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Purple & yellow colour theme transition continues with:
- Dutch Irises (maybe blue-purple), 11 days ago when temperatures and precipitation was more reasonable for a UK spring...
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Japanese Skimmia, I waited from October through winter to April for the bud clusters of our potted plant to bloom.

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Feathered friends in a feeder flap!
- Jackdaws apparently put out a call about mum's fat balls, the odd 2 turned into 6 at a time.
- Pigeons on less agile manoeuvrers, too.
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Feathered friends in a feeder flap!
- Jackdaws apparently put out a call about mum's fat balls, the odd 2 turned into 6 at a time.
- Pigeons on less agile manoeuvrers, too.
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Feathered friends in a feeder flap!
- Jackdaws apparently put out a call about mum's fat balls, the odd 2 turned into 6 at a time.
- Pigeons on less agile manoeuvrers, too.
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Caption these "Sudden Clarity Clarence" (meme) birds!:
- Blue tit... Amazed by fat balls.
- Coal tit... Realising they drink their own bath water!
- Dunnock... Stunned I'm going to 'tweet' this despite a total lack of puns.
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Caption these "Sudden Clarity Clarence" (meme) birds!:
- Blue tit... Amazed by fat balls.
- Coal tit... Realising they drink their own bath water!
- Dunnock... Stunned I'm going to 'tweet' this despite a total lack of puns.
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Caption these "Sudden Clarity Clarence" (meme) birds!:
- Blue tit... Amazed by fat balls.
- Coal tit... Realising they drink their own bath water!
- Dunnock... Stunned I'm going to 'tweet' this despite a total lack of puns.
#MEcfsEgress #UKbirds DailyNaturePics 297

Caption these "Sudden Clarity Clarence" (meme) birds!:
- Blue tit... Amazed by fat balls.
- Coal tit... Realising they drink their own bath water!
- Dunnock... Stunned I'm going to 'tweet' this despite a total lack of puns.
#MEcfsEgress #UKbirds DailyNaturePics 297

Caption these "Sudden Clarity Clarence" (meme) birds!:
- Blue tit... Amazed by fat balls.
- Coal tit... Realising they drink their own bath water!
- Dunnock... Stunned I'm going to 'tweet' this despite a total lack of puns.
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On #MEawarenessDay I bring you pale blue flowers:
- Linseed
- Myriad of them...
- On the edge of society.
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On #MEawarenessDay I bring you pale blue flowers:
- Linseed
- Myriad of them...
- On the edge of society.
#MEcfsEgress #Bloomscrolling DailyNaturePics 295

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On #MEawarenessDay I bring you pale blue flowers:
- Linseed
- Myriad of them...
- On the edge of society.
#MEcfsEgress #Bloomscrolling DailyNaturePics 295

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On #MEawarenessDay I bring you pale blue flowers:
- Linseed
- Myriad of them...
- On the edge of society.
#MEcfsEgress #Bloomscrolling DailyNaturePics 295

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On #MEawarenessDay I bring you pale blue flowers:
- Linseed
- Myriad of them...
- On the edge of society.
#MEcfsEgress #Bloomscrolling DailyNaturePics 295

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Tulip varieties I'd never seen before...
- Deliciously detailed soft pink texture demands FULL SCREEN!
- Fascinatingly feathered petal edges.
- And more..
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Syringa vulgaris (aka Common lilac), happy to catch a huge bush in bloom, out in the sun, making the colourful backdrop too.

Extended landscape crop, below, for you computer users...

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Pigeons in love are goofy! And PG-13 rated, below, heh...

Plus, bonus reprisal flowers, below...

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Pigeons in love are goofy! And PG-13 rated, below, heh...

Plus, bonus reprisal flowers, below...

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Pigeons in love are goofy! And PG-13 rated, below, heh...

Plus, bonus reprisal flowers, below...

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Blue camas (Camassia quamash), same pot, same spot, very different feel this year vs last, below (plus alternate takes)...

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We interrupt the scheduled flower photo to bring you...

A male Muntjac deer, tip-toing between small pasture fields as I loitered on my bike at the top of the path, quite close to town...

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We interrupt the scheduled flower photo to bring you...

A male Muntjac deer, tip-toing between small pasture fields as I loitered on my bike at the top of the path, quite close to town...

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We interrupt the scheduled flower photo to bring you...

A male Muntjac deer, tip-toing between small pasture fields as I loitered on my bike at the top of the path, quite close to town...

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One FULL YEAR today since my first #Bloomscrolling post!! 🥳

I think I'll show off more of this year's versions of some of my early favourites!:
- Perennial candytuft, just up the road again.
- Other side of estate (& last year's), below...
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Purple deadnettle (Lamium purpureum L), along an old bridle path, besides a new school...
- Plus bumble bee!
- Very pretty UK weed/wildflower without stingers.
- Shepherd's Purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris), hanging out together.
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Oregon Grape (Mahonia), we have a load in our boarders, so I wanted to try and do it justice. Even if the bloom clusters are mostly quite raggedy. Bonus bee below..!

