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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It would only be fair if this banana decided to snack on a human. It certainly looks capable of it. 🤔😉 #flowers #bloomscrolling

A banana flower looks almost predatory with its shiny leathery leaves in tones of red and brown

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Turkey tail fungus on a log. As well as beautiful, it's thought it might have cancer fighting properties. Never hurt a fungi because you never know what cures might be just around the corner. #shroomscrolling #fungifun # fungilovers

Turkey tail fungus on a dead log. Last year's growth is now black and white but above it, this year's fans out in concentric whirls of soft browns and beige, like a baroque cloudscape.

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The Chilean Puya are flowering in the Sheffield botanical Gardens. You almost have to know they are there to spot them as the bright blue flowers are hidden by a mass of serrated leaves. #bloomscrolling

Serrated sabre like leaves of dark green and scarlet hide outrageously cerulean and gold flowers at the heart of the Chilean Puya.

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Sulphur Tufts just photograph so well!. I saw more unusual fungi on my walk but none that take such a good picture. #fungi #shroomscrolling

A clump of pretty gold mushrooms is caught in a shaft of sunlight while behind, a path of dappled shadows heads towards a clearing bathed in light.

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I'm deep in demand avoidance territory, making a miniature to avoid going back to what I should be doing, which is making things out of copper.

Beaten copper hair pins with dangling pendants shaped like oak leaves and acorns

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It's easy to feel we are rushing into autumn but summer still has a few surprises to offer. #bloomscrolling #flowers

Huge white petals curve up in baroque twirls around the purple centre of a late blooming magnolia

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Back to a #bloomscroll just because the morning light is filtering through the pink flowers and bright lime fronds of my cosmos as hover flies dart round.

A hover fly manoeuvres over the gently swaying pink petals of a cosmos flower to reach its warm golden centre, full of nectar and pollen

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A cluster of hand drawn and acid etched copper moths ready to be turned into hair accessories and magnets. I love doing these as each and every one is unique but the process is long and dirty.

A cluster of etched copper moths nestle on succulents. Each one is hand drawn and etched with acid

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I used to spend hours creating miniature tools and books and painstakingly arranging them for Instagram only to see my posts vanish without a trace. I'd much rather share them on Pink leap and bluesky which are far more benign platforms.

Miniature model of a medieval apothecary including a copper Venus fly trap eating a fly

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Occasionally I make miniatures... Not models, miniature scenes. One of my first was this apothecary inspired by the #krakow apothecary museum

A suspiciously large candle flame reveals this to be a miniature model of a medieval apothecary. The books are all real, the tools too.. But the unicorn horn was made out of a beef bone from a pet shop.

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A favourite tiny oil painting of a Hawthorn tree in the Peak District.

Tiny pointillist painting of a Hawthorn in the Peak District where thousands of spots of colour come together to evoke a scene.

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Apologies to bloom scrollers. I've remembered this account was meant to include my art too!

An array of silver jewellery with semi precious stones rangingg from medieval styles to modern sleek lines

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

New growth brings colour to the bottom of a reservoir. We have had rain in recent weeks, enough to encourage the fungi, but water levels, are still very low.

New growth brings colour to a reservoir drained of its water by this summer's drought

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It's the start of the mushroom season! Autumn used to make me sad but fungi always cheer me up. I love their shapes and colours and variety.

At the edge of a path in a pine plantation, a shaggy ink cap mushroom starts to dissolve into black ink, it's delicate pinkish white scales curling and darkening at the edges

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The weather has finally turned, bringing hope that we'll have rain at last. It's August and the trees are already turning yellow and losing their leaves. Tonight I saw my first snail in months and felt nothing but good will towards it.

Dark clouds gather to form the most glorious sunset of a summer whose skies have mostly been blue and cloudless

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Massive Dahlia seen at Burnby Hall Garden in East Yorkshire.

A huge peachy pink Dahlia spreads out it's petals in a flower over 20cm across

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

It's so dry in the garden it's a battle to keep things alive but still seedlings are coming up. My friend made the mistake of calling hers, "Ash babies" and this little guy popped into my head

Under an ash seedling, an ash baby sits, it's gray skin flushed pink at its toes and cheeks. It's green eyes look at you with hurt surprise as you consider uprooting the baby tree from your flower bed.

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

My poppies bring all the bees to my yard... but only between 5 and 10am when the flowers drop. Fortunately the seed heads are also beautiful and the lemon seed cake in late summer will be glorious. #gardening #flowers #bumblebees

A bumble bee collects pollen from a large, mauve, ornamental poppy.

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I have overlooked French marigolds my entire life but, walking In the veg garden as the sun went down, was struck by how they glow in the evening light. It reminded me that flowers bloom for the benefit of insects, not us. That we enjoy them is coincidental.

A French marigold, its tightly ruffled petals of orange and gold form into a ball of a flower.

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

More poppies but look how beautiful they are! #flowers #poppies #englishgarden

An ornamental poppy spreads its petals for the bees. Back lit by the sun, it's waxy petals are almost transparent.

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

My poppies are bringing all the bees to my yard! The don't seem to have found this one yet though as its still covered in pollen. They drop their flowers by lunchtime so are a reminder to go into the garden first thing to enjoy their brief blooming. #flowers #englushgarden

An ornamental poppy with glossy petals in tones of deep red and purple surrounding a dense core of stamens.

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Nothing is better in a newly cleared and dug garden than a mass of poppies and foxgloves. With little competition from the other plants that will take a few years to establish, these annuals go wild, putting on a display that will never be bettered as the garden matures. #englishgarden #flowers

An ornamental poppy flower begs to be stroked. It's delicate, feather edged petals send out come hither messages to the bees, while a froth of pollen laden stamens gather at its heart, waiting to bathe fuzzy backs.

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Unfortunately Wales wouldn't be this beautiful without a lot of rain! #LlynGwynant is now the campsite against which I will judge all others, and find them wanting. It would have been perfect if it hadn't rained the whole time.

Cow parsley and ferns thrive at a river's edge near the foot of Snowdon in Wales.

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

This is my new favourite rose. It's Emma Hamilton by David Austin and it has a rich, almost fruity scent as well as a beautiful structure and a colour that changes as the flower matures.

A rose, it's interlocking petals in tones of apricot and salmon

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I went to a garden centre to smell the roses today but it rained all day and I just got a wet nose.

Endless pink frills form the heart of a pink rose, darkening at the centre and fading as the outer petals mature

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

An old wooden boat gently moulders on the shore at Vatersay, its elegant lines drawing the eye up the coastal path to the sea and the islands beyond. #Vatersay #Hebrides

An old wooden boat rests on a grassy bank, its work done, its hard life over. Beyond it, the eye is lead down a coastal path and so on to the sea and its distant islands.

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

The bluebells are fading now but they were glorious this year so let's just take a moment to remember and appreciate them. #flowers #woodland

A woodland path winds into the distance surrounded by flowering garlic and bluebells and the vivid greens of spring

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Livingstone Daisies soak up the late afternoon sun before closing their petals for the night.

Candy coloured Livingstone Daisies bloom before the sun goes down and they close their petals for the night.

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

I can't believe just last week I was wearing a jumper and waterproofs and dodging hail on the Isle of Skye. Today it's 32 degrees and I'm wondering where I hid my summer clothes.

A flash of sun between showers of hail, brings out the golds and blues of Loch Scavaig on the Isle of Skye.

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

A boardwalk winds its way over golden sands, leading the eye towards a conical peak. Suggestive of the tropics, this is actually the Scottish Island of Arran.

A boardwalk weds its way over golden sands, leading the eye to a conical peak in the background.

