Jollytoadstool

@jollytoadstool.bsky.social

2653 Followers 788 Following

Yorkshire dweller, butler to a tiny dachshund, practioner of the dark art of crochet, botanical natural dyer, wonderlark & goblin child, steps around snails!🐌🍄 https://ko-fi.com/wynnandwild

On mossy & dandelion studded garden grass a yellow hand knit jumper is laid out, a ball of wool perched on one shoulder, & little embroidered flowers about the neckline.
A little vintage glass vase filled with wild garden flowers, sat on a stone step with a dark painted wooden gate behind.
A vintage plate of jam biscuits resting on an open notebook with the handwritten recipe page on show, with little vases of wild garden flowers & mint above, all on a blue painted slatted table.
A small black & tan sausage dog sat on a crochet rug of a big yellow heart on a cream background, on dandelion studded garden grass.
On a weather worn garden gate is hung a mostly finished yellow knitted jumper, with a squashy yellow work basket sat on the path before it.
A crochet blanket in the making of a large yellow heart patchwork style on a cream background, with a bobble edging almost finished, the crochet hook & ball of working yarn sat on the corner, all spread out on mossy filled green grass.
A shiny little sausage dog laid on a half made crochet blanket on moss filled green grass.
A tiny little self sown plant growing between the slats of a dark painted wooden garden bench.
Four pictures showing a small snail climbing basil cuttings for to reach a soily splodge of water, drink it up, then adventure off, turning back at the last for a leafy chomp!
A cluttered potting bench of recycled pots & green growing plants, a small clay snail brooch at the front alongside the big fancy gardening spoon
Green clusters of buds on a thick woody stem against a grey sky
A small sausage dog in a crochet star design barkclava, out in a sunny but cold garden!
Forsythia blooms
A tiny sleepy puppy nestled up to his teddy with a striped knit blanket behind - if only they stayed this small forever!
A yellow stripes snail quite happy amongst the mint herb trimmings!
A montage of the last of Dave working so hard to get in his paws again!
A little black & tan sausage dog puppy sleeps with his teddy which is bigger than him in a blanket snuggled bed, a little sign behind declaring the date.
On lichen speckled old garden stone is an open notebook with a handwritten knitting pattern & snails stamped on the page, a knitted scarf in progress draped over & the ball of wool to the top.
A blue floral painted little free library cupboard, with a hand holding a Tom Cox Notebook book & Museum ticket in the foreground
Lots of little snaps of cute shops & museum pieces!
Pictures of Haworth sights - heavy on the Brontë buildings & portraits!
Flowering honesty & wild green weeds growing in the gaps between old garden stone flags, with a wooden garden gate in the background.
A motley collection of vintage glass vases holding green mint sprigs, perched on an old garden step with a worn dark painted wooden gate behind.
Out over green garden grass is a pale hand holding a tiny crochet seahorse in a soft green, with some gold thread used on the little fins.
By a twist latch is a large bee on a weathered painted greenhouse, a line of dried berries hanging blurred in the background through the open door.
A white crochet moomin sat in a blooming forsythia bush in the garden!
Cracked pale fingers holding a large garden snail shell, that has a yellow stripey snail hiding within.
A white tissue paper lined box filled with curving eucalyptus leaves & a water colour painted card, all out on mossy garden grass.
A pale hand holding a grubby stone, textured with the imprint of a fossil, with garden grass in the background.
A vintage bird book & then pencil bird sketches & green inked stamps of them carved into erasers, all spread over a wooden table.
A little snail, hiding in their shell, amongst the greenery of a bouquet of flowers!
A white crochet moomin, felted into a rather grumpy looking shape, nestled amongst yellow towels in a laundry basket sat on a patterned rug.
Tightly furled forsythia buds in glorious custard yellow amongst twiggy hedge with a tiny sliver of blue sky above.
A white crochet unstuffed moomin doll sits on an upturned teacup admist mossy garden rocks.
A white crochet unstuffed moomin doll sits on an upturned teacup admist mossy garden rocks.
A black & tan mini sausage dog laid out on a sheepskin rug, resting his head on a toy seagull - as you do...
An array of books laid out on a floral crochet tablecloth.
A small bemused sausage dog sporting a crochet balaclava in storm blue & gold, lots of yarn tails all over the place - Dave is being a very good sport indeed poor love!
A cheerful golden yellow textured knitted scarf sporting a little golden sausage dog brooch, tied about a wooden hanger & hung off a dark painted shed decorated with frozen cobwebs.
Out on lightly snow frosted grass is a wooden toolbox holding vintage bird books & a little tub of lino carving tools leftover from my highschool art supplies - time to remember how to use them!
Four pictures, the first a wooden toolbox holding vintage bird books & lino cutting tools, the next a hand knitted scarf tied about a wooden hanger & hung on a dark painted shed door, the next two of frosty snowy garden stones with snow boots in one, & a blurry little coat bundled up sausage dog in the other.
An empty snail shell, lightly snowed over, with snowy erigeron daisies around.
The pipe smoking Professor himself!
Four pictures, the first a red dragon brooch with a gem fallen out, the next the fixed brooch sat on a copy of Tolkien Tales from the Perilous Realm, the next a very thick chunk of ice, the last a small blurry sausage dog wearing scarf & coat being unimpressed by said chunk of ice.
A wobbly picture of a shining moon in pink & purple skies, bare branch trees reaching up high.
On old lichen dotted garden stone is a cluster of pearly dried honesty, with rusted fabric shears above.
A shiny glass snail bauble, held by fingers most pink from cold, with a garden holly bush in the background.
A pretty art piece of lots of British birds!
A textures knitted scarf in progress on wooden needles, a cake of wool to the side, a golden sausage dog brooch laid atop a cute forest theme card, all on an antique serving platter sat on lichen dotted craggy old garden stone.
A snail shell sat in the palm of a pale little hand.
A rather fancy pearl & gold ring held over a thumb.
Four pictures, the first of a little blonde bobbed girl having a 1990s Christmas, the next of a fancy pearl ring looped over a thumb, the next of a pink quince bud with sandstone wall behind, the last of a long suffering sausage dog wearing a Santa hat for the sake of treats!
Four pictures, the first of a textured knitted scarf in the making on an antique serving platter on wet old garden stone, the next a robbin pulling little snacks from the gravel patch, the next a picture from Dotty's in Staithes of a most indulgent hot chocolate heaped with marshmallows & cream in a pretty cup, the last a small sausage dog shining in the light & laid on a crochet blanket.
On rain dark lichen dotted old garden stone is an antique serving platter bearing twisted skeins of yellow orange wool, a sprig of christmas tree with them, & text overlaid labelling then as one year fermented christmas tree dyed.
Four pictures, the first of a bare tree in fog, a washing line cutting across the shot, the next of mushrooms growing in a green lawn, the next of twisted skeins of wool on a vintage plate on wet garden stone, the last of a small dog snout peeking out from fluffy blankets.
A close up of a notebook page, please do note this was an experimental bake & better cooking times are suggested in the green ink - everything is a lesson!