iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

franlough.bsky.social @franlough.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Here it was sunny and 20°, we all felt like Lena!

110

franlough.bsky.social @franlough.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Didn't the Dear Leader say he didn't want fat people in the military. Now he'll have the thinnist military ever!

040

Reposted by @franlough.bsky.social

Rick M @rickmartin.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Afternoon sky-folk, happy #SixOnSaturday, this week it's white with a hint of blue (see alt-text for details) 🌱 #Bloomscrolling #Flowers

Six pics of whats flowering in my garden this weekend. Wild garlic approaching maximum dazzle, lilly of the valley, narcissus poeticus (always the last to arrive at any party) ling standing tulip 'arctic', bluebells, and leucojum aestivium which has been flowering for weeks and weeks

28812

Reposted by @franlough.bsky.social

Fahan(Fawn)@bsky.social @fahanfawn.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

A walk round the garden. #bloomscrolling

Collage picture of an overgrown pond filled with watercress and lily pads surrounded by trees, a snowball tree, blue bellflowers, red geum, purple cornflower and rowan tree blossom.

1437329

franlough.bsky.social @franlough.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Reminded me of Boris Johnston when he couldn't find his speech. I expected Brand to start talking about Peppa Pig World.

010

Reposted by @franlough.bsky.social

Stuart Bourne 🌱🪴 @stuartbourne.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

The warm weather has brought so much in the gardens for my #SixOnSaturday They include Rhododendron, a Rose, Ceanothus, apple blossom, Weigelia and wisteria Have a great weekend, and don’t forget to water your plants 🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling

57210

franlough.bsky.social @franlough.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Here is my little friend who visits each day when I'm refilling the bird feeders around the garden. He patiently waits for me to put some down for him. Each day he comes closer to me. I really look forward to seeing him each day. #SmallBirdSaturday @javajanegallery.co.uk

A Robin, standing on the dark green cuttings of a Lylandii hedge, looks slightly sideways towards the camera. There are some sunflower seeds in front of him.

2112

Reposted by @franlough.bsky.social

Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

🌱 #sixonSaturday from my tiny garden. It has been perfect spring weather all week and everything is bursting into growth and flower. Lovely! Full description in Alt text.

A collage of six pictures from my tiny garden this week. The large picture is my Wisteria growing through an ancient apple tree which was in the garden when I moved in in 1991. The small pictures are the variegated white Honesty (Lunaria) which self seeds freely around my garden; the rounded flowers of Viburnum opulus that start green and change to brilliant white; Hosta June; Solomon’s Seal (Polygonatum) and pots of my potted up seedlings including Cosmos, Gazania and Anthirrinum or Snapdragons.

3825

Reposted by @franlough.bsky.social

Graeme Edwards @graemeedwards1.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

In today's sunny #SixOnSaturday... Violas, Welsh Poppies, the last of the Tulips, fragrant Korean Lilac, Photinia blossom & Chilean Glory Vine onemanandhisgardentrowel.wordpress.com/2026/04/25/s... 🌱

A collage of six photographs of flowers, comprising: a clump of Violas with purple and white rounded forward facing petals with splashes of purple and yellow in their centres; three yellow petalled poppies with yellow stamens and round green centres; three pale pink vase shaped Tulips with flashes of darker pink on some of the petals; a mass of tiny pale pink four petalled star-like flowers and darker pink rounded buds; a mass of small white Photinea flowers with long white stamens and red stems; five or so Chilean Glory Vine flowers resembling long red tubes with orange-yellow mouths

0356

franlough.bsky.social @franlough.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Fagarbage is following the trump play book and the MSM is happily following along with him.

001

franlough.bsky.social @franlough.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

If he had dropped dead, they would stand there until he started to decompose. It's ok, that's just his sleeping smell.

000

franlough.bsky.social @franlough.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

🌱Our Tree Fern made it through another winter and has plenty of new growth. We unwrapped it on Monday. Has had a feed. The fronds and trunk will be misted every day.🌱 #gardening #bloomscrolling #treefern

Close up of the top of the Tree Fern. Small new fronds are showing in the middle with last years growth above.

040

Reposted by @franlough.bsky.social

Jemima's Garden - Flower Seeds for Wildlife @jemimasgarden.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

If you love Moths, grow some Campions in your garden 🦋 Red Campion, (which is pink 😊), White Campion and Bladder Campion, (both white) all provide food for adult moths and some of their caterpillars 🐛 Visit our Planting for Wildlife page for more suggestions 😊 #MHHSBD

The picture shows Bladder Campion flowers and buds against a green, background, (foliage).
The flowers have white petals and pink patterned bladders behind each flower.

A group of pink Red Campion flowers against a bamboo fence with a fir tree in the background.

A single White Campion flower with buds against a green background.

33313

Reposted by @franlough.bsky.social

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 21/04/2026

A conservation measure aimed at reversing the decline in the curlew population has yielded a breakthrough as the first recorded instance of a 'headstarted' curlew that has established a breeding territory has been identified

rte.ie

Curlew conservation scheme sees breakthrough in Fermanagh

0285

Reposted by @franlough.bsky.social

Stuart Bourne 🌱🪴 @stuartbourne.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

As your seedlings germinate and start to grow, it’s worth getting ready to potentially pot them on to larger pots. Here is a short video I made demonstrating how to do this: youtu.be/FwMlQoJn_1c 🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #VegetableGarden

youtu.be

How to pot on seedlings

YouTube video by Stuart Bourne - Making gardening easier

0192

Reposted by @franlough.bsky.social

Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

For Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Petals&Perches I have my new #Robin on his second visit to the garden plus #Tulips that my lovely wife helped plant in our garden last year for #Parkinsons Awareness Month but did not live to see. #ForJanet #AlphabetChallenge #WeekPForPurple #Photography #ECK

A European Robin stands, its distinctive red/orange bib profiled, in the shade on a low brick retaining wall in front of a border containing a sunlit purple Tulip, green leaves and a taller pink Tulip.

69010

franlough.bsky.social @franlough.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

She was such a gift to the world and still sadly missed. The Ballad of Barry and Freda is a classic, "spank me on the bottom with a Woman's Weekly"!

000

franlough.bsky.social @franlough.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Lovely shots. The other half caught a few pics yesterday of a Blackbird foraging for worms. #birdoftheday #comeeatwithme

Blackbird in grass with dandelions spread around. She has a couple of Worms in her beak.

Back view of the Blackbird in grass with dandelions and a post in the background. She has Worms in her beak.

171

franlough.bsky.social @franlough.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

If that idiot knew anything about history he would know that the destruction of civilian infrastructure did not become a War Crime until after WWII. They cannot use the bombing of cities then as an excuse for their actions now.

020

franlough.bsky.social @franlough.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

The Dear Leader has just heard about the Holy See, he's ordered the Navy there immediately to blockade it!

130

Reposted by @franlough.bsky.social

Fahan(Fawn)@bsky.social @fahanfawn.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Getting brighter! #bloomscrolling

Collage picture of flowers from
the garden including white and pale pink rhododendron, shocking pink osteospermum (with different coloured centres of blue, pink and yellow), pale mauve oxalis and a pinkish white cuckoo flower.

517410

Reposted by @franlough.bsky.social

The Bee Guy @thebeeguy.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 307 Research suggests that protecting/enhancing existing #hedgerows with early blooming species like #willow, hawthorn, ground ivy, red dead-nettle, maple & cherry could improve bumblebee colony success rate from 35-100%. #bees #nature #education

016439

Reposted by @franlough.bsky.social

Stuart Bourne 🌱🪴 @stuartbourne.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Very much a spring themed #SixOnSaturday, but with a hint of the summer approaching. We have Tulips, Cherry Blossom, Bluebells and the first Rose flower. Hope you have a great weekend. 🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling

37216

Reposted by @franlough.bsky.social

Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Little can rival an old Scots pine for sheer force of personality and presence. One of the earlier tree species to colonise Ireland after the last Ice Age, pine was thought to have completely died out due to deforestation, until a small residual population was confirmed in the Burren, Co. Clare.

1568171

Reposted by @franlough.bsky.social

Rick M @rickmartin.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Morning all, ah the sweetness of spring, after months of struggling to find #SixOnSaturday to share from my garden, suddenly the difficulty becomes "which six?" Have a good weekend sky-folk 🌱 #Bloomscrolling #PlantSky

Six pics from my garden this week, a nearly fully formed aquilegia flower bud, (looking like the eagles talons from which it gets its name), red wallflowers, white starbursts of wild garlic, a red and white vampire tulip, variagated green hosta foliage and the first red saxifrage flower. Thanks for reading.

