Anne Louise Avery
@annelouiseavery.bsky.social
Writer and Art Historian. Old Fox stories. Edward M.Bannister catalogue raisonne and research. Reynard the Fox and Fox for All Seasons published by Bodleian Publishing. Oxford & Dorset. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AnneLouiseAvery
Happy birthday to me! And to darling Wolf! Best Sacher-Torte for breakfast! 🐺🎂🍂
November 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Happy birthday to me! And to darling Wolf! Best Sacher-Torte for breakfast! 🐺🎂🍂
For sale! An original Edo-period Japanese woodblock print by Keisai Eisen (1790–1848), "Geese Flying across the Moon" (月に雁), ca. 1845, horizontal chûban size (about 19 × 25.5 cm). Laid down, beautiful colour. Will be sent mounted but not framed. £150. DM if you're interested! Happy to post abroad.
November 21, 2025 at 11:04 AM
For sale! An original Edo-period Japanese woodblock print by Keisai Eisen (1790–1848), "Geese Flying across the Moon" (月に雁), ca. 1845, horizontal chûban size (about 19 × 25.5 cm). Laid down, beautiful colour. Will be sent mounted but not framed. £150. DM if you're interested! Happy to post abroad.
"The first sighting of a pine marten in Studland, Dorset, in more than a century!" swanage.news/rare-and-end...
November 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
"The first sighting of a pine marten in Studland, Dorset, in more than a century!" swanage.news/rare-and-end...
Cumbria, 1391. The last wolf in England felt desperately alone. He lived in the thorn woods at Humphrey Head & his one friend was a kind girl who gave him bacon & buttery scones. When he was killed & his soul flew over the sea, he howled her name to the dying sun, to the waves
November 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Cumbria, 1391. The last wolf in England felt desperately alone. He lived in the thorn woods at Humphrey Head & his one friend was a kind girl who gave him bacon & buttery scones. When he was killed & his soul flew over the sea, he howled her name to the dying sun, to the waves
❄️Last call for Old Fox’s Advent
Calendar! Join my patreon or buy me a chocolate on Ko-fi & write Christmas in your message & even a theme or a beloved to dedicate it to, & I will add you to my list of twenty-four windows. Only a few left now, so do hurry if you'd like one!❄️
Calendar! Join my patreon or buy me a chocolate on Ko-fi & write Christmas in your message & even a theme or a beloved to dedicate it to, & I will add you to my list of twenty-four windows. Only a few left now, so do hurry if you'd like one!❄️
November 16, 2025 at 7:31 AM
❄️Last call for Old Fox’s Advent
Calendar! Join my patreon or buy me a chocolate on Ko-fi & write Christmas in your message & even a theme or a beloved to dedicate it to, & I will add you to my list of twenty-four windows. Only a few left now, so do hurry if you'd like one!❄️
Calendar! Join my patreon or buy me a chocolate on Ko-fi & write Christmas in your message & even a theme or a beloved to dedicate it to, & I will add you to my list of twenty-four windows. Only a few left now, so do hurry if you'd like one!❄️
For sale! The Shell Guide to Cornwall by Richard Eurich. Perfect Christmas present! The rather rare original 1950s poster. £60. DM to buy or go directly to my Etsy shop here: www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...
November 14, 2025 at 8:58 AM
For sale! The Shell Guide to Cornwall by Richard Eurich. Perfect Christmas present! The rather rare original 1950s poster. £60. DM to buy or go directly to my Etsy shop here: www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...
🌸 For sale! A wonderful original Edo-period Japanese woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), entitled Yoshiwara Nakanocho Yozakura (Cherry Blossoms At Night In Nakanocho in the Yoshiwara).
DM for details or buy directly on my Etsy shop here: etsy.com/uk/listing/1... 🌸
DM for details or buy directly on my Etsy shop here: etsy.com/uk/listing/1... 🌸
November 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
🌸 For sale! A wonderful original Edo-period Japanese woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), entitled Yoshiwara Nakanocho Yozakura (Cherry Blossoms At Night In Nakanocho in the Yoshiwara).
DM for details or buy directly on my Etsy shop here: etsy.com/uk/listing/1... 🌸
DM for details or buy directly on my Etsy shop here: etsy.com/uk/listing/1... 🌸
My father in 1945. In Naval Intelligence, he was in charge of the French coast, locking the D-Day invasion plans up the night before, had survived a plane crash in the Libyan desert, being bombed out of a Cairo hospital & was the first person Ian Fleming asked to join the Commandos. #remembranceday
November 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
My father in 1945. In Naval Intelligence, he was in charge of the French coast, locking the D-Day invasion plans up the night before, had survived a plane crash in the Libyan desert, being bombed out of a Cairo hospital & was the first person Ian Fleming asked to join the Commandos. #remembranceday
Wolf was splashing happily in a very hot mustard bath in front of the parlour fire. Old Fox had installed a lovely bathroom upstairs a number of years ago, but Wolf much preferred an old-fashioned affair where one's wallowing was by candlelight and the peaceful hiss and crackle of the hearth.
November 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Wolf was splashing happily in a very hot mustard bath in front of the parlour fire. Old Fox had installed a lovely bathroom upstairs a number of years ago, but Wolf much preferred an old-fashioned affair where one's wallowing was by candlelight and the peaceful hiss and crackle of the hearth.
