My Christmas Carol scene (made from cava corks - I knew there was a reason I like fizzy wine!). #cutecrafting #Christmas #upcycled #re-used #AChristmasCarol #Scrooge

This lovely little old lady is seeing her 14th Christmas this year. She’s best friend to my partner’s 92 yr old dad and came to him 6 years ago as a rescue. Sweetest dog ever. #adoptadog #rescuedog #christmaslights

Have you ever seen a #ghost? I haven't. And I have tried!! Visited haunted houses, castles, battlefields...But I meet so many people who have had experiences with the supernatural. What's yours? #ghost #ghoststory

Erst mal den Überblick verschaffen. #squirrel

Fascinating world of ancient glass: The skill of ancient glassmakers never ceases to amaze me. This a magnificent #Roman striped mosaic bowl was made of preformed rods and canes fused on or in a mold. Dating late 1st c. BC/early 1st c AD. Timeless beauty! 📷 Corning Museums of Glass 🏺

I’m in a tinwork cycle so no new paintings for awhile.

I've been receiving so many messages from people here having their own "MELIA" in their home. Many looking like her too. I can't thank you enough for sharing your story. Many think she's a forgotten soul. I know there's someone out there for her ❤️ 516.785.5220 [email protected]

Here’s a #moth seen through the window one evening a couple months ago. #mothmonday

RIP Nancy Sutcliffe (1957-2025), glass engraver based in the UK who created exceptional and influential work such as 'Daydreamer' #WomensArt

Talking about the UK’s bounty of graveyard waxcaps, here are a group of Hygrocybe conica, Blackening Waxcaps or commonly known as Witches Hat mushroom, all lined up like the Three Amigos. #fungi

Round and feathered, they carry warmth where the cold forgets 😊🪶 本日はよくばり盛り盛りタグ祭りにします‼️ #モフ曜日 #ふくふく鳥選手権 #ムチムチの鳥をミチミチに収める さあ、どっからでもかかってきなさい😎 #nature #photography #animals #wildlife #EurasianNuthatch #ゴジュウカラ #birds #野鳥

After two months without a proper shot, I finally photographed a Common Kingfisher! 😊 I’d spotted it here and there, but it never stayed. 🪶 今日は少しだけゆっくり撮らせてくれました♪😊ついにオレもこのタグを使える日がっ‼️ #スイ曜日 #翠曜日 #nature #photography #animals #wildlife #CommonKingfisher #カワセミ #birds #野鳥

I don't think this Osprey appreciated me taking his picture when he was having a bad hair day! Or maybe he was just grumpy because he'd dived for a fish and come up empty - and wet. #Birds #Raptor #Osprey #BirdOfTheDay #LookingAtYou

Opening the kiln is always a little nerve wracking but, if I do say so myself, the latest batch of replica, Nene Valley, barbotine decorated, Roman colour coated Hunt Cups, have come out looking rather splendid! Get them before they sell out. #Archaeology🏺https://share.google/VBg75ubdqserv59ph

This is a question #moss Bluesky friends: does anyone know of a good pack of flashcards for identifying/learning names of mosses in the UK? Something small to fit in a pocket?

#Nature #Photography #Moss

There's a fungus at work that is attacking the vibrant thick moss mats that have grown on all the old cement. Suddenly in the past week the sad dead patches have all made charming orange mushrooms around their edges! A mycelial cloud's siver lining, so to speak haha. #fungifriends #bryophytes #fungi

For today’s #BirdoftheDay #movement theme I have a sparrow hawk that a minute earlier was patiently waiting on top of the bird table. Taken through glass from a bedroom window with a phone (don’t judge me 😜).

Hearts are everywhere if you look hard enough ❤️ #HeartsAreEverywhere #ISeeHearts #ISeeHeartShapes #HeartShapes #HeartsInNature #HeartShapesInNature

見張りは任せろ！ #スズメ

I love how such a familiar bird can look so spectacular. Beautiful photo!

I’m not sure why Jacob Marley has taken up residence in my ceiling because I love Christmas! 😄 #pareidolia #faces #AChristmasCarol #scrooge

The Gentleness of the Drips. #moss #fountain #garden #nature #sunlight #goldenhour #waterdroplets #peaceful #outdoors #greenery #serenity #parklife #smartphonephotography #photography

I'll never be able to afford a real live edge bar counter and tree stump table so I made a miniature version! I'm going to be putting these on my tabletop and somehow work a very trendy cafe into my adventure. #mini #diorama #woodworking #dnd

They are very cool! Well done!

And we’re done! Last three chairs completed. That was hard work, and I still have much to learn in the upholstery stakes. Happy with the results though 🌈🤸‍♂️😊 #upholstery # sewing #happyplace

Hey, it’s cool to like things. Tell somebody about the thing you enjoy. Maybe they like a similar thing! Yesterday I was crocheting while waiting in a doctor’s office and a lady sat down beside me. She started telling me about the baskets she was crocheting for Christmas. It was a delight!!

#Bandcampfriday starts later today (UK) you can listen to my album for free here and let me know what you think - martinaparker.bandcamp.com/album/someti... #indimusic #Bandcamp #instrumental #naturesounds #ambient

Next step of the bergamot box (made from orange peel). Gilding the lid! Interestingly I couldn’t mask it off because the essential oils in the skin stopped tape sticking. A lesson in concentration and patience 😁! #craftwithcuriosity #oldcraft #maker #craft #goldleaf

🕊️☮️✌️ #Pareidolia #Pareidolie #Iseefaces #FacesInThings #FacesInPlaces #Peace #PecteilisRadiata

Guten Morgen! (Am Bandaksee, Norwegen, 2025)

This grey day had a hidden gem! #rainbow #weather #silverlining #nature

youtu.be/kdkzzsGDcaM I promised to share the video I watched on how to make bergamot boxes. Here it is. Bonus is that it’s a bright and sunny video, so might cheer up anyone sharing the grey rainy day we’re having here! 😆. #craft #oldcrafts #maker #making #craftwithcuriosity #boxes

Certainly not the elegance of #PalacesandGardens 🤷🏻‍♀️ but it is one of my favorite #RedGreenGold Christmas Ornaments😁 I hope you have a day where you can “Beat Drums! Beat Drums!” ~Animal #eastcoastkin

Tonight I saw a massive halo around the moon (formed by light interacting with ice crystals in the atmosphere). It was very cool. #moon #nightsky #clouds #coldnight

It's December. The goal is to find MELIA a home for Christmas. We can do this. Over 810 days waiting. Poor baby. A quiet adult only home, no dogs, cats are ok. 3.5 years old, around 50 lbs. Come on New York! Hempstead Animal Shelter (516) 785-5220 3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit Wantagh, NY 11793

Collared trogon. #birdoftheday #stripes #birds

When a poem becomes a prayer. Siegfried Sassoon (1934)

That really is stunning.

Want one Nanny.

An amazing photo by Lee Chapman. I love the size not just because of the flats/buildings around it but it’s so tiny. Also, they left the streetlight, how odd.

We’re excited to officially welcome back home Martha and Oka, along with their three pups: Ember, Proton, and Scuppernong!🐺🐾 Read more on our blog: nywolf.org/2025/11/crit...

Dog found the snow….

Schönes Wochenende, happy weekend 🌞 Vibrant moss with some ivy in a forest setting for #ColorADay #GreenSat 💚📷 #AlphabetChallenge #WeekVforVowels #moss #woodland #photography #nature #Scape

Look, a tiny bottle garden!

Some mossy peat from a recent trip to the Scottish Borders. Couldn’t get any closer because of the big river in the way. #moss #Scotland #nature #wildwalks

Everything Douglas Adams says.

#WhatHaveYouGotInYourPocket? I have: A piece of sea-rolled flint. A fragment of old pottery. A piece of old pipe stem. Collectively, they seem unsure

A subtle repair to one inner thigh of a pair of my two most comfy jeans. The fabric stitched to the inside goes all the way across to the pocket in the background, and is stitched with small stitches in and around the other hole near the pocket. I’ll do #sashiko over that tear soon. #CraftSky 🧶