#urban Uk

[unrealityliminal]

#unreality #mine #tower block #british flats #urban #urban Uk #urbancore #high rise #highrise #council block #ai art #midjourney #weirdcore #ai photography #ai generated #mid journey #liminal #ai image #nostalgiacore #90s nostalgia #nostalgia #dreamcore #fisheye #fish eye #fisheye photography #oddcore #weird aesthetic #liminal spaces #ai aesthetics #ai artwork

[96daysrelay-blog]

#96days #artists #artistsrelay #bristolartists #photography #lambandsharkk #drawingchallenge #bristolart #urban photography #urban UK #female artists #birmingham

[kp777]

By Patrick Barkham

The Guardian

May 27, 2023

York groundsel was a cheerful yellow flower that slipped into global extinction in 1991, thanks to overzealous application of weedkiller in the city of its name.

But now the urban plant has been bought back to life in the first ever de-extinction in Britain, and is flowering again in York.

The species of groundsel was only ever found around the city and only evolved into its own species in the past century after non-native Oxford ragwort hybridised with native groundsel.

York groundsel, Senecio eboracensis, was discovered growing in the car park of York railway station in 1979 and was the first new species to have evolved in Britain for 50 years, thriving on railway sidings and derelict land.

But the new plant’s success was short-lived, as urban land was tidied up and chemicals applied to remove flowers dismissed as “weeds”.

It was last seen in the wild in 1991. Fortunately, researchers kept three small plants in pots on a windowsill in the University of York. These short-lived annual plants soon died, but they produced a precarious pinch of seed, which was lodged at Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank.

Andrew Shaw of the Rare British Plants Nursery had a vision to bring the species back to life, but when tests were carried out on some privately held seeds very few germinated successfully.

So Natural England, the government’s conservation watchdog, quickly authorised a de-extinction attempt via its species recovery programme, which has funded the revival of the most threatened native species for 30 years.

“The Millennium Seed Bank said the seed was getting near the end of its lifespan and so we thought we would only have one more chance of resurrecting it,” said Alex Prendergast, a vascular plant senior specialist for Natural England.

Natural England paid for a polytunnel at the Rare British Plants Nursery in Wales, where 100 of the tiny seeds were planted. To the botanists’ surprise, 98 of the seeds germinated successfully. The polytunnel rapidly filled with a thousand York groundsel plants.

In February six grams of seed – potentially thousands of plants – were sown into special plots around York on council and Network Rail land.

This week, the first plants in the wild for 32 years began to flower, bringing colour to the streets and railway sidings of York.

This de-extinction is likely to be a one-off in this country because York groundsel is the only globally extinct British plant that still persists in seed form and so could be revived.

But Prendergast said the de-extinction showed the value of the Millennium Seed Bank – to which plenty of York groundsel seed has now been returned – and there were a number of good reasons for bringing the species back to life.

“It’s a smiley, happy-looking yellow daisy and it’s a species that we’ve got international responsibility for,” he said.

“It only lives in York, and it only ever lived in York. It’s a good tool to talk to people about the importance of urban biodiversity and I hope it will capture people’s imagination.

“It’s also got an important value as a pollinator and nectar plant in the area because it flowers almost every month of the year.”

#york groundsel #urban biodiversity #uk

[peacefulandcozy]

Instagram credit: chloejg

#new york #usa #uk #united kingdom #london #england #urban photography #urban #urban life #cityscape #city aesthetic #cities #coffeeblr #coffee lover #coffee shop #coffee aesthetic #breakfast #fashion #winter clothes #wintercore #building

[londonedge]

Cubes, balconies, walkways and windows at Ashington House, Bethnal Green

#London #Bethnal Green #urban #brutalism #Brutalist #urban photography #flats #social #housing #cubes #balconies #walkways #windows #Ashington House #England #UK

[runawayandhide]

#chester cathedral #chester #chester uk #gothic #urban gothic #gothic photography #rural gothic #gothic academia #gothic architecture #dark academism #academia #light academia #dark academia #aesthetic #roman walls #urban photography #trees #nature

[yorksnapshots]

Around the Mound.

Clifford's Tower, York, England sat atop a mound of daffodils.

#Floral Aesthetic #Flowers #Flowercore #Aesthetic #Cottagecore #Cottageblr #Castle #Medieval #Ruins #Wanderlust #Travel #Places #Fairycore #Goblincore #Gothic #Gothcore #UK #Urban #Scenic #Hill

[jkrikis]

manchester

© 2023  Yiannis Krikis

#manchester #lensblr #lensculture #fine art photography #photographers on tumblr #urban #landscape #england #uk

[becca-e-barnes]

Ngl I'd absolutely kill for a threesome with Bucky and Natasha 😍 I mean ,,, the constant shifting in power between the two of them of who is more dom of what's happening??? And the idea of being reader being the main focus of all this??

"Thats OUR good girl."

AGDJAKFLSL My little sub brain could never 😔

I don't remember the last time I wrote a lil threesome where the reader is submissive so I guess that's what we're doing today ✨

But the thought of both of them bickering over who can make you feel best while you're right in front of them is so hot. Nat thinks she understands pleasure best whereas Bucky argues that he knows what you like.

They agree that toys are out of the question because that wouldn't be fair and you're thankful for that. You hardly know how you're going to handle them competing without adding toys in.

"She's such... A good girl." Bucky groans, unclasping your bra and letting it fall to the floor while Nat kisses up your bare neck, sucking and nipping your skin.

"The best girl." Nat hums in agreement. "Our good girl." Her slender fingers pinch one of your nipples while Bucky's mouth engulfs the other and you don't remember ever being this wet before in your life.

"She's all frustrated, bless her." Nat's other hand trails up your thighs until she reaches your sex, luxuriating in the feeling of your slick arousal against her fingertips. She knows what she's doing. You can tell that even by the gentle, calculated strokes against your body. She's only aiming to tease; to get you so worked up you beg her for relief, rather than Bucky.

"Have a taste." She removes her hand, extending two fingers to Bucky who gladly removes his mouth from your breast before engulfing the fingers with his mouth.

You hear his low groan, his eyes fluttering shut and it makes you almost writhe with need.

"Now that you've had yours, it's my turn." Nat withdraws her fingers, slipping out of her dress before settling on the bed between your legs. "You have a choice, sweetheart." She purrs, kissing a path from the inside of your knee, up your thigh and back down again. "Bucky might not last very long inside you and that would be disappointing, wouldn't it? You're so warm and wet and tight, it might all be too much for him."

You don't know whether to agree or not. You don't want to risk embarrassing Buck but at the same time, you'd be very disappointed if he wasn't able to fully prove how good he can make you feel. If you only get this experience once, you need it to be the very best it can be.

"If you like, I'll help him take the edge off while I take care of you. I'll let him fuck me and get his first load out of the way so he can give you the attention you deserve." Her voice is soft and sweet, your fingers tangling in her hair hoping it'll drive her mouth where you need it most.

Bucky looks like he would protest but who in their right mind would reject an offer like that?

"Y-yes. Okay, fine." You're so desperate to be touched, you'd agree to almost anything.

"Sweetheart, when it's your turn, I'm going to ruin you. Gonna make you watch how hard Nat cums for me, just so you can see what I'm going to do to you later." Bucky's confidence makes Nat laugh from between your legs.

The strokes of her tongue are feather light to begin with, trailing slowly over your soaked folds, slurping your arousal greedily. You don't miss her low moan as Bucky presses into her but she manages to stay focused, giving your clit the attention you needed.

Taking you apart is the entire plan here. You might be their focus but they're both smart enough to know that it's easier to win when they've sabotaged their competition.

#asks answered <3 #anon #becca writes spice #bucky x Natasha x reader smut #bucky x Natasha x reader #I might give this a part two #I'm not sure how that week was the way that it was #but it was insane #in a great way actually #I feel like that was a really big week for me #I did a lot of things that I was apprehensive about and they couldn't have went better #and I got myself a little treat for getting through it #I've been trying to get a Stanley cup to the UK for months now and I hadn't been able to get one #but urban outfitters is selling them now and I have the rose one ordered 💗 #get ready for me to take that thing EVERYWHERE

[wild-e-eep]

A few barrels mouldering away in a quiet corner... :3

#moss #urban decay #barrel #rust #Argyll #UK

[abbiistabbii]

The Tory Party has said they are against fifteen minute cities, a conspiracy theory that says walkability and cyclability projects is a plot to keep everyone within 15 minutes of their homes in some sort of mass surveilence state.

The Ruling party in the UK has adopted a conspiracy theory has fucking policy.

Just fuck this fucking country.

#united kingdom #urbanism #uk #tory party #public transport #uk politics

[richardarmitagefanpage]

Six years ago, the movie Urban and the Shed Crew won the People's Award and Richard won the Best Actor Award as Chop at the Newcastle International Film Festival.

#richard armitage #chop #fraser kelly #urban #urban and the shed crew #candida brady #movie #newcastle international film festival #niff #peple's choice #best actor #awards #newcastle #uk #2018 #news

[londonedge]

A closer look at the service tower at Balfron Tower, Poplar

#London #Poplar #brutalism #brutalist #flats #tower block #erno goldfinger #architecture #urban #urban photography #social #housing #England #UK #balfron tower #service tower #lift shaft

[wandering-jana]

Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster. London, England

#travel #architecture #original photography #photographers on tumblr #photography #wandering #urbanexploration #lensblr #big ben #england #london #united kingdom #great britain #palace of westminster #westminster #uk #urban photography #wanderingjana

[wandertales]

Royal Arcade, London '23.

#uk #analog #city #culture #england #london #photography #urban #film photography #35mm #analog photography #street photography #history #arcade

[yorksnapshots]

The Buildings of York, England.

Bootham Park Chapel, formerly part of Bootham Park Hospital which itself was formerly the York Lunatic Asylum. Built 1865 in Gothic revival style. The Chapel is a listed building now used as offices.

#Church #Chapel #Architecture #Gothic #Buildings #Building #Places #Aesthetic #Scenic #Trees #Park #Warmcore #Exteriors #UK #Britain #Travel #Urban #Explore #City