A lover of nature, the natural world and our Great British weather. Owned by one sassy, chatty rescued cat. Be kind and don't forget - a smile costs nothing 😃
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Rachel is a fabulous artist.
I'm lucky enough to have one of her originals.
Please support her and treat yourself or someone who loves nature to one of her beautiful calendars. xx
So my subtle attempts to advertise my calendar have fallen on deaf ears so here goes...
***BUY MY CALENDAR!!!***
watercoloursbyrachel.co.uk
#watercolours #giftideas #supportartists
#smallbusiness
#calendar2027
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I hate asking but I'm running really low on some essential items, specifically blue rolls, syringes & saline pods ....but any item would be greatly appreciated, or you can make a small donation via my PayPal account,
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I went to check out Monkton nature reserve and there's lots going on this October half term for the kids 😁💚
#monktonnaturereserve
I love everything about this painting and would happily have it on my wall.😍
Staying in Birdland
This Happy couple are ably painted by
Terence James Bond
British artist
(Suffolk)
@helen_warlow #Art
Ha,ha, the Merlin bird app has just identified Blossom as a long eared owl 🦉😹
To be fair, it did put a red dot beside it to show it wasn't sure 🤣
#OwlCat #IllNameThatTuneIn .... #WhatAHoot
The wonder of Nature.
Just 16 minutes divided these two very different looks in our fabulous and dramatic #ThanetSkies this evening.
#CloudCollector
How gorgeous with a beautiful accompanying words.
This evenings #WildflowerHour challenge is #seedheads.
Making this meadow mandala slowed me down, each seedhead asking to be closely noticed before finding its place.
I cherish seedheads as much as flowers. A flower speaks of the moment; a seedhead holds the future.
#Meadow
ALT A circular mandala carefully arranged from seedheads gathered in our meadow on a soft grey background. Wild carrot, willowherb, knapweed, hogweed and other dried stems radiate from a central seedhead, surrounded by papery pink-purple honesty seedpods and tiny seeds.
ALT The meadow seedhead mandala viewed at a slight angle, annotated in my handwritten script with arrows identifying honesty, knapweed, wild carrot, agrimony, hogweed, hawkbit, willowherb and corky-fruited water-dropwort.
After weeks and weeks of boiling hot weather, finally the Weather Gods have arrived and given the sky a bit of personality.
This is my kind of sky - awesome and majestic.
#ThanetSkies #CloudCollector
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A magpie , with a golden background
Happy Monday x
#watercolour #magpie #birds #gold #wildlife – at Crediton, England
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As we enter yet another week of drought conditions please, I beg you, put out water for the animals.
Our nocturnal wildlife is dying of thirst.
A terrible, painful way to die.
And you hold the solution, the cure.
A turn of the tap will save a life.🚰
So get out your casserole pot lids, your flan dishes, your old baking trays - anything that is shallow and wide and not easily tipped.
It doesn't matter what it looks like, this is an emergency.
Put them out at dusk, front and back garden.
Your local charity shop will have loads of suitable water dishes - so with one simple act of kindness you can benefit so many.🥰
Keep them clean.
Keep them full.
Keep them coming.
Please share this to save a life today.
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Every sheep in the UK has to be shorn for its welfare. There is no choice. Yet the heartbreaking reality is that it often costs more to shear a sheep than the fleece is worth.
So tonnes of beautiful British wool are treated as waste, burned, buried or composted, while we fill our wardrobes with synthetic fibres made from oil that shed microplastics into our rivers and seas.
It feels as though somewhere along the way we’ve forgotten the value of the things nature gives us so generously.
British wool is warm, breathable, biodegradable, renewable and grown every single year by animals already grazing our countryside. It deserves to be treasured, not thrown away.
Perhaps the answer isn’t to produce more. Perhaps it’s to remember what we’ve always had, and start valuing natural materials, skilled craftsmanship and the people who produce them once again.
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Please don't turn your lawn into plastic. Fake grass reduces food & shelter for wildlife such as bees & butterflies; has a high carbon footprint; sheds micro-plastics which wash into our rivers and seas; and in summer can get hot enough to harm pets.
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/feat…
ALT Plastic grass on a roadside verge
Well that was a spectacular finale to the evening.
I do love #ThanetSkies and especially #sunsets.
#LoveNature
Well that was nice. I've just had a Small Copper butterfly in the garden. I don't think I've seen one before 😀
#LoveNature #BeeKind
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#APPEAL We are seeking help to locate two stolen miniature horses from #Edenbridge
Anyone with information should call us on 01622 604100, quoting reference 46/85133/25.
Read more here: kent.police.uk/news/kent/lat…
ALT Have you seen this horse?
ALT Have you seen this horse?
ALT Have you seen this horse?
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The first flag Iris are begging to open by the wildlife pond
I love painting wild flowers in watercolour.The process of looking intensely at them is extremely calming and good for one’s mental health. Painting isn’t always about the end result it can be about the therapy it gives
