Emma Payne
@fedbybirds.bsky.social
Screenwriting, poetry, comedy, printmaking, painting, eels, beetles, general detritus
Drama this morning as this handsome guy flew into our window & sat stunned in our backyard for ages. Think he’s a woodcock, maybe migrating from Russia. Luckily when we tried to put him in a box as per RSPCA instructions he pulled himself together & flew off
November 20, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Drama this morning as this handsome guy flew into our window & sat stunned in our backyard for ages. Think he’s a woodcock, maybe migrating from Russia. Luckily when we tried to put him in a box as per RSPCA instructions he pulled himself together & flew off
Beach finds - spider crab shells
November 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Beach finds - spider crab shells
Victorian animal paintings in the Margate caves, discovered by accident under a vicarage garden
October 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Victorian animal paintings in the Margate caves, discovered by accident under a vicarage garden
Unwelcome discovery of the day - the reason the grass in our new house looks like this is some twat, instead of taking out a concrete backyard, just put soil & turf on top of it. Anyone know a good way round this (ideally aside from hiring a bulldozer & starting again)? 🌱
October 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Unwelcome discovery of the day - the reason the grass in our new house looks like this is some twat, instead of taking out a concrete backyard, just put soil & turf on top of it. Anyone know a good way round this (ideally aside from hiring a bulldozer & starting again)? 🌱
I like knowing that it’s my stop on the train when I see the rollercoaster & Big Wheel
September 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I like knowing that it’s my stop on the train when I see the rollercoaster & Big Wheel
No one’s mentioning Barefoot in the Park where Robert Redford & Jane Fonda both look devastating (it also caused my mum to buy an orange sweater when she first watched it, & me to borrow it many years later when I watched it)
September 16, 2025 at 10:38 PM
No one’s mentioning Barefoot in the Park where Robert Redford & Jane Fonda both look devastating (it also caused my mum to buy an orange sweater when she first watched it, & me to borrow it many years later when I watched it)
Always a pleasure to get a plant delivery from Yodel 🌱
September 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Always a pleasure to get a plant delivery from Yodel 🌱
Dahlia in the new seaside garden 🌱
August 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Dahlia in the new seaside garden 🌱
Roof garden has arrived at its new home (anyone know how to fix a lawn that looks like this?) 🌱
July 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Roof garden has arrived at its new home (anyone know how to fix a lawn that looks like this?) 🌱
Really going to miss this view. Blocks of flats are underrated for this 🌱
July 30, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Really going to miss this view. Blocks of flats are underrated for this 🌱
Our roof garden has returned to its former sad state - now & how it was yesterday (the garden has travelled to Margate) 🌱
July 29, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Our roof garden has returned to its former sad state - now & how it was yesterday (the garden has travelled to Margate) 🌱
Final roof garden flowers 🌱
July 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Final roof garden flowers 🌱
Mary Queen of Scot’s embroidered crocodile at Oxburgh Hall. Looks like it should have its own cartoon series
July 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Mary Queen of Scot’s embroidered crocodile at Oxburgh Hall. Looks like it should have its own cartoon series
Strange little guy from the church in Cley, Norfolk
July 20, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Strange little guy from the church in Cley, Norfolk
Excited to hear that my shell print has been shortlisted for the Woolwich Contemporary art fair #printmaking
July 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Excited to hear that my shell print has been shortlisted for the Woolwich Contemporary art fair #printmaking
Can’t believe I’ve also been thwarted from buying this vintage plate, all my best decor ideas being stifled here
June 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Can’t believe I’ve also been thwarted from buying this vintage plate, all my best decor ideas being stifled here
