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Norma Saunders

@normasaunders.bsky.social
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BA (Hons), Cert M.Dir, FRSA, FLS. Climate & nature emergency. CEO, chaplain, writer. Vegan. Eco-socialist. Eco-spirituality. Art & ceramic history. Heritage. Mother. Your Party junoenterprise.blogspot.com

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GreenBeanJackie @greenbeanjackie.bsky.social · 23h
#GardensHour delighted my sweet peas are still flowering. These are 'Earl Grey'
Pale pink sweet peas with a dark purple stripe
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GreenBeanJackie @greenbeanjackie.bsky.social · 23h
Blooming cold tonight so have had to resort to the old woolly blanket and cat winter regime ❄🐈‍⬛
Black cat sitting on a stripy knitted blanket
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Norma Saunders @normasaunders.bsky.social · 23h
My contribution to this evenings #smallbeautieshour: samples of natural hedgerow dye.
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Norma Saunders @normasaunders.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
At 5am this morning, after over 150 arrests on terrorism charges and a stand off that lasted over 16 hours, Mersey Police gave up & left a group of people outside the Labour Party Conference still displaying their “terrorist” signs.
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Norma Saunders @normasaunders.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We have the most disgusting government! The i paper:
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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A lone Harebell, Campanula rotundifolia, in a pine wood today. #Suffolk #Brecks #WildflowerHour
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Paul @paulst001.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A peach coloured rose from our garden this morning
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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Blue Fleabane, Erigeron acris, at Dungeness last Monday for #WildflowerHour. Such a pretty plant.
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The Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Ever wondered how the peacock got its eyespots? See this exquisite engraving of an Indian peacock (Pavo cristatus) from D'Orbigny's Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle (1843 - 1849). In our final study of the natural history of the Myths, look no further than the reviled Greek goddess Hera.
A natural history illustration of an Indian peacock.
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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Go & get Eoghan’s new book from an independent bookshop or ask your local librarian to acquire it. Or get it in inter-library loan. Or e-mail my cousin’s bookshop, she ships worldwide: www.thecompanyofbooks.ie
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Book Shop South Dublin - The Company of Books
The Company of Books is an award-winning, independent bookshop in Ranelagh, Dublin 6. We stock an extensive range of fiction, non-fiction and children’s books which are available in the shop and on ou...
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Stop calling it a climate problem. Call it what it is: organized greed. The planet isn’t dying. It’s being killed for profit. The killers have names. And boardrooms. #ClimateJustice #StopEcocide
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Israel has been found guilty today in Geneva of war crimes including extermination, forcible transfer, starvation, torture and false imprisonment, sexual violence including rape... and many more If it was any other country than Israel all of Europe would boycott them. Instead there will be silence
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DAPPER DON DHARSHI @dapperdondharshi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Greylag geese flying in formation alongside a boat. What an incredible moment to witness up close! 🪿🚤
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Nunchuk tutorial: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatis...
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
One of those days
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Trump Approves $2.8 Billion Arms Sale to Israel, Including 40,000 One-Ton Bombs The package would be among the largest deliveries of U.S. munitions to Israel. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/u...
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Trump Approves $2.8 Billion Arms Sale to Israel, Including 40,000 One-Ton Bombs
The package would be among the largest deliveries of U.S. munitions to Israel.
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Speak at Your Own Risk Donald Trump’s attacks on the First Amendment By Adam Serwer www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Speak at Your Own Risk
Donald Trump’s attacks on the First Amendment
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
He just can’t handle the truth.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Swans might have one of the most underrated landing techniques in the animal kingdom. Original post
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cbnewham @parishchurches.org · 19/09/2026
Packed with monuments. Some people have asked where the image from yesterday's Parish Church App announcement was taken. It is the chancel at St Mary's, Bottesford, Leicestershire. An unusual view taken from five metres up and giving a clear view of the Rutland tombs.
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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Remains of the 4th century Roman Town House at Dorchester (Durnovaria) in Dorset. The shelter protects some great mosaics! 📸 My own. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain #Dorchester #Dorset
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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
🩷💙 Pink and blue, Common Blue butterfly on Tamarisk on sea defence bank at East Lane Bawdsey #Suffolk today. There were also two’s Clouded Yellows but they moved so fast all you’ll get is emojis. ☁️☁️ 💛💛
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Lol
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
What if We Were All a Little More Like Yo-Yo Ma? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/a...
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At 70, Yo-Yo Ma Is Modeling a Way to Be in the World Today
With a global audience, Ma models a way of being that goes against the grain of cynicism, polarization and isolation. It’s up to us to pay attention.
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Glen G @gleng.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Morning #bird A Great Blue Heron at the moment of sunrise. Gilbert Riparian Area in Gilbert Arizona. #birdphotography #photography #birding #birds #birdoftheday #Herons&Egrets
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Den 🇮🇪 @denterrick.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
A Christmas day heron for AB's bird of the day theme. #Herons&Egrets #Photography #Birds #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin #Dublin #Ireland
A grey heron standing on the shore of a suburban lake lit up by the low slung noon day sun. The sun is so low here in Winter that noon looks like 7am in the Summer.
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Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
You could write a #reformazing history of the English Reformation around this tomb in St Mary's, Great Bedwyn. Sir John Seymour passed away in 1536, shortly after his daughter Jane married Henry VIII. His eldest surviving son became Lord Protector of the grandchild, Edward VI, whom he never met...
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Kate North @curatorkate.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
A pair of amazing carvings on some timber posts, in what is now Cotswold Outdoor in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk! 🤩
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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Orange Balsam, Impatiens capensis, on the bank of the Wey Navigation at Guildford. #WildflowerHour
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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Small fruits of Green Nightshade, Solanum nitidibaccatum, in the #Suffolk #Brecks. #WildflowerHour #Fruits
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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
A single wallnut on a tiny Wallnut tree beside the River Cam #Cambridge. #WildflowerHour #Fruits
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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Hop, Humulus lupulus, at Dapdune Wharf, Wey Navigation. #WildflowerHour
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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The surviving stones of the Callanish II Stone Circle. Dating to late Neolithic and early Bronze Age, the circle is located near the main Callanish Stones on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. 📸 My own. #StandingStoneSunday #Callanish #Archaeology
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Norma Saunders @normasaunders.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Letter arrived from hospital today inviting me to an appointment two days ago.
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Friends of the Earth @friends-earth.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Heat harms both people and nature. 2026’s droughts, wildfires and heatwaves have seen thousands of people die and millions struggle to sleep, work and care for others. Our wildlife and environment have also been affected, with habitats burnt or damaged. 🧵👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Wildlife suffering in heatwaves, warn Yorkshire conservationists
Wildlife trusts say animals and plants are struggling due to high temperatures and low rainfall.
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Friends of the Earth @friends-earth.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Plug-in solar panels can now be sold in the UK and will help households across the country generate free, clean electricity. 🙌 Find out more about what plug-in solar is and why we don't need constant sunshine to make it work below. foe.uk/38t56
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Plug in solar panels | Friends of the Earth
Renewable energy is the cleanest form of energy we can use. Imagine enjoying a sunny day, knowing the solar panels on your roof or plug-in solar panels for your balcony are generating free, clean electricity. And that your solar panels will keep generating power for decades.
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Friends of the Earth @friends-earth.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Sign our petition today to demand that the UK stops new data centres being built without a clear, UK-wide strategy. action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/sto...
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Stop data centres draining our precious resources
Add my name Data centres are springing up all over the UK – using massive amounts of electricity and, in many cases, huge amounts of water. The UK is already facing water shortages, high energy demand...
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Brigitte Webster @tudorfoodrecipe.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Rare examples of fine terracotta tombs in England: Bedingfeld Chantry Chapel (1525) for Sir Edmund Bedingfeld (d.1496), builder of Oxburgh Hall and his wife Lady Margaret (d. 1514). Lady Margaret's is inco-operated into the arched entrance and her husband's links with the chancel.
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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The 14th century remains of Edlingham Castle, near Alnwick in Northumberland. While originally built as a manor house, fortifications were added in response to increasing periods of border warfare. 📸 My own. #MedievalMonday #Edlingham #Northumberland
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Norma Saunders @normasaunders.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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#SmallBeautiesHour #BecauseOfClem #ThreadOfGold Drying for a smudge bundle: wild oats, balm of guilead & vervain.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
While millions won’t get access to this treasure, the billionaire tech bros class get free VIP access. End Rip Off Britain. Send Palantir packing. www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
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British Museum hosted Palantir founder Peter Thiel in private viewing of Bayeux tapestry
Concern among staff that fragile artwork’s scarce ‘light hours’ given to someone with no known interest in museum
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Grumpy-ish Brian🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇪 @brian770.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
You have gone beyond a joke now. I know you have the mid terms coming in November. If he steals them, whats the plan? May is suggest prepair for a prolonged national strike now!;
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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Australian Gouldian finches , Zebra finches, parrot finch(green with red face) feeding on a millet spray.
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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Limestone carving of three goddesses from Roman Ancaster (Lincolnshire). The carving was found at Ancaster in 1831 during grave digging, and is now part of the collections at Lincoln Museum. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #RomanBritain
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Cartoon by @mackinnonart.bsky.social.
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Wildlife @worldwildlife.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops): 21cm (8.3in). This small owl is aka the European scops owl or just scops owl. This species is a part of the larger grouping of owls known as typical owls, Strigidae, which contains most species of owl. Beautiful photo taken by Luca Vignati in Italy #scopsowl #nature
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Dan Chibnall @bookowl.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
One of my best shots of the lunar eclipse tonight. No edits or filter. IPhone 16 Pro and a small Meade telescope. More shots tomorrow!
A lunar eclipse showing red and a tiny crescent of white
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