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Wednesday, 8 January 2020
Tuesday, 7 January 2020
"the smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention " oscar wilde
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Monday, 6 January 2020
Sunday, 5 January 2020
#Repost @sportybethcf • • • • • • To echo what @nicolamcgrath831 said in her lovely post, a quick reminder that it is easy to say from the comfort of your sofa “I can do that” most of us said it watching season 4. But you are only going to see a glimpse of what it was like. No sleep 1-2 hours max but probably not, strict rations very little food, constant exercise, constantly wet and freezing cold even in the accommodation, cuts bruises, infections, No showers, open toilets, only 2 sets of clothes that were always wet, no make up, hair brushes, no mirrors. It’s raw and it’s real. We all struggled at some point. They take you to your breaking point on purpose. Then push you past it. Every single recruit that joined us, no matter how long they stayed, they’re all badass, strong, kind and tough people. Some of the most incredible people I’ll ever meet. I’m so lucky to have met them. Please be kind to everyone. It’s a huge achievement just to have the balls to do something this crazy. 💕 My experience on SAS was truly life changing. It unearthed things I had forgotten I had buried and made me deal with them. It striped me of everything I thought I knew about myself, challenged my perceptions. Proved that I am much stronger than I ever thought and that I can keep getting back up, over and over again. I did some really crazy, cool, adrenaline fuelled things. To get on the show we had to complete the men’s military fitness test, which I’m super proud of myself for passing first time. We were up against over 7,000 other applicants to get a spot. Getting on the show was an achievement in itself. It will be really interesting watching it back, we know only some things will be shown and we don’t know what will be portrayed. I’ll be here.. watching it in my standard issue military jumper 😉. But I wish I was watching it with my fellow recruits. Love you all 💕 my SAS family xxx
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Here they are again @sportybethcf & @elliegregor powering through a workout so much determination and will not to give up...#strongwomen
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#Repost @elliegregor • • • • • • Isle of Skye SAS WHO DARES WINS - RECRUIT 23 Over the next few weeks you will see me at my absolutely rawest. Here is a little incite into the conditions we all endured. We had very little sleep, maybe an hour or two a day, if that. Our food was rationed from the beginning, I lost over 11lb in weight! There were no washing facilities, that’s right not even a shower. We were aloud no home comforts, no makeup, no hair brushes, no cosmetics, no electronics, no communication with home and we only had two sets of clothes, if we were lucky. There was no warmth, we “slept” in a barn with a door that did not close. We had absolutely no control, we were always anxious and anticipating the next task or beasting! Knowing all this, even now, I would go back again tomorrow. The experience was second to none. It challenged ever aspect of my being. Many of you have asked me what possessed me to apply for such a brutal challenge. The answer is, I enjoy pushing myself to my limits, I truly believe that life begins at the end of your comfort zone. Adventure excites me, pain strengthens me and until you have really pushed yourself to the limit, how do you truly know how far you can go?
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This is @sportybethcf lifting the same 30kg ball at a crossfit comp...it was her idea to apply to @sas.whodareswins bless her! 🖤❤☠⚔🏋️♀️💪❤🖤
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#saswhodareswins airs tonight. When my little girls were growing up, I encouraged them to be strong, challenge themselves, not let stereotypes get in their way, we used to say there is no such word as cant and giving up was not really an option, whilst hopefully accepting that the we can only ever do our best, but I never thought these little munchkins would go and do stuff like this ahhh. Although filming happened in october we have no idea what shape storylines will take... wish them luck! @sportybethcf & @elliegregor 😬🏋️♀️🏃♀️💪⚔☠😬!
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Saturday, 4 January 2020
Another Rook in my rook celebration This one is also a card, but painted in 2005 I think in ink.
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Friday, 3 January 2020
Thursday, 2 January 2020
Foraging: this is one of the things I have decided to share more about this year. *************** 10 forgaging rules by Alvaro Docio There are some rules that must be adhered to when collecting wild food for safe, sustainable & responsible foraging: Never consume wild food unless you are 100% sure of its identification. There are plants and fungi out there that can kill you. When in doubt, leave it out! Do not take more than you need. Only pick from abundant populations and leave plenty behind for wildlife and others to enjoy. Over-picking is not sustainable and will impact next year’s crop. Do not pick endangered species. It’s not only illegal to pick but unethical. Gather only those that you know grow in abundance and familiarise yourself with endangered species. Do not trespass to forage for wild food. You should only forage on property that you have gained landowner’s permission to enter. Always leave it as you found it in the first place. Leave no trace behind and respect nature. Minimise damage to the habitat and species. Do not disturb wildlife and avoid unnecessary trampling. Do not pick the roots. The plant will not have the chance to reproduce and you will not be able to pick leaves and flowers in the future. Always ask for the landowner’s permission if the plant in question is fairly abundant. Never pick in places subjected to pollution. Avoid roadsides, industrial estates, dog walking areas and agricultural land that may be sprayed with herbicides, pesticides or fertilizers. Do not pick plants growing near polluted water sources. Use a knife / pair of scissors. Using adequate tools avoid excess damage to plants and inadvertent uprooting, increasing the chance of the plant to continue growing healthy. Be cautious when trying new wild foods. Sometimes your body will have intolerances. Learn about possible reactions and allergies. Avoid consuming wild food if you have medical conditions, are pregnant or breastfeeding. Share your knowledge. Teach others to respect nature and learn about the environment. . . #forgaging #wildfood
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Time to share some artwork for a change 😂 I have noticed more Rooks around me lately...always good! So here is one in Lino and monoprint combined with a little reminder that the @cornwall_crafts exhibition at @penleehousegallery will close on Saturday if you would like a trip out.... . . . .#rook #crow #linocut #printmaking #monotype #reliefprinting #inthestudio #lino #urbanbird #contemporaryart #wildlifeart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #art #illustration #lace #contemporaryprintmaking #anthrozoology #humananimalrelationship #get_imprinted #ukprintmakers #narrative #art #citybird #urbancrow
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Wednesday, 1 January 2020
We all wish you a wonderful 2020 filled with all that you hope for
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Tuesday, 31 December 2019
Last one from me for this decade! HAPPY NEW YEAR . I hope you have a wonderful 2020 filled with all that you wish for...thank you so much for being here and for liking and commenting on my posts...i hope you have found something of interest. I have lots of plans for the new year, I hope to share some of it with you! Best wishes! 🎉🥂💥🥂🎉
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A bit more excitement in the making my own materials department! Woodburner charcoal 😍. I wonder if I draw with it it will count as a method to sequester carbon? Drawing to reduce my carbon footprint! 😂. . . . . #onthefarm #countryliving #countrylife #plantingtrees #plantatree #willowtree #willowcharcoal #homemadecharcoal #charcoaldrawing #creativefarm #artfarm #countrysidecreative #artandnature #artandenvironment #sequestercarbon #offsetcarbon #carbonneutral
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Monday, 30 December 2019
After many suggestions about what I am up to... this is the start of it... oak ink, each with a different additive to create a chemical reaction... magical mysterious nature! I will be making and using lots of other inks too , it seems to complete the circle for me... I draw with a quill either from a goose, turkey or gull, my subject matter is usually landscape or its inhabitants and now I will also, draw with forgaed or home grown plant based inks. 💚🔬🌿🧪🔮🧙♂️🌿💚. . #alchemy #chemistry #botanicalinks #wildink #ecodying #ecoprinting #naturaldye #oakink #oakgallink
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I am going to try to complete my January Bird of the month quite early so if you would like to read this one on the Robin. It comes to you as a free download when you subscribe to Studio Insights. .https://ift.tt/2OAUfYX no catches just a newsletter an bird of the month ebook free of charge every month 😊
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Sunday, 29 December 2019
It might not look it but this is the start of something quite exciting!
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Saturday, 28 December 2019
WOW!!! here's my #bestnine from 2019 nearly 132500 thank you so much you have been amazing... I hope you continue to like my posts in 2020.❤
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Friday, 27 December 2019
Remember this? I can now reveal you can watch their adventure and whatever C4 decided to do with it on SAS Who Dares Wins 😱😬😱@saswhodareswins_series5 #Repost @suzysharpeart • • • • • • My gorgeous inspiring, strong, brave girls are off on an adventure out of contact and I miss them! So this is for everyone who encouraged their daughters to be strong, independent, adventurous women who go out and enjoy life...but sit and fret just a lot when they do it ! ❤❤❤ .#saswhodareswins
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Tuesday, 24 December 2019
Happy Christmas everybody! Thank you for following me in 2019, liking and commenting on my posts, it means a hugh amount to me 😊🙏❤🌲🎄🌲❤🙏😊
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Monday, 23 December 2019
Front cover from the Bird of the month for December it had to be the wonderful Robin! If you would like to read it, it comes to you as a free download when you subscribe to Studio Insights, no catches just a monthly newsletter and a bird of the month ebook to share the joy! .https://ift.tt/2OAUfYX
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Sunday, 22 December 2019
This is a very special time of year to me. Not only because if the return of the light and, but for me because today is my daughters birthday, @sportybethcf and she is always a shining light in my life...wise and wonderful beyond her years.. A Solstice occurs when one of the Earth's poles has its maximum tilt away from the Sun, the winter solstice itself lasts only a moment but, has been seen a significant time of year in many cultures, and has been marked by festivals and rituals since pre-historic times, It marks the symbolic death and rebirth of the Sun it has many other names Here is another ancient story similar to the last but this time with a Crow. ........... An Inuit Legend – Crow brings daylight A long time ago, it was always dark in the north where the Inuit people lived. They thought it was dark all over the world until an old crow told them about daylight. The people begged the crow to go and bring them daylight, but he didn't want to. He said it was a long way and he was too old to fly that far. But the people begged until he finally agreed to go. He flew for a long time until his wings were tired. He was about to turn back when he saw the dim glow of daylight in the distance. As he flew towards the dim light it became brighter and brighter until the whole sky was bright and he could see for miles. The exhausted bird landed in a tree near a village, wanting to rest. It was very cold. A daughter of the chief came to the nearby river. Crow turned himself into a speck of dust and drifted down onto her fur cloak. When she walked back to her father's snow lodge, she carried him with her. Inside the snow lodge it was warm and bright. The girl took off her cloak and the speck of dust drifted towards the chief's grandson, who was playing on the lodge floor. It floated into the child's ear and he started to cry. “Why are you crying?" asked the chief, who was sitting at the fire. "Tell him you want to play with a ball of daylight," whispered the dust. The chief told his daughter to fetch the box of daylight balls. When she opened it for him, he took out a small ball wrapped a string around it and gave it to his grandson. The speck of dust
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Saturday, 21 December 2019
Here is Part 2..."Raven Steals the Light Both father and daughter were delighted with their new addition and played with him for hours on end. As the child explored his new surroundings he soon determined that the light must be kept in the big box in the corner. When he first tried to open the box, his grandfather scolded him profusely which in turn started a crying and squawking fit the likes of which the old man had never seen. As grandfathers have done since the beginning of time he caved in and gave the child the biggest box to play with. This brought peace to the hut for a brief time but it wasn't long until the child pulled his scam again, and again, and again until finally only one box remained. After much coaxing and wailing the old man at last agreed to let the child play with the light for only a moment. As he tossed the ball of light the child transformed into the Raven and snatching the light in his beak, flew through the smoke hole and up into the sky.The world was instantly changed forever. Mountains sprang into the bright sky and reflections danced on the rivers and oceans. Far away, the Eagle was awakened and launched skyward - his target now clearly in sight. Raven was so caught up in all the excitement of the newly revealed world that he nearly didn't see the Eagle bearing down on him. Swerving sharply to escape the outstretched talons, he dropped nearly half of the ball of light which fell to the earth. Shattering into one large and many small pieces on the rocky ground the bits of light bounced back up into the heavens where they remain to this day as the moon and the stars. The Eagle pursued Raven beyond the rim of the world and exhausted by the long chase, Raven let go of what light still remained. Floating gracefully above the the clouds, the sun as we now know it started up over the mountains to the east. The first rays of the morning sun brought light through the smokehole of the old man's house. He was weeping in sorrow over his great loss and looking up, saw his daughter for the first time. She was very beautiful and smiling, he began to feel a little better. #ravenstealsthelight #Raven #printmaking
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As we approach the winter solstice...here is one of those wonderful ancient stories in two parts "Raven Steals the Light" There was a time long ago when the earth was covered in darkness. An inky pitch blanket over the world making it very difficult for anyone to hunt or fish or gather berries for food. An old man lived along the banks of a stream with his daughter. The reason why the world was dark had to do with the old man who had a box that contained a box that held many other boxes. In the very last box was all the light in the universe and this was a treasure he selfishly kept to himself. However the mischievous Raven existed at that time because he always had. He was none too happy about the state of the world for he blundered about in the dark bumping into everything. His interfering nature peaked one day when he stumbled by the old man's hut and overheard him muttering about his boxes. He instantly decided to steal the light but first had to find a way to get inside the hut. Each day the young girl would go to the stream to fetch water so the Raven transformed himself into a tiny hemlock needle and floated into the girl's bucket. Working a bit of his "trickster" magic, he made the girl thirsty and as she took a drink he slipped down her throat. Once down in her warm insides he changed again; this time into a small human being and took a very long nap. The girl did not know what was happening to her and didn't tell her father. One day the Raven emerged as a little boy child. If anyone could have seen him in the dark, they would have noticed that he was a peculiar looking child with a long beak like nose, a few feathers here and there, and the unmistakably shining eyes of the Raven. to be continued...... #ravenstealsthelight #Raven #printmaking #linocut #monoprint #solstice #wintersolstice #shortestday #myth #legend #folktale
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Friday, 20 December 2019
Another Robin and another poem by Emily Dickenson... from the Bird of the Month for December. If you would like to get the whole ebook free of charge. It comes to you when you subscribe...no catches just 1 monthly newsletter and a bird of the month free ebook there is a link in my profile .... . https://ift.tt/2OAUfYX
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Thursday, 19 December 2019
Another robin page from the Bird of the Month for December. If you would like to get the whole ebook free of charge a link comes to you when you subscribe...no catches just monthly news and a bird of the month free ebook there is a link in my profile .... . #bto #rspb #birdlife #thewildlifetrusts . . https://ift.tt/2OAUfYX
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Wednesday, 18 December 2019
Each month I try to find out What we can do to help my bird of the month... this is that page from the Bird of the Month for December. If you would like to get the whole ebook free of charge a link comes to you when you subscribe...no catches just monthly news and a bird of the month free ebook there is a link in my profile .... . . . https://ift.tt/2OAUfYX
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Tuesday, 17 December 2019
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Friday, 13 December 2019
That cold moon still looked full tonight...🌜🌘🌛 it's a bit damp though so I may not be blessed with tawny owls tonight...
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Whilst my Starling has now been overtaken as bird of the month by the robin... I still want to celebrate them a little longer...😍some of these small paintings on paper are available (now unframed so easily postable and therefore discounted 😊) from the website https://ift.tt/2rM5c2i
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Thursday, 12 December 2019
The last of my Starling pages as it's time for December's bird of the month PDF to go out this afternoon... if you have already subscribed I hope you are looking forward to reading it, i have lots of poems and tales to share with you, poems from William Wordsworth and Emily Dickenson and much more .... you can receive yours by subscribing here https://ift.tt/2OAUfYX h
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Wednesday, 11 December 2019
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