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First crochet of 2026 completed, a hexagon cardigan using Riot DK in Autumn. Perfect timing for Saturday's crochet class where I'll be teaching the group granny squares. #MHHSBD #CraftBizParty #ShopIndie

Here's my Bee shelter bodgings 🙂 Hopefully this'll keep the tubes a bit drier. I'm using the little bamboo drawer unit at the bottom as a release chamber and it's got last year's filled tubes in it. Being bamboo, hopefully it'll cope with any summer rain. Just need Bees now 🐝

Nature has a wonderful way of bringing brightness to dark, as shown here by vibrant daffodils enveloping the trunk of a beautiful ever-bare tree, which I’ve affectionately named The Halloween Tree! 🪾🌼😁💛 #SundayYellow #NaturePhotography #TreeClub #PhotographyIsArt

First afternoon in the garden. Started with 2 straightforward areas. Firstly the fruit trees. I added to the weed- suppressant cardboard and topped up the soil in the planters. Not sure if the grape vine survived but the kiwi has Then I tidied the strawberry planters.

#Garden2026 continues with harvesting purple flowering broccoli It originally flowered in Oct 🤷‍♀️ but has flowered again when it should do A saxifrage is flowering in the alpine pots & my wood anemone has made an appearance. I keep it in a pot so I don't accidentally dig it up

The start of #Garden2026 It's our 22nd wedding anniversary in a week and the hellebore @SgothanGeal bought me for it a few years back is back into flower 🩷 It's in a pot on our stairs so I can get to admire the owners every time I walk up

@Tilly_TeaCup A worthwhile endeavour 💪

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Some amazing colours from the Aurora show over Loch Long in Argyll Scotland this evening 🌌 Taken around 22.15 with IPhone, no filters or edits 💙

First of two Easter themed crafts in March/April Decorating card Easter eggs using stickers and/or marker pens. #SeniorCrafts #CareHomeCrafting

And in February we made birthday cards #SeniorCrafting #CareHomeCrafts

Start of the 2026 Residential Care Home Craft Classes In January we made a lot of paper flowers

New handmade sheep in our shop, sculpted using the fleece gently sheared from our rescue sheep 🐏 Please shop here: minimotleysanctuary.etsy.com We gift-wrap using recycled yarns & every order helps our animal sanctuary 🫶 #sheep #lambs #eastergiftideas #handmade #shopindie #MHHSBD

@awendyburnham If only it could stay that way 😬

@CeeferCrafts Looks very tidy.

It's a miracle! I have been ruthless and donated a lot of the "just keep it in case" craft materials. And yes I still have two very big Really Useful Boxes full of craft behind me BUT there used to be three and I've got my die cutter AND small loom in the cupboard! #MHHSBD

@campuscleaner Classic hiding spot 😉

@CeeferCrafts Only got 1 bag of yarn, thats behind the armchair 😀

@campuscleaner Thank you. That was the case here, one day if I feel brave I'll tackle my yarn stash.

@CeeferCrafts Excellent storage, mine is in the wardrobe, under the table etc 😀

The Original Cat Lady St. Gertrude of Nivelles is recognized as the patron saint of cats. She was a seventh-century abbess who founded the Abbey of Nivelles. (626-659) Her feast day is celebrated on March 17th. #StGertrudesDay

A Labour politician supporting a bill where the the middle class medics can suggest suicide, cos that is what AS is, to the poor as a means to escaping poverty. SHAMEFUL, Monica. What a disgrace the Labour Party has become.

Another week of Christmas die cutting. Today was all about trees. Why start so early? In November I will have 17 card making classes with around 6 people per class. They will want to make more than one card each.... #MHHSBD

Playing with die cutting again today. Trying out different card stock with new dies. I plan to make the embellishments for this year's Christmas card making class so I need to make a start so it doesn't get to be too onerous Then after lunch I made a Mother's Day card #MHHSBD

@rose_rose1909 @SamaHoole It's just such a waste. Wool is a fabulous resource

@SamaHoole Sadly there is no market for the amount of beautiful wool produced each year so a lot of us end up composting the fleeces. Everything is so backward.

"Vegan leather" is plastic. "Vegan wool" is plastic. "Vegan fur" is plastic. Every wash cycle releases microplastics into the water. Every year it degrades slightly and releases more. At end of life it will sit in landfill for four hundred years or end up in the ocean. The sheep, meanwhile, grows a new coat every year, requires it removed, and produces a fibre that has been biodegradable since the Neolithic. But yes. The sheep is the environmental problem. The sheep, standing in the Lake District in the rain, growing renewable fibre from grass. The sheep.

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Gorgeous daffodils #WelshCraftHour #ad