Reposted by Norma SaundersGreenBeanJackie @greenbeanjackie.bsky.social · 23h#GardensHour delighted my sweet peas are still flowering. These are 'Earl Grey' 315013
Reposted by Norma SaundersGreenBeanJackie @greenbeanjackie.bsky.social · 23hBlooming cold tonight so have had to resort to the old woolly blanket and cat winter regime ❄🐈⬛ 0181
Norma Saunders @normasaunders.bsky.social · 23hMy contribution to this evenings #smallbeautieshour: samples of natural hedgerow dye. 130
Norma Saunders @normasaunders.bsky.social · 28/09/2026At 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. 000
Norma Saunders @normasaunders.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We have the most disgusting government! The i paper: 000
Reposted by Norma SaundersRoger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A lone Harebell, Campanula rotundifolia, in a pine wood today. #Suffolk #Brecks #WildflowerHour 0585
Reposted by Norma SaundersPaul @paulst001.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A peach coloured rose from our garden this morning 1877465
Reposted by Norma SaundersMoira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Blue Fleabane, Erigeron acris, at Dungeness last Monday for #WildflowerHour. Such a pretty plant. 0371
Reposted by Norma SaundersThe Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Ever 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. 1102
Reposted by Norma SaundersDr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Go & 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.iethecompanyofbooks.ieBook Shop South Dublin - The Company of BooksThe 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... 0154
Reposted by Norma SaundersAbilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Stop 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 17979353272
Reposted by Norma SaundersBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Israel 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 721608800
Reposted by Norma SaundersDAPPER DON DHARSHI @dapperdondharshi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Greylag geese flying in formation alongside a boat. What an incredible moment to witness up close! 🪿🚤 1464370760
Reposted by Norma SaundersMichelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Nunchuk tutorial: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatis... 592105298
Reposted by Norma SaundersMia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Trump 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...nytimes.comTrump Approves $2.8 Billion Arms Sale to Israel, Including 40,000 One-Ton BombsThe package would be among the largest deliveries of U.S. munitions to Israel. 3513278
Reposted by Norma SaundersMia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Speak at Your Own Risk Donald Trump’s attacks on the First Amendment By Adam Serwer www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comSpeak at Your Own RiskDonald Trump’s attacks on the First Amendment 714846
Reposted by Norma SaundersMichelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 19/09/2026He just can’t handle the truth. 1062105582910
Reposted by Norma SaundersMassimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Swans might have one of the most underrated landing techniques in the animal kingdom. Original post 1543482645
Reposted by Norma Saunderscbnewham @parishchurches.org · 19/09/2026Packed 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. 17414
Reposted by Norma SaundersKevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Remains of the 4th century Roman Town House at Dorchester (Durnovaria) in Dorset. The shelter protects some great mosaics! 📸 My own. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain #Dorchester #Dorset 020823
Reposted by Norma SaundersRoger_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. ☁️☁️ 💛💛 0174
Reposted by Norma SaundersMia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 01/09/2026What if We Were All a Little More Like Yo-Yo Ma? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/a...nytimes.comAt 70, Yo-Yo Ma Is Modeling a Way to Be in the World TodayWith 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. 24545110
Reposted by Norma SaundersGlen G @gleng.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Morning #bird A Great Blue Heron at the moment of sunrise. Gilbert Riparian Area in Gilbert Arizona. #birdphotography #photography #birding #birds #birdoftheday #Herons&Egrets 2296987
Reposted by Norma SaundersDen 🇮🇪 @denterrick.bsky.social · 07/09/2026A Christmas day heron for AB's bird of the day theme. #Herons&Egrets #Photography #Birds #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin #Dublin #Ireland 191117125
Reposted by Norma SaundersJan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026You 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... 1427
Reposted by Norma SaundersKate North @curatorkate.bsky.social · 07/09/2026A pair of amazing carvings on some timber posts, in what is now Cotswold Outdoor in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk! 🤩 1528
Reposted by Norma SaundersMoira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Orange Balsam, Impatiens capensis, on the bank of the Wey Navigation at Guildford. #WildflowerHour 3536
Reposted by Norma SaundersRoger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Small fruits of Green Nightshade, Solanum nitidibaccatum, in the #Suffolk #Brecks. #WildflowerHour #Fruits 1303
Reposted by Norma SaundersRoger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 06/09/2026A single wallnut on a tiny Wallnut tree beside the River Cam #Cambridge. #WildflowerHour #Fruits 0323
Reposted by Norma SaundersMoira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Hop, Humulus lupulus, at Dapdune Wharf, Wey Navigation. #WildflowerHour 2738
Reposted by Norma SaundersKevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The 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 640063
Norma Saunders @normasaunders.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Letter arrived from hospital today inviting me to an appointment two days ago. 000
Reposted by Norma SaundersFriends of the Earth @friends-earth.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Heat 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...bbc.co.ukWildlife suffering in heatwaves, warn Yorkshire conservationistsWildlife trusts say animals and plants are struggling due to high temperatures and low rainfall. 12818
Reposted by Norma SaundersFriends of the Earth @friends-earth.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Plug-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/38t56foe.ukPlug in solar panels | Friends of the EarthRenewable 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. 188
Reposted by Norma SaundersFriends of the Earth @friends-earth.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Sign 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...action.friendsoftheearth.ukStop data centres draining our precious resourcesAdd 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... 01312
Reposted by Norma SaundersBrigitte Webster @tudorfoodrecipe.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Rare 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. 522242
Reposted by Norma SaundersKevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The 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 18514
Norma Saunders @normasaunders.bsky.social · 31/08/2026#SmallBeautiesHour #BecauseOfClem #ThreadOfGold Drying for a smudge bundle: wild oats, balm of guilead & vervain. 031
Reposted by Norma SaundersZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 31/08/2026While 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...theguardian.comBritish Museum hosted Palantir founder Peter Thiel in private viewing of Bayeux tapestryConcern among staff that fragile artwork’s scarce ‘light hours’ given to someone with no known interest in museum 561094350
Reposted by Norma SaundersGrumpy-ish Brian🏴🇪🇺🇮🇪 @brian770.bsky.social · 28/08/2026You 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!; 39864811795
Reposted by Norma Saunders🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Australian Gouldian finches , Zebra finches, parrot finch(green with red face) feeding on a millet spray. 422403368
Reposted by Norma SaundersKevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Limestone 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 114429
Reposted by Norma SaundersJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Cartoon by @mackinnonart.bsky.social. 6168131780
Reposted by Norma SaundersWildlife @worldwildlife.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Eurasian 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 923451461
Reposted by Norma SaundersDan Chibnall @bookowl.bsky.social · 28/08/2026One of my best shots of the lunar eclipse tonight. No edits or filter. IPhone 16 Pro and a small Meade telescope. More shots tomorrow! 1346246737