to be different’ – restaurant review | Restaurants | The Guardian share.google/hLzYKBBZx7ZP...

A photo of hardback book, 'The Long Shoe' by Bob Mortimer.

Bravo, Mr Mortimer. Another thoroughly enjoyable read.

And beautifully packaged and promptly delivered (as ever) by @bertsbooks.bsky.social

#booksky

OPEN CALL - SOPRANOS: In The Belly Of The Beast

We are looking for a a soprano to perform in Jonah and Jephthah alongside Gramophone Magazine's Artist of the Year 2024 @carolynsampson.bsky.social OBE, in a new project bringing to life Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre’s Cantates Bibliques.

A picture of Secret Squirrel - a cartoon squirrel wearing a white overcoat and purple hat

This morning's earworm is the theme tune to Secret Squirrel.

You're welcome.

JOBS JOBS JOBS JOBS

- Choir manager
- Area leader at music trust
- Music administrator at school

www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/arts-jobs

No Radiohead tickets for me 😭

Running uphill along a residential street in the UK this morning.

Man: Morning!
Me: Morning! (Huff, puff)
Man: Sport ist schieße!
Me: Umm... Nein?
Man: Ja!!

You heard it here first, everyone.

#running

Applications are open now for Film Composers Lab 2025:26! Calling all early-career, UK-based composers, this is your chance to compose for film whilst working with a professional orchestra and industry mentors.

Find out more & apply here: https://bit.ly/3XaIJaS

Join the RSNO! We're currently recruiting for the following positions:

Orchestra and Projects Officer - closes Fri 19 Sep
Associate Principal (No. 2) Bassoon - closes Sun 12 Oct

Find out more and apply here: https://bit.ly/2YO6FFC

This is a photograph of a view from a balcony looking out onto the River Deben. The sky is a soft blue with streaks of white and grey cloud. Several small boats are moored along the harbour, and are bathed in the warm, morning sun. The tide is out, so the mud flats glisten in the gentle morning light.

Last week, we stayed in Woodbridge, Suffolk. Every morning, we were treated to this view. It amazed me how it was never the same - different shifts in light transformed it to something new every day. Made me very happy 🥰

My etsy shop is making a come back, as well as a number of drawings, I’ve just added this oil on paper study of Gloria Graham, from In a Lonely Place. #noir #filmnoir #painting

kristianpurcellart.etsy.com/listing/1448...

The view of the RSC stage from our seats in the upper circle. Long black coats are suspended slightly above the stage and are lit in a cold light from above. There are ghostly projections on the backdrop where there are multiple windows of varying sizes. Guitar amps are placed on the black stage. The photo was taken before all the audience had taken their seats so you can see multiple rows of red chairs lit by the warm yellow house lights, in stark contrast to the bleakness of the set.

My dad & I went to the RSC today to watch #HamletHailtotheThief

Absolutely extraordinary production. Deeply moving & frighteningly relevant. The @radiohead.wastehq.social adapted by @thomyorke.wastehq.social beautifully accompanied & heightened the action without ever feeling like an add-on.

Open invitation: UK Opera Association | Tête à Tête We’re happy to share a message from the UK Opera Association:   Are you an opera maker, producer or staff member of an opera company? Please join an open meeting on Wednesday 25 June to discuss and co...

Are you an opera maker, producer or staff member of an opera company? Please join an open meeting on Wednesday 25 June to discuss and collaborate on the creation of a representative body for the opera sector. You can register here.

www.tete-a-tete.org.uk/open-invitat...

A photo of a river taken from a bridge. The water is still and reflects the green trees and bright blue sky

A chart showing the elevation of my run (minimum 17m, maximum 113m)

A data screen showing the results of my 12.29mile run

An absolutely gorgeous morning for a nice, steady run. I bloody love this time of year 🥰

I'm looking for a BSL interpreter for a half-day rehearsal in Edinburgh! Date is 14 May, 10:45-14:30. Pay matches NUBSLI RSLI rates. If you're an interpreter and are available, please comment here or DM me. Thank you!! 🙏🏼

Donna - a white woman with brown hair - is wearing a bright yellow tshirt, a black visor with yellow fuzzy antennae attached. Andy - a white man with brown hair and beard - is wearing a hi vis vest and black shorts. Both are running along a woodland path with trees all around.

A Garmin breakdown of the 20.88 mile run around Chelmsford. Average heart rate - 154bpm. Average pace - 10:29/mi. Total time - 3:38:59. Total calories - 2094. It was Donna's longest ever run

Today's #running - a big ol' loop around Chelmsford dressed as a bee for @societyofstrays.bsky.social #NoPlanBee fundraiser.

Has anyone ever actually received a gift card as a result of giving feedback?

#ThursdayThoughts

A great thread for eco-considerate (is that a term??) runners

What you're seeing are wet microbursts—intense downdrafts from thunderstorms that slam rain into the ground, creating those stunning lobes. Like a reverse explosion from the sky. Captured in Perth, #Australia

We're letting things grow a bit more this year. Already seeing more insects including this charming little bee fly

Excellent, I've found my outfit for my sponsored run next week

www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

A view of Saltburn Beach, looking South. The beach comprises of sand and stone. There is a large cliff face in the distance. The sun is shining in a cloudless sky

The view of Saltburn Beach looking North from the top of a large dune. Beyond the small car park below, there is a small pier reaching from the beach into a calm, blue sea. It's a sunny day with a blue, cloudless sky.

Well, isn't #SaltburnBeach rather beautiful?

What a delight to be delivering creative workshops in local schools with @societyofstrays.bsky.social this week. And then get this view on our lunch break 😍

Largest ever US honeybee die-off has destroyed 1.6 million colonies Beekeepers often experience some seasonal losses, but this past winter, more than half of all US honeybee colonies died off, potentially the largest loss in US history

Largest ever US honeybee die-off has destroyed 1.6 million colonies. Beekeepers often experience some seasonal losses, but this past winter, more than half of all US honeybee colonies died off, potentially the largest loss in US history...

www.newscientist.com/article/2475...

I'm training to run 21 miles to raise money for @societyofstrays.bsky.social project #NoPlanBee

My hips aren't enjoying it much, but you just can't beat #running in this beautiful weather.

Here's a snippet from my 17-miler yesterday as I ran through #HylandsPark in #Chelmsford. Gorgeous.

UK town introduces 'creative tax' to curb rise of freelancers in local cafés As the rise of remote work continues to blur the line between café and co-working spaces, one UK town is taking drastic action — by taxing creativity itself. A small coastal town has made a contro...

April Fools, right?

www.creativeboom.com/news/uk-town...

Help raise £1500 to bring music and dance workshops to young people in the North East Iʼm raising money to bring music and dance workshops to young people in the North East. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

Our fundraiser is now up and running!

Fancy donating to a project that supports
🐝 bees
🪻 rewilding
🌍 action on climate change

while giving young people in isolated communities in the North East the chance to do music & dance workshops that co-create the show?

www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...