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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 4h

There goes an impossible woman. Watch her blaze a new star.

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 4h

No one speaks English, and every thing's broken. The streets aren't for dreaming now.

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 4h

Sounds like a good epitaph to me.

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 6h

Perfect. Shadows. Colour. Darkened interior.

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 6h

Weekend? Did I have one of those? Since when, I seem to have been engaged in non stop fun'n'games beginning with Double Jab Monday, Sore Arm Tuesday and Woozy Wednesday. Looking forward to WTF P&P Thursday. Whassa theme thingy, again? Summat cheerful, I recall. Just refresh my noggin.

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 6h

Stone the crows Sheena, ya didn't say summat sacrilegious about the new Pope bein' a crack head with a head like a squashed turnip, did ya?

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 7h

Waiting for the Autumn colours in a quiet corner of a garden belonging to friends. #YellowSun #RedWed #ColorADay #Autumn #Fall #Garden #ECK #Photography #Art

Yellow chair, red chair, dark wood table and fence. Gravel floor. Green trees and blue sky.
Camera: iPhone 15 Pro.

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 7h

At last my white Anemone Whirlwind has come back to life. Another plant I thought lost in the drought, which has confounded the Summer heat to return refreshed by Autumn rain. #WhiteWednesday #DailyFlowers #FlowerReport #Bloomscrolling #EastCoastKin #Photography

White Anemone Whirlwind flower with yellow centre. Green leaf to the right. Otherwise surrounded by darkness.
Camera: iPhone 15 Pro.

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 9h

Takeaway meal. Chicken pox in a box with egg fried headlice.

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 9h

Me: Joke deserves Corporal punishment.

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 9h

Chicken pox and lice? Sounds like an Addams Family meal.

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 9h

Oh, great. I shall only be (reaches for abacus) 122 and life will be perfect. Flying cars. Holidays on Mars. Jet boots. Tranmere winning the World Club Football Cup. Donald Trump dies and is canonised by Pope RFK. He returns at Christmas to save the world again … in two weeks.

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 10h

Kids, eh? What you going to do? Ban them, I say. Good job we were never like that, ain't it?

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 10h

"Labour" government is mad. Their support for the ongoing genocide is unforgivable. I feel sorry for Sally Rooney. Sorrier for the pensioners still being arrested for supporting PAL. Beyond sorry for the people of Palestine being slaughtered daily by the Israelis.

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 10h

Don't recognise the scene on the right but the woman on the left could have stepped right out of my local coffee shop where they still do that after roasting the beans. Don't think the hairstyle would suit Colin, though … or the dress. He never did look good in blue.

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 10h

How AnnaLois goes back to work after being at death's door. Impossible, they say. With a little bit of luck, she'll be off again by Friday.

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Hello Chat Back By Unpopular Demand

ALT: Hello Chat Back By Unpopular Demand

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 13h

Good day dear Susan apDC. I'm back. Did you miss me? Been busy socialising and birding. Now I'm in need of a #BlueBrew to sustain my wild life. I trust you are behaving more sensibly and are tb not OTT. I have brought the usual remuneration. Rose suit you?

Nice pink roses because I have been missing.

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Susan Davis Cushing @sdcushing.bsky.social · 16h

Hello friends! Happy Wednesday! How are you? 🙋‍♂️ It’s about 6:30am 🕡 EDST here and 🌤️. I’m making our rich & aromatic #BlueBrew coffee for the community here in the Coffeehouse. Who’d like a cup? ☕️ Please do stop by & say hello! 👋 We close at 10:30am 🕥 EDST 😊 #EastCoastKin #ECK

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Pouring Coffee Time

Alt: Coffee is being poured continuously into a seemingly bottomless white cup

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 19h

Good morning AB. Great shot and thanks for stepping up to the plate to help while Helen takes a time-out.

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Atlantic Birding @atlanticbirding.bsky.social · 22h

🪶 Good Morning! I’m covering for Helen today Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #ShoreBirds; any bird on the shore Alt. is #UrbanBirds; any bird in an Urban setting - 2 Bar-tailed Godwits & a flock of Dunlin on the sea shore #ECK #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky #naturephotography #WaderWednesday

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 19h

Great idea TAM, my neighbour's brown garden waste bin sits next to my front garden bird feeder and is in constant use as a staging post … mostly by fat pigeons. 😁

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 19h

Such a shame about your trip but we must be aware that Covid has not gone away. I had my joint Covid and flu jabs on Monday. We all should, especially at our age. Yes, the rise is a beauty and a lovely name, too.

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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 19h

A recent walk along Sutton Bank, North Yorkshire - pen and watercolour sketches. 🐡 #fungi 🪶

Sketches of wildlife and fungi from a walk along Sutton Bank, North Yorkshire, UK

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 19h

Colletes hederae, the ivy bee chilling almost unbelievably on ivy berries

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 19h

I have had a few comments recently about the size of my average #WeeBee, from people saying they think them giants. They're usually really very small. Not so today, though. This one is a stonker. A Dark Lord of the Bees. #Insects #Bees #Bloomscrolling #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky

A Tree Bumblebee - Bombus Hypnorum - pictured head on with its globular eyes glistening, black legs, antennae and proboscis extended into the centre of an orange coloured Marigold in afternoon sunshine. The insect has a dark honey coloured fuzzy coat and its gossamer veined wings are folded back ready for take off. Background is garden greenery.
Camera: iPhone 15 Pro.

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 21h

Not quite the real deal. The window of an urban house with a display of a red-painted stall with colourful donuts. #WindowsOnWednesday #WackyWed #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Photography #DailyArt

Window with donut display in urban street.
Camera: iPhone 15 Pro.

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 21h

Yesterday I was down at Forest Row in my favourite cafe and should have popped down to the nearby Hundred Aker Wood, aka the Ashdown Forest, in Sussex, to say hello. I'm afraid they would not recognise themselves from the awful Disney illustration but that's fine. They live quietly now.

Winnie and Piglet in the Hundred Aker Wood. I recognise those trees today and have walked there with grandchildren. It's real, folks.

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Many theories. Here are a few. www.plant-lore.com/plantofthemo...

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

She was. I have a thousand pictures … or maybe a million.

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Perfect, Mar. It began with me getting soaked in the garden and ended like this. 😁🌅

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I was just amazed at the number of cars that kept whizzing past. Whatever were they thinking of? What could have been more important than stopping to watch a sunset? A few minutes and their day would have been 100% better. Free, too.

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Jason @bloodraynes.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Morning #BlueSky ☕️ & welcome to a coastal capture bathed in golden light on a late Winters afternoon walk. Have a wonderful day friends 😌 #ECK #Photography #CoastalPhotography #PhotographyOfBlueSky #Ocean #RockinTuesday #TidesOutTuesday #ColorADay #BlueTue #Golden #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Winter

Our beautiful coastal scene captured in the fading light of late afternoon.

The photograph looks out across a broad expanse of dark blue-green sea, where gentle waves roll towards the shore, their white foam tracing delicate patterns along the water’s edge.

The shoreline curves gracefully into the distance on the right, where a golden-brown pebble beach glows warmly in the low sunlight.

In the foreground, a concrete slipway descends towards the water, bordered by a dark metal railing and scattered rocks of varying sizes.

The warm, amber light catches the pebbles and stones, creating a striking contrast with the cooler tones of the sea.

Above, a vast turquoise sky dominates the scene, streaked with wispy, feather-like clouds.

Near the horizon, the sky softens into muted pastel shades of pink, peach and pale blue. Tiny lights from distant buildings twinkle along the coastline with a nearby seaside town settling into evening.

The composition beautifully contrasts the rugged textures of the foreground with the smooth, sweeping lines of the sea and sky.

Rich golden highlights meet deep shadows, giving the photograph a cinematic, almost dreamlike quality.

There is a wonderful sense of solitude and tranquillity here.

The rhythmic movement of the waves, the fading daylight and the distant glow of the coastline combine to capture a peaceful moment where land, sea and sky meet beneath the quiet beauty of the approaching night.

Finally, our picture today is finished with a simple with border frame.

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Goodnight Vienna. Sleep tight etc. 😴

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pm gibbs @pmgibbs.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

#TheCampfire First Tuesday February 2, 2027 🔥🔥🔥🔥 See you in 2027 A’s ghost story Petie’s tribute Mick’s writing friends Organicgay’s willow tree Pam’s coffee confession Sarah’s community connection Graham’s photo mystery Shantha’s Beatles love Pete’s music memoir 🔥🔥🔥🔥 We are all made of stories

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

About anything, if he's like mine. 😁

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Is he keeping count, like your doctor? 😂

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

So many geese. Must be Norfolk.

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I'm sorry. Losing a companion is like having part of your soul torn out. People who do not have these loving creatures in their lives will never understand. Their loss not to comprehend our loss. ❤️🌈🐾

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

When you are driving home and have to stop the car in a lane before the sun has gone and you miss that magic moment. #Sunset #Scape #Sky #ThickTrunkTuesday #EastCoastKin #Photography #Art

The sky is turned to a rich shade of orange as the sun sets behind the darkened tree line over farmland in an English village this evening. The scene is framed in the right foreground by a large tree.
Camera: iPhone 15 Pro.

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Thank you AH. I once owned a volume of Neruda verse but no longer. This is profound and needs time to digest. I shall read it several times and try not to become too emotional, which is my default position. After 58 years I know what my wife would be saying … but am I able to listen?

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I never heard this. I still Have my vinyl HR, though.

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Awkward pause and exit persued by a critic with barely concealed contempt.

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Thanks Mel. I have been on the road today, so a bit out of touch after this afternoon. Same again in the morning as I shall be joining a birding group for the first time. Exciting times. Hope your day is progressing well and you are resting up successfully. 💙🌸🌳

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

"Throw it, go on throw it," says Heidi. In that bin. 😂

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

The biggest lie the Tories ever told (with the help of their media troops) was of their fiscal competence. Like their counterparts, the US Republicans, they always leave the economy in a worse state than they find it then blame the incoming opposition. Brexit was incompetence writ large.

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