I sew and write and live quietly. I love nature, photography, exploring, art, craft, culture, creativity, courage and kindness.
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Mission accomplished!
I’ve finally found all 240 wildflowers in my Collins Gem guide. The project has taken me many years and to many places, from seashores to mountain tops, and I've absolutely loved it! 🧵
#wildflowerhour #TwitterNatureCommunity #wildflowerhunt
Hello #WildflowerHour! I’ve just published a Substack essay about finding comfort and wonder in nature, including a mention of this lovely community, which has inspired me over the years.
Does anyone here have a Substack about wildflowers or the natural world? I’d love to discover your work. Please share your links! 🌸
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Local finds for #WildflowerHour 🌸 Feverfew, knapweed, cranesbill and dandelion, plus the joy of a Red admiral visiting our garden 🍂
Introducing Bramble, my new nature-hunting partner 🐾🌼 She’s too young to walk on public ground, so this week she travelled in her puppy sling while we searched and sniffed for wildflowers. #StillFlowering . We found bindweed, feverfew, knapweed, ragwort and hawkweed. – at Marlow, South East
A wonderful wander on the @ThamesPathNT between Marlow and Henley revealed some busy #Pollinatorpals. Sainfoin, knapweed, mallow, scabious and mullein were buzzing and fluttering with life. #wildflowerhour #meadowflowers #thamespath
Just metres away from the bustling town regatta, I found a wildlife haven at All Saints Church, Marlow @ThamesPathNT
Bees, butterflies and damselflies were enjoying the flowers, and I enjoyed the peace.
#ChurchyardFlowers #wildflowerhour – at Marlow, South East
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Happy new week. Smelling it before I saw it, I'm welcoming in Monday with this fragrant Philadelphus. Growing wild in the country park 🤍 #GardeningX #SummerFlowers
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#June by Eugene Grasset, for La Belle Jardinerie, #artnouveau calendar, 1896.
#June1st #1stJune #FolkloreSunday #MythologyMonday
It was lovely spending some of Easter Sunday in the garden, finding all these wildflowers there, including cowslips for the @wildflower_hour challenge.
#cowslipchallenge #wildflowerhour #eastersunday
I remembered to look up as I walked the @ThamesPathNT past Goring for the “trees in flower” challenge. Spotted crab apple and sycamore in flower, plus a bee busy in the willow catkins. I learned that catkins are clusters of tiny, specialised flowers. #treeflowers #WildflowerHour
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Few plants can have as many legends and stories attached to them as Mistletoe. However, my favourite is in the Asterix stories - it has to be cut with a golden sickle, by druid Getafix, to be the key ingredient of his magic potion 😉 #storyplants #wildflowerhour @wildflower_hour
Alexanders is a plant with a past.
Brought to Britain by the Romans as a food source, every part is edible.
Now it grows wild along our coasts and roadsides, mostly unnoticed…
Petroselinum alexandrianum = parsley of Alexandria
#storyplants #wildflowers #Alexanders #foraging
For this week’s @wildflower_hour #WhiteFlowers challenge.
All photographed in my garden or very close to home: daisy, white violet, bittercress, whitlowgrass, white dead-nettle and snowdrop. #WildflowerHour #botany #nature
Taking part today in the #NewYearPlantHunt made me look closer and appreciate the brave little blooms of periwinkle, primrose and daisy, colourful berries and birdsong found along the @ThamesPathNT.
#wildflowerhour @BSBIbotany
Even in the heart of London there are wildflowers to discover. A walk by the Serpentine in Hyde Park and through Kensington Gardens revealed gypsywort, ragwort, purple loosestrife and skullcap in bloom. #wildflowerhour #natureinthecity #urbanwildlife
A dreamy summer morning on the @ThamesPathNT between Marlow & Bourne End… Sun beams on sapphire aster, fleabane shining yellow, hawthorn berries ripening and one happy dog paddling ✨ #wildflowerhour #daisyfamily
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20th January is #BlueMonday, so here are some blue flowers that will hopefully lift your spirits, and remind you that spring isn’t far away! #nature
ALT This collage features a variety of vibrant blue spring flowers, including pansies, grape hyacinths, bluebells, and forget-me-nots. A honeybee is seen collecting nectar from delicate blue blossoms. The flowers are set against a lush green background, highlighting their vivid hues and intricate petal details. The composition showcases different shades of blue and various floral shapes, celebrating the beauty of spring blooms.
It was a rainy walk along @ThamesPathNT today for Marlow's first Mental Health Mates walk. I've set up the Marlow local group to help people connect while walking and talking outdoors. It's amazing how soothing nature can be, no matter the weather. There were lots of things of interest along the way including quince, periwinkle, spindle berries and a shivering primrose. #wildflowerhour #mentalhealthmates #naturespotting #mentalhealthmatters #TwitterNaturePhotography #TwitterNatureCommunity #Thamespath
