I’m halfway through watching Christmas Holiday (1944) with Deanna Durbin. My goodness, happy-go-lucky Gene could play chilling so well.

Remembering John Mills who died on this day

'They sent a 133-page indictment on me. A hundred and thirty-three pages … all those government lawyers working on this for months – I mean just how much public money have the government spent?” theguardian.com/environment/20…

A new episode!!!✨ And it's a #NYRBWomen24 book! Queued up for my walk today. onebrightbook.com/2024/04/23/epi…

'I ruined a dinner party ten years ago in Phoenix.' Laurie Stone

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10:18 pm in #Kyiv

So, if I understand it properly, the final vote of the US Senate on aid to Ukraine will come up later tonight or tomorrow. Great.

Meanwhile, a large part of Ukraine is under air raid alerts. We do need this aid. We do.

Agatha Christie enjoying tea on the balcony of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq, Baghdad, 1950s. Image Credit: © The Christie Archive Trust

Country diary: Flowers growing in ancient ground is my idea of belonging theguardian.com/environment/20…

Sweet dreams, everyone ♥️
(Art by Amanda Clark)

Happy #ShakespeareDay with a few of my inspired embroideries… 🧵🪡📚🎭
‘We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep’ 💤
#stitchedart #thesewingsongbird

Some words to beckon you in…

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Good Afternoon.
Or even Good Morning depending on where you be.
Maybe Good Day is a finer option to be all inclusive?
I never know.

I do know this though, wherever Cuckoo Flower is Orange-Tip #butterflies are never far away!

Larval food plant my good people.
#cuckooflower

It was nighttime when our Kaluku Operations Room received the call: Coming back from patrol, a SWT/KWS Anti-Poaching had discovered a large elephant stuck in mud. Runoff from the rains had turned an inconsequential wallow into a life-or-death situation.

A recumbent elephant —

We're reading 'this novel' in December as part of #NYRBWomen24 & everyone is welcome to participate! ✨✨✨

6:54 pm in #Kyiv

Thank you!

I see and appreciate that you are still here. Your support is vital to me. You show me that Ukraine is not forgotten and that there are people who care.

Good must prevail. And it will.

This yellow survivor is blooming again. She was the last

This is how it begins: 'There are horses and angels and a broken bird in a shoebox nest. Soon it will be daylight, and my dad will come home from the printing factory nightshift. I don’t want him to come home, or rather when he does come home, I want to be invisible.'

#wildtwin

'The Card Players.' (1919) Vera Rockline's work (of whatever subject matter) is often described as sensual and lyrical influenced ss she was by both by Impressionism and contemporary Cubism.

In the 1920s, the French art critic Marius-Ary Leblond hailed Rockline a 'sister of the

Just popping by to wish you all a lovely week ahead. It’s nice to be back. I hope you have a cozy & restful night. Sweet dreams, everyone ♥️ (Art by Esther Bennink)

One of Aberglasney’s most asked about features, our breathtaking Malus Arbor, is expected to be completely in bloom this week 🌸✨
The Crab Apple Arch can be found in our Kitchen Garden and it’ll soon be completely covered in beautiful white flowers.

I thought I'd start today with one that I haven't shown for a very long time indeed! This is a sketch of 'St Mary's, Wanstead' by Elwin Hawthorne from 1938. The finished oil that was derived from this sketch was shown as 'Wanstead' in his one-man show at Lefevre that same year.