Stephen Spitewinter
@spitewinter.bsky.social
🌱 #History, #Botany, #Plants, #Gardening, #Art, #Allotment, Economic & Social History, Small-scale food production, Cricket. Mending old things and restoring old houses. Location 🇬🇧
I reply to comments on my posts, but not often to DMs
I reply to comments on my posts, but not often to DMs
Cables are a sentient life-form that unplug themselves and dance a tango whilst we sleep.
November 26, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Cables are a sentient life-form that unplug themselves and dance a tango whilst we sleep.
Also - as you've illustrated - persuade them to wear black or Urban Camo. So much easier to Photoshop 🙂
November 26, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Also - as you've illustrated - persuade them to wear black or Urban Camo. So much easier to Photoshop 🙂
Atropa belladonna
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When I was a child a school friend ate some. He survived the poisoning but broke both his legs by throwing himself out of an upstairs window whilst hallucinating he was being attacked by monsters. You have been warned.
Good Wikipedia article
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atropa_...
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When I was a child a school friend ate some. He survived the poisoning but broke both his legs by throwing himself out of an upstairs window whilst hallucinating he was being attacked by monsters. You have been warned.
Good Wikipedia article
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atropa_...
Atropa bella-donna - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Atropa belladonna
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When I was a child a school friend ate some. He survived the poisoning but broke both his legs by throwing himself out of an upstairs window whilst hallucinating he was being attacked by monsters. You have been warned.
Good Wikipedia article
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atropa_...
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When I was a child a school friend ate some. He survived the poisoning but broke both his legs by throwing himself out of an upstairs window whilst hallucinating he was being attacked by monsters. You have been warned.
Good Wikipedia article
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atropa_...
Nice. In 1966 whilst on school trip I saw my one-and-only Deltic there resting on Platform 1, heading a southbound express.
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Nice. In 1966 whilst on school trip I saw my one-and-only Deltic there resting on Platform 1, heading a southbound express.
I have never seen this before but I do so hope it's real 🙂
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 AM
I have never seen this before but I do so hope it's real 🙂
Possibly a big advantage for the rest of us 🙂
November 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Possibly a big advantage for the rest of us 🙂
Well, so what? I paid Inheritance Tax on the estate of my late father and I didn't whine about it for a moment.
If Jill Lemon wants to pay no taxes then she should gather no benefit from society. No police, no fire brigade, no NHS medical treatment - nothing. How 'horrible' would that feel?
If Jill Lemon wants to pay no taxes then she should gather no benefit from society. No police, no fire brigade, no NHS medical treatment - nothing. How 'horrible' would that feel?
November 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Well, so what? I paid Inheritance Tax on the estate of my late father and I didn't whine about it for a moment.
If Jill Lemon wants to pay no taxes then she should gather no benefit from society. No police, no fire brigade, no NHS medical treatment - nothing. How 'horrible' would that feel?
If Jill Lemon wants to pay no taxes then she should gather no benefit from society. No police, no fire brigade, no NHS medical treatment - nothing. How 'horrible' would that feel?
I am. I'm damp. My energy bill is uncomfortable.
November 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I am. I'm damp. My energy bill is uncomfortable.
You can put an extra 2000 characters in the ALT box but it doesn't open unless you attach a picture. (Leftmost of the three buttons at the bottom.
November 22, 2025 at 11:36 AM
You can put an extra 2000 characters in the ALT box but it doesn't open unless you attach a picture. (Leftmost of the three buttons at the bottom.
I live in such a house c1890. My experience is that the thermal stability of 14" brickwork is a big advantage.
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I live in such a house c1890. My experience is that the thermal stability of 14" brickwork is a big advantage.
Yup. That's the one.
I wouldn't recommend eating one but I have read that the further away from the tropics it grows then the lower the tropane alkaloid content. It seems like the plant senses that the local predators aren't as dangerous and doesn't waste as much energy synthesising poisons.
I wouldn't recommend eating one but I have read that the further away from the tropics it grows then the lower the tropane alkaloid content. It seems like the plant senses that the local predators aren't as dangerous and doesn't waste as much energy synthesising poisons.
November 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Yup. That's the one.
I wouldn't recommend eating one but I have read that the further away from the tropics it grows then the lower the tropane alkaloid content. It seems like the plant senses that the local predators aren't as dangerous and doesn't waste as much energy synthesising poisons.
I wouldn't recommend eating one but I have read that the further away from the tropics it grows then the lower the tropane alkaloid content. It seems like the plant senses that the local predators aren't as dangerous and doesn't waste as much energy synthesising poisons.
Always a good read...
November 18, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Always a good read...
Always a good read...
November 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Always a good read...
I am indebted to you all for keeping such a good watch. Credit where due...
November 17, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I am indebted to you all for keeping such a good watch. Credit where due...