Rachel Darker

Oh no! Was that the fairy field? So sad. 🫎 😢 I remember watching large part of woodland I’d walked and played in get destroyed for office blocks. It was heartbreaking. My fave book growing up was ‘Animals of Farthing Wood’. ❤️‍🩹 🫂

Paw prints in the sand.

Evermore sand paw,
On melted heart, panting breaths
Imprint anima.

#haiku #poem #tribute #dogs #soulanimals #heartdogs #pets #puppylove #doglove #faithfulfriends

Silhouette of sailing boat mast stands tall in front of golden sunset in puff clouds filled sky.

Enjoy #bluesky from the West Country to wherever you are! 💙

Sloop John B - Fishermen’s Friends version - youtu.be/KyQ_qZeO5JA?...

#seashanty #sloopjohnb #mast #boats #cloudscape #photography #eastcoastkin #sailors #silhouette #sunset

Thank you Jason, I think this is my most fave shot yet - the unintentional capture of the bird - has made my day! 📸

Boat anchored at low tide, named Mantis.

#ColorADay #RedWed #Boat

Priceless moment where camera captures seagull in focus, flying across sunset beach landscape. Golden skies and sun reflects on beach outlet and moored boats before breakwater.

Seagull silhouette,
Priceless soaring over gold,
Prized capture in light.

#haiku #photography #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #sunset #bluesky #beach #sun #contrast #silhouette #poem

Honestly, the most loving, inquisitive rat. I always check if he wants to go back in his cage, and he’ll often go in for a bit to do his business, drinks and snacks and then wants to come out again, and he clings to me when I carry him, cuddling in and licking me. ♥️

The way he’s going, I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if he starts speaking and says - I’ll have a cup of tea too, one sugar please! Thanks, love! 😉

Rocky sleeps like a parrot on shoulders. He chooses this. ❤️ 🐀

Rocky the Rex-haired Rat curls up lovingly next to his favourite human, my daughter. They’re inseparable indeed.

I wish I could stay curled up in bed for longer like this little Rattie of ours! I’ve never known such an affectionate one, that wants to hang out with the humans so much.

#ratsofbluesky #rex #rocky #heartrat #rats #fancyrat #snuggles #sleep #bluesky #eastcoastkin #cuteanimals

For sure! I enjoyed the air-con last time I went too. I watched the latest Alien film 🤣 😱

Perfect example of a Goth butterfly here.. 🖤 beautiful!

Sounds like a big something to me, hope your hubby enjoyed the movies. I like to watch at home too, as sitting still for so long for me without pausing and running off to do something is intense 😻 but I do enjoy the cinema experience too. Would do it more often if I could. Nice to meet you! 🔥 🏕️ 🍭

Thank you, coming together, offering support and an ear to each other on this special day is such a beautiful thing. Being vulnerable and sharing is difficult at times but this event gives a space for that, even if we don’t share, to see others doing so is relatable and comforting all the same. 🥰 🫂

I smiled too, my Dad used to say the exact same thing when we said we were bored 🤣

Your Gma sounds amazing 🫖, good food, a cuppa tea and humour are key ingredients to comfort. Thanks for sharing.

I remember ice creams, miniature packets of cereals and playing with olive oil at Grandpas caravan!

Thank you Mary, I’m sorry for your loss and glad in sharing our pain and memories we can offer each other a little comfort. Always 💙 ✨ let’s throw another log on and watch the sparks dance for them at #TheCampfire

Stunning 🤩 💙

Politics break. A blue dasher poses for the camera in my pollinator garden.
#photography #dragonflies

My glasses and lens got covered in sand spray too it was pretty windy. 🤣

I tried to write a haiku about how difficult it is to capture it right :) thanks! Haiku brain seems to have gone quiet since photography started! He he.

I wobble over slippy rocks, wind blowing my hair across vision, sand covered tripod rocking this way and that 😂 but it’s great fun all in hope!

It was Dad’s choice to retire to Cornwall, and here he lived out his days with Mum at his side until the end. This song reminds me how he felt about Cornwall. He loved this place, not nearly as much as I loved him. Time makes no difference, it’s a year and half since he’s gone ❤️ #TheCampfire #family

YouTube video by PortIsaacsFFVEVO Fisherman's Friends - Cornwall My Home ft. Imelda May

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Sun flares across sky captured on Canon DSLR. Breakwater rocky structure with Barrel on pole tells all where Barrel Rock is. Flat sands bathe in golden sunlight and shallow tide.

#TidesOutTuesday #RockinTuesday #BeachScape #Sunset #Photography #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin #DarkerSunsets

A delicate watercolor painting of a small, wide-eyed ground squirrel with a golden ring near her tail like a royal accessory. She stands on her hind legs in a patch of dappled forest floor, crowned by soft washes of green and golden light. The scene is both whimsical and gently magical, like a page from a woodland fable.

Pipwhistle

every forest has
one mouse who keeps the stories
written in her tail

#forestfolk #tinywisdom

Blue heeler that is NOT amused.

Thelma's mood after doomscrolling all evening: NOT amused. 🤣🐾

#heeler #heelers #blueheeler #dog #pet #animal #thelmaandlouise #doomscrolling

and let’s make dogs God and Rats - stars ✨

Sorry PM, 🫂 I kinda think we’re losing the staunch machoism of generations past, and that’s not a bad thing.. let’s let the stiff upper lip of ‘things should be done this way’ loosen, I hope to move to a future of saying ‘let’s do it different.’ Wait for emotion to abate b4 we act & follow our ♥️’s.

Not my own story, but wanted to share, as I think it’s an interesting one!

#TheCampfire #History #Memoirs #women

Pip, a beautiful grey rat preens himself in the comfort of his hammock but looks up for a second, to engage in abstract thought at the sight of a large odd looking human - giver of snacks.

These folk are awesome 🤩 🐀 ♥️ #alttext #rat #ratlove

Golden Sun rays light up small cloud formations in pale blue sky, over sea. Outlook across crags and incoming tide washes over sandy beach before breakwater.

Goodnight #Bluesky !

Steady onshore wind tonight whisking sand and waves after a day of mizzle, not torrential.

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#sunsets #mondaysunset #photography #photographersunited