Mike In The Garden 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇮🇪

Lover of gardens, gardening, and plants. There will be loads of flower pictures... plus anything else that sparkles. 🌟

Good listener.
Loves a good cup of tea or coffee. Milkshakes are lush too.

I don't always write #alttext, so if you find this unacceptable, then maybe this isn't the profile you are looking for.

#wildlife #writing #gardening #archaeology #plants #photography #whimsy #humour #lliwgar.

#paganism #druidry #folklore #nature

#MentalHealth #wellbeing #neurodivergent #ADHD #lgbtq+

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Last Notes

2026-05-31 09:44:54 UTC

Good morning! It is our final day in the south West and we have a frw ideas of where to go and have some adventures today.
All adventures will involve tea and cake at some point. 😁

2026-05-18 10:19:07 UTC

I hereby declare it to be #mememonday ☺️
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2026-05-03 13:44:13 UTC

Trillium grandiflorum Snowbunting is just the most beautiful flower you could have to stop you in your tracks.
This photo was taken at Bodnant gardens a few years ago, and I have managed to get one this spring from Rare Plants nurseries near Wrexham.
I'm hiping that ours will flower next year.
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2026-04-25 21:04:57 UTC

I've been looking back over old photos and came across this one from my university days back in the late 1980's.
This may have been the photo I used for my student union card.
That would be around 37 years ago now.
I can't remember having such dark hair. And I have never been that serious since. 😁
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2026-04-23 13:52:33 UTC

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ooh, that looks chilly. Well done. 😊

2026-04-16 18:41:54 UTC

Good evening.
I have spent the day in our offices on an exhausting and overwhelming training course, and my brain is now fried.
And I have to do the same thing again tomorrow...
A few years ago, I was lucky enough to buy some bulbs of a #daffodil called Teal that really glows in the evening light.
This photo is from a few years back but illustrates the point nicely.
☺️
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2026-04-11 22:34:43 UTC

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it's the closeness to the other people that is a little unsettling. 😊

2026-04-11 12:43:11 UTC

We are crammed on the train like fish in a very confined compartment. 😀
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2026-04-11 11:19:13 UTC

Good afternoon children, we have decided to take the train to Cardiff today.
It has been a while since we boarded such a mechanised contraption.
I hope there is an edequate waiter service and the finest linen table cloths?
Life can be such a disappointment sometimes when everything is merely wipe-downable, don't you think..?
I wonder if they still have those nice bone china cups?
Reconstituted alternatives are just vulgar in one's humble opinion.
Let the adventures begin.
Such fun! 😊
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2026-04-06 12:03:36 UTC

Happy Monday, y'all. 😊
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2026-03-21 14:28:50 UTC

We have just discovered #AberconwyNurseries. OMG! What a gorgeous little place.
I have a new interest in #erythroniums and they have the best selection I have ever seen.🌟🌟🌟
Lots of other beauties including ferns, saxifrage, paeonia, iris, sedum and much more.
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2026-03-15 21:40:08 UTC

Come rain or shine, Bob the #badger always appears for his treat of #peanuts.
He is becoming very comfortable with us two as we watch him through the patio doors.
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2026-02-22 11:48:20 UTC

#SilentSunday 😊
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2026-02-18 17:59:03 UTC

Here's something you can do with a few #glowsticks and plentiful amounts of #snow.
I want to see your creations. 😊
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2026-02-18 12:56:12 UTC

Raindrops on snowdrops...😊
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2026-02-08 10:59:18 UTC

#SilentSunday 😊
#nationalsnowdropday2026
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2025-12-21 09:39:53 UTC

Blessings to you all on the longest night and shortest day. 🌟
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2025-11-28 15:26:57 UTC

Happy #fenesterfrietag
#penrhyncastle
#NationalTrustWales
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2025-11-26 22:28:00 UTC

Nighty night...
Waterfall slo-mo from Bodnant gardens yesterday.
🌛
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2025-11-24 17:27:30 UTC

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ooh, I would love to make that. Do you follow a particular recipe? 😊

2025-11-18 16:35:08 UTC

Hello, this was me when I was about 3 or 4 years old. Hair and make up was care of my mother, whilst wardrobe was care of my aunt who was a prolific knitter.
And, yes, I used to be ginger. 🧡
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2025-11-15 19:14:22 UTC

We have a number of different #trees which provide great #autumncolour in the garden.
I manage many of them by cutting back most of their growth every two years in around late April.
This is partly due to lack of space in our garden & also that rejuvinated growth produces better #autumn leaf colour .
This is #Prunus #Pandora, which has palest pink single flowers in abundance each spring, followed by tiny purple cherries & then firey red & orange leaves every October & November.
Get one! 🍁
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2025-11-15 17:51:26 UTC

We have been to #YFenni today and were saddened to see that the lower town has been flooded due to excessive water run-off from nearby roads and streets.
Whether the drains or culverts were blocked or whether it was just the immense volume of rain, it was awful to see that 2 local towns had fallen victim to #stormclaudia this weekend.
One of the local café staff team told us that staff in the shops opposite had been up through the night, moving stock and then clearing up after the floods.
😒

2025-11-14 13:49:21 UTC

Happy #Friday, y'all. 😄
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2025-11-06 21:54:21 UTC

Not quite the full super moon, but still quite nice. 😊
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2025-11-04 13:38:34 UTC

Not the most pleasant of days, here in the valley, so I thought I'd share a photo of something interesting that we saw over the weekend.
An unusual take on a bird box but I dont think it's worth £119 though!
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2025-10-18 09:19:12 UTC

Happy Saturday y'all. 🍁🍁🍁
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2025-10-11 21:33:08 UTC

Whenever we go to Avebury, I always find even more faces in the stones.
I have always seemed to have had a way of finding faces in practically anything. Some good, some scary and some quite sad.
Here are a few from today that I hope you may also be able to see.
And if not, then here are a few stones from today.
🪨😊🪨😊🪨
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2025-09-30 09:39:35 UTC

Snowdrop. 😊🍁
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2025-09-29 16:34:29 UTC

Maple seeds at sun down.
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2025-09-27 18:22:04 UTC

Evening, I have just spent the last 15 minutes reading some of the utter balderdash emanating from the Colonies...
Thank the God's that we are moving away at a rate of roughly an inch per year.
This means that, during my short yet fabulous life so far, we are now 56 inches further away from all the nonsense.
#platetechtonics
😊

2025-09-27 13:56:51 UTC

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ooh, that looks lovely. How did you make that? I feel some kitchen discombobulation coming on. 😊😄🌟

2025-09-14 13:59:46 UTC

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cheers mister. Hope your dad is feeling better. 🌟😊🌟

2025-09-14 13:41:55 UTC

Greetings moistlings.
Well, the heavens have opened over most of South Wales, so we are sheltering in a rather busy garden centre just outside Cardiff.
With an atmosphere reminiscent of a large school canteen, we are eagerly awaiting our food.
The atmosphere is very nice.
And, lo - the food has just arrived.
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2025-09-11 20:12:58 UTC

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❤️❤️

2025-09-07 21:22:17 UTC

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a sensible and clearly well thought out decision. You can always keep monitoring how you feel and make a different decision in the future. 😊

2025-09-07 16:14:05 UTC

#SilentSunday
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2025-09-05 15:00:01 UTC

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thanks. Did you buy yourself some new shoes??? 😊

2025-09-05 14:56:35 UTC

Happy Friday, y'all.
So, after a bitter day of being generally fabulous, it's time to think about the weekend festivities...
I know it's my age, but I remember charring sometime this week with the ever amazing @npub1z9n…r70m about going somewhere and doing stuff this week, but I cannot remember one bit of the conversation. 😊
I'm sure it'll come back to me eventually.
So, what jolly things are you all getting up to this weekend then?
Perhaps I'll do some housework
Such fun!
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2025-09-03 17:55:05 UTC

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China and India are calling him everything under the sun. However, most EU news outlets are still on the fence and won't dare to criticise him... yet. But I think the table is beginning to turn.
I don't know about you guys, but we don't hear much about the Democrats over in Blighty anymore, just the odd rogue state governor going out an a limb and calling out all the lunacy that is currently going on.

