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BrightAire @brightaire.bsky.social · 3h

I've only visited a couple of times, mainly to visit The Deep with my kids. It was sad, as with too many northern cities, to see so much evidence of decline. I was heartened to stumble across a memorial to the International Brigades, though. Maybe another visit's in order...

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BrightAire @brightaire.bsky.social · 1d

Slow progress today. Lots of trial and, especially, error. The mortice and tenon joints on the wind braces don't bear too close scrutiny but that's half of them done.

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BrightAire @brightaire.bsky.social · 1d

Lots of learning and improvisation going on today- cutting mortices and tenons, fitting the wind braces.

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BrightAire @brightaire.bsky.social · 1d

Lots of learning and improvisation going on today - cutting mortices and tenons, fitting the wind braces.

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BrightAire @brightaire.bsky.social · 2d

More of the framework completed today. All the structural rails fixed in place. A roof joist fitted and a start made on the wind braces.

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BrightAire @brightaire.bsky.social · 3d

😊

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BrightAire @brightaire.bsky.social · 3d

The story of The Shipley Alder has been taken up by the BBC. Grace has really put across the warmth and humour of Yorkshire Spoon Club. It's a nice story amid plenty of grim news ATM.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 4d

"The prickly seed-shucks of the chestnut have fallen and burst open, some of them spilling the brown conkers out of the soft linings that have contained and nourished them“
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
Writer: EL Grant Watson

A weasel standby a small log, surrounded by horse chestnut leaves and conkers

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BrightAire @brightaire.bsky.social · 3d

Garden craft refuge taking shape. The rescued remains of a tree house are being reused.

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BrightAire @brightaire.bsky.social · 7d

Done. Fairly happy with how it's turned out. My chip carving is pretty shonky (more practice needed) but it gives a nice effect. Painted with milk paint and finished with walnut oil.

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BrightAire @brightaire.bsky.social · 9d

It's only as an adult that I came to understand, through play-work, that I had any capacity for art and creativity. It's brilliant that these kids are encouraged to think differently.

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BrightAire @brightaire.bsky.social · 9d

Love it! Great creativity. The kids of North Newton Primary seem like fun guys...

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BrightAire @brightaire.bsky.social · 10d

An alder tree blew down, in Storm Amy, in my local town centre last weekend.

The contractors said I could "take it all" so I took a few lumps.

The wood is now becoming all sorts of craft projects among me and my Yorkshire Spoon Club friends. I roughed out a little trinket bowl from it today.

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BrightAire @brightaire.bsky.social · 13d

Phase one of my green-roofed shelter project, at work, has turned out brilliantly. The young people worked really well with our contractor to finish it.

It'll be a developing canvas for all sorts of projects - events, exhibitions and activities.

Now for phases two, three, four...

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BrightAire @brightaire.bsky.social · 15d

Are you travelling with a haunted wardrobe?

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 16d

While the Internet has had an impact, the main cause of the death of high streets is the out-of-town retail park. Any council which gave planning permission to a retail park only has themselves to blame for the destruction of their city centre.

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BrightAire @brightaire.bsky.social · 16d

Do you think that tent pole's sturdy enough?

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BrightAire @brightaire.bsky.social · 16d

Another crack at basket-weave kolrosing. The spoon is rowan. I used cinnamon and walnut oil for the staining.

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 17d

“A full harvest moon is rising, though it is still only twilight”

Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
Writer: EL GrantWatson

A barn owl is perched on a wall at dusk. A full moon has risen in the still blue sky above a small village.

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BrightAire @brightaire.bsky.social · 18d

I fear you may have spoken in haste...

Stay dry.

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BrightAire @brightaire.bsky.social · 18d

Lord knows how much the lawyers claimed, duking it out for about 4 months.

BrightAire @brightaire.bsky.social · 18d

One of the things about great writing is that it can expose universal and enduring truth. Sadly the prevalence of bigotry appears to be one of them.

On the other hand, Sheriff Heck Tate does seem to confirm that it's OK to punch a Nazi.

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BrightAire @brightaire.bsky.social · 18d

Worn out road markings might have contributed to me being knocked off my bike earlier this year. My ancient bike was wrecked, along with my helmet and glasses. I suffered bumps, bruises and some minor inconvenience. Driver's insurance company paid out £25,000.

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 19d

Keeping people in poverty is an expensive luxury.
My column on the false economies of austerity, which costs us all a fortune. Despite the government's claims, austerity continues under Labour. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It hurt when I crashed my bike into a pothole – and it taught me the true price of austerity | George Monbiot

Fixing that hole could have cost under £100; the cost of not doing so is limitless. My prang highlights the neoliberal folly of false economies, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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BrightAire @brightaire.bsky.social · 18d

A big alder tree blew down in my local town centre last night. The contractors said I could "take it all". It was a lovely tree, especially valuable in its setting, but now it'll be made into lovely crafts by me and my spoon club friends.

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BrightAire @brightaire.bsky.social · 18d

Magic powers, I expect.

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