In advance of the Wild and Windy weather I wassailed the old apple tree in the garden, on frozen ground which crunched underfoot, with remnants of snow all around, as my breath steamed in the air … with verse, drum, candle flame, incense, cider and birdseed #SmallBeautiesHour

100 days until Christmas. ❄ The Mari Lwyd is coming... 🐴

Whilst many in Wales marked Imbolc and Saint Brigid’s day yesterday, an overlooked Welsh festival, Gŵyl Fair y Canhwyllau takes place today which marks the coming of spring

For those without power due to Storm Éowyn, we have food trucks serving hot meals at multiple locations in the Borders, Ayrshire, North Wales and East Lothian. Up to date information about the locations is available on our website here 👉 https://t.co/jXqqo2CZbo

#Please re-post this for any #gardeners still on here who #grow their own #food.🙏It could save a lot of money and heartache. My #blogpost "How to Mend Damaged Polytunnels and Temporarily Reinforce Greenhouse Glass"- in case #StormEowyn does its worst!😱 https://t.co/eOPRpXuN4x

Big changes ahead with #StormÉowyn on the way! Friday into Saturday. Stay tuned @bbcweather for updates ⚠️🌬️

It would be so so helpful if you could RT my tweet below about my workshops👇🏼if you have a spare second or two. 🌿 The algorithm here isn’t so kind to small businesses nowadays.

2 new creative w'shops are now live on my site- 🌿my sell-out botanical illustration & mental health w'shop (15 Mar)-you'll learn to draw plants & how creative activity improves mental health, 🌸my full course on casting flowers, shells etc in silver: https://t.co/eNkETksxab

#SmallBeauties

Cladonia lichen beside Loch Maree this afternoon.

Also, the first primrose plant is flowering under the alder tree in the garden! And I have just got over a rotten migraine…#SmallBeautiesHour

The first snowdrop has popped up in the garden this week, hooray! #SmallBeautiesHour

At dusk they went, a-wassailing, carrying lanterns and spiced apple cake and dark polished bowls of lamb's-wool; a happy procession along the frozen lane to the orchards, which lay beyond Old Fox's cottage. Old Twelfth Night, a very old day, a day still held in the old places of

"..You have the right to be angry sometimes" - Little My, character in the Moomin books by Tove Jansson who first appeared in 1950. She is small, determined, mischievous and fiercely independent and partly based on the author herself. #WomensArt #Monday

A view of Eryri from Ireland.

Five-and-twenty to four. A train creaked into the Halt. One passenger slowly alighted, a small weasel, singed ears, burnt paws bandaged, fur still white with ash. Old Fox was there to meet him, taking his single battered suitcase, helping with the step. My home, said the Weasel,

Blown away that there are now just 5 of my Victorian ink bottle kits left, incl a lovely pale green bell-shaped ink bottle (7 below),a miniature clear bottle with a gorgeous swirl of amber glass (may have been a perfume sample) & a perfect cuboid(1 below): https://t.co/Rb19nj8a6c

We are entering again the female space of winter. Here we find Catterntide for lacemakers, on Nov 25th as we begin our journey...& Distaff Day & the work of spinning on 7th January as we emerge. Here, we reclaim sacred time and this, our winter holy tide. https://t.co/RuSDB1rMmL

7th January is St. Distaff’s Day, named after the tradition of women taking up their distaffs (a spinning tool) to resume work after the Christmas holiday. Euonymus europaeus is the “spindle-tree” because its wood was sometimes used to make spindles or distaffs. #FairytaleTuesday

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Recently I've seen, and heard, a lot of people offering fruit to the sick starving hedgehogs they find out in the day. Firstly, these casualties are dying and need treatment, not food. Not a second can be wasted - get them to a good rescue (never a vet) URGENTLY. Secondly,