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Catherine @goldenfinch.bsky.social · 20h

🌱Love Marigolds which will grow just about anywhere… ☘️😊☘️
#SundayYellow

Catherine @goldenfinch.bsky.social · 2d

🌱Good Morning Gardeners🌱
Weather permitting #fuchsias, like this one, can bloom well into October💪wish y’all a peaceful & pleasant w/e in the garden ! ☘️😊☘️

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Yue_hime_ @yuehime.bsky.social · 3d

Today’s flower 🌱 #1218
Clematis

A very zoomed in close up of a light pale pink flower amidst greenery. The flower had one ring of spearhead shaped petals, with a dark red pollen nest in the middle

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Catherine @goldenfinch.bsky.social · 2d

🪶Good Morning Birdiez🦉
Friday #Goldfinch flutter to wish y’all a lovely weekend watching our inimitable avian companions! ☘️😊☘️

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Catherine @goldenfinch.bsky.social · 2d

Ebenfalls und schönes Wochenende auch ☘️😊☘️

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Catherine @goldenfinch.bsky.social · 2d

@phewtus.bsky.social Good Friday Morning Lady of the Trees🌳
For #treeoftheday a ‘youngster’ from the Dark Hedges to wish you a good walking weekend! ☘️🤗☘️

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The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.social · 2d

Good morning everyone. #TreeOfTheDay no.1269

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Catherine @goldenfinch.bsky.social · 3d

🌱Good Morning Hardeners🌱
So pleased to see that brave Rozanne made it through the storm… there’s always something to enjoy in the garden! ☘️😊☘️

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Rosemary Allison @rozesall.bsky.social · 3d

Clerodendrum trichotomum growing in the courtyard. We call this the mosquito tree because it is supposed to repel them. Notice it is flowering in October when mosquitoes have departed.🌱

White five-petalled flower and many red tinged buds surrounded by the broad green leaves of the small tree.

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Catherine @goldenfinch.bsky.social · 3d

@phewtus.bsky.social Good Morning Lady of the Trees🌳 Dark Hedges #TreeOfTheDay stretching up & up & up
☘️🤗☘️

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Tranquility Found @divinedropbear.bsky.social · 4d

A pair of Little Corellas playing...
#birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #parrots #WildOz #OzBirds

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Pete @peterwelsh.bsky.social · 4d

Aphids in your gardens? Consider yourself lucky!
All sorts of migratory birds will visit to feed on them. A few days ago it was a Tennessee Warbler and for the last few days it has been a pair of Ruby-crowned Kinglets.
#birds #parkdaleurbanwildliferefuge #rubycrownedkinglet

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Catherine @goldenfinch.bsky.social · 4d

@phewtus.bsky.social Chilly morning at the Dark Hedges - No visible (recent) damage…☘️😊☘️
#TreeOfTheDay

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Catherine @goldenfinch.bsky.social · 4d

🌱Good Morning Gardeners🌱
Recommending rose ‘Happy Wanderer’ if your garden is exposed to the elements - still blooming after being battered by storm Amy☘️👏☘️
#roseWednesday

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johnormrod.bsky.social @johnormrod.bsky.social · 4d

For today’s #roseWednesday here is ‘Princess Anne’ from the garden last week. The bright blooms hold well on the plant and have fabulous scent even this late in the season.

#roses #gardening 🌱

Bright pink blooms of the rose ‘Princess Anne’ in front of glossy green foliage

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Catherine @goldenfinch.bsky.social · 4d

Good Morning! That’s a stunner 👏
I’m off to the Dark Hedges to see if there has been any damage… ☘️🤞☘️

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The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.social · 4d

Good morning everyone. #TreeOfTheDay no.1268

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Catherine @goldenfinch.bsky.social · 4d

🪶Good Morning Birdies🪶
Not quite a true reflection ☘️🙈☘️
#swans

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Tim H @timhopper.bsky.social · 5d

Every so often I come across a close-up photo of a Jackdaw that reminds me of this verse:

Thrice happy bird! I too have seen
Much of the vanities of men;
And sick of having seen ’em,
Would cheerfully these limbs resign
For such a pair of wings as thine,
And such a head between ’em.

#WilliamCowper

A close-up of the head and chest of a Western Jackdaw (Coloeus monedula) by Kevinsphotos via Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/photos/jackdaw-blackbird-bird-animal-2332455/

The head of the Western Jackdaw is highly distinctive, featuring a glossy black cap on the crown and forehead that often exhibits a subtle blue or purple sheen. This dark cap sharply contrasts with the light grey or greyish-silver nape, cheeks, and sides of the neck, which often create a "hood" or "shawl" appearance. Its facial features are completed by a short, stout, black bill and, most notably, bright pale blue-grey or silvery-white irises in the adult, which stare out against the dark facial plumage, serving as a key identification marker. 2.5 Flash (Edited) 😊

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Catherine @goldenfinch.bsky.social · 5d

I bought them as ‘ornamental cabbages’
& the shrub behind is a Rosemary bush ☘️😊☘️

Catherine @goldenfinch.bsky.social · 5d

😂 No idea! They are sold as ‘ornamental cabbages’ so I would imagine you’re not supposed to eat them. ☘️😊☘️

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Catherine @goldenfinch.bsky.social · 5d

Ah! the joys of living in the countryside, as the onset of colder weather brings special visitors, which are collected in humane traps & released again far far away… ☘️😊☘️
#nature #mice

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Catherine @goldenfinch.bsky.social · 5d

🌱Good Morning Gardeners🌱
The storm having decimated the garden flowers it’s time for some decorative cabbages which should last until the snowdrops ☘️🤞☘️

Resilient rosemary can withstand all weathers here on the north coast of Ireland! ☘️

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 5d

Autumn fruits!🌱

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Catherine @goldenfinch.bsky.social · 5d

🪶Good Morning Birdies🪶these two were having a lot of fun til the wagtail appeared🙈 #birds #Twosday
☘️😊☘️

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