Stephen Spitewinter
@spitewinter.bsky.social
🌱 #History, #Botany, #Plants, #Gardening, #Art, #Allotment, Economic & Social History, Small-scale food production, Cricket. Mending old things and restoring old houses. Location 🇬🇧
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I'm sometimes in a hurry! All typos and spelling mistakes (particularly the Latin ones) are entirely my own! 🙂
#plants #history #botany #art 🍆
Friday has crept up on me again - weather forecast for the weekend is awful. I'm just going to stay home and stare at #vegetables 🙁
James Peale (1749-1832)
Balsam Apple and Vegetables
Oils on Canvas c1820s.
Original at the Met -
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
Friday has crept up on me again - weather forecast for the weekend is awful. I'm just going to stay home and stare at #vegetables 🙁
James Peale (1749-1832)
Balsam Apple and Vegetables
Oils on Canvas c1820s.
Original at the Met -
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
November 14, 2025 at 1:21 AM
#plants #history #botany #art 🍆
Friday has crept up on me again - weather forecast for the weekend is awful. I'm just going to stay home and stare at #vegetables 🙁
James Peale (1749-1832)
Balsam Apple and Vegetables
Oils on Canvas c1820s.
Original at the Met -
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
Friday has crept up on me again - weather forecast for the weekend is awful. I'm just going to stay home and stare at #vegetables 🙁
James Peale (1749-1832)
Balsam Apple and Vegetables
Oils on Canvas c1820s.
Original at the Met -
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
#plants #history #botany #art 🌱
Rhopalostylis sapida - Nīkau
It's coming up to summer in the S Hemisphere. This is Nīkau, #NewZealand 's only native palm.
And this is a link to Nīkau in the Motutapu Island Restoration project web site:
Read all about it 🙂 -
www.motutapu.org.nz/news/nikau--...
Rhopalostylis sapida - Nīkau
It's coming up to summer in the S Hemisphere. This is Nīkau, #NewZealand 's only native palm.
And this is a link to Nīkau in the Motutapu Island Restoration project web site:
Read all about it 🙂 -
www.motutapu.org.nz/news/nikau--...
November 13, 2025 at 7:15 AM
#plants #history #botany #art 🌱
Rhopalostylis sapida - Nīkau
It's coming up to summer in the S Hemisphere. This is Nīkau, #NewZealand 's only native palm.
And this is a link to Nīkau in the Motutapu Island Restoration project web site:
Read all about it 🙂 -
www.motutapu.org.nz/news/nikau--...
Rhopalostylis sapida - Nīkau
It's coming up to summer in the S Hemisphere. This is Nīkau, #NewZealand 's only native palm.
And this is a link to Nīkau in the Motutapu Island Restoration project web site:
Read all about it 🙂 -
www.motutapu.org.nz/news/nikau--...
#plants #history #botany #art 🌼
Gentiana asclepiadea - Willow Gentian
In the N Hemisphere the winter days are shortening quickly. I think it's time for something bright. Willow gentian should have finished flowering by now but you may find some seed pods.
RHS HowTo
www.rhs.org.uk/plants/7765/...
Gentiana asclepiadea - Willow Gentian
In the N Hemisphere the winter days are shortening quickly. I think it's time for something bright. Willow gentian should have finished flowering by now but you may find some seed pods.
RHS HowTo
www.rhs.org.uk/plants/7765/...
November 12, 2025 at 11:10 AM
#plants #history #botany #art 🌼
Gentiana asclepiadea - Willow Gentian
In the N Hemisphere the winter days are shortening quickly. I think it's time for something bright. Willow gentian should have finished flowering by now but you may find some seed pods.
RHS HowTo
www.rhs.org.uk/plants/7765/...
Gentiana asclepiadea - Willow Gentian
In the N Hemisphere the winter days are shortening quickly. I think it's time for something bright. Willow gentian should have finished flowering by now but you may find some seed pods.
RHS HowTo
www.rhs.org.uk/plants/7765/...
#plants #history #botany #art 🌱
Drosera rotundifolia - Round-Leaved Sundew
A reminder of how adaptable plants are in even the most unlikely of environments. Common to Northern Hemisphere, all continents.
A good, short article from the 🇬🇧 Wildlife Trust:
www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-exp...
Drosera rotundifolia - Round-Leaved Sundew
A reminder of how adaptable plants are in even the most unlikely of environments. Common to Northern Hemisphere, all continents.
A good, short article from the 🇬🇧 Wildlife Trust:
www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-exp...
November 10, 2025 at 8:21 AM
#plants #history #botany #art 🌱
Drosera rotundifolia - Round-Leaved Sundew
A reminder of how adaptable plants are in even the most unlikely of environments. Common to Northern Hemisphere, all continents.
A good, short article from the 🇬🇧 Wildlife Trust:
www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-exp...
Drosera rotundifolia - Round-Leaved Sundew
A reminder of how adaptable plants are in even the most unlikely of environments. Common to Northern Hemisphere, all continents.
A good, short article from the 🇬🇧 Wildlife Trust:
www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-exp...
#plants #history #botany #art
Papaver Rhoeas - Common Poppy
Remembrance Sunday in 🇬🇧.
The guns of 1914 - 1918 fell silent, and we wear poppies. We pay our respects to all those who have served and fallen in the defence of our freedom.
In Flanders Fields
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47380/...
Papaver Rhoeas - Common Poppy
Remembrance Sunday in 🇬🇧.
The guns of 1914 - 1918 fell silent, and we wear poppies. We pay our respects to all those who have served and fallen in the defence of our freedom.
In Flanders Fields
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47380/...
November 9, 2025 at 8:29 AM
#plants #history #botany #art
Papaver Rhoeas - Common Poppy
Remembrance Sunday in 🇬🇧.
The guns of 1914 - 1918 fell silent, and we wear poppies. We pay our respects to all those who have served and fallen in the defence of our freedom.
In Flanders Fields
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47380/...
Papaver Rhoeas - Common Poppy
Remembrance Sunday in 🇬🇧.
The guns of 1914 - 1918 fell silent, and we wear poppies. We pay our respects to all those who have served and fallen in the defence of our freedom.
In Flanders Fields
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47380/...
#plants #trees #history #botany #art 🌳
Have a good weekend, get out into the woods and enjoy a little solitude if you can. 🙂
Sergei Vinogradov 1869-1938 USSR
'A walk through the woods in Autumn'
Oils on Canvas c1925 (?)
Short bio and other works:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_...
Have a good weekend, get out into the woods and enjoy a little solitude if you can. 🙂
Sergei Vinogradov 1869-1938 USSR
'A walk through the woods in Autumn'
Oils on Canvas c1925 (?)
Short bio and other works:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_...
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Reposted by Stephen Spitewinter
Today's #OnlineArtExchange is most dramatic artworks ⚡🌟
We're starting with some theatrical portraits 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/hamming-it-up-a-closer-look-at-the-genre-of-theatrical-portraits
'Dame Ellen Terry, as Lady Macbeth' by Reginald Grenville Eves (1876–1941) 📷 Eden herb
We're starting with some theatrical portraits 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/hamming-it-up-a-closer-look-at-the-genre-of-theatrical-portraits
'Dame Ellen Terry, as Lady Macbeth' by Reginald Grenville Eves (1876–1941) 📷 Eden herb
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Today's #OnlineArtExchange is most dramatic artworks ⚡🌟
We're starting with some theatrical portraits 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/hamming-it-up-a-closer-look-at-the-genre-of-theatrical-portraits
'Dame Ellen Terry, as Lady Macbeth' by Reginald Grenville Eves (1876–1941) 📷 Eden herb
We're starting with some theatrical portraits 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/hamming-it-up-a-closer-look-at-the-genre-of-theatrical-portraits
'Dame Ellen Terry, as Lady Macbeth' by Reginald Grenville Eves (1876–1941) 📷 Eden herb
#plants #history #botany #art 🌱
Good Morning, All... I'm now fitted with newly repaired eyesight and it's good to see you! 🧐
Sir George Clausen, R.A. 1852-1944
'Ploughing on an Autumn day'
Pencil, Watercolour, Ink and Gouache, c1925
Short bio and other works:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_...
Good Morning, All... I'm now fitted with newly repaired eyesight and it's good to see you! 🧐
Sir George Clausen, R.A. 1852-1944
'Ploughing on an Autumn day'
Pencil, Watercolour, Ink and Gouache, c1925
Short bio and other works:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_...
November 6, 2025 at 2:08 AM
#plants #history #botany #art 🌱
Good Morning, All... I'm now fitted with newly repaired eyesight and it's good to see you! 🧐
Sir George Clausen, R.A. 1852-1944
'Ploughing on an Autumn day'
Pencil, Watercolour, Ink and Gouache, c1925
Short bio and other works:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_...
Good Morning, All... I'm now fitted with newly repaired eyesight and it's good to see you! 🧐
Sir George Clausen, R.A. 1852-1944
'Ploughing on an Autumn day'
Pencil, Watercolour, Ink and Gouache, c1925
Short bio and other works:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_...
#plants #trees #history #botany #art 🌲
Larix decidua - European Larch
A favourite of commercial timber planters. Tough, deciduous and withstands very low temperatures. My thanks to wbfmorningstar.bsky.social 🙂
Guide to identifying common forestry (I need one...)
ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/an...
Larix decidua - European Larch
A favourite of commercial timber planters. Tough, deciduous and withstands very low temperatures. My thanks to wbfmorningstar.bsky.social 🙂
Guide to identifying common forestry (I need one...)
ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/an...
November 6, 2025 at 2:08 AM
#plants #trees #history #botany #art 🌲
Larix decidua - European Larch
A favourite of commercial timber planters. Tough, deciduous and withstands very low temperatures. My thanks to wbfmorningstar.bsky.social 🙂
Guide to identifying common forestry (I need one...)
ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/an...
Larix decidua - European Larch
A favourite of commercial timber planters. Tough, deciduous and withstands very low temperatures. My thanks to wbfmorningstar.bsky.social 🙂
Guide to identifying common forestry (I need one...)
ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/an...
#plants #history #botany #art 🌱
Erythroxylum coca - Coca (shrub)
🧵/1
And so here's the plant that's making my eye surgery possible. It gets a bad name but it's where most modern local anaesthetics originate. I've posted it before but I've a special interest this week.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca
Erythroxylum coca - Coca (shrub)
🧵/1
And so here's the plant that's making my eye surgery possible. It gets a bad name but it's where most modern local anaesthetics originate. I've posted it before but I've a special interest this week.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca
November 3, 2025 at 1:08 AM
#plants #history #botany #art 🌱
Erythroxylum coca - Coca (shrub)
🧵/1
And so here's the plant that's making my eye surgery possible. It gets a bad name but it's where most modern local anaesthetics originate. I've posted it before but I've a special interest this week.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca
Erythroxylum coca - Coca (shrub)
🧵/1
And so here's the plant that's making my eye surgery possible. It gets a bad name but it's where most modern local anaesthetics originate. I've posted it before but I've a special interest this week.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca
Reposted by Stephen Spitewinter
If you are celebrating Bonfire Night this weekend, wherever you live in the world, please check for Wildlife before lighting! 🔥🦔 If you live in the UK please check for hedgehogs as they will make a home in an unlit bonfire pile 🪵🦔🍂 #bonfire #bonfirenight #hedgehog #nature #wildlife #halloween #hogs
November 1, 2025 at 12:18 AM
If you are celebrating Bonfire Night this weekend, wherever you live in the world, please check for Wildlife before lighting! 🔥🦔 If you live in the UK please check for hedgehogs as they will make a home in an unlit bonfire pile 🪵🦔🍂 #bonfire #bonfirenight #hedgehog #nature #wildlife #halloween #hogs
I just noticed. Well done everybody!
October 31, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I just noticed. Well done everybody!
#plants #history #botany #art
Friday has arrived in Europe. Walk in the park. Have a good weekend!
Abram Anshelevich Manievich (1883-1942)
Bronx River Park (Sometimes listed as Bronx Park - not the same, I know.)
Oils on canvas c1923
Short bio. & views of other works:
arthive.com/artists/2398...
Friday has arrived in Europe. Walk in the park. Have a good weekend!
Abram Anshelevich Manievich (1883-1942)
Bronx River Park (Sometimes listed as Bronx Park - not the same, I know.)
Oils on canvas c1923
Short bio. & views of other works:
arthive.com/artists/2398...
October 31, 2025 at 12:54 AM
#plants #history #botany #art
Friday has arrived in Europe. Walk in the park. Have a good weekend!
Abram Anshelevich Manievich (1883-1942)
Bronx River Park (Sometimes listed as Bronx Park - not the same, I know.)
Oils on canvas c1923
Short bio. & views of other works:
arthive.com/artists/2398...
Friday has arrived in Europe. Walk in the park. Have a good weekend!
Abram Anshelevich Manievich (1883-1942)
Bronx River Park (Sometimes listed as Bronx Park - not the same, I know.)
Oils on canvas c1923
Short bio. & views of other works:
arthive.com/artists/2398...
#plants #gardening #roses #botany #history #art 🌼
Rosa × odorata - Tea Rose Comtesse de Nadaillac
Roses come and go, this one is still with us after 150 years. Comtesse de Nadaillac was bred by Jean-Baptiste André (fils) Guillot (1827-1893) in France, c1871. This illustration published c1889.
Rosa × odorata - Tea Rose Comtesse de Nadaillac
Roses come and go, this one is still with us after 150 years. Comtesse de Nadaillac was bred by Jean-Baptiste André (fils) Guillot (1827-1893) in France, c1871. This illustration published c1889.
October 30, 2025 at 4:58 AM
#plants #history #botany #history #art 🌼
Kniphofia uvaria - Torch Lily, Red Hot Poker
Split & gift clumps of K.uvaria with friends for free new plants in bright, #bee & #pollinator friendly gardens. Origins S #Africa C19th, published c1841
How to propagate:
www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/grow-...
Kniphofia uvaria - Torch Lily, Red Hot Poker
Split & gift clumps of K.uvaria with friends for free new plants in bright, #bee & #pollinator friendly gardens. Origins S #Africa C19th, published c1841
How to propagate:
www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/grow-...
October 29, 2025 at 4:47 AM
#plants #history #botany #history #art 🌼
Kniphofia uvaria - Torch Lily, Red Hot Poker
Split & gift clumps of K.uvaria with friends for free new plants in bright, #bee & #pollinator friendly gardens. Origins S #Africa C19th, published c1841
How to propagate:
www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/grow-...
Kniphofia uvaria - Torch Lily, Red Hot Poker
Split & gift clumps of K.uvaria with friends for free new plants in bright, #bee & #pollinator friendly gardens. Origins S #Africa C19th, published c1841
How to propagate:
www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/grow-...
#plants #ferns #history #botany #art 🌱
Struthiopteris spicant syn. Blechnum spicant - Deer Fern, Hard Fern.
Hardy, attractive and very adaptable ancient fern common from #Nordic countries to #Iran, and #Pacific NW seaboard from #Alaska to #California.
Grow ferns -
www.rhs.org.uk/plants/types...
Struthiopteris spicant syn. Blechnum spicant - Deer Fern, Hard Fern.
Hardy, attractive and very adaptable ancient fern common from #Nordic countries to #Iran, and #Pacific NW seaboard from #Alaska to #California.
