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David Zinn @davidzinn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Find someone who cherishes you like you're the last radish in Aiden's garden.

sidewalk chalk drawing of a raccoon gently cradling a large radish

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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Three days to go for @northwildlife.bsky.social to raise £30M to buy the Rothbury Estate. Impressively, they've secured over £27M in donations & pledges. But that still leaves a shortfall. I can only hope they're given more time by the seller. Or that he waives the difference. You can chip in here:

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Donate to Secure The Rothbury Estate | The Wildlife Trusts

Stretching over 3,800 hectares, the Rothbury Estate in Northumberland is abundant with opportunity. It’s the largest continuous area of land to appear on the market in 50 years. Its sale creates a uni...

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Linda Daunter @lindadaunter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A new postbox topper celebrating harvest time has arrived in #Kirkham #Lancashire. #PostboxSaturday

A handcrafted postbox topper featuring three figures - the one standing in the middle might be a scarecrow? Straw, vegetables and colourful autumn leaves complete the scene of a successful harvest.

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Linda Daunter @lindadaunter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Yes, it is worth all the work to grow your own. Courgettes (zucchini) are coming to an end now, but still lots of tomatoes ripening in my small greenhouse. #gardening #homegrown #organic #vegetables

Three green courgettes (zucchini) and six ripe red tomatoes in a white colander.

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CARE International UK @careintuk.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

We've had some new people join our CARE community recently & would love to share our feminist tote bags 🧡 You can get yours by setting up a regular gift today to show that you stand with women around the world & we'll send you a free tote bag as a thank you: careint.uk/free-bag

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Linda Daunter @lindadaunter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Who wouldn't want clothes made from #sunflowers? 🌻🧥🌻👕🌻👗🌻🧦🌻

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Linda Daunter @lindadaunter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Welsh gravy! My mum only made Bisto gravy but when my Welsh grandmother visited she offered to help with the Sunday lunch by making 'proper' gravy. She showed me how to do it, so that became my job every Sunday for years afterwards!

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Linda Daunter @lindadaunter.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Very successful exhibition - £772 raised for charity - and I was so pleased to be able to come home with one of Mike's original drawings.

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CARE International UK @careintuk.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Following the devastating floods in #Nepal, families are facing enormous loss and uncertainty. Communities have been left without homes, essential belongings and the resources they need to recover. Please donate to the Nepal Floods Appeal today: donate.careinternational.org.uk/-/X…

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The Hoolet’s Nook @thehooletsnook.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Time to dust off those #submissions! The Nook is opening a little earlier than previously announced. Our next reading period will run September 15–October 15, coinciding with the release of our Sept. issue. 🦉✨ A note: #micropoetry & #haiku subs are now limited to five pieces per reading period.

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Linda Daunter @lindadaunter.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

i know it's #1stSeptember and the wind is a bit chilly, but here's proof that summer isn't over yet - at least not in my garden! #roses #flowers

A bunch of roses in shades of yellow, peach and cream in a ceramic vase.

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Ian Denton @iand777.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

And now for something completely different... Excerpts from the Punch & Judy show run by teenager, William Vaughan, at Donhead St Andrew's BH fete, yesterday. What cracking puppets... #PunchandJudy

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Linda Daunter @lindadaunter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Will you be in the Preston area next Saturday? This is where I'll be. #ArtExhibition #Hutton #Preston #Lancashire

Poster advertising South Ribble Artists Exhibition on Saturday fifth September between 12 and 4 pm in Hutton Village Hall PR4 5SE. All proceeds will be donated to Rosemere cancer charity.

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Linda Daunter @lindadaunter.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

After much practising and faffing about, I've finally sent a postcard painting to Winsor & Newton's ArtMail. www.winsornewton.com/pages/artmail And as it was based on a photo I took of my little granddaughter last #summer I think it might also do for this week's #BlueSkyArtShow #watercolour

My art table with a watercolour paintbox and three brushes in the right bottom corner, a practice sheet of watercolour paper covered with blotches and daubs of various colours, and three paintings on postcards. The paintings are all slightly different versions of the same picture - the back view of a little girl setting off through a dandelion strewn field towards a forest.

