Happy #InternationalWomensDay! 🎈 To help you celebrate, we've put together a booklist featuring stories of inspirational women. Find it here, and let us know which books you would recommend 👇 https://www.booktrust.org.uk/book-recommendations/booklists/celebrating-inspirational-women/

📢 Could your book club do something amazing and help get children reading? #ClubTogether for BookTrust by getting your free fundraising pack and hosting a bookish bonanza! What will you choose to do? Get more info here 👇 https://bit.ly/4rWA2hL

A few more wood anemone pieces from the shop 🍃

Beautiful wood anemones are starting to appear so I’m looking forward to seeing lots of these very soon. They spread slowly and are a good indicator of ancient woodland. There are also some in my little shop tamzincavendish.co.uk #Art #Nature #Wildflowers

A Billion Dollars a day spent on war, can you imagine what a Billion Dollars a day spent on Peace could do ☮️

Happy International Women's Day! Here are some Zulu women mat weaving. The card was printed in Germany. It is for sale in our store, here www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12752580...

Today's Flighty's plot blog post is This post... - flightplot.wordpress.com/2026/03/08/t... 🌱 #UKGardening

#RebeccaWest #BookSky

Good morning! How are you holding up? What are you up to today? The flowers of our pieris are opening. It is always the earliest of the landscape shrubs to open around here. I haven't caught any bumblebee queens on it yet, but any day now!

My latest guest is not impressed. 🙀😻🐈‍⬛

Large volumes of fresh moss being collected from the builders' merchant at the moment, #Wrens #Nestbuildng #Nature

Morning all. It’s a dull cloudy day here but these daffodils are bringing a pop of colour. Trying to work up some enthusiasm to start the bathroom decorating. Maybe I’ll just have another cup of tea. Have a super day everyone 😊🌱

If you get a chance, go and see this. It’s definitely the feel good movie of the year so far. I can guarantee you’ll come out smiling. #MothersPride 🎬🎦🎥🍿

I’ve just watched a diminutive figure in a bright red anorak, crossing a nearby field. They went behind an oak tree … and never reemerged. #Don’tLookNow

Well that's a no-brainer....

An observation test for your inner 8-year-old. Can you spot 12 deliberate mistakes? From Treasure magazine, 1965 Official answers coming soon (Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)

Good morning. The lads are here to wish you a peaceful Saturday. Take care and have a lovely day. 💚 #Caturday #Cats #CatsOfBluesky

The European Robin holds a deep, significance in folklore as a protector of the dead, often linked to the care of souls and the covering of unburied bodies. This belief is cross-cultural, with the robin seen as a compassionate intermediary between the living and the dead. #SmallBirdSaturday #Birds

The Cottonmill allotments have been affected by new abstraction limits imposed by the Environment Agency which restrict the amount of water Affinity Water can extract from the River Ver. Pump switched off = allotments flooded. stalbanstimes.co.uk/cottonmill/a...

Bumper catkin season triggers early hay fever surge thedirt.news/bumper-catki...

This is very sad. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Just sharing this again as this is currently the only social media I have (for now). It isn’t easy getting anything noticed at the moment and it’s a colourful, spring-like little break from all of the bad news out there. So if you’re feeling generous then please share the original post? 💚

It's #WorldBookDay, but did you know that reading can make a particular difference to children in kinship care, foster care and adoption? Find out how in our new film #StoriesThatConnectUs, which features the words of real families. Watch now: https://bit.ly/3MKWKtY

Childhood reading leaves scars. When I was lounging on the sofa, watching Scooby-Doo, I always had the uneasy feeling that my school holidays should look like this instead #WorldBookDay Artist: AN Buchanan

As I work on this icon, with rain drumming on the studio roof, I think about all the hedgehogs curled up asleep in their leafy beds. If you’re tidying up your garden please check carefully in all the places they might be before using the dreaded strimmer.

Today's Flighty's plot blog post is I've been plotting - flightplot.wordpress.com/2026/03/05/i... 🌱 #UKGardening

To us, World Book Day is about the legacy of a great story. Time to celebrate the quiet power of the written word and the timeless worlds we inhabit together. 📖✨ #WorldBookDay2026 #GoAllIn

Happy World Book Day! What are you reading today? literacytrust.org.uk/about-us/wor...

🌱 #insectThursday A beautiful Crocus with the tiniest critter which I think might be a pollen beetle. I am off to Wisley for a staff and volunteer update from the DG. Then because the sun is shining a long walk to forget about the world!

Just to cement my role as local dippy hippy: this morning a neighbour caught me saying ‘Hello! You look so pretty! Thank you!’ to a pot of violas on my doorstep! Well, why not? Manners should extend to all living things, don’t you think?

Do you have a corner of land which could be suitable? Interested? Contact us for an initial discrete discussion. Our team includes experienced landowners, involved in the buying and selling of land for over 35 years. (The charity is entirely non-profit and we do not engage in land-banking)

Somebody tell me about Substack? Is it primarily for mobile phones?

"...two-year break has become four years and the displaced plot holders are still waiting for news of when they will be able to return"

All my Pen and Sword titles are currently 30% off! www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Sue-Wilkes/a... #sale #history

Oh, hello.

When developers started building hundreds of new houses on farmland near me, one of the "benefits" was a new local health centre, which was included in the plans. In classic UK style though, such infrastructure didn't get built and now the land is up for sale. www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...

Non-profit Allotment Sites: rent goes straight back into the good of the allotment site. For-profit Allotment Sites: rent goes straight into the pocket of the person providing the allotments. We aren't aware of anyone buying a private jet from the profits but they could if they wanted to.

Still no frogs...#pondwatch I know there are frogs about (I've seen them in my polytunnel), but for a reason yet to be discovered I just can't seem to entice them over to my pond. Im wondering if it's too deep (there are stepping rocks), too exposed (I've added in grasses to the parameter)?

I'm thinking of starting up a blog to share my gardening (non frog updates!) and 100 plant ID count news. Is WordPress or Substack better these days? #blogging #gardening #wildflowers

This.

The prompt for today's #BirdOfTheDay is 'side view'. This little wren was painted looking to the left and perched on a branch. #Birds #Nature #OriginalArt #TraditionalArt

We have an amazing array of wildlife which make the Royal Parks their home 🦢 🐛 🦌 🦔 On World Wildlife Day why not share some of your favourite wildlife photos from the parks 🔽

Hello. Does anyone know about Belgian trains? If I book tickets ahead of time and book onto a particular train/trains and end up getting an earlier or later one, is the ticket still valid? On the Belgian train website it seems to want you to book a specific train time.

“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.” Seneca The world can feel so very cruel. Choosing kindness is strength in action. 🧡 #kindness #positivity #humanness #SelfCompassion Picture by @joyfulsmolthings

Today's Flighty's plot blog post is On the windowsill - early March 2026 - flightplot.wordpress.com/2026/03/01/o... 🌱 #UKGardening