Kate Ashton @mondellohouse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Beautiful Tyntesfield 🧡 🌸 @nationaltrust.org.uk 010
Reposted by Kate AshtonBert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Good morning-I’m here until 4pm! Sally 4812125
Reposted by Kate AshtonThe Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 15/05/2026We’re appointing a writer-in-residence! Join us to respond to our holdings related to the Bloomsbury Group (including the archives of Leonard and Virginia Woolf’s Hogarth Press) ahead of a major exhibition in 2027. Applications close 19 May. Best of luck! collections.reading.ac.uk/news-and-vie...collections.reading.ac.ukCall for Applications: Writer in Residence - Blooming Bloomsbury and the Modernist Archives Publishing Project -Creativity and Community Co-Curation (2026) | Museums and CollectionsThe selected writer will spend the summer months (June—September 2026) drawing inspiration from MAPP to develop new creative work. From September to December, they will build on this... 8209172
Kate Ashton @mondellohouse.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Crabapple flowers, brief but beautiful 🌸 #BlossomWatch #BloomScrolling 040
Reposted by Kate AshtonNational Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 18/04/2026Nature is healing. But how and why does spending time in nature improve our health? The health-giving power of nature was the focus of the fourth Octavia Hill lecture, held in collaboration with Times Radio. 1648
Kate Ashton @mondellohouse.bsky.social · 15/04/2026A stroll in the park #BlossomWatch #BloomScrolling 010
Reposted by Kate AshtonNational Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 28/03/2026Each spring, blossom makes our local neighbourhoods that little bit brighter and remind us that sunnier days are on the horizon. As #BlossomWatch gets underway, save our bingo board and see how many varieties you spot. 🌸 210538
Reposted by Kate AshtonMaria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 14/03/2026For an act of resistance to the tyranny of algorithms, try the Marginalian newsletter—undistracted notes on the search for meaning, free, ad-free, AI-free, fully human since 2006: themarginalian.org/newsletterthemarginalian.orgsunday newsletterIf you yearn for depth and delight without the distraction of a social media feed, if you are weary of algorithms deciding what you see and read and constellate into reality, try the Marginalian Su… 0254
Kate Ashton @mondellohouse.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Love this so much, fascinating! 📚 youtu.be/BlsHsa7OYCE?...youtu.beDo books rot your brain? The Edwardians thought soYouTube video by National Trust 000
Reposted by Kate AshtonThe Poetry Society @poetrysociety.org.uk · 20/10/2025Calling all young poets: free writing workshop alert! To help inspire your entries to the Layered Landscapes workshop with @nationaltrust, we're running a free online writing workshop on Saturday 8 November. Head to bit.ly/YPN-workshop to book your free space. 195
Reposted by Kate AshtonMaria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Tired of letting algorithms divine who you are, define what you see, and distract you with ads? Try the Marginalian newsletter—an oasis of undistracted inspiration and illumination, free, ad-free, algorithm-free, fully human since 2006: themarginalian.org/newsletter 0135
Reposted by Kate AshtonSeren Books @serenbooks.bsky.social · 23/06/2025On Thursday 26 June don't miss Elizabeth Parker, @katenoakes.bsky.social and Kaycee Hill (aka Braid Poetry Collective) performing their new poetry show ‘The New Nature of Flight’ at @smallcitybookshop.bsky.social in Bristol! Book tickets here www.thesmallcitybookshop.co.uk/event-detail... 011
Reposted by Kate AshtonGladstone's Library @gladlib.bsky.social · 19/06/2025We're so excited, tickets for Gladfest go on sale in 30 minutes! 🥳 📚 You can book your tickets for the friendliest festival at 10am by going to the Events page on our website, or heading to the link at the bottom of this thread. 1/3 161
Kate Ashton @mondellohouse.bsky.social · 01/06/2025Magnolia and Forsythia taken this spring 🌼 🌸 #SundayYellow 0111
Kate Ashton @mondellohouse.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Loved getting my 'Nature Fix' with this new NT podcast today 🌿 youtu.be/w9ypZ2OBj2w?...youtu.beWelsh Myths and Waterfalls WalkYouTube video by National Trust 010
Reposted by Kate AshtonEmma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 24/05/2025I'm holding a flash sale this w/e-you can bag 15% off my June botanical or bird illustration & mental health w'shops w. the code LEAFYFLASH15. Learn how creative activity & contact with nature gives us resilience to stress & trauma Plus learn how to draw twigs or wrens ✒️🌿🪶 workshops.emmamitchell.uk 5195107
Reposted by Kate AshtonSeren Books @serenbooks.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Our half-price sale is back with 50% off books on our website from today until Wednesday 28 May! Now's the perfect time to stock up on books for summer ☀️📚 Shop at www.serenbooks.com/books/ 053
