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@heatherewing.bsky.social
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Gardening by the sea, slow living, macramé and mindful crafting, watching the birds.

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I see Michael Sheen has gone for the time-honoured Pretending To Be Welsh strategy. #CelebrityTraitors
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Heather @heatherewing.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I don't know who the talent bookers are on #celebritytraitors but they've played another blinder. What a cast!
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Ana Bolena & Tudor @anabolenaaa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
For today's #OnlineArtExchange, let's wander into the golden haze of John Atkinson Grimshaw's "Autumn Regrets" (1882). A masterpiece where Victorian stillness fades into a brilliant canopy of amber leaves, capturing that quiet, bittersweet feeling of seasons turning. @artukdotorg.bsky.social
A Victorian oil painting by John Atkinson Grimshaw titled "Autumn Regrets". A woman dressed in an elegant, long black Victorian dress reclines on a stone bench in a park. The ground is completely covered with fallen orange and brown autumn leaves. Above her, a dense canopy of chestnut trees with golden, amber, and yellow leaves filters a soft, misty light. The atmosphere is quiet, serene, and melancholic.
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Heather @heatherewing.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If you'd need a little giggle, the replies are worth a moment of your time.
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@Julianshea.bsky.social @julianshea.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
'Have you got a copy of Fly Tipping by RAF Fairford? You do? Oh that's wonderful. My name? Fairford. RAF Fairford.'
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Steve Jackson @atcherleyons.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Me, part way through looking at several hundred photos of Gannets taken at @rspb.bsky.social Bempton Cliffs today. #Birds #BirdPhotography #UKWildlife #ECK 🌿
Photo of the head and the upper part of the nack of a Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) who is almost looking towards us and slightly to our right. The head is rounded, wider than it is tall, and a pale yellowish-brown in colour, with that colour extending down the sides of the otherwise white neck. The eyes, on either side of the base of the upper part of the beak, are pale grey with black pupils and thick, sky-blue rims. The beak, though longish, is foreshortened in this view as the Gannet is looking almost directly at us. It is battleship grey in colour, with black lines around the base, and a black line on each side of the upper part of the bill, running from the base, almost to the hooked tip.
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Abbey @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This is what living next door to a 30 megawatt data center sounds like.
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Heather @heatherewing.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hmmm, I planted some primroses in the spring. I wonder if they'll come back this year - they certainly didn't get a lot of water. #gardenersworld
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Heather @heatherewing.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Awww, there's always something about the last #Beechgrove of the year. Callum'll be packing away his shorts, everyone's going into hibernation & it'll be snowing next week l!
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Breezie @breeze420.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"As long as autumn lasts, I shall not have hands, canvas and colors enough to paint the beautiful things I see." -Vincent Van Gogh
Trees showing off their autumn colors with the sun peeking through.
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The doorstep milk thief, 1966 Artist: Ronald Lampitt
A blue-tit pecks at the silver top of a milk bottle on the doorstep 
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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Honestly I'm not lying when I say that AI is making my working life harder by constantly getting in the way. What other technology has ever made things actively worse for people who don't use it?
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Little Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
8 easy ways to get micro-rewilding in your garden or local area: 🐞 Let the grass grow 🐝 Ditch the poison 🍃 Embrace some mess 🌳 Plant trees 🌿 Scrub-up 🌻 Plant with nature in mind 🐸 Go wild for water 🌱 Look after the soil 🐾 More: bit.ly/2P4TYBQ #biodiversity #nature #wildlife
Orange and brown-coloured Comma butterfly on a green bramble leaf
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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Autumn poem just dropped.
[The poem has been written in the shape of a deciduous tree with letters (or ‘leaves’) missing from the text]:
 
  comm   n pr  ble    whe    writin    p   ems
in the shape of decid o   s trees
is t  at once t   ere ar   ives
the fir   t sti   rings of    he new aut   mn breeze,  
  he       oems will begi    to shake    hemselves ge   tly  
  ntil their letters loos   n like leaves,
an they d start to float down
then
 
[The missing letters from the tree have landed on the last line to form the phrase]

