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Mel 🍂🍄 @thequietplace.bsky.social · Apr 21

Been away for two weeks so I’m back to a somewhat wild and crazy garden with a long list of jobs. But look, tulips! 🥰🖤 🌱 #GardensHour

An almost black Continental tulip blooming

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Mel 🍂🍄 @thequietplace.bsky.social · 1d

Over on the the old bird app people seem to be claiming that girls can’t like Star Wars which is totally ridiculous. I like it so much I even grow the “Star Wars” dahlia! Take that guys 😝😂 🌱 #StarWars

The Star Wars dahlia with twin sun blooms

The entrance hall in Rise of the Resistance at WDS in Florida

The sea front of Niamos from Andor (Cleveleys Lancashire)

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Mel 🍂🍄 @thequietplace.bsky.social · 2d

It’s in the Netherlands near Tilburg! So we travel over there from the UK on a ferry. Yes I’ve been to Florida many times but also California and Vegas. I haven’t done any of the smaller US parks though like I’ve never been to Dollywood 😭 which looks fantastic 😍

Mel 🍂🍄 @thequietplace.bsky.social · 2d

Beautiful! 😍

Mel 🍂🍄 @thequietplace.bsky.social · 2d

Yes! That’s so true they’re very pretty but you need to be careful with them 😂

Mel 🍂🍄 @thequietplace.bsky.social · 2d

It’s monkshood season in my garden at the moment and they really do look like little cloaks or hats don’t they! #GardensHour

Purple monkshood flowers on a tall green stem

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Mel 🍂🍄 @thequietplace.bsky.social · 2d

Hello! 👋 I think I’m best know for my obsession with black flowers and I’d love to know if anybody else has grown anything similar 👍🖤

A handful of black flowers including violas, scabious and million bells

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Mel 🍂🍄 @thequietplace.bsky.social · 5d

That sounds absolutely perfect! 😂👏 it was very grey yesterday which I enjoyed because I do think it adds to the atmosphere and mood of the park if it’s a bit overcast!

Mel 🍂🍄 @thequietplace.bsky.social · 5d

Oh I bet you’ll have a great time! It’s really fun and all the decorations are so cute as well. The park looks lovely 😍👍

Mel 🍂🍄 @thequietplace.bsky.social · 5d

Spotted some gorgeous mushrooms at Alton Towers too! Haven’t seen a amanita that big before in a car park 😂😍🍄 #fungi #fungifriends

Up close view of a red and white amantia mushroom

A yellow and brown cluster of honey fungus growing on a tree stump

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Mel 🍂🍄 @thequietplace.bsky.social · 5d

Overall a suitably gloomy day was had! 🖤

The Curse at Alton Manor dark ride exterior

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Mel 🍂🍄 @thequietplace.bsky.social · 5d

The frogs have got their hats on! Had loads of fun at Scarefest yesterday, hadn’t been to Alton Towers in a while but the 3 mazes they’ve got now are pretty great 🥰🎃

A statue of a green frog on a fake lily pad in the pond wearing a small witches hat and cape

A statue of a zombie Scarefest character holding Halloween flags at Alton Tower

Mel 🍂🍄 @thequietplace.bsky.social · 9d

Still recovering from the storm here (hope nobody else has sustained any real damage) but the Dracula dahlias are loving spooky season so far! They’re having another flowering session in honour in the vampire’s favourite month! 😂🩸🦇🧛🏻‍♂️ #GardensHour

Three pink flowers of the Dracula dahlia that also has black foliage, in a pot

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Mel 🍂🍄 @thequietplace.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you! That is so lovely. Yeah I’m lucky I have a hawthorn tree in my garden and I love to make stuff from the cuttings 🥰

Mel 🍂🍄 @thequietplace.bsky.social · 13d

They’re so easy to make! I just used the left over twigs when I cut back some herbs, shrubs and trees and some gardening string 🧙🏻‍♀️

Mel 🍂🍄 @thequietplace.bsky.social · 13d

This week I made brooms from garden off cuts (hawthorn and herbs mostly) and bought (not grown sadly 😂) a gorgeous pumpkin! First of the year 🥰🎃 🌱

