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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 7h

Words of wisdom from Holmes

A photograph of a layered trifle in a glass bowl. Fruit, jelly, cream & biscuits!

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

and here is a photograph of the font in which he was baptised.

A colour photograph of the stone font in Down Ampney churc. Coloured rays of light stream through a stained glass window to the left

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Thank you for the generous words about my no.3 shot. The image on my profile is taken from this picture of the bark of a London Plane tree. No one else has commented about little faces but that doesn’t mean they are not there. In fact, I think I can see them myself now…

The flaky bark of a plane tree fills the frame. There may or may not be little faces visible.

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

A page from WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN AUTUMN A ladybird Nature Book (1960) with illustrations by C. F. TUNNICLIFFE, R.A. Alt text by E. L. GRANT WATSON

This birch tree trunk, which looks so large and strong, is quite dead. It has been killed by the fungi. that have sucked out its strength and gradually weakened it, and by the grubs of beetles, leopard moths and other insects that have been eating away at its heart.
The large cusps of the razor-strop fungus have drawn out most of the tree's substance.
The greater-spotted woodpecker knows, both by instinct and experience, that fat and succulent grubs are likely to be found behind the bark, and that the inner wood will have been made pulpy by the fungi. Woodpeckers will often peck very large holes in dead trees, so large indeed that the stem will finally break off and fall.
The little brown tree-creeper is hunting in the lichens and mosses-and in the bark cracks-for small insects, wood-lice and spiders, but these are too small to be of much interest to the greater-spotted woodpecker.
The yew tree on the left has a crop of fine red berries.
Under the birch trees at the lake side, many of the golden leaves have fallen, and from among them a group of fly-agaric toadstools have pushed up their beautiful scarlet umbrellas. These toadstools, like several othe kinds, have a strong smell that is unpleasant to human beings but attractive to flies.

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

A “pumpkin park”. Something you will not find in #Hookland A field full of mangel-wurzels would probably make children run away.

A green field littered with bright orange pumpkins. Pumpkin retail shed in the distance.

A pile of mangelwurzels. Lumpy, misshapen, dull orange and grey.

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I acknowledge that I am an old curmudgeon but I can’t be the only person to find this retail-driven pumpkin / Halloween frenzy oppressive. A “pumpkin park” in a local “Farmshop, Cafe, Bar and Drive Through” arg

A green field liberally littered with bright orange pumpkins. Pumpkin retail shed in the distance

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

#GritSaltBinMonday Please forgive the clumsy composition @marcpetty.bsky.social the bin is in an un photogenic location. Another yellow one, but I’m not sure I recognise the type

A yellow grit salt bin lies at the foot of a powerline pole. Parked vehicles and the trees of a park visible beyond.

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

#BenchmarkMonday An unexpected discovery at the entrance to Cheltenham Hospital 67.691m

A stone pillar in front of a red brick wall. An OS arrow benchmark at the base. Scattered autumn leaves on the pavement. A glimpse of hospital buildings beyond the wall.

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I’ve said it before & I will no doubt say it again. Dahlias are splendid.

A bright orange dahlia flower. Concentric rings of orange petals that darken toward the middle.

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Splendid birds. Here is one depicted in a superb Faye Godwin photograph.

Black & white photograph. A stack of rocks on the coast. Gulls overhead and a lone cormorant drying its wings perched on the pinnacle of rock. It is a small detail but positioned at the focal point of the image, drawing your eye to it.

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I’ve been re-reading Alexei Sayles’ intensely inventive short stories. Even better than I remember them. Would you like to borrow them @gotpies.bsky.social ?

The covers of Barcelona Plates & The Dog Catcher. The covers feature bright colour images
1.A close up of a man’s neck & shoulders featuring a patterned tie & and clashing Fairisle cardigan
2. An ice cream cornet with a flake dominates the foreground, colourful street scene beyond.

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Dante Alighieri - Inferno - Plate 8 (Canto III - Abandon all hope ye who enter here)

Too figures stare bleakly into the future of Spurs premiership fixtures / the entrance to hell.

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

How do you feel about the dik dik, Dirk? (what wonderful alliteration ! )

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

#AOfoto Stroud Police Station. Built in 1969. Concrete.

High contrast black & white photograph shot from a low angle looking up. The upper stories of a rather brutalist concrete building protrude above a stone wall into a grey, cloudy sky.

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Here’s one in my town centre, looking magnificent, even in this urban setting. This was taken on November.

A ginkgo tree in a shopping centre, shedding its glorious golden leaves

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Here is a joyous Jill McDonald book cover for you Rose. I hope it helps

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

#31DaysOfGraves Day 8 Animal The resting place of two racehorses in a local Gloucestershire wood.

A tombstone, half submerged in brambles in woodland.

Inscribed thus-

ALL BRIGHT
1972 - 2003
20 WINS AND PLACES

DOM PERIGNON
1975 - 2002
17
WINS AND PLACES

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

#AOfoto Lamp in the rain. Cheltenham Hospital Carpark.

An exterior lamp fixed to a concrete wall. It is a hemisphere with the top half covered by a metal shade. Raindrops over all.

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I’ve been limping along the October hedgerows. Haws, hips & spindle.

Four red hawthorn berries on a lichen covered twig

The strange pink and orange spindle berries in a twig of that tree.

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#WyrdWednesday “Sometimes they come back” The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs (1902) An elderly couple possess a talisman that will grant three wishes. They are warned there will be dire consequences if they use it. Foolishly they wish for money & receive it as compensation for the death of their son.

Illustration for "The Monkey's Paw" by Maurice Greiffenhagen. A elderly couple are in great distress. The father holds up the monkey’s paw to wish their son back in the grave.

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Flowers of October From The Shell Guide to Flowers of the Countryside (1955) Painted by Edith & Rowland Hilder

A painting of an arrangement of ivy, sneezewort, devil’s bit scabious, wild hops, acorns, hazel, burdock, greater plantain, reedmace, mugwort, & crab-apples.

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A reminder that even behind the Neo-Georgian facade , everyday is #DangerOfDeathDay @colinfarmery.bsky.social

A set of metal doors set rather incongruously within a “Neo-Georgian” wall (Georgian style windows above). One of the doors has a yellow danger of death notice affixed. see below 👇

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Just for you Rose. memories of the old days

A memorial brass of Lord Thomas 'the Magnificent' Berkeley (1353 - 1417)

A memorial brass of his wife Margaret de Lisle 1360- 1392)

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A tribute to @richardmortimer.bsky.social A pint of Uley Pig’s Ear in the Crown & Sceptre

A pint of amber coloured bitter on a pub table. Bar & glasses in the background

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#GritSaltBinMonday In my exploration of the world of grit salt bins I have learned to expect the unexpected. What do you make of this @marcpetty.bsky.social ? It’s a bin It’s full of grit salt It’s the property of the county council It’s at the top of a steep road. Is it good enough?

An open blue plastic open bucket-like bin situated at the top of the a steep road. It carries a yellow sticker -
Property of GCC
For Highways use only
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& some shabby graffiti.

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Thank you for your prompt response. I’ve had another look. Still a little unstable, but settling down now (I think) 🤞

A pylon apparently vibrating slightly or emitting a force field or something like that.

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The first 9 albums that had a major influence on me. Subjective to change of course @richardmortimer.bsky.social is usually right.

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

@ominous-pylon.bsky.social I’m rather concerned about Pylon W7977-G Could you send a team to check on it?

A photograph of a pylon that seems to be vibrating or fragmenting

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Treasure under the tree this morning. Conkers.

A shiny brown conker ine the grass & leaves beneath a tree

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

One of my favourites from Chesters

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Essential condiment in the UK. It’s worth trying the fruity version if you can get it.

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Stern (published 1759-1767) is a remarkable novel, full of full of strange absurdities such as this page depicting the plot line (accurately).

A page from the novel depicting the discursive plot in diagrammatic form. Four lines cross the page with loops, squiggles and back and forth zig-zags.

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

October Country by Ray Bradbury. (for @tomsbrown.bsky.social & all others who love this month)

OCTOBER COUNTRY
... that country where it is always turning late in the year. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons go quickly, dusks and twilights linger, and midnights stay. That country composed in the main of cellars, sub-cellars, coal-bins, closets, attics, and pantries faced away from the sun.
That country whose people are autumn people, thinking only autumn thoughts. Whose people passing at night on the empty walks sound like rain....

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Oldbury-on-Severn decommissioned Magnox nuclear power station

A b&w photograph. Concrete buildings and a pylon behind double chain link fences

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