Madeira Island Portugal #MadeiraIsland

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Vicarious Foliage ablaze (making men try avoiding the oft-quoted word) Bee joy when Earth's axis lies perpendicular to Sun. #Scrabblegram #Equinox #Autumn #Tanka 💛🎺Joy Spring: youtu.be/fYdCeSHq11Q?...

April 30 is the tax filing deadline in Canada and I'm posting my April #Scrabblegram just in time! 🤑 #Scrabble #TaxSeason #TaxTheRich

Happy #SundayYellow #SevenOnSunday from recent walks, azaleas and rhododendron in the garden and recovering orchids

"Of all flowers Methinks a rose is best." To celebrate #Shakespeare on #RoseWednesday on #StGeorgesDay🌹

1965 - from the greatness of Herbie Hancock, who was just 24 when he created this masterpiece with a killer band. A piano prodigy, he played with the Chicago Symphony at just 11. Happy 85th to this Chicago boy. youtu.be/EWC5x9G45yo

More tulips, this time from RHS Wisley, for #FlowersOnFriday🌷

Particularly liked the minis at RHS Harlow Carr and fluffy pinks in Mum’s garden #TulipTuesday

Bright blue Gentians, Scilla and paler blue Squill and Anemone at RHS Garden Harlow Carr #MondayBlue 🌱

A new metric month-long ambition! This seventh attempt at tradition, With change in the scen'ry In midst of new green'ry: A first try as Bluesky edition. #NaPoWriMo #Limericks

Magnolia mad Or a touch of magenta Notwithstandingly #MagnoliaMonday #MagentaMonday Heralding another week of blue skies courtesy of NTBeningbrough

#SundayYellow from across this past daff-peak week #SevenOnSunday 🌞🌱

I take urban flowers to join me in wishing poet Dave, excellent source of quite amazing devious wordplay, a great birthday 🥳💐@dcscrabblegram.bsky.social #Srabblegram

Celebrate sharing below your own favourite (video) piano performance - then add ‘amazed’, ‘exquisite’, ‘guilty stalking’ emojis… #Scrabblegram #PianoDay youtu.be/tCrrZ1NnCuM?...

youtu.be/nWN_Pt9SiH4?... #WorldPianoDay

Fragrant pink bulbs anD Radiant CamelliA Index for sunnY #FlowersOnFriday 🌸 🌱🌞

Still looking good on #RoseWednesday 🤍🌹♥️

POEM (Palindrome) Spill a poem: Its selfless sensuousness, selfless time, opal lips....

Sunshine and flowers to banish the post St Patrick‘s Day blues #TuesdayBlue

Flowers don’t abound Relative to Madeira Instead orchids stay #FlowersOnFriday 🌸🌱🪻

Hellebores aka Lenten Roses from Mum‘s garden this morning Happy #RoseWednesday

More blue skies #TuesdayBlue Will be back again soon #Madeira

Snapped during a walk mainly along the Levada da Serra do Faial #MadeiraMonday #BlueSkyMonday #MagentaMonday #MagnoliaMonday

#SundayYellow including the yellow Fort of São Tiago, mimosa, hibiscus and last night’s rainbow #SevenOnSunday #Madeira youtube.com/watch?v=EsKl...

From gardens revealed Rainbow coloured Madeira In formality #FlowersOnFriday #JardimBotanico #SharingMadeira

Featuring Madeiran roses, freesias, jasmine…along the Levada dos Tornos #RoseWednesday 🌹

Colours also pick Obviously supportive #SixOnSaturday

Spring…inside and out #Orchids, jasmine with some #TuesdayBlue bulbs and welcome sight of early blooming pink and white perennials 🌱

After the snow and frosts there’s still colour and flowers around for #SixOnSaturday including first Snowdrops in FiL’s garden.

In widespread chaos, pray when you're wishing this for people (5,3,4) #LowdownLetterBank #letterbank #crypticclue (LLB340 from Dec 2021)

Simply beautiful... Flugelhornist Paolo Fresu, Accordionist Richard Galliano and Pianist Jan Lundgren from the gorgeous 2007 #ACT release and the title and opening track...

RESOLUTIONS (Anagrammed Lines) New Year's Resolutions: — Seriously enter a snow. — Rouse sonnets, wearily. — Ensure reality swoons.

Novating wishes Encounter any setback With resiliency #RoseWednesday #HappyNewYear #NewSky 🌹

Soft morning graces Uplifting view of the tree Night’s colours reflect #Sunrise and #SunSet

An assortment from indoors and a couple of first blooms spotted outside in the fog. #FlowersOnFriday

Health and happiness Uniquely find what you seek Giving peace and joy #RoseWednesday #ChristmasHug

Chet Baker 🎺 Stan Getz 🎷https://youtu.be/pii8pXGWjK0?si=KFHao4Q_GzkWVEaa

#sheetmusic Remembering Chet Baker, born on this day in 1929 #SMLPDF https://sheetmusiclibrary.website/2024/12/23/chet-baker-sheet-music-8/

#Orchids seen this year in various #SundayYellow shades for #SevenOnSunday (only the mini #Phalaenopsis brighten my window ledges 🌞)

For the last #SixOnSaturday a selection from the garden this year which made me smile #ReluctantGardener

Retotatototato 🎺🎶 it is! Thank you for all the votes. More information about the word on the blog: parerga.hypotheses.org

Hi all, Back in February I got to give a talk about Scrabblegrams at the Gathering for Gardner convention (which celebrates the legacy of the great Martin Gardner). They just uploaded the vid yesterday, here it is: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQu1... All talks needed to be a tight 6 minutes. Enjoy!

Moth orchid opened Off shades towards magenta Notwithstandingly #MagentaMonday #Phalaenopsis

TIME (Palindrome by Word) Time keeps forever. It grows us in light. The unfurling days see shadows turn. In turn, shadows see days unfurling. The light in us grows. It forever keeps time.

The Thesaurus linguae Latinae is looking for the Latin word of the year! 🤗 Public voting is open till Dec 19, for link see below👇

Sunset and orchid Under the mahonia Now hellebores play #SevenOnSunday #SundayYellow

Saw Harlow Carr lights Alternate garden view, I Took too many pix #SixOnSaturday

Recommended escapism (although been putting off reading ‘The Reckoning’ as I don’t want the series to end…)