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I just saw it immediately with the robin at bottom left

Looks like meadowsweet?(Filipendula ulmaria)

Yes, here in Lancashire. I’ve only properly witnessed it once though, years ago, when it seemed like a whole colony, which had been invading the house, was suddenly taking off. Can’t remember the date. The other day I had one flying ant in the house. There are ant nests in my yard.

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Bet these look good positioned as if the bird is peeping out of a pocket 🥹

Janey Colbourne @janeycog.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Been thinking a lot about #mitochondria Mine have been struggling since getting #longcovid When I feel up to it, I do some #freemotionmachineembroidery & meditate on how mitochondria support each other. Two can fuse to become one, or ‘kiss’ to align & organise their inner membranes (called cristae)

A green plastic embroidery hoop of size 220 mm by 195 mm framing free-motion stitched mitochondria in red thread, showing the outer and inner membranes in cross-section, inspired by electron micrograph images. In the centre is a recently fused mitochondrion: it has a peanut shell shape, narrower in the middle where the two mitochondria first joined. Two of the mitochondria are kissing: where their outer membranes are touching, the folds of their inner membranes, called cristae, are neatly aligned with each other.

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Janey Colbourne @janeycog.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

I’m concerned whether there’s going to be a flurry of them before then.

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Janey Colbourne @janeycog.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

A book per day I can’t guarantee. It’s ambitious for me with ADHD. A book, whenever, erratically, is what I can offer realistically 🤣 #naturebookchallenge

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Janey Colbourne @janeycog.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Nature book challenge. A book per day in no particular order, until you’ve shared ALL of the best nature books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews #Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky

Book cover with title ‘The Mind of a Bee’ by Lars Chittka, in white text on a black background. A close-up photograph of an iridescent bee is the centre image.

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Janey Colbourne @janeycog.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

The cover of the book ‘Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses’ by Robin Wall Kimmerer. The cover shows an illustration of moss, and a quote by Robert MacFarlane which says, ‘Grounding, calming and quietly revolutionary’

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Janey Colbourne @janeycog.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Stick n’ stitch that works in the printer sounds like an absolute game changer. I’ve only recently started using soluble fabric but this sounds even better. How do you remove it? Peel off? Or is it soluble?

Janey Colbourne @janeycog.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

That is stunning! I love the composition 😍

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Janey Colbourne @janeycog.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

So Cajun French just kept the /r/ then?

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Janey Colbourne @janeycog.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Forgot to say, these are all hand embroidery

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Janey Colbourne @janeycog.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Happy #WorldEmbroideryDay ☺️ Some pieces from my embroidery journey 2021-2025 (the last one is still unfinished)

A compilation of 12 photos of my embroidery pieces. Some are stitched words or line drawings in backstitch. Some are thread paintings.

Ex There is one rectangular redwork piece in a frame, which is a stitched poem entitled ‘redwork’ and one piece that is a simple house design stitched on a mini canvas. The other ten are all in circular embroidery hoops.

There are positive messages in the pieces with words. For example, the first piece in the top left, an embroidery piece in a hoop, with freehand words stitched in red. In the centre is a heart, around which is the phrase ‘create & chat’. All the words begin with the letter C. There are some flowers stitched with daisy chain stitch, and heart motifs. The stitched words are: contentment, conversation, calm, cherish, cozy, cheer, connect, craft, companions, comfortable.

The bottom left piece is an embroidery ‘thread painting’ in an orange hoop. The scene is a pond in the woods. A tiny figure in the centre stands on a hillock just beyond the water. There are patches of ground stitched in orange and russet, where there is a carpet of fallen larch tree needles.

The last piece, at the bottom right, is an unfinished embroidery in a detailed thread painting style, of a woodland scene, framed in a green embroidery hoop. The large central tree is growing on rock. In the foreground, the purples in the rock strata have been accentuated.

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Isn’t it appalling? Getting a glimmer of satisfaction that she’s actually trending on FB now because of it

The article that got #RebeccaSolnit FB account disabled. They are also taking it down if anyone else shares it.

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I know it’s small consolation, and a weird irony, but you’re popular right now on FB

Screenshot of a search box, showing that Rebecca Solnit is ‘popular now’

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I couldn’t think of anyone with more integrity than you @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

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Janey Colbourne @janeycog.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Their bias is so blatant now. It’s appalling and very, very worrying

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Fair enough 😂 after all, it is morning

Janey Colbourne @janeycog.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Today I’d like to #LiftToTheSky @brokenspinearts.bsky.social for starting #LiftToTheSky an absolutely joyful, positive, community-building concept. Thank you 🥰

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Bluesky is an "echo chamber" but Twitter is some kind of what, salon? An egalitarian agora where ideas are respectfully exchanged? Twitter is a smoking Cybertruck with a greasy dude reeking of Axe Body Spray offering Circus Peanuts out of the back seat. I have no interest in getting into that ride.

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That would explain why they’re happy for social media AI to steal artists’ work and for us to have to ‘opt out’

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My personal embroidery has taken a bit of a backseat as I’m working on a community textile project with our #LongCovidSupport group at #BrainHealthBreakthroughCIC Some beautiful contributions from our group members #CommunityArts #LongCovidBanner #crochet #embroidery #CrossStitch #WIP #TextileArt

Two fabric pieces in the shape of ginkgo leaves, in two shades of green. The dark green leaf has the words resilience and strength embroidered on it. The bright green leaf has the words hope and endurance embroidered in it.

A selection of textile pieces laid out on a bright green background as part of a banner work in progress, including a cross stitch piece that reads ‘Brain Health Breakthrough’ circled by crocheted hands that are linked together. There are crochet sunflowers and a heart, and two pink Suffolk puffs in the shape of hearts.

Various leaf shapes in three shades of green cotton fabric, laid out on a coffee table.

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And now there’s a doge within a doge as Trump pretends he’s abolished it when really he’s taken it over

I have it very mildly. I feel a bit panicky and embarrassed when it happens. It’s exhausting to desperately try and mask it (that pun was unintended 😂 but I like it). I am neurodivergent (AuDHD)

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But surely this is the real reality? And what we humans tend to call reality is some weird fantasy world we created amongst ourselves?