Reposted by Bob FryNicola Chester @nicolawriting.bsky.social · 3hWeather Report: early, lingering mist. At last, autumnal. A flotilla of tender little sails across the grass. The wet, rushes meadow takes on a moorland look, & the oak trees dwarfing the old & modern farm barns, remember the tall elms gone more than half a century ago. Emotional Weather: quiet 0204
Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 2hact.38degrees.org.uk/act/end-dair...act.38degrees.org.ukMüller: Cut all ties with ALL farms who abuse their cows!Farms supplying Müller have been secretly filmed horrifically abusing their cows. This petition is calling on the company to cut ties with any farm abusing its animals and, in doing so, send a powerfu... 150
Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 7hThe Flowers of October From The Shell Guide to Flowers of the Countryside (1955) Painted by Edith & Rowland Hilder 0346
Reposted by Bob FryThomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 10hIn the words of Mick Jagger, "If you feel like dancin'...wait. " 14611
Reposted by Bob FryRadio Lento @radiolento.bsky.social · 10hThis is one of our most downloaded episodes. Find some headphones or earbuds and escape in 3d sound to somewhere else. Hear the rain falling on summer leaves, as it gets heavier and lighter.radiolento.podbean.com204 Rain falls on steep craggy woodland (sleep safe) | Radio Lento podcastFresh rain. Fresh woodland rain, from Miller's Dale in Derbyshire. From a hedgehog's perspective. Low on the forest floor, amidst the leaf litter, and the tangled ivy. A hidden hedgehog's place where ... 1244
Reposted by Bob Fryhookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 11hEngland of the humming wires. England of the ghosted fields. England of the nephomantic sky. This is where my patriotism lives, not in its ragged flags, but in a land that knows its spectres. – #DAKilroy 426237
Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 11hA reminder that even behind the Neo-Georgian facade , everyday is #DangerOfDeathDay @colinfarmery.bsky.social 191
Reposted by Bob FryHwæt! @hwaet.info · 12h"What!" The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats, 1895 William Morris and A. J. Wyatt 🇬🇧 021
Reposted by Bob FryRadio Lento @radiolento.bsky.social · 12hUnshelled conker. ✔️ And its a double! ✔️✔️ 2816
Reposted by Bob FryRadio Lento @radiolento.bsky.social · 13hMagnificent oak, covered in moss, tangled branches reach out. #ThickTrunkTuesday 213423
Reposted by Bob FryHelen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 13hRest Harrow, Cross-Leaved Heath, Heather, Harebell Artists: Edith Hilder, Rowland Hilder (Wild Flowers, 1957) 026128
Reposted by Bob FryHwæt! @hwaet.info · 18h"What!" Beowulf: A Heroic Poem of the Eighth Century, 1876 Thomas Arnold 🇬🇧 031
Reposted by Bob FryIan Denton @iand777.bsky.social · 05/10/2026In the south-west, 2026 is surely the year of the Sweet Chestnut. The chestnuts are prolific in number and large in size. Nature's Bounty. #Trees 2372
Reposted by Bob FryHwæt! @hwaet.info · 05/10/2026"Listen!" Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, 1990 Marc Hudson 🇺🇸 011
Reposted by Bob FryMaria Strutz @mariastrutz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026'The owl’s head... was made separately and does not directly attach to the backing. Instead, a small copper rod extends from the head into the bird’s body. This would have permitted the head to rotate from side to side when the object was moved.' #OwlishMonday 1619
Reposted by Bob FryDr Rebecca Warren @drrjwarren.bsky.social · 05/10/2026#ArtDD2026 Piping plover Finally back home with my paints. Aaand relaaax...🦉🪶 This from a lovely 📷 by @steddybirds.bsky.social with thanks. @saocousins.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @indikon.eurosky.social 78914
Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Waiting for Nigel Farage to call for “pure cold rage”? Don’t hold your breath. 040
Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A tribute to @richardmortimer.bsky.social A pint of Uley Pig’s Ear in the Crown & Sceptre 1280
Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Is this too much guitar solo for you? youtu.be/M4Czx8EWXb0youtu.beEruption (2015 Remaster)YouTube video by Van Halen - Topic 110
Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It doesn’t ring a bell with me, but I am a bemused old man who spent 20 mins searching for my socks 🧦 when I was already wearing them 120
Reposted by Bob FryJohn Reppion @johnreppion.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I'm very excited to have a story in this new Hippocampus Press anthology, edited by S. T. Joshi. Lovers of Darkness: Stories Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft's Commonplace Book. My contribution is entitled “Dextera Manus” and is set in Whitby, during a Goth weekender. www.moorereppion.com/lovers-of-da... 24113
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? 1110
Reposted by Bob FrySteve Beresford & Pumpkin Pete @lostinmilbury.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Today: started a re-watch of SAPPHIRE & STEEL. And episode 1 is amazing. Only 25 mins & everything is there - the setting, the characters, the dread, “Time is a corridor...” And some of the camerawork is amazing too - those first shots tracking through the house! Absolutely masterful television. 4314
Reposted by Bob FryRadio Lento @radiolento.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Disappear to somewhere calm. Let the trees settle you. Episode 56 - The whispering trees of Bayford Wood (46 mins) Millions of leaves create a rich soundscape recorded on a bright July day. Best with headphones.radiolento.podbean.com56 The whispering trees of Bayford Wood | Radio Lento podcastIt was our first visit to Bayford Wood. A country walk, on a bright July day which was not quite as warm as it should be. A walk under an undecided sky, from time-to-time enhanced with inexplicable fl... 0162
Reposted by Bob FryDirk Puehl @wunderkammertales.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026"If an owl comes to those parts, Where some one sick is lying, She comes to say without a doubt, That that sick one is dying" (Elias Webb "Welsh Folklore", 1887) #OwlishMonday #Spooktober 🎨 James Montgomery Flagg 17516
Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I thought I would wander the streets, occasionally shaking my stick at the skies & muttering about how Noel Edmonds stole my cheese grater (& then have a pint in the Fleece). Same old same old 110
Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Thank you for your prompt response. I’ve had another look. Still a little unstable, but settling down now (I think) 🤞 020
Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The first 9 albums that had a major influence on me. Subjective to change of course @richardmortimer.bsky.social is usually right. 2140
Reposted by Bob FryIan Denton @iand777.bsky.social · 05/10/2026We were the Summer once - Rosebay Willowherb in their fading glory alongside a Dorset lane, looking wonderful. #Wildflowers 0524
Reposted by Bob FryDes @desdelboy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Painting by Lisa Wright. ‘Beneath the strangeness of it‘ 2020-21. Oil on Canvas. Size 50 x 40 cm (Framed) 0697
Reposted by Bob FryDurotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Sassy snake A rather cheeky red-crested serpent on a mid 4th century AD #Roman mosaic floor Found in Durngate Street, Dorchester in 1905, he's now safely housed in Dorset Museum 📷 Sept 2026 #MosaicMonday 721149