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

A Mecanopsis flower blooms in the Broddick Castle Gardens on the isle of Arran. The gulf stream means the garden in the north of the UK hosts flowers from South America, Australia and Africa...for now.

A four petaled Mecanopsis poppy blooms, it's bright cerulean petals like nothing else in nature

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Gloriously scented, bluebells sweep up a small valley, shaded by beech trees. Beech trees are very good at suppressing growth of other plants around them, but don't seem to mind bluebells for some reason. Who can blame them? They always look great together.

A glorious swathe of bluebells fills a small valley amid the vibrant greens of an English May.... None of which is captured by this camera phone which always shows bluebells as a bluish grey smudge.

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Peonies blooming after yesterday's much needed rain. #flowers

A peony blooms after the rain, it's bright pink petals bedewed, it's golden stamens forming a chaotic ruff around the structures that will become it's seed heads.

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

A trail on a former railway cuts through beech woods creating a vibrant green arch. #woodland #intothewoods #nature

A former railway track cuts straight through beech woods, forming a vibrant green arch.

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Finally the days are long enough for evening walks in the sunshine as everyone else heads home for tea.

Early evening light pierces through a woodland of tall pines and young beeches, turning the spring grass and new leaves a vivid lime green

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

The pigeons and the mice keep eating my seedlings. I find myself getting frustrated and then remember it's their garden too. I'll just have to sow more seeds in the greenhouse and get better at potting on.

A cluster of crab apple blossom, deep pink with yellow stamens.

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

My theme for my new garden is bright jewel colours against red and silver foliage but the cherry blossom and magnolias are already testing my resolve to not include pastels. #cherryblossom #blossomseason #englishgarden

Backlit against a soft blue sky, a cluster of pink cherry blossom unfurls its delicate petals. Rosy pink buds give way to paler tones as the flower develops.

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Before the inevitable Easter wind and rain, I visited Trentham Gardens in Stoke and found this glorious purple Anemone.

Light streams through the delicate purple blue petals of an Anemone.

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Tulips are coming out in my garden! (this is not my garden... Mine are tiny and mostly red apparently) This was taken in Glasgow last year.

A bed of white tulips against a blue sky, giving a frog's eye view of the world where green stems hold up a roof of creamy cups.

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Magnolias are magnificent trees and have very tasty flowers. Try one some time.

CUpped white magnolia blooms against a vivid blue sky.

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Inspiration has been lacking this winter but I feel we're now turning a corner.

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

The sky was grey and the beach, cliffs and sea were brown but there was still beauty and joy to be found at Hornsea on a blustery Sunday in early March. My excitement to be by the sea, hearing the waves and the gulls and looking for stones was only matched by the enthusiasm of the dogs out for walks

A woman and her dog walk along a beach on the North East coast of the UK. The sky is grey, the cliffs and sea are brown but there is still beauty to be found In the soft tones and joy to be found in the way dogs react to beach walks.

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Oh heavens. I looked at the weather forecast for the next week. Don't do that, look at this picture instead! #winterblues #hope

Dahlia flowers bloom in the garden at Bishops Auckland, spreading petals the colour of dark wine and thick cream

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Do you remember when we had skies... proper skies with clouds contrails and colours? This winter of dead greyth and mist can't last for ever.

Subtle shades of peach, tobacco and soft blues fill the sky as the sun goes down.

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Gardening this week has been entirely about mud and manure so I'm taking a minute to remember a rose from the old house. It greeted us in October when we moved in 15 years ago and happily flowered from May to November, producing up to 50 blooms at a time. I wish I knew its name.

A swirl of petals at the heart of a pink red rose forms an almost abstract image.

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Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

It's a dull and soggy winter here in the UK so I'm in denial, looking ahead to the cherry blossom in March. I have a new garden and prowl it, looking for signs of life and evidence of what plants might be hiding under the soil. #springiscoming #greenshoots

Shamelessly pink and frilly cherry blossom against a blue sky.

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