A few words on spring in the orchard Spring lennywellswords.com/2024/03/27/spr…

The paperback of Rural is out in just over six weeks and it has a funky new look! I love it, even though it means I’m going to have to re-train my eye to look for splashes of orange in bookshops now, not fern green. Paperback events in the summer to follow. #RURAL

Some insects from this week, #InsectThursday

Denmark honours fallen airmen 80 years on cphpost.dk/2024-05-02/art…

Dead nettle leaf beetles Chrysolina fastuosa in Fife yesterday. I'd never seen any before Ashleigh Whiffin Buglife NatureScot #Beetles #coleoptera

Remembering #Wren Radar Plotters Joan Ashburner & Peggy Batchelor who were killed 80 years ago today when the Albacore aircraft that were flying in crashed near HMS Merlin, Inverkeithing, Fife 💐💐 #WRNS #Wrens #WomensRoyalNavalService #WW2 #womenshistory #OnThisDay

🧵 1️⃣ When my in-laws booked their flight to Berlin (which would be their first trip abroad), my husband and I told them, “We can get a cheap flight or train ticket to almost anywhere. Where in Europe would you like to go?” Without hesitating, my father-in-law said, “Lorraine.”

Vergeside flowers, red campion, white dead nettle with dead nettle beetles, and bluebells #wildflowerhour

Saw fly and cantharis beetle #InsectThursday

My memoir ‘Hortobiography - a gritty woman’s tale of people, plants and places’ will come out on the 5th of September in hardback, ebook & audiobook.  It’s also available to pre-order now via the link in my bio, including signed copies.  I hope you’ll love the book! #gardening

Brussels 1942: Jacques Weisser BEM, 6mths old, is hidden in children's homes & hospitals. His father is forced to become an Organisation Todt slave labourer. His mother is deported to Malines & murdered in Auschwitz. "I should've delved more into it, asking questions…" 1/14

National gallery of Scotland, portrait gallery in Edinburgh #CeilingsOnSunday

Willowherb at the side of linlithgow loch with the palace behind #wildflowerhour

Windows at the national galleries Scotland portrait gallery in Edinburgh #StainedGlassSunday

LACW Ivy Cross received the #BritishEmpireMedal whilst working for the #WomensAuxiliaryAirForce at #RAF Langham.🏅 25th March 1945 a heavily loaded Wellington bomber crashed near the airfield shortly after take off. Ivy drove her vehicle across several fields to reach the scene..

We're back! NEW SERIES starts today, when Martha Kearney listens to the sound of the Fens. How has the changing landscape changed what we hear in the countryside? 3pm Radio 4 or any time you like on BBC Sounds bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Richard Sparey is an arable farmer and contractor in Herefordshire. Here he reflects on the loss of a friend to suicide and the importance of mental health awareness in agriculture. READ MORE: fwi.co.uk/news/opinion-r…

We asked you to join our campaign and help us bring these resilient women to Scotland to continue their medical studies. Thanks for all your support! Read about their journey to get here: lindanorgrovefoundation.org/success-for-ou…

Whilst walking in Lille came across two Stolpersteine. Initiated by Gunther Demnig in 1992 they aim to commemorate last place that person resided freely prior to being killed in a concentration camp. 82 yrs ago Bernard & Micheline Teichler had less than a month to live

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the SFA lifting the ‘ban’ on women’s football in Scotland. A day to recognise everyone who has helped women’s football get to where it is today. ♥️Here’s to the next 50 #50YearsOn