All Souls' Day, and in the blue dusk light, carrying a lantern, Old Fox walked down to the churchyard. A barn owl called down from the tower, and was answered somewhere in the trees.
November 2, 2025 at 6:54 AM
All Souls' Day, and in the blue dusk light, carrying a lantern, Old Fox walked down to the churchyard. A barn owl called down from the tower, and was answered somewhere in the trees.
❄️It's time for Old Fox to plan his Advent Calendar! Throughout December, I will be writing one frozen fragment each day, blown in by the North Wind. Join my patreon or buy me a chocolate on Ko-fi (ko-fi.com/annelouiseav...) & write Christmas in the message & I will add you to my list of 24 windows❄️
October 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
❄️It's time for Old Fox to plan his Advent Calendar! Throughout December, I will be writing one frozen fragment each day, blown in by the North Wind. Join my patreon or buy me a chocolate on Ko-fi (ko-fi.com/annelouiseav...) & write Christmas in the message & I will add you to my list of 24 windows❄️
❄️It's time for Old Fox to plan his Advent Calendar! Throughout December, I will be writing one frozen fragment each day, blown in by the North Wind. Join my patreon or buy me a chocolate on Ko-fi & write Christmas in the message, a theme or a dedication, & I will add you to my list of 24 windows❄️
October 30, 2025 at 7:38 AM
❄️It's time for Old Fox to plan his Advent Calendar! Throughout December, I will be writing one frozen fragment each day, blown in by the North Wind. Join my patreon or buy me a chocolate on Ko-fi & write Christmas in the message, a theme or a dedication, & I will add you to my list of 24 windows❄️
Two new Old Fox ghost stories up on my patreon: "The Émigrée on the Lawn" and "The Great Gale of 1824". Join for these and thousands of other tales. And Wolf will even send you a card when you sign up! patreon.com/annelouiseav...
October 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Two new Old Fox ghost stories up on my patreon: "The Émigrée on the Lawn" and "The Great Gale of 1824". Join for these and thousands of other tales. And Wolf will even send you a card when you sign up! patreon.com/annelouiseav...
Old Fox's series of ghost stories continues on my patreon today with "The Phantom Phaeton"! A collection of blood-tingling, gothic stories of unquiet graves, haunted rings & long-dead Roman legions. Join for these & thousands of other tales & recipes! patreon.com/annelouiseavery
October 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Old Fox's series of ghost stories continues on my patreon today with "The Phantom Phaeton"! A collection of blood-tingling, gothic stories of unquiet graves, haunted rings & long-dead Roman legions. Join for these & thousands of other tales & recipes! patreon.com/annelouiseavery
Old Fox's series of ghost stories begins on my patreon today with "The Scarlet Crown"! A collection of blood-tingling, gothic stories of unquiet graves, haunted rings & long-dead Roman legions. Join for these & thousands of other tales & recipes! patreon.com/annelouiseav...
October 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Old Fox's series of ghost stories begins on my patreon today with "The Scarlet Crown"! A collection of blood-tingling, gothic stories of unquiet graves, haunted rings & long-dead Roman legions. Join for these & thousands of other tales & recipes! patreon.com/annelouiseav...
☕️ If you like my stories, then why not support my daily writing and buy me a nice hot chocolate over on Kofi. It's very, very helpful at the moment, as I can't work as much as I would like because of my health. ko-fi.com/annelouiseav...
October 20, 2025 at 9:14 AM
☕️ If you like my stories, then why not support my daily writing and buy me a nice hot chocolate over on Kofi. It's very, very helpful at the moment, as I can't work as much as I would like because of my health. ko-fi.com/annelouiseav...
A young man, badly gassed at Ypres, went to convalesce in a village on the Downs. The schoolmistress made him gingerbread & brought him books, the tame ravens from the copse dropped silver coins by his chair, & one by one, his ghosts carefully took up their packs & whispered farewell.
October 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
A young man, badly gassed at Ypres, went to convalesce in a village on the Downs. The schoolmistress made him gingerbread & brought him books, the tame ravens from the copse dropped silver coins by his chair, & one by one, his ghosts carefully took up their packs & whispered farewell.
For sale! A very beautiful and rather large antique French carpet - roses against a black ground. 295x195 cm. The photo below shows it folded up. £100 or reasonable offer. Not including postage, but happy to drop it off around Oxford/West Oxfordshire. DM or reply below for details.
October 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
For sale! A very beautiful and rather large antique French carpet - roses against a black ground. 295x195 cm. The photo below shows it folded up. £100 or reasonable offer. Not including postage, but happy to drop it off around Oxford/West Oxfordshire. DM or reply below for details.
🍂🐻🍐On my patreon today, a perfect October pudding: very simple, comforting & luxurious: the Bear of Moscow's delicious version of Auguste Escoffier's Poire belle Hélène! Join for autumnal cheer & thousands of seasonal stories & recipes! Wolf will even send you a card! patreon.com/annelouiseav... 🍐🐻🍂
October 8, 2025 at 12:48 PM
🍂🐻🍐On my patreon today, a perfect October pudding: very simple, comforting & luxurious: the Bear of Moscow's delicious version of Auguste Escoffier's Poire belle Hélène! Join for autumnal cheer & thousands of seasonal stories & recipes! Wolf will even send you a card! patreon.com/annelouiseav... 🍐🐻🍂