Well done

The side of a Hawthorn hedge, greening up nicely, against a bright blue sky

Lots of St Mark's Flies about the last couple of days - hedge & damp pasture – no, they don't show up in this picture but this is where they were!

Bluebells

Bright green grassy-looking plant

It's getting dark, so for my last-minute #WildflowerHour photos the camera flash is in paparazzi mode. Here are this evening's stars of the woods:
Bluebells, Carex sylvatica, and a bank of Wild Garlic and Wood Anemones

Absolutely. I remember enjoying the Rosemary Sutcliff Bronze Age and Saxon stories and I still love those times. And the same goes for Nature based stories too!

A great question, and some lovely answers:

Looks great Sue!

Your response is 100% justified and correct. However people in their 60s invite you to join them in their response of hilarious laughter, which might be more fun.

Understanding the countryside Viewpoint As a number of the stories in this week’s Rural Update reveal, there is an increasing dissonance between those living and working in the countryside and policymakers and NGOs. The descriptio...

Mapping inaccuracy mentioned in this Knight Frank roundup on Linkedin (spotted by OH): www.linkedin.com/pulse/unders...

Everyone in the car park with their phones out taking photos!

Rainbow in cloudy sky

Malvern

What, Tobias Forge born in 1981, that Tobias Forge? that's barely middle-aged

that book is so cinematic. I remember a section seen through the point of view of a painter…

Circle of starry white flowers amongst bright green leaves - wild garlic flowers opening in sunlight

Just like an ordinary blue bluebell, but occasionally there's a white one

Nipping in at the end of #WildflowerHour #WoodlandPlants with a white Bluebell and the first of the local Wild Garlic

Graphic that says "‘there are few things that you can imagine that are politically less advisable than saying to 16 million voters, I’m sorry your water bills are going to have to keep going up, and your rivers are going to be full of shit, because we have to keep allowing an American hedge fund to keep extracting money from this company that you used to own'

Is this the message the government wants to go into the local elections with?

There is a chance that we can rid the NHS of Palantir by excercising a break clause. But your MP needs to know that you care about this - email now
www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/pa...

Unexpectedly emotional about Chelmsford: loved this conversation about queer suburbia - recommended listening while tidying the greenhouse or other suitable weekend occupation.
Thanks for sharing @iammilliam.bsky.social and @grindrod.bsky.social

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Wow never seen that before - loads of Anemones here & in woods we visit, so will look out for it.

Currently beginning reading this, and yes isn't it good? Vividly captures the complexities of Estate childhood. Looking forward to the rest

Almost any building, school, or parking lot could be turned into a #solarpower plant and provide #cleanenergy for our cities and homes.

RT if think more buildings should get a #solar upgrade.

#ActOnClimate #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #GreenNewDeal #renewable
#energy

These seasonal books are beautiful, lovely to read with small children, and make lovely gifts:

Been looking forward to this one.

What’s the tiresome task in your workplace, that they give you when you’ve come in late again or they’re fed up with your awful jokes?

On a plant nursery it’s “go and untangle the Clematis tunnel”

People don't like brown furniture. all the drawers still open and shut perfectly after 200 years, but hey

unless there's a very good reason I haven't thought of, just No

I'm So Tired (Remastered 2009) YouTube video by The Beatles - Topic

I quite like how weird and stupid my brain is, but I do consider repeatedly waking up at 4.45am with an ear worm of Onward Christian Soldiers a drawback

5.30, 'just like a white-winged dove'. think I'm getting off pretty lightly in comparison here

Black and white headshot of actor Mark Rylance, smiling

Pink apple blossom on a tree

“English apple blossoms always lift my spirit. My grandfather dreamed of having an orchard when he was a prisoner during WW II; it helped him to have hope and survive. Apple trees & orchards are not just for fruit, they are for our mental health and our joy all year long,”-our Patron, Mark Rylance

A tray of little pots of daffodil bulbs has been displayed on a diagonal angle, and the leaves and flower stems are all growing upwards

Diagonal daffodils in the shops again: