NormandieCJ
@normandiecj.bsky.social
British. Living + working in FR 🇫🇷 - Normandie / Bretagne 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 😷
Love: wildlife, cats, dogs, rabbits, hares... food, reading, photography... & life. Somewhat fond of: #TheArchers. Typos guaranteed 😁
Pro: vax, masks, Europe. Anti: DMs
Love: wildlife, cats, dogs, rabbits, hares... food, reading, photography... & life. Somewhat fond of: #TheArchers. Typos guaranteed 😁
Pro: vax, masks, Europe. Anti: DMs
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For today's #ArtAdventCalendar here's my drawing of a Badger. This one took quite some time and I still think his eyes look a bit wonky but he was a lovely subject to draw.
Happy Tuesday everyone! 🕊️
#Mammals #Art #Nature #Badgers #Drawing #EastCoastKin
Happy Tuesday everyone! 🕊️
#Mammals #Art #Nature #Badgers #Drawing #EastCoastKin
December 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
For today's #ArtAdventCalendar here's my drawing of a Badger. This one took quite some time and I still think his eyes look a bit wonky but he was a lovely subject to draw.
Happy Tuesday everyone! 🕊️
#Mammals #Art #Nature #Badgers #Drawing #EastCoastKin
Happy Tuesday everyone! 🕊️
#Mammals #Art #Nature #Badgers #Drawing #EastCoastKin
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Memories take us back.
Dreams move us forward.
Dreams move us forward.
December 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Memories take us back.
Dreams move us forward.
Dreams move us forward.
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I’m actually terrified to do this, but here goes.
One request. You do not comment until you read the entire thread. And you are respectful when you do. If not I will either restrict you or block you depending on how hateful you are.
Great, glad we’re on the same page, let’s begin.
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One request. You do not comment until you read the entire thread. And you are respectful when you do. If not I will either restrict you or block you depending on how hateful you are.
Great, glad we’re on the same page, let’s begin.
1/
December 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I’m actually terrified to do this, but here goes.
One request. You do not comment until you read the entire thread. And you are respectful when you do. If not I will either restrict you or block you depending on how hateful you are.
Great, glad we’re on the same page, let’s begin.
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One request. You do not comment until you read the entire thread. And you are respectful when you do. If not I will either restrict you or block you depending on how hateful you are.
Great, glad we’re on the same page, let’s begin.
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'In the winter garden' - my favourite geometric garden aerial that I've ever done! I don't remember if I shared it here or not yet - it has camellia bushes in the centre and beds of winter heather and hellebore :) the geometric landscapes are always more challenging and I love that! #embroidery
December 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
'In the winter garden' - my favourite geometric garden aerial that I've ever done! I don't remember if I shared it here or not yet - it has camellia bushes in the centre and beds of winter heather and hellebore :) the geometric landscapes are always more challenging and I love that! #embroidery
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Small Business Saturday
All the quilts in my online shop are reduced.
Pop in and have a look. Unique Xmas presents ( or a gift to yourself).
Last posting date is Dec 15th ( when my shop closes until January)
www.folksy.com/shops/quilterdown
#smallbusinesssaturday #handmade #quilts
All the quilts in my online shop are reduced.
Pop in and have a look. Unique Xmas presents ( or a gift to yourself).
Last posting date is Dec 15th ( when my shop closes until January)
www.folksy.com/shops/quilterdown
#smallbusinesssaturday #handmade #quilts
December 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Small Business Saturday
All the quilts in my online shop are reduced.
Pop in and have a look. Unique Xmas presents ( or a gift to yourself).
Last posting date is Dec 15th ( when my shop closes until January)
www.folksy.com/shops/quilterdown
#smallbusinesssaturday #handmade #quilts
All the quilts in my online shop are reduced.
Pop in and have a look. Unique Xmas presents ( or a gift to yourself).
Last posting date is Dec 15th ( when my shop closes until January)
www.folksy.com/shops/quilterdown
#smallbusinesssaturday #handmade #quilts
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #movement.
A Rufous Hummingbird with the target in sight.
#birds 🪶 #BirdPhotography #photography #EastCoastKin
A Rufous Hummingbird with the target in sight.
#birds 🪶 #BirdPhotography #photography #EastCoastKin
December 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #movement.
A Rufous Hummingbird with the target in sight.
#birds 🪶 #BirdPhotography #photography #EastCoastKin
A Rufous Hummingbird with the target in sight.
