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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Doing the cottage thing with the Ottawa branch of the family. Up for sunrise due to jet lag.

View of a pontoon on a lake at sunrise. Beached canoe in the foreground. Surrounded by flaming colours leaves.

Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

🌱 Late summer colour in my tiny Northumberland garden. Particularly chuffed with the renegade Nasturtium self seeding last year and climbing the Dogwood.

Patio furniture surrounded by pots and beds of late summer flowers, including Rudbeckia, Aster and Nasturtium.

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Wake up, Ted. It's a beautiful morning!

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

18 months of learning to use acrylics so I can go bigger, brighter and more expressive. This is A2 size. “Alnwick Moor’ Drive By”. #Art

Expressive landscape featuring crags on Alnwick Moor, with Heather in the foreground.

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

🍃 🌿 I do love the season of garden posies.

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

🌱 2 year old Aqualegia providing the perfect backdrop for my luxe lunch. Too hot? Not in Northumberland

Blue plate of salad in front of a huge Aqualegia plant with yellow and orange flowers

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

For no real reason I have not painted for 6 months. So to paint myself back into it, I looked out of the back window. Now onwards. (Click on the image)

Sketch in acrylics of a stormy sky over a harvested field.

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

🍃 lovely walk around Cragside, Northumberland.

View of rhododendron bushes in front of tall conifers. Colours include pink, purple, yellow and white

Old stone steps curve up a hill, flanked by blooming rhododendrons

Cragside house just visible behind a rockery with Rhododendrons and Gentian violets (I think)

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

My view from a deckchair at Wallington today.

View from a deckchair at Wallington, Northumberland. Lawn, flower beds and trees

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

A beautiful day in Bakewell Derbyshire

Morning mist hovering over the town of Bakewell, viewed from the hill above

Morning mist in akewell, taken from a garden above the town.

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

🌱on the last afternoon of the school holidays, hundreds of people with children and dogs flocked to enjoy the last of the blossom in the Alnwick Gardens cherry orchard. Japanese music and lanterns. A real buzz, which was pretty cool.

Cherry blossom orchard with people using the many swings, and taking pictures .

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

🌱 After the daffs and primrose yellows, I get excited to see the blues of the humble Forget-me-not.

Close up view of forget-me-not blooms peeking out from under the cat mint.

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

🌱I finally got to see the rui s of Pompeii. You will have seen many dusty pi ctures, but by going this time of year I was delighted by the wildflowers.

Trees planted in green spaces of Pompeii ruins.

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

I got sidetracked reading about devastating international conflict, so was late with Teddy's lunch. (Apparently)

Tabby and white cat patiently sitting at the table waiting for lunch.

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

🌱yay, thee postman has delivered essential ingredients for hope and happiness 😊.

Small window sill propagator and packet s of poppy seeds.

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

I guess this is my life now. (Yes, I'm English and complaining about rain).

View of tall trees through mist and rain.

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

🌱Dogwood branches and primroses providing some glamour in my soggy Northumberland garden. So dull for so long my houseplants are fading from lack of 🌞.

Red branches of a dogwood bush shown from above. Underneath, some primroses survive in the rain soaked soil

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Happy Christmas Eve! Thank you to those who have interacted with me this year.I’m not one of life’s joiners, but my Blue Sky experience has been overwhelmingly positive. I hope you all find some joy during the festivities. And Teddy says’Hi’.

Tabby and white cat lies on his back under a Christmas tree. His defiant expression is as a result of being told off for batting the hell out of the felt cow toy on the tree.

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

#ArtAdventCalendar A watercolour for my Christmas Card from 2 years ago. It's called 'Make a decision Teddy, it's flipping freezing.'

Watercolour of a cat looking out of an open front door to the snowy path beyond. There is a gate and stone pillars at then of the path, and a Christmas wreath on the front door.

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

#ArtAdventCalendar This was the first thing I painted on canvass. It's a little crude, but I still love the colours. Completed in May

A4 Canvass of 3 Rudbeckia flowers with an abstract background of vertical stripes of turquoise, orange and green. Painted in acrylics.

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

#ArtAdventCalendar I’m not a photographer but I took this picture on Kingston Rd, Toronto in May24. It has a Hopper-esque vibe, I think.

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

#ArtAdventCalendar Part of the attraction of learning to use acrylics is to move away from fiddly detail and go bigger and bolder. I like the contrasts on this one.

Acrylic painting on A4 canvass. Close up view of one fuschia flower, in pink and red. It is contrasted by bright green leaves.

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

#ArtAdventCalendar The only watercolour I've done this year was another surprise gift, this time for my sister in law. Her grandsons. It's a different challenge when you're painting for someone else.

Watercolour of the back view of 3 small boys looking over and through a 5 bar gate at a tractor in a field.

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Last week I gave this as a surprise gift for a friend. She lost Alfie, aged 18, last month. She loved the painting. The grief of losing a beloved pet is so hard.#ArtAdventCalendar

Acrylic painting of a black and white cat, asleep, surrounded by soft furnishings in muted rainbow colours

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

This door on the River Itchen, Winchester, is to me, a magical sight, with promise of a wonderful garden beyond. First A3 canvass. #ArtAdventCalendar

Painting in acrylics on canvass. Depicts an ancient stone and brick wall, with a white door in the middle. In front are steps and foliage leading to a clear chalkstream.

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

#ArtAdventCalendar While learning about acrylics I enjoyed exploring the depth of colour that I could achieve. Subject detail in alt description

Study on A4 canvas. Older wirey man sits cross-legged under a large Linden tree, looking at his phone. Green, yellow and blue palette. Wallington, Northumberland

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

I'm starting with this year's favorite, because it's taken me 10 months to learn to use acrylics and paint from the heart. Subject in alt description. #ArtAdventCalendar

Crags beside the road on Alnwick Moor. Imagined as a winter scene with snow, but vibrant greens, yellows and purples .

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

We finally got to the Ad Gefrin museum in Wooler, which showcases local Anglo-Saxon heritage. Great facility, and nice to meet the yule goat in the carpark.

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

WIP acrylic surprise present for a friend. She has had a tough year, and her 18 year old cat died last month. I have the facial likeness. Now if there is any decent natural daylight over the next couple of days I can do the fun stuff.

WIP painting of a cat curled up on a sofa, using neutral colours.

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

As it’s International Men’s Day, May I recommend The Father by John Niven @nivenj1.bsky.social. Hard slab of satire and social commentary with a soft layer underneath. ( I’m also thinking about chocolate).

Front cover of The Fathers by John Niven

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

I have had the winter blues this week, so I threw for paint down while the sun shone and now I feel better.

Abstract of winter scene inspired by Alnwick Moor.

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Yesterday’s walk around Hulne Park, Alnwick. T shirt weather. Choc full of pheasants waiting to be shot by rich people. At least they took a day off.

View of autumnal trees and sheep by a river

Ruins of Hulne Abbey showing gothic stone arches

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

🌱 Happy November from Northumberland

Corner of small garden with Rudbeckia, Roses, fuschia, and Japanese Anenome.

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Sunny autumn days are the best. The Alnwick Garden looking stunning today.

Pond with autumn trees reflected. Fountain in the middle.

View of pond from a se ond angle, with blue sky and autumnal trees

Cherry orchard with yellow and golden leaves

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

🌱 A tree surgeon spent hours on my favourite tree, The Copper Beech near my house. I was anxious while I waited, but I think they've done a good job. And the people who live behind it will get some daylight.

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

🌱Little October posy from my pruning activity this morning.

Small posy glass vase with sweet peas, roses and Rudbeckia.

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

🌱 well today I was going to start chopping down and dividing clumps. Looks like we will be delaying that until the first frost. Pretty good for Northumberland.

Border with bushy Rudbeckia and pink and white cosmos.

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

First time picking up a palette knife. Why did no one tell me how much fun this is? #Art

Abstract marks with palette knife on a turquoise background

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

🌱 Here is another photo of the lovely Copper Beech, before it starts to lose its leaves.

Beneath a blue sky is a view of a copper beech, with a church building to the right, dwarfed by this magnificent tree.

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

I think I'm finally getting the hang of Acrylics.

Acrylic on. A4 canvas. Close up of. Fuchsia flower with vibrant leaves

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

I’m still learning to use Acrylics. This is my first A3 canvas. This is based on a door on the River Itchen outside of Winchester. #Art

Painting in Acrylics of a door into a garden. There is a river in front, and old stone and brick walls hiding the garden beyond

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

🌱My little rainy English garden.

Garden scene, with pot of flowers in the foreground, rose, sweet peas, and Cosmos, through rainy window

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

My visiting Canadian relatives left a thank you card (well of course). We showed them Northumberland. The 14 year old mostly hid in her hoodie and didn’t say much. This is what she wrote. I’m really chuffed.😎 (You need to tap)

Thanked for being Chill People by a 14 year old!

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

🌱 Um...Rudbeckias have come on since last September 🤭

Rudbeckia plants put in last September. 3 small cuttings.

A year later, massively overgrown Rudbeckia.

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

This is a loose watercolour sketch ı completed a year ago when ı was recovering from a serious illness. I thought it was rubbish at the time. Now I'm OK with it. Funny how your health and energy levels can skew your judgement.

Loose watercolour of rainclouds over golden field, with farmhouse and trees in the middle ground.

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Jill @gingerjill.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

🌱 First Sweetpea in my new garden. Happy dance!

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