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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Pittenweem, East Neuk of Fife
Pittenweem, Kingdom of Fife.
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
St Rules tower, part of the ruined 11th century St Andrew's cathedral.
St Rules tower, part of St Andrew's cathedral.
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We had an interesting drive to Buttermere over the Honister Pass in Cumbria. Definitely not for the faint hearted. www.dangerousroads.org/europe/engla...
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A bit dampness brings out the locals.
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
The Big Wheel in Princes street gardens Edinburgh.
The big wheel attraction in Edinburgh.
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
The ghost of Christmas past....
Covid joke about Christmas
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Drinking vessels in Brodick Castle on the Island of Arran.
Owl drinking vesssls
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
What we expect in December if the sky is clear long enough.
Sky diary from Edinburgh Astronomical Society
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
I'm sure there is someone in the OBR with this very feeling. An unforgivable error that the information was in a position to be so readily made available.
Computer operator making a big mistake.
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Too sensible to make the trip.
Cartoon about aliens
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
What more can you say…..
Greyfriars Bobby in Scotland shirt.
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Festive season coming to a Costa near you !!
Costa Christmas tree
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
The November Sky Diary for those with time to look up.
Astronomical sky diary for November.
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
skyandtelescope.org/online-galle.... Happy Halloween from out there.
The cosmic bat nebula
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Preparing for the end of British Summer Time at Stonehenge.
Adjusting standing stones.
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
These hedgehogs live under our back hedge. It's good to have them around in these days of falling numbers.
Hedgehogs
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Overnight mist exposes the spider’s webs on the gorse bushes.
Spiders webs exposed by overnight mist.
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
I was hoping for a 2 for 1 deal
Local cider press.
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Welcome to Cmyru. Anne may not want to come home again anytime soon. 💦💦
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Liz Truss with her potential new boss.
Dories and Truss
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Here is an antidote to the current flags debacle. We can transform the butchers apron into a very acceptable flag that everyone will be proud of.
Cartoon about flags
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Trumps military coo !!
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Worms eye view of the forbidden fruit.
Apple tree in fruit.
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Sunday advice.....
Poster
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Standing 45m above Edinburgh, this column is a memorial to Scottish statesman Henry Dundas. It's one of the city's more prominent landmarks.
Melville monument
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
The chandelier in the entrance to The Dome in Edinburgh. Built in 1775 the city has many buildings with interiors such as this behind austere exteriors.
The Dome Edinburgh
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Cedar of Lebanon. Ancient Mediterranean civilizations eventually denuded the country of its greatest natural resource.
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Cabbage White butterfly (Pieris rapae). The warm weather keeping them active.
Pieris rapae or Cabbage White
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
A tree is a beautiful and direct connection to the past.
Oak tree
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
By popular request..
Cartoon of Trump on the White House roof
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Loch Katrine in the Trossachs, an area of the Scottish highlands. It's a fresh water reservoir for Glasgow and the source of the clear highland water used to brew Tennant's Lager.
Loch Katrine in the Trossachs.
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
This says it all …
Native Americans
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Orpine in flower near Loch Venacher.
Orpine in flower
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
The gravity fed fountain in the grounds of 17thC Malleny House on the outskirts of Edinburgh.
Gravity fed fountain fed from the river up the hill.
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Wouldn't that be wonderful. We may even find some decent butter in the supermarket.
Butter counter
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Monday's Epstein file distraction.
Grey squirrel
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Here is a rose by any other name...
Hybrid Tea Rose
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Buddleia ‘Lochinch’ Attractive to look at and very attractive to butterflies.
Buddleia in flower
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
My friend and I are bowing to the inevitable and hanging up our wellies. We have sailed together for the past 40 years and loved every minute.
Racing in the Med
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Rochester Cathedral England
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
The hot dry weather does have some benefits for the garden. Sadly, hedgehog numbers are reducing and we need to encourage them to the garden.
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
The good weather brings out the bikes. Here is a bit of my nostalgia. I had a lot more hair then. #motorbikes
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Wind down in a tranquil caravan park.
Caravan park
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Kittiwakes on the ruined walls of the 13C Dunbar Castle. Anyone who visited them, as a bairn, will have that noise imprinted in their brain.
Kittiwakes at Dunbar
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
The much overlooked Pill Millipede on location in Yorkshire.
Pill Millipede
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
This Red Valerian enjoying the broken ground and salt spray.
Red Valerian
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
A calm day in Scarborough harbour.
Scarborough fishing boats.
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
No fake news here….
Trump speaking machine.
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Our Chilean Fire tree almost in full bloom.
Chilean fire tree
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
You can depend on bikers getting priorities right.
Motorbike and trailer
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