#sea aster

[dansnaturepictures]

31st August 2024: Sea aster, Peregrine which it was exciting to see, views, Black-tailed Godwits, Dunlin and star bird today Little Stint I got some of my best ever views of this striking arctic looking wader one of my birds of the year, marsh mallow and young Shelduck on an amazing afternoon at Pennington.

Curlew Sandpiper, Spoonbills, Snipe, Avocet, Redshank, Lapwing, Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, Pied Wagtail, Marsh Harrier, the first golden samphire I ever recall seeing a gorgeous plant, rock samphire, soapwort, bramble flower and blackberries, bindweed, teasel seed heads and rose hips were other highlights today with Woodpigeon and colourful scenes of Goldfinches on in flower buddleia at home.

[silentambassadors]

Happy Old Michaelmas Day, Christians!  The feast day for the Archangel Michael (Old Style), legend has it the devil fell out of heaven into a blackberry bush on this date (and did not take kindly to the cushioning effects [or lack thereof], which is why one shouldn’t go around picking blackberries after Michaelmas).  Michaelmas has been associated with the end of summer for well-nigh millennia, and thank goodness for that - bring on those autumnal temps, pretty please!

Stamp details: Stamp on top: Issued on: September 14, 1993 From: London, England MC #1464

Middle left: Issued on: April 30, 1969 From: Sofia, Bulgaria MC #1889

Middle right: Issued on: November 15, 1976 From: Nicosia, Cyprus MC #461

Stamp on bottom: Issued on: February 1, 2007 From: Mariehamn, Åland Islands MC #274

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I'm a hybrid of a mitten crab and a sea aster.

Respect the mitten crab.

small update: They went extinct in Alabama on April 12th 2026.

[furryalligator]

(via Ireland 2008 Coastal Flowers (definitives) - Stamps of the World)

20c ~ thrift, Armeria maritima,

50c ~ biting stonecrop, Sedum acre

82c ~ sea aster, Aster tripolium

[furryalligator]

Stamp: Sea Aster - Aster tripolium (Ireland) (Wild Flowers Definitives 2004-2011) Mi:IE 1813Du,Sn:IE 1772.b,AFA:IE 1692Cn

[queen-mabs-revenge]

Sea Aster at the cliff edges of Loop Head

[elephantwhiskers]

autumn

[fungipunk]

Happy days! St.Georges and a few Sea Asters leaves, picked whilst out for a walk with H.