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Hanger Upper

@hangerupper.bsky.social

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Ex arranger and installer of fine art exhibitions. Still an obsessive picture straightener.

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Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 11h

At rest #AccidentalArtist #AOFotoCall #AOFoto #AndyGoldsNotworthy

What looks like the ghost of a scarecrow lying by the side of a country road.

By Jan Davies (DM @hangerupper.bsky.social)
Meigle, October 2025

The ghostly image of a man made by lying on a country road in the rain.

Rain Shadow, Penpont, September 1995
by Andy Goldsworthy

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Peek-a-boo #AdoorableThursday #AOFoto

View through an overgrown derelict building with a doorless door and a windowless window. A little blue boat looks like it's peeking through the doorway.
(Garlieston harbour)

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Evidence #AOFoto #WallsOnWednesday

A repair in a white painted stone wall where someone has left their fingerprints in the cement.
(Ingleton)

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Let's go party! #AccidentalArtist #AOFotoCall #AOFoto #SpencerTunickalike

A mass of naked Barbie dolls on shelves in a charity shop, looking like a Spencer Tunick installation.

By Jan Davies (DM @hangerupper.bsky.social)
Dundee, June 2024

Photograph by Spencer Tunick of a mass of naked people on Story Bridge in Brisbane.

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Sloe, sloe, drip, drip, sloe #AccidentalArtist #AOFotoCall #AOFoto

Blue sloes, grey twigs, yellow lichen, red rosehips and green leaves doing an impression of a Jackson Pollock drip painting.

By Jan Davies (DM @hangerupper.bsky.social)
October 2025
Near Mold, North Wales

An actual Jackson Pollock drip painting 'Reflection of the Big Dipper'.

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The setting sun coming through the front door gives the orange stair carpet a golden glow.
(Holiday cottage, Port William)

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Breeding birds please take note #SignsonSunday

The foghorn at the Mull of Galloway Lighthouse can be seen at the bottom of a very steep slope. At the top of the steps that lead down the slope are two signs.
One says:
CAUTION
Handrail only
Steep Coastal slope
Take extreme caution

The other says:
NO FISHING
BELOW FOGHORN
BREEDING BIRDS

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Time to stand and stare #SundaySculpture #SundayShadows

'The Man' sculpture by Andrew Brown looking out to sea at Port William, with another man.

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Charles Coid, Whithorn #ShopFrontFriday #AOFoto

Charles Coid, Butcher's shop in Whithorn. A white shop front in a pristine white painted wall with a white and black mosaic sign. A yellow grit bin is the only splash of colour.

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

2800 miles to Senegal #FingerpostFriday

Fingerpost at the Mull of Galloway Lighthouse showing the distances to Edinburgh, John o' Groats, Belfast, Land's End, Douglas, London and Senegal (where the local gannet population spend the winter).

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Gate to the Keepers' Garden #Thursgate

Green wooden gate in a gap in the perimeter wall of the Keepers' Garden. The Mull of Galloway lighthouse is peeping over the top.

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#WheelieBinWednesday #AOFoto

Two large wheelie bins against a grey harled wall, one with a pink lid. Above the bins someone has painted Pac-Man and a pink ghost. A small brown wheelie bin peeks round the corner.

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

XXX rated #Aofoto

Rusting silver painted water tanks with X's on the end sit on a grassy hillock overlooking the sea.
(Mull of Galloway Lighthouse, (Isle of Man on the horizon)).

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Pop in #AOFoto

A metal door at the side of Boots chemist. A sticker on the shop window looks like a man is popping his head into the photo, it says "Pop in, I can help & advise".
(High Street, Perth)

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Fleshers' Vennel #Thursgate #AOphoto

A half-open wrought iron gate in the wall of a cobbled vennel leading to number 21. A blue and white tiled plaque on the wall illustrates the fleshers' trade and shows a man butchering a carcass and a dog stealing a string of sausages.
(Perth)

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

*Ouch #WindowsonWednesday #AOfoto

A shop window with a giant starburst of cracks, held together with grey gaffer tape.
(High Street, Perth)

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Accidental painting #AOfoto

Patchily painted chipboard covering a broken shop window has a central oblong panel with a black border, making it look like a picture frame. Several bits of graffiti and a torn off poster add to the composition.

(Scott Street, Perth)

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Secret Intelligence Service's Scottish HQ, Perth #SundayShadows

Sandstone garage with a black painted wooden door within a pair of white painted wooden doors. A letterbox in the woodwork has a black M made of gaffer tape stuck above it.
(South William Street, Perth)

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Traffic cone sporran

A modern take on Highland dress in the window of Janet Eagleton & Son, Kilt & Sporran Makers in Perth, complete with leather jacket, stars and stripes shield traffic cone sporran and self portrait.

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Inconvenience #AdoorableThursday

Partially boarded up metal and glass doors in a red sandstone building. Chalked on the wall are the words: IT'S NAE A PUBLIC TOILET

(South St John's Place, Perth)

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Ballroom blitz

Boarded up entrance to The Continental Restaurant & Ballroom, Dundee

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Accidental collage (Panmure Street, Dundee)

Poster frame on a wall in Panmure Street, Dundee. Multiple layers of partially removed posters, flyers and tape make a very pleasing composition.

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Spider's chandelier

A cobweb on a gorse bush, heavy with raindrops that sparkle like a crystal chandelier.
(Glen Isla)

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Eggcellent

Honesty box selling 'Eggcellent Eggs'. (Blairgowrie)

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

😱😱

Drain covers that look a bit like 'The Scream' by Edvard Munch.
St John Street, Perth.

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Panini (Italian rolls)

A stubble field in Blairgowrie with round straw bales. The green, white and red mesh the bales are wrapped in makes them look a little like the Italian flag.

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Grace and Peace (The Fair Maid's House, Perth) #AdoorableThursday

A doorway in a sandstone building with an iron-studded door and window shutters. The stone lintel is carved with the words "Grace and Peace"

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Go on, have a nosey

The back view of a naked mannequin in a shop window. A poster taped to the inside of the glass has a cartoon figure of a bearded man, who is looking towards the mannequin, and the words "Go on, have a nosey."

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

LIFE IS DIFFERENT THESE DAYS

The corner where High Street meets Tay Street in Perth, with a stone wall and pillar, black metal cabinets and a blue notice board. The board has two identical posters of kittens in neon colours and the words LIFE IS DIFFERENT THESE DAYS

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Never call me Jack or James

Patons knitting pattern from the 1970s featuring three inflatable Barnaby the Bears

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The window with the enigmatic smile #WindowsOnWednesday

Abandoned art shop in Perth, one window boarded up, the other containing a cardboard cutout of the Mona Lisa

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Flower

An inspection cover in the pavement has been marked for repair with a blue flower-like circle

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Having a ball

Wool exchange at Alyth Cyclery Cafe

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Free hard hat for Builder Barbie with every purchase

Tub of "The Pink Stuff" laundry cleaner with dosing scoop

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Hello Ducky #WindowsOnWednesday

A blue boarded-up window in a red sandstone building stencilled with yellow ducks.
(Alyth, Perthshire)

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Fridge still life with Superlambanana #SundayShadows

Colman's Mustard tin full of pens next to a Superlambanana fridge magnet

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

On the snail trail #FingerpostFriday

A wooden fingerpost in woodland on the Fife Coastal Path at Cambo. A sign fixed to one side of the post is providing a home for a colony of snails.

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I met a man who wasn't there

A ghostly figure made of chicken wire, wearing wellies and a baseball cap, sits on a bench by a garden shed.
(Cairnbaan, Argyll)

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

ATTENTION "DOGGO'S"

Colourful pots of flowers decorate a doorstep in a sandstone and brick building in Nantwich. A little blackboard rests against a drainpipe which reads: ATTENTION "DOGGO'S" PLEASE TRY NOT TO WATER THE FLOWERS

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Braw Tea Cafe, Broughty Ferry #DefibMonday

Giant, green poppy seed heads and bright yellow defibrillator. Part of the mural at the Braw Tea Cafe, Broughty Ferry.

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Feeding time

Blue cherry picker in an enclosure being offered a snack on an outstretched hand.

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Knew it reminded me of something!

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Just for the halibut

A jolly fisherman figure dressed in yellow oilskins and sou'wester, holding a large grey fish, stands outside the Sea Breeze fish shop in Nantwich. Blackboards lean against him and the front of the shop advertising the catch of the day.

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Just unpacked my shopping. For a minute there I thought I was going to have to call the apostrophe police

Two packets of Ryvita, one side says "FEELING FRUITY?". The N in FEELING has a broken top corner (the designer's way of emphasising the crunchiness?) which looks rather like an apostrophe.

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Beach Library

A black bench against a red sandstone wall at Crail harbour in Fife. Above the bench is a bright pink lifebelt box and to the left of the bench is a small, blue, open-fronted wooden hut filled with colourful buckets, spades and plastic toys. The sign on the hut says 'Beach Library'.

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Out of puff? Have a seat

Giant bellows lean against a sandstone wall next to a wooden chair.
Cambo House, Fife.

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Blue door with ghost ducks

A blue painted door in a red sandstone building with faded yellow stencilled ducks.

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Always sad to see some fresh air in captivity

A square of protective barriers in a park surrounding absolutely nothing

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Deflatable

Inflatable tropical island in a shop foyer, now a deflated heap of brightly coloured plastic

Hanger Upper @hangerupper.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Excuse me Mr Otter, could you direct me to the North Sea? Aye, it's that way hen

A bollard on St Andrews Pier, which looks a bit like an otter, and its shadow, which makes it look a bit like he's pointing