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Elizabeth Harrison
@corardens.bsky.social
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Nature, heritage and landscape enthusiast based in Devon. Also sews and knits. Has a doctorate (from SSEES) in something else.
Writing:
https://deepdownthings.substack.com/
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It’s giving
Russian painting of a snow scene and peasants with a woman being carted off to prison Russian painting of a snow scene and winter festivities
November 18, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Quite how this pumpkin manages to capture the November 2025 mood quite so accurately, I’m not sure.
A small pumpkin with a carved face depicting a mix of horror and exhaustion sitting in a large flower pot filled with weeds on a rainy day
November 14, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Look up 😍
Oak leaves looking bronze and gold against a blue sky
November 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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I have a range of seasonal hoops available in my Etsy which would make good Christmas gifts or perhaps Christmas ornaments for your home!
Includes free UK postage.
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Comm...
Hand embroidery of Holly with berries on white fabric against a plain white background.
November 7, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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My chips, but not my dog
A bowl of chips on a pub table with a black spaniel in the background looking at the chips with pleading eyes
October 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Tor/woodland/ponies/river
A tor in the distance, with an autumn wood, some ponies and lower down, a river with rocks, on an autunn day
October 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Wistman's Wood (or rather the edge of it, as you can't go through it for conservation reasons).
A single oak tree growing at the edge of a wood on Dartmoor An oak forest where the oaks are beginning to turn, image taken from a distance. An oak wood with mossy stones at the bottom and lichen on the trees Ferns growing from a mossy branch of an oak tree.
October 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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I was this years old when I realised Crediton actually has a bishop. (For those not from this part of Devon, it’s a tiny town).
Bearing in mind the entirety of Plymouth (RC) Diocese (which covers this 👇 geography) currently has zero bishop.
Part of a map showing Catholic diocese in England. Plymouth Diocese stretches from Penzance to Dorset.
October 4, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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It is the last day of my autumn sale, if you want to pick up a bargain! #embroidery www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Comm...
An embroidery hoop with hand embroidery of hawthorn with berries, held against a background of a hawthorn hedge covered in berries
September 30, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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A good year for fungi
A bright red fly agaric with white speckled cap growing in brown leaf mould.
September 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Dawlish Water
A still stream looking peaceful with large planes to one side and overhanging trees.
September 27, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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Look, I just think that one of the St Teresas could have chosen a feast day which wasn’t in October, to make things less confusing
Image of printed text which says 1 Wed Saint Therese of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church Image of printed text which says 15 Wed Saint Terese of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church
September 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Cockwood Harbour as the tide is rising.
Boats in a harbour with sunset reflected in the water and houses in the distance
September 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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'I was glad it was a very hot, sunny day with bright blue skies, because otherwise the deserted, ruined church with legends connected to it of fiends and black dogs breathing fire might have spooked me a little.'
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An empty, ruined church on a sunny day with blue skies. The church is filled with weeds.
September 22, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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Found within 5 minutes of our house on a short autumnal stroll.
Bramble leaves with speckled varied colour red and yellow A large white mushroom growing in some leaf mould Some autumn cyclamen growing among fallen leaves
September 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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It bodes
Image of sunrise taken from bedroom window with reddish cirrus clouds
September 14, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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I'm running an autumn sale in my Etsy shop with 25% off and free postage!
Find some autumn-themed embroidered art for your home or get ahead with some Christmas gifts - it's up to you!

www.etsy.com/shop/Commono...
Embroidery hoop with white fabric and embroidery of holly with red berries Embroidery hoop with golden leaves of field maple Embroidery hoop with embroidery of colourful leaves and berries of spindle tree Embroidery hoop with an ivy plant with 4 leaves
September 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Pulteney Bridge before the rain
A view of Pulteney Bridge in Bath with swirling grey rain clouds above it and a still dark river below.
September 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Bath Botanical Garden
A straight path with a flowerbed to one side and a bench at the end. On the left is a green lawn.
September 6, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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One of many reasons I feel uncomfortable about the St George’s flag appearing everywhere…

(This one is for Russianists/film fans)
Still from a black and white film showing knights with scary helmets carrying shields with a cross on accompanied by an “evil looking” member of the clergy
September 1, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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A golden hour train journey to Cornwall
View of St Germans and river from train with small boats
August 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Malmesbury Abbey this evening
Medieval abbey lit up at night Medieval doorway with carvings and benches to either side Tower of church lit up at night with a cross at the top.
August 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Princess Gardens Torquay
Colourful flowers in the foreground with a fountain and beyond it a pavilion with other buildings and palm trees.
August 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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View from Deerleap near Priddy, Somerset.
View of fields and distant hills in Somerset on a sunny day with a hawthorn tree in the foreground
August 10, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Sloes are having a good year, I note
round blue fruits growing on a shrub with green leaves
August 10, 2025 at 7:42 AM