James Rowan (aka Jimmy Knuckles)

@james-rowan-photo.bsky.social

😎 📷 🇨🇦 #photography #travel #exploration #nature #landscape #color #monochrome #filmphotography #ECK #EastCoastKin #Ontario #badlands #Caledon #Cheltenham #ForestFriday #scape

James Rowan (aka Jimmy Knuckles) @james-rowan-photo.bsky.social

Thanks Robyn. My cousin & I were visiting the #Cheltenham #Badlands & right opposite the road was a semi-porous natural stone wall that was around 10 ft. or so at its shortest. We were curious to see what was up there, so we scaled up it & found a wooded wasteland that can't be seen from the road.

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Justsmudge

@justsmudge.bsky.social

about 1 year ago

🌿☕ Here are a few more photos for you, of the roses in my garden from earlier today 🌹 They smell wonderful & look great too💃💕 Enjoy 💐 #bloomscrolling #davidaustin #cheltenham #gardening

Countess of Wessex David Austin pastel yellow rose. Single open head

Dame Judi Dench David Austin rose. Peach coloured bud partially opened above a small grey wall

Open single bloom Dame Judi Dench. Peach coloured with LOTS of ruffled petals. Gorgeous 😍

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Justsmudge

@justsmudge.bsky.social

12 months ago

🌿☕Good morning🌞 I spotted a snowberry bush this morning😍 Introduced to Britain from North America (1817) known as waxberry & ghost👻 berry Containing saponin, an antioxidant & antimicrobial substance. Native Americans used it to clean hair, make tea for stomach disorders & for fever🌿 #cheltenham

Close up of two ripe snowberries surrounded by smaller pink blooms and berries..green foliage in the background

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Justsmudge

@justsmudge.bsky.social

12 months ago

🌿☕ An ode to the British Stile.. The word stile has its origins in Old English, from the word "stigel," which meant a set of steps or a ladder for climbing over a fence or wall. This, in turn, is related to the Germanic word "stig" meaning "to climb" A metal styled stile... #cheltenham

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lookforplace

@lookforplace.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

#Old #Mill #Lower #Slaughter #Cheltenham #Gloucestershire #England

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Justsmudge

@justsmudge.bsky.social

12 months ago

🌿☕A lucky 3: A gatekeeper butterfly (hedge brown or Pyronia Tithonus)with 2 honey 🐝s Pyronia is from Greek pyr meaning 🔥 Tithonus from Greek mythology: He was a mortal 💕 by Goddess Eos who granted him immortality but not eternal youth sentencing him to old age forever #webbsgardencentre #cheltenham

Gatekeeper butterfly 🦋 with wings shut sat on a pink flower head with two honey bees

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Justsmudge

@justsmudge.bsky.social

12 months ago

🌿☕ Hey, morning 🌻 A speckled wood butterfly 🦋 the season has been kind this year ♥️ The speckled wood is the only brown butterfly with three small, cream-ringed eyespots on each hindwing & one on each forewing Lovely to have it visit my garden💐🦋 @savebutterflies.bsky.social #cheltenham #nature

Speckled wood butterfly on a lawn and settled on an old brown leaf

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Justsmudge

@justsmudge.bsky.social

about 2 months ago

🌿☕ Phew 🥵 today... Done my bit for nature & put up an RSPB swift box Shockingly swifts are red listed with a 70% population drop between 1995 & 2024 with only 40,000 breeding pairs in the UK left @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social #cheltenham #birds

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Herbiⓥore

@herbivoreclub.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

Cherry Brave has joined the recent victims of British horse racing. They broke their neck during a race at Huntingdon on the 2nd of March 💔 #YouBetTheyDie 🐎 #Cheltenham 🏇 #CheltenhamFestival

A black-and-white memorial graphic featuring a close-up of a horse’s eye on the right side and three lit candles on the left. At the top, bold white text reads **"In Memoriam."** Below, a list of horse names and dates follows:

- Cherry Brave 02/03/25
- Monte Igueldo 01/03/25
- Hashtag Boum 01/03/25
- Cool Palmer 22/02/25
- Auguste Lumiere 22/02/25
- Maxiboy Dagrostis 19/02/25
- Hardy Fella 15/02/25
- Cut To The Chase 12/02/25
- Dundory 10/02/25

At the bottom, large white text states: **"YOU BET, THEY DIE."** The website **www.herbivore.club** is displayed at the bottom. The image highlights the deaths of racehorses, condemning the racing industry's exploitation and the fatal consequences of betting.

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Justsmudge

@justsmudge.bsky.social

6 months ago

🌿☕ Good morning 🌞 It can be fun to look up! Globally there are over 900 mistletoe species. Seen here, viscum album is the only species native to the UK It is parasitic, growing in round clusters on other trees to survive 🌿 #cheltenham #bloomscrolling

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Justsmudge

@justsmudge.bsky.social

4 months ago

🌿☕ Holly Blue Butterfly 💙 🦋 Seems apt on @bsky.app 💙 🌿 butterfly-conservation.org/butterflies/... @savebutterflies.bsky.social #cheltenham #gardens #nature #sunshine

Holly blue sat on a yew hedge in the sunshine wings closed

Holly blue sat on a yew bush in the sunshine wings open

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Justsmudge

@justsmudge.bsky.social

4 months ago

🌿☕ A sunny day to you all 🌞 18°C in Cheltenham today & the sun is cracking the flags ready for next week's Jazz 🪊 festival! 🎷💥 What better showy plant to share to you than Phlox - from the Greek literally meaning "a flame" related to phlegein "to burn" 🔥🔥🔥💐 Enjoy! #cheltenham #nature #music #jazz