Florence
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Nature, cooking, music, being creative and living ecologically. Inquisitive, unconventional, quite spiritual, happy in my quiet corner.
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This Great tit (probably the mate of the one that passed 😢), comes to this same spot outside my window to eat a sunflower seed he’s picked up from the feeder ☺️, pecking away at it.
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A variety of lesser celandine raising its face to the sun and a great tit investigating the new nest box, must be nearly Spring!
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#Spring
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#Spring
February 16, 2026 at 2:38 PM
A variety of lesser celandine raising its face to the sun and a great tit investigating the new nest box, must be nearly Spring!
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#Spring
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#Spring
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Allegory of Winter
https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/19190
https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/19190
February 16, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Allegory of Winter
https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/19190
https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/19190
Uber quick sketches of medieval manuscript. I love the stork gulping a frog. Will prob paint and gold leaf some, like this one I did
February 16, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Uber quick sketches of medieval manuscript. I love the stork gulping a frog. Will prob paint and gold leaf some, like this one I did
Pouring down now out there so I’m having a ridiculous amount of fun sketching this little grumpy bat from the Aberdeen Bestiary. Look at that grumpy humanoid face! 😂. Love these expressive little medieval critters. Apparently back then bats were classified as birds! (But it still denoted ambiguity.)
February 16, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Pouring down now out there so I’m having a ridiculous amount of fun sketching this little grumpy bat from the Aberdeen Bestiary. Look at that grumpy humanoid face! 😂. Love these expressive little medieval critters. Apparently back then bats were classified as birds! (But it still denoted ambiguity.)
Sunshine and showers here today, it’s beautiful and very fresh
February 16, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Sunshine and showers here today, it’s beautiful and very fresh
Just planted up a little Spring display near the stream and I’m looking forward to them all flowering. More for the bees, too! 🌸🌷🪻
February 16, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Just planted up a little Spring display near the stream and I’m looking forward to them all flowering. More for the bees, too! 🌸🌷🪻
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I think we can safely say that the Ravens are breeding 😁 I was just sat quietly with them when they started grooming and then they did this. A bit of a long video and I cut off the bit where they mated as I wasn’t sure about
February 16, 2026 at 10:35 AM
I think we can safely say that the Ravens are breeding 😁 I was just sat quietly with them when they started grooming and then they did this. A bit of a long video and I cut off the bit where they mated as I wasn’t sure about
Pheasant enjoying a nice sunbathe next to the garden amidst the snowdrops
February 16, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Pheasant enjoying a nice sunbathe next to the garden amidst the snowdrops
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Ending Sunday with...
• Siegfried Sassoon •
• Siegfried Sassoon •
February 15, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Ending Sunday with...
• Siegfried Sassoon •
• Siegfried Sassoon •
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My piece 'The Three Graces' is currently being exhibited as part of the Open 26 at The Old Lock Up Gallery (Cromford.)
February 15, 2026 at 10:50 AM
My piece 'The Three Graces' is currently being exhibited as part of the Open 26 at The Old Lock Up Gallery (Cromford.)
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Cornwall Butterfly Conservation volunteers had a rather sodden time of it on Bodmin Moor today. We were planting Common Dog Violets to increase the breeding habitat along a new corridor connecting two colonies of Pearl-bordered Fritillaries. At least they've had a good watering in!
February 15, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Cornwall Butterfly Conservation volunteers had a rather sodden time of it on Bodmin Moor today. We were planting Common Dog Violets to increase the breeding habitat along a new corridor connecting two colonies of Pearl-bordered Fritillaries. At least they've had a good watering in!
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Beautiful native Daffodils for #wildflowerhour - today in Devon and last weekend in Cornwall. Also some other lovely signs of Spring 🙌
February 15, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Beautiful native Daffodils for #wildflowerhour - today in Devon and last weekend in Cornwall. Also some other lovely signs of Spring 🙌
Love reading about Mozart’s relationship with his mother and the playfulness and expressive language that they both seem to share ☺️. (I really enjoy reading autobiographies and biographies in general about peoples’ lives incidentally- truth is often more interesting than any fiction!).
February 15, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Love reading about Mozart’s relationship with his mother and the playfulness and expressive language that they both seem to share ☺️. (I really enjoy reading autobiographies and biographies in general about peoples’ lives incidentally- truth is often more interesting than any fiction!).
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Great to see Red Squirrel at Loch Leven, wish we had them down South ,instead of the invasive Grey Squirrel .
February 15, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Great to see Red Squirrel at Loch Leven, wish we had them down South ,instead of the invasive Grey Squirrel .
Think I saw 2 woodcocks on my walk, but can’t be sure as they disappeared further into a hedge very quickly. 🐦
February 15, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Think I saw 2 woodcocks on my walk, but can’t be sure as they disappeared further into a hedge very quickly. 🐦
I guess a broader point is that Mozart is so accessible. I’m thinking about how many kids could be enticed into the world of classical music if teachers would introduce him/it in the right way. (Ok maybe not the swearing 😁). Who may ordinarily feel class-alienated from the genre. He was a visionary.
February 15, 2026 at 5:27 PM
I guess a broader point is that Mozart is so accessible. I’m thinking about how many kids could be enticed into the world of classical music if teachers would introduce him/it in the right way. (Ok maybe not the swearing 😁). Who may ordinarily feel class-alienated from the genre. He was a visionary.
Listening to this cheery, ebullient concerto was bliss as I walked in the countryside. It really evokes Mozart’s lively, playful, optimistic side I feel. I read he wrote it for his childhood friend Leutgeb in 4 different colours of ink poss as a tease to confuse him 😁 youtu.be/gEec70f6NCM
Mozart - Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major, K. 495, III. Rondo Allegro vivace
YouTube video by UltimateMozart
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February 15, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Listening to this cheery, ebullient concerto was bliss as I walked in the countryside. It really evokes Mozart’s lively, playful, optimistic side I feel. I read he wrote it for his childhood friend Leutgeb in 4 different colours of ink poss as a tease to confuse him 😁 youtu.be/gEec70f6NCM
Look who’s in his exact same spot again on the same branch in the same place 🤭
February 15, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Look who’s in his exact same spot again on the same branch in the same place 🤭
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This is the beautiful Buzzard that watches me feed the Ravens. It is a stunner with lovely chestnut cheeks! Today, in the gloom, I thought it was a Raven flying in as it flew in low and into a tree close by.
February 15, 2026 at 1:42 PM
This is the beautiful Buzzard that watches me feed the Ravens. It is a stunner with lovely chestnut cheeks! Today, in the gloom, I thought it was a Raven flying in as it flew in low and into a tree close by.
Today’s walk, breathtaking 🥰
February 15, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Today’s walk, breathtaking 🥰
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"All of this has happened before, and it will all happen again."
~ James M. Barrie
Springtime (1889)
🎨 Alfred Sisley
~ James M. Barrie
Springtime (1889)
🎨 Alfred Sisley
February 15, 2026 at 8:15 AM
"All of this has happened before, and it will all happen again."
~ James M. Barrie
Springtime (1889)
🎨 Alfred Sisley
~ James M. Barrie
Springtime (1889)
🎨 Alfred Sisley
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Sunday plans:
🖼️ Jill Barklem
🖼️ Jill Barklem
February 15, 2026 at 6:04 AM
Sunday plans:
🖼️ Jill Barklem
🖼️ Jill Barklem
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Tadpoles in the flooded trackways on Goonhilly Downs this afternoon (likely laid as spawn back in November).
February 14, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Tadpoles in the flooded trackways on Goonhilly Downs this afternoon (likely laid as spawn back in November).
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A first for me, exactly one year ago today.
A roman silver Siliqua.
Arcadius, Mint of Milan.
AD 393-4
And 7 days later, I found a second, exactly the same 🤷🏻♂️
(I rarely clean a coin, but took a chance on it, as it was completely illegible when found)
A roman silver Siliqua.
Arcadius, Mint of Milan.
AD 393-4
And 7 days later, I found a second, exactly the same 🤷🏻♂️
(I rarely clean a coin, but took a chance on it, as it was completely illegible when found)
February 15, 2026 at 8:30 AM
A first for me, exactly one year ago today.
A roman silver Siliqua.
Arcadius, Mint of Milan.
AD 393-4
And 7 days later, I found a second, exactly the same 🤷🏻♂️
(I rarely clean a coin, but took a chance on it, as it was completely illegible when found)
A roman silver Siliqua.
Arcadius, Mint of Milan.
AD 393-4
And 7 days later, I found a second, exactly the same 🤷🏻♂️
(I rarely clean a coin, but took a chance on it, as it was completely illegible when found)