Linda Daunter

Printed sheet of paper for recording results of the Big Plastic Count, 9 to 15 March, fixed to fridge door with a magnet in the shape of a highland cow.

All set for the #BigPlasticCount this week.

I do try to avoid unnecessary plastic packaging but have a horrible feeling I won't be throwing away much less than I did this time last year 🙄

There's still time to sign up here thebigplasticcount.com

Good one!

Thank you!

snoopy and woodstock are dancing together on a white background . Alt: Snoopy and Woodstock are smiling and dancing together, with music and heart symbols and the word YAY around them. The caption Happy Dance is at the bottom.

Guess whose 75 words are on www.paragraphplanet.com today!

#FlashFiction #Microfiction

If your brain needs waking up today ... 🔽

Very nice! 😍

A cream coloured fleece jacket is hanging from a garden fork stuck in a patch of untidy garden next to a brick wall. The gardener was too hot wearing it! In the foreground there is a ground level circular bird bath.

I can hear my grandad warning, 'Don't cast a clout till May is out,' but here I am #gardening without a coat on 4th March!

In the background, my grandmother is shaking her head and saying,'We'll pay for it later.'

#ClimateChange or #OldWivesTales ?

Variant Lit is open for submissions of prose and poetry. Photo by staff member of the moon in the trees in the pacific northwest.

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Beautiful poem Helen.

A large pink and white striped amaryllis flower - or is it a hippeastrum? - in a small white plant pot on a windowsill.

My little bright spot on this otherwise dark (in all senses) day.

#amaryllis #houseplant

Looks good!

👏 Great to see Climate and Nature Crisis Caucus Vice-Chair @pippaheylings.bsky.social introduce a Bill to protect chalk streams today in Parliament. We urge the Government to support her plan before we irreversibly harm these globally rare habitats.

👇 Hear more about Pippa's Bill below.

That's why I had a Welsh dad!

A clump of bright yellow daffodils.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Happy St David's Day!

Sadly, my little tale didn't rise anywhere near the top, but having read the winner and runners up I understand why.

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Newly opened dandelion flower rising above a tangle of dandelion leaves and grass.

First dandelion!
Not the first I've seen this year, but the first in my garden - so that makes it special!

#dandelion #wildflower #gardening

We all say thank you up here in Lancashire!

I went on a double decker train in Australia. Brilliant!

Something I love?
Coming across a random #BlueSky post with comments that all make me smile and confirm my belief that 99.9% of humans are good, kind people who appreciate living on this beautiful planet.

Congratulations!

a woman is sitting on a bed reading a magazine called woman 's world Alt: A woman is flicking through a magazine and then looks over it at someone or something else.

Something I miss from pre-Covid days - magazines in waiting rooms. Recently had several doctor & hospital visits and it took a while to realise why the waits were so boring!

Has your doctor, dentist, hairdresser etc brought back a magazine pile or are they now a thing of the dim and distant past?

Upside down glass bottles - clear, green, blue and brown - used as borders for raised vegetable beds.

Glass bottles for raised beds.

" ... the cabinet member responsible for Lancashire’s libraries said that he took the decision to end the participation citing it not being ‘an appropriate use of taxpayers’ money.'
This is despite the accreditation being free."

(Guess who I'm not voting for at the next election!)

Beautiful and useful 😍

Photo of colourful sunset sky above silhouetted rooftops and trees.

Wow!
First colourful sunset I've seen for ages. Here's hoping the forecast is right and we'll have some sunshine tomorrow - even if it is cold!

a boy in a black and white sweater is holding a fish in his hand Alt: Video of a young boy spinning around and then falling to the ground.

This week's BIG question:
Why don't ice skaters get dizzy?

Love watching them, but no idea how they do it!
#WinterOlympics

Lucky you!
Male blackbirds have been busy chasing each other out of my garden, sorting out their territories, but I haven't heard any singing yet.

What would your last paragraph be? 🤔