Gordon MacLellan
@creepingtoad.bsky.social
storyteller, storymaker, artist and someone who celebrates people, places and wildlife!
Reads books, draws pictures, makes puppets, keeps tropical fish and grows plants!
Visit the Creeping Toad blog:creepingtoad.blogspot.com
Reads books, draws pictures, makes puppets, keeps tropical fish and grows plants!
Visit the Creeping Toad blog:creepingtoad.blogspot.com
Waiting for the snow? or planning some seasonal gifts? or mellow music for an evening by the fire? Winter treats from Creeping Toad! #naturepoems, #folklore, #ravens, #BabaYaga creepingtoad.blogspot.com/2025/10/wint...
Winter gifts?
Winter gifts? books for long, dark nights Waiting for the quiet feathers, That drift through the trees, That smother the world into silenc...
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October 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Waiting for the snow? or planning some seasonal gifts? or mellow music for an evening by the fire? Winter treats from Creeping Toad! #naturepoems, #folklore, #ravens, #BabaYaga creepingtoad.blogspot.com/2025/10/wint...
who lives in a tree's throne room? who hoards treasures in the root dungeons? our lovely Autumn Woods event is going ahead - we're being hosted by the Serpentine Community Gardens to take refuge from the strong winds and rain forecast for saturday! creepingtoad.blogspot.com/2025/09/autu...
Autumn Woods public event
AUTUMN WOODS trees are palaces too! a day of tree ideas, planning adventures, creating stories, making and mess and laughter Date: Saturda...
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October 2, 2025 at 9:04 AM
who lives in a tree's throne room? who hoards treasures in the root dungeons? our lovely Autumn Woods event is going ahead - we're being hosted by the Serpentine Community Gardens to take refuge from the strong winds and rain forecast for saturday! creepingtoad.blogspot.com/2025/09/autu...
who rules froma tree's throne? who waves flags from twig towers? who hoards treasure in a root dungeon? Free event in Buxton on saturday 4th, @FunPalaces,, @BabblingVagabondsStorytellingTheatre, #familyevents, #woodland, #derbyshirewildlifetrust, fb.me/e/8jpONuOer
September 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
who rules froma tree's throne? who waves flags from twig towers? who hoards treasure in a root dungeon? Free event in Buxton on saturday 4th, @FunPalaces,, @BabblingVagabondsStorytellingTheatre, #familyevents, #woodland, #derbyshirewildlifetrust, fb.me/e/8jpONuOer
From best mates with a bat to tales of frog friendships and tree pals: exploring friendships with the world around us. Workshops for Scotland's Book Week but available more widely! #storytelling, #storymaking, #nature, creepingtoad.blogspot.com/2025/09/book...
Book Week workshops
Friends in Nature celebrating Book Week Scotland from beetles and bumblebees to birds, bats and bears, exploring friendship with the world a...
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September 17, 2025 at 8:29 AM
From best mates with a bat to tales of frog friendships and tree pals: exploring friendships with the world around us. Workshops for Scotland's Book Week but available more widely! #storytelling, #storymaking, #nature, creepingtoad.blogspot.com/2025/09/book...
Like thistles seedclouds, frogs hopping and ants swarming.....our Lightwood day comes inevitably closer - join us in the nature reserve! Sunday 6th July, Buxton. Free..https://fb.me/e/6MCxrk97w
July 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Like thistles seedclouds, frogs hopping and ants swarming.....our Lightwood day comes inevitably closer - join us in the nature reserve! Sunday 6th July, Buxton. Free..https://fb.me/e/6MCxrk97w
Join me for an amazing gathering of creative minds at The Creativity
Conference London on June 27th!
Register at: www.creativityconference.is/london
See you there!
@theCreativityConference
#TheCreativityConference #Creativity2025 #UniversalCreativity
Conference London on June 27th!
Register at: www.creativityconference.is/london
See you there!
@theCreativityConference
#TheCreativityConference #Creativity2025 #UniversalCreativity
June 18, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Join me for an amazing gathering of creative minds at The Creativity
Conference London on June 27th!
Register at: www.creativityconference.is/london
See you there!
@theCreativityConference
#TheCreativityConference #Creativity2025 #UniversalCreativity
Conference London on June 27th!
Register at: www.creativityconference.is/london
See you there!
@theCreativityConference
#TheCreativityConference #Creativity2025 #UniversalCreativity
stories, puppets, wonder and silliness: a day of free activities as apr of Leek Loves Books in Leek, Staffordshire. #storytelling, #fingerpuppets, #familyactivities, www.instagram.com/p/DKl0c_voxG...
