MummaLovesExeter

@loveexeter.bsky.social

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I love Exeter I just want it to be lovelier Posts reflect personal opinions Born at 319ppm

Image saying: I (heart logo) XTR in the style of the famous " I love New York". However the heart carries the classic climate stripes from blue to red (left to right) illustrating planetary warming. This is also the post author's bluesky icon.
A roundabout with an official VisionZeroSW sign stating "Look out for cyclists". Local campaigners are cycling around the roundabout with a banner that reads "Exeter's most dangerous roundabout?"
A bar chart with the scale set to highlights a small drop in Serious injuries figues (in green). The bars in black refer to deaths but the tiny changes are hidden by the small scale chosen. A red line has been drawn around these to highlight this.
A yellow flower, yellow rattle in long grass
Elderflower Sorbet recipe
A tall pile of building materials & shopping next to some bikes: 20kg cement adhesive 15kg jointing compound 13kg fence stain 8kg cement 500g varnish 4 packs broccoli
A large quantity of chocolate bars such as mars, snickers, twix etc
A glade of flowers (muscaricomumatum, snakes head fritillary, primrose & wood anenome) in front of a old tree trunk.
A pic from the movie Matilda, Miss Trunchball stands in front of a list of rules, wearing a square cut black coat and leather belt.
Google street view from 2019 of Worcester St, Wolverhampton. A line of parked cars is on one side of the street. No people can be seen.
A toddler walks away through sandy ground holding an adult's hand.
Snowdrops line a Devon hedge bank, the sun shines through bare trees in the hedge beyond.
Car driver waves as they drive onto roundabout into path of cyclist (whose hand signal can just be seen) in a UK urban setting. Wide angle lens makes the car appear further away than the close near-collision reality.
Two bluesky posts, the first showing Trump receiving a 'trophy' for being the champion of 'clean beautiful coal', the second warning of climate tipping points pushing us to hellish conditions.
A striped crossing point across a road (pavements convered in snow while the road is clear), a woman crosses holding red flag. Additional red flags are held at each end of the crossing.
The tips of black gloves with a few fine silvery stitches near two tips.
A bowl of porridge sprinkled with cocoa powder and spices.
A figure, wrapped up warm, bends to inspect the turf beneath pine trees
Soft orange sunrise into dark skies with city treescape in silhouette
A picture of an amber traffic light and text relating to the meaning of Amber from the UK Highway code
A covered bike rack full of bicycles
A map showing the Exeter Green circle route with each section highlighted in a different colour.
A small trailer covered in flowers and loaded with garden plants in pots is pulled behind a bicycle.
An ebike control reads 7999.1 miles
A rocky stream, in a wide green valley (glen) surrounded by mountains.
A white ford transit van is parked on a corner marked with both double yellow lines and white zigzags. There is a zebra crossing obscured by the van as a bus approaches.
Graph showing (road) deaths per year vs target deaths. 2020 was 44 (baseline) Planned by 2030 is 22 2024 actual was 56 On plan target for 2024 should've been 36
A vintage flat round tin labelled Eurhymol Powder
A white van is parked on the pavement alongside the zigzags of a zebra crossing and close to the front door of a house. Approaching drivers' view of anyone attempting to cross would be blocked.
Elderflower heads and sliced lemons sit in a preserving pan of brown sugar syrup
Emergency services stand beside a car that has crashed into a low wall surrounding the Cathedral Green in Exeter. Text reads Cathedral green crash (image courtesy of Radio Exe)
The golden glow of a sunset is streaking the foregroubd hedgerows plants with red and gold.
Small white car occupies part of the loading bay adjacent to small shops and also blocks a cycle lane, omcoming traffic fills the other lane.
A small blue butterfly sits on a yellow flower
The dark pink flower spike of an orchid in the foreground of a buttercup-strewn meadow.
A meadow filled with buttercups, some tall trees in the background and a view over distant hills
The petals and centre of a bright red large poppy full the photo.
The unfurling fronds of ferns form a large patch in a garden
A bottle filled with white liquid labelled " slug trap brew" and decorated with a white 3d printed slug.
A wood, covered in fresh green foliage, with bluebells in the undergrowth.
Grass lawn with large earthy clumps dug up, over a wide area.
Cycles fill all the spaces in 8m long cycle racks
Two limpet shells stacked one on top of the other, cling to a vertical rock surface.
The top of a granite wall fades out of focus into a moorland landscape. In the foreground are mosses, lichens and small fleshy sedum packed together on the granite.
Blue skies, laced with whispers of white clouds above gently rolling Devon hills in sunshine. The River Exe can just be seen in the distance.
Google image split screen. Map of Sherford , near Plymouth and street view of modern housing with a car on the wide pavement.
Small car is parked at right angles to the road completely blocking the pavement.
Two beech leaves sit in pockets in the snow.
Three pieces of windfallen bushy lichens sit in hollows in the snow that perfectly match their shape.
Leafless trees of various heights, stand above a plain of brown grasses and stones.
Two blue-black beetles lie on their backs on a path, legs waving.
Two scenes showing Bart Simpson and Homer. Bart complains is the most terrarium he's ever seen, Homer replies it'll be the least he'll see for the rest of his life. Ironic conclusion states: "Let's keep prioritising the car"
Bare trees silouetted against a deep inky blue sky, a cold glow from the moon to one side.
Large trunk of a pine tree, one branch has been cut off leaving a stump which looks like a screaming scared face.
A green playing field with the silhouette of winter trees emerging from mist, clouds and a hint of blue in the sky above.
Badger footprint
Bright red sunrise over silhouette of city streets
Green lichen, touched with orange highlights, on a branch in the foreground. The sun sets out of focus behind the distant hills.
A muddy bridleway, lined by bare trees clad in ivy, their branches overhead forming an open tunnel.