#birds 🪶 #BirdPhotography #photography #EastCoastKin
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These won a Peas Prize for medical/humanitarian services in the cause of swelling reduction following dental extraction
There will be a ceremony later this week when they will be defrosted and offered to the ducks & swans on the river
(Bet they will glide off, affronted despite experts encouraging)
There will be a ceremony later this week when they will be defrosted and offered to the ducks & swans on the river
(Bet they will glide off, affronted despite experts encouraging)
December 6, 2025 at 10:58 AM
These won a Peas Prize for medical/humanitarian services in the cause of swelling reduction following dental extraction
There will be a ceremony later this week when they will be defrosted and offered to the ducks & swans on the river
(Bet they will glide off, affronted despite experts encouraging)
There will be a ceremony later this week when they will be defrosted and offered to the ducks & swans on the river
(Bet they will glide off, affronted despite experts encouraging)
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The Blenheim Estate lost an oak, and as they like their fallen trees to remain in place to encourage wildlife, they asked artist Matthew Crabb to do his magic
Photo: Pete Seaward
Photo: Pete Seaward
December 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The Blenheim Estate lost an oak, and as they like their fallen trees to remain in place to encourage wildlife, they asked artist Matthew Crabb to do his magic
Photo: Pete Seaward
Photo: Pete Seaward
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I don’t think that Americans quite understand just how sick and tired of their bullshit we Europeans actually are.
December 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I don’t think that Americans quite understand just how sick and tired of their bullshit we Europeans actually are.
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If you are shopping for loved ones this weekend, please consider adding a present for mothers and children who will spend Christmas in a refuge. @refugecharity.bsky.social Thank you.
donate.refuge.org.uk/page/180196/...
donate.refuge.org.uk/page/180196/...
Buy a parcel and help give mums and their children in our refuges their first Christmas of freedom.
When a child arrives at a refuge in the countdown to Christmas, they’re withdrawn and in shock.
donate.refuge.org.uk
December 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
If you are shopping for loved ones this weekend, please consider adding a present for mothers and children who will spend Christmas in a refuge. @refugecharity.bsky.social Thank you.
donate.refuge.org.uk/page/180196/...
donate.refuge.org.uk/page/180196/...
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Lots of artichokes at the market in Ventimiglia. Two types. The ones with the spikes are eaten raw with olive oil.
December 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Lots of artichokes at the market in Ventimiglia. Two types. The ones with the spikes are eaten raw with olive oil.
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December 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Happy #Caturday 🥰
Brown tigré / tabby cat, on a shelf in his 'catio', carefully judging the capabilities of the photographer... and clearly failing to be impressed. 😬
Brown tigré / tabby cat, on a shelf in his 'catio', carefully judging the capabilities of the photographer... and clearly failing to be impressed. 😬
December 6, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Happy #Caturday 🥰
Brown tigré / tabby cat, on a shelf in his 'catio', carefully judging the capabilities of the photographer... and clearly failing to be impressed. 😬
Brown tigré / tabby cat, on a shelf in his 'catio', carefully judging the capabilities of the photographer... and clearly failing to be impressed. 😬
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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"This new piece is baroque in style and covers themes of misplaced loyalty and broken trust and it's called 'Concerto for An Empty Bowl'"
December 5, 2025 at 6:27 AM
"This new piece is baroque in style and covers themes of misplaced loyalty and broken trust and it's called 'Concerto for An Empty Bowl'"
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Tour of our village for our guests last night. Peace and harmony. Today the mayhem and fun of Colmar
December 5, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Tour of our village for our guests last night. Peace and harmony. Today the mayhem and fun of Colmar
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1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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My orange boy is perfect; he restores my soul
Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of blue, I fear no evil, for orange is with me
His hiss and his slorp, they comfort me
He prepares a hairball before me in the presence of guests
My cup runneth over. Please take your paw out of my cup
Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of blue, I fear no evil, for orange is with me
His hiss and his slorp, they comfort me
He prepares a hairball before me in the presence of guests
My cup runneth over. Please take your paw out of my cup
December 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
My orange boy is perfect; he restores my soul
Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of blue, I fear no evil, for orange is with me
His hiss and his slorp, they comfort me
He prepares a hairball before me in the presence of guests
My cup runneth over. Please take your paw out of my cup
Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of blue, I fear no evil, for orange is with me
His hiss and his slorp, they comfort me
He prepares a hairball before me in the presence of guests
My cup runneth over. Please take your paw out of my cup
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Happy Wednesday! I’m feeling a tweed mood today so we’re featuring the Breakfast Tweed collection. These color ways coordinate beautifully to create fade sets, and are available in DK or fingering.