June 7, 2025 at 7:23 AM
stories, puppets, wonder and silliness: a day of free activities as apr of Leek Loves Books in Leek, Staffordshire. #storytelling, #fingerpuppets, #familyactivities, www.instagram.com/p/DKl0c_voxG...
springtime in the woods. Make your own wildlife book! Free event, Tuesday 27th May, Corbar Woods, Buxton, 10:30 - 15:30. Details: creepingtoad.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-..., #woodland, #familyevent, #derbyshirewildlifetrust, #BCAwoods
The Woods in Spring
The Woods in Spring free public event Tuesday 27th May First flowers and new nests, bumblebees buzzing and beetles trundling: join the Stone...
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May 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
springtime in the woods. Make your own wildlife book! Free event, Tuesday 27th May, Corbar Woods, Buxton, 10:30 - 15:30. Details: creepingtoad.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-..., #woodland, #familyevent, #derbyshirewildlifetrust, #BCAwoods
May 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
May 2, 2025 at 11:32 AM
There were worms and keys and ghosts, a school skull and dogs driving cheese vans...the Lost stories of Glossop can be found in this blog. thanks to Derbyshire Makes and High Peak Community Arts! #stories, #storymaking, #familyevents, #highpeakcomarts creepingtoad.blogspot.com/2025/04/ligh...
Lightbulb trees
Under the Lightbulb Trees the Lost Stories of Glossop Crystal trees and lightbulb trees and the Rabbit who has an orchard of Easter Eggs, Su...
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April 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM
There were worms and keys and ghosts, a school skull and dogs driving cheese vans...the Lost stories of Glossop can be found in this blog. thanks to Derbyshire Makes and High Peak Community Arts! #stories, #storymaking, #familyevents, #highpeakcomarts creepingtoad.blogspot.com/2025/04/ligh...
buried treasures? strange houses? dangerous ducks and pirate mice? Creating the Lost Stories of Glossop! Free family events in April: creepingtoad.blogspot.com/2025/03/glos...
#familyfun, #holidayactivities, #Glossop
#familyfun, #holidayactivities, #Glossop
Glossop stories
an arch, a door, a Narnian lamp-post... THE LOST STORIES OF GLOSSOP Derbyshire Makes in the High Peak The house where….. The road where th...
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March 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
buried treasures? strange houses? dangerous ducks and pirate mice? Creating the Lost Stories of Glossop! Free family events in April: creepingtoad.blogspot.com/2025/03/glos...
#familyfun, #holidayactivities, #Glossop
#familyfun, #holidayactivities, #Glossop
a street full of stories, tales in corners and cupboards and closets. Crinolines whisper on cobbles, doors and old bones creak, a new project takes shape in Glossop. #derbyshiremakes, #highpeakcomarts, #storytelling, #storymaking, #glossop
creepingtoad.blogspot.com/2025/03/glos...
creepingtoad.blogspot.com/2025/03/glos...
Glossop stories
an arch, a door, a Narnian lamp-post... THE LOST STORIES OF GLOSSOP Derbyshire Makes in the High Peak The house where….. The road where th...
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March 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
a street full of stories, tales in corners and cupboards and closets. Crinolines whisper on cobbles, doors and old bones creak, a new project takes shape in Glossop. #derbyshiremakes, #highpeakcomarts, #storytelling, #storymaking, #glossop
creepingtoad.blogspot.com/2025/03/glos...
creepingtoad.blogspot.com/2025/03/glos...
New music from @giftsfromcrows:instrumental pieces as part of our “Whispers Along the Wind” project combining original music with poems of places, trees, darkness and mystery
Single ‘Willow’, and album on release from 7th March.
giftsfromcrows.bandcamp.com, #giftsfromcrows, #neoclassical, #poetry
Single ‘Willow’, and album on release from 7th March.
giftsfromcrows.bandcamp.com, #giftsfromcrows, #neoclassical, #poetry
March 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
New music from @giftsfromcrows:instrumental pieces as part of our “Whispers Along the Wind” project combining original music with poems of places, trees, darkness and mystery
Single ‘Willow’, and album on release from 7th March.
giftsfromcrows.bandcamp.com, #giftsfromcrows, #neoclassical, #poetry
Single ‘Willow’, and album on release from 7th March.
giftsfromcrows.bandcamp.com, #giftsfromcrows, #neoclassical, #poetry
celebrate aardvarks in this #Nationalaardvarkweek, wonderful animals - I have no pics so here are a couple of Malawian landscapes where we were fairly sure aardvarks were hiding...., #aardvark, #malawi,
March 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
celebrate aardvarks in this #Nationalaardvarkweek, wonderful animals - I have no pics so here are a couple of Malawian landscapes where we were fairly sure aardvarks were hiding...., #aardvark, #malawi,
a summer for stories, of tales of brave children, beautiful trees, adventurous rabbits and occasional mice! New tour dates released for Creeping Toad!
