Boonie the Half Goat 🐐

Excellently played Indian Women. #cwc2025

Yay!

Hummingbird hovering beside a pink plant.

Expecting a storm

This ancient Olea europaea specimen exhibits extreme secondary growth, indicative of an age potentially exceeding 1,000 years. Its lignified, contorted trunk structure reflects centuries of cambial activity, drought adaptation, and environmental stress.

#PlantSky #HouseGardening #GreenSky

Uppsala Botanical Garden in autumn color with the Baroque Garden in the foreground

The Daily Green. It was Carl von Linné – and all seeds and plants his disciples brought home from all over the globe – who made Uppsala Botanical the foremost scientific 18th century garden. Picture (October 29, 2017) of the baroque garden designed by architect Carl Hårleman. #photography #botanical

Matt

Farage's Partner in Brussels Fraud Probe: £613,000 EU Funds Scandal Explodes Laure Ferrari faces criminal charges over IDDE misuse. Auditors flagged fake invoices and ghost salaries. Links to Farage's Reform UK and £885k home raise integrity fears amid 2025 probe revival.

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Bonsai, trimmed trees and waterfalls in the Spirited Garden on Jeju

The Daily Green. Spirited Garden on the Korean island; 10 acres of well-kept bonsai gardens. Creation started In 1968 by the, at the time, 29-year-old Bum Young Sung. It is especially appreciated in China, three of its presidents have visited. Picture from October 26, 2026 #bonsai #photography #park

Tax rises could push food prices higher, warn supermarkets The bosses of the UK's largest supermarkets warn the chancellor against imposing higher taxes on the industry.

Sainsburys profit - £1bn
Morrisons profit - £2bn
Tesco profit - £3bn

But we will have to pay more for food if taxes go up

Shock as Avanti West Coast train arrives at Euston on time.

Red-necked Woodpecker (Campephilus rubricollis): 35cm (14in). This is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in every mainland South American country except Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Cracking m/f photos taken by Paulo Barreiros in Brazil.

He was, and was very friendly.

Met this guy on the way home the other day

S885 - Age

There’s one great thief we must keep away from public office in the UK. For the US, it’s a bit late.

There’s one great thief we must keep away from public office in the UK.
For the US, it’s a bit late.

Venus statuette in iron next to a Laceleaf Japanese maple in orange

The Daily Green. Venus statuette in iron next to a Laceleaf Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum 'Garnet') on a bed of European Wild Ginger (Asarum europaeum). Laila Lindström's home on Lidingö, an island outside Stockholm, on October 22, 2009. Form and color. #garden #photography #autumn

Leaf us alone!

Bennu is a carbonaceous asteroid in the Apollo group. Discovered by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) project in 1999, it is named after Bennu, a bird of Egyptian mythology associated with the Sun, creation, and rebirth.

Bennu is a carbonaceous asteroid in the Apollo group. Discovered by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) project in 1999, it is named after Bennu, a bird of Egyptian mythology associated with the Sun, creation, and rebirth.

Bertrand Russell to Oswald Mosley. Perfection.

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This guy hasn't moved since I got in this pub. He's four months old and had been to one on one training.

Socialism: You have two cows. The state takes one, so everyone has a cow.

Communism: You have two cows. The state takes both and gives you a ration of milk.

Capitalism: One man has two billion cows, and milk is unaffordable.

Parazoanthus axinellae, commonly known as the yellow cluster anemone, is a species of zoanthid coral in the family Parazoanthidae.

Parazoanthus axinellae, commonly known as the yellow cluster anemone, is a species of zoanthid coral in the family Parazoanthidae.

Mandarin duck is like a piece of art

The Daily Green. Like a piece of art! Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) originates from northeastern China, Korea, Japan. Was first brought to Europe because of its outstanding look, has somehow spread across Sweden in recent decades. Picture of today, October 16, 2025. #birds #photography #Stockholm

Kaʻiulani (; Victoria Kawēkiu Kaʻiulani Lunalilo Kalaninuiahilapalapa Cleghorn; October 16, 1875 – March 6, 1899) was the only child of Princess Miriam Likelike, and the last heir apparent to the throne of the Hawaiian Kingdom.

Kaʻiulani (; Victoria Kawēkiu Kaʻiulani Lunalilo Kalaninuiahilapalapa Cleghorn; October 16, 1875 – March 6, 1899) was the only child of Princess Miriam Likelike, and the last heir apparent to the throne of the Hawaiian Kingdom.

Hooper: The only way to know for sure if this is our shark is to cut it open.

*Cuts open shark*

Brody: Ugh. The smell!

*Hooper pulls out a license plate*

Hooper: Wait…what’s this? It looks like a note.

Brody: What’s it say?

Hooper: “Release The Epstein Files”.

All together with.....

I absolutely love this piece –
marigolds representing the regions of Ukraine.

🇺🇦 Pavlo Makov,
East and West of the Dnipro. Marigolds, 2024
colour and graphite pencil drawing acrylic paper

Went t'pub lunchtime with mate, wish I'd brought my dining room table at times.

#readingglasses

Dear Laura Kuenssberg

Don't you think it time you gave PROPER coverage to the issue of Reform, Nigel Farage, Nathan Gill & Russian bribery?

You seem reluctant. Just as Fiona Bruce seemed desperate to shut it down when Zack Polanski brought it up on #BBCQT

WHY?

#bbclaurak
#BBCBreakfast