Anna Dillon

It's a stunning scene Hedley. It was also a wonderful walk yesterday.

My seasonal picture of the ruins of St James, deep in The #Chilterns. This visit was with my favourite artist @annadillon.bsky.social and this perspective originally featured in our first Wessex Airscapes exhibition. #ruins

'Solar System' quilt by Ellen Harding Baker of Cedar County, Iowa, US in 1876, she used her textile work as a teaching aid for her lectures on astronomy in the small towns of her state.
Find out more in the first Womensart book, Unravelling Women's Art on textile artist rebels and pioneers!

*passes Hedley a £20 note under the table*

You could say I deliver both of those (on a local level) 😏

Thanks Pat. This looks excellent

Fabulous. Looking forward to it.

Very excited to share that I'm writing a new book, THE GHOSTS OF CHALK COUNTRY - about the loss of England's chalk downland: a tale of flowers, fascism & freedom.

To be published by @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social in April 2027:
www.thebookseller.com/rights/willi...

Website: ghostsofchalkcountry.org

Very much looking forward to this Guy. The title alone is fantastic. If you want a guide next Springtime, on the Downs here, I promise to give you stories from the past and a hidden gem where the butterflies flourish.

Thank you Ana.

Thank you Hedley. This one was really hard to get right.

It's some stickers. Get some perspective.

Keep up the great work Zack.

Thanks Chris. Hugh's book is not cheap but it was fasinating. I struggled to find many books on this subject when I was doing my initial research so thank you for highlighting Peter's writing.

Zoning would need to be drawn up to examine where the worst areas of danger are & safe, humanitarian places & corridors would urgently need to be established. Rebuilding, faithful to the former Gaza could be & should be the goal. Collective trauma of the Palestinian people is the reality.

If the ceasefire plan works, the reality of rebuilding would take years, but first, unexploded ordnance needs to be cleared alongside the tragedy of finding people who have been lost and unaccounted for under the rubble. Land contamination will be a huge challenge.

1/1. After the Ruins by Hugh Clout was a book I studied for my First World War exhibition back in 2018. I was interested in learning how land can recover after war. Hugh's research focused on Northern France after WW1. 92% of homes in Gaza have been destroyed & over 60% of their infrastructure.

Thank you for the kind words and mention. Happy
#HillfortsWednesday

Good morning. Lovely to see you on here.

Have I not told you how partial I am to a great pickle?

Knocked it out of the park Hedders. Looking forward to my curry up there any time soon?

Fantastic photo Pat. I love this tree too....so do the local squirrels....

It was pretty fruity out here (South Oxfordshire) earlier.

Happy anniversary to you both.

Happy October everyone.
View from Lodge Hill from my Ridgeway Series.
Oil on board.

Thank you.

A resort, built on the graves and lost souls of Palestinians.

The word Rebirth!
So not regeneration, rejuvenation, rebuilding, restoration....

It’s book publication day for #GhostsoftheFarm! It’s been a lifetime’s companionable & instructional haunting, & I’m thrilled to bring these women from out the shadows, honour them & raise & address my own rural ghosts. Love & thanks to @chelseagreenbooks.bsky.social & my early readers too x

Congratulations on your publication day Nicola.