Watercolour painting on a postcard showing a little girl wearing a pink sunhat, turquoise top and blue shorts walking through long grass dotted with clumps of dandelions towards a path leading into a forest. She is holding a long stick in her right hand and is eager to go exploring!

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Linda Daunter @lindadaunter.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

As a writer my biggest fear is that I might accidentally copy another writer's plot/ character/ style. As a reader I love finding something different/ unlike anything else I've read. This article only makes me more determined to get my novel accepted by an #IndiePublisher ! #booksky #Writesky

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Linda Daunter @lindadaunter.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Enjoyed today's #LunchtimeRead from a writer and magazine I hadn't come across before. Wonderful descriptions: "The free facelift that comes with Madame's tight top knot gives her the Cheshire Cat's fixed grin but none of his charm." #FlashFiction www.vestalreview.net/begin-again

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Begin Again — Vestal Review

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Linda Daunter @lindadaunter.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

🦆☁️🦆☁️🦆☁️🦆☁️ Hello Ducky! #CloudWatching #clouds

White fluffy cloud in the shape of a duck against a blue sky.

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Viridine Literary @viridinelit.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Did you hear about our Flash Prize? Send us 500-1000 words. Cash prizes for the top 3. Special edition anthology publication, plus a free print copy, for the shortlist. Feedback available on request. Let's go! viridineliterary.wixsite.com/viridinelit/...

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The inaugural Viridine Flash Prize

1st: £50
2nd: £30
3rd: £20
+ anthology publication

Enter: 1st August - 30th September
Entry fee: £1
Full details on our website

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Linda Daunter @lindadaunter.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Well, it's a start ... Here's hoping he stops considering and actually does it! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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Linda Daunter @lindadaunter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Yes, of course I tap gently on the shed door to warn the BIG spider that I'm coming in. This gives it time to quietly hide away before I open the door. If I forget, it leaps up in fright which makes me leap even higher! #spiders #gardening #HorrorStory

The closed door of a metal garden shed. There is a padlock on the door handles, and dappled sunlight and shade is playing across the shed's grey walls and door through unseen overhanging tree branches.

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Linda Daunter @lindadaunter.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

#Water, water everywhere ... and here's my #watercolour painting for this week's #BlueSkyArtShow Can you tell I'm not a fan of hot, sunny beaches?

My watercolour painting of a man and woman on a rain swept sandy beach at low tide. The sea is only just visible on the horizon but the beach is still wet enough from the retreating tide and a passing rain storm to reflect the cloudy sky and the two people enjoying it. The man is wearing a red jacket and brown trousers and stands with his arms outstretched as though saying 'Wow! Look at this!' The woman is wearing a yellow hooded raincoat and is carrying a closed blue umbrella in one hand while holding out her other hand to check if the rain has stopped.

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Linda Daunter @lindadaunter.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

🚲 🚲 🚲 My first bike ride in - how many years!? A bit wobbly but I haven't completely forgotten how to do it. Not taking any chances though - helmet, fluorescent jacket, keeping well away from traffic ... 🙄 #cycling #OnMyBike

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I wish I knew how to get other parts of Bluesky to check out #KidLitArtPostcard days Not only is it great for finding a children's illustrator... it's also filled with lovely, heartwarming, human-made art that anyone can just enjoy, esp. in these not-so-great times.

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Linda Daunter @lindadaunter.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

The theme for today's #BlueSkyArtShow is #Big and this was the first image I thought of - although it's only a small painting. It shows a view of the Cambridgeshire #fens where I used to live. I do miss seeing the #big skies and huge flocks of birds in winter, but prefer the hills where I am now!

