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@alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social
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Gardens. Nature. Dogs. Nonsense.

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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
St Michael's, Sandhurst, Berkshire. Built 1853. #SteepleSaturday
Steeple under repair. The shingles are being replaced
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
So we were looking for a guard dog, and she became available. She was biting her sister, so yeah - she fits the job description. She became an amazing guard dog. But also - sometimes - quite astonishly badly behaved.
Doggo biting soft toy doggo.
"I can't help it. I was born this way."
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I'm old enough to not remember Andy Burnham as Health Secretary. Still...he can't be as hopeless as Starmer?
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
The people have spoken - the bastards
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
The deep wood's woven shade. #ForestFriday
Around 0830, Sunday
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Hols for you, pal. Me? I'm never off duty. #dogs
It's probably just sparrows. But, y'know, you can't be too careful
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
"Make room? That's not how it works and you goddamn well know it." #dogs
"Don't even think about shoving me. Are you mad?"
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The law condemns the man or woman Who steals the goose from off the common And geese will still a common lack Until they go and steal it back (Very old verse. Probably 1700s.)
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
"So I'm not the world's nicest dog. But who else gonna cover your sorry ass?" #dogs
"Want some, pal?"
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Temp job weeding duplicate 78s & singles from the National Sound Archive's stores. In a disused Tube station in Belsize Park. So we nicked the duplicates we fancied and swapped some for pints at the pub. Hell, I've still got Big Yellow Taxi.
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Remember what happened the last time you told me to "budge up"? Don't you learn? #dogs
Doggo hogging the sofa
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Or dogs. Or cats. Or humans.
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
So I bit you. Are you bleeding? Are your bones broken? Get over it. You are goddamn lucky to have me looking after your sorry ass. #dogs
She's not sorry in the slightest. "That was a nibble. If I bite, you're going to freaking well know about it."
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Man-made lake in the former estate of a manor. #PalacesandGardens
The water looks filthy, but they all seemed OK come autumn
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
"It's a mystery, officer. Almost as if she was trained to bite at the word FASCIST". #dogs
Bad dog. Don't mess. Really, just don't
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
For the first weeks/months, it hurts. Then, in a very surprising way, you kind of forget about it.
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Dunno. Left if I'm doing a headstand.
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
"Y'know? You can never be sure, but I think these humans might be kind of acceptable." #dogs
Retriever doggo on the sofa
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Scruffy? Moi? #dogs
Unkempt Airedale doggo
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
"So we lost the scent. It's not the end. Like we always say, those criminals balls are ours." #dogs
Retriever and collie on a canal towpath
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
"As World Empress I decree Net Zero. And Universal Basic Income. And, much as I hate them, look after the cats." #dogs
Airedale doggo on the sofa
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
"Pedantic c**t" said my mum whenever dad corrected her.
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Bullies and enemies are with us always. But we don't have to make it easier for them.
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Also No. Dogs ≠ kinky furries. Where, Bsky, do you get that from? Each to their own, but OMG, no.
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
"Y'know? The more I think about it, the more I think there was plenty of room for Jack on that Titanic Door." #dogs
Collie dog on the sofa
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
So I gave Bsky my age verification photo, and it welled up with tears.
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Dumbbell hoggers have always been with us. You either say "I do beg your pardon, but are you finished with that bench?" or upend it
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Hell, I'm old enough to remember this guy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdqb...
youtube.com
Dan Quayle Misspells 'Potato'
YouTube video by J0EKthePANDA
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
My English teacher was "Thomas Hardy writes like he's swallowed the dictionary and then thrown it up all over the page. But we have to do The Woodlanders because it's the set text." Luckily we also did 1984. Because it was *actual* 1984.
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Awww. Look at that cheeky smile. The one that says "I'm going to live a life of luxury and privilege on your dime"? Bless.
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
He seemed like a slight improvement on Dimbleby for R4 "Any Questions". But since then...oh dear, trust no-one. Certainly not your own judgement.
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
"The nice thing about a big tournament is that, for once, you hang up a flag and not look like a racist, and...oh, dear" #flagshaggers
England flag on a fence. Top left quadrant: Union flag. Top right: "STOP THE BOATS". Bottom left: "JESUS IS KING"(?!). Bottom right: ?
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Street trees at a friend's. She hates the endless fallen leaves and mast. But the council says "These trees are good for you in more ways than you know. So, suck it up." #thicktrunktuesday
Mature beeches towering over the houses in a suburban street
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Canada geese in April, before the goslings arrived. #BirdOfTheDay #YourChoice
A pair of geese on the lake shore
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
The future has no room for lawlessness - Judge Dredd
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Ox-eye daisies, bird's foot trefoil and war graves. #wildflowerhour #churchyardflowers
3 remarkably clean WW1 headstones in a well-kept parish churchyard. The dates are, from left to right: 15th November 1918, 10th November 1918, 4th November 1918
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Rosa rugosa? #wildflowerhour #churchyardflowers
Pink-flowered rose partially obscuring a weathered old headstone. 1895, I think, but it was hard to be sure
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Clear felling in a part of the forest. Logging in the rest of it was selective. #ForestFriday
Logs piled in a Douglas fir plantation
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Gnarly old oaks. #ThickTrunkTuesday
2 oak trees with trunks covered in burls
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Re: water and anything new. It won't be news to anyone, but a farmer put it nicely in a recent interview: "British weather used to be sunshine and showers. Now it's drought and deluge."
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
A patch of clover left for the bees. It's been No-Mow May because of the heat and drought. #LawnFlowers #WildflowerHour
Red clover in the lawn
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Sometimes the council grasscutters spare the flowers. #wildflowerhour #LawnFlowers
Red poppies on a roadside verge
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Just this. Don't kick their asses after they're on it. The users, the addicts. Half of them, most of them, didn't know what they were getting on or even that they were getting on anything at all. Just try to keep them, the people, any of us, from getting on it. #booksky P K Dick. A Scanner Darkly
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
So. The church is having an open day. Maybe I'll catch fire. Or maybe the bibles will. Let's find out. #churches
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
So I finally went to the opticians. You're screwed, pal, they said.
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Bite your sorry ass? Why not? The mess you people have made of this planet. #dogs
Slightly angry collie dog.
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
For what it's worth. You will hate yourself forever. But nothing can be done.
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
"Peter Thiel wants to live forever despite seeming like an incurably miserable person who kind of hates life. The only thing he hates more than himself was and is everybody else." The Hysteria podcast
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thursdayschild @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
My self-help book - "I can shut up. I will shut up" - is not available in bookshops. But I will come to your house and talk about it non-stop for days. #BookSky
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