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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

In ancient Greece, it was said mushrooms sprang up where Zeus, god of the sky and thunder, cast his lightning. There may be some truth in the tale; modern studies show strikes can boost mushroom growth, even doubling yields on spore-laden logs hit by lightning. #FolkloreThursday

Nine-photo collage of woodland mushrooms and toadstools, including vivid red-and-white fly agarics, pale capped fungi and small clustered mushrooms growing among moss, grass and autumn leaves, with several growing on fallen logs.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

9 June 1904 | A Polish man, Jan Gadomski, was born in Krakow. A doctor. In #Auschwitz from 29 July 1941 No. 18850 He perished in the camp on 27 February 1943. --- 📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_pol…

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Pretty little dandelion Growing in the grass, Lifts up its yellow head To look at those who pass. But ere the Summer's ended His yellow head turns gray; His petals bright, to angels turn, And then all fly away. ‘The Dandelion’ by Grace E. Loring. #poetry #wildflowers

A collage showing the changing stages of the dandelion. At top left is a close-up of a bright yellow dandelion flower against a soft green background; beside it, a cluster of dandelions growing among grass. Along the bottom row are a full white seed clock, a partially dispersed seed head with drifting seeds, and finally the bare pale stem and seed base after the seeds have blown away.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

14 May 1944 | Jane Haining, a Church of Scotland missionary in Budapest became a prisoner of #Auschwitz. She received the number 79467. She perished in the camp on 17 July 1944. Haining was recognized by @yadvashem as a Righteous Among the Nations.

A photo of Jane Haining and basic biographical information of her.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

10 May 1939 | A French Jewish girl, Monique Cofman, was born in Mont-Saint-Aignan. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 8 November 1942 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. She was among 773 of them murdered in gas chambers after the selection.

The face of a baby girl. She has semi-long hair. She is looking straight into the camera.

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

25 March is Hilaria, the Roman festival of joy, honouring Cybele, Mother of the Gods, and celebrating the triumph of light after the spring equinox. As sap rose and buds unfurled, Romans rejoiced in spring’s return—winter’s death giving way to new life. A sacred day of renewal.

Collage of nine early spring flowers against soft green backgrounds: snake’s head fritillary with purple chequered bells; white spring snowflakes; yellow daffodil; yellow cowslips; pink daphne cluster; white flowering allium; pink flowering currant; blue grape hyacinths; and more cowslips in warm yellow and orange tones.

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

“Wakes on high the early morning, With a blush its cheek adorning, Ah! fair flow’rs, why sleep ye still? Open again your eyelids sweetly, Strength renew’d is yours completely, With new life your bosom fill.” — from The Flower’s Prayer, a hymn of spring by Franz Abt (1819–1885)

Soft pink hellebore flower in close-up, its petals flushed blush and cream with speckled throats and pale yellow stamens. Fresh green bracts arch above, with a dusky bud and blurred blooms behind, set against a gentle, muted garden background.

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

It’s time to celebrate these beautiful hellebore flowers again. Do you have any growing in your garden? I’d love to see them — please share a photo if you do. #FlowersOnFriday #gardening

A collage of nine hellebore blooms in shades of white, blush pink and rich burgundy, some freckled with dark plum markings. Each flower shows prominent pale yellow stamens and leathery green foliage, photographed in soft natural light.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

13 February 1933 | A French Jewish girl, Edith Levy, was born in Paris. In April 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. --- ▶ A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8

Black and white portrait of a young girl with a bow in the hair.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

12 February 1920 | A German Jewish woman, Hildegard Rheinstein, was born in Frankfurt am Main. On 16 September 1942 she was deported to the Theresienstadt ghetto, from where she was deported to Auschwitz on 23 October 1944. She did not survive. --- Women at Auschwitz: youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8

Vintage black and white photo of a woman in a striped outfit with a hat, sitting on a pedestal.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

8 February 1902 | A Frenchman, Louis Castel, was born in Lézignan-Corbières. A gardener. In #Auschwitz from 8 July 1942. No. 45339 He perished in the camp on 11 August 1942.

A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform. The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

5 February 1937 | Dutch Jewish girl, Judith Gross, was born in Amsterdam (left). She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in February 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection together with her younger sister Elly (right).

Vintage black and white photo of two girls, looking to the side. One of them has a bow in her hair.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

3 February 1907 | A Czech, Wilhelm Elias, was born in Prague. A clerk. In #Auschwitz from 10 April 1942. No. 28894 He perished in the camp on 8 August 1942. --- 🎧 A podcast about registration photos: youtu.be/c2l9hDA5MZc

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

1st-2nd February is Imbolc, a Gaelic festival celebrating the impending lambing season and the birth of new life. A Scottish legend tells that the arrival of snowdrops infuriates Beira, Queen of Winter, so she brings frost and snow as she battles to keep her hold. #FolkloreSunday

Close-up of three white entwined snowdrop flowers hanging from slender green stems, their nodding blooms softly lit against a blurred green and white background with pale speckles of light.

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

“First, the pretty snowdrop wakes, From her leaves the snow-drift shakes, And her bell unfolds…” — In Winter, Mary Sophia Claude (1821–1912)

A cluster of white snowdrops with nodding, bell-shaped flowers and slender green leaves, growing closely together against a softly blurred green background.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

28 January 1925 | A French Jewish woman, Zelda Ostrowski, was born in Paris. She was Deported to #Auschwitz on 9 November 1942 from Drancy in occupied France. She did not survive. --- 🎧 Listen about the development of the mass murder infrastructure at Auschwitz: youtu.be/tRwZ49q-9e0

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

21 January 1930 | A Czech Jewish boy, Jiří Vrba, was born in Brandlín. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 October 1944 and murdered in a gas chamber after selection. --- ▶ The ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8

Vintage portrait of a smiling boy in a patterned shirt and sweater vest. The image is signed at the bottom.

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Some say the poisonous-fruited Euonymus is named after Euonyme who, in Orphic tradition, is the mother of the Erinyes, or “Furies”, the three sister-goddesses who represent vengeance. It is commonly called the spindle-tree because its wood was used to craft spindles, or distaffs.

A collage of spindle (Euonymus) showing the vivid pink seed capsules split open to reveal bright orange seeds, alongside pointed leaves turning pink and red against a soft green background.

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Primrose flowers are amongst the earliest messengers of spring. Their name, Primula, means “little first one”, a nod to their pale golden blooms rising with the new year. Folklore says they must be tended with care, for neglected primroses may draw the displeasure of fairy folk.

A low cluster of wild primrose flowers with pale cream petals and bright yellow centres, surrounded by fresh green leaves and grass on a woodland floor.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

11 January 1903 | Czech Jewish woman Ilse Weber was born in Vítkovice. A writer. She lived in Prague. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 4 October 1944. On 6 October 1944 murdered in a gas chamber.

Vintage portrait of a woman, with a thoughtful expression.

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

25 Dec: Wishing you all a peaceful, joyful Christmas Day. May the simple beauty of the season, like these winter blooming Christmas Roses, bring light, hope and kindness into the days ahead. Thank you so much for being here, and a very Merry Christmas to you! 🎄✨

Close-up of three white hellebore (Christmas rose) flowers with pale yellow centers, set against dark green leaves and a softly blurred background.

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

24 Dec: Feeling a strange presence in your home this Christmas? Old folklore says an elder twig dipped in oil and floated on water on #ChristmasEve will turn and point to any mischievous spirits or witches hiding away. Keep a birch broom at the ready, and sweep them out the door!

A soft, folkloric collage showing elder branches with green leaves, creamy white elderflowers, and hanging clusters of dark purple-black berries, alongside a small whimsical witch figure riding a broom, all set against a gentle, natural green background.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

24 December 1920 | A Czech Jewish woman, Herta Reicherová, was born in Ostrava. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.

