Norhing gives me more pride or a greater sense of achievement than hearing my daughter talk of me as imspiational! Especially on #internationalwomensday ❤❤❤ #Repost @gilliannair • • • • • • BBC Radio Devon Last night we presented an International Women’s Day special on BBC Radio Devon. 3 hours of chat and brilliant music 🎵 We were joined by Beth and Ellie from SAS Who Dares Wins and were also lucky enough to have a call from Caroline Beazley who sings in the Invictus Games choir. Thank you so much to @bbcradiodevon for having us and to @elliegregor @sportybethcf and @caroline.beazley for being part of the show, we loved every minute. Obviously a personal thanks from me to Alecia for being the most fabulous co-host, not just on our podcast @wildonespodcast but now on the radio too! ❤️ You can listen again online now 📻 🎵 🎧 🎙

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So here is a little update on Desmond and friends... these naught boys bully the horses and take their food, pushing them out of the way and refusing to let them back to their buckets. So we had a bright idea... raise the buckets so that the boys (Walter & Desmond) can't reach. Yesterday however Desmond decided that he likes a challenge and dosent like to be defeated by anything, like the rest of the family he is very determined...(see this years SAS who dares wins for further evidence 😂) So climbed up the wall (not an unusual place for him I admitedly) and leaned into the bucket...🤦‍♀️ I seem to spend my life trying to out wit the creatures and failing!!! 😂😭😬

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Today my bit of cornwall is windy it is whistling around the house and Saus is scared, her highly sensitive collie hearing knows it's really bad out there! Sometimes our mind plays tricks on us... and on Saus too... bless her.❤ F.E.A.R. False Evidence Appearing Real.

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Here is my Desmond for today sketch quickly last night... he needs a sparkle in his eye I think, he always has that... I have some news about his antics later but I have no photo to share so I will need to draw him up to no good before I can tell you 😊🐑❤

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I have to share this news... it's been a very long time coming... 'Government finally concludes that badger culling is not the solution to lowering TB in cattle' @badgertrust You can also read more about it in @thewildlifetrusts feed 🖤🦡🖤🦡🖤🦡🖤

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Here is my Desmond of the day... quick sketch with brambles 😊

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Gool Peran Lowen! Happy St Piran’s Day! "The heathen Irish tied him to a mill-stone, rolled it over the edge of a cliff into a stormy sea, which immediately became calm, and the saint floated safely over the water to land upon the sandy beach of Perranzabuloe in Cornwall. His first disciples are said to have been a badger, a fox and a bear" "He landed in Cornwall, and there established himself as a hermit. His sanctity and his austerity won for him the veneration of all around, and the gift of miracles, with which he was favoured, brought many to seek his charitable aid. He was joined at Perranzabuloe by many of his Christian converts and together they founded the Abbey of Lanpiran, with Piran as abbot. St Piran 'rediscovered' tin-smelting (tin had been smelted in Cornwall since before the Romans' arrival, but the methods had since been lost) when his black hearthstone, which was evidently a slab of tin-bearing ore, had the tin smelt out of it and rise to the top in the form of a white cross, thus the image on the flag" carving by violet pinwil in truro cathedral . . . #stpiran #stpiransday #cornishsaint

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Here I am minding my own business repairing a wall and look who crept up behind me to eat my hood!!! 🤦‍♀️ good lord Desmond! I think he has the wrong idea about food! Bless his little socks 😂🐑😍. . . . . . . #desmondthesheep #countryside #countrylife #farmlife #countryliving #joyofsheep #sheep #shetlandsheep #animalassistedtherapy #sheepofinstagram #lovesheep #naturetherapy #wellbeing #smallholding #onthefarm #desmonddiaries #desmondandfreinds #anthrozooology

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Another of my war pigeons whilst I get ready to pull my March Bird of the Month together... I should have the new one out by the end of the weekend so if you want this one be quick!. Its free of charge when you subscribe to studio insights via the link in my profile or using https://ift.tt/2OAUfYX. No catches just a monthly newsletter and a 16 page ebooklet pdf download

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Something a little different for the exhibition at @nttrelissick magnolia in oak ink 😊

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One of lovely gentle Walter too...his ears are a bit squashed in though and still the light is bad for photography!

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This one was a bit more fun...dreadful light for the photo and I need to work bigger really...these are just the beginning...maybe i could draw a Desmond a day 😂

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HELP! A little sketch of Desmond stuck in a bramble with such a sad face ...bless him ... even though I know he is out I didnt like drawing him stuck he looked so helpless ☹

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Time to make some more ink 😊

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Some of my book pages will be drawn with oak gall ink... but I am running out and will need to make more very soon! I hope to run a workshop in may using naturally sources materials... if you would like to join me you can sign up to my studio insights to be he first to hear about them.

