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Mabelmary
@mabelmary.bsky.social
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Married, retired teacher & gardener living in Berlin, Germany. (she, her)
Learning about bees and butterflies. Pollinators are essential for our survival. Dare to let your grass grow.
Photos that I post are taken with my iPhone.
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Frosty red rose in my garden this morning.
Red rose petals covered with white frost is attached to frosty green stem and leaves.
November 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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My garden continues to surprise me with colors. White chrysanthemums contrast with fallen Red Japanese maple leaves.
Three white flowered chrysanthemum plants with green stems and leaves are surrounded by fallen red Japanese maple leaves. In the upper right corner is the tree trunk and a grayish stone.
November 5, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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View of English Bay, Vancouver, BC, Canada
View of English Bay in Vancouver, BC. On the right is a rocky shore separates a walkway and a stand of trees and the bay. People are walking on the trail. In the background are blue colored mountains below a sky with white and blue clouds.
October 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Mute swans
#swans #waterfowl #nature
#LakeTegel #TegelerSee
#Berlin #Reinickendorf
Two white mute swans float on lake water.
September 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Red Rose with two rosebuds from my Garden for #ColorADay #RedWed #RedRoseWednesday #Flowers
In the photo, there is a blooming red rose and two rosebuds that are still protected by green sepals. One rosebud is above the rose. On the right side is another rosebud on a long green stem. The rose is surrounded by green leaves that are blurry.
September 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Oh how I loved watching this honeybee buzzing around the Sedum ‘Autumn Joy.’
#MacroMonday
#Honeybees #pollinators
#Bloomscrolling
A honeybee gathers pollen from the tiny pink and white flowers on a Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ bloom.
September 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Getting ready to pick our plentiful purple plums (Prunus domestica).
A cluster of eight purple plums are hanging on a thin woody branch surrounded by green leaves. The sun peeks through the leaves on the top left with blue sky on the right side.
August 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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A black carpenter bee with shiny wings lands on the yellow center of a pink cosmos flower.
#PinkMon
#MacroMonday
#Pollinators
A black carpenter bee with shiny wings lands on the yellow center of a pink cosmos flower.
August 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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I discovered this lovely Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) resting on my terrace this morning.
#butterflies
#nature
A Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) is resting on a brown stone paver. The butterfly has a brown body. Its wings are orange and black with white spots near the wingtips.
July 30, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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The first purple morning glory (Ipomoea purpurea) looking very velvety in my garden this morning.
A morning glory (Ipomoea purpurea) with purple and crimson ruffled petals and a pink to white throat peeks through two slats of a wooden fence. Three green heart-shaped leaves on stems can be seen above the flower.
July 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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I love my cheery clump of Blue Balloon Flowers (Platycodon grandiflorus).
#bluemonday
#blueflowers
In the center of the photo is a clump of Balloon Flowers (Platycodon grandiflorus). Each green stem has green leaves at the bottom and includes blue, bell-shaped flowers with white centers plus many unopened buds that look like small silver balloons.
July 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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I was excited to finally get this photo of a very energetic Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia) on my Annabelle Hydrangea this morning.
#insectsThursday
The Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia) is orange with black spots. It sits on a large, creamy-white Annabelle Hydrangea flower. At the bottom of the photo are green leaves and a little bit of the orange clay pot.
July 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Tart cherries after the rain.
Three red cherries - each attached to a thin, green stem to a tree limb. A raindrop clings to the bottom of the middle cherry and the cherry on the right. Three cherry leaves are on the right.
July 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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European Peacock Butterfly (Aglais io)
European Peacock Butterfly (Aglais io) with rust-colored wings and four colorful eyespots on its wingtips sits on a pink cosmos flower which is surrounded by green feathery leaves.
July 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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My peonies and two rose bushes putting on a spectacular show of blooms together this June.
#gardening
At the bottom right is one pink peony bloom surrounded by dark pink roses in the middle and dark red roses at the top.
June 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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My purple clematis bloomed between rain showers today.
Purple clematis bloom with yellow center and raindrops on upper petals. Surrounded by blurry green leaves and green grass.
May 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Vibrant red bougainvillea vine growing in a narrow side street in
Mdina, Malta.
On the right is a red bougainvillea vine growing against light brown brick limestone walls in a narrow side street. A glass hanging street light is in front of the flowers.
May 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Bleeding Heart blooming in my front garden.
#FlowersonFriday
On the left side are flowers called Bleeding Heart. Pink heart-shaped flowers with a white tip bloom on long stems surrounded by green leaves. On the right, are small stones that line the sidewalk.
May 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Found out this important pollinator is the Hairy Footed Flower Bee (Anthophora plumipes) that is buzzing around my purple creeping phlox.
#pollinators
#flowersforfriday
This Hairy Footed Flower Bee has a fuzzy amber brown body. The creeping phlox flowers are light purple with small green stems.
April 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Purple Tulip
#TulipTuesday
One purple tulip on green stem with green leaves.
April 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Tulips in my garden.
#Tulips
April 17, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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The first ornamental cherry trees in blossom at the local university.
Ornamental cherry tree with pink blossoms.
April 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Happy #FlowersOnFriday I’m so excited to be greeted by this first delightful daffodil near my front porch on this sunny Friday.
Daffodil flower with large yellow petals and inner yellow cup with ruffly edges on long green stem with green leaves.
March 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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I found this darling blue flower growing through the paving stones down the street today. Happy First Day of Spring!
I found this darling blue flower growing through the paving stones down the street today. Happy First Day of Spring!
March 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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I spotted the first crocuses near my bus stop, and I felt like I found treasure.
March 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM