Have a thoroughly enjoyable Thursday!!!

Dendrobium Lori's Star

#orchid #dendrobium #flower #bloom #BloomScrolling #Houseplant

Flower heads appearing on the 2 palms in the back garden. www.driftwoodbysea.co.uk

Pretty white flowers on the sea kale in the gravel beds. www.driftwoodbysea.co.uk

My April gardening feature for Richard Jackson Garden was on my obsession with succulents! www.richardjacksonsgarden.co.uk/why-im-obses...

Morning all garden friends! How about taking part in this for the National Garden Scheme, enjoy! ngs.org.uk/the-big-brit...

A Great Black-backed Gull stands on a rugged, lichen-covered rock, its black wings folded neatly against a bright white body. The bird faces left with its yellow beak wide open in a loud call, revealing a red spot on the lower mandible. One leg is slightly forward as it balances on the uneven surface, with a softly blurred rocky shoreline in the background.

Shout out to all my #BirdOfTheDay friends. I am going to get through as many as I can. If someone has left a comment on any of my posts I will try to get to everyone afterwards. Thank you. 🫶 #birds #ECK #photography

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Art is not a form of Graffiti! #graffiti #streetart #chicago

Jury Says Live Nation Operated Monopoly In Landmark Decision For Ticketing Market The lawsuit against Live Nation, the parent company of Ticketmaster, accused it of holding a monopoly over ticketing and concert booking.

The lawsuit against Live Nation, the parent company of Ticketmaster, accused it of holding a monopoly over ticketing and concert booking.

Back on the radio with 2 slots this weekend, National Garden Scheme East & Mid Sussex National Garden Scheme

Novalis' is a popular, disease-resistant floribunda rose known for its large, cup-shaped, lavender-mauve blooms that fade to silvery-gray, offering a nostalgic, old-fashioned look. It's a vigorous, repeat-blooming shrub that thrives in full sun but tolerates partial shade, making it suitable for containers and colder climates (USDA Zones 5-9).

Novalis' is a popular, disease-resistant floribunda rose known for its large, cup-shaped, lavender-mauve blooms that fade to silvery-gray, offering a nostalgic, old-fashioned look. It's a vigorous, repeat-blooming shrub that thrives in full sun but tolerates partial shade, by A. Cajkowska.

Peace activist, 91, walks across Ireland in protest against US military stopovers Lelia Doolan, who finished 220km trek at parliament gates, says use of Shannon airport violates Irish neutrality

A 91-year-old peace activist has crossed Ireland on foot and arrived in Dublin to petition the government to bar US military flights via Shannon Airport. Lelia Doolan completed a two-week, 220km (138 mile) trek on Wednesday accompanied by throngs of supporters.

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Banksy is a masterclass 🙌

Joan Jett 1981 🖤

Lovely 4-page feature on Hector, our tortoise, and my Aunt and Uncle who used to own him, in the March issue of Sussex Chelonian Society Official magazine. www.geoffstonebanks.co.uk/adhoc/chello...

A large, bright pink azalea bush in a yard at the corner of a gray-green house.

My azalea, she gorgeous. 😍
#bloomscrolling #photography #phonepic

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Coming on July 7th on #4K and Blu-ray in the US from @criterion.bsky.social: #TheElephantMan (1980)!

With this poignant second feature, David Lynch brought his atmospheric visual and sonic palette to a notorious true story set in Victorian England.

Please enjoy 10 seconds of Lynn Creek in North Vancouver.

Burnham-Overy-Staithe - watercolour and indian ink

Burnham-Overy-Staithe in Norfolk, watercolour and indian ink, from a couple of decades ago but a very memorable day's sketching. A beautiful place.

- The Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina) is a small North American swallow.
- Photo courtesy of Christine Haines.

Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich.

Fed up with the rain and showers? Well then we have some good news 🌤️

High pressure is building across the UK just in time for the weekend. While some cloud or the odd shower is still possible, most places will be fine, dry and settled 🌻

Mark Rufalo warns Congress against the Paramount-WBD merger:

"You don't have to watch 'Citizen Kane' or read '1984' to understand that the concentrated oligarchic control this merger represents is a threat to a free press, an informed populace & democracy itself."

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Old wooden pilings sticking out of Colpoy's Bay, Ontario shortly before sunrise for #WaterWednesday

#BrucePeninsula #BruceCounty #ECK #photography #TenMinutesFromHome #PhotographersOfBluesky #sunrise

Peacock Butterfly (Aglais io): This colourful butterfly species is native to temperate Asia and Europe, it has a wingspan of 55mm (2.16in) and hibernates in trees or buildings during winter, it can use its eye-spots as an anti-predator deterrent. Beautiful photo taken by Ellena Bailey in the UK.

Digital painting of a purple bloom with delicate broad petals unfolding around a dark center. The background is blurred green shapes that suggest plant leaves.

For today's #DrawAFlowerADay, I referenced a photo I took of something we planted a few years ago that didn't survive but was beautiful while it was going. Don't remember the name, but my plant app suggests a type of ranunculus?

A graphic of the article headline, with the logo for People at the top followed by the headline, "EXCLUSIVE: singer Gaelynn Lea as people assume she must be miserable because of her disability: 'I have an awesome life'. Then there is a picture of of Gaelynn Lea playing her violin on a stage at the bottom of the graphic

Woo-hoo!!! 🥳 Thank you SO MUCH to People Magazine for writing about my memoir, the perception of disability, and my music! I am so excited that the book is finally out in the world... Thank you to the many lovely people who are helping to spread the word! ❤️

Read it here: people.com/singer-gaely...