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Lyn Edmonds
@edmondslyn.bsky.social
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Wife, Mum, Grandma; Lead of Away from the Western Front
& formerly Lead of Gallipoli Centenary Education Project; retired Clinical Librarian - also posts @aftwf1418.bsky.social
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A Stone Pine, Pinus pinea, tree in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social with its deeply grooved bark and the shape of a sad face on the left ☹️
(📱photo 7 Nov 2025)
#TreeTuesday #TreeTrunkTuesday #ThickTrunkTuesday
Lower part of the trunk of a pine tree which has a deeply grooved bark; there are fallen autumn leaves on the grass around the tree and other trees beyond
December 9, 2025 at 10:12 AM
edmondslyn.bsky.social
#TheWinter10
Top L/R: Lacy Phacelia, White Dead-nettle, Common Cat's-ear, Common groundsel, White Campion and Bramble
Bottom L/R: White Ramping-fumitory, Shepherd's Purse, Annual Mercury and Pot Marigold (an escapee)
#WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
edmondslyn.bsky.social
Golden yellow #autumn leaves glowing in the #winter sunshine against a bright blue sky; seen this week in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social
#BlueSkyArtShow #Sky #Trees #BlueSkyMonday #Leaves
A tree with golden yellow autumn leaves glowing in the winter sunshine against a bright blue sky
December 6, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Unnoticed when taking this photo, but 2 ladybirds have decided to overwinter inside this hollyhock flower 🐞🐞
#InsectThursday #Hibernation #Diapause #Ladybirds #Ladybugs #Hollyhock
A pink flower with two hibernating ladybirds tucked inside, surrounded by green leaves and stems
December 4, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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#TheWinter10
Top L/R: Hedgerow Cranesbill, Feverfew, White Ramping-fumitory, Creeping Bellflower, Prickly Sow-thistle and Greater Periwinkle
Bottom L/R: Herb Robert, Gallant Soldier, Red Valerian and Purple Toadflax
#WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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An eye-catching large decorative metal leaf suspended amongst the trees at @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social; hoping to see it again during their Winter lights event 🍃
#FerrousFriday #AllMetalMonday #Leaves #LeafArt
A large metal decorative leaf structure suspended from a metal frame, with trees and a fence in the background
November 28, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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#PavementTiles instead of 'Pavement Plants' from me today; lovely to see these tiles outside a house saved from the asphalt footpath covering
#TuesdayTiles #TilesOnTuesday
Edwardian tiles outside a house, just below the doorstep now forming part of the pavement which is covered with black asphalt
November 25, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Butternut tree, Juglans cinerea, with a lovely deeply furrowed bark, seen in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social
#ButternutTree #TreeTuesday #TreeTrunkTuesday #ThickTrunkTuesday
Lower part of the trunk of a Butternut tree, Juglans cinerea, with a lovely deeply furrowed bark, surrounded by grass covered with fallen autumn leaves and other trees beyond
November 25, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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#TheWinter10
Top L/R Nipplewort, Sowbread, Ivy-leaved Toadflax;
Middle L/R Hedge Bedstraw, Lesser Calamint, Field Pansy, Dandelion;
Bottom L/R Black Nightshade, White Campion and Green Alkanet
#WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
edmondslyn.bsky.social
A very seasonal #FingerpostFriday this week from Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire @midsandeastnt.bsky.social
#Snowmen #TheSnowman ❄️⛄
A brown wooden post with a directional sign at the top pointing to the right that is painted blue with a picture of a snowman on it; there are autumn leaves on the ground and a green leafy bush behind the post
November 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Lovely bright yellow flowers of Winter Jasmine, Jasminum nudiflorum, seen last week in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social
#ColorADay #ColourADay #YellowThu #YellowThursday #ThursdayFlowers #Yellowflowers #BloomScrolling 💛
Close-up of three bright yellow flowers, each with 6 petals and small leaves growing beneath them; against a lightly blurred mainly green background
November 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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A Yellow Fieldcap, Bolbitius titubans, popping up in a field after heavy rain and others, unknown ID, enjoying a lake view; all seen at Wandlebury Country Park, Cambridgeshire
#YellowFieldcap #FungiFriends #FungiFriday #Fungus #Mushroom #MushroomMonday @cambridgeppf.bsky.social
A very small mushroom with a yellow cap, with a brown leaf in the foreground and all surrounded by mainly green leaves Three small brown mushrooms, surrounded by mainly green leaves with some leaf litter, all at the edge of a lake that is in background and is grey in colour
November 17, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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#TheWinter10
Part 1/3

Ragwort; Herb Robert, Geranium robertianum (White form); Green Alkanet, Pentaglottis sempervirens and Yellow Corydalis, Pseudofumaria lutea
#WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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#TheWinter10
Part 2/3

Bristly oxtongue, Helminthotheca echioides and White Dead-nettle, Lamium album
#WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
edmondslyn.bsky.social
#TheWinter10
Part 3/3

Creeping Thistle, Cirsium arvense; Ivy, Hedera helix; Yarrow, Achillea millefolium and Red Valerian, Centranthus ruber
#WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow #Bright
Four #bright yellow flowers from 2025
Close-up of a large bright yellow dahlia flowerhead with pointed florets that are wider in the centre of the flower, with other similar blooms and leaves in the background Close-up of a bright yellow flower with a small hoverfly on the right hand side, against a background of green leaves Close-up of bright yellow Welsh Poppy flower Close-up of a large yellow Evening Primrose flower in sunlight with shadows on its petals
November 15, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Reposted by Lyn Edmonds
aftwf1418.bsky.social
A worthy winner Helen and a lovely memory of our successful Creative Writing Competition which highlighted campaigns that took place Away from the Western Front; winners, runners-up and highly-commended can still be read here: awayfromthewesternfront.org/archive/crea...
November 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Nothing unusual I understand: a Shaggy Ink-cap and an old specimen of Chicken-of-the-Woods that to me resembles a small brown teddy bear with its ears nibbled; seen last week in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social
#FungiFriends #FungiFriday #Fungus #Mushroom #MushroomMonday 🧸
Close-up of a small Shaggy Ink-cap mushroom, mainly white in colour, bell-shaped and scaly, surrounded by green leaves and other vegetation A light brown Chicken-of-the-Woods mushroom growing on tree
November 14, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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An unusual autumn tree fruit amongst the fallen leaves in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social yesterday - a very bright green textured Osage Orange, Maclura pomifera: so pleased it wasn't windy under the trees as they are the size of grapefruits!
#OsageOrange #Autumn #TreeFruit
Four fairly large bright green bumpy textured Osage Orange tree fruits that have fallen on the ground and lie amongst autumn leaves; these are not oranges and are sometimes referred to as Hedge Apples
November 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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An autumnal Swamp Cypress tree with some of its roots rising out of the lake and its lower trunk decorated with fallen needle-like leaves that are orange-brown in colour; seen in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social
#SwampCypress #TreeTuesday #TreeTrunkTuesday #ThickTrunkTuesday
A Swamp Cypress tree growing in a lake with some of its roots rising up and looking like 'knobbly knees' surrounding the tree trunk and the lower part of the trunk is covered with fallen needle-like leaves that are orange-brown in colour; there are reflections of this tree and others in the water and some ducks on the lake too
November 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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#TheWinter10
Part 3/3

Smooth Sow-thistle, Sonchus oleraceu, Red Dead-nettle, Lamium purpureum, Spotted Dead-nettle, Lamium maculatum, possibly a garden escape, and Green Alkanet, Pentaglottis sempervirens
#WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Close-up of a small pale yellow flower with even paler edges to its petals, against a lightly blurred green and brown background Top-down view of small pink flowers growing between the plant's green leaves Top-down view of small hooded pink flowers with the plant's variegated green and white leaves Top-down view of a small blue flower with a white centre alongside the plant's hairy and deep-veined green leaves
November 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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#TheWinter10
Part 2/3

Pot Marigold, Calendula officinalis, possibly a garden escape; Greater Knapweed, Centaurea scabiosa fading fast; Meadow Crane's-bill, Geranium pratense, I think, and Bristly Oxtongue, Helminthotheca echioides
#WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
A yellow flower with green leaves growing against a brick wall Close-up of a purple flower at the end of a stem, with some small green leaves below, against a lightly blurred green and brown background Side view of a bright violet blue flower at the end of a stem with some small green leaves below, against a lightly blurred green and brown background Close-up of a small tightly closed flower surrounded by 5 small bristly leaves with others in the background
November 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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#TheWinter10
Part 1/3

Nettle-leaved bellflower, Campanula trachelium and White Ramping Fumitory, Fumaria capreolata
#WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Close-up of a purple Nettle-leaved bellflower, with a lightly blurred green and brown background Close-up of a cluster of mainly small white flowers with dark red tips, surrounded by green leaves
November 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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In celebration of its #JacobinDay, a Pomegranate, Punica granatum, fruit seen recently in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social
#Pomegranate #Cambridge
November 9, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Beautiful large bright yellow flower of #Evening Primrose, Oenothera macrocarpa (📱photo July 2025)
#BlueSkyArtShow #Evening #EveningPrimrose #YellowFlowers
Close-up of a large yellow Evening Primrose flower in sunlight with shadows on its petals
November 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM