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7 November, 2012 Zen Kitty Speaks – Meditation
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28 February, 2012 Zen Kitty Speaks – Book Review
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31 December, 2011 Zen Kitty Speaks – Wishing you a Successful New Year!
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30 November, 2011 Zen Kitty Speaks – Pain and Suffering
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31 August, 2011 Zen Kitty Speaks – Being Yourself
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30 June, 2011 Zen Kitty Speaks – Aware
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I'm not able to join in #inktober every day but was inspired to do a couple of bits. Here is a little ant I drew to go with my violet plant profile. Violet seeds are distributed by ants in a process known as myrmecochory. The seeds have an additional part called an elaiosome which is edible to ants. Foraging workers carry the seeds back to the colony where they eat the elaiosome and leave the seed to germinate unharmed. A perfect symbiotic relationship. #inktober2019 #ant #violet #symbiosis #naturalhistoryillustration #natureart #natureillustrationAnother collage (I love a good collage 😅) this time of the wonderous hawthorn berries! Syrups, jellies, ketchup, fruit leather and infused brandy are all classic ways to use this abundant and heart healing medicine. It's an important food source for the birds too including blackbirds, fieldfares, redwings, starlings, robins and mistle thrushes. #hawthorn #healingherbs #herbalmedicine #herbalallies #plantallies #autumn #hedgerows #makeyourownThe common emerald, Hemithea aestivaria, whose larvae feed on a variety of trees and shrubs, especially hawthorn. It's moth night (s) this weekend, a great time to give some appreciation to these lovely creatures. #mothsmatter #mothillustration #mothsofinstagram #mothnight #commonemerald #natureart #natureillustration #britishmoths #britishbutterfliesandmoths #naturalhistoryillustration #lepidopteraSome of my favourite butterfly and moth photos from the summer. Mostly taken in Sussex and Berkshire with a couple in Cornwall. All hail the lepidoptera! 🦋💚 #lepidoptera #mothsmatter #mothsofinstagram #butterflies #butterfliesofinstagram #britishbutterfliesandmoths
