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Rick M

@rickmartin.bsky.social

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Now 90% #Bloomscrolling . I grow plants of all kinds indoors and out and take pics of them wherever I find them*, always my own pic, usually but not always my own garden. Socialist. Skint. North West England. *my mandate also includes weird bugs.

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Rick M @rickmartin.bsky.social · 47m

This year has been a problem for the primulas I think, too dry in spring especially and something tells me these won't be coming back. Which is a shame, I'll have to find some seeds and try again 🌱

#FlowersOnFriday #Bloomscrolling #FloralFriday #EastCoastKin #GardenersWorld #UKGardening #PlantSky

Primula vialii or orchid primrose, the flower head consists of dense crimson buds at the top that open into vivid lilac flowers from the bottom up

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Michael Rasch @raschm.bsky.social · 9h

Moin und einen schönen Freitag für euch allen.

Goldene Rast
Canon 80D, Tamron SP 90/2.8 Macro, ISO 200, f/6.3, 1/200 Sekunde

Eine Nahaufnahme einer Schwebfliege, die auf einem gelben Blütenblatt sitzt. Die Fliege ist scharf im Fokus, ihre großen dunklen Facettenaugen dominieren das Bild, während die filigranen Flügel in der weichen Unschärfe verschwimmen. Das Sonnenlicht taucht das Motiv in warme Goldtöne und lässt die feinen Härchen und Strukturen auf dem Insektenkörper leuchten. Der Hintergrund ist sanft verschwommen in Grün- und Brauntönen und lenkt den Blick voll auf das kleine Tier und die Blüte.

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Rick M @rickmartin.bsky.social · 2h

Astrantia, still sparkling 🌱

#FlowersOnFriday #Bloomscrolling #FloralFriday #EastCoastKin #GardenersWorld #UKGardening #FlowerFeed

Inverse pink chandeliers of astrantia Major flowers

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NotQuiteLight @notquitelight.bsky.social · 13h

Manchester & Salford,
October 10th 2025

First Light: 06.11
Sunrise: 07.27
Sunset: 18.23
Nightfall: 19.39

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Rick M @rickmartin.bsky.social · 16h

Bumblebee making the most of everything that's still flowering, including the welsh poppies 🌱🐝

#InsectThursday #BugSky #Flowers #Bloomscrolling

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AbuelaJacque @abuelachicawis.bsky.social · 18h

Venti fire and ice #dahlias #bloomscrolling and we had our first frost 😢

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Rick M @rickmartin.bsky.social · 17h

Look at em go! 🤣

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Natalie @abookandadog.com · 1d

“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”

~Jane Goodall 🌸🌱

#gardening #photograghy

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🇬🇧PhotographyFunGuy🇬🇷 @photographyguy28.bsky.social · 1d

#Naturephotography
#Birds🪶🦉,#wildlife
#PhotographersOfBlueSky
Good morning Bluesky!,today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #spotted now that can mean when you have been spotted by your subject or a bird that has spots or blotches on its plumage.I was #spotted by a Eurasian blue tit
Taken on a canon EOS R50

The picture shows a small bird perched on a thin branch with budding leaves. The bird has a striking appearance with a bright blue cap and wings, a white face with a black eye stripe, and a yellow underbelly. The background is blurred, featuring earthy tones and some green foliage, which highlights the bird as the focal point. The lighting suggests it is taken during the daytime, possibly in early spring given the fresh buds.

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Sucs for You! 🌵👈🏽 (& other plants too) @sucsforyou.bsky.social · Dec 6

Anyone need a little pot? 😋

🌱 #succulents

My hand spread open with small terracotta pots on top of each finger. My grow light table and plants are in the background.

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Niki Jabbour @nikijabbour.bsky.social · 23h

This is an unexpected colour combination! I don’t remember planting a nasturtium with this orange and burgundy colour scheme. But you better believe I’m saving seeds from it. 🌱😊

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Rick M @rickmartin.bsky.social · 21h

Thats quite cool, I never would have thought of growing it as a houseplant 😎

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Rick M @rickmartin.bsky.social · 21h

A hoverfly whose day is not going to get any better 🌱🕸🕷

#InsectThursday #BugSky #Arachtober #Spooktober #Horror #UKWildlife

A crown orb weaver advances across its web towards a hoverfly that has become entangled

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Nick @gardenwizard.bsky.social · 8d

#bugsky #nature #photography #butterfly

An orange sulphur butterfly hanging out in the grass

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Witchspace @witchspace.bsky.social · 23h

Cousin of Tatooine's Sarlacc?

Or maybe just the heart of a wonderful pompom chrysanthemum, with a yellow outer and a brown/red center.

#Photography #YellowThu #Flowers #BloomScrolling #MacroPhotography

Color closeup photograph of the center of a chrysanthemum, with a yellow petals brown/red center showing teeth-like petals growing/unfurling

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Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com · 2d

If Your Party is to avoid repeating the mistakes of Corbyn's Labour, it doesn't just need better leaders at the top.

It needs to become an organisation full of leaders at every level.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/your-party...

Your Party Needs More Leaders, Not Less

Building a powerful, democratic movement is the only way to beat the far right.

graceblakeley.substack.com

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Paul Willson @pauljwillson.bsky.social · 3d

Autumn window

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Mary Dineen 📷 𓀡𓆀 @marysunshineisgone.bsky.social · 1d

Haven’t given up.

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NullPointer 🍄 @nuiipointer.bsky.social · 2d

Amethyst deceiver
#fungifriends

Purple mushroom with gills and a thin stem seen from below.

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Jaba @jabawe62.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning Sky'ies ☕☀️
Kann man als kleiner Pilz stolz sein?
Er ist es bestimmt! So wie er da alleine steht, im Moos, umgeben von ein paar einzelnen Grashalmen und Blättern. Für ihn, ein Platz um sich total wohlfühlen.
Redet ihr auch ab und an mit Dingen die euch gefallen? 🙄 Ich schon!
Doof oder?

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Sabine Shutterbug @sabineshutterbug.bsky.social · 1d

Beautiful poison
#Spooktober #poison #autumn #photography
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#EastCoastKin

This photo features a close-up of a cluster of Monkshood (Aconitum) flowers, a well-known poisonous plant. The blossoms display vibrant violet-blue hues, with their distinctive hood-shaped petals tightly grouped together. The composition emphasizes the intricate texture and rich color of the petals, set against a soft-focus backdrop of green foliage that highlights the subject and draws immediate attention to the plant’s striking appearance.

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Breezie @breeze420.bsky.social · 1d

"Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the Great Mystery into which we were born."

-Albert Einstein

an area near a river with bushes and a picnic table. there is a curving road and trees. fields and mountains in the background.

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Rick M @rickmartin.bsky.social · 1d

A pollen beetle, for #InsectThursday 🌱🪲📷

#Bloomscrolling #BugSky #Flowers #DahliaLove #MacroPhotography #UKWildlife

A tiny, shiny, black beetle collecting pollen from the golden heart of a purple single-bloomed dahlia flower

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Dr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 1d

A few precious minutes today with the Hoverflies and Ivy bees in Cambridge. #WildWebsWednesday

Close-up photograph of a male Eristalis hoverfly on Ivy.

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Rick M @rickmartin.bsky.social · 1d

Dahlia 'Fire and Ice' has produced a rogue bloom with petals that are almost entirely all red, which seems appropriate for #RedWednesday 🌱📷

#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #EastCoastKin #ColourADay #RedWed

Red dahlia with one of its red and white fellows behind it

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