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ThornyHedges
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Family, friends, music, green spaces, horticulture & nature are my happy places with a book or two thrown in for good measure. #wildlife #trees #photography #nature #cats
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A couple of photos from our walk this morning. Beautiful clear sky, crisp underfoot and fresh air 🍂
Bottom - Beech leaves fallen on the ground Left - vertical wooden fence slats with green patches Centre - The trunk of an elder tree growing over a wire fence Right - Round wooden fence post with green patches The last week leaf hanging in there at the top of an otherwise bare tree.
November 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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November 6, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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A demonstration built from fallen branches on top of Beech leaves with a wee loch in the background. Moss up close
November 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Pine trees with pathway to left and deciduous trees in the background to the right. Fungi fruiting bodies emerging through fallen Beech leaves.
November 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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A few photos from our walk this morning
Geese resting by the side of the loch in the midst of tall pines. Buttress roots on a pine tree.
November 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Have you read this book by @robinince.bsky.social? Highly recommended.
Front cover of Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal by Robin Ince.
October 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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This innocent looking furball woke me at 4am by miaowing in my face. I conceded and fed him, returning to bed. He returned 15 minutes later miaowing loudly. Back downstairs I went to let the wee horror out. My reward? He's settled down on my lap for a snooze complaining if I attempt to move. 🐈‍⬛❤️
Black cat curled up on a blanket sleeping after a night out on the tiles!
October 22, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Do not disturb .
A small black cat curled up on a duvet.
October 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Open for full view. #ThickTrunkTuesday
An old tree trunk on the ground with fruiting bodies of fungi emerging. Behind is a loch with trees at the edge. In the foreground is grass with autumn leaves.
October 21, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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I began listening to Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal by @robinince.bsky.social back when I subscribed a popular streaming service. However, I saw this edition in @ffmaddingcrowd.bsky.social and decided to read it myself. I have not regretted it!
Front cover of the Signed Independent Bookshop Edition of Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal by Robin Ince.
October 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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🍂🐞
Ladybird resting on a black plant label with green writing. At the bottom of the photo are strands of dry grass.
October 18, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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I was summoned outside by 🐈‍⬛ for a wee wander around the garden and spotted the morning dew/rain on plants & ornaments.
Dew/rain drops balancing on leaves. Dew/rain drops in crevices on Green Man garden ornament.
October 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Acorns acorns acorns. What a beautiful sight.
Grass beneath an oak tree with a significant number of acorns scattered. It's definitely a mast year.
October 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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The decorating is complete and 🐈‍⬛ is back in his favourite spot. All is well again!
Black cat curled up on a bed with small cushions embroidered with bees behind him.
October 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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This Fatsia japonica is a favourite for wrens, sparrows, and robins to shelter and feed on wee beasties.
Window frame. Outside the window is a Fatsia japonica. Inside the window is an armchair with a red and white throw, on top of which is a hand knitted woollen blanket.
October 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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October 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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This wee blanket is currently being used week about by two cats 🐈‍⬛️ & 🐈 who, in a few weeks' time, will be living in the same house. We're using it to get them used to each other's scent. It is a slow process to keep it as stress free as possible. 🤞
A small black cat curled up on a dining chair with a multicoloured crochet square. The chair is on a wooden floor. Behind the chair is a Monstera plant.
October 5, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Zzzz 🐈‍⬛ on a sunny Sunday afternoon.
In the centre is our small black cat curled up on a white woolly fleece on top of the shelf on my potting shed. To the left are two wee gonks that I was given last Christmas. Through the window in the dappled autimn sunlight are Buddleja and Honeysuckle plants. The tin to the right contained coffee and was a gift. I've recycled it to use in the potting shed for bits and bobs. Beneath the shelf are three pot feet.
September 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Another productive morning! The forecast earlier this week was for heavy rain, but we have blue skies and sunshine instead. This gave me a chance to empty a raised bed and move it to somewhere more sensible.
Brownish redish wooden raised bed that has been emptied and moved to a better position. To the left is the vertical wooden fence that divides our and our neighbour's gardens. To the right is the grey concrete slab path installed when the house was built. A collection of pots containing the soil/compost removed from the raised bed. To the left is a wooden wall constructed of sleepers with three stones on the top. To the right is our scruffy lawn. The remaining stones and compost from the base of the raised bed. To the left is the red brick wall of the house. To the right are redish slabs still to be moved, and at the bottom of the photo are whiteish stone chips.
September 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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As part of the autumnal tidy up (no, I'm not cutting things back!), I started to riddle a pile of compost that has lain down the side of the house since the summer, when I spotted a wee grumpy bumblebee. She's found somewhere to hibernate, so I gently covered her & left her to prepare for winter.
Brown fence at the top with vertical slats. To the left is a large black pot containing riddled compost as well as a long handled trowel and soil scoop. In the centre is the riddle raised on a stick to protect the hibernating bee. At the top right, there's a stack of plant pot saucers on a grey slab. In the foreground are stone chips and the odd weed or two.
September 26, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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#redWed
Ladybird
Euonymous alatus
In focus is a ladybird walking along the edge of a green trug. In the background, slightly blurred are white stone chips to the left and the green trug to the right. Euonymous alatus with beautiful autumnal red foliage, planted in a slate grey cube pot decorated with foliage relief. To the left is lawn, and to the right is a pale blue ceramic rabbit sitting on top of a raised bed constructed from wooden sleepers.
September 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Black cat sprawled across a cushion on a garden chair in the shed.
September 21, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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The furry one is back to his mischievous self.
Black cat playing with toys.
September 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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After staring at this horrible wall for far too long, we've begun adding the first layer of white paint to hide it. I have a feeling that it will need a few! more coats. 😱💪
Purple interior wall with first coat of white paint started to be applied. White door to the right. 10l pot of white paint on the floor next to a roller in a tray and paintbrush on the lid.
September 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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I'm not one for having a moan on 🦋, and try to keep things light. However, these are an ABOMINATION!
Horticultural trolley stacked with sprayed Heathers. Each layer is a different colour. Beginning at the top green, red, dark blue, yellow, purple, orange, teal & pink.
September 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM