Sei que o foco hoje é o Sam Neill (descanse em paz 🙏🏼), mas sempre preciso homenagear o lendário Bob Peck que é a primeira lembrança que tenho de coxas masculinas que me fizeram salivar.

I would add: Always greet parrots kindly, but be careful -- they love a prank.

You will always need a bigger bowl than you think when making a salad. Always

Meadow hare linoprint by my mum, Jo, from my non-fiction book Ring The Hil.

It’s cooled down a bit - perfect book buying conditions! Sally

Hymenocallis littoralis, with a bee

It’s seagull nesting time in Bridlington, just don’t walk down the steps below without a hat!

Bridlington harbour. The lobster capital of Europe www.seacourthotel.com/bridlington-...

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Imagine travelling thousands of miles just to spend your evenings doing zoomies over the same few houses... It's hard not to be impressed 👇 #SwiftAwarenessWeek

And also her article "My secret life" in @annualreviews.bsky.social www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... #PlantScience

I can highly recommend Mary-Dell's autobiographical article in @plantphys.bsky.social: "Agrobacterium. A Memoir" academic.oup.com/plphys/artic... It's always best to read about great scientific discoveries from the scientists themselves. #PlantScience

The first lilies to bloom, despite the lily beetle damage.

Thistle flower with bee & 4 hover flies. Has anyone else noticed just how many hover flies there are this summer? I’ve never seen so many in the garden.

What an amazing Gardener’s World. Adam Frost was superb, the first time I can recall having a tutorial on hard landscaping. So many other exciting aspects.

I’m growing cucamelons (Melothria scabra) for the first time, 1st photo.They produce separate male & female flowers as shown in the 2nd & 3rd photos. Excited to see that the first fruit are starting to develop, 4th photo.

Update on the crosses, pollen from H. reginae & Amaryllis failed to pollinate S. formosissima, & pollen from S. formosissima failed to pollinate Amaryllis. However, H. reginae pollen has set seed on Amaryllis (photo 1), & pollen from Amaryllis & S. formosissima have set seed on H. reginae (photo 2)

Roses, still beauty as they senesce.

New Zealand, one of the global conservation superpowers, will vaccinate its endangered birds to protect them against deadly foreign disease www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1...

Someone we know just flew over our house, we got a message from the passenger to look up, so I took a photo, & managed to include a great shot of one of the swifts 😃

Lovely Oak Leaf hydrangea seen in the fabulous Scampston Hall gardens today.

Alexander Zverev verliert das Wimbledon-Finale gegen Jannik Sinner. Die internationale Presse sieht ihn trotzdem so stark wie selten zuvor. Dem Italiener huldigen die Medien als »König« und »Boss«.

Lange ließ Volkswagen-Chef Oliver Blume die Beschäftigten über seinen Plan für den massiven Stellenabbau im Dunkeln. Nun erklärt er nach SPIEGEL-Informationen erstmals konkret, wie viele Jobs und Autofabriken bedroht sind.

Bisher plante die Bundesregierung eine Verteuerung des Zigarettenpreises auf 8,77 Euro pro Packung. Ein internes Dokument stellt nun eine noch stärkere Erhöhung in Aussicht.

Die Eindämmung des Ebola-Ausbruchs im Kongo wird laut Forschenden noch dauern, die eingeleiteten Maßnahmen zeigten aber Wirkung. Ein zweiter infizierter US-Bürger liegt in Frankfurt/Main auf der Intensivstation.

Ein Bisonbulle hat in den USA einen Mann angegriffen und offenbar schwer verletzt. Es ist bereits der zweite Angriff dieser Art in kurzer Zeit. Experten sehen dafür einen konkreten Grund.

Eine Studie zeigt: Schon drei Monate alte Kinder reagieren auf Musik. Doch fürs rhythmische Mitwippen braucht das Gehirn mehr Zeit. Wie Eltern ihre Babys musikalisch fördern können.

Prominente sind bei Wimbledon-Finals keine Seltenheit. In diesem Jahr mischte sich aber eine besondere Kunstfigur unter die Zuschauer – obwohl dieser Tennissport für Ali G. eigentlich nur »eine miese Version von Tischtennis« ist.

Erst vor wenigen Tagen war der russische Politiker und Kriegsgegner Boris Nadeschdin vom Kreml als »ausländischer Agent« eingestuft worden. Jetzt klingelte die Polizei an seiner Tür.

Nursery Rhymes, 1966 The terrifying ‘Goosey Goosey Gander’ Artist: Frank Hampson

I'm not seeing anyone speaking ill of Sam Neill, because he was a good man who harmed no one and brought joy to many RIP to a real one

Live a life where people talk about you after you die like they do Sam Neil.

I think my favorite Sam Neill fact was that he had goats named after all his favorite costars

Der plötzliche Tod des US-Senators Lindsey Graham hat Zweifel und Spekulationen ausgelöst. In den sozialen Netzwerken kursiert die Vermutung, dass Russland den Ukraine-Unterstützer vergiftet haben könnte.

Rettungskräfte in Andalusien waren offenbar kurz davor, die Suchmaßnahmen nach dem Mann und der Frau einzustellen. Dann hätten sie das Gefühl gehabt, noch einmal zurückkehren zu müssen.

Bekannt wurde er durch Hollywoodproduktionen wie »Jagd auf Roter Oktober« und natürlich »Jurassic Park«, wo er den Paläontologen Dr. Alan Grant darstellte. Nun ist Sam Neill im Alter von 78 Jahren gestorben.

L’acteur néo-zélandais Sam Neill, célèbre pour son rôle dans « Jurassic Park », est mort à 78 ans

Cartoon by Jeff Stahler

Just sharing this again at a time of what's happening in Australia. In Event Horizon Sam Neill requested that the Australian flag on his character's uniform remove the Union Flag from the corner & for it to be replaced with the Aboriginal flag, the way he thought it should look in 2047

Quite enjoying that the CofE and the Norwegian church made a wager on the football, and the latter now has to change logos for the day.

Here are the weather stats from the past 24 hours bit.ly/4r9plan

UV levels are very high this weekend ☀️ Don't forget to wear skin protection if you're outside enjoying the sunshine 🧴

Just like areas of the UK, other parts of western Europe are also experiencing a prolonged heatwave 🌡️ Central and southern France could see temperatures climbing above 40°C over the coming days The high temperatures will exacerbate ongoing wildfire risk

The heat continues this week, and it may be enough to spark off some thunderstorms ☀️🌡️⚡ Here's what you need to know 👇

Look at this striking image from space 🛰️ Cloud has lingered across Scotland and North Sea coasts throughout Saturday, keeping it notably fresher here A disappointingly grey day for some, or perhaps a respite from the heat for others

As high pressure and low pressure push against each other, a tightening of the isobars will result in a strengthening wind across southern regions of the UK 🌬️ By the end of the weekend, it will turn particularly gusty through the English Channel with choppy seas developing 🌊

Any cloud this morning has cleared to bring a return of the blue skies... for most, parts of Scotland will likely remain cloudy ☁️

#NORvsENG Early medieval Norwegians ruled parts of the British Isles, like Suðreyjar and Norðreyjar (Mann & the Hebrides, Orkney & Shetland) and Jórvík (York). Rollo, first Duke of Normandy, may have been Norweigan; and his descendant, William (Bastard/Conqueror), went on to conquer England in 1066

Ray Yeager Photographer Nature and Wildlife MaineNJ. Loon behavior. "Loon chicks … a little hijinks with dad."