Anooshka Rawden
@anooshka.bsky.social
#museums #collections #archaeology #landscapes Formerly Museum Development SE, Science Museum Group, Society of Antiquaries, Chichester Museum, Reading Museum. Mainly #dogs #cats #books #archery and musings. All views my own.
Up and out early to walk with Sing Thrush and Carion Crows. A beautiful day.
March 2, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Up and out early to walk with Sing Thrush and Carion Crows. A beautiful day.
Heritage delivers so much for nature, as havens and homes. Sitting in the church yard, just four minutes and so many birds shared their song. I walked by the pond to get here and saw a kingfisher and a heron. Heritage preserves more than earthworks and mortar.
February 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Heritage delivers so much for nature, as havens and homes. Sitting in the church yard, just four minutes and so many birds shared their song. I walked by the pond to get here and saw a kingfisher and a heron. Heritage preserves more than earthworks and mortar.
Over the moon to have been made a Fellow of @societyofauthors.bsky.social I am eternally grateful to the person who nominated me, who saw something in me that I didn’t, and to all those who supported my nomination. As a peer nominated membership, this has meant a lot to me. Thank you.
February 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Over the moon to have been made a Fellow of @societyofauthors.bsky.social I am eternally grateful to the person who nominated me, who saw something in me that I didn’t, and to all those who supported my nomination. As a peer nominated membership, this has meant a lot to me. Thank you.
Walk today. A march up the hill and then a saunter around the church yard. Snowdrops out. Leaves turning from brown to green. Moss on stone. Birds building.
February 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Walk today. A march up the hill and then a saunter around the church yard. Snowdrops out. Leaves turning from brown to green. Moss on stone. Birds building.
Using some timber reviver to give a beam above a window some love. It had been encased in layers and layers of unbreathable paint over 30 years or so, and there was a concern it was rotting underneath. Gentle chemical removal of the paint and some beeswax love, and it’s looking so much happier ❤️
February 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Using some timber reviver to give a beam above a window some love. It had been encased in layers and layers of unbreathable paint over 30 years or so, and there was a concern it was rotting underneath. Gentle chemical removal of the paint and some beeswax love, and it’s looking so much happier ❤️
Got in two hours of archery practice this morning. This end was going well until my last shot, when I lost focus and I moved my foot and dropped my shoulder. Consistency is tough, but so is losing focus and letting worry seep into a calm mind. Definitely need a bit more practice. 🏹🏹🏹
January 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Got in two hours of archery practice this morning. This end was going well until my last shot, when I lost focus and I moved my foot and dropped my shoulder. Consistency is tough, but so is losing focus and letting worry seep into a calm mind. Definitely need a bit more practice. 🏹🏹🏹
Trees consuming metal. Deer trails. Natures barrow builders. Mud. Leaves. Edgelands.
Todays walk.
Todays walk.
January 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Trees consuming metal. Deer trails. Natures barrow builders. Mud. Leaves. Edgelands.
Todays walk.
Todays walk.
View over the valley from the back garden fence.
January 12, 2025 at 10:05 AM
View over the valley from the back garden fence.
Yesterdays walk. Heady heights. Icy chalk.
January 12, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Yesterdays walk. Heady heights. Icy chalk.
The big man always has to have the last word. He’s good at gentle warnings when she is being annoying. #malamutes #alaskanmalamute
January 12, 2025 at 10:04 AM
The big man always has to have the last word. He’s good at gentle warnings when she is being annoying. #malamutes #alaskanmalamute
Happy new year from these gorgeous hooligans. Hope 2025 is a kind year to all.
January 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Happy new year from these gorgeous hooligans. Hope 2025 is a kind year to all.
I find this time of year very hard, so have been getting out for a daily walk. Living somewhere else, I am finding old paths in new places. Today I explore chalk pits, rope swings, railway bridges.
December 31, 2024 at 4:56 PM
I find this time of year very hard, so have been getting out for a daily walk. Living somewhere else, I am finding old paths in new places. Today I explore chalk pits, rope swings, railway bridges.
Yesterday’s walk a bit bleak but ended wandering around the churchyard, where every life is an unread story. One tragically, the grave of a boy killed by a fallen tree aged 7 in 1874. His parents write in sorrow “we leave our home in health and joy” a reminder we can never know what lies ahead.