2025-09-03 17:38:59 UTC

Well, Duw, Duw! as we do say in Wales.
The orange testicle has been generally telling the assembled world media how ungodly and unsafe the USA is, except for those parts that he has 'personally saved'...
I think I have given up trying to see much sense in a sub-culture that applauds its own impending doom...
Never mind, at least China will save us from all that democratic nonsense.
In other news, we are looking forward to watching the second part of #Wednesday later.
Marvellous! 😊
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2025-08-23 17:05:20 UTC

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glad to hear. 😄 We have spent the last 19 years having holidays on #YnysMôn and #Cemaes has really grown into a gorgeous place over the years. 😊🌟

2025-08-21 10:50:20 UTC

Happy #Thursday from a very #sunny and #gorgeous #Cemaes. Yet another hidden jewel on #YnysMôn.
I am a sparkling vision of lemon blancmange today.
Such fun!
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2025-08-20 16:16:16 UTC

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happy birthday to your dad. 🍷🌟

2025-08-19 15:22:19 UTC

I do love a good erection... you can even see the balls on this one. 😄
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2025-08-14 08:58:57 UTC

Good morning, peasants. 😊 It's a tad moist on the blessed isle, but that's OK.
Meanwhile, himself and myself have been less than thrilled to have to listen to the dischordant cacophony of the Von Clapp Singers from the apartment below us.
Oh, the joys of shared living.
In other news, we are off to haunt a castle or two today, in between munching on some savoury snacks and essential bargain hunting.
And it's open season for confusing US tourists
Life is tough, but someone has to do it. 😄
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2025-08-09 23:24:55 UTC

Happy #FullMoon.
Having consulted the bones of my ancestors, I have hereby decided that I shall name it crunchy nut cereal moon.
😊🌟😊
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2025-07-23 20:31:56 UTC

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no cake? 😊

2025-07-20 10:00:22 UTC

#SilentSunday
#pinkandgold
#BloomScrolling
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2025-07-19 12:12:09 UTC

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I have fountain pen envy now. 😆

2025-07-18 13:25:22 UTC

And, talking of lilies, bere is lilium lancifolium 'superbum'.
Wonderful orange reflex petals are scattered with 80% coco, chocolate spots. All very fancy.
This is a taller and more robust version of the default version.
An added extra are the myriad of mini bulbils that are growing where the leaves meet the stem.
If planted over the next month or two, then these will grow to form flowering sized bulbs in around 3 years.
It doesn't seem to be all that bothered by the scarlet lily beetle.
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2025-07-13 21:23:53 UTC

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pretty in pink, as ever. 😊

2025-07-13 14:37:25 UTC

Gentle reminder... 😊
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2025-07-12 11:27:16 UTC

I've been clearing through old stuff from our other house and came across a sketch that I have never completed of a #greenman. I coped it from an original picture from some book, somewhere.
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2025-07-10 10:02:06 UTC

Happy Thursday. 😊
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2025-07-07 17:55:33 UTC

And on a more pleasant note, I had onwards of the cutest examples of #latteart today. #snail 😁
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2025-07-06 10:11:53 UTC

#SilentSunday 🧡
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2025-07-05 10:52:34 UTC

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do you when dogs have doggy treats, you have joggy treats. 😊🌟

2025-07-03 08:12:32 UTC

Happy #Thursday, folks.
I have a nostalgic affection for the old-fashioned phlox paniculata cultivars that were very popular in the middle of the last century.
Not only are they practically bomb proof, but some are nicely scented towards the evening time, and they are a great source of food for those gorgeous night flying moths.
They are also available in a wide array of shades from this amazing pale blue violet (Blue Paradise), to brightest magenta and a whole lot more besides.
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2025-07-01 19:12:11 UTC

Good evening, what a day! Having just watered the essential bits of the garden, I have just rediscovered this wonderful #daylily that I had forgotten about.
May I present to you Topguns Aztec Vision (Scott B). Not a very tall one but very pretty markings and unusual colours.
😀
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2025-07-01 09:17:07 UTC

A #happy @Tuesday to y'all.
Our #swifts have been up and screeching for hours, which is always lovely. 😊
Meanwhile, in the moist undergrowth, more monstrous #daylilies are flowering.
Here we have:
Hold the Matches (Selman) a truly enormous flowers with that wow factor!
JP Moneybags (Davisson) showing how blue the markings can get in hit weather.
I Luv Lucy (Wilkerson) an odd dayliliy that takes 2 full days to open properly, but the result is a spidery and twisted bloom.
Gloria (mine). 😊❤️
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2025-06-29 08:51:40 UTC

Happy Sunday, y'all.
A few more daylilies for you this morning. 😊.
Here we have:
High Water Mark (Davisson) with amazing chalky eye zone and colour contrast.
Head Hunter (Gossard), which is my tallest hem at over 6 feet. Ruby red flowers with darker markings.
Mystical Elf (Gossard) glorious golden yellow flowers on tall stems.
Super Girl (Gossard) fabulous Barby pink flowers looking like a spiral galaxy.
😊
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2025-06-24 07:23:15 UTC

It's my birthday today. 😊
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2025-06-22 15:39:01 UTC

Greetings from Lytes Cary Manor a bit earlier, before the rain came. 😊
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2025-06-21 18:30:56 UTC

Lyme Regis was great today. Lots to see and buy! 😄
Highlights of the day were lush pasties and Italian gelato, and not from the same place.
The place was incredibly busy but overly packed.
Unfortunately, a new White Stuff and Weird Fish shop had recently opened up, so we felt it only fair to pay them both a visit and peruse their accoutrements. 😄
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2025-06-20 11:32:00 UTC

Happy #MidSummerEve, y'all. ☺️🪨
This beast is hemerocallis Megatron.
One from Jamie Gossard's older collections, but still one of the largest flowering daylilies we have.
Such a wow factor at this time of year.
I shall be dabbing that precious pollen later on this afternoon.
😊
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2025-06-14 08:48:14 UTC

And talking of daylilies, this is always one of the first to flower. It's called Dicarded Beauty.
The story goes that it was found in full bloom on one of the piles of dayliliy seedlings that had been thrown away by a famous daylily breeder.
The colours absolutely glow. 🌟
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2025-06-09 19:02:28 UTC

I was chatting to @npub1z9n…r70m the other day about the distinct lack of #Pride endorsements we have seen this year.
We saw one shelf edge label in Tesco, which was actually on the floor, and a sticker on a bank window, but very little else.
We usually see a whole batch of #LGBT themed products, but absolutely nothing this year.
I fear we are becoming invisible again and too much of a risk for those who would seek to court favour from the new kings of power, the radical right.
Here we go. 😡
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2025-06-09 16:24:51 UTC

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I love the pink evening primrose. Very pretty against the purple delphinium flowers. 😊🌸💜

2025-06-04 10:22:15 UTC

Happy #Wednesday y'all. 🙂
I have never understood the concept of "Flaming June" here in the UK.
At least the flowers are looking pretty. 😄
This glorious thing is peony White Cap. Classed as a Japanese or Imperial peony. These tend to have one or more layers of large "guard petals" and a frothy mass of petaloids heaped up in the centre.
This one always reminds me of a large dollop of raspberry rippled ice cream.
As with most peonies, it is scented but with more of a spicy flavour than some.
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2025-05-25 12:05:59 UTC

Tis the time or year for aquilegia to flower. Such gentle things but with deeply complex names.
Aquilegia is derived from the Roman Aquila who was the messenger of Jupiter and all things butch and manly. The backs of the petals form what looks like an eagle's head & wings.
Then we have the common name of Columbine, thst comes from the Latin Columba - the bird of Venus.
So, we had daddy Jupiter & daughter Venus sharing one single flower where strength transmutes to love, peace, joy & calm.
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2025-05-18 09:20:50 UTC

It looks like Marjorie, our magnificent cock chafer is still in the garden.
Lovely. 😄
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2025-05-10 10:55:58 UTC

Morning, the #wind is blowing up from the south today, rustling the leaves and small branches on the nearby trees.
In old money, I would say that it's a 3 on the Beaufort scale.
The weather goblins have forecast heavy and slow-moving #thunderstorms from early tomorrow morning and lasting into Monday.
I love #thunder and #lightening.
Meanwhile, here's some more flowers from yesterday.
Enjoy your day wherever you all are. 😊🌸👋
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2025-05-04 15:41:36 UTC

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first they came for the Americans, but I did not speak out because I was not an American... 🤔

2025-05-04 09:05:08 UTC

#SilentSunday #2
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2025-05-03 12:37:05 UTC

I have always loved Japanese maples and their cousins. We have a rather alot of them in the garden and mostly in pots.
More recently, I have been collecting members of the "ghost" series which are particularly unique because of their reticulated leaf pattern.
This one is called Sister Ghost.
The colours and patterns are amazing but this one needs alot of semi shade to prevent leaf scorch.
We have a number of other unusual maples which I will eventually get round to sharing on here soon.
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2025-04-29 12:25:04 UTC

Happy Tuesday. 😊
I met up with one of my coaching clients today in sunny Caerphilly. The castle looked amazing.
A masterpiece in medieval design, yet practically unheard of by most folk sadly.
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2025-04-23 07:19:32 UTC

Happy Wednesday, y'all.
Our aspidistra is looking rather funky this morning.
Have a great day wherever you all are. 😊
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2025-04-18 08:55:41 UTC

And talking of magnolias, here's another one. 😊🌸
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2025-04-07 07:51:21 UTC

