Lyn Edmonds

Flowerhead of the Dahlia, 'Sam Hopkins' in a dark shade of magenta with a mainly green blurred background of leaves and other flowers

Flowerhead of the Dahlia, 'Sam Hopkins' in a dark shade of magenta, seen in the Dahlia Garden at Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
#Dahlia #ColorADay #ColourADay #MagentaMon #MagentaMonday #BloomScrolling
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A plant growing on an urban street wall, with yellow flowers that are mainly towards the top and are now fading and its green leaves below, with old brown and dark grey damaged bricks around it

Yellow Corydalis, Pseudofumaria lutea, now fading but still bringing a little brightness to this urban street wall
#YellowCorydalis #WallPlants #UrbanPlants #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Close-up photograph of the tiny white flowers and heart-shaped green seed pods of Shepherd’s Purse, Capsella bursa-pastori, growing as a pavement plant in Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire

Shepherd’s Purse, Capsella bursa-pastori, with tiny white flowers & heart-shaped green seed pods developing from within the flowers, pushing aside the petals, which have yet to fall away
#Shepherd'sPurse #PavementPlants #UrbanPlants #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Robert Henry Edmondson's grave in Turin Town Cemetery, which is marked with a Commonwealth War Graves headstone showing his name, rank , regiment, soldier number, age and date of death, with grass and other headstones in the background

Remembering today, Pte Robert Henry #Edmondson 2nd Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, of #Shipley, Yorkshire, died 11 October 1918; tragically, his mother took her own life because of his death

More info: bit.ly/2PxIx0m

#WW1 #FWW #KSLI #31DaysOfGraves #Day11Military

Sydney Frank Norris' grave in Turin Town Cemetery, which is marked with a Commonwealth War Graves headstone showing his name, rank , regiment, soldier number, age, date of death and epitaph, with grass and other headstones in the background

#31DaysofGraves Day 11 #Military

A Loving Son
A Noble Pal

2nd Lt Sydney Frank #Norris, Royal Field Artillery, died 28 April 1919, 5 months after the Armistice on his way to Egypt; buried with 15 others named the ‘Turin Men’- most of whom like Sydney died from illness

More details: bit.ly/2IjNUj3

A wooden fingerpost with one directional sign pointing to the right which says DOG RUN, surrounded by grass with trees, bushes and a field in the background

Run don't walk! 🐶🐾

A special #FingerpostFriday for all our canine friends, in Wandlebury, Cambridgeshire

Close-up of a pink rose flower in full bloom, surrounded by green leaves and other parts of the rose bush in the background

Boscobel®, a pink rose bred by David Austin and seen in the Rose Garden at Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire

Name inspired by Boscobel House, where Charles II hid there in an oak tree, whilst being pursued by Cromwell’s soldiers during the English Civil War

#RoseWednesday #BloomScrolling

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Sergeant Michael Margiotta’s grave in Lembet Road Cemetery in Thessaloniki, which is marked with a Commonwealth War Graves headstone showing his name, rank , soldier number, age and date of death, with grass and other headstones in the background (Photo: © Robin Braysher)

A Gold Medal Cyclist: the story of Sergeant Michael Henry Margiotta, who died on 6 October 1918, six days after the Bulgarian armistice; he is buried in Lembet Road Cemetery in Thessaloniki
#Salonika #WW1 #MiddlesexRegiment #ArmyCyclistCorps

More details:
awayfromthewesternfront.org/research/sol...

Flowerheads of the Dahlia, 'Hillcrest Jonathan' in shades of white, pink and magenta, which is ball-shaped and has similar blooms and leaves in the background

Flowerheads of the Dahlia, 'Hillcrest Jonathan' in shades of white, pink and magenta, seen in the Dahlia Garden at Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
#Dahlia #ColorADay #ColourADay #PinkMon #PinkMonday #MagentaMon #MagentaMonday #BloomScrolling @midsandeastnt.bsky.social

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A dark brown seed pod from a Yellow Iris plant that has split open revealing many flattened red-brown seeds that have started to disperse; against a mainly grey blurred background

A 3-sided pod of Yellow Iris, Iris pseudacorus, that has split open revealing its many flattened red-brown seeds that have started to disperse into a nearby pond, seen in Wandlebury, Cambridgeshire
#YellowIris #Seeds #Autumn #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Top-down photo of a flower with bright yellow ribbed petals, lightly splashed with raindrops, an unopened bud to the right; all surrounded by its slightly jagged edged green leaves below

Corn Marigold, Glebionis segetum, lightly splashed with raindrops on its bright yellow ribbed petals and an unopened bud
#CornMarigold #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Close-up of Holly with dark green spiky and glossy leaves with a small bunch of bright red berries in between the leaves; against a background of the tree and the ground beneath

Holly, Ilex aquifolium, with its dark green glossy leaves and bright red berries on a tree that was laden with this winter fruit
#Holly #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

IWM (Q 13626) Salonika viewed from the deck of a British battleship; the city's numerous minarets and hilltop citadel are clearly visible

On 5 October 1915, 110 years ago today, Allied forces began landing at the port of Salonika (now Thessaloniki) , marking the beginning of the Salonika Campaign
#Salonika #WW1 #FWW

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Wild Mignonette, Reseda lutea, from earlier this year (May 2025) to celebrate its #JacobinDay
#Mignonette #SundayYellow #WildFlowerHour

A leafy green patch of Ivy-leaved Toadflax, with tiny purple flowers growing on a pale coloured brick wall in the Autumn sunshine)

A leafy green patch of Ivy-leaved Toadflax, Cymbalaria muralis, with its tiny flowers still growing strongly on a wall at Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire in the Autumn sunshine 🍃
#ColorADay #ColourADay #GreenSat #GreenSaturday #WallPlant #Ivy-leavedToadflax #WildflowerHour

Close-up of a dark red Collarette type Dahlia 'Mary Evelyn/Eveline', lightly splashed with raindrops, with part of a bud and leaf to its left side, against a blurred green and brown background

Flowerhead of the dark red Collarette type Dahlia 'Mary Evelyn/Eveline', lightly splashed with raindrops, seen this week in the Dahlia Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social
#Dahlia #BloomScrolling #FlowersOnFriday #FridayFlowers