Earth is their planet too 🦋🐬🐙🦅🐘🦥🦜- learning daily lessons from my 🐕 and my garden on how to be a better human 💙.
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yonnette ward retweeted
This World Environment Day, remember: the Amazon matters - to all of us.
Protecting the Amazon is a shared responsibility.
Because what happens in the forest doesn't stay there. It shapes our future, everywhere.
amazonconservation.org @amazonacca @AceaaAmazonica
yonnette ward retweeted
It's unacceptable for policing to look like this in America. This should both frighten and outrage anyone who wants the US to remain a free society.
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A true Swift Hero!
Another car load of nest boxes for Save Our Suffolk Swifts from John Stimpson, I couldn’t quite squeeze enough in for one to be the 45,000th one he has now made. We have free Community Sets available for prominent elevations of public buildings @suffolkwildlife @SuffolkBirdGrp
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I hear people tutting about how scruffy my front garden looks as they walk past in winter and spring… . Then this happens in the summer. Nectar magnet for insects everywhere. And it looks rather lovely too. Tidy isn’t for everyone or everything.
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Yes. During summer holidays you left the house at 9am and got home at 9pm. You’d blag some lunch from one of your mates parents and get up to mischief until it started to get dark. And guess what, we’re didn’t spend all day being offended by everything.
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In affairs of the heart, know your flowers!
A legend tells that when the young knight Sir Rupert gave his sweetheart, Lady Edith, a pink dianthus — a symbol of pure love — she unknowingly returned a striped carnation, which in the language of flowers means “I cannot be with you.”
Broken-hearted, Sir Rupert went off to war. Believing herself forsaken, Lady Edith followed him in disguise, dressed as an archer. In battle, she struck Sir Rupert with an arrow — perhaps in grief, or revenge. But as he lay wounded, she saw the striped carnation he had kept close to his breast.
Realising her mistake, she fell to the ground weeping and revealed her identity. They understood at last what had gone wrong.
Fortunately, Sir Rupert survived his wounds — and he and Lady Edith lived happily ever after, vowing never again to take the language of flowers so literally!
Image from The Temple of Flora (1797 – 1810) by Dr. Robert Thornton.
ALT A botanical illustration from The Temple of Flora by Dr. Robert Thornton, showing a group of striped carnations in vivid shades of red, blue, purple, and pink. The richly ruffled blooms stand tall against a soft, cloudy sky and a distant blue landscape.
yonnette ward retweeted
🎥 | Damson Idris on Lewis Hamilton’s involvement on the #F1TheMovie:
“He kinda called BS on some of the sequences that wouldn’t happen in real life.”
“It was really just a sense of encouragement from Lewis. Anytime he came on set – everyone would be really excited.”
“He’d congratulate me and encourage me to keep going, and that fuelled me throughout the whole process of filming.”
yonnette ward retweeted
Yes, I love painting flowers and sunny days.
But again and again I am drawn back to the beauty of the night. The creatures that exist in the part of the day that we so often miss out on.
yonnette ward retweeted
💥Massive legal win for @RiverActionUK💥
Judge rules that livestock mega farms must take account of cumulative environmental impact
Had this ruling been there 10 years ago the desecration of the River Wye by intensive 🐓production would never have happened shropshirestar.com/news/2025…
yonnette ward retweeted
A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land. – Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Within minutes of arriving this morning at Kinnaird Head, I witnessed this. I got myself down onto the rocks as they passed within 50-100 metres.
My eleventh Orca sighting in past six weeks.
Don’t visit whale-killing Norway to see Orca when you can see them in Scotland 🏴
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In 1660 it took them 5 weeks of marching to get from Berwick-upon-tweed to London, today, it's just over a three hour train ride which will see the @ColdstreamGds return to their birthplace. 🇬🇧
We have a team accompanying them - so stay tuned to join us on their journey. 🚂
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I’m just chillin on the sun bed waiting for Breckie 🤣🤣absolutely stunning animals ❤️❤️
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Things British people say at the end of a holiday:
“I need a holiday to get over the holiday!”
“I’m looking forward to a proper cup of tea when I get home”
“I’m going to miss someone cooking me breakfast every day”
“Can’t wait to sleep in my own bed”
“Don’t forget to stop off for milk”
“Hope the cats are alright”
“Shall we leave the unpacking until tomorrow?”
“I’ve really missed British telly” (the Brit will get home and watch an American show on Netflix that they could’ve easily watched on holiday)
“I didn’t even wear half of these clothes”
“Why did I pack so many pants?!”
“Ten days would’ve been enough really”
“Hope the house is still there when we get home”
“Bet we’ve got loads of post”
“Do you think we’ll keep in touch with that nice couple from the hotel?” (The answer is no)
“There’s something growing in the fridge”
“Look how long the grass is!”
“I wish I’d booked tomorrow off now”
yonnette ward retweeted
I know swifts get the attention but swallows deserve a puff. They are currently nesting in our basement - the acrobatics involved are spectacular. We are honoured that they have chosen to live with us. #swallows
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I don't often say this, but well done @labour!
A 200 year old law penalising the absolute poorest, most vulnerable in society, is finally scrapped. gov.uk/government/news/rough…