My framed watercolour painting of fenland farmland in November. There is a ploughed field in the foreground with deep ridges of dark soil stretching away diagonally to the right. Puddles of water have formed between the ridges reflecting the pale sky, and in the bottom left corner of the painting there are clumps of dead grasses. Along the distant low horizon there are a few bare trees and a small cluster of farm buildings. A flock of birds is flying up from the ploughed field into the sky which is mostly pale yellow and blue with purple-tinged clouds.

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Linda Daunter @lindadaunter.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

. I'm getting better! (Or perhaps just luckier with my guesses 😉) Anthropeum.com · Jul 31 2026 🟩🟦🟩🟨🟩🟨🟦🟨🟨🟦 67,548 · top 30% of players today!

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Anthropeum

A daily game that challenges our understanding of human cultures. Ten objects. 5,000 years of human history. Guess where and when each artifact was made. See how you rank.

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Linda Daunter @lindadaunter.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Hello stranger! This orchid had lots of flowers the first 2 years I had it, but for the next 5 - nothing. I tried putting it in different places, repotting, feeding, not feeding, watering more, watering less ... Looks like I've finally done something right but not sure what! #orchid #fussy

Orchid in a transparent plant pot with glossy, dark green leaves and a single flower stem with three lilac-coloured flowers. The orchid is in front of two other houseplants: a peace lily with one white flower and a succulent I know as a money plant - don't know its correct name!

Close up image of the orchid flowers in previous photo.

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Linda Daunter @lindadaunter.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

The new Prime Minister is writing a "10-year plan" for the UK. The arts & culture MUST be part of it. I've signed @campaignforthearts.org's petition urging @andyburnham.bsky.social to revitalise the arts – to revitalise the whole nation 🌱 Join me: www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/10-year-plan/

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Prime Minister – put the arts in your 10-year plan for the UK | Campaign for the Arts

Sign our petition urging the UK Government to build a country where the arts are available from childhood, accessible to all and thriving everywhere.

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David Zinn @davidzinn.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Ignatius has been entranced like this for twenty minutes. I don't have the heart to tell him that it's not real lava.

sidewalk chalk drawing of a dragon staring entranced at a lava lamp. The top and middle of the lava lamp are water utility covers set into the pavement.

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Linda Daunter @lindadaunter.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

We have rain! None forecast, and it only lasted a few minutes, but enough to make the garden smell wonderful! 💧🎵I'm singing in the rain! 🎵🌧️💧

Scattered dark splotches made by raindrops on concrete paving.

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We Are Better Than This @better-than-this.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Governments around the world are protecting Big Tech’s interests instead of the people. It doesn’t have to be like this. Together we can shape a better future. Join us. www.wearebetterthanthis.co.uk

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 15/07/2026

Morning lovelies! Here's a sneaky summer saver for you! 20% off when you click the link below or use discount code 5T2JNKFV98VT in our checkout! Offer ends 31 July. www.saltpublishing.com/discount/5T2...

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Linda Daunter @lindadaunter.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I'm not a #hydrangea fan - wouldn't choose to have one - but this was planted in my front garden by the previous owner and the bees love it, so it can stay. #gardening #flowers #BusyBees

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Linda Daunter @lindadaunter.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Another reason to write your first rubbishy drafts by hand - and keep them! #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #NoAI www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...

An open blue card folder revealing loose sheets of paper covered in untidy handwriting with numerous corrections.

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Linda Daunter @lindadaunter.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

The BBC cancelling Winterwatch is such a shame, especially when we need to be connecting with nature more than ever. If we want people to protect our wildlife, we have to show it to them! Please ask the BBC to reconsider. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...

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Tell the BBC: Save Winterwatch!

The UK is losing its wildlife, and shows like Winterwatch are vital for connecting us to nature. The BBC's decision to cancel it makes no sense. Let's ask them to rethink this! Add your name here:

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