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A couple of chill border plants, around our old estate, in pastel lilac and azure:
- Bigleaf periwinkle (Vinca major L).
- Shrubby gromwell (Lithodora fruticosa).
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Red-flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum Pursh), another of the first blooms I posted last year. Found bushes all over, this year. Made an effort to catch our little one in evening sun...

Couldn't decide on best, more below, let me know which!

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Tulips!! I couldn't find an accessible cluster last year, on only short walks. Thankfully, biking to 'dahlia alley' lined me up with a sunny shot, this Thursday. Accidental SLR over-exposure came out all arty.

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Glory-of-the-snow (Scilla forbesii (Baker) Speta) - smatterings of these shy delicate flowers, hiding in the shade and gravelly bits, around neighbourhood. Didn't spot any last year.

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Back garden in late February's perpetual rain (SLR telephoto shots):
- Cherry plum (myrobalan) blossoms popping.
- Hyacinthus, planted out.
- Weeping daffodils (Narcissus cyclamineus)
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Quick neighbourhood SLR bike this afternoon:
- Grape Hyacinths in he sun.
- Viburnum, with first proper bee pic of the year!
- More daffodils, atop a bare 'dahlia ally'.
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Sun's finally been out, and so are the daffodils, everywhere!
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Too rainy to ride, so took a short walk, found some more colour braving the perpetual wet.
- Yellow crocuses
- Oregon-grape (I think, not Mahonia), budding
- Eastern Cyclamen
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Unexpected trip to drive Mum to the garden centre today. So have a random splash of Winter colour!
- Mini-daffodils
- Hyacinths
- Cyclamen
... And in-store cat that looked a lot like ours (below).
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#ThrowbackThursday or FrobackFriday (Aug & 3x May):
- Marigolds, in a cul-de-sac
- Foxglove, drier shot than: https://x.https://x.com/Z3R0Gravitas/status/1930601062072819915
- Hedgerow Crane's-bill, front of house
- Wood Avens (Geum urbanum) in lilly leaves
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Abelia grandifolia (Vesalea grandifolia) blooms were still looking good quite recently:
- Down the hill, late November. Same plant, early September: https://bsky.app/profile/z3r0gravitas.bsky.social/post/3ly6binofgy2b
- Across the main road.
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#RoseWednesday? Thought I'd posted my last this year, found more today!:
- Wichura's rose(?), road I've never been.
- Another pair, in red, on the way home.
- Tea rose, tub under pollarded willow.
- Place settings Mum brought home.
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#ThrowbackThursday - We deserve some cheer! So let's pop back to a mid-October SLR revisit of Dahlia ally front garden. Starting with Verbesina encelioides (American dogweed?) not posted before.

Previously: https://x.com/Z3R0Gravitas/status/1958954959992435091
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#MacroMonday - SLR shots, abandoned railway ride 2:
- Even a dishevelled Blackberry stem can strike a dramatic pose with this light!
- Red & green.
- White Dead-nettle + guest...
- Ivy, back home, this how ladybirds hibernate?
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Scruffy Saturday - suburban SLR exploration B-roll from last month:
- Weigela (florida?), one decent bloom on a tall bush.
- Cheeseweed (Malvaceae).
- Horseweed (or maybe Fleabane again).
- Rose (Austrian copper?).
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#ThrowbackThursday:
- St John's-wort bush at the front is *still* popping out single hopeful blooms!
- This bee from early June, looong gone.
- Great Hairy Willow-herb, hiding beneath.
- Rear bush, July: https://x.com/Z3R0Gravitas/status/1957082471457038432
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#TreeTuesday:
- Oak leaves in riotous decay, before the cows the other weekend.
- Younger Oaks (I think), in the...
- Managed woods, calling in on the way home.
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Miserable Monday🌧
- Gazania (Treasure Flowers) I've been saving this wet pair for a real rainy day (like today)!
- Calendula (Pot Marigold), nearby & also damp 3 weeks ago.
- Brighter day adjacent gazania opened since: https://x.com/Z3R0Gravitas/status/1976711440179355773
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#ThrowbackThursday - sedum (stonecrop):
- I found some of a variety that had fully opened up, on bike across the main road in September.
- Our back garden & corner house's plants just got deeper red. Vs: https://x.com/Z3R0Gravitas/status/1966888245091827759
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#RoseWednesday - Sunny Autumn SLR Shots Vol3.

Found on the edges of new territory. Fresh, budding and wilting.

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Fruit Friday - the Horse Chestnut husk of these conkers is technically a fruit (so I'm told). SLR shots at the end of next door's garden.

Bonus Crown Barberry blooms (and shy fruit), down the hill, back in August.
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I've been on successive day 30min bike rides exploring side roads & alleys I've not been for decades, or ever! Without leg pain/PEM.😶

Here, across the main road, down the dip:
- Gazania
- Chinese-Plumbago
- Between-road treetops
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A little beauty hidden out of sight in the dark ditch wild area behind the shed at the end of the garden. #MEAwarenessWeek #MEcfsEgress #BloomScrolling DailyNaturePics 20