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johnormrod.bsky.social
@johnormrod.bsky.social
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North Norfolk
Outdoors. Coastal walking. Peak District hiking. Setters & spaniels. Gardening🌱 & garden appreciation. PhD in Plant Sciences, some time ago.
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The sun sets on autumn in the garden. All will be quiet until the snowdrops arrive.
November 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Nope sorry, lunch is over.
November 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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The windmill on the marsh. Winter is a truly beautiful season in many parts of the UK, including here at Cley-next-the-Sea. The sky is big and the air is clean and crisp.

#Cley #Cleymarshes #Norfolk #coast #winter
View of a low winter sun behind a windmill next to a small dredged river.
November 30, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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Pink-footed geese quickly into formation after departing Cley marshes yesterday.

#Norfolk #NWT #birdmigration
November 29, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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Was a glorious day for a beach walk along the Norfolk coast. The seals, working their way to the birthing beaches, kept popping up to keep a curious eye on me.

#coastalpaths #beaches #walking #northNorfolk
View of a calm sea with my shadow on the water and the heads of a pair of grey seals above the water
November 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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A live post from the coast for #fingerpostFriday.

#Cley #NorthNofolk #coast
November 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Good morning. A babbling brook, in this case referred to locally as a beck. The origin of words in English is fascinating. Whether you call it a stream, brook or beck may just depend on where you live.

#Friday #language
Looking into a full brook (beck) where the water is moving quite quickly, trees above and a grazing field beyond.
November 28, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Red roses are always hard to capture well on a phone camera. Here in two modes is the carpet rose Sunset from the garden this week. Wishing you a bright #roseWednesday.

#gardening #roses 🌱
A spray of flowers from the carpet rose Sunset taken in portrait mode on a phone camera A spray of flowers from the carpet rose Sunset taken in regular mode on a phone camera
November 26, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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One highlight of the November garden for many in the UK has been the roses which have kept going for so long. This is Rosa ‘Lucky’ a few days ago.

#GardensHour #gardening
November 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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A setter and a setting sun.

#sunset #Irishsetters
November 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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A path. A dog. Trees in perspective. A big sky and crisp, clean air.
November 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Penstemon ‘Czar’. Such a useful plant to keep the garden looking bright on a mixed weather, late autumn day.

#gardening #UKgardens 🌱
November 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Friday evening. No description necessary.
Feet up in front of a lit log burner on a chilly evening.
November 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Sick of winter already and technically it hasnt even started yet.

Water (lilly) Wednesday 🌱

#Bloomscrolling #TropicalPlants #WaterWednesday #PlantSky #Gardening
A look across the big pond in the Waterlilly House at RBG Kew in London. In the immediate foreground some kind of amazonian morning glory flower growing on vines along the guardrail, then the cross section of the pond itself filled with varying species of tropical waterlilly, many of which are in flower, and including several giant amazonian waterlillies. On the far side a curtain of hanging vegetation stretches up to the ornate iron framework and glass of the roof.
November 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Hanging on in the mid November garden, a single opened rose bloom of ‘Princess Anne’ in morning sun this week.

#roseWednesday #roses #gardening
A bright pink flower of the rose ‘Princess Anne’ above mid green foliage on a rare sunny day in late autumn.
November 19, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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A favourite tree on a bright, chilly morning.

#thicktrunkTuesday
#UKgardens
#trees #autumn
A horse chestnut tree in a garden in late autumn with leaves scattered on the lawn underneath
November 18, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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A few roses are still hanging on in the garden as we move into late autumn frosts. This is the low growing, ‘flower carpet Sunset’, fighting the elements.

#roses #gardening
A spray of bright red-orange blooms and green buds on the carpet rose Sunset, in a garden bed.
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Crystal Palace park this morning.
November 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Still going in the garden as we edge towards the winter months, this old polyantha rose ‘The Fairy’ is keeping things bright and positive for this #roseWednesday. Have a great day.

#roses #gardening
The small, pink flowers of the rose ‘The Fairy’ in a cluster with early morning dew on a bright morning.
November 12, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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Abbey Road comes to a Norfolk beach.

#vinylcover #Cromer #beaches
4 people follow a dog in single file across a wet sand beach as the tide recedes
November 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Almost perfect conditions for a walk on the beach yesterday.

#beaches #Norfolk #autumn
A man - me - walks towards the distant sea across a flat sandy beach on a retreating tide with reflections, under a blue sky with white clouds.
November 9, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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#DogsofBlueSky
#SettersofBlueSky
#EnglishSetters
November 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge
#weekSforShadows

Afternoon dog walk
Shadows of a man and dog stretching across a bare soil field in late autumn afternoon sun.
November 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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“It’s ok to feel delicate sometimes. Real beauty is in the fragility of your petals. A rose that never wilts isn’t a rose at all.” - Crystal Woods. #FlowerWisdom #FlowersOnFriday #FlowerFridayFamily
Close-up photograph of a pale yellow and shell-pink rose in bloom, accompanied by a partially opened bud and a closed bud on the same stem. The petals are softly layered and luminous against a blurred green garden background.
November 7, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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The sunset’s on fire. Over the back of the garden right now. Time to pack up for the day and head inside.

#sunset #autumn #Norfolk
A dramatic orange and yellow sunset over a field with trees in silhouette
November 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM