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Emma
@emmasartworks.bsky.social
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Artist and nature lover - celebrating the wildlife and wild landscapes of northern England. Also keen on rocks and fossils. Art and photos are my own unless stated otherwise. Occasionally I write poetry - apologies in advance.
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Peigi MacKillop @peigibheag.bsky.social · 5h
Jewels

If I leave last
Unknown hands will open drawers Empty pockets, tins and jars
Of tiny sand-packed shells
Wee pebbles worn smooth in the swell, and glass of soft-ground Gulf Stream green
And I will be on the West Beach with the oystercatchers
Singing
On the edge of the Atlantic

#PegsPoyums
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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 6h
Shells - ancient and modern - from the beach at Redcar. The modern oyster was considerably more battered than the 200 million year old ones. Watercolour painting.
#fossils #shells #art #nature
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Watercolour painting of shells found on the beach at Redcar, northeast England; there is a modern oyster shell on the left, showing outside and inside, though it is very sea-worn. The remainder are fossils from the lower Jurassic period (c200mya) - Cardinia bivalves, a fragment of Ammonite and Gryphaea oysters.
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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 4h
Oh, this is a beautiful poem 🤩
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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 4h
Thank you 😊
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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 4h
Thank you 😊
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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 4h
Thank you 😊
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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 4h
Thank you 😊
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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 4h
Thank you 😊
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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 6h
Shells - ancient and modern - from the beach at Redcar. The modern oyster was considerably more battered than the 200 million year old ones. Watercolour painting.
#fossils #shells #art #nature
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Watercolour painting of shells found on the beach at Redcar, northeast England; there is a modern oyster shell on the left, showing outside and inside, though it is very sea-worn. The remainder are fossils from the lower Jurassic period (c200mya) - Cardinia bivalves, a fragment of Ammonite and Gryphaea oysters.
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Richard Warren @richardmw1653.bsky.social · 1d
I just signed a @stopburningtrees.bsky.social petition: Say No to New AI Data Centre Powered By Drax. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/sa...
Say No to New AI Data Centre Powered By Drax
Drax, the University of York and the North Yorkshire Combined Authority have just submitted a bid to host an AI data centre at Drax, powered by burning millions of trees. The Government recently de...
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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 12h
Best wishes Susan 👍
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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 13h
You definitely should 👍
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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 13h
Maybe I should have kept this one for a couple of weeks 😊
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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 1d
Thank you 😊
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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 1d
😊
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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 1d
Thank you 😊
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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 1d
Thanks Rebecca 🙏
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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 1d
Thanks 😊
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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 1d
Thank you 🙏
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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 1d
single fallen leaf
a spark of inspiration
Henri's second life

#haikuSaturday #haiku #Matisse #nature #art

(Matisse drew inspiration from nature and it is thought that some of the shapes in his scissor-paintings are reminiscent of oak leaves.)
Bur oak leaf turning from green to yellow. Henri Matisse artwork: The Sheaf (La Gerbe) 1953. Leaf like cut out of several bright colors.
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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 1d
Bright honey fungi
Conceal bitter truth beneath -
death in black laces.

#haikuSaturday
#fungi
Photo of a clump of honey fungus (Armillaria sp.) growing among grass on a forest floor. The fungus spreads through black bootlace-like structures underground which infect tree roots, causing them to rot, and eventually can kill even the largest forest trees.
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Curlew Action @curlewaction.bsky.social · 2d
Today (date), the Slender-billed Curlew was declared extinct. The first bird extinction on mainland Europe in 500 years — on our watch. Extinction is final. No going back. Think about that.
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Patrick Barkham @patrickbarkham.bsky.social · 4d
We are nature. Its best interests are our best interests. So it's pretty dim of our chancellor to again pit wildlife against people, boasting of 20,000 homes built despite "some snails" that "are a protected species or something". www.theguardian.com/environment/... Unsavoury lobbying here too.
Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer
Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’
www.theguardian.com
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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 5d
Beautiful 🤩
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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 5d
Thank you 😊
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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 5d
Thank you 😊
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