December 31, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Yesterday’s walk a bit bleak but ended wandering around the churchyard, where every life is an unread story. One tragically, the grave of a boy killed by a fallen tree aged 7 in 1874. His parents write in sorrow “we leave our home in health and joy” a reminder we can never know what lies ahead.
Ponies on Butser Hill this morning, making up for the grey skies. Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2024 at 12:40 PM
Ponies on Butser Hill this morning, making up for the grey skies. Merry Christmas!
She now owns the cushions…
December 24, 2024 at 10:38 PM
She now owns the cushions…
Mum makes me two lovely floor cushions and as soon as they’re down, they’re skillfully modelled by Nanuk….
These may no longer be my cushions….
These may no longer be my cushions….
December 24, 2024 at 11:11 AM
Mum makes me two lovely floor cushions and as soon as they’re down, they’re skillfully modelled by Nanuk….
These may no longer be my cushions….
These may no longer be my cushions….
Return to #archery after four months off and boy do I need the practice. Realise it’s tough to remember everything needed for accuracy, core, draw, release, breathing, shoulders, finger position… I need to make more time to practice in 2025. Lovely to see people though at the last shoot of 2024. 🏹
December 17, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Return to #archery after four months off and boy do I need the practice. Realise it’s tough to remember everything needed for accuracy, core, draw, release, breathing, shoulders, finger position… I need to make more time to practice in 2025. Lovely to see people though at the last shoot of 2024. 🏹
Lovely chance to catch up with Katrina Burton at Amberley and see the conservation work to address Heritage at Risk, thanks to MEND funding. A reminder of just how critical this fund has been. A quirky, unique one of a king site with something of everything.
December 11, 2024 at 5:56 AM
Lovely chance to catch up with Katrina Burton at Amberley and see the conservation work to address Heritage at Risk, thanks to MEND funding. A reminder of just how critical this fund has been. A quirky, unique one of a king site with something of everything.
The Association for Heritage Interpretation journal has featured an article written by myself and colleague Emily Summers Mileman on the experience of creating site #interpretation with a writers community, reframing the #landscape through diverse experiences and perspectives of belonging. #museum
December 8, 2024 at 10:39 AM
The Association for Heritage Interpretation journal has featured an article written by myself and colleague Emily Summers Mileman on the experience of creating site #interpretation with a writers community, reframing the #landscape through diverse experiences and perspectives of belonging. #museum
Beginning to look a lot like Christmas….
(Predicting that the dogs will have the tree over before today is out….)
(Predicting that the dogs will have the tree over before today is out….)
December 8, 2024 at 10:24 AM
Beginning to look a lot like Christmas….
(Predicting that the dogs will have the tree over before today is out….)
(Predicting that the dogs will have the tree over before today is out….)
Thank goodness the roof is still on despite the wind!
December 8, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Thank goodness the roof is still on despite the wind!
Draught proofing a very old house using sheep wool. #StormDarragh
December 7, 2024 at 11:01 AM
Draught proofing a very old house using sheep wool. #StormDarragh
On my way to the gym, and musing that there can’t be many people born in the 80s who don’t know all the lyrics to this 1992 classic.
December 6, 2024 at 5:55 AM
On my way to the gym, and musing that there can’t be many people born in the 80s who don’t know all the lyrics to this 1992 classic.
Thatcher here today to redo the ridge before the end of the year. I wish I had more time today to watch this amazing skill in action - another instance where built heritage is an archive of past landscapes, from chalk marl quarried between here & Amberley to a roof reflecting past agriculture.
December 4, 2024 at 9:01 AM
Thatcher here today to redo the ridge before the end of the year. I wish I had more time today to watch this amazing skill in action - another instance where built heritage is an archive of past landscapes, from chalk marl quarried between here & Amberley to a roof reflecting past agriculture.
Getting this poem by Adam Horovitz framed. A reminder that it starts and ends with the soil.
“The Soil Never Sleeps” (2017)
“The Soil Never Sleeps” (2017)
November 30, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Getting this poem by Adam Horovitz framed. A reminder that it starts and ends with the soil.
“The Soil Never Sleeps” (2017)
“The Soil Never Sleeps” (2017)