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Lyn Edmonds
@edmondslyn.bsky.social
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Wife, Mum, Grandma; Lead of Away from the Western Front
& formerly Lead of Gallipoli Centenary Education Project; retired Clinical Librarian - also posts @aftwf1418.bsky.social
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edmondslyn.bsky.social
#PavementTiles instead of 'Pavement Plants' from me today; lovely to see these tiles outside a house saved from the asphalt footpath covering
#TuesdayTiles #TilesOnTuesday
Edwardian tiles outside a house, just below the doorstep now forming part of the pavement which is covered with black asphalt
November 25, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Butternut tree, Juglans cinerea, with a lovely deeply furrowed bark, seen in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social
#ButternutTree #TreeTuesday #TreeTrunkTuesday #ThickTrunkTuesday
Lower part of the trunk of a Butternut tree, Juglans cinerea, with a lovely deeply furrowed bark, surrounded by grass covered with fallen autumn leaves and other trees beyond
November 25, 2025 at 9:16 AM
edmondslyn.bsky.social
#TheWinter10
Top L/R Nipplewort, Sowbread, Ivy-leaved Toadflax;
Middle L/R Hedge Bedstraw, Lesser Calamint, Field Pansy, Dandelion;
Bottom L/R Black Nightshade, White Campion and Green Alkanet
#WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
edmondslyn.bsky.social
A very seasonal #FingerpostFriday this week from Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire @midsandeastnt.bsky.social
#Snowmen #TheSnowman ❄️⛄
A brown wooden post with a directional sign at the top pointing to the right that is painted blue with a picture of a snowman on it; there are autumn leaves on the ground and a green leafy bush behind the post
November 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Lovely bright yellow flowers of Winter Jasmine, Jasminum nudiflorum, seen last week in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social
#ColorADay #ColourADay #YellowThu #YellowThursday #ThursdayFlowers #Yellowflowers #BloomScrolling 💛
Close-up of three bright yellow flowers, each with 6 petals and small leaves growing beneath them; against a lightly blurred mainly green background
November 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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A Yellow Fieldcap, Bolbitius titubans, popping up in a field after heavy rain and others, unknown ID, enjoying a lake view; all seen at Wandlebury Country Park, Cambridgeshire
#YellowFieldcap #FungiFriends #FungiFriday #Fungus #Mushroom #MushroomMonday @cambridgeppf.bsky.social
A very small mushroom with a yellow cap, with a brown leaf in the foreground and all surrounded by mainly green leaves Three small brown mushrooms, surrounded by mainly green leaves with some leaf litter, all at the edge of a lake that is in background and is grey in colour
November 17, 2025 at 9:26 AM
edmondslyn.bsky.social
#TheWinter10
Part 1/3

Ragwort; Herb Robert, Geranium robertianum (White form); Green Alkanet, Pentaglottis sempervirens and Yellow Corydalis, Pseudofumaria lutea
#WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 8:03 PM
edmondslyn.bsky.social
#TheWinter10
Part 2/3

Bristly oxtongue, Helminthotheca echioides and White Dead-nettle, Lamium album
#WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
edmondslyn.bsky.social
#TheWinter10
Part 3/3

Creeping Thistle, Cirsium arvense; Ivy, Hedera helix; Yarrow, Achillea millefolium and Red Valerian, Centranthus ruber
#WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow #Bright
Four #bright yellow flowers from 2025
Close-up of a large bright yellow dahlia flowerhead with pointed florets that are wider in the centre of the flower, with other similar blooms and leaves in the background Close-up of a bright yellow flower with a small hoverfly on the right hand side, against a background of green leaves Close-up of bright yellow Welsh Poppy flower Close-up of a large yellow Evening Primrose flower in sunlight with shadows on its petals
November 15, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Reposted by Lyn Edmonds
aftwf1418.bsky.social
A worthy winner Helen and a lovely memory of our successful Creative Writing Competition which highlighted campaigns that took place Away from the Western Front; winners, runners-up and highly-commended can still be read here: awayfromthewesternfront.org/archive/crea...
November 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Nothing unusual I understand: a Shaggy Ink-cap and an old specimen of Chicken-of-the-Woods that to me resembles a small brown teddy bear with its ears nibbled; seen last week in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social
#FungiFriends #FungiFriday #Fungus #Mushroom #MushroomMonday 🧸
Close-up of a small Shaggy Ink-cap mushroom, mainly white in colour, bell-shaped and scaly, surrounded by green leaves and other vegetation A light brown Chicken-of-the-Woods mushroom growing on tree
November 14, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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An unusual autumn tree fruit amongst the fallen leaves in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social yesterday - a very bright green textured Osage Orange, Maclura pomifera: so pleased it wasn't windy under the trees as they are the size of grapefruits!
#OsageOrange #Autumn #TreeFruit
Four fairly large bright green bumpy textured Osage Orange tree fruits that have fallen on the ground and lie amongst autumn leaves; these are not oranges and are sometimes referred to as Hedge Apples
November 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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An autumnal Swamp Cypress tree with some of its roots rising out of the lake and its lower trunk decorated with fallen needle-like leaves that are orange-brown in colour; seen in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social
#SwampCypress #TreeTuesday #TreeTrunkTuesday #ThickTrunkTuesday
A Swamp Cypress tree growing in a lake with some of its roots rising up and looking like 'knobbly knees' surrounding the tree trunk and the lower part of the trunk is covered with fallen needle-like leaves that are orange-brown in colour; there are reflections of this tree and others in the water and some ducks on the lake too
November 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
edmondslyn.bsky.social
#TheWinter10
Part 3/3

Smooth Sow-thistle, Sonchus oleraceu, Red Dead-nettle, Lamium purpureum, Spotted Dead-nettle, Lamium maculatum, possibly a garden escape, and Green Alkanet, Pentaglottis sempervirens
#WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Close-up of a small pale yellow flower with even paler edges to its petals, against a lightly blurred green and brown background Top-down view of small pink flowers growing between the plant's green leaves Top-down view of small hooded pink flowers with the plant's variegated green and white leaves Top-down view of a small blue flower with a white centre alongside the plant's hairy and deep-veined green leaves
November 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
edmondslyn.bsky.social
#TheWinter10
Part 2/3

Pot Marigold, Calendula officinalis, possibly a garden escape; Greater Knapweed, Centaurea scabiosa fading fast; Meadow Crane's-bill, Geranium pratense, I think, and Bristly Oxtongue, Helminthotheca echioides
#WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
A yellow flower with green leaves growing against a brick wall Close-up of a purple flower at the end of a stem, with some small green leaves below, against a lightly blurred green and brown background Side view of a bright violet blue flower at the end of a stem with some small green leaves below, against a lightly blurred green and brown background Close-up of a small tightly closed flower surrounded by 5 small bristly leaves with others in the background
November 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
edmondslyn.bsky.social
#TheWinter10
Part 1/3

Nettle-leaved bellflower, Campanula trachelium and White Ramping Fumitory, Fumaria capreolata
#WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Close-up of a purple Nettle-leaved bellflower, with a lightly blurred green and brown background Close-up of a cluster of mainly small white flowers with dark red tips, surrounded by green leaves
November 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
edmondslyn.bsky.social
In celebration of its #JacobinDay, a Pomegranate, Punica granatum, fruit seen recently in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social
#Pomegranate #Cambridge
November 9, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Beautiful large bright yellow flower of #Evening Primrose, Oenothera macrocarpa (📱photo July 2025)
#BlueSkyArtShow #Evening #EveningPrimrose #YellowFlowers
Close-up of a large yellow Evening Primrose flower in sunlight with shadows on its petals
November 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Reposting with a correction with thanks to @viccbrown.bsky.social - the fly in the photo on the right is a female Locust Blowfly, Stomorhina lunata, which I'm pleased to have seen; 📱photo 30.10.25 in Cambridge
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A Long Hoverfly, Sphaerophoria scripta, enjoying the nectar of some Pink Yarrow until rudely disturbed by a Horse Fly, Tabanus molestus
#Hoverfly #HorseFly #PinkYarrow #WildWebsWednesday
A Long Hoverfly with black and yellow stripes along its slender body on the pink florets of a Yarrow flower A large black and grey Horse Fly on the same pink florets of a Yarrow flower after disturbing the Long Hoverfly
November 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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A Long Hoverfly, Sphaerophoria scripta, enjoying the nectar of some Pink Yarrow until rudely disturbed by a Horse Fly, Tabanus molestus
#Hoverfly #HorseFly #PinkYarrow #WildWebsWednesday
A Long Hoverfly with black and yellow stripes along its slender body on the pink florets of a Yarrow flower A large black and grey Horse Fly on the same pink florets of a Yarrow flower after disturbing the Long Hoverfly
November 5, 2025 at 9:41 AM
edmondslyn.bsky.social
A grey brick wall with 3 narrow opaque windows, seen in Cambridge
#WindowsOnWednesday #WindowsWednesday #WallsOnWednesday
A grey brick wall with 3 narrow opaque windows
November 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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Oriental Plane Tree, Platanus orientalis, in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social (📱photo 1.10.25); according to legend the Tree of Hippocrates in Kos, is reputed to have been an Oriental Plane Tree under which the ancient Greek physician taught medicine
#TreeTuesday #TreeTrunkTuesday #ThickTrunkTuesday
Trunk of an Oriental Plane Tree, Platanus orientalis, with fallen leaves in the foreground and grass, shrubs and trees beyond
November 4, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Delighted to see this eye-catching Viburnum shrub in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social that has started to bloom; it seems to be Viburnum farreri, with clusters of pink buds that open into tubular, fragrant, white or pink flowers 💗
#Viburnum #ColorADay #ColourADay #PinkMon #PinkMonday #BloomScrolling
Clusters of tiny pink buds and white flowers on dark brown stems of a flowering shrub, Viburnum farreri
November 3, 2025 at 10:14 AM
edmondslyn.bsky.social
#TheWinter10
Part 3/3
Devil's-bit scabious, Succisa pratensis, Prickly Sow-thistle, Sonchus asper, Nipplewort, Lapsana communis and the last flower of a Viper's Bugloss, Echium vulgare, seen this week in Cambridge
#WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Close-up of a Devil's-bit Scabious, Succisa pratensis, flowerhead with purple florets, pink anthers protruding from the flower against a lightly blurred background of green and brown leaves Yellow flower of Prickly Sow-thistle, Sonchus asper Small yellow flowers of Nipplewort, Lapsana communis, with green leaves in the background Small blue flower of Viper's Bugloss, Echium vulgare, surrounded by green leaves
November 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM