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Lisa
@wattybird.bsky.social
57 followers 61 following 210 posts
Mostly Yorksher, occasionally Sussex
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wattybird.bsky.social
Interesting timing, guys....BBC News - Dog survives 150ft fall at Yorkshire Dales waterfalls - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Dog survives 150ft fall at Yorkshire Dales waterfalls
The lurcher had to be saved after he became trapped on rocks near Kisdon Force on the River Swale.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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silverpebble2.bsky.social
I still have a few spaces on my 28 Feb botanical illustration & mental health w'shop
I teach you
🌿how to break plants down to simple shapes & add shading
🧠how creative activity alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health
Earlybird price expires 14 Feb
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bota...
Cornflowers, nigella, sweet peas & Russian sage on a brown sketchbook page with my drawings of them on the opposite page A spring collection of nature finds with my illustrations of them alongside and my watercolour palette and paintbrush in the top left hand corner Five summer garden flowers (lavender, borage, Alchemical mollie, fever and viola) on a sketchbook with my pen and ink drawings of them alongside, a small garden posy above on a white tablecloth and a cup of tea in the top right hand corner of the photo Summer garden and hedgerow botanical and nature finds with my drawings of them alongside on a piece of white sketchbook paper
February 10, 2026 at 7:27 PM
wattybird.bsky.social
I absolutely adore violets so this gets multiple likes from me. Love finding them in the wild but must get some for the garden so I can pick a few.... thank you, Emma. X
February 10, 2026 at 12:58 PM
wattybird.bsky.social
Steve!
February 6, 2026 at 2:15 PM
wattybird.bsky.social
Goodnight, JV.
February 4, 2026 at 11:16 AM
wattybird.bsky.social
Plucked from the garden yesterday and in front of me on my desk - two singles and two 'flore pleno'.
Four snowdrop flowers without leaves in a small glass of water
January 23, 2026 at 4:07 PM
wattybird.bsky.social
Perhaps they get the train to Three Bridges?
January 23, 2026 at 10:50 AM
wattybird.bsky.social
This is one of those posts where clicking on 'like' feels a bit wrong, but I want to show that I'm thinking of you and the family at such a sad and difficult time. 💔😞
January 22, 2026 at 1:12 PM
wattybird.bsky.social
🌟🥰
January 21, 2026 at 9:33 PM
wattybird.bsky.social
It's Kenneth Kendall!
January 18, 2026 at 6:25 PM
wattybird.bsky.social
Lovely!
January 15, 2026 at 1:19 PM
wattybird.bsky.social
I love the speckly violet!😍 Was the whole plant like that or just one flower?
January 15, 2026 at 12:43 PM
wattybird.bsky.social
Junk
January 9, 2026 at 6:55 PM
wattybird.bsky.social
Especially intimidating if you are driving past and trying not to hit it....
January 8, 2026 at 12:08 PM
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silverpebble2.bsky.social
There are now just 4 spaces left on my botanical illustration & mental health zoom workshop,10 Jan.
I teach you:
🌿how to draw plants
🧠how creative activity improves mental health
I trained as a molecular cell biologist & am also a professional illustrator: workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bota...
Cornflowers, nigella, sweet peas & Russian sage on the left hand page of a brown paper sketch book and my pen and ink illustrations on the right hand page with the cartridge pen I used to make the illustrations nearby Four winter flowering species and pink snowberry arranged on sketch book paper with my hand lettered labels for them and pen illustrations alongside. The pen I used to make the illustrations is also nearby Spring flowers and a series of nature finds with my illustrations of them alongside and my watercolour palette in the corner of the image
January 2, 2026 at 3:10 PM
wattybird.bsky.social
The grey and white one looks like one that belonged to our neighbours, many years ago. He had a permanent look of surprise and was adorable, sadly not sociable.
December 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
wattybird.bsky.social
Assport, surely....
December 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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mrsbobhere.bsky.social
Friends of @wombat37.bsky.social unite!

By quote reposting this, I’m hoping to make a virtual chain of people around Wombie. Full of love and happy memories of this great friend of ours, so he can feel us making a huge circle of love and care around him.

Are you in?
#CirleofLoveForWombie
a black and white photo of a couple holding hands .
ALT: a black and white photo of a couple holding hands .
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December 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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janehill.bsky.social
I’m gonna keep sharing these ovarian cancer symptoms whenever I see them.

I will add - from personal experience - diarrhoea and fatigue.

Get it checked! Remember, there’s no routine screening for ovarian cancer.
Symptoms of ovarian cancer No appetite/ feeling full quickly Needing to wee more Bloated tummy Tummy pain If symptoms are persistent, ask your GP about ovarian cancer. Target Ovarian Cancer
November 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
wattybird.bsky.social
Or possibly a book about Pakistan...?
November 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
wattybird.bsky.social
I spy Great Uncle Bulgaria lurking in the background....
November 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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levparikian.bsky.social
Every year I stop myself from posting “now look here you lot, my books would make an excellent Christmas present” in October because it’s way too early, and then I forget until it’s way too late.

Hope I’ve hit the sweet spot this time.

levparikian.com/index.php/sh...
The cover of Taking Flight. Stylised illustrations of a selection of flying things against a pastel background of blues and greens. The cover of Light Rains Sometimes Fall. A pastel collage of seasonal urban nature (cherry tree in blossom, magpie, swifts, autumn leaves, urban fox etc). A cope of Into The Tangled Bank (its cover a collage of nature things (butterfly, flowers, birds, binoculars etc) nestled (yes, NESTLED) in leaves and grass. The cover of Why Do Birds Suddenly Disappear? White background, title etc and various quotes saying how brilliant it is. To the right the rear half of a goldcrest disappearing out of view (the back cover has the other half of the bird).
November 23, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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silverpebble2.bsky.social
I'm taking🌲etsy orders for just a few more days:
🌿Real flowers cast in silver+ tiny hand-sculpted silver wren necklaces
💐Victorian ink bottle kits to improve mental health
🗓️A very few calendars*
🪸Ltd ed'n art prints of my photos*
*Looking at them's likely to ⬇️⬇️ anxiety:
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
My jewellery designs, individually handmade by casting real flowers & feathers in silver and I sculpt much-loved British birds to make tiny wearable versions of them Some of the Victorian ink bottles available in my shop as part of creative mental health kits One of my photos that I create using recent research into the beneficial effects to our brains of looking at images of nature, botanical patterns and things we find beautiful, of a collection of flowers I grew and others I bought at a tiny local honesty florist in Wicken, Cambridgeshire The botanical and nature collection photos that make up my 2026 calendar
November 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
wattybird.bsky.social
Teaspoons or lollipops
November 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
wattybird.bsky.social
Namasteve....
November 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM