Gordon MacLellan
creepingtoad.bsky.social
Gordon MacLellan
@creepingtoad.bsky.social
storyteller, storymaker, artist and someone who celebrates people, places and wildlife!
Reads books, draws pictures, makes puppets, keeps tropical fish and grows plants!
Visit the Creeping Toad blog:creepingtoad.blogspot.com
who rules froma tree's throne? who waves flags from twig towers? who hoards treasure in a root dungeon? Free event in Buxton on saturday 4th, @FunPalaces,, @BabblingVagabondsStorytellingTheatre, #familyevents, #woodland, #derbyshirewildlifetrust, fb.me/e/8jpONuOer
September 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Like thistles seedclouds, frogs hopping and ants swarming.....our Lightwood day comes inevitably closer - join us in the nature reserve! Sunday 6th July, Buxton. Free..https://fb.me/e/6MCxrk97w
July 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Join me for an amazing gathering of creative minds at The Creativity
Conference London on June 27th!

Register at: www.creativityconference.is/london

See you there!
@theCreativityConference
#TheCreativityConference #Creativity2025 #UniversalCreativity
June 18, 2025 at 7:17 AM
stories, puppets, wonder and silliness: a day of free activities as apr of Leek Loves Books in Leek, Staffordshire. #storytelling, #fingerpuppets, #familyactivities, www.instagram.com/p/DKl0c_voxG...
June 7, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Sea, seaweed and sun: stepping into an Orkney evening, #orkney, #finstown
May 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
May morning(yesterday!) In Cromarty, ##springflowers, #beltane, #cromarty
May 2, 2025 at 11:32 AM
New music from @giftsfromcrows:instrumental pieces as part of our “Whispers Along the Wind” project combining original music with poems of places, trees, darkness and mystery
Single ‘Willow’, and album on release from 7th March.
giftsfromcrows.bandcamp.com, #giftsfromcrows, #neoclassical, #poetry
March 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
celebrate aardvarks in this #Nationalaardvarkweek, wonderful animals - I have no pics so here are a couple of Malawian landscapes where we were fairly sure aardvarks were hiding...., #aardvark, #malawi,
March 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Spring, reflections in ponds, watermint waking up, and myself waiting for frogs! #pondlife, #ponds, #nature, #wildlife, #Buxton
March 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
a summer for stories, of tales of brave children, beautiful trees, adventurous rabbits and occasional mice! New tour dates released for Creeping Toad!
23rd - 30th June: Hereford and Worcester: now booking
And other places, other times: just get in touch!
creepingtoad.blogspot.com/2025/01/stor...
February 23, 2025 at 10:36 AM
A chilly afternoon wander and I'm glad that i didn't see any frogs - still feels too cold here but sooner rather than later they'll start filling the ponds with song when we're still watching for snow! #ponds, #frogs, #toads, #naturepoetry
February 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
sunlight on snow.....driving through the Highlands of Scotland today, hoping to get to Glasgow ahead of Storm Bert, #snow, #cairngorm, #A9, #winter
November 22, 2024 at 8:36 PM
what stories can we find...what stories can we tell...what stories can we celebrate: storymaking workshops as part of Book Week, Scotland... #stories, #storytelling, #nationalbookweek
November 19, 2024 at 8:53 PM
heading north for a week of storytelling, book-building and wintry-thoughts in Inverness and Cromarty! #storytelling, #nature, #art, #winter, #Cromarty
November 16, 2024 at 4:51 PM