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Orchids, botany. I run a Facebook group on the Orchids of Kent (UK).
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For #AnOrchidADay:

Broad leaved helleborine. #Orchid
November 22, 2025 at 6:25 AM
In case you forget....

One of two such guides at St. James the Great, Staple, Kent.
November 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
For #BSkyBeer:

Fuller's 2025 Vintage Ale.

Such wonderful rich flavours, pours deep red, good head.

A stunna.
November 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
For #AnOrchidADay:

A statuesque Musk #Orchid.

From the 2018 season
November 21, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Unexpected early morning storm!
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 AM
For #BSkyBeer:

Brass Castle's Fifty Shades of Ginger. Ginger Porter.

A great porter with deep chocolate notes, but no ginger whatsoever. Maybe put in the wrong can? A fine porter though.
November 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Sign o the times at St Mary the Virgin, Eastry, Kent.
November 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
For #AnOrchidADay:

Common Fragrant #Orchid, Gymnadenia conopsea
November 20, 2025 at 6:28 AM
16th Century Royal Coat of Arms of Edward VI at St Mary the Virgin, Westerham, Kent for #woodensday

So old there's no chained unicorn!
November 19, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Here's looking at you kid...

#Kent
November 19, 2025 at 7:29 AM
For #AnOrchidADay:

Violet helleborine #Orchid
November 19, 2025 at 6:40 AM
For #AnOrchidADay:

Ophrys insectifera var ochroleuca.

AKA, the Green Fly #Orchid of Kent.

From the 2018 season, when it was first found.
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Good to see the Hardy Orchid Society here on Bly Sky now!

@hardyorchidsociety.bsky.social

#Orchids
November 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
For #BSkyBeer:

Tartaurus Beers Krampus Christmas Cake imperial porter. 10.0% ABV.

Pours dark with an angry orange head.

Huge notes of mixed spice and dried fruits, if anything, even larger flavours of those on the palette.
November 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
November 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
For #MomentoMoriMonday:

Stone marker and grave (!) warning at St Mary, Nonington, Kent.

Taken in 2010, now sadly missing.
November 17, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Its been a while since I posted for #WildflowerHour, so here are some shots from east Kent:

And found flowering on 6th November, Winter heliotrope.

Over a month earlier than previous years.
November 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Its been a while since I posted for #WildflowerHour, so here are some shots from east Kent:

Le Pimpernel Scarlet!
November 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Its been a while since I posted for #WildflowerHour, so here are some shots from east Kent:

Red deadnettle
November 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Its been a while since I posted for #WildflowerHour, so here are some shots from east Kent:

Shepherd's purse
November 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
For #WildflowerHour:

Spotted medick
November 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Its been a while since I posted for #WildflowerHour, so here are some shots from east Kent:

Euphorbia euphoria!

Carpets of Petty spurge.
November 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Its been a while since I posted for #WildflowerHour, so here are some shots from east Kent:

Black nightshade also still going strong.
November 16, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Its been a while since I posted for #WildflowerHour, so here are some shots from east Kent:

Self-seeded Verbascum sp. has put up a new flowering spike in our front garden.
November 16, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Its been a while since I posted for #WildflowerHour, so here are some shots from east Kent:

Tansy still flowering and new flowers appearing daily.

It is November, right?
November 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM