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Raspberries ripening

Raspberries ripening

Glistening after overnight rain.

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A spider and a mite

Spider and mite

I’m not sure whether the spider was hunting the mite.

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Foxglove flower, detail

Foxglove, detail

From the same plant which features as the top picture in the previous post.

Moving in closer brought out the beauty of the individual flower. Taking the picture contre jour has thrown a silhouette of the internal parts of the flower.

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Foxgloves flowering

Foxglove

A foxglove pictured early one morning, half silhouetted against the sky.

Foxgloves

Growing wild amongst grasses in front of a bindweed-covered fence.

Foxglove

This one is pictured by twilight on an evening when the badgers didn’t come out to play.

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Thistle, flowers about to open

Thistle, flowers about to open

Three views of the same plant. Even the flower buds are spiky on some thistles!

Thistle, flowers about to open

Thistle, flowers about to open

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Cherries ripening, East Park

Cherries ripening, East Park

The season’s heavy rain meant that many of these cherries were splitting before they had ripened completely.