Temp may have dropped but it’s still very humid here In Croydon. Waiting for the rain (supposedly in about half an hour)🌧️

#wildflowerhour lesser swinecress I think, and common mallow at Woodside tramstop

#wildflowerhour creeping thistle and a speedwell Woodside tramstop #croydon

"You’re going to get left behind if you don’t use AI.” Leave me then. Leave me with my critical thinking skills, my ability to read and write long-form, and books without needing AI summaries.

Was on tram and an old guy sitting opposite me took his shoes off…then took off his sweaty socks and shook them! I know it’s hot but honestly…! #hownottobehaveonatram

Was in Sainsburys and had an accident with my handbag and a bottle of water…everything soggy except luckily NOT my phone😳 Had to buy a cheap straw bag to put keys/purse/glasses in.

Here’s a poem called ‘What Don Corleone Did Next’. #worldotterday

#wildflowerhour my favourite, scarlet pimpernel

#wildflowerhour verge at Woodside tramstop continuing with its display.

The reality after the local elections, not the bias situation spun by the news media.

No, there weren’t ‘over two million’ people at last weekend’s Unite the Kingdom march. Police estimates put the figure for last weekend’s march at “around 60,000” people. fullfact.org/politics/uni...

#wildflowerhour wood avens and goosefoot.

#wildflowerhour other plants seen this week: Hemlock water dropwort, hawthorn turning pink, at Morden Hall Park.

#wildflowerhour #tinyflowers Cleavers

If Burnham doesn't win the bye-election, (and there is no guarantee that he will) then Labour will be left with the lacklustre candidates it already has. What a waste of time and money.

Ive read 38 of the Guardian 100 best novels. Does that make me well-read…or not well-read enough?

Make every day matter. Good Morning Blue Sky

Compensation for all the aggro today - I finally saw the #swifts in one of the brief intervals between rain and hailstones. Yay! #theyreback

Terrible day. A gust of wind blew a window open so far it’s damaged the hinge and cant be closed. Spent the whole afternoon blocking with first cardboard then thick plastic😳 What date is it today? 🙄

An old phone booth I ran across in the UK a couple of years ago. What a great example of recycling. #librarians #recycling

#wildflowerhour other plants seen this week, sowthistle #wallplant ,white campion and dog rose. #croydon

#wildflowerhour #carrotsandpeas Only peas Im afraid, red clover and black medick. Woodside tramstop, #croydon

Ginger is so disappointed that she can’t fit her fat rump into this box. #cats

Spiralling global temperatures (1850-2026) It is exactly 10 years since I first put this animated graphic of changes in global temperature online. #ClimateSpiral It instantly went viral. People watched it over and over again. It still offers the power to shock a decade on.

It's #NoMowMay! Who's giving the mower a rest this year?🌼

These elections are LOCAL. The General Election is FAR AWAY.

Looking forward to Friday when all the ReformUK voters are confused and angry that Dear Nige still isnt in No. 10 #localelections

200 year old wisteria, Japan, photographer unknown

It's not hoarding if it's books 🎨 Sue Macartney-Snape

Park Hill #croydon The water tower is hiding behind a willow, while the wisteria in the walled garden is lush.

‘Hawthorn’ Trees, 1963. Artist: SR Badmin May Day Bank Holiday Monday

#wildflowerhour #wildflowerid seen at Addiscombe tram stop, looks to me like white campion?

#wildflowerhour rapeseed I think and bush vetch

#wildflowerhour other flowers seen this week, greater celandine, common poppy #croydon

#wildflowerhour #buttercups think this is bulbous, sepals are facing downwards

The Worker’s May-Pole, Walter Crane, 1894.

Almost finished ‘Upon a White Horse‘, and about to re-read ‘The Wicker Man’. Fairly appropriate for Beltane. Can recommend the first, a journey round Britain visiting various ancient sites.

Beltane blessings. Walter Crane, 1889.

Happy Beltane! Welcoming in the May in our village square with the local side, Sompting Village Morris. You'll recognise this tune as Portsmouth! Living, Intangible Cultural Heritage. 🌺🏵️💐🌸🌺

Happy #MayDay #CalanMai. I’m taking a moment to enjoy the Hawthorn (also known as May or Mayblossom), the powerfully symbolic & sacred tree used throughout history to repel evil. Perhaps needed today more than ever.

You might think having a cat is difficult, but honestly it's pretty easy as long as you do exactly what they want 24/7.

This landscape painting, "Walking Past April Cottage," by British artist Jo Grundy, captures the English countryside with her whimsical, textured style of cottages, rolling hills, and farm animals.

#ArtemisII My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com

#thicktrunktuesday #trees

Im practising posting photos because I was having trouble yesterday, pics wouldnt load. Still dont know what the problem was🤷‍♀️

#Rowan #tree at Woodside tramstop. It got damaged by kids when it was a young tree but it has grown into a lovely specimen.

Mog, lying in his favourite box next to the radiator. He worships the warmth😻

Ginger, sitting in a box like a good little girl.

#wildflowerhour late cause of posting difficulties, ox eye daisies at St George’s Beckenham