turntomushuponthegroun

[The final ‘d’ is floating down to complete the phrase.]
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Heather @heatherewing.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Barely! Showed none of the on-water harassment of the refugees or the thuggery of the protesters in Gosport itself.
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TheSnarkyFarmer @thesnarkyfarmer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#TheOutpost 🌻🌱🌿🚶‍♂️🍃🍂🍁
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Sanat Tarihi @sanatintarihi.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Gustave Caillebotte - A Young Man at His Window 1876 (J. Paul Getty Museum)
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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I really hate the framing of these stories as "an AI agent broke out and hacked something." No, an inadequate sandbox meant that a powerful and unpredictable computer program was set loose on the open internet by the company that designed it. The agency isn't with the "AI agent", it's with the firm
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Little Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Dear councils, 97% of UK meadows are gone. So if you have wildflowers like ox-eye daisies on roadverges and in public spaces, don't spray them with weedkiller or over-mow them. Let's give pollinating insects like bees and butterflies a chance 🐝
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Heather @heatherewing.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Very enjoyable #allotment special. I'd love to know the veg washing station on the side of a shed set up. Looked very handy! Lots of ideas to play with for next year. Bring it on! #gardenersworld
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Heather @heatherewing.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
What a cracking squash harvest! I'm definitely giving them a go next year. #gardenersworld
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S.E.MacRae @semacrae.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The safety implications alone of closing a station anywhere along the South coast is bad enough, but near a such an important shipping harbour as Portsmouth? When on earth are the government going to take this action seriously and stop making excuses on far right agitators behalf.
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 17/09/2026
Following quality control checks, a manually operated weather station has been confirmed to have recorded 38.2°C on Thursday the 13th of August, making it the hottest day of 2026. This exceeds the previous maximum temperature of 38.1°C recorded at Kew Gardens on the same day.
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Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 16/09/2026
I'm afraid it's now predicted the energy Price Cap will rise 24% in January. The Cap applies to all firms' standard tariffs (bar in N. Ireland), so if you're not on a fix or special deal, you, like most people, are on it.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I have an announcement.
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Heather @heatherewing.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I hope the leaderboard makes it to the main series, too. It gives everyone the chance to settle their nerves, get a lovely bit of mentoring from the judges and show what they can do. #potterythrowdown
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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Now THIS is incredible. 26 decommissioned wind turbines from Scotland's first commercial wind farm were - wait for it - 99.9% recycled? Less than 0.1% of their materials into landfill: www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/uk-fi... Blimey.
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‘UK first’ sees decommissioning of ScottishPower wind farm demonstrate turbine circularity | New Civil Engineer
Hagshaw Hill Wind Farm in South Lanarkshire opened in the mid-‘90s and was decommissioned in 2023 before being repowered and brought back onstream in late
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Heather @heatherewing.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I think my plum tree has got a little confused. The recent rain has fooled it into thinking it's spring! I hope it doesn't mean it won't blossom again in the spring. 🌱
Blossom and buds on a Victoria plum tree in a  pot in a northern hemisphere September. The crab apples in the neighbouring pot in the background are ripening to a lovely golden colour.
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Jonesy Cartoons @jonesycartoons3.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Delighted to have this #cartoon published in @theguardian.com #datacentres #environment
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Heather @heatherewing.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I sorted out my big pot of crocosmia a couple of weeks ago and Flash the squirrel has dug them up multiple times. He's in full nut-burying mode and not a single pot is safe. #gardenersworld
Flash, a grey squirrel, sitting on a fence post.
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Heather @heatherewing.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I am enjoying the hard-landscapey-DIY bits Adam's doing in his new garden. All useful stuff! #gardenersworld
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Heather @heatherewing.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Ah well, unlucky. Right, get the gardening on. #gardenersworld
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Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'life by the sea' for John Bellany: Anchored at Scottish Fisheries Museum 🌊 This work features in the exhibition 👉 artuk.org/visit/whats-on/EVENT807398 'Anchored' by John Bellany (1942–2013) © the artist's estate / Bridgeman 📷 Scottish Fisheries Museum
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Ana Bolena & Tudor @anabolenaaa.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Another wonderful pick for today's #OnlineArtExchange with @artukdotorg.bsky.social on the theme 'life by the sea'. 'Launching the Boat. Skagen' (1884) by the Swedish painter Oscar Björck, beautifully capturing the strength and daily labor of fishermen facing the tide.
A realistic oil painting depicting four rugged fishermen in traditional clothing working together to launch a large wooden boat into the ocean waves from a sandy beach. The sea is dynamic with white foam, and the sunlight highlights their expressions of effort.
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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I just think that risking your life at a moment's notice to save people you've never met in exchange for no money is a better expression of patriotism than dressing up like a Poundshop paramilitary and intimidating families with kids trying to get onto a ferry.
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damowar @damowar.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Monty Done. Hearing him say 'hello' was the start of the weekend.
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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
What i particularly appreciate about this piece is that we’re so consistently soaked in rightwing media, both pro/con, that we cease to see alternatives. Other possibilities. Ones filled with awe & appreciation for the diversity of people & complimentary genius that can make life better for all!
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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
It’s Monday & Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood still has no response to hundreds of masked men blocking ports first in Dover now Portsmouth . No speech about keeping our communities safe , increasing the UK terror threat level , a crackdown on protest or calls to proscribe Patriot Platform 😳..
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Jamie K @crumpsalljamie.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
RNLI donation page here rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
On this day 7th Sept 1838 Grace Darling and her father rescued sailors from from the shipwrecked Forfarshire Artist: John Berry
Grace and her father handle their small boat as it’s tossed in rough seas while we see the wrecked ship in the background, beneath stormy skies 
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Heather @heatherewing.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Phwoarrr - those tomatoes! #gardenersworld
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Heather @heatherewing.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"If you plant it, they will come." Field of (wildlife) dreams on #gardenersworld
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Heather @heatherewing.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Loving this wildlife garden. Lots of little projects to be inspired by! #gardenersworld
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Brigit Strawbridge @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
A miniature garden on a fallen twig 💚
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
At what point does a British by-election get awarded to the silver medalist, à la Ben Johnson and Carl Lewis? Asking for a friend of a friend, i.e. me. #Clacton
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Stop whatever you’re doing & watch this now! Reform’s magic money tree has been bust wide open. Huge kudos to undercover reporters Verbatim via @channel4news.bsky.social youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI?... huge
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Undercover: Exposing Reform's secret donations plot
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:
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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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Heather @heatherewing.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
"Guinness with a champagne top, when we have oysters." Man of the people my 🍑
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Heather @heatherewing.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I've done so much deadheading, pruning and processing for the compost heap today that I've given myself a blister from the secateurs! I was, however, rewarded with the visit of a beautiful, sapphire-blue dragonfly the size of a small helicopter. It was way too fast for me to get a snap. 🌱
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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Nancy Grace Roman was paid 60% of her male colleague's wages. 'the Nobel prize-winning physicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ... told her: “We don’t discriminate against women. We can just get them for less.”' #WomenInSTEM 🧪 🔭
theconversation.com
Nasa’s new telescope is named after astronomer Nancy Grace Roman – but who was she?
The US astronomer battled discrimination in a male dominated field.
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