𝕂𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕤
@katewillettsss.bsky.social
Musician, director, and all-round artsy person. Enthusiastic birder and meanderer. Seller of books.
Reposted by 𝕂𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕤
Happy Winter Solstice everyone.
One of my first oil paintings from 1996 of Avebury where I went to primary school. Being there had a profound influence on my work.
Lighter days ahead.
One of my first oil paintings from 1996 of Avebury where I went to primary school. Being there had a profound influence on my work.
Lighter days ahead.
December 21, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Happy Winter Solstice everyone.
One of my first oil paintings from 1996 of Avebury where I went to primary school. Being there had a profound influence on my work.
Lighter days ahead.
One of my first oil paintings from 1996 of Avebury where I went to primary school. Being there had a profound influence on my work.
Lighter days ahead.
I listen to, watch adaptations of, and read Jane Austen's novels (remarkably, now that I come to think of it) most days. Her characters and stories are part of the landscape of my life, and her work is very special to me.
December 16, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I listen to, watch adaptations of, and read Jane Austen's novels (remarkably, now that I come to think of it) most days. Her characters and stories are part of the landscape of my life, and her work is very special to me.
Reposted by 𝕂𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕤
Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 14
‘Ponies in the Snow’
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
‘Ponies in the Snow’
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
December 14, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 14
‘Ponies in the Snow’
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
‘Ponies in the Snow’
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
Reposted by 𝕂𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕤
Day two of #ArtAdventCalendar. Here’s a print I made just under a year ago of a crow carrying a crescent moon. 🌙
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Day two of #ArtAdventCalendar. Here’s a print I made just under a year ago of a crow carrying a crescent moon. 🌙
Reposted by 𝕂𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕤
Other work of the Ladybird artists.
The delicacy and detail here
‘Autumn Wedding’
Artist : SR Badmin
The delicacy and detail here
‘Autumn Wedding’
Artist : SR Badmin
November 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Other work of the Ladybird artists.
The delicacy and detail here
‘Autumn Wedding’
Artist : SR Badmin
The delicacy and detail here
‘Autumn Wedding’
Artist : SR Badmin
Reposted by 𝕂𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕤
Psst! Pumpkins are a treat for birds but can be harmful to hedgehogs. 🦔❌
Keep them high up out of reach and compost any leftovers to protect our garden wildlife.
Keep them high up out of reach and compost any leftovers to protect our garden wildlife.
October 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Psst! Pumpkins are a treat for birds but can be harmful to hedgehogs. 🦔❌
Keep them high up out of reach and compost any leftovers to protect our garden wildlife.
Keep them high up out of reach and compost any leftovers to protect our garden wildlife.
It may be mid-October, but, as is fast becoming tradition, my single sunflower of the year has finally bloomed 💛😂🌻 #OctoberSunflower
October 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
It may be mid-October, but, as is fast becoming tradition, my single sunflower of the year has finally bloomed 💛😂🌻 #OctoberSunflower
Reposted by 𝕂𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕤
Tonight, the Harvest Moon rises: the full moon closest to the autumn equinox. 🌕
October’s full moon is also named the Hunter’s Moon, once marking a time to gather food for winter.
It will be the first of three supermoons this year, glowing bigger & brighter.
Moonrise: 19:44*
October’s full moon is also named the Hunter’s Moon, once marking a time to gather food for winter.
It will be the first of three supermoons this year, glowing bigger & brighter.
Moonrise: 19:44*
October 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Tonight, the Harvest Moon rises: the full moon closest to the autumn equinox. 🌕
October’s full moon is also named the Hunter’s Moon, once marking a time to gather food for winter.
It will be the first of three supermoons this year, glowing bigger & brighter.
Moonrise: 19:44*
October’s full moon is also named the Hunter’s Moon, once marking a time to gather food for winter.
It will be the first of three supermoons this year, glowing bigger & brighter.
Moonrise: 19:44*
Reposted by 𝕂𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕤
September 22, 2025 at 7:00 AM
A much-needed slow day of soft sunshine, excellent bird-spotting (did somebody say grey phalarope?!), and the singular joy of a new @peteralanross.bsky.social to read. Early-autumn at its finest.
September 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
A much-needed slow day of soft sunshine, excellent bird-spotting (did somebody say grey phalarope?!), and the singular joy of a new @peteralanross.bsky.social to read. Early-autumn at its finest.
Reposted by 𝕂𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕤
"Why does this light force me back / to my childhood?"
September 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"Why does this light force me back / to my childhood?"
A surprise rose! The final one of the year? 💛🤍
September 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
A surprise rose! The final one of the year? 💛🤍
😭💔 *waves*
Sporadic viewings since the end of July (the 28th being the final time I sat on the lawn watching the large group of ~30 adults and young swifts screeching together, somehow knowing in the moment it would be the last of the season and that they would soon be heading southward).
Sporadic viewings since the end of July (the 28th being the final time I sat on the lawn watching the large group of ~30 adults and young swifts screeching together, somehow knowing in the moment it would be the last of the season and that they would soon be heading southward).
It's a farewell #FlyDay to the wonderful Swifts... already headed on their epic journeys south!
Safe travels, friends, we’ll be waiting for you next summer. 🌍
Safe travels, friends, we’ll be waiting for you next summer. 🌍
August 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
😭💔 *waves*
Sporadic viewings since the end of July (the 28th being the final time I sat on the lawn watching the large group of ~30 adults and young swifts screeching together, somehow knowing in the moment it would be the last of the season and that they would soon be heading southward).
Sporadic viewings since the end of July (the 28th being the final time I sat on the lawn watching the large group of ~30 adults and young swifts screeching together, somehow knowing in the moment it would be the last of the season and that they would soon be heading southward).
Reposted by 𝕂𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕤
Two wonderful garden visitors this morning: a painted lady butterfly and a hummingbird hawk moth! Happy August ☀️
August 1, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Two wonderful garden visitors this morning: a painted lady butterfly and a hummingbird hawk moth! Happy August ☀️
Just finished a re-read of 'Persuasion', and it was utter bliss 😌 I admire Anne Elliot so much (surely the most decent person in all of Austen?), and Captain Wentworth's confession at the end is, quite simply, pure romance. Such joy!
July 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Just finished a re-read of 'Persuasion', and it was utter bliss 😌 I admire Anne Elliot so much (surely the most decent person in all of Austen?), and Captain Wentworth's confession at the end is, quite simply, pure romance. Such joy!
👏🏼SAMARA👏🏼JOY👏🏼 live on BBC Radio 3 and utterly smashing her Proms debut. What a *talent*. (Bringing a huge grin to my face and a much-needed lift to my evening!)
July 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
👏🏼SAMARA👏🏼JOY👏🏼 live on BBC Radio 3 and utterly smashing her Proms debut. What a *talent*. (Bringing a huge grin to my face and a much-needed lift to my evening!)
I always find this time of year hard knowing that they'll be going. But hold on to the wonder in the meantime (there's no need to be down as yet: I literally just saw two fly by the house, which elicited a big smile, of course).
The swifts will start to leave in numbers soon. We won’t see them go. And then, obviously, the countdown will begin again.
July 18, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I always find this time of year hard knowing that they'll be going. But hold on to the wonder in the meantime (there's no need to be down as yet: I literally just saw two fly by the house, which elicited a big smile, of course).
Reposted by 𝕂𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕤
"This world is just a little place, just the red in the sky, before the sun rises, so let us keep fast hold of hands, that when the birds begin, none of us be missing."
~ Emily Dickinson, in a letter written in 1860
~ Emily Dickinson, in a letter written in 1860
July 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"This world is just a little place, just the red in the sky, before the sun rises, so let us keep fast hold of hands, that when the birds begin, none of us be missing."
~ Emily Dickinson, in a letter written in 1860
~ Emily Dickinson, in a letter written in 1860
Wholesome thread combining two of my favourite things: birds and running 🪶🏃🏻♀️✨️ (Gotta commend the Corncrake meme in particular - that properly cracked me up!)
How different birds would run a marathon... a thread. 👇
Reckon you could outdo these birds? We're taking applications for London Marathon 2026 Team RSPB runners.
Follow the link to apply, you have 'til Sunday! 🏅
rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...
Reckon you could outdo these birds? We're taking applications for London Marathon 2026 Team RSPB runners.
Follow the link to apply, you have 'til Sunday! 🏅
rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...
July 9, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Wholesome thread combining two of my favourite things: birds and running 🪶🏃🏻♀️✨️ (Gotta commend the Corncrake meme in particular - that properly cracked me up!)
Reposted by 𝕂𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕤
Ceremonial swift fly-past with wren fanfare
May 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Ceremonial swift fly-past with wren fanfare
They're back! They're back! THE SWIFTS ARE BACK 🥹
May 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
They're back! They're back! THE SWIFTS ARE BACK 🥹
They are yet to arrive near me, but it could be any day now... my eyes are firmly on the skies!
There are five swifts circling overhead, occasionally giving out little skkwrreee sounds, and it’s ridiculous how much pleasure they bring.
April 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They are yet to arrive near me, but it could be any day now... my eyes are firmly on the skies!
Reposted by 𝕂𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕤
Reposted by 𝕂𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕤
Other work of the Ladybird artists
‘Mereside Waterfowl’
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
‘Mereside Waterfowl’
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
March 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Other work of the Ladybird artists
‘Mereside Waterfowl’
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
‘Mereside Waterfowl’
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe