Rick M
@rickmartin.bsky.social
Now 90% #Bloomscrolling . I grow plants indoors and out and take pics of them wherever I find them, always my own pic, usually but not always my own garden.
Socialist. Skint. North West England.
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Socialist. Skint. North West England.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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November 21, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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Next up is #InsectThursday so today's prize set is of Common Wasps captured at Brickcroft Nature Reserve back in August this year.
#wildlife #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #wildlifephotography #Insects #MacroPhotography #LifeInTheUndergrowth #InsectPhotography #Wasps #PhotographyIsArt #Macro
#wildlife #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #wildlifephotography #Insects #MacroPhotography #LifeInTheUndergrowth #InsectPhotography #Wasps #PhotographyIsArt #Macro
November 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Next up is #InsectThursday so today's prize set is of Common Wasps captured at Brickcroft Nature Reserve back in August this year.
#wildlife #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #wildlifephotography #Insects #MacroPhotography #LifeInTheUndergrowth #InsectPhotography #Wasps #PhotographyIsArt #Macro
#wildlife #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #wildlifephotography #Insects #MacroPhotography #LifeInTheUndergrowth #InsectPhotography #Wasps #PhotographyIsArt #Macro
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#insectThursday #photography #AlphabetChallenge #WeekVforVowels
#EastCoastKin
A Cardinal Beetle hangs from a grass seed head. I bet Sheena is doubting its credentials but it is a member of the Ambrosia beetle family - the kind that live in symbiosis with ambrosia fungus.
#EastCoastKin
A Cardinal Beetle hangs from a grass seed head. I bet Sheena is doubting its credentials but it is a member of the Ambrosia beetle family - the kind that live in symbiosis with ambrosia fungus.
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
#insectThursday #photography #AlphabetChallenge #WeekVforVowels
#EastCoastKin
A Cardinal Beetle hangs from a grass seed head. I bet Sheena is doubting its credentials but it is a member of the Ambrosia beetle family - the kind that live in symbiosis with ambrosia fungus.
#EastCoastKin
A Cardinal Beetle hangs from a grass seed head. I bet Sheena is doubting its credentials but it is a member of the Ambrosia beetle family - the kind that live in symbiosis with ambrosia fungus.
Common Carder Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum) on dahlia 'Pink Halo', from my August garden 🌱🐝
#InsectThursday #ThrowbackThursday #Bloomscrolling #Flowers #BugSky #Inverts #MacroPhotography
#InsectThursday #ThrowbackThursday #Bloomscrolling #Flowers #BugSky #Inverts #MacroPhotography
November 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Common Carder Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum) on dahlia 'Pink Halo', from my August garden 🌱🐝
#InsectThursday #ThrowbackThursday #Bloomscrolling #Flowers #BugSky #Inverts #MacroPhotography
#InsectThursday #ThrowbackThursday #Bloomscrolling #Flowers #BugSky #Inverts #MacroPhotography
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A giant moss-covered spider? Possibly? Looks like spider legs to me!
Have a great day and let your imagination run riot - dream, create and have fun. Smile.
Have a great day and let your imagination run riot - dream, create and have fun. Smile.
November 27, 2025 at 8:16 AM
A giant moss-covered spider? Possibly? Looks like spider legs to me!
Have a great day and let your imagination run riot - dream, create and have fun. Smile.
Have a great day and let your imagination run riot - dream, create and have fun. Smile.
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Guten Morgen! Kommt gut durch den Donnerstag!🤩
November 27, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Guten Morgen! Kommt gut durch den Donnerstag!🤩
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Guten Morgen, happy day 🐞🌞
A black ladybird with orange spots for #InsectThursday 🐞
#ukwildlife #wildlife #scape #insects #nature #photography
A black ladybird with orange spots for #InsectThursday 🐞
#ukwildlife #wildlife #scape #insects #nature #photography
November 27, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Guten Morgen, happy day 🐞🌞
A black ladybird with orange spots for #InsectThursday 🐞
#ukwildlife #wildlife #scape #insects #nature #photography
A black ladybird with orange spots for #InsectThursday 🐞
#ukwildlife #wildlife #scape #insects #nature #photography
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Me, an atheist: Your holiness I stand ready to join the crusade against the demonic computers
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Me, an atheist: Your holiness I stand ready to join the crusade against the demonic computers
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Onobrychis sp.
seed & pod
Iran, June
seed & pod
Iran, June
November 27, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Onobrychis sp.
