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Inspired by our hedgerows & the season, there's also the odd playdough thing happening :D Selling here ebay.co.uk/usr/pixiehats #UK #HandmadeUK #Handmadecrafts #polymerclay
Stack of soap bars on a mossy stone wall
Around 1.7 billion items of plastic packaging are thrown away in the UK every week. Shampoo, body wash and liquid hand wash add to this plastic pile-up - so switching from bottles to bars is better for the environment. Eight natural soap bars to try: bit.ly/46DTTGY
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Lavender for the ears ๐ pretty blend of lilac blue earrings for the late summer โค๏ธโ Plz message to buy a pair with paypal or over on eBay www.ebay.co.uk/itm/19721825...
& if you love the scent I highly recommend thisworks stress roller amzn.to/4g0Cb73 - affiliate link
#HandmadeEarrings #polymerclay
Blimey..... It's salt Jim, but not as we know it....
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
1/2 Big Bill, The Greenfinch.
Lots of greenfinches coming to the garden at the moment, to feast on the bumper crop of Field Maple seeds - it's a mast year for them here.
#greenfinch #weedypond #nature ๐ฟ
Aspava patisserie and deli in Cockermouth Cumbria
Cockermouth Meanders map showing the shops and artists taking part.
Key for the Meanders map listing the name of each shop, the artist featured and the medium there work is.
Cockermouth Meanders
3rd - 21st July
I'm taking part in the fantastic Cockermouth Meanders, where lovely shops in #Cockermouth allow local artists to display their work in their windows!
I will have my little cabinet full of goodies in Aspava Patisserie who do the most amazing and gorgeous cakes.
Mudlarkers on the Thames find lots of broken pottery. They send them to someone on Etsy who makes these beautiful buttons out of the shards. Gorgeous ๐งถ #knit #crochet #sew #buttons
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I'm so pleased with the steps my brother's just built for me โค๏ธโ With a really tight budget we got the cheapest bricks & used 'council paving slabs' a neighbour was getting rid of. Got to get a handrail but at last I won't be relying on the bottom fence to stop the gathering pace down the slope!
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Blue chalking on a pavement, including the words โI love youโ and a treble clef with staves.
When you (a chalk-loving, play obsessive) and your musical daughter walk down a (pedestrianised) street with a potential future home onโฆ
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๐๐งถ #knit #yarn
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Planning and Infrastructure Bill - please ask your MP to stop this license to kill act.bats.org.uk/planning-and...
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As the European Stone Festival hit Halifax, our author and fledgling stone carver โ Philip O'Brien โ was persuaded to take up his tools and compete for the first time
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Dear Cosmos
I am feeling a little bit scared & small & sad today. And everything seems a little bit insurmountable. If you wouldnโt mind awfully sending me some happy (& maybe some โeasyโ for a bit) Iโd be eversoeverso grateful, also maybe throw my art in the direction of someone with means too? ๐๐ป๐๐ป๐ฅบ
My photo shows a mannequin wearing a brown-coloured woollen hood with long knotted fringe on display at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. It was found in peat moss on the island of Orkney in 1867. Organic clothing rarely survives. This woven hood is remarkably well-preserved for its age. Radio-carbon dated to AD 250 - AD 615.
Wow, the amazing โOrkney Hoodโ is so well preserved it looks like it was woven yesterday rather than c. 1,600 years ago!
Found in peat in 1867, this remarkable woollen hood from Iron Age Orkney likely belonged to a child. AD250 - AD615
National Museum of Scotland ๐ท by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
This photo by Jack Greenwood shows a path leading through woodland. Sunlight is coming through the branches of trees on the right. Bluebells are scattered around the forest floor.
A woodland path with #bluebells
#smArtist
A Water Shrew, (Neomys fodiens), has suddenly turned-up in the weedy pond.
He's big - well relatively - & is very aquatic. When I first noticed something unusual moving under the water surface I thought it must be a frog.
But now I'm seeing the shrew regularly on camera.
They have a venomous bite!
๐ฆNatural England has removed the Bat Survey Guidelines from their standing advice for protected species and development.
Read BCT's response here. www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/05...
Cherry blossoms are just about done here but still listed on eBay if anyone wants some pretty polymer clay flowers for crafting ๐ธโค๏ธ
Glue-ons and charms listed separately.
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/33559881...
#PolymerClay #HandmadeUK #UKFlowers
Take it (t)easy this Sunday ๐๐ซ๐
(FYI: thatโs a bird feeder, not a jaunty little hat ๐)
Thankyou for your kindness & support as always ๐
#UKGiftHour #ShopIndie #UKGiftHour #MHHSBD #astronomy #moonandstars
This little adorable one makes 3 reindeer calves!
Say hello to Sage - who was born to Ivy.
She joins her older brother, Otto & sister, Buttercup, in Reindeer Ravine.
Dad to all our 2025 calves is Kenny, who left us for Cotswold Wildlife Park last month.
This photograph captures Sir David Attenborough seated outdoors on the rugged terrain of Skomer Island. Behind him, the ocean and coastal cliffs form a scenic backdrop under a clear sky. Sir David, dressed in a khaki jacket and light trousers, looks towards the camera with a gentle expression, exuding a sense of warmth, calm, and wisdom. Around him, puffins can be seen flying and perched on the rocky ground, illuminated in rays of golden sunlight as the sun sets behind the cliffs.
Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. ๐
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
These are Grape Vines just waking up near our woodland
Did you know that Weald of Kent soil mirrors that of the Champagne region & other premier sparkling wine-producing areas of France
The connection goes back to a time when Kent was once joined to France
These are Grape Vines just waking up near our woodland
Are you looking for a new hobby and skills? Why not join the West Riding Stone Carving Association in Halifax?
For only the third time ever, this month the UK will host next year's European Stone Festival in Halifax.
By Philip O'Brien
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Just COMPLETED ! โLet Me Tell You ABout The BIRDS And The BEESโ will be available during the online FB Spring Show ! Iโm getting SOOOO excited and having SOOOO much fun painting my HEART away ! #andreechevrierart #mypinkturtle #birds #bees #originalart
01.05.2025 16:33 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 040 Years ago Carl Sagan knew about Climate change and he was so aware of it's impact on Nature more than us we do right now.
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Pigeon lovers unite ๐ฆ๐๐
#pigeon #illustration
It's getting hot here today - there's a queue of Greenfinches wishing to use the weedy pond.
It's always lovely to see the shades of green that a male Greenfinch can reveal.
#ukwildlife #wildlifegardening #weedyponds #ornithology
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Fuchsia charms finally listed in all three colours, with custom orders very welcome.
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/33593657...
#FuchsiaFlowers #PolymerClay #HandmadeUK #HandmadeCharms
Sorry to hear this xx
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