Michael Myers

Scilla x rosiba (S.rosenii x S.siberica) in the alpine house. #fairviewyearround

July 1987, Moscow, USSR — Trump, 41 years old, flies to Moscow at the invitation of Soviet Ambassador to the U.S., Yuri Dubinin. Upon returning from Moscow, the bankrupt Trump suddenly receives loans from 16 banks and, without negotiation. 1/n

@TalbertSwan What a stupid, sycophantic idiot she is.

Paula White-Cain didn’t just cross a line, she obliterated it. To compare Donald Trump to Jesus Christ is not just bad theology, it’s blasphemy wrapped in political propaganda. It’s heresy. Jesus said, “I was a stranger and you welcomed me.” Trump deports Black and brown immigrants and cages children at the border. Jesus said, “Suffer the little children to come unto me.” Trump protects and surrounds himself with men tied to child exploitation, shielding rich and powerful pedophiles while the vulnerable suffer. Jesus healed the sick. Trump strips healthcare from them. Jesus fed the hungry. Trump cuts SNAP benefits and calls it policy. Jesus stood with “the least of these.” Trump neglects, demonizes, and exploits them. Jesus was a brown-skinned man from the region of Northeast Africa. Trump has a documented history of degrading Black people from that region, calling them “garbage,” and calling their countries “sh*tholes.” This is a mockery of Christianity and in affront to the Gospel. This is what you call idolatry, the elevation of a corrupt political figure to messianic status. Every preacher who sat there and nodded, every “spiritual leader” who clapped, every so called Christian who defends this madness, you are not defending Christ, you are betraying Him. You cannot preach Jesus and promote Trump as His equivalent. You cannot serve God and bow to Caesar. This is heresy. This is hypocrisy. This is a dangerous distortion of the Gospel.

Epimedium x perralchicum 'Frohnleiten’ growing amongst the hellebores. #fairviewyearround

@OliLondonTV I’ve never heard of her, let alone recognise her.

Actress Laura Benanti says she’s shocked that not a single person recognized her on a plane. “Not a single one of them recognized me and I could not tolerate that obviously.”

Erythronium tuolumnense 'Spindlestone' in a woodland border. #fairviewyearround

Not an April fool, but the last snowdrop to flower here, a very late form of Galanthus ikariae. #fairviewyearround

Caltha ‘Moonlight’, a cross between Caltha leptosepala and C.palustris var. palustris (C.polypetala) from Rumbling Bridge Nursery in Kinross. I would love to grow the orange/red flowered C.palustris var. barthei again, does anyone grow it. #fairviewyearround

The roadside verge is just entering its next phase as the daffodils start to fade. #fairviewyearround #fairviewverge

@BladeoftheS @WstLondonGarden How come he’s a Lord if he’s French?

This is Lord Rothermere the owner of the Daily Mail. He lives in a massive mansion in the English countryside, but he pays no tax here because he identifies as French. While the Daily Mail is registered in Bermuda and pays no tax anywhere. That is his ‘Patriotism’.

The colony of Erythronium revolutum in the woodland borders, mostly from the prolifically seeding Knightshayes strain. Seedlings are now appearing in the steps. The darker forms tend to bulk up more slowly. #fairviewyearround

"We forced Ukraine to give up nuclear weapons, cruise missiles, and strategic bombers.. We promised to protect Ukraine from Russia. We made Ukraine vulnerable. So yes,this is our war." - Bill Clinton 🫡

Trump in 2008: Anyone who invades the Middle East under false pretenses should be impeached. Let’s make sure it goes viral here.

Some primroses in the garden. #fairviewyearround

Corydalis solida in a woodland border. #fairviewyearround

@JohnCleese @DrainHilary Presumably he’ll be handing back his knighthood too?

I suspect dear Lenny thinks that Britain invented slavery And that the Pryramids were presumably built by volunteers

Arum creticum ‘Marmaris White’ flowering outside in the Jewel Garden. #fairviewyearround

I’ve just set a new Facebook page for anyone interested in old-fashioned primroses. They seem to be increasingly difficult to find for sale and so hopefully this will be one way of encouraging people to exchange plants. #fairviewyearround

@kelvmackenzie @greenpaulineuk The BBC are pathetic, like so many, trying to erase or rewrite the history that offends.

“I’m not saying my wife’s a bad cook but she uses a smoke alarm as a timer.” Unbelievably it was that kind of gag by Bob Monkhouse that led to an episode of BBC’s The Repair Shop being pulled after a TV production employee took offence to an alleged “ sexist” joke. The hardback archives of Monkhouse’s handwritten joke books, dating back to 1960s, were bought in for repair by the comic’s adopted daughter and his old writing partner. In a tribute to the comic, who died in 2003, footage of the restoration was due to be aired this year. But the BBC axed the segment after a member of the production company Ricochet complained about one of the gags. I would like to know the identity of that employee. He or she has robbed many of us of a decent bit of television. Rare enough on the BBC I couldn’t give a toss if they were upset about the gag. Monkhouse will have bought a damned sight more pleasures to the world than this employee ever will.

A few late planted Crocus tommasinianus varieties still in flower including ‘Ruby Giant’, ‘Yalta’ and ‘Hummingbird’. #fairviewyearround