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Jelltex

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Orchids, botany. I run a Facebook group on the Orchids of Kent (UK). (under the name Bishop Brian Jones). churchcrawling Trains Butterflies, moths Football (Norwich City) Music https://jelltex.blogspot.com/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/jelltecks

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Jelltex @jelltex.bsky.social · 2h

None of what happened in his working life would have been possible without the education he received from the Ragged Schools Union. Not only that it meant that his family grew up in Dover rather than a London slum.

Jelltex @jelltex.bsky.social · 2h

Soon after leaving school, he applied to join the Metropolitan Police. We have a certificate from the school pertaining to his scholarly record and his character.

He was accepted into the force, and stayed until 1914, when he transferred to work at Dover Priory station.

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Jelltex @jelltex.bsky.social · 2h

For #SundayPixBelonging

Frederick Jones grew up in Southwark, South London, born to two drunkards in poverty.

He attended one of the local 'ragged schools'.

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Jelltex @jelltex.bsky.social · 2h

For #SundayPixBelonging s.

Things I saved from my parent's house:

A Lilliput Lane model of a cottage in Lowestoft to remember Mum.

A 2 litre stein I bought for Dad for his last Christmas in 2015.

And assorted other memories from the house.

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 3h

Date for your diary. Please come up and say hello. It would be lovely to meet people I know from BlueSky.
Earlham Library, Colman Road, Norwich, NR4 7HG. (It’s free!)

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 1d

This green bird is the Spotted Catbird (Ailuroedus melanotis), a rainforest bird of West Papua (but also found in Australia and parts of Indonesia). Locally known as “Kuansu,” it gets its name from its cat-like, wailing call.

#birds #animals #australia #photography #nature #birding

Spotted Catbird. on the ground in the wild

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Jelltex @jelltex.bsky.social · 2h

14 hours of sleep.

Feeling drained. But coughing mostly stopped.

At last.

Jelltex @jelltex.bsky.social · 2h

For #AnOrchidADay:

Every Lady #Orchid is different in some way, I like this one with huge "hands".

From the 2018 season.

Jelltex @jelltex.bsky.social · 20h

Oh look, the "temporary" stand at Gillingham is still there, though now covered in advertising rather than actual fans.

Jelltex @jelltex.bsky.social · 1d

For #ATrainADay:

4472 Flying Scotsman at Chartham

Jelltex @jelltex.bsky.social · 1d

For #AnOrchidADay:

A sickly yellow White Helleborine, Cephalanthera damasonium probably var. chloritica.

From 2018. The plant appeared once since, but the whole wood lost all orchids, White Helleborines and Bird's Nest #Orchids, probably due to snails and slugs in the winter of 2023.

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Glen Ryan @silverdory.bsky.social · 2d

Pink cap orchid - Caladenia clarkiae - near Genoa, East Gippsland, VIC.

This is probably the pinkest form of this small cap orchid I have seen in East Gippsland - although plants with almost entirely reddish/pink flowers are found in some locations.

#orchids #inthefield #Caladenia #ozplants

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Glen Ryan @silverdory.bsky.social · 5d

Diuris orientis (eastern donkey orchid / wallflower orchid) in open grassland near the Genoa River, East Gippsland, VIC.

More out this spring than the last few years but didn't see any of the 100% yellow forms which occasionally occur here.

#orchids #inthefield #ozplants #spring

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Glen Ryan @silverdory.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting tall leek orchid (Prasophyllum elatum) form with green stems + green/yellow flowers near Mallacoota, East Gippsland, VIC. Just a few scattered plants flowering this year surrounded by large numbers of the more common black-stemmed forms - but with almost no intergrades #orchids #ozplants

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Jelltex @jelltex.bsky.social · 1d

The Saxon west wall of St Martin of Tours in Canterbury

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Jelltex @jelltex.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you, It is.

Seeing it from about 2m away, after searching for five years, was quite the emotional experience.

Jelltex @jelltex.bsky.social · 2d

For #ATrainADay:

Clan Line at Minster-in-Thanet

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Jelltex @jelltex.bsky.social · 2d

Living here in Kent, Wantsum, Angels and Demons, Ripple, Time and Tide are all excellent breweries.

I avoid SN if possible.

But that's just me.

Jelltex @jelltex.bsky.social · 2d

For #AnOrchidADay:

The rarest native Kent #Orchid of them all: Burnt (Tip) Orchid, Neotinea ustulata.

One of only three plants that I know of in the county.

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Jelltex @jelltex.bsky.social · 2d

Love pasqueflowers!

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Jelltex @jelltex.bsky.social · 3d

*surprisingly

Jelltex @jelltex.bsky.social · 3d

For #BSkyBeer:

A surprisinglot good pint 🍺 of Shepherd Neame Late Red

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Jelltex @jelltex.bsky.social · 3d

For #ATrainADay:

#Eurostars at St Pancras.

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Glen Ryan @silverdory.bsky.social · 3d

First flowers are out on the patch of sun orchids just behind the house at home in Corunna, NSW. These early plants are probably closer to TheIymitra peniculata (trim sun orchid) than anything else - although later plants usually show more variation, with some maybe closer to T. pauciflora #orchids

Sun orchids (Thelymitra sp.) flowering near Corunna NSW.

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Jelltex @jelltex.bsky.social · 3d

For #AnOrchidADay:

A most splendid spike of Early Spider #Orchids

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