So pleased my 10-yr-old is getting his bigger brother’s bug for #Baking now! Just need to get them both on to savouries too, and hubbie and I can be redundant! 😋

#HomeBaking #EmpireBiscuits

When you survive a loss, everyone is quick to tell you how strong you are & how tough you must be. The reality is that no one has a choice to survive grief. It's not optional.

It's so important we all know the symptoms of bowel cancer – whatever your age. My husband Laurence died last year aged 31. If you have concerns, talk to your doctor 💛 #KnowTheHigh5 #NoButts ITV News Meridian itv.com/news/meridian/…

My #SixOnSaturday this weekend were captured in a few moments of gorgeous sunshine at Insole Court earlier this week. Gardens looking beautiful, as always, with a profusion of #Bluebells , #Camellias and #WildGarlic .

Elizabeth Atherton @Mahler18601911 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺🇵🇸 We can make fun of arts councils but their negative impact is tragic. Many informed voices have long been warning about the damage they are causing and explaining the value of culture in non-economic terms. Those hard of listening should be not be in charge of funding music.

For #FridayFlowers I just have to share Tulipa 'Slawa' which has stood up beautifully to the wind and rain of the last few weeks.
#mylittlegarden #GardeningX #GardenersWorld

Elizabeth Atherton Gary Raymond Alun Davies AS / MS 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 Other knock on effects are damage to local arts, hospitality & tourism providers. I would have been going Welsh National Opera Venue Cymru in May 2025 first at least 2 nights.

Spot on from Gary Raymond: “More cuts do not just mean redundancies and leaking roofs. It simply means less art.”

And from Alun Davies AS / MS 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺:
“I don’t want to live in a country where the choice is either see my GP or see a Van Gogh… That is the choice of a failed state.” #SaveWNO

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I could not agree more with your sentiment, Thangam Debbonaire. So please can I beg you to talk to Lesley Griffiths & Vaughan Gething 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 to find a way to #SaveWNO . Welsh National Opera’s need for an emergency package couldn’t be more urgent. Show us you mean business as #CultureSecretary in waiting!

Does the phrase #CreativeIndustries not include #Opera ? How on earth Lucy Frazer can say our sectors are thriving when the opera industry is literally collapsing I don’t know. Please talk to me, Lucy Frazer - Welsh National Opera will be destroyed without urgent intervention.

Halfway between Pooh's house and Piglet's house was a Thoughtful Spot where they met sometimes when they had decided to go and see each other, and as it was warm and out of the wind they would sit down there for a little and wonder what they would do.
~A.A.Milne #thoughtfulspot

Dear Arts Council England, London Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru | Arts Council of Wales please stop this systematic destruction of opera in UK. Opera companies CANNOT exist on a part time basis..there are too many cogs in the wheel and taking away one or a few destroys the whole company. If you want quality, then please pay for it.

How on earth does a musician in an opera company become part time? Teaching jobs are exceptionally rare at the times when you’d rehearse, then you perform at night when many of us are still teaching. Lucy Frazer

This is just awful.
How, after promising a better arts scene if voted into powers, can Welsh Labour & Keir Starmer justify whats happening to 'song' in the so called 'land of song'?

This affects everyone- you can't have a healthy society without the arts- it doesn't function!