Heather
@heatherewing.bsky.social
Gardening by the sea, slow living, macramé and mindful crafting, watching the birds.
Incredibly sad but also infuriating. Arts & culture are vital, not only to build communities as Lumiere has proved, but for our physical & mental wellbeing. Cut off access to arts & it'll have a knock on effect on a whole range of other public services. Huge false economy.
Durham’s Lumiere festival was a beacon of hope and togetherness – we cannot let the lights go out on the rest of the arts
Durham’s Lumiere festival was a beacon of hope and togetherness – we cannot let the lights go out on the rest of the arts
The UK’s culture sector needs financial, political and public support to survive. Funding is not a ‘favour’. It is an investment in imagination, in our shared experience – and in inspiration and joy
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Incredibly sad but also infuriating. Arts & culture are vital, not only to build communities as Lumiere has proved, but for our physical & mental wellbeing. Cut off access to arts & it'll have a knock on effect on a whole range of other public services. Huge false economy.
This just feels like a little breath of fresh air today.
Other work of the Ladybird artists.
The delicacy and detail here
‘Autumn Wedding’
Artist : SR Badmin
The delicacy and detail here
‘Autumn Wedding’
Artist : SR Badmin
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
This just feels like a little breath of fresh air today.
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I get this a lot too. I don't use ChatGPT or any LLMs in my work because I want my writing to sound like me, not like the averaged-out voice of the internet. But also, writing is thinking, and thinking is a habit. I don't want to get out of that habit.
A friend recently texted me the same thing. “Do you really not use ChatGPT?!” It was a sign of where we are culturally on this. People are compelled to use it but also starting to question the normalcy?
Recently met someone who was very surprised to hear I didn’t use ChatGPT or any LLM.
I said my job depended on doing distinctive work. That was my selling point. If I started to sound like ChatGPT and turn out what it did, then how on earth could I justify doing it? What would that make me?
I said my job depended on doing distinctive work. That was my selling point. If I started to sound like ChatGPT and turn out what it did, then how on earth could I justify doing it? What would that make me?
November 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I get this a lot too. I don't use ChatGPT or any LLMs in my work because I want my writing to sound like me, not like the averaged-out voice of the internet. But also, writing is thinking, and thinking is a habit. I don't want to get out of that habit.
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Other work of the Ladybird artists
‘Bonfire Night’ (1951)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
‘Bonfire Night’ (1951)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
November 5, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Other work of the Ladybird artists
‘Bonfire Night’ (1951)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
‘Bonfire Night’ (1951)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
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If you're looking for some cheap Halloween craft ideas, all three of these are on the website. All you need is some glue and a bit of tape . . . one paper plate, one cardboard tube, one egg box. 🤩
Here's the link www.darrellwakelam.com/news
Here's the link www.darrellwakelam.com/news
October 31, 2025 at 8:23 AM
If you're looking for some cheap Halloween craft ideas, all three of these are on the website. All you need is some glue and a bit of tape . . . one paper plate, one cardboard tube, one egg box. 🤩
Here's the link www.darrellwakelam.com/news
Here's the link www.darrellwakelam.com/news
The bird life in my garden is even better than I'd hoped it would be when I moved 6mths ago.
While this little charm of goldfinches was having breakfast there were also blue tits, great tits, a pair of wrens, a robin, young blackbird & the wood pigeon waiting to hoover up the crumbs. So happy! 🪶
While this little charm of goldfinches was having breakfast there were also blue tits, great tits, a pair of wrens, a robin, young blackbird & the wood pigeon waiting to hoover up the crumbs. So happy! 🪶
October 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The bird life in my garden is even better than I'd hoped it would be when I moved 6mths ago.
While this little charm of goldfinches was having breakfast there were also blue tits, great tits, a pair of wrens, a robin, young blackbird & the wood pigeon waiting to hoover up the crumbs. So happy! 🪶
While this little charm of goldfinches was having breakfast there were also blue tits, great tits, a pair of wrens, a robin, young blackbird & the wood pigeon waiting to hoover up the crumbs. So happy! 🪶
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It's mad how much people care about immigration when it is so proportionately unimportant compared to healthcare, cost of living, poverty, climate change, wealth inequality, war etc. How easily people are convinced to rage about the wrong things by charismatic manipulators and social media posts.
October 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
It's mad how much people care about immigration when it is so proportionately unimportant compared to healthcare, cost of living, poverty, climate change, wealth inequality, war etc. How easily people are convinced to rage about the wrong things by charismatic manipulators and social media posts.
Flippin' heck! Almost ran out of letters to try!😆
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October 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Flippin' heck! Almost ran out of letters to try!😆
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October 20, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Foxy found a cosy corner of my garden to curl up in the sunshine today. 🌱🦊
October 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Foxy found a cosy corner of my garden to curl up in the sunshine today. 🌱🦊
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The marigold (Calendula officinalis) is the last birth flower for those born in #October. Sacred to Apollo, the sun god, its golden blooms were thought to hold protective and healing powers. To keep marigolds in the home was to invite sunlight and good fortune. #folklore #flowers
October 7, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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The Dahlia, a birth flower for those born in #October, symbolises dignity and elegance in the language of flowers. Folklore says dreaming of colourful Dahlias brings good fortune, while in folk magic they are charms for spiritual growth and evolution. Happy new month! #October1st
October 1, 2025 at 6:30 AM
The Dahlia, a birth flower for those born in #October, symbolises dignity and elegance in the language of flowers. Folklore says dreaming of colourful Dahlias brings good fortune, while in folk magic they are charms for spiritual growth and evolution. Happy new month! #October1st
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Bright-eyed, bushy-tailed?
1st of October
(Bob Bushtail, 1941)
Artist: A Macgregor
1st of October
(Bob Bushtail, 1941)
Artist: A Macgregor
October 1, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Bright-eyed, bushy-tailed?
1st of October
(Bob Bushtail, 1941)
Artist: A Macgregor
1st of October
(Bob Bushtail, 1941)
Artist: A Macgregor
I've watched two episodes of Andy Pandy (on now, BBC4) and now I'm going to bed while it's still light. I am officially 4 years old.
July 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I've watched two episodes of Andy Pandy (on now, BBC4) and now I'm going to bed while it's still light. I am officially 4 years old.
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The aggregate effect of rainwater gardens, swales, and street trees on biodiversity, heatwave mitigation, and surface water absorption, and mental health and wellbeing is enormous.
Getting them into every city, town, & village in the U.K should be a strategic national priority.
Getting them into every city, town, & village in the U.K should be a strategic national priority.
July 2, 2025 at 3:14 AM
The aggregate effect of rainwater gardens, swales, and street trees on biodiversity, heatwave mitigation, and surface water absorption, and mental health and wellbeing is enormous.
Getting them into every city, town, & village in the U.K should be a strategic national priority.
Getting them into every city, town, & village in the U.K should be a strategic national priority.
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It is 39°C in Lisbon today. The same in Madrid. In Paris next week it will also be 39°C.
Look at this picture. People are under trees, where it can be up to 12°C cooler.
Given trees take decades to mature and many don’t survive, cities need to plant many more street trees. And urgently.
Look at this picture. People are under trees, where it can be up to 12°C cooler.
Given trees take decades to mature and many don’t survive, cities need to plant many more street trees. And urgently.
June 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
It is 39°C in Lisbon today. The same in Madrid. In Paris next week it will also be 39°C.
Look at this picture. People are under trees, where it can be up to 12°C cooler.
Given trees take decades to mature and many don’t survive, cities need to plant many more street trees. And urgently.
Look at this picture. People are under trees, where it can be up to 12°C cooler.
Given trees take decades to mature and many don’t survive, cities need to plant many more street trees. And urgently.
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👇 #Breaking #Spain - new National June Maximum Temperature record!