Kate Ashton @mondellohouse.bsky.social · 25/05/2025A little splash of #SundayYellow from the Eden Project, Cornwall 060
Reposted by Kate AshtonMaria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Tired tired of algorithms divining what you care about, deciding what you see, and distracting you with ads? Try the Marginalian newsletter—an oasis of undistracted inspiration and illumination, free, ad-free, algorithm-free, fully human since 2006: themarginalian.org/newsletterthemarginalian.orgsunday newsletterIf you yearn for depth and delight without the distraction of a social media feed, if you are weary of algorithms deciding what you see and read and constellate into reality, try the Marginalian Su… 0235
Kate Ashton @mondellohouse.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Bristol is brimming with beautiful Hawthorn #BlossomWatch 030
Reposted by Kate AshtonNational Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 15/04/2025Have you taken a break with blossom today? If finding some real-life blossom is too much in your busy day, try our guided meditation instead. Bring nature to you – wherever you are -> buff.ly/G1EpwXJ #BlossomWatchbuff.ly5-minute guided meditation – Take a break with blossomThis short, guided meditation brings nature to you – wherever you are. Let us take you on a journey through the colours and sounds of spring. You’ll be trans... 0326
Kate Ashton @mondellohouse.bsky.social · 18/04/2025A busy bee spotted in the glasshouse at NT Felbrigg #BeeFriday 🌸🐝 040
Kate Ashton @mondellohouse.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Beautiful blooms at NT Felbrigg today @midsandeastnt.bsky.social #BlossomWatch #BloomScrolling 0281
Kate Ashton @mondellohouse.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Thankful for blue skies and blossom today 🌸 #BlossomWatch 020
Reposted by Kate AshtonThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 20/03/2025Take a blossom break at work, National Trust urges, as spring warms UKtheguardian.comTake a blossom break at work, National Trust urges, as spring warms UKCharity’s poll finds 80% feel more positive after spending breaks outside, but only 10% do so Employees are being urged to step outside to take time to observe one of the wonders of the natural world: the fleeting but lovely spring blossom season.… 04210
Kate Ashton @mondellohouse.bsky.social · 09/03/2025A burst of #SundayYellow taken at NT Tyntesfield last September 🌼 160
Reposted by Kate AshtonNine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · 08/03/2025We proudly publish brilliant women poets all year round but for #IWD2025 let's celebrate these 'Fearless Women' with a trio of #poetry titles together for just £17.99: from @jessmookherjee.bsky.social @janeburn.bsky.social and Katie Griffiths buff.ly/aFD4Ixb 0106
Kate Ashton @mondellohouse.bsky.social · 28/02/2025A little contribution for #PurpleFriday #BloomScrolling Taken in Bath, UK. 0192
Reposted by Kate AshtonMaria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 23/02/2025If this is the year you have resolved to wean yourself from the social media feed of insanity, consider trying the Marginalian newsletter — an oasis of sanity and soul-sustenance straight to your inbox every Sunday morning:themarginalian.orgsunday newsletterIf you yearn for depth and delight without the distraction of a social media feed, try the Marginalian Sunday newsletter, free and ad-free since 2006 — the week’s most inspiring and nou… 1356
Kate Ashton @mondellohouse.bsky.social · 17/02/2025#BlueSkyMonday Taken at the Upfest Street art festival in Bristol. Artist: splash of blue. 160
Kate Ashton @mondellohouse.bsky.social · 14/02/2025If you haven't booked a ticket yet, DO IT!! Travel if necessary (I've heard the A30 is nice) Generous and joyful, with smiles in spades 😊 Thank you @lukewrightpoet.bsky.social 183
Kate Ashton @mondellohouse.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Love this 🧡 by artist Mark Titchner, for Build Hollywood. Bristol, UK. 010
Kate Ashton @mondellohouse.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Delighted with my #bookpost today, can't wait to read this 📚 @carrieetter.bsky.social 341
Reposted by Kate AshtonDr Carrie Etter @carrieetter.bsky.social · 13/01/2025It's here, it's here, and it's beautiful! Copies of the 75 numbered run are available from me or from the publisher here: www.theredceilingspress.co.uk/product-page... . Special thanks to @ianseedauthor.bsky.social, @andythatcher.bsky.social, Izzy Thompson, and editor Mark Cobley! 02811
Kate Ashton @mondellohouse.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Can't wait to see this up close ☀️ www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/n...nationaltrust.org.ukHelios Art Sculpture at the National TrustNational Trust is hosting Helios by artist Luke Jerram, a new sculpture inspired the sun. 000
