This is a fantastic resource from @nicmiller.bsky.social featuring the gift ideas that she mentioned on our @suffolksound.bsky.social show yesterday… plus lots more. (Thank you, Nic).💚🎄

A House Sparrow sketch for today's #ArtAdventCalendar and a plug for the BTOs Garden BirdWatch. Gardens are important for wildlife and by keeping a weekly list we can all help provide data for science Find out more at www.bto.org/our-science/... and @btobirds.bsky.social #birds #art #birdart

A scene from yesterday’s lunchtime show. @nicmiller.bsky.social is never knowingly underprepared. 🙂 Always a fabulous contributor. The show is now available on Listen Again at listenagain.suffolksound.com/player/wedne... #foodgifts #cookbooks #experiences #eastanglianproduce

Tune in to @suffolksound.bsky.social at noon tomorrow for my food slot with @karencannard.bsky.social - two hours of chat about the best cookbooks, culinary experiences, food, drinks, and *things* to buy for cooks and eaters. We'll be focusing on Suffolk makers/producers/places too!

Charity Super.Mkt to open more pop-ups amid rising demand for secondhand clothes

My November column in this week’s @buryfreepress.bsky.social. Grrring at shops playing Christmas music so early in November - plus some feel-better ways to approach the festive season itself. #simplerchristmas #greenerchristmas #understandingothers #wellbeing #helpingnature

I wish I’d had @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com advice when I was in my twenties and thirties. He’s the fairy godfather of common sense that my old “shop till you drop” impulses needed back then.

The Abbey Gardens in Bury St Edmunds, leading the way with banana plant protection. Growing banana plants? Protect them now. Winter is coming.

I love my Welsh folk - apparently Black Friday is referred to as Dydd Gwener y Gwario Gwirion (Silly Spending Friday). #blackfriday #dyddgwenerygwariogwirion

An unseasonal-esque glimpse at what’s still flowering in the garden this week. The begonias are now coming to an end. The roses are still in bud. #suffolk

What the heck. This makes me wonder if @fossilheads.bsky.social have somehow sucked my inner monologue out of my head. Indeed, Merry Crisis, all.

This is so wonderful

Saw in a charity shop this evening. Couldn’t resist. Almost got charged £3k extra though as the code for my extra donation got translated into ££££. #joelycett #parsnipsbuttered

Welcome to Bluesky, @sbghousemartins.bsky.social. Good to see you here.

The Grinch riding on a unicorn. Now there’s something that channels my November into December cheer.

Looking forward to this, @nicmiller.bsky.social. Always joyful. Always knowledgeable. Always unexpected moments. Can’t wait. 🤩 See you next Wednesday for 12pm.

If you haven’t discovered DisCOVERability on @suffolksound.bsky.social, have a listen. Every Weds at 9am. Today’s show with @robdunger.bsky.social highlighted the importance of Alt Text & so much more. Kicking myself I forgot to add to my earlier photo. listenagain.suffolksound.com/player/wedne...

🌲CHRISTMAS BEDDING🎄 What's the point? Do you decorate your bed and sleep between festive sheets? Message @Suffolk_Sound between 10-12noon today and let me know your Festive Bedding thoughts!! Text 07456 470 771 Or let me know below 👇 👍 Pls share 😘

Latest Watershed Investigations reveal - 16,000 chemicals identified as present in plastics - 4200 are known hazardous chemicals - 10,000 have never been robustly tested, so it's unknown if they're safe. So let's revisit the world of plastic.. eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/...

Seats awaiting seats. No empty benches over on Platform 1 to Cambridge. Then again, they don’t have a waiting room. #traintravel #platform2 #burystedmunds #suffolk #offtoFelixstowe #radioday #suffolksound

Yes please. #makeitstatutory #itmatters

Join our friendly group *tomorrow* night – Weds 27 November at 6pm. At the One Bull, Bury St Edmunds – probably the best pub in town. Eventbrite link is in my Profile on here, or just DM if you're wanting to hear some more info. Look forward to seeing some of you then. Ads ✌️

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My favourite photo of the week. I visited Jubilee Farm today for some recordings for the show tomorrow on www.suffolksound.com. Chickens will be making an appearance and yes I was henpecked. 🙂🐓 #regenerativefarming #westsuffolk #suffolksound

@chriswiley.bsky.social hooray! Welcome. 👏👏👏

Meet some of nature’s waste disposal experts. Do you know that an army of insects is busy cleaning and tidying; processing all kinds of waste, composting dead plants & fertilising soil. The world would be in a real mess without them. Please avoid using pesticides which may harm them!

