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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 7h

I’m 54 and I honestly think this is as joyful now as it was when I was 4, in 1976:

A ripe Conner/horse chestnut/buckeye in my hand yesterday, ready to peel

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 7h

I’m 54 and I honestly think this is as joyful now as it was when I was 4, in 1976:

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 22h

I saw the first real signs of autumn in local trees today. All this colour is to come:

Autumnal leaves of many different colours being preserved in glycerin to keep them from drying and decaying

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 22h

I saw the first real signs of autumn in local trees today. All this colour is to come:

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

2/2 cont'd: 2)👀 scanning your eyes to look for the stag will help with trauma (really) 3) 🌿the botanical patterns will help you recover from stress more quickly 4) 🦌when you find the stag you'll get another burst of dopamine. Quite a few good things happening in your meat computer from 1 photo...

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

In the post below this is the very first 'find the...' photo I made about a yr ago.There's a miniscule silver plated stag 🦌 hidden among the autumnal finds. It'll help your mental health in 4 different ways... 1) If you find the photo pleasing that triggers a burst of dopamine in yr 🧠 cont'd 1/2...

rosehips, sycamore keys, beech nuts, acorns, a fennel seedhead, ivy buds, a pinecone and Boston ivy berries, part of my first Find the... photo

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

If you'd like to learn to draw plants AND the neuroscience of how making things alters brain biochemistry in extremely therapeutic ways, I have have 2 full recordings (2 seasons of plants) of my botanical illustration & mental health workshops here for £25: workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/reco...

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Mysterious message from an eBay seller yesterday. Apparently everything is fine with the weasel...👀 Has hints of 'Grey squirrel is in Gregg's with the trombone'-some kind of secret squirrelly spy action. Bit sad to realise that I think it's a typo - I bid on & won a tiny silver whistle yesterday...

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

There’s still some space on my 2 upcoming zoom w’shops:bird illustr’n & mental health,10 Oct & botanical illustr’n & mental health,7 Nov.I teach you how to draw birds/plants & how creative activity alters 🧠 biochemistry to lift mood.Incl 10% off materials & full recording: workshops.emmamitchell.uk

Cornflowers, nigella, sweet peas & Russian safe & my drawings of them on the opposite page of a sketchbook

A spring collection of nature finds and my drawings of them alongside, on white watercolour paper with my watercolour palette & paintbrush in the corner

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Suzanne Fagence Cooper @suzannefagence.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A lovely page of leafy doodles made by William Morris in a dull committee meeting, at the William Morris Society. A little bit of joy for @silverpebble2.bsky.social this evening x

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Another v tough day with PMDD symptoms today, but here’s a bouquet from the garden from a few years ago 🌿:

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

l'm holding my botanical illustration& mental health w'shop just once this autumn-7 Nov I'll teach you how: 🌿to break plants down into simple shapes & add shading 🧠creative activity alters brain biochemistry-like taking 3 different meds for yr mental health: workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bota...

Autumnal finds from my local wood on a Kraft paper sketchbook and my illustrations of them alongside

Finds from the garden on a white paper sketchbook and my illustrations of them alongside, with a cup of tea and posy nearby

An autumnal collection of nature finds from the garden and seasonal walks on a kraft paper sketchbook and my illustrations of them alongside, along with some art materials and a collection of shells on a wooden table

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Not begun in a stitchy way yet, but here’s the start of a project I’ve been planning: using Swiss darning to add stitched pixelated ‘tattoos’ to a chunky jumper from eBay. 1st tattoo:my pal Steve the blackbird. Pixelating Steve has really helped my brain today (2nd photo= the yarn I’ll be using):

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Another v tough day with PMDD symptoms today, but here’s a bouquet from the garden from a few years ago 🌿:

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Autumnal embroidery: hawthorn berries, heather & new cow parsley leaf 🌿✂️🧵🪡

A design I’ve embroidered on my jumper inspired by sprigs of hawthorn berries and heather along with a fresh cow parsley leaf

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A difficult day-my symptoms of PMDD are severe(hormone-based condition linked to autism-a disability in the UK). I’m not kind to myself on days when it stops me being able to work-I need a far kinder inner monologue.Been longing to embroider one of my jumpers,so might begin,to try to lift my mood 🌿

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Finalising the gemstone choices for a necklace commission using an Edwardian sterling stamp holder, antique barn owl charm & tiny working Edwardian silver bell. The loveliest process…

Components of a jewellery commission with Edwardian silver stamp holder & charms and the possible gemstone options

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Leaf ombré my daughter made 🍁🌼🌿

Breach leaves in autumn arranged on a tree stump so their colour shifts gently round a circle

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Leaf ombré my daughter made 🍁🌼🌿

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

20 seconds of Dave the robin relaxing near the bird café-he knows he’s well hidden from cats & sparrow hawks & is *very* well fed and watered. He’s basically at a birdy spa day rn…🪶 Also v relaxing for your brain, as footage of appealing animals & birds alleviates anxiety in humans…

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

An autumnal wreath I made from small finds from a walk ...and my illustration of it✒️🍂🌾🌿🔃

A wreath I've made from wild clematis, trimmed with a guinea fowl feather, acorn and oak leaves, beech leaves, campion seedheads from my garden, dried hydrangea florets, hawthorn and a sprig or Russian sage.

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A small good thought for your Monday in case you’re feeling a bit down: every autumn squirrels forget where they put millions of the acorns they’ve stashed for winter & so plant a load of oak trees by mistake. 🐿️ 🌰 🌳 ✔️ A medieval squirrel with her snack:

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A medieval lady & her pet squirrel from the Luttrell Psalter, 14th C👇🏼: ‘Oi Pam, got any nuts?’ ‘Not now Squigg, I’m contemplating the current massive shift from fragmented feudal power to centralized national monarchies.’

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

An autumnal wreath I made from small finds from a walk ...and my illustration of it✒️🍂🌾🌿🔃

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

September garden & hedgerow palette: today's botanical dopamine for your brain. If you're feeling anxious or low, research shows that my photo will shift your brain biochemistry for the better - help you recover from stress & lift motivation & mood a little, so maybe pause for a few seconds 🌿🧠

Garden and hedgerow botanical finds in September, arranged in a rainbow on a white watercolour paper background and with a handwritten label

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My favourite locket (an Edwardian silver vesta case/matchbox & striker engraved with forget-me nots) containing tiny drawings by my daughter of some of my favourite things: acorn,oak leaf,Dave the robin,ammonite, crinoid star & emotional support gherkin/duck she crocheted for me (see next post) 🩶🪶🌿

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This happened on Thursday-Dave the robin is *definitely* coming into the house to ask me for more snacks-this is the 3rd time he’s done this…👀🪶

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Small finds from the wood, September 🍒🪶🌿:

A collection of small nature finds from my local woodland, including green acorn, rosehips, Viburnum opulus berries, pigeon feather, spindle berries & leaves , alder cones & grove snail shells

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This happened on Thursday-Dave the robin is *definitely* coming into the house to ask me for more snacks-this is the 3rd time he’s done this…👀🪶

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Patrick Barkham @patrickbarkham.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Rest in peace, Joe Harkness. I was shocked and gutted when I heard the news. He was a generous, inspirational teacher and such an important writer. He was brutally honest, inclusive and funny too. When I interviewed him last summer (below) he was so full of life. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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‘Intrinsically connected’: how human neurodiversity could help save nature

Biodiversity is linked to people’s diversity, and nature lends itself to people who are different, says author Joe Harkness

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

An entire patchwork carpet of Cyclamen hederifolium at Anglesey Abbey a few days ago, looking for all the world like spring. Today’s botanical dopamine for your brain 🌿:

A carpet of Cyclamen hederifolium at Anglesey Abbey near Cambridge

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Remember the wren that came into the house the other week? Well this👇🏼just happened-the 4th time Dave the robin has come in to visit recently. Perhaps I really am a hedgewitch & don’t realise it…👀

Dave the Robin perching on my gardening basket

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

An entire patchwork carpet of Cyclamen hederifolium at Anglesey Abbey a few days ago, looking for all the world like spring. Today’s botanical dopamine for your brain 🌿:

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Autumnal embroidery: hawthorn berries, heather & new cow parsley leaf 🌿✂️🧵🪡

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I used to dread autumn as something extremely traumatic happened in September 2008, but I’m slowly growing to love it, especially after the relentless heatwaves…🕸️

A spider’s web hung with raindrops by the side of a Fenland road with autumnal seedheads just above it and the sun shining through clouds

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I’ve just washed my hair. No big deal for many but mega executive dysfunction, sensory overload, low dopamine & recovering from a breakdown means it’s marathon-ish, plus my hair is high maintenance & needs various unguents*. You might know how it can be. Barnet now no longer like a wizard’s pubes ✔️👍🏼

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Good Mythical Morning: Bad Hair Day with Rhett

ALT: Good Mythical Morning: Bad Hair Day with Rhett

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

If you’re daunted by the prospect of late autumn & winter & are able to get outside, here’s a film I made for @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social with 5 scientifically proven nature-based tips to alleviate anxiety & lift your mood 🌿🧠: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

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BBC Two - Autumnwatch, 2020, Episode 3, 5 simple ways: Nature can help your mood

Emma Mitchell guides us through a natural take on wellbeing this Autumn.

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I used to dread autumn as something extremely traumatic happened in September 2008, but I’m slowly growing to love it, especially after the relentless heatwaves…🕸️

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Amanda @pandamoanimum.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Happy 5th anniversary to the time this happened over on that other place.

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