Ros Gray
@rosaglaucarose.bsky.social
Artist, gardener and photographer. Fascinated by insects and nature. Someday I might write about it all.
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I’ll have five packs of Christmas cards available from tomorrow ish on my Etsy £12 for 6.. all proceeds will go to Tavistock foodbank. Yes that’s ALL not the usual big business 5% to charity … I’ll post a link tomorrow ish
(taken when I lived out on the moor) #Dartmoor #Devon #photography
(taken when I lived out on the moor) #Dartmoor #Devon #photography
November 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I’ll have five packs of Christmas cards available from tomorrow ish on my Etsy £12 for 6.. all proceeds will go to Tavistock foodbank. Yes that’s ALL not the usual big business 5% to charity … I’ll post a link tomorrow ish
(taken when I lived out on the moor) #Dartmoor #Devon #photography
(taken when I lived out on the moor) #Dartmoor #Devon #photography
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16 ways gardeners can live alongside slugs and snails www.wildway.info/p/gardeners-...
16 ways gardeners can live alongside slugs and snails
Ideas for reducing nibbles to leaves or simply caring less
www.wildway.info
October 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
16 ways gardeners can live alongside slugs and snails www.wildway.info/p/gardeners-...
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Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
October 5, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
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Contemporary printmaker Julia Lucey often employs aquatint etchings, printing them, cutting out elements by hand, and collaging them, layer upon layer #WomrnsArt
May 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Contemporary printmaker Julia Lucey often employs aquatint etchings, printing them, cutting out elements by hand, and collaging them, layer upon layer #WomrnsArt
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Queen Anne's Lace, a dragonfly and Goat's Beard seed heads.
All painted in watercolours.
I cannot tell you how hard this painting was to do.
And I chose the easiest version of Queen Anne's Lace that I could find. But I loved it in the end.
All painted in watercolours.
I cannot tell you how hard this painting was to do.
And I chose the easiest version of Queen Anne's Lace that I could find. But I loved it in the end.
April 5, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Queen Anne's Lace, a dragonfly and Goat's Beard seed heads.
All painted in watercolours.
I cannot tell you how hard this painting was to do.
And I chose the easiest version of Queen Anne's Lace that I could find. But I loved it in the end.
All painted in watercolours.
I cannot tell you how hard this painting was to do.
And I chose the easiest version of Queen Anne's Lace that I could find. But I loved it in the end.
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The chills I got reading this
Incredible writing.
Incredible writing.
"Perhaps prison would have persisted this way forever. Perhaps our granite hearts and iron wills would have never crumbled. Perhaps the prison mentality, that we be cold and heartless, would have endured.
Perhaps. But then there were kittens."
Perhaps. But then there were kittens."
When Kittens Came to My Prison, I Had Not Petted One in 15 Years
I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass.
prisonjournalismproject.org
April 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The chills I got reading this
Incredible writing.
Incredible writing.
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Weekend reading about this important and useful wildflower www.wildway.info/p/cardamine-...
Cardamine pratensis | cuckoo flower
How to grow and propagate this beautiful grassland wildflower
www.wildway.info
March 22, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Weekend reading about this important and useful wildflower www.wildway.info/p/cardamine-...
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50% off in my Etsy shop until midnight tomorrow…
Who says disabled people never give anything back 🤣❤️💜👍
thegreenlanesshimmer.etsy.com
Who says disabled people never give anything back 🤣❤️💜👍
thegreenlanesshimmer.etsy.com
March 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
50% off in my Etsy shop until midnight tomorrow…
Who says disabled people never give anything back 🤣❤️💜👍
thegreenlanesshimmer.etsy.com
Who says disabled people never give anything back 🤣❤️💜👍
thegreenlanesshimmer.etsy.com
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We’re reopening on Thursday 27th Feb. We always have a winter break because… it’s cold in winter in Manchester and I don’t want to attract people to my business by selling shite made in the far east or with the promise of coffee and cake.
Bergs Potter pots, summer ‘24.
Bergs Potter pots, summer ‘24.
February 18, 2025 at 6:46 AM
We’re reopening on Thursday 27th Feb. We always have a winter break because… it’s cold in winter in Manchester and I don’t want to attract people to my business by selling shite made in the far east or with the promise of coffee and cake.
Bergs Potter pots, summer ‘24.
Bergs Potter pots, summer ‘24.
