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Fun, nature, etymology, garden, daily trivia to brighten up your feed from the grind of daily claptrap, garbage & piffle 🌿 Cheltenham, UK & occasional Norway 🌿 Trigeminal neuralgia 💪🥳💗 All my photos, no pilfering🏆

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Justsmudge @justsmudge.bsky.social · Nov 18

Shall we have another Justsmudge fascinating fact?

🌹🌱 Roses 🌱🌹

We've all seen them, stories tell tales of them, even the Bible blames Eve on rose thorns!💃

But did you know that rose fossils have been found in the USA confirming that they existed 35 million years ago?

That's even older than me ☕

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It's related to the pea 🫛 🫛 🫛

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How the Judas Tree got it's name www.rootsplants.co.uk/blogs/featur....

The Judas Tree

The Judas Tree is one of the most beautiful flowering trees there is, so how come it’s got such a morbid backstory?

www.rootsplants.co.uk

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Justsmudge @justsmudge.bsky.social · 1d

🌿☕Morning 🌄

I love walking around Cheltenham

I posted a Judas tree in Sandford Park in the Spring, it had beautiful pink flowers all up it's branches🌺

Yesterday I took a walk around Naunton Park & saw another Judas Tree, this time wearing it's autumn 🍂colours 🍂

Look at those seed pods! 🫛

Judas Tree, Naunton Park. Close up of seed pods

Judas Tree Naunton Park next to Hays Cottages

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Justsmudge @justsmudge.bsky.social · 1d

🌿☕ "Avocado" derives from the Aztec Nahuatl word, āhuacatl 🥑

It is also used as an Aztec euphemism for testical

The purchase of an avocado is also an indicator of having arrived into the epitome of the British Middle Class system

No discerning shopping trolley is seen without one💃🌿
@susiedent.com

Close up of a ripe avocado on a kitchen top

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Justsmudge @justsmudge.bsky.social · 1d

😂 wishing you the best of luck for next year 📚 📚

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Yay 🙌

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😂🤗

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Same, I'm a proper book geek 🤓

Justsmudge @justsmudge.bsky.social · 1d

Would you find it useful if there was digital content online? Maybe easier than a reschedule 🤓

Justsmudge @justsmudge.bsky.social · 1d

To know more: www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/whats-on

Maybe one day I might publish a little book of #justsmudge 🥳 .. but then again.. over to the professionals!! ... 👇

What's on | Cheltenham Festivals

Tickets are now on sale for Cheltenham Literature Festival 2025.Browse all the events below, create your wishlist and get ready to make a day of it with a

www.cheltenhamfestivals.org

Justsmudge @justsmudge.bsky.social · 1d

🌿☕One more sleep to Cheltenham Literature Festival 2025🥁

🎂And Happy 80th Birthday🎂

Well over 100,000 tickets sold at Cheltenham Festivals every year & c.25% tickets given free to schools & outreach organisations🙏

I think I've bought most of them 🤦 so many brill speakers!📚
youtu.be/6XuJmYWGWQw?...

Happy Birthday CF 80th - REMIX

YouTube video by Cheltenham Festivals

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Justsmudge @justsmudge.bsky.social · 1d

Is Whisky coming too? We need to know!

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Cannot wait to see you there 📚🙏 Cheltenham is coming alive next week 💐💐💐

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Wonderful 😊 📚🙏☕ welcome 🤗

Justsmudge @justsmudge.bsky.social · 1d

I'll be there 📚 🙏❤️☕

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Justsmudge @justsmudge.bsky.social · 1d

Love this, it's very clever 😀

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Justsmudge @justsmudge.bsky.social · 1d

Evening ☕

Justsmudge @justsmudge.bsky.social · 1d

Narcissus comes from narco.. ❤️🙏

Justsmudge @justsmudge.bsky.social · 2d

🌿☕Good morning🌅

I've been digging in daffodil bulbs.. nothing fancy, just a bag from the supermarket

I'm glad of the 📸 I take of my garden, they remind me where others are so I don't over plant for next season🌿

It's name (narcissus) derives from the Greek ‘narco’ as in narcotic😵‍💫
#bloomscrolling

A host of golden daffodils! Amongst the ivy and yew hedge 🌿

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Justsmudge @justsmudge.bsky.social · 3d

19!!

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Thank you 💐

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Pretty much.. more to do too, but let's see where the day takes me..

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Oh that makes me happy 😊 I love it when people enjoy my photos ☺️

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Americans have ladybugs, I have ladycows 🤦🥳😂

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Pittville is a nice area of town - We've had some good rain of late so hopefully the trees will recover over the autumn months 🤞

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