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Jelltex
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Orchids, botany. I run a Facebook group on the Orchids of Kent (UK).
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Another short series, some of my favourite shots taken over the last four decades.

35. Newcastle at night.
January 28, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Again for #BSkyBeer:

Hofbräu Original.

Improvement on the previous day's.

A tad more flavour, and very drinkable.

8/10
January 28, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Another short series, some of my favourite shots taken over the last four decades.

34. Large skipper.
January 28, 2026 at 10:15 AM
#ATrainADay returns:

An electrostar emerging from Shakespeare Tunnel, Dover.
January 28, 2026 at 7:01 AM
For #AnOrchidADay:

A chocolate flavoured Broad leaved helleborine. #Orchid.
January 28, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Heute, fur #BSkyBeer:

Löwenbräu Münchner Hell. 5.2% ABV.

I bought a 12 box of German beers, this was the first. Clean and crisp. 7/10
January 27, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Another short series, some of my favourite shots taken over the last four decades.

33. Ophrys apifera var. dubrisii.

My name for this fabulous #orchid local to me.
January 27, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Another short series, some of my favourite shots taken over the last four decades.

32. A Kentish bluebell wood.
January 27, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Shop, not in Montreux, but in Deal, Kent.

#FireInTheSky
January 27, 2026 at 9:46 AM
#ATrainADay returns:

"Janice" at London Bridge. #Class73
January 27, 2026 at 8:04 AM
For #AnOrchidADay:

Common Spotted #Orchid on a chalk down
January 27, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Another short series, some of my favourite shots taken over the last four decades.

31. St. Thomas Becket, Fairfield.
January 26, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Another short series, some of my favourite shots taken over the last four decades.

30. Leadenhall Market.
January 26, 2026 at 12:09 PM
For #BSkyBeer:

Death by Cherries by Vocation Brewery.

Lovely tartness to this, went well with dry roast peanuts. Another winner from Vocation. 9/10
January 26, 2026 at 11:06 AM
#ATrainADay returns:

The signal box at Canterbury West. And a pair of @serailway.bsky.social class 375 Electrostars.
January 26, 2026 at 9:49 AM
For #AnOrchidADay:

Heath spotted #Orchid
January 26, 2026 at 6:55 AM
It's still chilly in east Kent, but there are signs of spring for #WildflowerHour:

Not in flower, the frosts did for it, but this Black nightshade's berries look very tasty. Or not.
January 25, 2026 at 8:31 PM
It's still chilly in east Kent, but there are signs of spring for #WildflowerHour:

Red deadnettle. Not sure if this is last year's still flowering, or this year's.
January 25, 2026 at 8:30 PM
It's still chilly in east Kent, but there are signs of spring for #WildflowerHour:

Common groundsel
January 25, 2026 at 8:29 PM
It's still chilly in east Kent, but there are signs of spring for #WildflowerHour:

Shepherds purse. This is one to escaped the "keep the verges tidy brigade."
January 25, 2026 at 8:29 PM
It's still chilly in east Kent, but there are signs of spring for #WildflowerHour:

The Winter heliotrope have been flowering since November 6th, and show no sign of stopping yet.
January 25, 2026 at 8:28 PM
It's still chilly in east Kent, but there are signs of spring for #WildflowerHour:

Annual mercury in rude health
January 25, 2026 at 8:27 PM
It's still chilly in east Kent, but there are signs of spring for #WildflowerHour:

A lone snowdrop on a verge that the local mowing gang like to keep short.
January 25, 2026 at 8:26 PM
It's still chilly in east Kent, but there are signs of spring for #WildflowerHour:

Tansy still just about holding on.
January 25, 2026 at 8:26 PM
It's still chilly in east Kent, but there are signs of spring for #WildflowerHour:

Sweet violets. Many more to flower soon.
January 25, 2026 at 8:25 PM