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Today’s distractions at Base Camp …Beetle Mania!

On March 6, 2021 By EmmaLeave a comment

Today I am mostly not researching and instead painting beetles with my kids 😀

❤️ Inspired by the Bonkers About Beetles book by Owen Davey ❤️

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Magical time at #poolbridgefarm with @lindseymartel23 this evening 💙💙💙 Lovely cycle out to #Naburnlock with @calum2636 - such a gorgeous cafe there complete with gorgeous cats and dog, what more happiness could there be! #mindfulphotography looking for colour contrasts of orange and green 🧡💚🧡💚for no particular reason other than photographing the cat and thinking what a lovely contrast his fur was against the pastel green door. Very proud to share that I recently had an article published on The Shared Imagination of Mental Illness. I've been exploring why so many representations of mental health experiences are still conveyed with imagery that links back to mental health asylums and institutions. The answer is that people are still having challenging experiences in mental health care, and to represent the frightening and challenging experiences they are having they are often reverting to imagery linked back to mental health care from 200 years ago. The way to stop this is to improve the care that people receive and to create more awareness that mental health symptoms often occur as a direct impact of trauma, poor social situations and poor living environments. We need humanity at the heart of mental health care and we need to nurture the human spirit. Magical places 💚 Had summer flu 😭 No fun, but does give you time to appreciate your gorgeous family - and also plenty of amusement wrangling the dog for my spot on the sofa who seemed to believe all my pillows and blankets were just for her 😄 Living my absolute best life today!!! Peonies, peonies and more peonies this month!! Good job I love them so much 🩷🩷🩷 Me and the cat got the dress code memo 😄

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