Wednesday 19th November 0 degrees real feel -7, very keen wind!...walkies time on the banks of the River Ouse, and why not!...and there's a Yarrow flowering merrily away doing it's thing. It was, of course, fairly cold out there! #countryside #wildflowers #NorthYorkshire #plants #Autumn #weather

"It's Starling pool party time!"..poor Sparrow doesn't give up but gets squished in an attempt to bathe! #birds #nature #wildlfe #garden #gardening

As leaves fall away from deciduous trees, Hazel catkins already formed ready for early Spring. There's nothing better than forward planning! #nature #trees #countryside #walking

Mid November here in North Yorkshire and brambles are still doing their thing! Providing late food supply for birds and mammals #wildlife #countryside #nature #walking

Weird cloud formation this evening Selby North Yorkshire. #clouds #countryside #nature #walking

That's it!..harvest in one field done with a lonely one stack of big Jenga bales #countryside #farming #landscape #harvest #nature

A simple gardening tray filled with water ( cleaned out every day).. provides some drinks and a little bathing area when needed especially in our hot and dry North Yorkshire Summer #birds #wildlife #gardens #gardening #nature

Busy bee dipping deeply into prickly Teasel heads. Amazing to see how they do it! When I touch Tesaels I scream "ouch.errr" #bees #insects #teasel #wildflowers #countryside #nature

Just practicing in the 'shallow end' before taking a 'dip' in the deeper water! #sparrow #nature #ukbird #garden #gardens #wildlife

Convolvulus...the dreaded bindweed!.... Yet, growing on a roadside verge, well, everything has it's own place! #gardening #wildflowers #Convolvulus #Bindweed #weeds #plants

Wild Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)...out with the old, in with the new! #wildflower #wildflowers #plants #gardening

I'm guessing this is a hovver fly or more likely a "hoover fly"...well, saves me doing it! #insect #fly #nature #wildlife

Too busy to video for long! #bee #wildlife #nature #gardening #wildflowers #wildflower #clover

Well...you just have to laugh...a customer's garden needed tidying, an area covered in Houttuynia cordata (Chamaeleon plant, colourful leaves and a road cone with, yes a scrambling Houttuynia growing out the top of it!.."Reach for the sky!" #gardening #gardens #gardener #plants #flowers

Well...it seems retailers are able to sell Marigolds (flowers not rubber gloves) without leaves so making all the slugs and snails redundant..yaaay🤣 #flowers #gardening #gardens #marigolds #pests

Sat there waiting to get a move be on......and..... slowly taking my green coat off ready to show my super red petals! #gardening #flowers #wildflowers #poppy

Colourful wildflowers of Geranium, Dog Rose and purple Clover providing great colour palette along country lane walking in North Yorkshire. #wildflowers #wildflower #gardening

Sometimes it's great just to take some time out and soak up that blue sky feeling. Works wonders! #nature #outdoors #walking #forests #wellbeing

So many dog violets flowering this year #wildflowers #Wildflowers

Blink and you've missed it...tiny blue Milkwort flowers growing about four inches high amongst grass pathway. #wildflowers #Wildflowers

Sometimes it's ok not to smile. #face #sculpture #gardening

Just looks like someone's been out with the serrated edged scissors again #tulip #Tulip #tulips #Tulips #gardening #Gardening

Well..two's company, threes a crowd..unless it's planting in gardens where planting even numbers looks odd and planting odd numbers looks even and balanced! #Gardening #gardening #plants #flowers #wildflowers

Soon to be a 'shadow' of it's former self! #wildflower #wildflowers #gardening #Gardening #Dandelion #dandelion #Daisy #daisy

'Done!'... I've grown, flowered, provided food for insects, changed from glorious orangey/yellow to providing thousands of seeds which have been catapulted far away by the wind to grow on again!...Job done! #wildflowers #nature #insects #gardening #dandelions #Dandelions

Super new lime green leaves from a Dryopteris fern #wildflowers #ferns #Gardening #gardens #nature

Flag Iris with superb guidelines markings #gardening #gardens #flowers #Iris #Gardening

"Bit of a reach.....but I can still get some...hurry up n fill it up again please!" #birds #wildlife #gardening #gardens

"It's here somewhere.. I'll find it soon!" #nature #insects #wildflower #gardening

They are doing their thing!... Dandelions everywhere this year, probably the dry stillnrss of this Spring's weather has kept many blooming for a long time. #wildflower #wildflowers #gardening #nature #dandelions

Dung flies having such 'fun' on a recently declared cow pat! #nature #wildlife #insects #gardening #environment

Woodland walk and finding a copycat tree fern! #nature #woodlands #forest #trees #gardening

On a local woodland walk finding lots of Common Dog Violets blazing away in April's Springtime sunshine #nature #wildflower #wildflowers #woodlands #forests #gardening

Well they say that opposites attract!...early Springtime flowers will attract insects looking for food! #gardening #wildflower #nature #insects #dandelion

Marsh thistle....(Cirsium palustre)from the Asteraceae family ..in March...waiting to send up it's 2 metre high stems which flower profusely in purple from June to September and classed highly for its nectar producing abilities. #wildflower #wildflowers #gardening #horticulture

Butternut flowering away before the leaves appear. Now beside the River Ouse near Selby, North Yorkshire frequently walking along the river edge, I never noticed the flowers before, so thought must take a pic! #wildflowers #nature #walking #countryside #NorthYorkshire #gardening

When the going gets tough, I will survive! #gardening, #garden, #plants, #flowers

Early Springtime Crocus and Snowdrops add a splash of colour in the garden #garden #gardening #nature

Great to see early Springtime flowers attracting insects already! #nature #gardening