Dr Sue Clayton

@topofthefield.bsky.social

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Here for Higher Ed; art, music, politics, interesting ideas and the planet. #dysgwyrcymraeg Honorary Research Associate Bangor University. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿#PenLlŷn 🇪🇺

A veg box from the garden. Huge courgette, peas, potatoes and 2 carrots!
Unruly summer garden with pink dahlias in foreground and large pink hydrangea in the background next to back door of stone cottage
View down the Glaslyn river at Beddgelert.
A glass vase of Sweet Peas on the al fresco breakfast table. Colours range from white through pink to pale purple.
View over fields with Ynys Enlli in the distance. Dreamy evening sky.
Programme for this weekend’s R S Thomas and M E Eldridge Society Poetry and Arts Festival taking place where I live in Aberdaron.
Climbing and profuse red rose around the cottage door
View over the tip of the Llyn Peninsula from Y Rhiw, showing Ynys Enlli, Ynysoedd Gwylanod and a traditional whitewashed cottage in the foreground.
Pink hedge roses in bloom
A hot dog relaxed on a pillow on a window seat next to a vase of peonies. Blue skies and trees behind.
Calla Lillies in the garden
Met Office weather earning of 56 mph wind in Aberdaron - plus light rain and 10 degree C that feels like 5!
A goldfinch perched on top of the hedge- taken through the kitchen window so shadowy reflections of adjacent trees.
Tree roots and trunk covered in bright green moss.
2 lonely Snowdrops
Tulips in a turquoise Murano glass vase with a window view behind it.
Japanese artifacts: Ceramic Buddha circa 1920s and Satsuma vase circa 1900.
Full supermoon peeping through the clouds in the night sky.
Steeping fruit for Christmas cake
A bowl full of dried fruits steeped in brandy ready for making Christmas cake.
Scary pumpkin!