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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

He'll be promoted to Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services within a week...

susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

We've had a lot of rain over the past week in Shropshire, but I'm still surprised at how quickly shrubs, trees & grass have begun to recover from the drought. The Ribes sanguineum - new shoots; the Rowan - a few green leaves. I thought I'd lost both. Even the grass/moss is greening up #UKGardening 🌱

Ribes sanguineum almost bare brown branches. A few brown leaves & partly scorched green leaves hanging on. But buds are appearing on the branches. Behind are the green leaves of privet. Below right a couple of large leaves of Bergenia. Below right green ivy covering the ground

Background is green from various neighbouring tress. Along the bottom a few upright light grey/brown bare stumps. (These are usually covered in climbers but the drought 'dome them in'). In the foreground a few branches of a Rowan. Most of the leaves are brown & hanging down but to left bottom corner and near the middle to the right are a few green leaves.

Patch of weedy grass. Previously it was dry/dying. Now there are tufts of green grass which growing as well as green leaves of native wildflowers. Lots of dead brown 'thatch' between. Top left part of a leaf from a plant growing in a black pot & tray.

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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Only 'some people can reply'. What does 'welcoming...everyone else' mean to you? 🤷‍♀️

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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The last (probably) of the blackberries & the first of the apples...fruit crumble tonight. 🤗 #UKGardening 🌱

A round wicker basket containing a square plastic box with a few handfuls of small blackberries in the foreground and 4 apples (2 green and 2 with a tinge of pink) behind.

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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I've been looking at what seems to have coped with the drought. This Viburnum probably benefits from being on the north side of the house with no Sun from late morning. I don't water it. #GardensHour

Dark green, deeply veined leaves of Viburnum. 3 bunches of berries turning red. No sign of water deprivation.

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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Anybody know who little Binface is ? 🤔 Little puppet with white cowboy hat being carried by somebody #Clacton #CountBinface

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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

It's what we call a galvanised bin in the UK. ☺️

A shiny bin with vertical indents making it look striped. A handle can be seen on the left near the top. It has a lid with similar indents from the perimenter to the centre. The lid also has a handle. These were common in the UK before plastic 'wheelie bins'.

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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I stole this from an image on Instagram (I don't have an ac-count there) 'On my way, Clacton'

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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

When you've been to the optician, had your pupils dilated & think Count Binface is trending on Bluesky. 😀 'Count blocks....'? #VoteBinface

Bluesky Trending
1. Court blocks Trump White House ballroom

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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

White & patterned & surprisingly starting to flower in a heatwave: #Gardenshour #UKGardening 🌱

Cyclamen hederifolium. A single small white and dark pink flower not quite open surrounded by green heart shaped leaves with pale veins.

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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Hope you had your umbrella with you...😆

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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Frog under an unhappy courgette plant...😄 #UKGardening 🌱

Partial photo of brown plastic pot of compost and a single green stem. Under the stem is a small frog with his eyes open. He got watered.

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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I think these are ready to harvest. They're about 8cm across now. Summer Sunburst patty pan squash. Tomorrow's 'dinner' perhaps? #UKGardening 🌱

Bright yellow little patty pan squash between the thick green stems of Squash' Summer Sunburst'. They look like little yellow pies with a crust crimped around the edges.

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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

They just pop up all over the place in my garden. These ones grow up through a rambling rose & honeysuckle 'next' to my path. Do I want a path or blackberry crumble.....urmmm 🤗 #UKGardening 🌱

2 clusters of blackberries top & bottom ranging from green to pink to black. Leaves either side

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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

And on the back step - on their way...not quite 'Tumbling' Toms. I'm always nervous that they might uproot themselves when the toms get heavier.

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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Yes I know - it's only ONE courgette but it's my very first home grown courgette. 🤗 #UKGardening 🌱

Thick green stems of a courgette plant growing in soil. In the centre growing towards the left a dark green shiny courgette var Black Beauty

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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Job for the weekend was going to be cut back bramble to liberate the path but...think that's on hold for a while. 😀 I always think it's a shame that the apples are at least a month behind. #UKGardening 🌱

Brambles with 2 cluster of blackberries top and bottom amongst the leaves. Several blackberries already ripe for the picking.

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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

🙋 Is a 'state trooper' like these guys?

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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

But oh dear...what has happened to my squashes? 😢 Is this a virus or a nutrition deficiency? #KGardening 🌱

A squash plant with lots of green leaves. 2 of the leaves have bright yellow veins. The lower one still has green around the veins but the leaf near the top of the picture is almost completely yellow. Near the centre of the plant a small yellow flower head of the fruit. There is grey paving at the bottom of the picture.

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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I thought my little Sunflowers were a gonna when their heads were chopped off by something - possibly a squirrel earlier this year. So I stopped paying attention until something yellow caught my eye near the bottom of the garden, late this evening whilst I was pottering. 🤗

The bright yellow petals surrounding the brown seeds of two small Sunflowers (Baby Face) in full bloom with 2 others partially hidden amongst the leaves. They are amongst leafy undergrowth of nettles & some small brambles. Picture taken just before dark.

