Jan Richards
@yewfemia.bsky.social
A creative soul who makes things out of paper, beads, wool, fabric, recycles where possible, gardens & cooks a bit, interested in wildlife, art and archaeology. Husband is the better wildlife photographer :-D No politics, thank you
That makes it 2 tapestries worth checking out in London :) www.londonxlondon.com/baa-ewe-tape...
The Baa-Ewe Tapestry: 5km of yarn, 180 hours and one Tom Daley sweater vest, free at the NHM — London x London
A seven-metre knitted Bayeux Tapestry starring Shaun the Sheep is on free display at the Natural History Museum until 1 November. What it is, where to find it and when to go.
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For #internationaldogday, here's 'Doggy Paddle', a paper collage card made from old magazine pictures. The sea looks a bit rough but he'll make it to safety! #papercollage #greetingscard #recyclingoldmagazines #savedfromlandfill #myowndesign
Exquisite c. 20,000-year-old laurel leaf point. Expertly worked, this beautiful Solutrean-era flint tool is 28 cm long and 1 cm thick, with edges so wafer thin they’re translucent! ✨ From Volgu, France. Musée d'Archéologie nationale Saint-Germain-en-Laye 📷 by me #Archaeology
Caroline Lucas, Chris Packham, George Monbiot and others are asking you to add your signature to a petition, putting pressure on the government to hold a televised emergency briefing on the risks of climate and nature breakdown. They need 100,000 signatures.
Happy Monday! Here are two lovely little owls decorating an ancient Greek ceramic drinking cup made in Athens around 2,500 years ago! 🦉❤️ Louvre, Paris 📷 by me #Archaeology
42% of UK garden space has been paved over & that's building urban heat, robbing wildlife of homes + surging runoff into drains, increasing flood risk + sewage discharge. De-pave Your Garden says even just using planting strips on your drive can make a huge difference. share.google/Dkb3FOi35hqp...
How the trend for turning front gardens into driveways is adding to night-time heat
There’s a growing trend to pave over front gardens.
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Out shopping for barbecue ingredients this morning, in advance of the big match? Which team will triumph? Who will sally forth towards ultimate championship? That’s right: Only Connect returns on Monday night 8pm on BBC Two
Ah lovely sunny Sunday morning, just going to sit quietly in the garden and read a b— *ENTIRE NEIGHBOURHOOD ACTIVATES POWER TOOLS*
“But a weed is simply a plant that wants to grow where people want something else. In blaming nature, people mistake the culprit. Weeds are peoples idea, not natures.” - Anonymous
The blossom is already looking very encouraging on our old Bramley and Lord Derby apple trees! They are about 100 years old, and have never been sprayed or pruned, just left to get on with it 😊🍏 Photos by my husband 📸 #apples #bramley #lordderby #organic #wildgardening
A Dandelion flower head - definitely not a weed and a vital source of nectar for bees at this time of the year. @dandelionappre1.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @wclnews.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social @plantlifeuk.bsky.social #dandelion #wildflower
HAPPY EASTER! Here are four mixed media cards I made some time ago. Each card is just 3½" by 4½", so some of the pieces were VERY small! More information in ALT. #handmade #myowndesign #mixedmedia #greetingscards #Easter
It's only worth going back to the Moon if it makes us look properly again at Earth, and appreciate how beautiful, precious and fragile what we have here is. The most famous images from Apollo aren't about the Moon - they're pictures of Earth. We need to stop taking our home for granted.
As it's supposed to be Spring, even though it's chilly and is blowing a hoolie outside, here's a card I made with Spring/Easter place names. A butterfly-shaped paper punch was used to cut shapes from an old atlas #handmade #myowndesign #greetingscard #papercollage #savedfromlandfill #Spring #Easter
Wordsworth so true today: I heard a thousand blended notes While in a grove I sat reclined In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts Bring sad thoughts to the mind To her fair works did Nature link The human soul that through me ran And much it grieved my heart to think What man has made of man
"integrate AI into your workflow..." buddy, given half a chance I'd be scratching on vellum with oak gall ink in a nice dark clochán on Skellig Michael. I have no interest in generative AI at all, I wish they would stop trying to crowbar it into *everything*. Sometimes the effort is the point.
You still want USA food imported? Suggest you move there and enjoy it at source As for me, I want nothing to do with it
Truthout@truthout.org · 6mo agoThe bill protects agrochemicals producers from lawsuits, and overturns food and pesticide safety laws and statutes. buff.ly/rjzsIZo
It would help us a LOT if you were to read and share this; we're trying our best to demonstrate that well-sourced history and archaeology news can be popular, and also to normalise the foregrounding of the peer-reviewed papers that are so often behind the (often sensationalised) stories we see.
Dr Tom Horne@hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 6mo agoNEW 💥 A Whole Lot of History 💥 📰 Early medieval Christian gold pinhead hoard discovered: Was it hidden from Vikings? 📍 📰 The eye-watering cost of blue paint in Roman Pompeii 🎨 📰 Ancient Romano-Punic coin used for 1950s bus fare 🚌 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/historyh...
I can't believe it's almost the end of #FebruArty, so for today's theme, here's a tea-cosy in a patchwork pattern known as Grandmother's Fan. Laura Ashley fabric offcuts were used, so you can tell how long ago I made it! #FebruArty2026 #Fan #patchwork #grandmothersfan #teacosy #fabricoffcuts
Jan Richards@yewfemia.bsky.social · 7mo agoWhen I saw this teacup in an old magazine, I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it - a card entitled 'Storm In A Teacup' 🙂 Rough seas, a gloomy sky plus a #fearless dog wearing a sou'wester completed the picture! #FebruArty2026 #Fearless #recycled #oldmagazines #savedfromlandfill #ilovepuns
When I saw this teacup in an old magazine, I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it - a card entitled 'Storm In A Teacup' 🙂 Rough seas, a gloomy sky plus a #fearless dog wearing a sou'wester completed the picture! #FebruArty2026 #Fearless #recycled #oldmagazines #savedfromlandfill #ilovepuns
Some years ago, I #found this wrapping paper, and used it to make greetings cards. With the addition of different coats and positioning of the hats, I #found the character of each dog was subtly changed 😁 #FebruArty2026 #found #greetingscards #reuse #recycle
And this should have been #FebruArty2026 too! 🤦♀️
Jan Richards@yewfemia.bsky.social · 7mo agoTwo for the price of one today. For yesterday's #JanuArty2026 theme of #Fried, a card entitled "All Day Breakfast" with relevant place names from old maps. This was made for a relative called Stephen who is a chef and drinks beer, as reflected in the bottom line of butterflies 😁 1/2 #greetingscard
Sorry - should have been #FebruArty2026! 🙄
Jan Richards@yewfemia.bsky.social · 7mo agoAnother card for today's #JanuArty2026 theme of #Fuchsia. It's my own cross-stitch design for this flower, which easily became a Bluebell by using different coloured threads. #greetingscard #crossstitch #Fuchsia #Bluebell 2/2
