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If there’s any charity’s or food banks that would like some potatoes donated please! Get in touch! I don’t really wanna see theses potatoes go to waste! Email Farmerlukeshop@gmail.com Shares and tags would be really appreciated! 🥔🚜 Thank you to everyone for your support, You can order your posted potatoes now at: farmerluke.co.uk 🥔📮 #FarmerLuke #DownOnDaintreeFarm #Mrsfarmerluke #spudwife

Took a couple of hours out to walk amongst the #Bluebells, it was glorious! #Birdsong, #Lambs in the field nearby and hardly another soul around.

So pleased to have been invited to show my #handbuilt #ceramic #vessels alongside #textiletuorgroup and #sarahburgess at Ivy Cottage, Upper Lumsdale, Matlock DE4 5LB as part of #ArtsTrailMay2026 on 23 -25 May 10am-4pm. If you're in the area do come along, you will be most welcome

"It is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in this broken world." - Mary Oliver I am continually humbled by the healing power of nature. No matter how troubled your mind and how loud your worries, even a short walk among trees and birdsong eases them a little. Your shoulders drop, your breathing slows, and for those few moments, nothing else intrudes. Your world shrinks to just the sound of the breeze and your soft footsteps on the path ahead. 📍 Peak District, England

@John_Dabell So pleased for you, John!

Fresh air, open road, and the quiet satisfaction of putting one foot in front of the other. This is my Comeback Tour, countryside edition and 18,000 steps clocked so that means my lungs are working again!!! 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

Please #retweet/#share this to LITERALLY HELP BEES OUT. I’m not on here for likes but for impact. So I’ll only ask for retweets to help spread vital information to help people help #bees. Deal? Thanks for your help with this. #BeeToThePowerOf10 Small Acts = Big Impact! 10/11

As many of you will be aware my son Tom was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2024. This is a life limiting debilitating illness. I'm hoping to cycle 250km in May to raise money for the MNDA. All donations are gratefully received. facebook.com/donate/8688589…

I’ve spent my life around British craftsmanship… and few names carry the weight, history and quiet pride of Denby For over 200 years, Denby has been part of our homes… our kitchens… our everyday moments. The mug you reach for in the morning, the plate at family gatherings, the pieces that quietly become part of your story. To hear that this great Derbyshire institution is now under real threat… is deeply saddening. But the story isn’t over yet. If you feel, as I do, that Denby is worth saving …there are simple but meaningful ways you can help: • Visit their website and learn more about what’s happening • Share their campaign far and wide … awareness truly matters • Support by purchasing Denby pieces, if you’re able • Visit the Pottery Village here in Derbyshire and show your support in person • Keep an eye out for their petition and lend your voice This is about more than pottery… it’s about protecting British skill, heritage, and the livelihoods of hundreds of people. Let’s not lose something so special without a fight. 🔗 Find out more and support here: denbypottery.com #SaveDenby - Charles x #DenbyPottery #Denby #lifestyle

It’s that time of year - folks asking us about #bumblebees - WHY THEY’RE SEEING THEM ON THE GROUND - so here’s a thread to explain. Please #retweet! Every queen that survives means a new colony that gets to exist & produce queen #bees for next year! So important to #share! 1/9

Several different #stoneware #clays with #coloured #porcelain on the right layered to interpret the #paper #collage #vessel on the left. Paticularly pleased with how the flecks of #basalt melt in the firing. #MadeInDerbyshire

@sciencegirl Am I correct in thinking that the petals are arranged in the Fibonacci sequence of numbering?

There’s a Japanese Camellia called pink perfection and I tripped over my own feet when I saw it

The exhibition #Stone continues @Fronteer_Art Orchard Square, #Sheffield open Tues-Thurs and Saturday afternoons until 12 March. 'Wall' was accepted; a #handbuilt #lidded #vessel of four different #stoneware #clays inspired by the walls surrounding my home in #Derbyshire.

@carl_thompson70 @AllotmentHelen Thought you might appreciate this marvellous image, as I do! Hope all is well and plans afoot for planting/growing in the allotment, also that Bees are thriving.

L.S. Lowry died on this day 50 years ago. I recently read a biography of this wonderfully ordinary chap. He turned down five major honours including a knighthood (more than anyone else). He couldn't do with the mither. He owned just a couple suits, one of which he painted in.

@devilscustard Lovely image, I hope they and you enjoy a very happy day!

Mum and Dad - Peggy and Pat - celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary today in the pub! A life of hard work, music, books and home-grown vegetables. Plus good old Norfolk air. I’m very lucky to have them.

So very pleased to have a #ceramic piece accepted for this group exhibition @Fronteer_Art, a super gallery in Orchard Square, Sheffield S1 2FB. The exhibition runs from 24 February - 12 March 2026, the opening hours are Tuesday-Thursday 11-4 and Saturday 2.15-5.15.

@anglicanreader Thanks for all your inspiring posts, Chris. I made this piece with glazed Porcelain feathers spiralling around Emily Dickinson's beautiful poem, Hope. #AlwaysHope

When the days feel that they can't get any colder and darker and greyer, the first snowdrops appear, pushing their brave, bright shoots out of the hard earth and into the sun. They're more than flowers, they're little spikes of hope, shining out from under the trees and along the verges to say, it's all OK, it's all going to plan, hang in there. 📍 Peak District, England © Peaklass, all real, no AI

@AllotmentHelen Then you've found your way.

@annbates15 I love slip . It feels more natural and right to me than decorative glazes

I’ve made us a new butter dish. It’s taken ages and that’s what makes it so brilliant for me. I enjoy taking things slowly. I love decorating with slip. Hope it fires. #ceramics #pottery

@AllotmentHelen Thank you, Helen.

@annbates15 Fantastic. Looks like The Alps. I will look forward seeing how this idea progresses into an urn

Working on a collage to formulate ideas for a #funeraryurn built in layers using stoneware clays some coloured with #carbonates and #oxides. Enjoying the process and hope to start work on the piece soon.