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Beatrix Potter
Writer, illustrator, conservationist, natural scientist
For the inaugural Arcade Feature, I'm excited to tell you about Beatrix Potter. Most people (including me) know her best for her picture books-
-which have sold over 250 million copies since they were published in the early 1900s.
Fun fact: In 1903, Peter Rabbit was the first fictional character to be made into a patented stuffed toy, making him the oldest licensed character.
But what really caught my attention is the work she was doing before Peter Rabbit came along.
Beatrix Potter had a scientific eye for detail, and was able to faithfully depict the world around her. In particular, she was interested in mycology.
In 1897, she put forward a paper to the Linnean Society in London... but as a woman was not allowed to be a member of the society nor attend the meeting when her paper was read. When the society's members did not pay much attention to her work, and fearing her samples to be contaminated, Potter withdrew her paper, which became lost. Only after Potter left hundreds of mycological artworks to a museum in the Lake District, UK, on her death in 1943, were her scientific talents recognized... Potter's precise and beautiful paintings and drawings of fungi are now helping modern mycologists in their efforts to identify species.*
Potter eventually moved away from books in favor of land management and farming. She was a prize-winning sheep breeder and a prosperous farmer, and bought several farms surrounding her own to preserve the unique hill country landscape. Much of that land now constitutes the Lake District National Park.
Keep an eye out for more Beatrix Potter throughout the month of February.
* Fry, C., & Wayland, E. (2024). Introduction. In The Botanists’ Library, The Most Important Botanical Books in History (1st ed., pp. 9–10). introduction, Ivy Press.
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#arcade feature#beatrix potter#peter rabbit#lake district national park#mycology#Linnean Society#science#scientific illustration#science history#herdwick#herdwick sheep#feature
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A bit of brightness to start the week (we certainly need some), as the River Rothay meanders its way into Windermere.
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📸 by Rod Hutchinson @lakesrhino
#Rod Hutchinson#@lakesrhino#UK#River Rothay#England#Landscape Photography#Lake District National Park
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By Jack_Anstey
Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England
#curators on tumblr#landscape#travel#europe#england#uk#united kingdom#great britain#northwestern europe#lake district#lake district national park#national park#cumbria#jack anstey
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You don't have to go far in the Lake District to become mesmerised
#St John's in the Vale#Cumbria#English Lakes#scenery#UK#stone walls#pastoral#rural britain#Lake District National Park
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Ullswater seen from Glenridding Dodd, & Glenridding Dodd, Glenridding & the Far Eastern Fells beyond seen from Sheffield Pike.
Some of the lesser trod fells that make up the Helvellyn range in the English Lake District.
#ullswater#lake district#lake district national park#hiking#hikingadventures#hillwalking#photography#landscape#landscape photography#adventure time#explore#exploremore#travel#wanderlust#mountains#mountainadventures
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Windermere - Camp Snap Camera ©️R.Chaunce 2024
#streetphotography#streetbw#photography#RCSP#lake district national park#lakedistrict#lake windermere#camp snap camera#Windermere
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Lake District National Park, United Kingdom
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Valley in between Hartsop Dodd & Gray Crag
Pasture Beck flows down to where Myers Head Lead mine used to be in ye oldun days
#photography#iphone photography#nature#hiking#hiking uk#uk#lake district#stream#pasture beck#Myers head lead mine#hartsop Dodd#gray crag#Lake District national park
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Today, I’d like to share some news and ask for you to please share it onwards to your connections, if you’d be so kind.
Following a family bereavement this year, we’ve taken the difficult decision to sell the lovely traditional Lake District cottage we’ve successfully run for 15 years as a holiday let, helping some lovely families create their own memories of happy times together.
It’s called Burnmoor, has some views we think are amazing, and sleeps six in three bedrooms with two bathrooms, an open fire and a new heating boiler we had installed just two years ago. It’s fully kitted out, so ready for someone to just turn the key to walk in and live there themselves, use for their own holidays or to let out to holiday makers, or a local family.
However, if the eventual buyer doesn’t want the property furnished, there are some efficient eco-friendly house-clearance organisations that could easily be deployed, safe in the knowledge that everything they can give a second use will receive that…
Should you or a friend of yours be interested in this classic cosy Lakeland detached property near Castlerigg Stone Circle on the outskirts of Keswick, more details are available at:
Please follow the link above to book your viewing.
Thanks!
Sam xx
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For Rod the perfect conditions, totally still, which is quite rare. And as for reflections, you can't get much better than Buttermere.
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📸 by Rod Hutchinson @lakesrhino
#Rod Hutchinson#@lakesrhino#UK#Buttermere#England#Reflections#Nature#Lake District National Park#Landscape Photography
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I was never brought up to appreciate the national treasures of our country. What a shame! This place could literally be called a haven of nature on earth!

Lake District - August 2022 Pentax K1000 on Lomography 400
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By KĂĄre Gade
Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England
#curators on tumblr#england#travel#europe#cumbria#lake district#lake district national park#uk#united kingdom#great britain#northwestern europe#green#kare gade
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#watercolourpainting#signed#art#antique painting#cumbria#lake district#lake district national park#antique
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Bowder Stone, Borrowdale. - Camp Snap Camera ©️R.Chaunce 2024
#streetphotography#photography#streetbw#RCSP#lake district national park#national trust#Bowder stone#borrowdale#camp snap camera
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She’s such an AMAZING person!
Beatrix Potter
Writer, illustrator, conservationist, natural scientist
For the inaugural Arcade Feature, I'm excited to tell you about Beatrix Potter. Most people (including me) know her best for her picture books-
-which have sold over 250 million copies since they were published in the early 1900s.
Fun fact: In 1903, Peter Rabbit was the first fictional character to be made into a patented stuffed toy, making him the oldest licensed character.
But what really caught my attention is the work she was doing before Peter Rabbit came along.
Beatrix Potter had a scientific eye for detail, and was able to faithfully depict the world around her. In particular, she was interested in mycology.
In 1897, she put forward a paper to the Linnean Society in London... but as a woman was not allowed to be a member of the society nor attend the meeting when her paper was read. When the society's members did not pay much attention to her work, and fearing her samples to be contaminated, Potter withdrew her paper, which became lost. Only after Potter left hundreds of mycological artworks to a museum in the Lake District, UK, on her death in 1943, were her scientific talents recognized... Potter's precise and beautiful paintings and drawings of fungi are now helping modern mycologists in their efforts to identify species.*
Potter eventually moved away from books in favor of land management and farming. She was a prize-winning sheep breeder and a prosperous farmer, and bought several farms surrounding her own to preserve the unique hill country landscape. Much of that land now constitutes the Lake District National Park.
Keep an eye out for more Beatrix Potter throughout the month of February.
* Fry, C., & Wayland, E. (2024). Introduction. In The Botanists’ Library, The Most Important Botanical Books in History (1st ed., pp. 9–10). introduction, Ivy Press.
#peter rabbit#beatrix potter#arcade feature#mycology#Linnean Society#science#lake district national park#herdwick sheep#science history#herdwick#scientific illustration
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Wasdale, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, UK
Yewbarrow (628 m/2,060 ft), with the only road going in and out of the valley curling its way towards the fell’s foot.
Ian Cylkowski
#Wasdale#Lake District National Park#Cumbria#UK#England#United Kingdom#National Park#Road#UKNature#Europe
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