Grow ferns -
www.rhs.org.uk/plants/types...
October 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
#plants #history #botany #art 🌼
Banksia menziesii - Firewood Banksia, Menzies Banksia
W. #Australia, and B.menziesii recorded by Sir Joseph Banks, voyage of HMS Endeavour, 1768-71. Named after Archibald Menzies, surgeon and botanist. Illustration by Ellis Rowan
Ref:
anpsa.org.au/plant_profil...
Banksia menziesii - Firewood Banksia, Menzies Banksia
W. #Australia, and B.menziesii recorded by Sir Joseph Banks, voyage of HMS Endeavour, 1768-71. Named after Archibald Menzies, surgeon and botanist. Illustration by Ellis Rowan
Ref:
anpsa.org.au/plant_profil...
October 27, 2025 at 9:14 AM
#plants #history #botany #art 🌼
Banksia menziesii - Firewood Banksia, Menzies Banksia
W. #Australia, and B.menziesii recorded by Sir Joseph Banks, voyage of HMS Endeavour, 1768-71. Named after Archibald Menzies, surgeon and botanist. Illustration by Ellis Rowan
Ref:
anpsa.org.au/plant_profil...
Banksia menziesii - Firewood Banksia, Menzies Banksia
W. #Australia, and B.menziesii recorded by Sir Joseph Banks, voyage of HMS Endeavour, 1768-71. Named after Archibald Menzies, surgeon and botanist. Illustration by Ellis Rowan
Ref:
anpsa.org.au/plant_profil...
I just noticed a post by bsky.app/profile/gr33... about un-mendable appliances.
The iFixit Community in the UK try to fix anything, regardless of the obstacles thrown into the way by big business.
www.ifixit.com
And a series of podcasts to show what they get up to:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
The iFixit Community in the UK try to fix anything, regardless of the obstacles thrown into the way by big business.
www.ifixit.com
And a series of podcasts to show what they get up to:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
BBC Sounds - Dare to Repair - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of Dare to Repair on BBC Sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I just noticed a post by bsky.app/profile/gr33... about un-mendable appliances.
The iFixit Community in the UK try to fix anything, regardless of the obstacles thrown into the way by big business.
www.ifixit.com
And a series of podcasts to show what they get up to:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
The iFixit Community in the UK try to fix anything, regardless of the obstacles thrown into the way by big business.
www.ifixit.com
And a series of podcasts to show what they get up to:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
#plants #trees #history #art 🌳
Friday is here and I wish you all a peaceful weekend, and do something outside if that's possible. I'm going to be having a very intense tidy up and putting out my winter clothes.
William Alexander Griffith 1866-1940
American Autumn Landscape
Oils on canvas c1928
Friday is here and I wish you all a peaceful weekend, and do something outside if that's possible. I'm going to be having a very intense tidy up and putting out my winter clothes.
William Alexander Griffith 1866-1940
American Autumn Landscape
Oils on canvas c1928
October 24, 2025 at 7:47 AM
While the UK's Dig for Victory campaign to promote urban food produce in WW2 is part of national story, here in Catalonia the remarkable work by Barcelona's anarchist city farming collectives during the Civil War was forgotten, but has come to light thanks to research by MartaCamps+SantiagoGorostiza
October 23, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Reposted by Stephen Spitewinter
you can say what you want about mercantilism but it's a beauty. it's in Sydney but they cross the ocean all the time. southernwoodenboatsailing.com/news/duyfken...
DUYFKEN- The Little Dove — Southern Woodenboat Sailing
DUYFKEN —Little Dove—was 80 feet long, shoal draft and carvel planked. She had three masts and a total of six working sails. She was fast, sturdy and had a relatively small crew of 20. Her design wa...
southernwoodenboatsailing.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
you can say what you want about mercantilism but it's a beauty. it's in Sydney but they cross the ocean all the time. southernwoodenboatsailing.com/news/duyfken...