I hope you enjoyed it. I'm embarrassed to say I've not heard of the author, it was one of the book clubbers that recommended her to me. Let me know what you think!

📸 of Someone at a Distance by Dorothy Whipple

🌿☕ I run our local book club 📚

I don't often recommend books on @bsky.app but I would like to give a very hearty recommendation to this 👇

"Someone at a Distance" by Dorothy Whipple

One of the finest crafted novels I have read for a very long time 📚☕

@bluebookclub.bsky.social

White Iris in the sunshine 🤍

🌿☕ Happiness 🌞

Iris was the Greek messenger & 🌈 Olympian goddess, flowers grew where ever she stepped ❤️

The Iris is named after her 🧚💐

After seeing them when conquering Syria, Egypt 👑Thutmose III cultivated it in his gardens 3,500 yrs ago

Its image can be seen at the Temple of Amon at Karnak 🏛️💃💐

Thank you 🙏 it's like having a wildlife safari in the back field of my home 🦋

Multiple truly bright and sunny Euryops pectinatus yellow flower heads.

🌿☕ Good morning 🌞

Euryops pectinatus ☀️🌞

One of the sunniest plants in my garden looking glorious today 🌱

Originally from South Africa & thriving in Gloucestershire! She's getting big now! One of my thriving favourites

Pectinatus means 'comb like'
#bloomscrolling #gardening #flowers

We had several yesterday, quite active in the warmth of the spring sunshine 🌞

Stunning 💙🦋

Holly blue sat on a yew hedge in the sunshine wings closed

Holly blue sat on a yew bush in the sunshine wings open

🌿☕ Holly Blue Butterfly 💙 🦋

Seems apt on @bsky.app 💙 🌿

butterfly-conservation.org/butterflies/...

@savebutterflies.bsky.social #cheltenham #gardens #nature #sunshine

Thank you 🙏 🦋

How One Moth Species Can Jam Bats’ Sonar Systems Bertholdia trigona, a moth native to the Arizona desert, emits ultrasonic clicks at a rate of 4,500 times per second to blur bats' acoustic vision

www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu... for example.. incredible.

Ermine moths are my favourite fluffies x

🤣 there were 3 of us.. a rare species indeed. Fyi my husband thinks I am mad.

Probably not! 🤫

🌿☕ Morning 🌄 up early doors in search of moths

I hope you enjoy 📸 🦋 🦋 🦋

Did you know moths are incredibly diverse, outnumbering butterflies 10 to 1 with over 160,000 known species

Around for over 190 million years possessing amazing adaptations like camouflage & sound jamming to evade bats 🦇 🌿

So true. Especially as the colour magnolia tends to be a bland creamy colour, quite unlike the plant itself 🌿

Dusky pink magnolia flowers on a mature tree in Cheltenham

🌿☕The term Magnolia was coined in 1703 by French botanist Charles Plumier honouring Pierre Magnol (1638–1715) a physician & botanist from Montpellier, France

It combines the surname Magnol with the botanical suffix -ia, used to name plants

Before then it had regional names like the Beaver Tree 🦫🌿

Me too, just so easy to grow and such fun in most gardens 🏡

Geum today tangerine bud

🌿☕ Good very sunny morning from Cheltenham🌞

One of my summer favourites has popped up today 👏 Geum Tangerine 🍊

Some gardeners playfully call it the "Clown of the Garden" 🤡 producing five times more flowers than other varieties 💐💝

#bloomscrolling #gardening #rhschelsea

Thank you 🙏 it's the small things 😄 🌷

I'm not sure what the cause was but mine was all over the place for a good 9 hours or so. Good it's back on line and smooth today ☕

🌿🌷 Good morning 🌞 as servers were down yesterday @bsky.app I am reposting this for more to enjoy including the #bsky team who will have been working tirelessly to get us all back up again

Reminder #bsky is free & a wonderful resource. Thank you 🙏🌷🌿

Thank you - they are at their finest at the moment. Can't beat a good tulip!! 🌷

Oh dear @bsky.app having a 🤧 day today, perhaps a good day to give it a 🤗 & a 🍷. Server up & down like a 🦘. I hope it settles 🌷

Thank you Gertie 🌷 going to put my feet up today 🌷 I hope you have a lovely afternoon too ☺️

A selection of sprightly coloured spring flowers taken today in my garden 🏡

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"A spring breeze is blowing
I’m bursting with laughter
Wishing for flowers" 💐

🌷🌿Japanese Haiku by Matsuo Basho 1644-1694 ❤️

Green multi headed hellebore

Strong pink hellebore in sunshine

🌿☕ So many hellebores around at the moment 😍 I'm loving them 😍

Helleborus orientalis, the Lenten rose is native to Greece & Turkey

The Latin name orientalis means eastern & the common name Lenten refers to the period of Lent ... 🐰🐣🥚

#bloomscrolling #gardening

Save The Lido 👏 😍 Keep going - doing a great job #stroudlido

I think small amounts are fine, but not medicinal quantities. I certainly wouldn't be using it in abundance if I were pregnant.

🌿☕Anyone else fascinated by Artemis II?

An amazing technical engineering feat & a wonderful example of global collaboration far away from unilateralism, protectionism or nationalism

A fine example of international team work headed by @nasa.gov.web.brid.gy @exploration.esa.int #canadaspaceagency 🌿

What does rosemary do to your brain? In folk medicine, rosemary has been associated for centuries with having a good memory.

BBC News - What does rosemary do to your brain? - BBC News
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