Lindsay

@joannechocolat.bsky.social hi Joanne, I'm on holiday, trying obscure fruit liqueurs in the Algarve and re-reading Blackberry wine. As a botanical nerd I am really keen to know - did you have a particular variety of potato in mind when writing about Jo's specials?

They're early here too, just made a batch of sloe gin

More than capable and she'd do it with style

🤣 Dame Judi pumping a shotgun and leading them into the fray

Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan among 380 writers and groups to call Gaza war ‘genocide’ Letter also signed by Hanif Kureishi and Russell T Davies urges ceasefire and unrestricted distribution of aid

Our letter condemning the genocide in #Gaza and calling for an immediate ceasefire. A great crime is being committed, and we cannot stand by.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Why abortion rights in the UK are getting more and more perilous Campaigners say confused health professionals are driving the increasing prosecutions of women. Others blame the police. Ultimately, the CPS has questions to answer, writes Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

Why abortion rights in the UK are getting more and more perilous

Obsessed with Ozymandias, the immense and absurdly photogenic kitten of Magdalen College, Oxford

Absolutely gorgeous to be greeted by a mass of oxeye daisies every time I step out the back door. Huge plants growing from the edge of the concrete..would it look better weeded and bare? I don't think so. Let things grow!

The Real Cheese Project

www.therealcheeseproject.co.uk I have a monthly subscription from these guys and I've found it really interesting how many UK dairy farms have pivoted from milk production to artisan cheese because they can make a better living and treat their herds better.

I'm really getting into British artisan cheese. Especially paired with special condiments. Snowdrop by Cote Hill was Supreme Champion at the British cheese awards last year.

I still don't own a cat. But we have a veryyyy sociable neighbour.

Pope Scorpius would have been incredible

A day surrounded only by lovely things - it's peony season! I'm ensconced on the sofa, spiced carrot and lovage soup bubbling on the hob.

Beltane celebrations at Butser!

Great write up on a very effective scam that uses a second scammer to call your bank while you speak to the scammer. Don't trust unsolicited calls/texts/emails claiming to be from your bank.

Ahhh the proprietary paw. I am familiar with this move.

I do not own a cat but this rascal is disputing things.

Green winged orchids, adders tongue fern and cuckoo flower (with bonus orange tip butterfly) all out in North Bucks today at an old ridge and furrow site.

Its a horrendous time in the UK for anyone who cares about biodiversity. The Planning & infrastructure bill looms like disaster over us. Spending much time in my garden observing the life all around me

I might be interested in parenting if this was what was involved

As much as possible!

What if every garden looked like this?

#NoMowMay is fast approaching and this year you can give #PowerToTheFlowers!🌸

Whether you’re in a city, town or the countryside, pack away your lawnmower and allow wildflowers to bloom freely, starting this May🌱

Join the No Mow Movement 👉 t.co/yPZrFcC9qy

Really thought provoking piece, especially struck by the idea of decarbonisation as disempowering people (understand that and feel it myself sometimes) but tackling adaptation initiatives prompts more resilience.

A beautiful day monitoring Field Fleawort on Dunstable Downs and learning more about the species from a researcher who joined me. Two colonies of 33 and 53 rosettes found.

Chamomile, Yarrow, Milfoil, Daisy, Aster, Mayweed illustration.

From The Flowering Plants and Ferns of Great Britain, 1846.

Title: Modern Folk horrors of the British Isles Five images of various characters: A coven of murderous witches... Who play loud youtube videos on public transport. An ancient malevolent demon... With a three-hour podcast interviewing entrepreneurs. A flock of bloodthirsty ravens... Who think absolutely everything is "Woke". A primordial shambling beast... Wearing a "Make albion great again" baseball cap. A mob of satanic villagers... Who give bad reviews to books they haven't read.

my HORRIFYING cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books

Oh I've seen this whole clip. He's awesome.

Amazing thread, just an incredibly wide ranging buffet.

So-called 'Milky Orchid' (Neotinea lactea) © Jon Dunn One of the #orchids we'll be seeing shortly on our popular #OrchidsOfRhodes tour

How do you start the day, with tea or coffee? And do you take milk with that?

Today's #bloomscrolling post is a dash of milk in your day - Neotinea lactea, the lactea referring to its milky tones.

We think it deserves a prettier name than the rather clunky 'Milky Orchid' - suggestions please!

Here in Beara, sally (willow) is always the first tree species to leaf up come spring.

The faithful harbinger of another season of turning atmospheric CO2 pollution into rich, diverse nature, whether in the rainforest, or rewilding up the hill. 🌏