Gordon MacLellan

Winter gifts? Winter gifts? books for long, dark nights Waiting for the quiet feathers, That drift through the trees, That smother the world into silenc...

Waiting for the snow? or planning some seasonal gifts? or mellow music for an evening by the fire? Winter treats from Creeping Toad! #naturepoems, #folklore, #ravens, #BabaYaga creepingtoad.blogspot.com/2025/10/wint...

Serpentine Community Garden Helping Buxton grow

and why not drop in (if only digitally) on the wonderful Community Gardens: www.serpentinecommunitygarden.org

Autumn Woods public event AUTUMN WOODS  trees are palaces too!  a day of tree ideas, planning adventures, creating stories, making and mess and laughter Date: Saturda...

who lives in a tree's throne room? who hoards treasures in the root dungeons? our lovely Autumn Woods event is going ahead - we're being hosted by the Serpentine Community Gardens to take refuge from the strong winds and rain forecast for saturday! creepingtoad.blogspot.com/2025/09/autu...

who rules froma tree's throne? who waves flags from twig towers? who hoards treasure in a root dungeon? Free event in Buxton on saturday 4th, @FunPalaces,, @BabblingVagabondsStorytellingTheatre, #familyevents, #woodland, #derbyshirewildlifetrust, fb.me/e/8jpONuOer

you are clearly such a provocative person stirring up trouble and despair and provoking decadence! Well done!

Book Week workshops Friends in Nature celebrating Book Week Scotland from beetles and bumblebees to birds, bats and bears, exploring friendship with the world a...

From best mates with a bat to tales of frog friendships and tree pals: exploring friendships with the world around us. Workshops for Scotland's Book Week but available more widely! #storytelling, #storymaking, #nature, creepingtoad.blogspot.com/2025/09/book...

Like thistles seedclouds, frogs hopping and ants swarming.....our Lightwood day comes inevitably closer - join us in the nature reserve! Sunday 6th July, Buxton. Free..https://fb.me/e/6MCxrk97w

Join me for an amazing gathering of creative minds at The Creativity
Conference London on June 27th!

Register at: www.creativityconference.is/london

See you there!
@theCreativityConference
#TheCreativityConference #Creativity2025 #UniversalCreativity

as you say, great fun! good for a dark evening's entertainment

stories, puppets, wonder and silliness: a day of free activities as apr of Leek Loves Books in Leek, Staffordshire. #storytelling, #fingerpuppets, #familyactivities, www.instagram.com/p/DKl0c_voxG...

The Woods in Spring The Woods in Spring free public event Tuesday 27th May First flowers and new nests, bumblebees buzzing and beetles trundling: join the Stone...

springtime in the woods. Make your own wildlife book! Free event, Tuesday 27th May, Corbar Woods, Buxton, 10:30 - 15:30. Details: creepingtoad.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-..., #woodland, #familyevent, #derbyshirewildlifetrust, #BCAwoods

Sea, seaweed and sun: stepping into an Orkney evening, #orkney, #finstown

May morning(yesterday!) In Cromarty, ##springflowers, #beltane, #cromarty

Lightbulb trees Under the Lightbulb Trees the Lost Stories of Glossop Crystal trees and lightbulb trees and the Rabbit who has an orchard of Easter Eggs, Su...

There were worms and keys and ghosts, a school skull and dogs driving cheese vans...the Lost stories of Glossop can be found in this blog. thanks to Derbyshire Makes and High Peak Community Arts! #stories, #storymaking, #familyevents, #highpeakcomarts creepingtoad.blogspot.com/2025/04/ligh...

Glossop stories an arch, a door, a Narnian lamp-post... THE LOST STORIES OF GLOSSOP Derbyshire Makes in the High Peak The house where….. The road where th...

buried treasures? strange houses? dangerous ducks and pirate mice? Creating the Lost Stories of Glossop! Free family events in April: creepingtoad.blogspot.com/2025/03/glos...
#familyfun, #holidayactivities, #Glossop

Glossop stories an arch, a door, a Narnian lamp-post... THE LOST STORIES OF GLOSSOP Derbyshire Makes in the High Peak The house where….. The road where th...

a street full of stories, tales in corners and cupboards and closets. Crinolines whisper on cobbles, doors and old bones creak, a new project takes shape in Glossop. #derbyshiremakes, #highpeakcomarts, #storytelling, #storymaking, #glossop
creepingtoad.blogspot.com/2025/03/glos...

and I ran out of room to celebrate the photographer Johanna Ronn who gave us such amazing images to work with: www.johannalronn.photography

and I ran out of room to celebrate the wonderful photographer Johanna Ronn who gave us such marvellous images! www.johannalronn.photography

New music from @giftsfromcrows:instrumental pieces as part of our “Whispers Along the Wind” project combining original music with poems of places, trees, darkness and mystery
Single ‘Willow’, and album on release from 7th March.
giftsfromcrows.bandcamp.com, #giftsfromcrows, #neoclassical, #poetry

celebrate aardvarks in this #Nationalaardvarkweek, wonderful animals - I have no pics so here are a couple of Malawian landscapes where we were fairly sure aardvarks were hiding...., #aardvark, #malawi,

Spring, reflections in ponds, watermint waking up, and myself waiting for frogs! #pondlife, #ponds, #nature, #wildlife, #Buxton

#stories, #storytelling, #educationoutside, #natureart

a summer for stories, of tales of brave children, beautiful trees, adventurous rabbits and occasional mice! New tour dates released for Creeping Toad!
23rd - 30th June: Hereford and Worcester: now booking
And other places, other times: just get in touch!
creepingtoad.blogspot.com/2025/01/stor...

Frogsong in February Frogsongs in February A cold February afternoon and the ponds are, thankfully, silent. A watchful, but frogless, heron took off as I arrive...

the blank space above should have connected to a link, so trying again: creepingtoad.blogspot.com/2025/02/frog...

A chilly afternoon wander and I'm glad that i didn't see any frogs - still feels too cold here but sooner rather than later they'll start filling the ponds with song when we're still watching for snow! #ponds, #frogs, #toads, #naturepoetry

earthrise | Video | Al Jazeera earthrise is Al Jazeera’s award-winning environmental show exploring the most significant threats to our planet by highlighting eco-friendly solutions from around the world. earthrise brings you the s...

"Earthrise" is waking on Al Jazeera exploring new relationships with the world around us, #nature, #environment, #naturespirituality, #natureart, www.aljazeera.com/program/eart...

storytellings, 2025 treasures to unpack, stories to unfold Spring stories, summer tales 2025 Stories in school and other excitements with Creeping Toad, and id...

stories to tell, to create, to shape out of calm planning and wild inspirations....news about this year's activities for schools and public events....please share! #stories, #storytelling, #naturestories, #artnature, #storyworkshops, creepingtoad.blogspot.com/2025/01/stor...

Lost Species Day, Buxton Lost Species Day November 30th 2024 Free event in Buxton We have lost many species of animals and plants over the last few hundred years. ...

celebrate Lost Species, resolve to help others! Join us in Buxton on Saturday 30th at the Green Man Gallery to make your own small memorials or Resolution Images...full details in link, creepingtoad.blogspot.com/2024/10/lost... , #lostspeciesday, #familyevents, #conservation, #nature

sunlight on snow.....driving through the Highlands of Scotland today, hoping to get to Glasgow ahead of Storm Bert, #snow, #cairngorm, #A9, #winter

what stories can we find...what stories can we tell...what stories can we celebrate: storymaking workshops as part of Book Week, Scotland... #stories, #storytelling, #nationalbookweek