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Trying to figure out how to clone some of the fruit trees in my yard, and every bit of terminology sounds ripped from a grimdark fantasy novel. ⚡️ PREPARE THE SCION. 🎸 THE GRAFTING METHOD. 🤘🏽 READY THE ROOTS. I just want another apple tree, not trying to write a heavy metal album.

In light of the Unbound/Boundless situation (which I am not involved in) here’s a list of the warning signs the three times publishers did this to me. When you see it (no fault to the authors for sticking it out!) you may want to start preparing to sever the relationship.

The Unbound contract lists both non-payment and Unbound becoming insolvent as events that trigger rights reversion. Anyone who needs an assist with this, please let them know that they can email [email protected] and I'll give them the rundown on how to do it.

you befriend the crows nesting in your yard

So, I think it's time I begin, in detailed specifics, talking about the mess that is Unbound / Boundless as a book publisher, in essence stealing most of a years royalties from me and many other authors, as a result of poor financial decisions, and legal BS. Please read and share this thread.

The Otter version of Watership Down would DEFINITELY have characters in it called Drylla and Skovie 🦦 😄 🦦

Continuing the theme of insect rescue - this little dude somehow got stuck between the glass and fly screen. Literally throwing hands when I came over with my speaker on (maybe he wasn't a Sleep Token fan 🤷🏻‍♀️). Successfully rehomed in the garden 🌿

My @criticalrole.bsky.social watching history has been very chaotic. Started on C2, did C1, & now I've been doing all the oneshots, EXU, & reunions before I start C3 (my DM is my CR guide for optimal watch order without accidental spoilers). 1/2

Start your Saturday off with...

After the meal, there were barley scones, Guosim cheese, and crusty rye bread for those still wanting to nibble.

Say hello to my little friends

Listening to our blackbirds is one of my favourite things in the garden ♥️ (Admittedly, the other dominant voices are the cockatoos, which frankly make it feel like Jurassic Park. Different vibes entirely.)

Anyway I gave Baba Yaga mouse a tiny bloody mary because I can do whatever I want.

At the risk of making us all sad

Noticed a flash of movement when I was at the gym. This rainbow lorikeet wasn't letting the rain stop it from getting its dinner

Commission work done for manatapthat 💜 #warcraft #warcraftoc #commissionart

A Blue Bell

This is a great point, but also...what a goober! (affectionate)

My painting TIDAL WETLANDS

My painting COASTAL EXPLORERS

Perfection takes time 🥱🌳

Reckoning 🗡️ Lucanis piece commissioned by my patron, Sarah! #DragonAge #Lucanis #Veilguard

The women’s health initiative has followed tens of thousands of women for more than 30 years and provided invaluable information on topics like hormone replacement and cancer. Jay Bhattacharya cutting this program will not only hurt women, it’s also just a colossal waste to lose such an investment.

I used to love when my blackbird and robin foremen came along to check on things when I was gardening in St Andrews 😍🌱

What small, wild thing has caught your eye this week? The bright flash of an Orange-tip? A blossom? A bird on the breeze? Let's enjoy the little things. #ThoughtfulThursday

neighborhood so affluent the owls say “Whom?”

CONGRATS MYR MY LOVE SO WELL-DESERVED!!!!!!!! 🥳🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉 thanky much for the share!!!! HI IM KATE I like drawing fantasy/ttrpg characters and WOMEN!!!!!!!

Would you like to volunteer as a juror for the British Fantasy Awards? Apply here forms.gle/7y5prY9AsKXu... by 9th May. You do not need to be a member of the BFS to serve as a juror

Floof alert! One of spring’s sweetest sights - a mama mallard waddling by with a fluffy parade of ducklings in tow! 😍 Mallards usually lay their eggs from March to July. 🐣 #DailyDoseOfNature

Icarus! --- The process and speedpaint for this piece (and many more) are on Patreon. Hope you enjoy! I had so much fun working on this one <3 #greekmythology #art #fantasyart #illustration #fantasyillustration #icarus

Quick thread of lost and forgotten words that we need to bring back: “Overmorrow,” the day after tomorrow, and “yesterneve,” yesterday evening. “Nodcrafty”: to nod along sagely when someone is talking, despite not having a clue what they’re banging on about.

Went outside to take the air, get a bit of sunshine. Almost walked face first into a spider web. Discovered bird poo is acidic enough to mark "stainless" steel. Went back inside.

A pencil #drawing of an orange that looks so realistic, you might think it’s about to roll off the page!

Doing my best to resist the immediate temptation to go bake now 😂🤤

We are so painfully close to being fully funded! #Fensguide crashed through the 200 backer milestone today and we only need a few more people get their hands on a copy of the PDF to put us over the top. Please check it out and support #humanart 💛 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ska... #dnd #ttrpg

✨Audentes fortuna iuvat!✨ This was incredibly fun to draw 🌚 #kcd #kcd2 #kingdomcomedeliverance2 #kingdomcome #hanscapon #henryofskalitz #hansry #fanart

He stuffed himself with toasted acorn and chestnut scones, slices of woodland plum spice cake, cucumber sandwiches, a chestnut, mushroom 'n' leek pasty, and a large tankard of nutbrown ale.

The OTP that got me writing fanfic to begin with #zutara #atla #fandoms #fanfic

so they're mycoblogging

Pens down, swords up!⚔️ It's been so thrilling and challenging to participate in Writing Battle Wonder 2025! I've learnt new things from other writers, & enjoyed the challenge of the prompts and word limit. With writing over, it's time for our pieces duel! En garde!🤺 #booksky #writingcompetition

Put the finishing touches on this great hall and hunting lodge of the wyrmslayers 🐉 ⚔️ #isometric #map #dungeonanddragons #ttrpg

Allium ursinum - or wild garlic, ramsons, cowleekes, cows's leek, cowleek, buckrams, broad-leaved garlic, wood garlic, bear leek, Eurasian wild garlic or bear's garlic

Mmmm! I smell hot latticed apple pie with meadowcream and beechnut cake, and scones, fresh from the oven too, with damson jam spread on them.

agora eu entendo......

Glaurmir, The Ancient. Watercolour on illustration board. Prints available here: www.emilyhare.co.uk/collections/... #dragon #dragons #dragonart #art #fantasyart #folklore #fairytale

Purple Horned Drake - an old one from my first book, Strangehollow. You can still get a copy here: www.emilyhare.co.uk/collections/... #dragon #dragonart #watercolour #painting

Big Boi with little guy

From end to end the trestle tables groaned under the array of fresh breads, salads, cheeses, and tarts at the outer edges. Further in, there were platters of scones, tarts, cakes, and pies, each with a different filling, most topped with whipped honey or rosecream.

At this time of year you can smell our woodland a long time before you get there