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The beginning of a book cover for the @nttrelissick exhibition to celebrate 125 years of the @nationaltrust 😊

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Excited to get a parcel from the @gardencrowd just love their logo... you can see in my stories later what lovely things they sent me ❤

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Oh what a day... I think this photo says it all really... it's been quite mad! I have much to say but not tonight, all is well🤪 Desmond is learning new poses to keep his fans happy 😂😂😂🐑 #desmonddiaries

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Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus” “Happy St. David’s Day” My interest in St david began with the dove on his shoulder… maybe not surprisingly The most famous miracle associated with St David took place when he was preaching to a large crowd in Llanddewi Brefi. When people complained that they could not hear him, the ground on which he stood rose up to form a hill. A white dove settled on his shoulder. Legend states he was the son of Sant, King of Ceredigion and a nun called Nonnita. He was born more than 15 centuries ago on the Pembrokeshire cliffs during a ‘fierce storm’. He became a monk at a young age and founded a monastery where St David's Bishop's Palace and the Cathedral are now built. He was made an archbishop later in life and died on March 1, 589 AD when he was 100 years old.. His final words to the community of monks were: "Brothers be ye constant. The yokewhich with single mind ye have taken, bear ye to the end; and whatsoever ye have seen with me and heard, keep and fulfil." . #anthrozoology #stdavidsday

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First homegrown veg of the year 🌱💚🌱 purple sprouting broccoli .... 😊

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I have been making drawings in oak ink to accompany my series of linocuts in a handmade book for the @cornwall_crafts which will open on the 14th March to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the @nationaltrust at Trelissick....

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My husband trying to disentangle Desmond from his gathered brambles and twigs...a daily occurrence... Saus watching and ensuring he does the job to her satisfaction ie quickly so he can get on with throwing he ball. 😂

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#foraging Comfrey I have been using comfrey as a compress around an aching joint... (also as a liquid feed for plants) does anyone else use it?

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Drawing and drinking nettle and ginger tea! An update on the nettles... I feel much brighter since I have been drinking my nettle tea and including them in stews...having felt a bit depleted since christmas.... #nettles #medicinalweeds #eatweeds #medicinalherbal

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This is President Wilson I tell a little of his interesting story in my bird of the month ebook. If you would like to read it you can receive it free of charge when you subscribe to studio insights via the link in my profile or using https://ift.tt/2OAUfYX. No catches just a monthly newsletter and a 16 page ebooklet pdf download... enjoy! #freeebook #birdofthemonth #pigeonbook #pigeonzine #freepdf

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Here is my gorgeous Sausage now...8 years old just chillin in the sun, waiting patiently for someone to want to play...

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This is another linocut for the 125 years celebration at @nttrelissick hand coloured... I am also working on an artists book for the exhibition which may include some of my preliminary oak hall ink sketches ... 😊

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Multi coloured magpies collage, printmaking, happy accidents...

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This is my beautiful little Sausage ... she is a collie cross and now 8 years old but was just 5 weeks when this was taken...she has a blue and a brown eye, someone once told me it means she is half year and half in heaven, oddly she is almost a carbon copy of a dog I had 12 years ago also a collie cross but tan and white... she was young when she died and I missed her terribly... I like to think a bit of her returned to me in Saus? However because I have had Saus from a puppy she has none of Sukies vices who was a troubled rescue dog..bless her. ❤❤❤ . . . #puppy #collie #colliecross #farmdog #myadroabledog

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Happy accidents collaged together... I get really excited about these...❤

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This is the oldest pigeon ever recorded (as far as I could find) I tell his interesting story in my bird of the month ebook do you have it yet? If you would like to read it you can receive it free of charge when you subscribe to studio insights via the link in my profile or using https://ift.tt/2OAUfYX. There are no catches just the newsletter and a 16 page ebooklet pdf download... enjoy! #freeebook #birdofthemonth #pigeonbook #pigeonzine

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Here is another of my little happy accident birds ...this one is a Rook

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I have been moving these prints along a little today. Adding a little bit of light hand colouring to this linocut to celebrate 125 years of the @nationaltrust to be exhibited at @nttrelissick with @cornwall_crafts. . . . . . . #trelissickgardens #125yearsnationaltrust #linocut #printmaking #blockprinting #monoprint #reliefprinting #lino #sparrow #contemporaryart #narrative #cornwallart #wildlifeart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #illustration #naturalworld #contemporaryprintmaking #humananimalrelationship #get_imprinted #ukprintmakers #printmaker #oneofforiginal #anthrozoology

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Poor Desmond ...not stuck but brambles all wrapped around his legs like manacles... he had to come in for a bit of a tidy up, he wasnt impressed bless him... but he did get a few extra nuts. . . . . . #desmondthesheep #lambs #countryside #countrylife #farmlife #countryliving #joyofsheep #animalassistedinterventions #mindfulness #sheep #shetlandsheep #animalassistedtherapy #sheepofinstagram #loveofsheep #naturetherapy #wellbeing #smallholding #sheep #onthefarm

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Do you have your February the month. It possibly should have been called in love and war... Pigeons such interesting and surprising birds. If you would like to see what I have gathered together this bird of the month you can receive it free of charge if you subscribe to studio insights via the link in my profile or using https://ift.tt/2OAUfYX. There are no catches just the newsletter and a 16 page ebooklet pdf download... enjoy! #freeebook #birdofthemonth #pigeonbook #pigeonzine

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This is how the masks get over printed...I place cut out versions over the print on paper then monoprint over this doesn't exist except for in a photograph but I do love them 😊

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I love to just play with bits and bobs in my studio and watch at the possibilities unfolding, it's such a creative process for me...it allows me to play because I am not trying to make a good drawing 😂 which often inhibits my creativity and enjoyment. I find myself putting all sorts of things in my way so that I dont get wrapped up in the detail of making a good drawing 🤦‍♀️😊

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Same little bird placed on an abstract background...

