Tara Bowen

Cataloguer, and knitter extraordinaire into Palaeolithic archaeology, organic living and transcendental meditation.

[Tara Bowen @CraftyArchaeLib]

Getting ready for #EarthHour #EarthHourWales the lantern is lit, the other 'few' candles are at the ready 🐼🌍

[Tara Bowen @CraftyArchaeLib]

Wales sets up its own Erasmus programme https://t.co/VJFYmysguu
👏👏👏

[Tara Bowen @CraftyArchaeLib]

When I went down to the woods today, I was in for a big surprise...well, not really as it is that time of year again for #foraging...wild garlic!
The young nettle shoots looked good too - alas no rubber gloves! Another day, another #forage 😋

[Tara Bowen @CraftyArchaeLib]

Feb challenge - increase creative upcycling results...old magazines = bowl, leftover wool stash = knitted dog coats for #MTAR + earwarmer/headband for running (for me), & fabric scraps from mask-making = pretty tin-can storage. Don't think the March challenge will be as much fun

[Tara Bowen @CraftyArchaeLib]

You know it is going to be a good day when the first song you hear on the radio on the drive to work is by The Cure 😆 #inbetweendays

[Tara Bowen @CraftyArchaeLib]

Please vote for Many Tears Animal Rescue to share in $500,000 of grants https://t.co/VGnkgooNij

[Tara Bowen @CraftyArchaeLib]

November challenge - fill advent calendar with goodies for best friend ✔
December challenge - knit cardigan for Christmas present in 20 days ✔
January challenge - spend no money (except on essentials - food & fuel) ✔
February challenge - increase creative re-use, up-cycling...

[Tara Bowen @CraftyArchaeLib]

My first time on twitter in an age, and this is one of the first tweets I see. Obviously now I want one! #Tarathings

[Next Trending Now @nexttrendingnow]

Get yours here! #TARA #TARAthings #TARAshirt

[Tara Bowen @CraftyArchaeLib]

With all my books currently in storage, those were quite literally all I could rustle up for the challenge. Relying mostly atm on my Kindle library so here are my e-book choices (the 6th one squeezed on being On the origin of species)

[Tara Bowen @CraftyArchaeLib]

Thanks @Mark_H_Cymru for the 6 books/6 names challenge - here's what I rustled up.
Now over to @moggymartha @bethanbm @AimeeLibrary @Stuart_McNeil @vixan1 @helent13

[Tara Bowen @CraftyArchaeLib]

Great for the local community, the environment (especially the hedgehogs), & also fabulous for my own health & well-being - sunshine, a sense of satisfaction, engagement & a workout to boot (the bag was heavy by the end of it) - A fantastic way to spend ones lunch hour!

[Cardiff Metropolitan University @cardiffmet]

Staff and students have been busy cleaning the streets in and around our Llandaff campus today. We do this regularly as part of our commitment to our local community.

Huge thanks to @Keep_Wales_Tidy for supplying the kit 👏

ℹ️We collected 18 bags of rubbish!

[Tara Bowen @CraftyArchaeLib]

It's #GOGreen week at Cardiff Met. I will be tweeting from @MetLearnNews so tune in there for all the goings on and pop over to CSM to say hi 👋 (& maybe swap a book)!

[Tara Bowen @CraftyArchaeLib]

@nellblockwell Hmmm Max Verstappen?!?!

[Tara Bowen @CraftyArchaeLib]

I got Kimi Raikkonen, how about @nellblockwell ?

[Formula 1 @F1]

Party animal? Golf enthusiast? Ultra athlete?

Let us know which #F1 champion you get! 👇

https://t.co/W8VLOaTTI3

[Tara Bowen @CraftyArchaeLib]

@nellblockwell Nope she wouldn't come & play

[Tara Bowen @CraftyArchaeLib]

@nellblockwell Brilliant 😂 I didn't dispute it as Ana thought it was quite accurate for me 😆

[Tara Bowen @CraftyArchaeLib]

@bethanbm @GingergalWales @AimeeLibrary @ClaireDutfield1 @Janeypudding Yum, mine too!

[Tara Bowen @CraftyArchaeLib]

Twas my last Thursday (this term) #cataloguing in Tech. Services and what a book to finish on. #beautiful
I love botanical illustration/art, but I love the holidays even more. See you in January for more cataloguing fun 😉📚

[Tara Bowen @CraftyArchaeLib]

Twas my first time #cataloguing #ArtistsBooks in Special Collections this term since a short stint in Howard Gardens many years ago, & these were my favourites of all...the first because they mention Palaeolithic cave art, the second for the sheer simplicity of it.

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It was peak viewing time of the Geminids 15/16th and I was thwarted each evening...by snowfall in Mid Wales, & light pollution in South Wales 😖 had one last chance last night & it was cloudy!!!!