Poems for this befuddling in-between time
#BetwixtmasBirds #NatureWriting
Poems for this befuddling in-between time
#BetwixtmasBirds #NatureWriting
Poems for this befuddling in-between time
#BetwixtmasBirds #NatureWriting
Poems for this befuddling in-between time
#BetwixtmasBirds #NatureWriting
Poems for this befuddling in-between time
#BetwixtmasBirds #NatureWriting
Regulus regulus Highlighter crown. Yellow for a princess, orange for her prince, fluffed-up monarch in miniature, glowering goldcrest. Caught, capsized, topsy-turvy-ed by teasel, jailed for greed for that one-more seed.
Poems for this befuddling in-between time
#BetwixtmasBirds #NatureWriting
Essential reading for any Christmas Eve worth its salt π Merry Christmas to those who celebrate! ππ #Bookvent #ChristmasReads #HolidayTraditions #LiteraryMagic #WritersOfInstagram #ReadersOfInstagram #FestiveReads #Bookvent2025 #ChristmasEve #TheNightBeforeChristmas
'Tis the season to cozy up with your to-read pile! ππ
What's on yours? Here's mine:
π The Winter Book - Tove Jansson
π The Rose Field - Philip Pullman
π Ness - Robert MacFarlane & Stanley Donwood
π The Book of Lost Things - John Connolly
π The Bedlam Stacks - Natasha Pulley
#WinterReads
Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos and artwork of seabirds to brighten up timelines. Here is my contribution; a Puffin & Razorbill on Isle of May #SuperSeabirdSunday
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π Among the Burning Flowers
πΉ A Dance of Lies
π΅The Great When
π As Many Souls as Stars
π» Aftertaste
π₯ Dawn of the Firebird
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Basket of festive snippings- holly, ivy & a few haw berries
Had a potter up the lane for some Christmassing. Finches & fieldfare twittering & chattering in the gully by the sheepwash, fresh signs of badger & last nightβs fox, water glinting off the lane & dripping purple off the alders. Slowly slowly getting back out into the world.
π Happy Birthday to me! Celebrating with a signed copy of Philip Pullman's "The Rose Field". Lyra was my hero as a teenβanyone else nervous to finish her journey? Let's connect, fellow writers and readers, and share our love for storytelling. Thanks, Philip Pullman, for Lyra! πβ¨ #BookLovers #Writing
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I'd like to chat to one or two people, ideally women (I've already talked to a load of men) who've got into the Merlin app for identifying birdsong this year. For a nice positive story. Please drop me a line, thank you!