Marti
LightNews LightNews
banner
martifarrow.bsky.social
Marti
@martifarrow.bsky.social
1.2K followers 950 following 910 posts
Posts Replies Media Videos
Pinned
martifarrow.bsky.social
Marti @martifarrow.bsky.social · Dec 22
Late for #WildflowerHour
Scarlet berries of Stinky Iris, starry OxEye Daisy, an old Rose branch with new Lichen & nice dark Ivy.
Peace 💫🕊️
martifarrow.bsky.social
✨🫧💛🫧✨
Beautiful garden companion - a Clouded Yellow #butterfly 🦋🌱
October 1, 2026 at 8:34 AM
martifarrow.bsky.social
“And a heaven in a wild flower…”
Early for #WildflowerHour
🦊 Fox & Cubs - pilosella aurantica
Corydalis lutea 🐝
Red Valerian -centranthus ruber
Ragwort - senecio jacobaea 🌼
Love to all 💕
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social 🌱
Orange flower and little buds of Fox & Cubs on a downy stem. Hairy foliage beneath Yellow tubes of Corydalis and its delicate green foliage Deep ruby Red Valerian flowerhead with a tiny striped Hoverfly feeding Beautiful yellow flowers of Ragwort with its fawn button seedheads
September 27, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Reposted by Marti
markreckons.bsky.social
Just seen Danny Tommo referred to as "Captain Thugwash" and seriously, that's excellent work.
Amy Poehler's Perfect Chef's Kiss
ALT: Amy Poehler's Perfect Chef's Kiss
static.klipy.com
September 24, 2026 at 9:38 AM
martifarrow.bsky.social
🕊️Dear #WildflowerHour posted in astonishment 👀 from a walk today - Blackthorn blossom - in September? 🤔 Not just one or two flowers - many! 🫧
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@botanybeck.bsky.social 🌱
September 23, 2026 at 5:15 PM
martifarrow.bsky.social
Early for #WildflowerHour
Treasures of this week, from the heavenly realms ✨🫧🦠🫧🕊️✨
Bristly Ox Tongue & Bryophytes
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social 🌱
September 20, 2026 at 6:12 PM
martifarrow.bsky.social
Late addition for #WildflowerHour
💞 Is this a wild Autumn crocus - colchicum autumnale, or garden variety? 🤔 Growing on slope beneath old Willow stump in the garden 🌱 Welcome bright beauty! 🌸
Autumn crocus - colchicum autumnale, lilac pink petals in sunshine against dried grasses
September 14, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Reposted by Marti
plantlifeuk.bsky.social
The UK’s largest citizen science fungi survey, #WaxcapWatch, is back!🍄

It’s really easy to take part. Just head out to a grassy spot and record any waxcaps and grassland fungi you find.

Join today 👉 www.plantlife.org.uk/waxcapwatch/
Two red fungi growing amongst some grass. The title reads 'Join the UK's largest citizen science fungi survey'
September 14, 2026 at 9:08 AM
martifarrow.bsky.social
#favouriteplants for #WildflowerHour
🫧💞🕊️🫧Centranthus ruber - Red Valerian, in flower pretty much every month this year. Hummingbird Hawkmoth visits a lovely highlight. Thought I’d a video, but can’t find it! 🤔
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social 🌱
Deep pink Centranthus ruber and starry white Bedstraw flowers Centranthus ruber at night - moths feeding Centranthus ruber growing in paving cracks - a source of irritation to my partner!
September 13, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Reposted by Marti
coldwarsteve.bsky.social
rnli.org/support-us/g...
September 8, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Reposted by Marti
georgemonbiot.bsky.social
80 year-olds with pro-Palestine signs: arrested as terrorists.
Greens planning to block a road, to highlight an existential crisis: sent down for years.
Masked far-right thugs blocking roads and ports, using intimidation, obstruction & threatening behaviour: no arrests.
The real two-tier policing.
September 7, 2026 at 5:59 AM
martifarrow.bsky.social
#Fruits for #WildflowerHour
🍒🫐❣️🫧🍎 Love ‘em all!
Big berry bonanza 🐦‍⬛
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social 🌱
September 6, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Reposted by Marti
channel4news.bsky.social
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.

🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:
Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
channel4news.substack.com
September 3, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Reposted by Marti
matthew-wright.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thames Water, I refuse to pay the sewage charge in my bill while you pollute Britain’s rivers and coastlines | Jenny Jones
I will calmly read all the threatening letters and await the court case against me. But I will take a stand even if our government won’t, says Jenny Jones, a Green party peer
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2026 at 11:32 AM
martifarrow.bsky.social
🌼 Unusual Sunday - helping an injured cyclist after collision outside, all OK 🙏❤️‍🩹🚑
Late post of #SeedHeads for #WildflowerHour
Corn Marigold - Glebionis segetum
Purple Loosestrife - Lythrum salicaria
Feverfew - Tanacetum parthenium
Wildflower seed from garden, calming 🫘✨
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
Starry seedhead of Corn marigold - Glebionis segetum, also two cheery yellow flowers In a small cardboard tray lie two dried flower spikes of Purple Loosestrife - Lythrum salicaria Petals now crispy, pale pink - hope to collect seed On a small brown envelope is a very bill-like seed of Meadow Cranesbill Also four empty seedheads of Feverfew A wooden pencil is behind All are shades of sepia/brown My little seed collection table has various cardboard trays of seedheads. At front are Feverfew seeds ready for winnowing, very sugar-like
August 31, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Reposted by Marti
damerainbowwarrior.bsky.social
Petition: UK to mandate "zero plastic pellet loss" in line with new EU law ASAP

The EU recently formalised its Plastic Pellet Loss Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2025/2365), which mandates risk management plans and independent audits for large handlers.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...
Petition: UK to mandate "zero plastic pellet loss" in line with new EU law ASAP
The EU recently formalised its Plastic Pellet Loss Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2025/2365), which mandates risk management plans and independent audits for large handlers. We want the UK to follow suit...
petition.parliament.uk
August 29, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Reposted by Marti
womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Margaret Preston (1875 – 1963), Australian painter, printmaker and writer, one of Australia's leading modernists #Womensart
Print a plant with large dark red blossoms against a cream background
August 28, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Reposted by Marti
wutangforchildren.bsky.social
Jon Batiste with a gorgeous rendition of "I Will Always Love You" for Dolly Parton 🥺🙏
August 26, 2026 at 4:05 PM
martifarrow.bsky.social
#WallPlants for #WildflowerHour
Few after heat, & I’ve not ventured far, so home/shed walls 👀
Plantago lanceolata - Ribwort Plantain
Corydalis lutea - Yellow Corydalis
Centranthus ruber - Red Valerian
Pentaglottis sempervirens - Green Alkanet
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social 🌱
At base of pale green wall - Ribwort Plantain foliage and one spiky cream tassel flowerhead Pretty yellow tube cluster flowers of Yellow Corydalis. Beautiful ferny foliage against pale green wall Sunlight making shadows of Red Valerian at base of shed wall. Partner would like this plant gone, but Hummingbird Hawkmoth & I love its crimson flowers & starry seeds Green Alkanet has statuesque foliage, but sad to have missed its forget-me-not blue blooms. Against pale green wall
August 23, 2026 at 6:30 PM
martifarrow.bsky.social
🌸🫧🐻‍❄️🌿🧵 #CommonNames for #WildflowerHour
Early, as cooking supper 🙏
Herb Robert/Stinky Bob- geranium robertianum
Sheeps Sorrel - rumex acetosella
Spindle - euonymus europaeus
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social 🌱
August 16, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Reposted by Marti
womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Black Children Keep Your Spirits Free, 1972, by Carolyn Mims Lawrence, US artist, founding member of AfriCOBRA #womensart
August 14, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Reposted by Marti
womensartbluesky.bsky.social
'Common Poppies',c.1852 by Anna Atkins, UK pioneer in botany and photography whose photographs created by cyanotype process were among the first ever to be published #womensart
Image of a white poppy plant against a dark blue background
August 12, 2026 at 4:50 AM
Reposted by Marti
nationaltrust.org.uk
ANNOUNCEMENT:

All our sundials will be out of order this evening between about 6pm and 8pm, we apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. Normal service will resume tomorrow.

In unrelated news, enjoy the eclipse later...

Photos: Mike Selby, Annapurna Mellor, Chris Davies, John Millar
A wall-mounted sundial inside a walled garden. Text on the sundial reads: "fear god, obey ye king" A traditional sundial on a plinth, formal gardens surround it The sun beams down on a traditional sundial, with heather visible in the background A shot of a sundial from above. It's mounted on a stone plinth. Text on the side reads "KEW BRIDGE"
August 12, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Reposted by Marti
womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Red Poppy, 1927
by Georgia O'Keeffe #Womensart
#Monday
Painting featuring the close-up of a red poppy
August 10, 2026 at 4:08 AM
martifarrow.bsky.social
🌸🫧🙏💞🕊️ Very delighted to see a solitary Rosebay Willowherb - Chamaenerion angustifolium blooming in a heap of Erigeron karvinskianus by our wall.
I appreciate its willowy leaves & delicate flowers 🌱
#Wildflowers #Bloomscrolling
Clear pink flowers of Rosebay Willowherb with its elegant willowy leaves One stem of Rosebay Willowherb flowering above many tiny daisies of Mexican fleabane
August 10, 2026 at 10:31 AM
martifarrow.bsky.social
🌼🌸 #DaisyFamily for #WildflowerHour
Corn Marigold - Glebionis segetum
Oxeye Daisy - Leucanthemum vulgare
Aster sp
Bristly Ox Tongue - Helminthotheca echioides
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social 🌱
August 9, 2026 at 6:24 PM