Vintage passport-style photo of a woman with a beret, featuring official stamps.

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

21 Dec: #WinterSolstice, “when the earth begins to waken under the kiss of light, when new hopes rise in frozen hearts”. #FolkloreSunday

A close-up photograph of a single white snowdrop flower, its petals forming a small green heart shape at the centre against a softly blurred background.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

20 December 1910 | A Pole, Bogusław Lis, was born in Kielce. A chemist. In #Auschwitz from 1 October 1941. No. 21214 He perished in the camp on 28 April 1942. --- 📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_pol…

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

3 December 1942 | A transport of some 1,000 Jews deported from the ghetto in Płońsk arrived at Auschwitz. After arrival selection, 347 men were registered in the camp. The remaining 653 people were murdered in gas chambers.

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Cold nights have worked their frosty magic on these ‘Golden Hornet’ crab apples, turning each one a different shade of gold, russet and dark plum. A little of nature’s alchemy, and suddenly the tree is decorated with small painted Christmas baubles!

A close-up of a twig on a crab apple ‘Golden Hornet’ tree, bearing clusters of small fruits in varying stages of cold-weather colour change—yellow, russet, brown and dark plum—with a soft blurred background.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

1 December 1898 | Norwegian Jew David Becker was born in Drammen. He was deported to #Auschwitz in November 1942. He perished in the camp on 17 February 1943. --- Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en

Black and white portrait of a man, showing a person with a serious expression, wearing a dark suit and tie.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

29 November 1904 | A Dutch Jew, Salomon Hartog, was born in Amsterdam. He was deported to #Auschwitz. He perished in the camp on 24 August 1942. --- Learn about the fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en

Historical black-and-white portrait of a man featuring a direct gaze and formal attire.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Quilt by Jen Kingwell, techer quilt designer and author #WomensArt

Photo of a vertically hung quilt with multiple colours in a repeated diamond pattern

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

27 November 1937 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Ina da Costa da Fonseca, was born in Amsterdam. In September 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

Vintage close-up portrait of a young girl wearing a hat.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

23 November 1940 | Norwegian Jewish boy Harry Reichwald was born. He arrived at Auschwitz on 3 March 1943 and was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection. --- A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

A very young boy smiling and standing in a child's bed.

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Angie Craig @angiecraigmn.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

I grew up in a mobile home park and I’m the daughter of a hardworking single mom. I know what it’s like to struggle. That’s why I’m running for the U.S. Senate because I’ll never stop standing up for Minnesotans.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

11 November 1918 | A French Jewish woman, Victoire Jeanne Marx, was born in Brunoy. On 20 July 1942 she was deported from Angers to #Auschwitz in a transport of 827 Jews. She did not survive. --- Women at Auschwitz: lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en

Black and white photo of a woman, seated and smiling slightly at the camera, wearing a floral blouse and a necklace.

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

A Cornish tale tells of a pixie who loses his laugh at a #Halloween dance. In one version of the story, Jack-o’-Lantern & a witch gathering ragwort stalks (said to be the very plants witches ride upon on All Hallows’ Eve) help him search until he finds it again. #FairyTaleTuesday

Collage of autumn and Halloween-themed images. Top left: a carved pumpkin lantern with a cheerful face. Top centre and bottom left: yellow ragwort flowers, one with a blue butterfly perched. Right: a small witch ornament with a blue hat flying on a broomstick.

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

The beautiful heart-shaped leaves of the American redbud (Cercis canadensis ‘Forest Pansy’), displaying their vivid #autumn colours. #DailyBotanicalBeauty #photography

Close-up the heart-shaped autumn leaves a of an American redbud tree (Cercis canadensis), with one leaf showing vivid purple and green veins against a background of golden-yellow and orange foliage.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

18 October 1937 | A French Jewish girl, Renee Stolowicz, was born in Paris. In October 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. --- A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

Vintage black and white photo of a young girl standing, dressed in a patterned dress with a dark vest and white socks.

