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Springy

@formerspring.bsky.social

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Lives in UK, ex-techie, travelled widely for work, mountain biker - slowly on level, likes trees, open spaces, & Chalk Downs, also Scotland.

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Over 100,000 people have now signed the @nationaltrust.org.uk’s petition calling for climate resilience to be made a national mission, and for the government to restore nature to defend against wildfires and floods. Add your name below: bsky.app/profile/nati...

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Springy @formerspring.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

#standingstonesunday Avebury, Wilts, standing Sarsen, low-angle morning sunlight shows *polissoire*, worn hollow from use sharpening flint tools, before stone was stood upright in megalith circle.

Right half - vertical face of stone, grey and streaky with texture, one area hollowed slightly, smoother and lighter from use for sharpening flint tools. Left half grass with two other staning stone of this circle then beyond them part of enclosing bank in distance with unseen ditch below. One smaller 'stone' is concrete marker in position of missing stone.
This face of stone was top surface when laid flat, before being raised and used in stone circle.

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Springy @formerspring.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

#ThickTrunkTuesday - Open-grown Scots Pine, Loch an Eilein, nr Aviemore NE Scotland, shape resembles broadleaf rather than conifer.

Pine tree, substantial size, multiple side branches starting low, angled upwards and outwards. Surroundings winter's bracken, heather, and juvenile pine trees. birch at R edge.

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Springy @formerspring.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

#ThickTrunkTuesday Wind-shaped beech trees on Chalk Downs Scarp, nr Oliver's Castle, Devizes, Wilts, S England against winter sky and sunlight

Two bare beech trees, both curved by prominent strong winds from west, seen against cloudy sky with low sun. mid-winter, on prominent chalk scarp

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Springy @formerspring.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

#ThickTrunkTuesday Smaller tree self-grafts onto larger, then loses bottom of trunk. Support continues, Limes, Dyrham Park, NT, Glos, just N of Bath.

Mature lime tree has horizntal branch supporting smaller tree, the two self grafted together. Smaller has lost lower trunk and now depends on larger.

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Springy @formerspring.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

#ThickTrunkTuesday Lime or willow, but mostly mistletoe, R Stour nr Shillingstone, Dorset, S England, Jan '19

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Springy @formerspring.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

#ThickTrunkTuesday Windblown Eucalyptus, down but not out, Inverewe Gdn, NTS, nr Gairloch, NW Scotland. *Likes the tiger stripes*

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Springy @formerspring.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

This is my stick It is a nice stick And it is mine I put it on the ground I pretend to look away You try to pick it up I grab it and race around the garden Then I come back and we do it again. My son's dog - Border Terrier, when younger.

Small dog, looking away, with stick on the ground by his feet.

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Springy @formerspring.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Thank you for the only explanation so far which makes any kind of sense.

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Simeon Schmauß @stim3on.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

There are no official NASA accounts on bluesky yet, so anyone who claims to be one has probably bad intentions. Be sure to block and report them and also subscribe to the content scraper list to block similar accounts too.

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Springy @formerspring.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Thank you

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 16/11/2024

🚨 2024 is on track to be the hottest year on record. We are already seeing the impacts of climate change across Europe and the world. At #COP29, we are pushing to speed up and substantially increase climate ambition. #EUatCOP29

A graph showing the increasing temperatures from 1940 onwards, relative to the preindustrial times (1850-1900). It also reflects that the year 2024 will be the first to breach the 1.5°C threshold and will be the warmest year on record.

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Springy @formerspring.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Red Bartsia, I think, grows on Chalk, is semi-parasite on grass roots. Has a bee named for it: Red Bartsia Bee no less.

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Springy @formerspring.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Chalk Downs, mist in valley lit by low-angle morning sun

Clear winter morning on Chalk Downs, low-angle sunlight on distant valley filled with mist, woodland on horizon

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Springy @formerspring.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

Chalk Downs, valley floor opposite formerly cultivated, see buttercups, also terrace by hawthorn nr centre.

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