Happy Monday. 😄
May all your dreams come true this week.
And, if not, then there's always next week, so don't lose hope.
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2025-04-06 09:59:54 UTC

Second #SilentSunday for you. 😊🌸
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2025-04-05 09:25:13 UTC

Happy #Dandelion appreciation day! 🐝🐝🐝
Did you know that the name comes from the French 'dent du lion', which means tooth of the lion. This refers to the jagged and pointy leaf and not the flower.
I've shown you mine, now go out and find one and show me yours.
#dandelionappreciationday
#wildflowers
#DantYLlew
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2025-04-04 16:35:45 UTC

Happy #Friday y'all. 🌸🌸🌸
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2025-03-31 17:32:26 UTC

Narcissus Lucifer is probably my favourite tall narcissus. Such graceful poise and colour combination. And, being more than 1/3 🇨🇮, it has all the colours, too. Marvelous.
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2025-03-28 22:02:26 UTC

And finally, some random photos.
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2025-03-25 19:56:30 UTC

We have just eaten at the Rajpoot in Sr Ives. I had a chicken tikka Tawa, and the @npub1z9n…r70m had chicken biriani with a rather gorgeous vegetable curry.
Mine was absolutely amazing!
The meal had a thick onion based sauce with a jammy consistency, with roasted peppers and onion segments. The chicken tikka was nicely spiced, as was the sauce. I had some mushroom rice to complement.
The @npub1z9n…r70m said that his meal was very nice too. 😊
And, yes, we are going on a diet when we get home. 😊
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2025-03-24 15:39:39 UTC

We made a friend at Trebah. 😊
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2025-03-14 10:37:45 UTC

I am particularly pleased with my new seedling double #hellebore flower. 😊
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2025-03-03 15:42:02 UTC

Sometimes, if you are lucky, you may find a unique green striped snowdrop inside a pot of otherwise standard ones.
We found this one sitting on a shelf in a garden centre on the weekend.
Noticing things pays off. 😊
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2025-02-20 11:42:41 UTC

Happy Thursday y'all.
It's a tad #moist today.
Our #crocus flowers are beginning to erupt everywhere across the #garden now.
I have always loved the golden #yellow ones as they are joyous to behold on a dull day.
#bloomscrolling
#februarygarden
#FlowersOfMastodon
#Cymru
#Wales
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2025-02-16 10:58:01 UTC

#SilentSunday
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2025-02-15 10:56:26 UTC

Morning, and a #happy #Saturday to y'all.
We are venturing into the midlands today (not far from Stourbridge), heading to one of our favourite garden centres called Ashwood Nurseries.
The weather is a tad moist, but it will be an adventure, nonetheless.
What gloriously exciting things are you all getting up to today, then?
Form an orderly line and answers on a postcard, please. 😄
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2025-02-09 19:16:28 UTC

#Jellycat has created this wonderful billygoat, which has a certain #soundofmusic vibe.
😊
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2025-02-01 12:23:37 UTC

Judith, our #Imbolc house #fairy wanted to wish you all a beautiful and #sparkly day.
In Wales, today is known as Gwyl Forwyn or the Feast of the Maidens.
This reminds me of a passage in Cad Goddeu (technically battle of the shrubs, but it is mostly translated as trees).
Arthur sails into #Annwn on his ship Prydwen (fair of face) with his pal #Taliesin and others
A great cauldron there is warmed by the breath of 9 maidens, but it won't boil the food of a coward.
So, be very bold today! 😊
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2025-02-01 10:41:11 UTC

February is the month of firey sunsets and frost and snowing and thawing.
The first stirrings of the green shoots and a carpet of bright and dazzling jewels.
Life slowly returns in the greens of the stems and in the song of the birds.
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2025-01-31 15:42:43 UTC

Four more from today. 😊
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2025-01-31 14:54:36 UTC

One of our rarer #snowdrops is this one called Margaret Biddulph. 😊
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2025-01-30 16:12:11 UTC

We have snowdrops everywhere at the moment. And there are plenty more to come up too. I love them. 😊
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2025-01-30 11:00:51 UTC

Sunrise was 07.54, and sunset will be at 16.58.
We will have 9 hours, 4 minutes, and 12 glorious seconds of daylight today.
Marvelous. 😊
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2025-01-28 10:04:54 UTC

Happy #Tuesday.
Today's #snowdrop is Dryad Gold Medal.
#eirlys
#wintergarden
#Cymru
#Wales
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