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Liz Taysum

@liztaysum.bsky.social

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Amateur photographer. Sometimes I draw too. 💚 Nature, landscapes, weather, Cumbria, wild places, animals, birds. 🚫DMs

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Liz Taysum @liztaysum.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks 🙂

Liz Taysum @liztaysum.bsky.social · 3d

Teeny tiny toad sheltering in my shoe this morning.

#macromonday #nature #wildlife

Photo of a tiny toad resting in a shoe.

Liz Taysum @liztaysum.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you 🙂

Liz Taysum @liztaysum.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you 🙂

Liz Taysum @liztaysum.bsky.social · 4d

Day 5 #inktober 2025 #deer

A small stylised drawing of a group of deer standing at the edge of a wood. There's a flower meadow in front of them, and ferns in the foreground.

Liz Taysum @liztaysum.bsky.social · 7d

Inktober 2025 - day 1 (a day late!) #inktober #moustache

An ink drawing of a character with a huge moustache, holding a balloon and a staff.

Liz Taysum @liztaysum.bsky.social · 12d

Had a bit of a break from drawing recently, but decided to take on a recent request for a pet portrait with a bit of a sad story. It's in coloured pencil (not taking commissions - it's just a hobby I like to dabble in now and again).
#coloredpencil #petportrait

Portrait of a Staffie on a grey background.

Liz Taysum @liztaysum.bsky.social · 26d

Kenneth Baker says a choice of palliative care is "totally unrealistic. It’ll cost billions." What? When did we abandon the intention to provide palliative care to dying people? Is assisted dying going to be the only available choice? This is precisely what worries me about all this.

Liz Taysum @liztaysum.bsky.social · Sep 3

Not too many flowers left in the garden now, but here's some little violas that have weathered the wind and rain so far.

#photography #nature #naturephotography #flowers #garden
#blueskyphotography #gardenphotography #bloomscrolling

A close up shot of some cream coloured viola flowers.

Liz Taysum @liztaysum.bsky.social · Sep 2

Dramatic morning sky.

#photography #nature #blueskyphotography #naturephotography #sky #clouds

A photo of the sun breaking through clouds in a dark sky, with a silhouetted landscape.

Liz Taysum @liztaysum.bsky.social · Sep 2

Good morning! Here's a lovely sunflower in my garden.

#photography #nature #naturephotography #flowers #garden
#blueskyphotography #gardenphotography #onlybeautifulthings #bloomscrolling #sunflower

A close up photo of a yellow sunflower.

Liz Taysum @liztaysum.bsky.social · Aug 30

Lovely light in the woods this morning.

#photography #nature #blueskyphotography #naturephotography #onlybeautifulthings

A photo of woodland with morning light filtering through the trees.

Liz Taysum @liztaysum.bsky.social · Aug 24

Hope you remember in your later years to take full responsibility for everything that's happened in society when you were younger - 14 years of Tory rule, Brexit, far-right resurgence etc (whether you vote for it or not it seems). Your comment was ageist, whether intended or not.

Liz Taysum @liztaysum.bsky.social · Aug 24

What exactly am I supposed to have done?! Voted labour all my life, don't own my own home, not wealthy by any stretch of the imagination. This intergenerational warfare is futile. Tax the wealthy I say, but stop with the ageism - please.

Liz Taysum @liztaysum.bsky.social · Aug 24

Erm, not me personally thanks.

Liz Taysum @liztaysum.bsky.social · Aug 24

Some of us are still working, some of us are knackered, some of us are still working and knackered.

Liz Taysum @liztaysum.bsky.social · Aug 24

This American Pillar rose that runs along my garden fence produces masses of blooms every year.

#photography #nature #naturephotography #flowers #garden
#blueskyphotography #gardenphotography #onlybeautifulthings #bloomscrolling #roses

A close-up shot of two blooms of an American Pillar rose.

Liz Taysum @liztaysum.bsky.social · Aug 21

The Guardian's ageism strikes yet again. Age doesn't necessarily mean wealth (of course you know this really), but journalists need somebody to bash I guess.

Liz Taysum @liztaysum.bsky.social · Aug 21

Lovely dramatic skies this morning.

#photography #nature #blueskyphotography #naturephotography #onlybeautifulthings #sunrise #skies

A photo of sunrise with dramatic cloud formations. Underneath there's a silhouetted landscape of hills and trees.

Liz Taysum @liztaysum.bsky.social · Aug 18

Ferns are so graceful. Here's one I took a couple of mornings ago in late summer golden light with some nice bokeh in the background.

#photography #nature #blueskyphotography #naturephotography #onlybeautifulthings #fern #bokeh

A close-up shot of a fern frond in golden light with a blurred background of golden and green.

Liz Taysum @liztaysum.bsky.social · Aug 17

A welsh poppy in my garden

#photography #nature #naturephotography #flowers #garden
#blueskyphotography #gardenphotography #onlybeautifulthings #bloomscrolling

A close up of a yellow welsh poppy, taken from the underside.

Liz Taysum @liztaysum.bsky.social · Aug 16

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Liz Taysum @liztaysum.bsky.social · Aug 16

Taken on a damp morning walk through the woods - a raindrop about to drop from the end of a fern.

#photography #nature #blueskyphotography #naturephotography #onlybeautifulthings #bloomscrolling

A close up shot of a rain drop at the end of a fern.

Liz Taysum @liztaysum.bsky.social · Aug 15

Astrantia in the garden. I liked the dreamy abstract look of this which I didn't expect.

#photography #nature #flowers #garden
#blueskyphotography #gardenphotography #onlybeautifulthings #bloomscrolling #rosewednesday

A close up of an astrantia flower

Liz Taysum @liztaysum.bsky.social · Aug 13

Rose "Princess Anne" in front of my living room window, smells as lovely as it looks.

#photography #nature #flowers #garden
#blueskyphotography #gardenphotography #onlybeautifulthings #bloomscrolling #rosewednesday