Jan Harper
@jan-harper.bsky.social
Books take me to other places, worlds and timelines. I write poetry and create things, landscaping to stitching, baking to blankets. Happiest in Nature, I'm a thinker who appreciates practicality. Happily married, we've cats, dogs, chickens and family :D
Put me in mind of a little watercolour I did for of my grandchildren-in-law—obviously not the same thing but if you had a book and were wearing snazzy sunnies, then... well, you get it :D
November 23, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Put me in mind of a little watercolour I did for of my grandchildren-in-law—obviously not the same thing but if you had a book and were wearing snazzy sunnies, then... well, you get it :D
thanks for the gift of time you've given me in reading and letting me know you liked this. This is the edited version, the original being a 'live write' I've decided needed changing. I'd lose the original but then I'd also lose the thread.
November 23, 2024 at 6:11 PM
thanks for the gift of time you've given me in reading and letting me know you liked this. This is the edited version, the original being a 'live write' I've decided needed changing. I'd lose the original but then I'd also lose the thread.
November 23, 2024 at 1:15 AM
ancient remains of a dino-tree that reminds me of an enormous, broken femur, hollowed of its marrow and inviting the curious to enter and explore
November 21, 2024 at 10:27 PM
ancient remains of a dino-tree that reminds me of an enormous, broken femur, hollowed of its marrow and inviting the curious to enter and explore
November 21, 2024 at 10:21 PM
a couple of the 'characters' in our front yard... in a green ballroom of courtiers, these are the king and queen
November 21, 2024 at 6:40 PM
a couple of the 'characters' in our front yard... in a green ballroom of courtiers, these are the king and queen
Sausage roll, anyone?
Sunny, mid 70's, and I made these another day but I could really fancy one right about now with a nice cup of strong Yorkshire tea.
Sunny, mid 70's, and I made these another day but I could really fancy one right about now with a nice cup of strong Yorkshire tea.
November 18, 2024 at 8:11 PM
Sausage roll, anyone?
Sunny, mid 70's, and I made these another day but I could really fancy one right about now with a nice cup of strong Yorkshire tea.
Sunny, mid 70's, and I made these another day but I could really fancy one right about now with a nice cup of strong Yorkshire tea.
#naturepoetry, #naturewriting, #humannature
On Life's Pier
take a deep breath
perspective's everything
criss-crossed with angled shadows
weathered boards may carry us
way out from shore or back again
the choice of direction
entirely up to us
wingless, we pause—
resume our mindful walk
On Life's Pier
take a deep breath
perspective's everything
criss-crossed with angled shadows
weathered boards may carry us
way out from shore or back again
the choice of direction
entirely up to us
wingless, we pause—
resume our mindful walk
November 17, 2024 at 8:56 PM
#naturepoetry, #naturewriting, #humannature
On Life's Pier
take a deep breath
perspective's everything
criss-crossed with angled shadows
weathered boards may carry us
way out from shore or back again
the choice of direction
entirely up to us
wingless, we pause—
resume our mindful walk
On Life's Pier
take a deep breath
perspective's everything
criss-crossed with angled shadows
weathered boards may carry us
way out from shore or back again
the choice of direction
entirely up to us
wingless, we pause—
resume our mindful walk
I wonder if this might help you?
Got to # Feeds (left of screen) and scroll right down, there's this (click to show full image if it's cropped out):
Got to # Feeds (left of screen) and scroll right down, there's this (click to show full image if it's cropped out):
November 17, 2024 at 5:43 PM
I wonder if this might help you?
Got to # Feeds (left of screen) and scroll right down, there's this (click to show full image if it's cropped out):
Got to # Feeds (left of screen) and scroll right down, there's this (click to show full image if it's cropped out):
My small front garden back in the UK some years ago
November 17, 2024 at 2:22 AM
My small front garden back in the UK some years ago
#naturewriting
There's a poem here I've not yet written
that contemplates contrasts:
the purling, white froth
forms for fleet moments
in the hill's runoff waters
that flow across the face of fossils
frozen in time
locked in place
growing more visible
each year
as fluid dissolves stone
There's a poem here I've not yet written
that contemplates contrasts:
the purling, white froth
forms for fleet moments
in the hill's runoff waters
that flow across the face of fossils
frozen in time
locked in place
growing more visible
each year
as fluid dissolves stone
November 17, 2024 at 1:58 AM
#naturewriting
There's a poem here I've not yet written
that contemplates contrasts:
the purling, white froth
forms for fleet moments
in the hill's runoff waters
that flow across the face of fossils
frozen in time
locked in place
growing more visible
each year
as fluid dissolves stone
There's a poem here I've not yet written
that contemplates contrasts:
the purling, white froth
forms for fleet moments
in the hill's runoff waters
that flow across the face of fossils
frozen in time
locked in place
growing more visible
each year
as fluid dissolves stone
the fossil-strewn stream bed feeding the cowpond from uphill
November 17, 2024 at 1:49 AM
the fossil-strewn stream bed feeding the cowpond from uphill
small stream running from big cowpond fed by larger stream running over a bare limestone rockbed full of partial and half-exposed fossils
November 17, 2024 at 1:42 AM
small stream running from big cowpond fed by larger stream running over a bare limestone rockbed full of partial and half-exposed fossils
Ryan Walters tells schools they have to play students and parents video of him blaming the “radical left” and “woke teachers unions” for “attacking” religious liberty
www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
November 16, 2024 at 2:24 AM
Ryan Walters tells schools they have to play students and parents video of him blaming the “radical left” and “woke teachers unions” for “attacking” religious liberty
www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
November 16, 2024 at 1:26 AM
November 16, 2024 at 12:55 AM
Another oldie from back in the UK
November 16, 2024 at 12:46 AM
Another oldie from back in the UK
never got around to adding a poem to this pic I took back in the UK 11 years ago... each time I think to use it, I decide adding words would only detract from its impact on me.
November 15, 2024 at 9:45 PM
never got around to adding a poem to this pic I took back in the UK 11 years ago... each time I think to use it, I decide adding words would only detract from its impact on me.
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sweet potato pies from Thanksgiving using sweet potatoes from the garden... tasted better than they looked here with that pastry a little overcooked in places but with whipped cream no-one was worried about it :)
sweet potato pies from Thanksgiving using sweet potatoes from the garden... tasted better than they looked here with that pastry a little overcooked in places but with whipped cream no-one was worried about it :)
November 15, 2024 at 8:28 PM
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sweet potato pies from Thanksgiving using sweet potatoes from the garden... tasted better than they looked here with that pastry a little overcooked in places but with whipped cream no-one was worried about it :)
sweet potato pies from Thanksgiving using sweet potatoes from the garden... tasted better than they looked here with that pastry a little overcooked in places but with whipped cream no-one was worried about it :)
#naturewriting
on these rotten shores
the lacewing daintily decorates
green branchlets
hangs pale green bulbs
from stiff silk thread
lighting up my day
on these rotten shores
the lacewing daintily decorates
green branchlets
hangs pale green bulbs
from stiff silk thread
lighting up my day
November 15, 2024 at 7:54 PM
#naturewriting
on these rotten shores
the lacewing daintily decorates
green branchlets
hangs pale green bulbs
from stiff silk thread
lighting up my day
on these rotten shores
the lacewing daintily decorates
green branchlets
hangs pale green bulbs
from stiff silk thread
lighting up my day
#naturewriting
Early in spring, waiting courtiers line the green-floored ballroom, watch as the King bows to his curtseying Queen in invitation to dance a stately minuet... the notes of wild birds a delicate, joyful orchestra
Early in spring, waiting courtiers line the green-floored ballroom, watch as the King bows to his curtseying Queen in invitation to dance a stately minuet... the notes of wild birds a delicate, joyful orchestra
November 15, 2024 at 12:43 AM
#naturewriting
Early in spring, waiting courtiers line the green-floored ballroom, watch as the King bows to his curtseying Queen in invitation to dance a stately minuet... the notes of wild birds a delicate, joyful orchestra
Early in spring, waiting courtiers line the green-floored ballroom, watch as the King bows to his curtseying Queen in invitation to dance a stately minuet... the notes of wild birds a delicate, joyful orchestra
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wild flowers in the cattle pastures (a few summers back); part of our veggie garden when it was tidy and not burned the hell out of; some cacti I found growing here in the lower yard by itself; one of the many cardoons that spring up... all without any of our help.
wild flowers in the cattle pastures (a few summers back); part of our veggie garden when it was tidy and not burned the hell out of; some cacti I found growing here in the lower yard by itself; one of the many cardoons that spring up... all without any of our help.
November 14, 2024 at 9:24 PM
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wild flowers in the cattle pastures (a few summers back); part of our veggie garden when it was tidy and not burned the hell out of; some cacti I found growing here in the lower yard by itself; one of the many cardoons that spring up... all without any of our help.
wild flowers in the cattle pastures (a few summers back); part of our veggie garden when it was tidy and not burned the hell out of; some cacti I found growing here in the lower yard by itself; one of the many cardoons that spring up... all without any of our help.
one of the outdoors cats (belong to my m-i-l) named Cat Friend (no idea why) and our Great Pyr 'guardian' dog with her puppies from 4 years back. She'd shed a lot of her fur while pregnant but it grew back and she's shaggier now. Her name's Rosie.
November 14, 2024 at 1:48 AM
one of the outdoors cats (belong to my m-i-l) named Cat Friend (no idea why) and our Great Pyr 'guardian' dog with her puppies from 4 years back. She'd shed a lot of her fur while pregnant but it grew back and she's shaggier now. Her name's Rosie.