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People, poetry, and the natural world. Photos my own unless credited or re-posted.
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Maria Popova
6 days ago
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Seren Books
4 months ago
On Thursday 26 June don't miss Elizabeth Parker,
@katenoakes.bsky.social
and Kaycee Hill (aka Braid Poetry Collective) performing their new poetry show ‘The New Nature of Flight’ at
@smallcitybookshop.bsky.social
in Bristol! Book tickets here
www.thesmallcitybookshop.co.uk/event-detail...
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Gladstone's Library
4 months ago
We're so excited, tickets for Gladfest go on sale in 30 minutes! 🥳 📚 You can book your tickets for the friendliest festival at 10am by going to the Events page on our website, or heading to the link at the bottom of this thread. 1/3
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Magnolia and Forsythia taken this spring 🌼 🌸
#SundayYellow
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Loved getting my 'Nature Fix' with this new NT podcast today 🌿
youtu.be/w9ypZ2OBj2w?...
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Welsh Myths and Waterfalls Walk
YouTube video by National Trust
https://youtu.be/w9ypZ2OBj2w?si=AAWfe_SImHwiOsTA
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Emma Mitchell
5 months ago
I'm holding a flash sale this w/e-you can bag 15% off my June botanical or bird illustration & mental health w'shops w. the code LEAFYFLASH15. Learn how creative activity & contact with nature gives us resilience to stress & trauma Plus learn how to draw twigs or wrens ✒️🌿🪶
workshops.emmamitchell.uk
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Seren Books
4 months ago
Our half-price sale is back with 50% off books on our website from today until Wednesday 28 May! Now's the perfect time to stock up on books for summer ☀️📚 Shop at
www.serenbooks.com/books/
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A little splash of
#SundayYellow
from the Eden Project, Cornwall
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Bristol is brimming with beautiful Hawthorn
#BlossomWatch
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National Trust
6 months ago
Have you taken a break with blossom today? If finding some real-life blossom is too much in your busy day, try our guided meditation instead. Bring nature to you – wherever you are ->
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#BlossomWatch
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5-minute guided meditation – Take a break with blossom
This short, guided meditation brings nature to you – wherever you are. Let us take you on a journey through the colours and sounds of spring. You’ll be trans...
https://buff.ly/ZdhZTva
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A busy bee spotted in the glasshouse at NT Felbrigg
#BeeFriday
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#BlossomWatch
in Cambridge, UK 🌸 🚲
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Beautiful blooms at NT Felbrigg today
@midsandeastnt.bsky.social
#BlossomWatch
#BloomScrolling
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Thankful for blue skies and blossom today 🌸
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#PurpleFriday
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The Guardian
7 months ago
Take a blossom break at work, National Trust urges, as spring warms UK
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Take a blossom break at work, National Trust urges, as spring warms UK
Charity’s poll finds 80% feel more positive after spending breaks outside, but only 10% do so Employees are being urged to step outside to take time to observe one of the wonders of the natural world: the fleeting but lovely spring blossom season.…
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/20/blossom-break-work-national-trust-spring-warms-uk?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Bristol blooms 🌸🌸🌸
#BlossomWatch
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A burst of
#SundayYellow
taken at NT Tyntesfield last September 🌼
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Nine Arches Press
7 months ago
We proudly publish brilliant women poets all year round but for
#IWD2025
let's celebrate these 'Fearless Women' with a trio of
#poetry
titles together for just £17.99: from
@jessmookherjee.bsky.social
@janeburn.bsky.social
and Katie Griffiths
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A little contribution for
#PurpleFriday
#BloomScrolling
Taken in Bath, UK.
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#BlueSkyMonday
Taken at the Upfest Street art festival in Bristol. Artist: splash of blue.
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If you haven't booked a ticket yet, DO IT!! Travel if necessary (I've heard the A30 is nice) Generous and joyful, with smiles in spades 😊 Thank you
@lukewrightpoet.bsky.social
8 months ago
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Love this 🧡 by artist Mark Titchner, for Build Hollywood. Bristol, UK.
8 months ago
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Delighted with my
#bookpost
today, can't wait to read this 📚
@carrieetter.bsky.social
9 months ago
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Dr Carrie Etter
9 months ago
It's here, it's here, and it's beautiful! Copies of the 75 numbered run are available from me or from the publisher here:
www.theredceilingspress.co.uk/product-page...
. Special thanks to
@ianseedauthor.bsky.social
,
@andythatcher.bsky.social
, Izzy Thompson, and editor Mark Cobley!
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Can't wait to see this up close ☀️
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/n...
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Helios Art Sculpture at the National Trust
National Trust is hosting Helios by artist Luke Jerram, a new sculpture inspired the sun.
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/news/helios?campid=Social_Central_Governance_Bluesky_Helios-100125
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