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I just love these bits of paper, accidental wonderfulness, it was a mask for a linocut that I did placed over the print so the background would not print onto the bird... I doubt k could make them on purpose though, it's the lack of planning that created them that i like so much i think. 😊 #happyaccident

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Also out and about today... grey seals just a few... I estimated over 100 one very young white at the far side (top) near the rock wall gull devouring something bloody close by so it may have been just born... always a delight to see them ❤❤❤

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Out and about today, visited a local country park where there is one of the largest rockerys in cornwall... I love the call of Rooks... too many people for me and lots of over feeding but the rooks like it because they get fed...so do the mobs of squirrels, geese, ducks, swans, black headed gulls and lots of rats 😂 . . .. . . . . #linocut.#printmaking #blockprinting #monoprint #reliefprinting #lino #utbanbird #farmlandbirds #contemporaryart #narrative #cornwallart #wildlifeart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #artiststudio #art #illustration #mixedmedia #wildlife #naturalworld #mixedmedia #contemporaryprintmaking #humananimalrelationship #get_imprinted #ukprintmakers .#rook #printmaker #oneofforiginal #anthrozoology

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Here is Desmond now still very lovely but a bit bigger! Nearly 11 months old ❤🐑❤

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This is Desmond when I first met him...being transported home in a cardboard box bless him, just a few days old. . . . . . #lambs #enjoythemoment #countryside #countrylife #farmlife #countryliving #joyofsheep #animalassistedinterventions #mindfulness #natureassistedinterventions #sheep #shetlandsheep #animalassistedtherapy #sheepofinstagram #loveofsheep #naturetherapy #wellbeing #smallholding #sheep #onthefarm

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I have a few exciting workshops coming up... if you would like to be first to know about them you can subscribe to my studio insights link in my profile or https://ift.tt/2OAUfYX

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I am delighted to hear that the first print run of #red67 has now sold out.. but still saddened that it has to exist, I must do a flick through of it for you all soon... I feel very honoured to have been asked to take part and submit artwork for the RED SIXTY SEVEN book and well done to everyone else involved ( @_BTO & @red67book @99_birds ) #bto #rspb #yolobirder #redlist You can still order here for the next print run.... https://ift.tt/2RpCayt for more ) The launch is on February 14th. . You can pre-order the book and purchase other merchandise from the website below now. Red Sixty Seven is a collaboration between 67 authors and 67 artists with a single goal: to raise funds to support conservation work aiming to reverse the declines of our most at-risk birds. Contributors include Chris Packham, Ann Cleeves, Samuel West, Natalie Bennett, David Lindo, Gill Lewis, Darren Woodhead, Carry Akroyd, Jane Smith and Patrick Barkham. ​ All of the profits from the sale of this book will be donated to BTO and RSPB to further their work on Red-listed birds. Red Sixty Seven is 67 love letters to our most vulnerable species, each beautifully illustrated by some of the best wildlife artists around, showcasing a range of styles as varied as the birds in these pages. Our hope is that the book will bring the Red List to a wider audience whilst raising funds for the charities working to help the birds most at need. ​ My bird was the Balearic Shearwater, I have a particularly soft spot for Shearwaters (although Manx) having spent some time on Skoholm and Skomer Islands, we have them visiting our waters around Cornwall. To support 67 redlisted species, It is a collaboration in 67 beautiful illustrated love letters to our most threatened birds @Red67book #Red67 #bto #rspb #yolobirder #redlist #illustratedbook #illustration https://ift.tt/2RpCayt

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A quick sketch of my lovely Desmond with attachments, not stuck today yaay! Just bringing half the hedge with him...

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Just a sketch of Sausage the dog...with a caption... "the storm passes quicker if I am close to you" maybe we all feel a bit like this sometimes...bless her she has the most acute hearing and the sound of the wind and rain whipping around the house terrified her...

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Oh Desmond! Stuck.in the brambles twice yesterday! Trying to shelter from the rain maybe? Anyway because I have been round cutting through some brambles he has started gathering the cuttings in his fleece... roll on shearing time! BLESS! ❤🐑❤ can you see that look of slight irritation towards me! I am sure he thinks it's all my fault 😂

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More book explorations today ... thinking about family narratives ...

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One of my treasured found skulls... Rook I believe. Thank you @vanessapenrose_artist & @the_journey_of_the_line for the words and inspiration for this afternoon 😊

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