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If you plant a wildlife hedge instead of building a fence, it could help hedgehogs, hoverflies, bats, dunnocks, bumblebees, mice, moths, coal tits, butterflies, dormice, blackbirds, frogs, fieldfares, beetles, robins, solitary bees… 🐝
Here’s how: bit.ly/40YAjG7
#nature #biodiversity
Here’s how: bit.ly/40YAjG7
#nature #biodiversity
February 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
If you plant a wildlife hedge instead of building a fence, it could help hedgehogs, hoverflies, bats, dunnocks, bumblebees, mice, moths, coal tits, butterflies, dormice, blackbirds, frogs, fieldfares, beetles, robins, solitary bees… 🐝
Here’s how: bit.ly/40YAjG7
#nature #biodiversity
Here’s how: bit.ly/40YAjG7
#nature #biodiversity
February 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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When you stop worrying about slugs and snails you'll start to wonder why you ever cared at all www.wildway.info/p/gardeners-...
16 ways gardeners can live alongside slugs and snails
Ideas for reducing nibbles to leaves or simply caring less
www.wildway.info
February 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
When you stop worrying about slugs and snails you'll start to wonder why you ever cared at all www.wildway.info/p/gardeners-...
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February 4, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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When we work with nature, wonderful things can happen in gardens, allotments & other green spaces. Bumblebees, butterflies, ladybirds, dandelions, earthworms… these are just a few plants & animals that are very useful to have around. Here’s why, & how to get them onto your patch:
bit.ly/3E10MJV
bit.ly/3E10MJV
January 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
When we work with nature, wonderful things can happen in gardens, allotments & other green spaces. Bumblebees, butterflies, ladybirds, dandelions, earthworms… these are just a few plants & animals that are very useful to have around. Here’s why, & how to get them onto your patch:
bit.ly/3E10MJV
bit.ly/3E10MJV
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This shows what can be done in our cities and towns! Please share if you’d like to see more green spaces boosting biodiversity and providing a lifeline for pollinating insects like this fantastic wildflower meadow at @kingscollege.bsky.social at @cambridgeuni.bsky.social. Let’s bring nature back 🐝
January 27, 2025 at 8:45 AM
This shows what can be done in our cities and towns! Please share if you’d like to see more green spaces boosting biodiversity and providing a lifeline for pollinating insects like this fantastic wildflower meadow at @kingscollege.bsky.social at @cambridgeuni.bsky.social. Let’s bring nature back 🐝
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Winter, 1955 by Japanese artist and poet Keiko Minami #womensart
January 23, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Winter, 1955 by Japanese artist and poet Keiko Minami #womensart
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The umbrella, 1883 by Ukrainian born painter Marie Bashkirtseff. #WomensArt
January 20, 2025 at 7:15 AM
The umbrella, 1883 by Ukrainian born painter Marie Bashkirtseff. #WomensArt
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First post. Cheers!
January 19, 2025 at 2:39 AM
First post. Cheers!
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I don't know how many of y'all are watching the migration of American TikTokers to RedNote, but it's the most fascinating thing I've EVER SEEN HAPPEN ONLINE.
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January 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I don't know how many of y'all are watching the migration of American TikTokers to RedNote, but it's the most fascinating thing I've EVER SEEN HAPPEN ONLINE.
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techcrunch.com/2025/01/15/b... yeah sure ill use blueskinstagram
Exclusive: Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes
More good news for those looking to exit Meta's social app ecosystem in favor of a more open alternative: An independent developer is building a
techcrunch.com
January 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
techcrunch.com/2025/01/15/b... yeah sure ill use blueskinstagram
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'Star of Starlings' by Fiona Watson, contempory artist and printmaker #WomensArt
January 15, 2025 at 6:58 AM
'Star of Starlings' by Fiona Watson, contempory artist and printmaker #WomensArt
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I'm painting wild roses at the moment. I find it really hard.
The subtleties of those colours are hard to catch in watercolours on white paper. I can't compete with nature.
All of these birds keep me company here in my Dorset garden.
The Jays are shy but the rest of them bold as brass.
The subtleties of those colours are hard to catch in watercolours on white paper. I can't compete with nature.
All of these birds keep me company here in my Dorset garden.
The Jays are shy but the rest of them bold as brass.
January 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I'm painting wild roses at the moment. I find it really hard.
The subtleties of those colours are hard to catch in watercolours on white paper. I can't compete with nature.
All of these birds keep me company here in my Dorset garden.
The Jays are shy but the rest of them bold as brass.
The subtleties of those colours are hard to catch in watercolours on white paper. I can't compete with nature.
All of these birds keep me company here in my Dorset garden.
The Jays are shy but the rest of them bold as brass.