Margaret FH56
@margaretfh56.bsky.social
Retired librarian. Live in Croydon,UK. Books, art, plants, astrology, folklore, mythology, cats. Photo is Molly, one of our rescue cats.
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it the Loch Ness Monster in the River Wandle?
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it the Loch Ness Monster in the River Wandle?
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Wildflowers from gardens & pavements in & around Plumpton Green, East Sussex: Common Knapweed, Holly, Common Field Speedwell, Grey Field Speedwell, Oxeye Daisy, Cickweed, Annual Meadow Grass, Smooth Sowthistle, Petty Spurge, Yarrow, Daisy, Common Mouse-ear #thewinter10 #wildflowerhour
November 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Wildflowers from gardens & pavements in & around Plumpton Green, East Sussex: Common Knapweed, Holly, Common Field Speedwell, Grey Field Speedwell, Oxeye Daisy, Cickweed, Annual Meadow Grass, Smooth Sowthistle, Petty Spurge, Yarrow, Daisy, Common Mouse-ear #thewinter10 #wildflowerhour
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An all white Winter Heliotrope from Polperro, Cornwall today for #wildflowerhour They normally have some pink in the flowers.
Petasites pyrenaicus
Petasites pyrenaicus
November 16, 2025 at 8:20 PM
An all white Winter Heliotrope from Polperro, Cornwall today for #wildflowerhour They normally have some pink in the flowers.
Petasites pyrenaicus
Petasites pyrenaicus
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A winter 10+1 from the wildflower area at Plumpton Station, East Sussex: Nipplewort, Lady's Bedstraw, Prickly Sowthistle, Meadow Buttercup, Wild Carrot, Hedge Bedstraw, Ivy, Wild Basil, Groundsel, Ragwort & Nettle #thewinter10 #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
A winter 10+1 from the wildflower area at Plumpton Station, East Sussex: Nipplewort, Lady's Bedstraw, Prickly Sowthistle, Meadow Buttercup, Wild Carrot, Hedge Bedstraw, Ivy, Wild Basil, Groundsel, Ragwort & Nettle #thewinter10 #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
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White knapweed, Meadowsweet,Hogweed & Cow parsley. #wildflowerhour
November 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
White knapweed, Meadowsweet,Hogweed & Cow parsley. #wildflowerhour
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Dandelions, so many flowering today. #wildflowerhou
November 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Dandelions, so many flowering today. #wildflowerhou
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Red clover, Herb Robert,Red campion & Ragged Robin. #wildflowerhour
November 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Red clover, Herb Robert,Red campion & Ragged Robin. #wildflowerhour
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Thought I'd have a go at #TheWinter10 for this week's #Wildflowerhour
Absolutely amazed to find not just 10 but a whopping 25 species in flower in my meadow today
Absolutely amazed to find not just 10 but a whopping 25 species in flower in my meadow today
November 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Thought I'd have a go at #TheWinter10 for this week's #Wildflowerhour
Absolutely amazed to find not just 10 but a whopping 25 species in flower in my meadow today
Absolutely amazed to find not just 10 but a whopping 25 species in flower in my meadow today
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#thewinter10 (rather bedraggled) in N. Wilts. for the #WildflowerHour challenge: Bramble, Red Campion, Daisy, Hemp Agrimony, Upright Hedge Parsley, Welsh Poppy, Creeping Thistle, Wild Carrot, Prickly Oxtongue & Common Ragwort #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
#thewinter10 (rather bedraggled) in N. Wilts. for the #WildflowerHour challenge: Bramble, Red Campion, Daisy, Hemp Agrimony, Upright Hedge Parsley, Welsh Poppy, Creeping Thistle, Wild Carrot, Prickly Oxtongue & Common Ragwort #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
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Twice over #TheWinter10 flowers from verges and on #PavementPlants in #Cambridge today for #WildflowerHour.
From 🤍 White Ramping Fumitory to 💙 Oxford Ragwort.
Full list in [ALT].
From 🤍 White Ramping Fumitory to 💙 Oxford Ragwort.
Full list in [ALT].
November 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Twice over #TheWinter10 flowers from verges and on #PavementPlants in #Cambridge today for #WildflowerHour.
From 🤍 White Ramping Fumitory to 💙 Oxford Ragwort.
Full list in [ALT].
From 🤍 White Ramping Fumitory to 💙 Oxford Ragwort.
Full list in [ALT].