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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

You reminded me of the most useful cookbook that I inherited from my Mum. The plastic cover she made for it serves as wallet for recipes collected from food packets/labels & apparently a recipe I wrote down for her for 'my' fruit cake. 🤗

The open cover of an old recipe book. Various pieces of paper cut from or removed from food packaging, including Homepride flour's bowler-hatted mascot Fred the four grader & Robertson's Mincemeat. Part of handwritten recipe fro 'Sue's Fruit Cake to the right. The price 3/6 (3 shillings & sixpence) is written in pencil top right on the facing page.

Closed book standing upright. The cover is plain orange & the title 'The Good Cook's Encyclopedia' runs down the spine. It is standing on a cream blanket with black stitching around the edge & against the dark orange arm of a soft chair. (The book was printed in 1962.)

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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Oh dear. They were fine last weekend. Didn't check until Friday evening as there was plenty of rain this week. My little Summer Sunburst squash. 😞 #UKGardening 🌱

2 small yellow squash brown at the top where the flower is. various green stems of the plant. Some yellow straw at the base of the plant.

Several squach leaves which are above the small developing fruits. The veins of the leaf in the centre are yellow. The green leaf is speckled with yellow spots.

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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Last year a stem on one of my Peonies snapped so I put it in a little vase. The fragrance was so gorgeous, I brought another one in last night. 🌱 #Gardenshour

Brilliant white Peony flower with a few tiny splashes of deep crimson near the centre.

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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

The woodland strawberries escaped the 'woodland' and have taken up residence amongst some old roses in an overgrown border.

Some tiny strawberries surrounded by leaves.

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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Mine are now fading to pale pink. ☺️

Peony with 7 flowers in shades from dark crimson to almost white. The older the bloom the paler it gets. They will turn white before they go to seed.

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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

The twigs seem to have kept off most unwanted visitors. Not sure if the small holes on the first pic were made by a cat's claw - or a bird's beak. 🤔 5 plants all with at least 1 tiny fruit & 2 (male?) flowers. Should I remove any flowers? #UKGardening 🌱

Squash plant. Large leaf at the front with several small elongated holes in it. Above leaning to the right a tiny yellow fruit. Possible male flower just below it not yetr opened. Above left & right 3 leaves.

2 Squash plants with several twigs stuck in surrounding soil. In a corner with red brick wall behind and right of plants.

3 Squash plants. One in the foreground with 2 more further back. Several twigs around and between the plants.

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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Mine are out slightly earlier this year. ☺️

Dark pink Peony flowers in full bloom in front of an old face with ivy peeking through.

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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Trying to grow Squash for 1st time var (Summer) Sunburst. Last time I weeded, prepared & planted in a patch, I put grit down to stop slugs. The local felines decided it was a litter tray. Hoping the twigs will stop them this time. #UKGardening 🌱

2 squash plants newly planted out into soil dressed with compost. Lots of twigs all over the soil to deter cats.

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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Got to enjoy the Peonies while we can as they don't last long - but what a treat opposite the door. 🤗 #UKGardening 🌱

2 Deep pink/red Peony flowers in fullbloom surrounded by green leaves.

Wider shot with 6 Peonies some fully open, some will be open in a day or 2. Lots of green leaves. Behind is an old fence with ivy peeking through.

And another plant to right of the other 2 views. 5 fully open Peonies amongst green leaves. Behind is an old fence with a bit of ivy and the start of privet hedge in semi-shadow.. The 3 Peonies to the left are lighter pink. This var opens deep pink/red then fades to pink and eventually white.

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

Was it anything like this one....😉

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

I still prefer Windsor Castle in 'honour' of Trump's state visit...😉

Windsor Castle lit up at night during Trump's last state visit to the UK.. An image of Epstein & Trump. on the nearest wall.

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

I'm thinking this is hedge bedstraw growing under my apple tress. Don't remember it being there before but I did clear out a lot of ivy & brambles last autumn which often allows something else to move in & have a go. Also woodland strawberries are up & about all over my back garden. 🙄 #UKGarden 🌱

Lots of lime green leaves and small white flowers. Flowers have 4 petals & grow at the tip of stems. Stems have several whorls of elongated leaves in cluster of 8. Spot a couple of pale purple herb robert flowers poking through in the centre!

Small woodland strawberry plant growing in grass. Leaf whorl grows in 3 with deep veins. Tall flower spikes with multiple flowers with 5 petals and a bright yellow centre. Behind is a bit of sedge grass - tall tough leaves with very deep centre vein.

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

It's nearly peony time folks. 🤗 They don't last long but I love mine as they're opposite the front door so are the 1st thing I see in the morning before going to work this time of year. #UKGardening 🌱

Peony mainly leaves but to the right a large deep red & green bud with smaller bed behind. 2 other green buds lees developed top & left. Old broken lattice fence in background.

Another peony which is to rhe right of the 1st one. Buds are still green but visible centre left & right. Old lattice fence in background top left.

A tall stemmed peony less bushy than the others. This one has multiple flower buds at the top of its stems. The leaves tend to have a bronze or more olive green tinge to them before maturing. There's a privet behind.

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

And the small apple trees are blossoming. Pleased that the 1st one seems to have survived the loss of a major limb last autumn. #UKGardening 🌱

Pink & white buds of apple blossom & green leaves. In the background s sparse privet hedge.

White flowers of apple blossom with yellow centres. In the background a privet hedge and against the skyline tress from a neighbouring woodland.

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

Front lawn - along with primroses I have a profusion of dog violets this year. Back garden - what looks like a mound of dog violets approx 1 ft tall. Not sue why it's grown upwards rather than outwards. Leaves are much bigger. Is it a different var or just not mown over? #UKGardening 🌱

Patch of grass with several small purple flowers of dog violets in full bloom.

A mound of heart shaped leaves with several purple flowers amongst them. Top right is the base of a grey metal birdbath on a grey slab which is behind the plant.

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

This is me being organised with seed I collected last year 👇 🤣

Top of a white envelope labelled '4ft yellow wild flower'.

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

Umm...nope. I like the ones in the lawn which obligingly leave space for the lawnmower to get between them. 😄

Lawn with yellow primroses in it. Overgrown border to left and top with yellow & purple primroses.

Ref primula with yellow centre above, Pale yellow primrose below.

Purple primula with yellow centre growin in a lawn.

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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

- found this from the Chicago Tribune. Hope it gives you a warm feeling inside. 🤗 external.fbhx4-2.fna.fbcdn.net/emg1/v/t13/4...

Photo. On the left a lady, kneeling, in blue coat is drying the bare feet of a lady in a pink coat with white trousers rolled up. They are looking into each other's faces and the lady in pink is smiling.
Next to her a man in dark jacket is kneeling and appears to be washing the foot of a man wearing a white top with a hood up.

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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Does 4 qualify as ',many more' than 6? 🤔 The real world must be a very confusing place for little Haigsbreath.

Strait of Hormuz Live Tracker 31 March showing 4 ships are currently in transit. 6 ships passed through over the last 24 hrs. Normal daily avergae is 60 ships.

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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

So he'll be wanting another 'prize' for ending another war then...

Comic lopsided trophy with smiley face. The handles are 2 arms doing a 'donkey ears' gesture.

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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

You just can't have enough primroses... Front 'lawn' & rear garden border. It's the first time a purple one has self seeded in the lawn. 🤗 #UKGardening 🌱

Lawn with overgrown border behind. Several small yellow flowerung primroses self seed in lawn. Several yellow plus some purple primulas in border. Woody privet behind border

Small yellow primrose with small red primula with yellow centres above, surrounded by grass, twigs & 'weeds'.

A small purple primula with yellow centres surronded by grass.

Large clumps of yellow primroses surrounded by grass in a border between 2 paved paths. A wooden stake is lying on the path to the right.

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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Remember this? UK PM Liz Truss announced that 'everyone thinks I'm like Margaret Thatcher' whilst dressed as MT. A vote of 'no confidence' was carried soon after. She was forced to resign after 45 days in office. Isn't it kinder to remove deluded people from public office for everyone's sake? 🤔

On the left a photo of PM Margaret Thatcher. On the right PM Liz Truss dressed in a very similar outfit as she announces that 'everyone says I'm like Mrs Thatcher'.

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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

I have clay soil. I had 2 Forsythia trees but they seemed to rot from the inside out. I assumed it was old age & that they were lost forever but they've started sprouting from the base so I'm hoping they'll develop into small shrubs:

Several branches of Forsythia flowering from the base, amongst overgrown grass at the side of a paved drive.

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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

We had a whip round...sending you this (in gold coloured gift wrap):

An orange sink plunger (for unblocking a sink/bath)

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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

My Blackthorn flowering its heart out after sulking for a couple of years, following a savage 'prune'. Next to it a younger tree a week or so behind with its flowers. I thought it was a 'chip of the old block' but the leaves have a reddish tinge. I'm thinking Purple Blackthorn? 🤔 #UKGardening 🌱

Close up of a thin branch. White blossom with red centre. Leaves are reddish green. To the right a hand in a green woollen mitten holding the branch.

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susando.bsky.social @susando.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Just made it, I hope! What isn't happening in my garden is - bulbs flowering. All have come up blind except for this one which I found with its head in the dirt so had to prop up with my shoe to see its face. Methinks soggy clay soil is the culprit so back to pots next year. 😒 #Gardenshour

Daffodil flower. Dark yellow centre with pale yellow outer petals. Growing next to a metal pole. Bottom left a shoe proppin up the stem.

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