THIRTY FIVE artists and makers under one roof showing their work. Wine, coffee, tea, sofas, jazz and buzz. Join us!

If you’d like the chance to support a brilliant cause and win my painting, Water Washed By Wind, please, please enter this prize draw! www.givewheel.com/fundraising/... There is an option for free entry, but all donations hugely appreciated. Thank you! 🙏 🙂

Hey, I listened to your wishes and the top two voted artworks are now available as signed prints for $45 (shipping included worldwide). I'm still building a website so we have to do it manually, so reach out in the DMs or comment if you're interested. Grab your prints today! Thanks in advance. 🙏🏽🙏🏽♥️

It's #buyastrangerabook day, and @melissaschuh.bsky.social will buy someone a book. Here are the rules. Wanna book? Not sure what? Let Melissa know the kinda stuff you like reading. She will then give you a choice of 4 books. Pick your favourite & Melissa will pay for it! UK only GO!

I just realised I have neglected to introduce my new grand-puppy. This chaos goblin is Luna, rescued from being given away for dog-fighting by Young'un's boyfriend The Boy is suddenly a baby-daddy and is trying very hard to do it well Young'un is a little taken aback but trying to be supportive!

Some good news from Cornwall through the bird...

An intelligent, interesting piece raising a number of interesting points about fibre arts in general and local traditions in particular 🧶 LETTER: Shetland Stitch Club’s Helen Barwick asks Channel 4 to apologise for Game of Wool’s misrepresentation of Fair Isle knitting share.google/8w5M8JpC28Mp...

#books #bookswap #reading #jolabokaflod

Have you heard about "The Festive Big Green Book Swap"? It's ACE! You'll get sent a mystery book, based on the kind of stuff you like reading. You'll also get choc & a cuppa tea. And I can match you up with a new book buddy too if you like JOIN HERE! biggreenbookshop.com/index.php

Yesterday Young'un had her first ever stall at a craft fayre. She made cupcakes, cookies, cake pots, sweet bags and handmade cards and things sold really well. Super proud of her resilience and skill ☺️

From the Bird App this morning. Posting here as I know @amandamugford.bsky.social at least is in Cornwall and I may have other pals from there too @wozwoz.bsky.social I think? She's put it in local FB pages but every little helps, I reckon...

You've got to hand it to owls, really. Every other bird species goes for a really long face, owls go "Nah, wide as possible!" and now everyone thinks they're the smartest. Meanwhile corvids are all like "Old moonhead is 'the clever one'? What the hell, guys!"

Drawing Mayor Zohran Mamdani, because why not.

psst... *anyone looking for books? I can sort you out. No questions asked. Hardbacks, paperbacks. I can even get you spiral bound ones (if that's what you're into). All sent out discreetly in brown packages. Your little reading habit's safe with me. Message me. You know you want to*

Living as we do on a heavy clay soil we're blessed with some stunning oak trees. Very much at their autumn best now, with the sun coming out of the mist to give them a golden glow 🍂 🌳 #ViewFromTheVan

Also, if anyone is visiting from 1991 and needs a cover for their shoegaze EP, I may be able to help...

New post on the Frugal Family Historian blog. Free records for Remembrance weekend, YouTube, podcasts. It's all about researching, and picking up new skills. Learn more, do more, spend nothing. #GenHour scotsancestors.blogspot.com/2025/11/lear...

Making some slippers because it's quick and satisfying and I want to try out a method I read about for making some grippy soles using felt and fabric paint. One and a half completed so far - two strands of yarn and a 5mm hook, then a standard toe-up sock pattern #crochet 🧶

This account smells like cake and yarn storage.

Every time you repost this, and angel gets its wings.

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Step inside our Christmas online shop, where every sale helps a rescue animal at our sanctuary✨ Each gift & decoration is handsculpted using fleece gently sheared from our rescue sheep & recycled, artisan materials Please share! 🐏 Shop here: minimotleysanctuary.etsy.com #rescueanimals #handmade

Young'un has completed this year's pumpkins 😎 #CraftSky

Sorting through tile stock, test pieces and seconds. The beginnings of planning some mosaic pieces and likely workshops next year. Would this be of interest to you? #whatsontheworkbench #studiodays

This is the sort of social history rabbit hole thread I absolutely adore, but it's also really important...

This was so witty and human. What an absolute hero. open.substack.com/pub/bestforb...

As part of my work for Thriving Autistic, I have helped develop these resources from community feedback What would you add?

Warble.

Sending a golden autumn sky and some thoughts out into the universe for @amandamugford.bsky.social We're thinking of you and here if you need us From your Bluesky pals xxx

This is a tea plant. Tea leaves are made from its leaves. It is organic. My village is at an altitude of 1200 meters, but the tea plant shown in this photo is at an altitude of about 1600 meters, higher than my village. This is a photo taken on the way while trekking to Deurali. #nepal #pokhara

Did a little photoshoot for my latest blanket #crochet 🧶 It's the Fiber Spider's Filet blanket using Aldi rainbow yarn cakes and leftover balls of odds and ends

This is a screen grab from my DNA "Highlights" after the recent Ancestry ethnicity estimate update. Some actual Irish locations for the first ever time in any kind of evidence! #GenHour

Here begins a load of old photos from the Lost in a Landscape series, some I wrote about, some I didn’t, and the book will happen one day, but other stuff is going on, so not now. Seawall Eccles, Norfolk. #LostinaLandscape

Can we throw my Young'un a bit of cake appreciation? She spent 5 hours crafting this three-layer red velvet cake for Mr H's birthday tomorrow and she's just said she's "not sure if it's professional enough". She's 17 and did this entirely on her own. (I've taste tested, it's delicious!) #CakeSky

OUR ETSY SHOP IS OPEN! ✨ Please take a look if you’d like to do some autumnal shopping with us — each gift & decoration is hand-sculpted, hand-stitched & completely unique! We’d so appreciate your support as every sale helps our animal sanctuary: minimotleysanctuary.etsy.com ❤️ #etsyshop #handmade

Young'un asked me to put a face on her crocheted pumpkin 🧶 🎃 Who am I to argue? 😁

Are you looking for an unforgettable gift? We handsculpt unique gifts & decorations using the fleece gently sheared from our rescue sheep 🐑 We handstitch artisan crowns using rare, vintage & recycled materials—to bring joy & sparkle ✨ Every order helps our sanctuary: minimotleysanctuary.etsy.com

My SIGNED copies of "Coming Home" by cricketing legend Freddie Flintoff turned up today. In the book, Freddie Flintoff zeroes-in on the crucial moments that made him. Order a copy HERE! www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...

Am recuperating from the plague nicely and have felt fit enough to return to my hooks and yarn 🧶 I appear to have sprouted a goodly crop this year! #crochet

We couldn’t resist sharing one of our creations with you tonight —our fellow animal lovers Tomorrow our online shop opens at 7pm (BST) full of handmade gifts & decorations made at our animal sanctuary.. like Lulu here! Please do some Christmas shopping with us if you can ✨ #animalsanctuary #mouse

If you'd like to come along to the zine launch on Thursday 16th October then we'd love to see you - it's entirely free - just register for free tickets using the link below. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dartmoor-c...

I have been gifted my 6th bout of Covid, this time from Young'un who we think caught it in college. Luckily she's over the worst so has been bringing me cups of tea and biscuits all day while I napped on the sofa and listened to Storm Amy outside. If I didn't feel like crap it would be quite cosy!

It always seems to be wet when I venture up to York recently but that doesn't stop the Minster from being an Absolute Stunner

The young oak tree that grows opposite our front door is loaded with acorns this year Such a lovely thing to see when you step outside 😊

Hey Bluepals. Today I launched a Crowdfunder with the amazing @gracequantock.bsky.social The aim is to get Grace's book "Living Well with Chronic Illness" into health centres across the UK. Please share / support this. I'd really appreciate this. Ta. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/86e1e73e29...

Today I'm launching a Crowdfunder with the incredible Grace Quantock. The aim of this is to get Grace's book "Living Well with Chronic Illness" into health centres across the UK. We be so grateful for your support. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/86e1e73e29...

If you see this, post a bridge *I am well placed for this one!

It's pumpkin season #crochet 🧶 (Pop me a DM if you're in need of one...!)

So often we ask for, or pick up, our 'usual' beer, when we should remember how much variety there is out there. Try something different (maybe local, 0%, seasonal or just plain strange), next time you fancy a beer.

Clouds and stars on Glastonbury Tor. Taken early hours of the morning.