28/06
AEMET has now confirmed that Spain has a new June record, with the final Maximum reaching 46.0C in El Granado, Huelva. 🥵🥵
28/06
AEMET has now confirmed that Spain has a new June record, with the final Maximum reaching 46.0C in El Granado, Huelva. 🥵🥵
#Breaking #Spain - provisional new June record - 28/06
Incredible June heat with El Granado, Huelva today recording 45.8C!! 🥵🥵
If confirmed by AEMET this would make it the hottest June day for Spain on record (previously Seville Airport 45.2C in 1965).
#Heatwave #OladeCalor
Incredible June heat with El Granado, Huelva today recording 45.8C!! 🥵🥵
If confirmed by AEMET this would make it the hottest June day for Spain on record (previously Seville Airport 45.2C in 1965).
#Heatwave #OladeCalor
June 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Well, that was useful, thanks #GardenersWorld - turns out I have a Patty's Plum! That's another plant identified! 🌱
June 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Well, that was useful, thanks #GardenersWorld - turns out I have a Patty's Plum! That's another plant identified! 🌱
#gardenersworld That's a great tip for identification: "sedges have edges". Took out a looooad of sedges earlier this year - they spread like mad.
June 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
#gardenersworld That's a great tip for identification: "sedges have edges". Took out a looooad of sedges earlier this year - they spread like mad.
One for #rosewednesday...
I have no idea of the name of this rose - it came with the garden. Any suggestions gratefully received! I just love the colour of it.
#bloomscrolling #flowers #roses 🌱
I have no idea of the name of this rose - it came with the garden. Any suggestions gratefully received! I just love the colour of it.
#bloomscrolling #flowers #roses 🌱
June 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
One for #rosewednesday...
I have no idea of the name of this rose - it came with the garden. Any suggestions gratefully received! I just love the colour of it.
#bloomscrolling #flowers #roses 🌱
I have no idea of the name of this rose - it came with the garden. Any suggestions gratefully received! I just love the colour of it.
#bloomscrolling #flowers #roses 🌱
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June 22, 2025 at 11:22 AM
For #sundayyellow, this buttery alstroemeria. It's a 2nd generation propagation from a bunch of them from a friend's garden exactly 5 years ago. One stem had a tiny bit of root, which I planted & it took & grew quickly. I propagated these from that plant when I began my house move prep last year. 🌱
June 22, 2025 at 8:55 AM
For #sundayyellow, this buttery alstroemeria. It's a 2nd generation propagation from a bunch of them from a friend's garden exactly 5 years ago. One stem had a tiny bit of root, which I planted & it took & grew quickly. I propagated these from that plant when I began my house move prep last year. 🌱
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Legend tells of a magical fern that blooms only once a year, at the stroke of midnight on #Midsummer Eve. From its fleeting flower falls a seed that grants invisibility. Fairies and demons clash in the darkness at this time, each seeking to claim its hidden power. #FolkloreSunday
June 22, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Legend tells of a magical fern that blooms only once a year, at the stroke of midnight on #Midsummer Eve. From its fleeting flower falls a seed that grants invisibility. Fairies and demons clash in the darkness at this time, each seeking to claim its hidden power. #FolkloreSunday
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👏Important new report from @rcphysicians.bsky.social showing just how dangerous air pollution is to our health.
Over 500 people a week dying from dirty air is a public health crisis, and the Government MUST treat it as such. #CleanAirDay
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Over 500 people a week dying from dirty air is a public health crisis, and the Government MUST treat it as such. #CleanAirDay
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK air pollution killing more than 500 people a week, doctors say
Royal College of Physicians also says poor air quality costs country more than £500m a week
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2025 at 10:39 AM
👏Important new report from @rcphysicians.bsky.social showing just how dangerous air pollution is to our health.
Over 500 people a week dying from dirty air is a public health crisis, and the Government MUST treat it as such. #CleanAirDay
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Over 500 people a week dying from dirty air is a public health crisis, and the Government MUST treat it as such. #CleanAirDay
www.theguardian.com/environment/...