@carriejoyhouse
Community engagement professional with an interest in: - Asset Based Community Development 🤝 - access to greenspace 🏞️ - nature's recovery 🌿 Studying for a CHE in Field Ecology 🐞 Also enjoys yarn crafts and beer. Not always at the same time. Views my own
Screenshot of the first two pages of the assessment. Machine readable version at link
This week the government quietly published a 'Global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security assessment': www.gov.uk/government/p...
Meant to be out last year, but rumoured to be blocked by Number 10: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The judgements are stomach-churning
A needle felted long-tailed tit that I made a few years ago. These guys tend to hang out in groups, and I always intended to make more. But for now he is just #one.
#BlueSkyArtShow #crafting #crafts #needlefelting
I love making things for friends and family over the Christmas #Holiday. This year I made mosaic crochet mug rugs 🧶
Pattern by Carol Anne Creates linktr.ee/carolannecre...
#BlueSkyArtShow #crochet
Glorious decor #inside Penrhyn Castle for the #BlueSkyArtShow. Photo taken September 2023.
#PenrhynCastle #NationalTrust
Photo of the Titanic museum in Belfast, showing two of the exterior walls which form the shape of a ship's hull. The cladding consists of silver aluminium triangular shards. There are 3000 unique shards across the building's exterior.
The #angles of the Titanic museum in Belfast echo the size and shape of the ship's hull. Interesting and symbolic #architecture for #BlueSkyArtShow
An open tin of ivy green emulsion paint sat on a cotton dust sheet, alongside a paintbrush, paint roller tray, paint sample card, and other decorating paraphernalia.
New #home in progress...
#BlueSkyArtShow
Standing slabs of jagged, grey rock, stretching in a line down to a blue-grey sea. Almost like the plates on a stegosaurus's back.
The #jagged rocks of Morte Point, on the North Devon coast. Photo taken September 2018. This part of Devon is known for its history of shipwrecks and smuggling.
#BlueSkyArtShow
A black and white cat with a distinctive smudge on its nose was found in Lostock Hall, Preston, PR5, on 26th July. Please message or call 07772485507 if this is your cat.
FOUND cat. Lostock Hall, Preston, UK, PR5. Contact the number if this is your cat. Proof of ownership required. Please share 🙏
#lostcat #foundcat #lostpet #foundpet
Crochet top for @paul-ds.bsky.social 🧶 Made from Rico Creative Cotton aran yarn
The perfect accompaniment for this afternoon's epic match. Vamos Carlos! 🔥 #wimbledon
A storage container which has been painted by an artist. The artwork features orchids, wild roses, campions, a peacock butterfly, and a bee. The container is under a concrete bridge.
Street art bringing #SummerDaze vibes to Belfast city 🌸
#BlueSkyArtShow #streetart
Some of the beautiful street art we spotted in Belfast last week
#belfast #streetart #urbanlandscape #streetartbelfast
Three puppeteers in black clothing operate a life-sized gorilla puppet made from cardboard and other materials. The gorilla appears to be running. There are people in the background enjoying the parade of animals.
A life-sized lion puppet made from cardboard and other similar materials.
A life-sized giraffe puppet is towering over a crowd of people on Pennington Flash golf course. The giraffe's upper body and neck can be seen above the heads of the people who are watching it walk through the crowd.
A life-sized baboon puppet is operated by two puppeteers dressed in black. The puppet is made from cardboard and is standing in the natural environment of Pennington Flash nature reserve.
Brilliant to see THE HERDS visit Pennington Flash this afternoon, a joint venture with Wigan Council and Manchester International Festival. These amazing creatures stopped at Wigan during their 20,000km journey to raise awareness of the #climatecrisis 🌍 🦒🦍🦓🐘
#theherds
Have your say about #Lancashire's Local Nature Recovery Strategy, which aims to support our natural environment
youtu.be/QuaMIMuHGn0
Another one for #BlueSkyArtShow, a bit closer to home. This #narrow footbridge is at Duxbury Woods near Chorley, Lancashire. Photo taken a few years ago - the tall tree has since fallen down
A #narrow street in Zadar Old Town, Croatia. I love exploring on foot when I go to a new place, so today's #BlueSkyArtShow feed is a treat
An oxeye daisy sheltering a tree bumblebee from the rain
An oak leaf with red galls on it - possibly made by a pea gall wasp
Ferns growing out of cracks in the stone blocks lining the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Two adult swans and a cygnet are swimming in the canal behind the plants.
A pale purple marsh orchid just starting to bloom
Some #UrbanPlants and their friends for #WildflowerHour. Plants provide vital habitat, food and shelter for urban wildlife. All photos taken at Wigan Flashes - part of the Flashes of Wigan and Leigh National Nature Reserve.
#nationalnatureserve #nnr #wigan #wiganflashes #ukwildlife #urbanwildlife
A small black, orange and white fluffy bumblebee, clinging to the underside of an oxeye daisy petal. There are raindrops on the flower and the surrounding grass.
A lil bee sheltering from the rain 🐝
#ukwildlife #nature #naturephotography #insect #invertebrate 🌍
Restharrow, everlasting pea and a bonus bee orchid for #WildFlowerHour 🌸 All photos taken today at RSPB Marshside in Southport
#peafamily #wildflower #orchid #britishwildlife
The sun setting over the sea in North Wales. The bright yellow-orange sun is just touching the horizon, and the clouds above it are wisps of orange and light grey. The beach is made from pebbles. In the slightly blurred foreground are two pairs of feet (this is me and my partner). The whole photo has a warm orange tone.
An especially #vibrant sunset captured on a Welsh beach in September 2023. It was like the air turned orange!
#BlueSkyArtShow #sunset #sunsetphotography #northwales
This is the pattern (and the place I bought it from) - www.blacksheepwools.com/products/car...
Finished knitting my cardigan 🧶 Made with Stylecraft Savannah, a lovely soft cotton yarn. Perfect cover-up for summer, I think 😊
Irreplaceable habitats are on the line. This is the reality if an unamended Part 3 of the Bill passes.
It must not.
Image of tower block in construction with overlaid text that reads: The new Planning and Infrastructure Bill WEAKENS the protection of nature. We DEMAND a rethink!
Fix the Planning Bill now!
The UK Government promised voters they would protect nature and build new towns "with nature at the heart". But now they're breaking those promises.
👉 Email your MP today to let them know that this isn't acceptable
action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/171483/...
#Underneath the duga radar at Chernobyl. Photo taken in 2019.
#BlueSkyArtShow
A few more for #WildFlowerHour, seen this week near Boscastle in Cornwall. Including a stunning Cornish hedge putting on a #WildFlowerShow 😍
#bloomscrolling
Coastal beauties for #WildFlowerHour 😍 Spotted this week on a trip to Boscastle, Cornwall
Two mushroom, walnut and stilton pasties, a punnet of fresh Cornish strawberries, one can and one bottle of Cornish lager, all laid out on a picnic bench. Blue sea and rugged cliffs are stretching into the distance behind.
Epic picnic with a view
Can we vote for Baby Lasagna vs Käärijä? #Eurovision
Sand just doing its thing #texture #BlueSkyArtShow