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Mel 🍂🍄 @thequietplace.bsky.social · 16d

It’s nearly October! So have a handful of dark flowers from my garden (and rose hips) that are still going strong and a massive pumpkin I saw at the garden centre 😂🎃 🌱 #GardensHour

A handful of black flowers (viola, million bells and scabious) and some black rose hips

A hand being held in front of a very large orange pumpkin on the ground

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Mel 🍂🍄 @thequietplace.bsky.social · 19d

I have friends everywhere 🥰(considering I live down the road I don’t go to Niamos as often as I should!) #Andor #StarWars

A blue circle plaque on a concrete path to celebrate the filming of Andor in Cleveleys in Lancashire

Concrete port hole structures on Cleveleys beach

The sunset on Cleveleys beach looking over the steps down to a shell sculpture called Mary’s Shell

Mel 🍂🍄 @thequietplace.bsky.social · 23d

Yes! I’ve had a lot of luck with Continental coming back, for the third time this year. Not lost that many either. Really good compared to some I’ve grown which never do anything the following year! 😭😩

A Continental tulip with an almost black bloom

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Mel 🍂🍄 @thequietplace.bsky.social · 23d

I missed #GardensHour last night but I actually had a bulb delivery this week so I am posting about them anyway! Better late than never? 😂 I’m adding crocus “Panda” which look fun and “Ronaldo” and “Nightmare” to my collection of dark tulips @gardenshour.bsky.social 🖤🥰 🌱

Three brown paper packages of bulbs on a wooden table. They are labelled crocus panda, tulip Ronaldo and tulip nightmare

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Tolkien Creatives for Palestine @troptwtcharity.bsky.social · 24d

Happy Hobbit Day to all who celebrate! We creatives in the Tolkien community are holding a special fundraiser to support the people of Gaza on Saturday Oct. 25th, the weekend of Durin's Day. Our fundraiser is comprised of a livestream w/Tolkien trivia, auction, and raffle. 1/2
#Palestine #Tolkien

It is a poster of Samwise Gamgee holding a Palestinian flag. The top right corner of the poster reads Tolkien Creatives (in black color) For (red color) Palestine (green color). In the top middle corner are the words "A Tolkien Palestine Solidarity Fundraiser. Below that are the words taken from The Rings of Power score "The Sun Yet Shines". Also in the colors of the Palestinian flag. Underneath Samwise Gamgee are four hearts that are also in the colors of the Palestinian flag. The first heart states "Raffle Ticket = $5, win exciting prizes." The second heart states "Join Tolkien Trivia Stream." The third heart states "Date: 25th Oct 2025." The fourth heart states "All Donations Proceeds To: The Palestine Children Relief Fund." And underneath the poster in the bottom left corner are the words "Unite For Palestine" in the colors of the Palestinian flag (black, red, and green).

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Mel 🍂🍄 @thequietplace.bsky.social · 24d

Thank you! I’m actually currently reading some of the Redwall books again for the first time since I was a teenager (Mossflower right now) to break a bit of a slump and they have been so great and very Tolkien-esk

Mel 🍂🍄 @thequietplace.bsky.social · 24d

Happy #HobbitDay everyone! Hope you’ve had a lovely first day of autumn as well #booksky #autumnequinox

A small figurine of Frodo Baggins the hobbit from Tolkien’s books in front of different copies of Lord of the Rings

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Tolkien Society @tolkiensociety.org · 25d

On 21 September 1937: J.R.R. #Tolkien's The Hobbit was published.

The book tells of a hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, and his journey with thirteen dwarves to recover their treasure from a dragon, Smaug. It's sold over 100 million copies and is one of the best-selling books of all time. #BookSky

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Mel 🍂🍄 @thequietplace.bsky.social · 25d

Yes they can be a bit of a spreader! 😂 I pull mine/cut them back if they go too far. That’s such a shame that they removed them all because they’re so pretty at this time of year and you can keep them under control 😭

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Mel 🍂🍄 @thequietplace.bsky.social · 25d

That is so lovely! What a great gift. They are really pretty 😍