311116

Reposted by @franlough.bsky.social

Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

🌱 #sixonSaturday I have had the opportunity to spend time in my tiny garden this week and that’s where I will be today.

A collage of six pictures from my tiny garden this week. The large picture is a bright pink Azalea. The small pictures are white flowers and shiny green leaves of Christa ternata, one of the last tulips, a beautiful apricot colour, white flowers of Iberis, apple blossom from an ancient tree which was in the garden when I moved in and the lime green of Smyrmium perfoliata.

2678

Reposted by @franlough.bsky.social

GreenBeanJackie @greenbeanjackie.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

It's the time of year when all the selfseeded flowers start appearing in my garden. I don't know why I bother growing anything else. Honesty, violas, wild violets, Welsh poppies, forgetmenots, dandelion clock #SixOnSaturday

Collage of 6 flowers: purple honesty, yellow viola, purple violet, yellow poppy, blue forgetmenots, fluffy dandelion seed head

3619

franlough.bsky.social @franlough.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

The simple joys of nature, something money can never buy.

010

franlough.bsky.social @franlough.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I agree with him. Heating oil and inhaling it into your lungs has to be safer! Now, where did I put my Tinfoil hat.

010

franlough.bsky.social @franlough.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Now it adds a whole new meaning to getting stoned!

000

franlough.bsky.social @franlough.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

As a European, I wish I could stop and comment more but I have to go off for compulsory prayers at the local Mosque!!!

141

franlough.bsky.social @franlough.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Dog's have more soul and intelligence than many people these days. Sweet dreams Lena.

120

Reposted by @franlough.bsky.social

National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 12/04/2026

Are you able to identify which bluebells are the native English variety and which are the more vigorous Spanish bluebell? This might help. Also, use your nose. The English bluebells have a sweet scent, whereas their Spanish cousins have little to no scent.

Two photos of bluebells posted side by side. They look very similar but text boxes and arrows highlight their key characteristics.
The photo on the left is of English bluebells wth curved, droopy stems with flowers mostly on one side. The tips of petals curl back, the flowers are narrow and deep blue-violet in colour.
The photo on the right is of Spanish bluebells which are pale blue with wide bell-shaped flowers. Flower tips flare out and the upright stems display flowers on all sides.

521154

franlough.bsky.social @franlough.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

It is a truly wonderful film that I've watched many times. The scene where Catherine Johnson, brilliantly played by Taraji P Henson, confronts Mr Harrison over toilet breaks gets the hair on the back of my neck standing up each time I watch it.

1120

Reposted by @franlough.bsky.social

Stuart Bourne 🌱🪴 @stuartbourne.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

This week’s #SixOnSaturday really highlights how much the gardens are starting to come alive. We have a couple more Tulips, Bergenia, a Bee feeding off a Choiysa, Lilac and Cherry Blossom. Have a great weekend all! 🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling

17213

franlough.bsky.social @franlough.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

If Orban does win, I believe we need to remove Hungary from the EU. Let putin and trump look after it.

000

Reposted by @franlough.bsky.social

Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Rewilding farmland, soon after the trees spring up unplanted, a host of wildflowers and other ground flora move in, like this wood sorrel. Then come the insects, followed by birds and other animals. It's all just so beautiful, and so *hopeful*.

301803225

franlough.bsky.social @franlough.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

You are very welcome. Haven't seen better

010

franlough.bsky.social @franlough.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

How can she be a "champion for these women" when, according to her husband, it's all a hoax?!

000

franlough.bsky.social @franlough.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

That really is stunning. So healthy.

110

franlough.bsky.social @franlough.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Those who bend the knee never get back up. Those who stand up to him cannot be knocked down. Rutte needs to go.

010

Reposted by @franlough.bsky.social

RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

To reduce disease, we all need to make some urgent but simple changes to how we feed our garden birds. See our website for the latest guidance: brnw.ch/21x1t4w

A Robin perched on a branch, its beak full of food and other material.

16652325

franlough.bsky.social @franlough.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

They are class. Lena is not just a Super Dog but a Super Model also.

020

franlough.bsky.social @franlough.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

One ship,one feckin ship. Oh yes, that will sort out the world's oil crisis!!!!!

000