seed & pod
Iran, June
seed & pod
Iran, June
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“Magical things happen every day, if we allow it. Think of daylight, of the stars at night, a flower. A dandelion is a miracle.” - P. L. Travers (1899-1996). #Thanksgiving #nature
November 27, 2025 at 8:26 AM
“Magical things happen every day, if we allow it. Think of daylight, of the stars at night, a flower. A dandelion is a miracle.” - P. L. Travers (1899-1996). #Thanksgiving #nature
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In a sunny spot the other day the ivy was flowering and it was covered in wasps and blue bottles #InsectThursday
November 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM
In a sunny spot the other day the ivy was flowering and it was covered in wasps and blue bottles #InsectThursday
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What do you call the game where players attach a name to your forehead and you spend the next hundred years trying to work out who you are? 🤔
#NationalTreeWeek ticl.me
#NationalTreeWeek ticl.me
November 27, 2025 at 8:08 AM
What do you call the game where players attach a name to your forehead and you spend the next hundred years trying to work out who you are? 🤔
#NationalTreeWeek ticl.me
#NationalTreeWeek ticl.me
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"The sound of water is worth more than all the poets’ words." — Octavio Paz
#waterfallwednesday #eastcoastkin #photography #nature #art #waterfall #trees #fortheloveoftrees #scape #treelovers #wednesday #bluesky #landscape #photohour #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited #travel #stormhour
#waterfallwednesday #eastcoastkin #photography #nature #art #waterfall #trees #fortheloveoftrees #scape #treelovers #wednesday #bluesky #landscape #photohour #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited #travel #stormhour
November 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
"The sound of water is worth more than all the poets’ words." — Octavio Paz
#waterfallwednesday #eastcoastkin #photography #nature #art #waterfall #trees #fortheloveoftrees #scape #treelovers #wednesday #bluesky #landscape #photohour #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited #travel #stormhour
#waterfallwednesday #eastcoastkin #photography #nature #art #waterfall #trees #fortheloveoftrees #scape #treelovers #wednesday #bluesky #landscape #photohour #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited #travel #stormhour
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On this damp, grey, November day, I’m taking us back a couple of summers for something hot 🔥🔥🔥 unfortunately these Lupins didn’t reappear 🙁 #ThrowbackThursday #Lupins
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 AM
On this damp, grey, November day, I’m taking us back a couple of summers for something hot 🔥🔥🔥 unfortunately these Lupins didn’t reappear 🙁 #ThrowbackThursday #Lupins
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#insectThursday #macro #macrophotography #photography #AlphabetChallenge #WeekVforVowels
@sheena-mck.bsky.social @lizziewallis.bsky.social 😂😉 Can't escape a wee punk bee even in winter - there's always the archives 😊
Apiarian Enigma
@sheena-mck.bsky.social @lizziewallis.bsky.social 😂😉 Can't escape a wee punk bee even in winter - there's always the archives 😊
Apiarian Enigma
November 27, 2025 at 7:47 AM
#insectThursday #macro #macrophotography #photography #AlphabetChallenge #WeekVforVowels
@sheena-mck.bsky.social @lizziewallis.bsky.social 😂😉 Can't escape a wee punk bee even in winter - there's always the archives 😊
Apiarian Enigma
@sheena-mck.bsky.social @lizziewallis.bsky.social 😂😉 Can't escape a wee punk bee even in winter - there's always the archives 😊
Apiarian Enigma
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“Oppressed with sin and woe,
A burdened heart I bear;
Opposed by many a mighty foe
But I will not despair.”
-Anne Brontë.🌱
A burdened heart I bear;
Opposed by many a mighty foe
But I will not despair.”
-Anne Brontë.🌱
November 27, 2025 at 7:34 AM
“Oppressed with sin and woe,
A burdened heart I bear;
Opposed by many a mighty foe
But I will not despair.”
-Anne Brontë.🌱
A burdened heart I bear;
Opposed by many a mighty foe
But I will not despair.”
-Anne Brontë.🌱
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November 27, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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CANDLESTICK FUNGI
The first time I found these, they were like alien sticks. I didn’t even know they were fungi. Now they have grown quite a bit, some looking a little like antlers.
#fungifriends #moss #candlesnuff #photography #nature #OurFuture
The first time I found these, they were like alien sticks. I didn’t even know they were fungi. Now they have grown quite a bit, some looking a little like antlers.
#fungifriends #moss #candlesnuff #photography #nature #OurFuture
November 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM
CANDLESTICK FUNGI
The first time I found these, they were like alien sticks. I didn’t even know they were fungi. Now they have grown quite a bit, some looking a little like antlers.
#fungifriends #moss #candlesnuff #photography #nature #OurFuture
The first time I found these, they were like alien sticks. I didn’t even know they were fungi. Now they have grown quite a bit, some looking a little like antlers.
#fungifriends #moss #candlesnuff #photography #nature #OurFuture
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Something bright from the memories for a gloomy, grey day but it is a good deal warmer than yesterday. #insectThursday 🌱
I am off to the Lovely Lodge in the Berkshire countryside, possibly for the last time because it is in the process of being sold. Sad!
I am off to the Lovely Lodge in the Berkshire countryside, possibly for the last time because it is in the process of being sold. Sad!
November 27, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Something bright from the memories for a gloomy, grey day but it is a good deal warmer than yesterday. #insectThursday 🌱
I am off to the Lovely Lodge in the Berkshire countryside, possibly for the last time because it is in the process of being sold. Sad!
I am off to the Lovely Lodge in the Berkshire countryside, possibly for the last time because it is in the process of being sold. Sad!
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hi, folks. I'll start of this foggy #RedWed Wednesday with some #dahlias from the #DahliaDell for #ColorADay
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#JBCFlowers #flowers #garden #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #DailyFlower
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#JBCFlowers #flowers #garden #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #DailyFlower
November 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
hi, folks. I'll start of this foggy #RedWed Wednesday with some #dahlias from the #DahliaDell for #ColorADay
🌱
#JBCFlowers #flowers #garden #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #DailyFlower
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#JBCFlowers #flowers #garden #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #DailyFlower
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Of course another consequence of removing juries from all but the most serious crimes is that those pesky juries won’t be able to find annoying protestors not guilty.
November 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Of course another consequence of removing juries from all but the most serious crimes is that those pesky juries won’t be able to find annoying protestors not guilty.