So Alexa asked about Christmas shopping. Looks like the standard division that we’ve become accustomed to.

If you are wondering when the murmurations start at Lackford Lakes, Suffolk Wildlife Trust, this is the sign you have been looking for! Albeit a rather dreadful photo, about 2,000 starlings flying overhead at dusk today. #Starlings #starlingmurmuration #Suffolk #Wildlife #SuffolkWildlifeTrust

On a 17-hour train journey I glimpsed our future – and it was ugly | Zoe Williams

The devastation in Pontypridd and the South Wales valleys has been awful. The former mining landscapes bring added danger. Thinking of all those affected by the floods and landslides. #stormbert #climatebreakdown

Starting with creating a wildlife village, then studying for an environmental masters degree, followed by working for a wildlife trust. I loved hearing about a mid-career switch this evening. A new career driven by the nature crisis and a passion to help. #careerchangefornature

Two architectural beauties of Bury St Edmunds - Theatre Royal and the Greene King brewery. Dramatic neighbours.

The perfect emergency side-eye. 👀🤩

If you’re in need of some Vitamin Sea on a cold late day in autumn, here are a few snaps from my route to and from the Suffolk Sound radio studio.

If you’re not following @adamdriver.bsky.social already, you should. One of the loveliest people I know. As an intro… his thoughts on @bsky.app #bluesky #twitter

Thank you to @robdunger.bsky.social for today’s Facebook Live on Suffolk Sound (a total first for me 😀). Chatting to Craig Renton & Santa about a Reduce Reuse Recycle Christmas and also the Operation Santa charity auction. #suffolk #radio www.facebook.com/share/v/S5Qk...

Such a fun show this lunchtime. A big thank you to Suffolk Waste Partnership’s Craig Renton and Santa for sharing their top tips for a Reduce, Reuse and Recycle kind of Christmas - taking time out from their busy schedules. Now available on Listen Again💚 listenagain.suffolksound.com/player/wedne...

Did you know England’s original patron saint was St. Edmund, not St. George? Kate Viscardi explains how his story is woven into East Anglian history. We should re-adopt him and bring a much-needed November 20th holiday! #StEdmund #PatronSaint #History eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/hi...

When the train is late on a freezing cold day, of course I’m going to give the train driver a cheery wave, showing my gratitude for their eventual arrival. In other news, Bury St Edmunds station now has bird safe bins. Bless them, the hungry local gulls used to chuck litter all over the place.

Friends who remember me from my “Rubbish Diet” days over on Twitter, you can still find me talking “rubbish”. Search for www.suffolksound.com and join me for today’s lunchtime show where I’ll be chatting with Craig from the Suffolk Waste Partnership about Christmas bin slimming tips.

A timely annual highlight of the year is the @martinlewismse.bsky.social PRENUPP. It’s the non-gift gift that keeps on giving. What a fab video from viewer David too.

Thought you might like to have a play and share this #green #careers resource … it’s FREE , works nice and easily on your mobile too ! We need more young people going into #netzero jobs and green careers pathways .. it starts here with The Green Buzz nationalcareersweek.com/green-buzz/

As a child, I always wondered why my nan wore a hat indoors. In my fifties, I no longer wonder. My hat is on as it’s flippin’ cold even with the heating on and extra layers. Now feeling quite cosy. The hat wins.

Hello, @greenadventures.bsky.social. Lovely to meet you.

Today’s whole new learning experience was visiting our local FE college to see how Architecture students and T level Construction students were finding out about greener construction methods. Here they’re learning how to construct a Passive Eco Wall. #sustainability #construction #education

Another fabulous walk. Thank you, @adamdriver.bsky.social. The autumnal colours today were also spectacular.

Today, I got very excited about locally made reusable Christmas crackers. Hello BlueSky friends. Lovely to be here.👋 More musings you didn’t need coming your way soon. 🎉