hartfordyarnworksllc.etsy.com
#EtsySale #FiberArts #TweedYarn #Knitting #Crochet
hartfordyarnworksllc.etsy.com
#EtsySale #FiberArts #TweedYarn #Knitting #Crochet
December 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Happy Wednesday! I’m feeling a tweed mood today so we’re featuring the Breakfast Tweed collection. These color ways coordinate beautifully to create fade sets, and are available in DK or fingering.
hartfordyarnworksllc.etsy.com
#EtsySale #FiberArts #TweedYarn #Knitting #Crochet
hartfordyarnworksllc.etsy.com
#EtsySale #FiberArts #TweedYarn #Knitting #Crochet
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Joyful Stained Glass
A window from a local parish church in #Tarvin, #Cheshire. It is joyful! Have a lovely day, everyone! Photograph taken at Christmas 2023.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWforWindows #churches #stainedglass
A window from a local parish church in #Tarvin, #Cheshire. It is joyful! Have a lovely day, everyone! Photograph taken at Christmas 2023.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWforWindows #churches #stainedglass
December 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Joyful Stained Glass
A window from a local parish church in #Tarvin, #Cheshire. It is joyful! Have a lovely day, everyone! Photograph taken at Christmas 2023.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWforWindows #churches #stainedglass
A window from a local parish church in #Tarvin, #Cheshire. It is joyful! Have a lovely day, everyone! Photograph taken at Christmas 2023.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWforWindows #churches #stainedglass
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Landscapes painted on the surfaces of cut logs by US artist Alison Moritsugu #WomensArt
December 4, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Landscapes painted on the surfaces of cut logs by US artist Alison Moritsugu #WomensArt
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Good news!
Earlier this year I shared reports that the land around the Cerne Abbas Giant was up for sale
I’m delighted that, after lots of conversations, the land has now been bought by the National Trust (who already own the Giant): www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Earlier this year I shared reports that the land around the Cerne Abbas Giant was up for sale
I’m delighted that, after lots of conversations, the land has now been bought by the National Trust (who already own the Giant): www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
bsky.app/profile/guys...
December 3, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Good news!
Earlier this year I shared reports that the land around the Cerne Abbas Giant was up for sale
I’m delighted that, after lots of conversations, the land has now been bought by the National Trust (who already own the Giant): www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
bsky.app/profile/guys...
Earlier this year I shared reports that the land around the Cerne Abbas Giant was up for sale
I’m delighted that, after lots of conversations, the land has now been bought by the National Trust (who already own the Giant): www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
bsky.app/profile/guys...
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Record-breaking 75-year-old mother #bird prepares to nest.
Wisdom has been laying #eggs since the Eisenhower Administration. #Albatross #WorldsOldestBreedingBird #Bird
Link for more info, #photos & video: www.popsci.com/environment/...
Wisdom has been laying #eggs since the Eisenhower Administration. #Albatross #WorldsOldestBreedingBird #Bird
Link for more info, #photos & video: www.popsci.com/environment/...
December 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Record-breaking 75-year-old mother #bird prepares to nest.
Wisdom has been laying #eggs since the Eisenhower Administration. #Albatross #WorldsOldestBreedingBird #Bird
Link for more info, #photos & video: www.popsci.com/environment/...
Wisdom has been laying #eggs since the Eisenhower Administration. #Albatross #WorldsOldestBreedingBird #Bird
Link for more info, #photos & video: www.popsci.com/environment/...
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It’s that time of year again. Advent and waiting for the light to return. So I thought I’d post an image of my work a day until the solstice. Here’s The Green Knight, a panel I made in 2022 but it’s a subject that has entranced since I first studied the poem at Stirling University in the 1980s.
December 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM
It’s that time of year again. Advent and waiting for the light to return. So I thought I’d post an image of my work a day until the solstice. Here’s The Green Knight, a panel I made in 2022 but it’s a subject that has entranced since I first studied the poem at Stirling University in the 1980s.
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Day 2. Spirit sister. Painted and engraved glass panel, 2016.
December 2, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Day 2. Spirit sister. Painted and engraved glass panel, 2016.