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It’s Sunday & it’s 8pm so it must be time for #wildflowerhour! Please share your pics of the wild & naturalised blooms you’ve spotted from across Britain & Ireland in the last week and did you manage to spot #thewinter10, our challenge for the coldest months! ☺️
#WildflowerHour #TheWinter10 from #Preston this week; a shy common daisy, ragwort, fox & cubs, hogweed, pineapple weed, angelica looking like snowflakes! Hedge mustard, white dead nettle, red campion, hazel catkins, buttercup, honeysuckle, spindle @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
It’s Sunday & it’s 8pm so it must be time for #wildflowerhour! Please share your pics of the wild & naturalised blooms you’ve spotted from across Britain & Ireland in the last week and did you manage to spot #thewinter10, our challenge for the coldest months! ☺️
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Already posted for The Winter 10 but a couple of this week's flowers deserved their own posts for prettiness! Here's fox and cubs, I love the serrated square petal ends and their central glow (caused by colour graduation!) @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour #joy
November 16, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Already posted for The Winter 10 but a couple of this week's flowers deserved their own posts for prettiness! Here's fox and cubs, I love the serrated square petal ends and their central glow (caused by colour graduation!) @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour #joy
#wildflowerhour #thewinterten
Last lot are from St Georges churchyard, #Beckenham
A very confused primrose, green alkanet and yellow corydalis.
Last lot are from St Georges churchyard, #Beckenham
A very confused primrose, green alkanet and yellow corydalis.
November 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
#wildflowerhour #thewinterten
Last lot are from St Georges churchyard, #Beckenham
A very confused primrose, green alkanet and yellow corydalis.
Last lot are from St Georges churchyard, #Beckenham
A very confused primrose, green alkanet and yellow corydalis.
#wildflowerhour #thewinterten
Next three are fleabane, michaelmas daisy and a lonely daisy.All in #Beckenham.
Next three are fleabane, michaelmas daisy and a lonely daisy.All in #Beckenham.
November 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
#wildflowerhour #thewinterten
Next three are fleabane, michaelmas daisy and a lonely daisy.All in #Beckenham.
Next three are fleabane, michaelmas daisy and a lonely daisy.All in #Beckenham.
#wildflowerhour #thewinterten
First four: black horehound, hogweed, bindweed and white dead nettle, in Waddon, #Croydon.
First four: black horehound, hogweed, bindweed and white dead nettle, in Waddon, #Croydon.
November 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
#wildflowerhour #thewinterten
First four: black horehound, hogweed, bindweed and white dead nettle, in Waddon, #Croydon.
First four: black horehound, hogweed, bindweed and white dead nettle, in Waddon, #Croydon.
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I have plenty of nostalgia for the 70s. Holding Dad's big calloused, fire-bitten hand beside an oil drum brazier, on strike outside the Fire Station. The leccy going off after Black Beauty on TV. Frost ferns on Crittall windows. Christmas theatre trips from the Fire Brigade family hardship fund..
November 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I have plenty of nostalgia for the 70s. Holding Dad's big calloused, fire-bitten hand beside an oil drum brazier, on strike outside the Fire Station. The leccy going off after Black Beauty on TV. Frost ferns on Crittall windows. Christmas theatre trips from the Fire Brigade family hardship fund..
Whenever I see people saying ‘life was better 50 years ago’, I remember the oil crisis, the three-day week, the bin strike, the food shortages -sugar, bread.
The 70s were crap. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
The 70s were crap. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
November 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Whenever I see people saying ‘life was better 50 years ago’, I remember the oil crisis, the three-day week, the bin strike, the food shortages -sugar, bread.
The 70s were crap. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
The 70s were crap. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
This diptych was made for a London scrivener or local clerk, Henry Farley, as part of his campaign for the restoration of St Paul’s Cathedral from 1615 until 1622.
November 13, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
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November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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November 11, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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You can be assured that tendentious memo by Michael Prescott, and the co-ordinated combination of the Telegraph, Mail, Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage and the White House means that the BBC hit job has been long in the planning, and has some insider help
November 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
You can be assured that tendentious memo by Michael Prescott, and the co-ordinated combination of the Telegraph, Mail, Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage and the White House means that the BBC hit job has been long in the planning, and has some insider help
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
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Blue fleabane still flowering in Ely. #WildflowerHour
November 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Blue fleabane still flowering in Ely. #WildflowerHour