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Artist sort. https://emmastubbs.uk
Just to remind folks these are paintings by me…not real sea pottery!
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'Thistles.' (1861) Rosa Brett was one of the many women associated with the pre-Raphaelite story and whose contribution to the movement has never been fully acknowledged; in her lifetime it was common for her to sell pictures under her brother John's name.
27.10.2025 09:37 — 👍 90 🔁 18 💬 0 📌 0Having once owned a spaniel (and sort of survived…) I suggest you read this cautionary tale
27.10.2025 09:15 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0If it’s a spaniel ‘he got tangled in something and the vet bill was horrific’ …
27.10.2025 09:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Hah! Ouch 😩
27.10.2025 09:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0And some sort of uncomfortable rash…
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We Otter hold Hands
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It’s that time of year 🎃🎃🎃
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Love this beautiful book, out now from Tuttle.
23.10.2025 10:36 — 👍 9 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0😅
23.10.2025 08:48 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Morning x
23.10.2025 07:31 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Does the bordercollie count as staff? 😆
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I hope every P.G. Wodehouse fan gets to see this passage 😄🤞🏻
(Includes a delightful description of an Autumn morning, an opposition to lunching on raw carrots, and the most terrific word in 'rannygazoo': an old American slang term for a scheme, or a foolish carrying-on.)
Haha! I, too, demand my coffee routine to be just so. 😅
23.10.2025 07:13 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
a carved gravestone face with a mournful expression
a carved gravestone face with a sly, laughing expression
a carved gravestone face with a piqued expression
a carved gravestone face with a mild, smiling expression
No more emojis, just gravestone reactions.
(These are all from Old Norwichtown Burial Ground in Norwich, Connecticut.)
Getting ready for Friday’s miniature collection. Can you guess the theme this week? 🎃👻
22.10.2025 12:52 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A photo of my book and the cards and the bookmark. The cards are 2 observations from my book (search ‘ready spaghetti and ‘balance a broom’) All with illustrations by Adam Beer.
Giveaway! 🥳🤩🎉🎉 I’ve got a special gift to give away to 2 people!! Each set contains: a signed copy of my book, 2 cards with space to add your noticings on the back and a bookmark!
To enter: share this post, reply with what you like about Autumn, and tag one other person you’d like to get a set. 😀📚
Oh how lovely! @avngmedusa.bsky.social I love autumn makes me feel like nature is tucking away her frilly finery for another year - ready for frost diamonds and auroras ☺️
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Quite a few DM about this 🥰 you can get first look at each week’s Friday collection here emmastubbs.uk/pages/sign-up
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A tiny scaredy Halloween cat…
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22nd October - Join us with Philip Parker and his new book History of the World in Maps - Tickets are availabel at the link below 👇🏻
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Such empathy with these huddled beasts on a 10th/11thC whalebone chesspiece, perhaps a rook or a bishop, snuggling up against cold and damp autumn days…
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Toad went out to his garden with some candles.
“I will read the seeds a story,” said Toad. “Then they will not be afraid.”
The character Feathers McGraw from the film "The Wrong Trousers".
Louvre robbery. French police release image of suspect.
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Collage of woody nightshade and honeysuckle. Left: clusters of small purple star-shaped nightshade flowers with yellow centres. Centre: close-up of pink, white, and yellow honeysuckle blooms. Right: mass of honeysuckle flowers against green leaves.
In Lower Germany, honeysuckle, woody nightshade and other twining plants are called “albranke”, the witch-snare. Folklore held these plants aided witches in their escape by tangling pursuers in their coils, thus allowing the witch to slip away safely. #MythologyMonday #Halloween
20.10.2025 07:53 — 👍 100 🔁 13 💬 1 📌 0Morning,B. Rainy here but not enough to impede book buying and coffee! Have a lovely day 😘
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The Chushingura
The Chushingura https://www.wikiart.org/en/utagawa-kuniyoshi/the-chushingura
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Giant Crazy Pumpkin, felt like drawing an original retro pulpy monster to fit the Halloween season!
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Water lily reflected in the water.
The beauty of the Okavango Delta.
#photography #nature #Botswana