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

I’ve finally chosen the cover photo and images for my 2026 calendar and ordered the proof. I’m so late with it this year, but hey ho! I hope you like them! #SmallBusiness #flowers #photography

Collage of seasonal plants: autumn maple leaves, a snowdrop, magnolia blossoms, yellow wild tulip, tulips and daffodils, bluebells, a vase of sweet peas, white roses, red and white fuchsias, sunflowers, more autumn leaves, dried umbellifer seed heads, and holly with red berries.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

15 October 1911 | A Frenchman, Roger Chaput, was born in Saint-Ouen. In #Auschwitz from 8 July 1942. No. 45352 He perished in the camp on 13 August 1942.

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Dahlia ‘Bumble Rumble’… perfect for a bee with a rumble in its tummy! #DailyBotanicalBeauty #photography #flowers

Close-up of a Dahlia flower with white petals edged in deep pink and a golden-yellow centre, where a bumblebee is feeding.

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

A Dahlia glowing with the warm hues of the setting sun to wish you all a good evening. #DailyBotanicalBeauty

Close-up of a dahlia bloom with layered petals glowing in golden yellow at the centre and deepening to orange and coral at the edges, like the warm hues of a setting sun.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

13 September 1887 | A Jewish man Abraham Boruchowitch was born in Baldone (Latvia). He emigrated to Belgium. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 14 Sept 1942 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Malines/Mechelen. He was registered in the camp where he perished on 11 October 1942.

A vintage portrait of a man in a suit with a patterned tie, appearing calm and looking directly at the camera.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

9 September 1921 | A Polish woman, Maria Krzysztofik, was born in Książ Wielki. In #Auschwitz from 25 January 1943. No. 31284 She perished in the camp on 11 April 1943. --- Women at Auschwitz. Lesson: lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety... Podcast: youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

3 September 1902 | A Pole, Ignacy Szczykutowicz, was born in Piotrowice. In #Auschwitz from 1 September 1942. No. 62649 He perished in the Mauthausen camp on 24 December 1943.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

29 August 1925 | A Polish Jew, Moses Pomeranc, was born in Radom. A shoemaker apprentice. In #Auschwitz from 20 February 1942. No. 23104 He perished in the camp on 21 March 1942.

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

“Long summer days are my desire: Red suns, that drop as globes of fire Behind the sloped fields white with weed: Warm winds, that waft the wandering seed With silvery plume, now low, now higher… “ - from ‘Long Summer Days’ by Helen Gray Cone (1859-1934). #poetry #summer

Close-up of creeping thistle seed heads glowing in warm golden sunlight, with fine silky hairs backlit against a soft, blurred background.

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

“In every walk with Nature one receives far more than one seeks.” - John Muir #SolaceInNature #wildflowers

Collage of close-up photos of wildflowers and pollinators, including yellow ragwort, white knapweed, purple autumn gentian, white eyebright, yellow agrimony, a blue harebell, a bee on a purple devil’s-bit scabious flower, and a butterfly perched on a scabious bud.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

15 August 1942 | One of the largest sub-camps of KL Auschwitz was created near Brzeszcze-Jawischowitz coal mine. For the first time in the history of German concentration camps prisoners were forced to work below the ground, mining coal. More: auschwitz.org/en/history/a...

Historical black and white photo of one of the subcamps of Auschwitz - a long barracks with windows with some structues standing in front of it - including a sculpture of a miner.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

13 August 1914 | A Polish Jew, Adolf Gross, was born in Nowy Targ. A worker. In #Auschwitz from 15 December 1941. No. 24543 He perished in the camp on 26 March 1942.

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

I often think the back of a sunflower is just as awesome as the front! I photographed this one in a field full of sunflowers in Somerset last week. I hope you all have a great Monday, and may it be as bright and cheerful as the petals of this flower 🌻 #MondayMotivation #flowers

Close-up of the back of a sunflower, showing the intricate green bracts fanning out beneath vivid yellow petals, with fine hairs on the stem and a softly blurred background.

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