@shortrb.bsky.social

@shortrb.bsky.social

1045 Followers 711 Following

Accountant, book worm and dog lover. In North Devon 🏳️‍🌈 I'm dyslexic, so spellings and phrases i use may at times look rather odd.

A bumble bee feeding from a pale blue, globe like flower of an Echinops
Close up of a pinky red dahlia in the sun. A few fine cobwebs can be seen strung amongst it's petals
A large white dahlia. Back lit by the evening sun. In front of a fence covered in a white flower clematis.
A truss of large ripening tomatoes in a greenhouse
A border collie drinking heartily from a red plastic watering can
Looking downstream toward the new(ish 2007) Taw Bridge. From the historic long bridge at Barnstaple. A wide calm river beneath blue skies. the right bank has a stone quay and building along it. The left bank has a grassy flood defence and flood plain. In the distance a concrete modern bridge arches over the river
A bumble bee feeding from a teasel
An orange and yellow gerbera. Several rings of orange, yellow tipped petals. Surround a bright yellow center.
Close up of a pink Cosmos in the sun. Pink petals radiate outwards from it's bright yellow center. Yellow pollen dots some of the petals
A dark bumble bee, crawling over a pale blue Echinops
Two pink dahlias (a variety called Onesta) in the morning sun
Blue pom-pom like flowers of Echinops in front of an agapanthus flower
Two freshly picked ripe red tomatoes
Top L-R Purple/White Dahlia "Mystery Day", Red Helenium, Echinops Main Rudbeckia Mid R Gazania Btm R Pink Dahlia "Onesta"
White shasta daisy's. Dotted with the morning's dew
Goldfish feeding on a pond covered by black netting. For every goldfish you can see. There are probably two black ones that you can’t
A border collie laying on his back. Eyes shut and front paws raised like a mantis. Enjoying his tummy being brushed
A pale mauve petunia with dark purple veins
Instow beach an hour after high tide. On a sunny sandy beach. Three people are stood chatting as two black labradors play in the water. In the distance, Crowe point can be seen, across the calm blue waters of the Taw/Torridge estuary. A white yacht, with red sails can be seen in the middle of the estuary.
Pale yellow Californian poppies in the morning sun
A red and white striped dahlia in a garden border on a sunny morning. The dahlia is a variety called Tartan.
A border collie laying down in the shade of a tree with a small collection of windfall apples next to him
The hire fliers of a bean tree. Flowering against a clear blue sky
A yellow and red striped gazania
Petunias in the afternoon sun
A large pink beige and white moth held in someone’s fingers. What I think might be an elephant elephant hawk moth
Pink sweet peas, climbing up and flower on a double yellow hollyhock flower spike.
Purple auilegia
A flowering thistle
Instow beach at low tide. A white boat sits on a large sandy beach. Instow is where the Rivers Taw and Torridge meet. Before going out into the Bristol Channel
A hover fly sat on an orange day lily
Pale pink everlasting sweet peas. That are getting close to 7ft. Next doors 6ft fence is built on a ledge a good foot higher than where the sweet peas are growing
A pollen covered bumble bee. Feeding on a sunflower.
A man in a grey spacesuit and a grey bin like helmet. Stood in front for the Houses of Parliament. Count Binface, regular novelty candidate in UK politics. The alter ego of comedian Jonathan David Harvey. Original picture from Washington Post.
Two orangey, yellow dahlias. Whose unopened, curled petals appear a dark magenta.
A blue Hydrangea macrophylla
Close up of a dark purple and white dahlia called Mystery Day
A bee climbing into one of the bell like flowers on a foxglove's flower spike.
Close up of a dark peach coloured day lily on a sunny day
A teasel that's currently flowering
Bright orange day lilies, growing in a border. In front of a trellis covered fence
Left Top-Btm Shasta Daisy, Teasel, Blue Hydrangea Mid Pale yellow, double Hollyhock Right Top-Btm Pink Phlox Paniculata, Yellow Rudbeckia, Red Opium Poppy
A dew covered dahlia called Red and White Fubuki. A mostly scarlet red flower. With an area, between 11 and 5 o'clock in shades of white and pale pink
A selection of dahlias Top L-R Dark Purple/White Liquid Desire, Pale purple Creme de Cassis, Pale orange Noordwijk Glory Main Red and White Fubuki Mid R Unknown White dahlia with purple edging Btm R Pink/Yellow Karma Sangria
Heleniums in the morning sun
A clump of shaggy, white Shasta daisies in the morning sun.
A pink rose covered in raindrops
A house boat, sat on the grassy flood plain of the River Torridge. An old trawler hull, that's painted turquoise. With a wooden, box structure on it deck. Across the river, are steep cliffs covered in trees.
Close up of a dahlia with yellow petals with vibrant pink tips.
An old trawler. Run aground and moored on a flood plain of the River Torridge
An open, peachy orange dahlia flower. Covered in small raindrops
A magenta Osteospermum in front of magenta sweet peas
Close up of the yellow pollen covered, black anthers of a peach coloured day lily
Close up of the central yellow disc flower of a pale purple Aster
A newly opened pink and yellow cactus dahlia called Karma Sangria. Dotted with this morning's raindrops
A beige oval vase on a wooden shelf. Filled with pale and bright pink sweet peas