It doesn't seem that long since the kids were making the best of the snow in our street. I swear the year turns faster every year. And now we get our first bit of warm weather and some fool has just coined the phrase ' Barbecue Easter'. Guess this is the last we'll see of the sun this year. You can tell Spring is here though as this blackbird completely ignores the food we put out, choosing instead to pull out a strand of my sister's red hair. Nest building underway.
Time to leave Etsy?
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My Crafty Green Magpie Shop has been open on Etsy for nine years now. I
also for a while had a separate Crafty Green Poet shop (for handmade items
only) ...
Lieam with the Black Axe
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For my new Sketchbook 'Axe Wielders' I created a new illustration of Lieam
with the Black Axe and a runic 11 (as he is the 11th wielder of the ancient
we...
Share Your "Best of Bowland" Photos This Summer
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Banner image:
[image: Image credit Mark Harder - 2024 Competition prize winner]
Descripton:
We'd love you to send us a photograph of what makes Bowland spe...
Head In The Clouds
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Caitlyn emailed me from Princeton ‘I am delighted to let you know about
this one-of-a-kind illustrated guide to clouds, cloud formations, and the
artists w...
Breaking the Silence
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posted by Neil Gaiman
Over the past many months, I have watched the stories circulating the
internet about me with horror and dismay. I’ve stayed quiet unt...
#WhatcanIdo Wednesdays
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In an attempt to compromise between saying nothing and saying everything
(with fury and outrage), I’m going to post once a week: a series of citizen
respon...
Apologies….
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I’ve been more than remiss in communication. As you may know I had round #2
with cancer–breast cancer—which I got out of with a lumpectomy and no
complicat...
[Newsletter] Hollywood Ending
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I’m currently working on the ending (which with me can mean I still have
hundreds of pages to write) of The Navigator’s Children, book three of the
current...
2018 My Year with Cancer
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First of all, apologies to anyone who commented on the last post I did and
didn't get a reply. For some reason all the comments got lost.
This is the firs...
Florida Scrub-jay
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[image: Florida Scrub-jay]
The Florida Scrub-jay is a rather unique bird. This member of the Corvidae
family is found only in central Florida. It is the on...
If you love me, why am I dying?
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Hey there, people-friends. I've been on the road, on the go, since early
September. Before that, since February, I was out in the boonies running
after s...
Social Media
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For the first time in history, we are able to sustain friendships, and
engage in conversations with groups of people, all over the world. I have
friends in...
SKYWATCH FRIDAY
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These are also from my archives from our trip to South Devon in England
last summer.
My thanks to the SkyWatch Team for hosting this wonderful meme.
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Stu The Frog
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Last year Phil and myself went to Mexico for the first time and decided to
have a go at snorkelling and scuba. We went snorkelling first at Akumal
beach ...
New Year, New Start
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Bright and early yesterday morning Alfie and I arrived at my newly
selected patch and got started. The area I've chosen is a square of quiet
country lanes...
LONDON! FOOL’S ASSASSIN!
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*Originally published at Robin Hobb. You can comment here or there.*
Well, I am safely arrived in my London hotel and I’ve even paid back a bit
of my sle...
SIGNING OFF
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After seven years of Mike Watson's Diary and more than 230,000 page views I
have decided it is time for a change. You can find my new website at
www.mikewa...
THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NAO (TROISIÉME ACTE)
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JANUARY 31
I remember waking to total darkness. The kind of darkness where you can't
even see your hands infront of your face. I couldn't even find my ph...
Gone but never forgotten
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This is Rachys mum, my beautiful daughter passed away at 20.45 on wednesday
26th october 2011, she was so brave as she knew time was running out, she
had e...
Dance of the Adders
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This spring, some of Devon’s snakes will engage in spectacular behaviour
known as the ‘dance of the adders’, when two vipers rise up and sway back
and for...
What a perfect shot, Michael...imagine being able to capture that hair so clearly!
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