23rd - 30th June: Hereford and Worcester: now booking
And other places, other times: just get in touch!
creepingtoad.blogspot.com/2025/01/stor...
23rd - 30th June: Hereford and Worcester: now booking
And other places, other times: just get in touch!
creepingtoad.blogspot.com/2025/01/stor...
February 23, 2025 at 10:36 AM
a summer for stories, of tales of brave children, beautiful trees, adventurous rabbits and occasional mice! New tour dates released for Creeping Toad!
23rd - 30th June: Hereford and Worcester: now booking
And other places, other times: just get in touch!
creepingtoad.blogspot.com/2025/01/stor...
23rd - 30th June: Hereford and Worcester: now booking
And other places, other times: just get in touch!
creepingtoad.blogspot.com/2025/01/stor...
A chilly afternoon wander and I'm glad that i didn't see any frogs - still feels too cold here but sooner rather than later they'll start filling the ponds with song when we're still watching for snow! #ponds, #frogs, #toads, #naturepoetry
February 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
A chilly afternoon wander and I'm glad that i didn't see any frogs - still feels too cold here but sooner rather than later they'll start filling the ponds with song when we're still watching for snow! #ponds, #frogs, #toads, #naturepoetry
"Earthrise" is waking on Al Jazeera exploring new relationships with the world around us, #nature, #environment, #naturespirituality, #natureart, www.aljazeera.com/program/eart...
earthrise | Video | Al Jazeera
earthrise is Al Jazeera’s award-winning environmental show exploring the most significant threats to our planet by highlighting eco-friendly solutions from around the world. earthrise brings you the s...
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February 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
"Earthrise" is waking on Al Jazeera exploring new relationships with the world around us, #nature, #environment, #naturespirituality, #natureart, www.aljazeera.com/program/eart...
stories to tell, to create, to shape out of calm planning and wild inspirations....news about this year's activities for schools and public events....please share! #stories, #storytelling, #naturestories, #artnature, #storyworkshops, creepingtoad.blogspot.com/2025/01/stor...
storytellings, 2025
treasures to unpack, stories to unfold Spring stories, summer tales 2025 Stories in school and other excitements with Creeping Toad, and id...
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January 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
stories to tell, to create, to shape out of calm planning and wild inspirations....news about this year's activities for schools and public events....please share! #stories, #storytelling, #naturestories, #artnature, #storyworkshops, creepingtoad.blogspot.com/2025/01/stor...
celebrate Lost Species, resolve to help others! Join us in Buxton on Saturday 30th at the Green Man Gallery to make your own small memorials or Resolution Images...full details in link, creepingtoad.blogspot.com/2024/10/lost... , #lostspeciesday, #familyevents, #conservation, #nature
Lost Species Day, Buxton
Lost Species Day November 30th 2024 Free event in Buxton We have lost many species of animals and plants over the last few hundred years. ...
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November 26, 2024 at 11:10 AM
celebrate Lost Species, resolve to help others! Join us in Buxton on Saturday 30th at the Green Man Gallery to make your own small memorials or Resolution Images...full details in link, creepingtoad.blogspot.com/2024/10/lost... , #lostspeciesday, #familyevents, #conservation, #nature
sunlight on snow.....driving through the Highlands of Scotland today, hoping to get to Glasgow ahead of Storm Bert, #snow, #cairngorm, #A9, #winter
November 22, 2024 at 8:36 PM
sunlight on snow.....driving through the Highlands of Scotland today, hoping to get to Glasgow ahead of Storm Bert, #snow, #cairngorm, #A9, #winter
what stories can we find...what stories can we tell...what stories can we celebrate: storymaking workshops as part of Book Week, Scotland... #stories, #storytelling, #nationalbookweek
November 19, 2024 at 8:53 PM
what stories can we find...what stories can we tell...what stories can we celebrate: storymaking workshops as part of Book Week, Scotland... #stories, #storytelling, #nationalbookweek
heading north for a week of storytelling, book-building and wintry-thoughts in Inverness and Cromarty! #storytelling, #nature, #art, #winter, #Cromarty
November 16, 2024 at 4:51 PM
heading north for a week of storytelling, book-building and wintry-thoughts in Inverness and Cromarty! #storytelling, #nature, #art, #winter, #Cromarty