Today is Transgender Day of Visibility, so let me use that day to tell the world that I'm trans. I haven't exactly been hiding it but didn't explicitly make a post about it yet.

Anyway, pronouns she/her, and using Maaike as a name but Ayke is also fine.

#TdoV #trans #blackthorn #blossom

Hmm, there might be a blackthorn club, err, walking stick in this thing.

Definitely curved for lefties, this one.

Not sure how to treat it. It's super green right now. Probably not going to cure it for 2 years in the chimney though. 🤷

#Club #Woodworking #Greenwoodworking #DIY #Blackthorn #Shillelagh #ThornyFucker

Blossom time!
The cherry plum is still flowering, the cherry is peak blossom and the blackthorn is joining in too. The prunus are having their moment in the sun.
The bumble bees are enjoying the flowers even in this wind today.
#Blossom #Blackthorn
Early bloom in Wulsdorf, Bremerhaven.
Along the same quiet stream behind the hagebau, the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) bursts into white — one of the first signs that winter is finally letting go. // #bremerhaven #wulsdorf #schlehe #blackthorn #prunusspinosa #frühling #springvibes #naturephotography #urbannature #norddeutschland #blossom #naturelovers #documentaryphotography

Goat pen #2 is also going down.

It was full of thorny fuckers*, which got cut down and piled up for chipping, although they don't even make usable woodchips due to the incredibly hard thorns that remain intact. They'll go through boots and tyres.

Maybe LV/EE want them for planting along the border? Couple meters thicket of these and no infantry will get through. Cheaper than barb wire and always stays sharp.

* Botanical term. Common name: Blackthorn

#Homestead #Cleanup #Fence #Blackthorn #Borders

Another sunny day on the cards here in Essex with white blossoms of a Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa).
#springtime #sunnysunday #mothersday #countryside #Blackthorn #prunusspinosa
Painter – Anna Rona
Series of paintings – Large watercolours from 2026
Title of the painting – Blackthorn and Snow
Technique – watercolour on paper
Dimensions – 60 cm x 50 cm
Year of creation – 2026
The painting is available.
#annarona #navy blue #blue #purple #gold #winter #snow #blackthorn
I took the day off work to finish getting the blackthorns in before it rains again making it a thoroughly unpleasant experience. The wee birds, faeries and other beasties are going to love it. Sitting at my desk writing about it now and the ink is behaving impeccably. Which is unusual for Jacques Herbin Émeraude de Chivor…
#fountainpenink #dippen #blackthorn

Two more views from Mullaghmore in the Burren on Saturday. We could feel the slight warmth from the exposed rocks, and it was mild enough to picnic at the cairn on the top.

#landscape #Burren #Ireland #LandscapePhotography #mountains #hills #trees #blackthorn #hiking #outdoors #CountyClare #photography