PatchieSteve

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Keeper of Exclamations! And Chief Snorer at writteninhope.ink/the-between My words: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7yzvgqyttlyztvfbteazrzki/feed/aaamf7mmkyoi4

Small red crab apple dangles from branch, alone among a flurry of white spring blossom
Strong Words magazine. Issue 59 - Autumn. Peacock on the cover
I am holding the book The man who watched the trains go by by George Simenon
Monarchs and a bull statue, corner piece of the Albert Memorial, representing Europe. Blue sky above with puffy white clouds
Comma butterfly at rest on leaves
Red poppies by the road
A bee in a red poppy among red poppies, grass and my bike tyre
The beautiful light and dark pink bloom of a rosa mundi
A caterpillar on a stem, but which is it?
Tree with crow's nest. Possibly ash
An oak tree against a misty background
A frog in the middle of the pavement. 6am
Latest issue of Private Eye, a British satirical magazine. Cover says, Russia demands to keep captured territory. Picture of Putin on phone saying including the White House.
Moss on a tree
A brimstone butterfly among the wild geraniums, wings closed, settled.
Long tailed tit in a tree
Magpie nest, high up in a tall tree. Blue sky
A peacock butterfly bathes in a sunny spot in my garden
Book. Gulag by Anne Applebaum
A chime of little daffodils gathered in a huddle on last autumn's leaves
A purple crocus on a woodland trail
Latest edition of UK satirical mag, Private Eye. Cover headline: King agrees to host Trump visit. Picture of King Charles III talking to Prime Minister Starmer. Starter says give him a welcome fit for a President, and Charles replies, OK, I'll shout at him then boot him out
Two white primroses, freshly planted
Light, by Eva Figes. Picture if book... and my feet 😆
At Daunt Books bookshop on Marleybone High Street, London. Worth a visit 📚 #bookshops
Jigsaw of Corfe Castle
Bookmark advertising Daunt Books in London.
John Crowley's book, Little, Big
Article from The Times Saturday Review of Saturday 9 November about artist Tirzah Garwood, wife of Eric Ravillious.
Patrick White novel, The Tree of Man, picture of tree with fire at its base. Penguin
Why try Blue Sky graphic
Field Scabious (Knautia arvenils) entry from Reader's Digest Field Guid to the Wild Flowers of Britain. Pink flowers and two paragraphs about the plant.
A photo of Robert Macfarlane's book about regional words from the various parts of the UK. Book rests on a pile of leaves near the river Ouse, but you can't see the river in the pic.