Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Nepenthes “rebecca soper“ has bulked up over the last year — left was last year, right is today 031
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026dendrobium kingianum in bloom - this little compact one blooms after my much larger, typical form :) 000
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026i’ve been fighting the demons inside me that have been tempting me to buy plants, each day they whisper to me latin names but i’ve been stronger than them until now, because someone has posted one of my wishlist plants for sale 240
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026i’m very sick at the moment and it reminded me of another time when i lived in a sharehouse and everyone got sick and we were all discussing how it could have happened and one housemate revealed he had been sick before all of us and hadn't told anyone and then was surprised when everyone was mad 030
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026some bone-headed gronk stole my weed vape while i was out of town but jokes on them because it’s busted to shit, covered in crap and full of the tar that coats my lungs and gives me protection from COVID-19. My new vape is far superior 110
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026my gf and i sat down to watch Conclave and i was like “get ready for stanley tucci” and she just smiled at me and went “we’ll see”, then when he came out in the first 30 seconds she was like “oh… he IS in this” because she fucking thought i was imaging stanley tucci 000
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026i went to the botanic gardens over the weekend and they foolishly placed an enormous native dendrobium orchid with dozens of pups/keikis at the front gate and no cameras. Unrelated to this anecdote, i have a new orchid 010
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026i’m reading a book about child development and i see a name that i recognise. “No way the simpsons referenced this guy” i say, before confirming that indeed, the simpsons referenced This Guy 020
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026a little boy saw me drawing some rock formations so he took out his little notepad and pen and started scribbling the same scene as me. I told him: ”do you know what you’re doing? It’s called en plein air — drawing outdoors. It’s french.” and he smiled and said “hehe like ‘bomboclaat‘ is french” HUH 120
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026same species, two different forms. Dendrobium kingianum 020
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026i went to pick up my medicinal cannabis from the post office and when i did i got the biggest whiff of weed lmaoo im sorry to the postal workers who had to smell my loud all week 010
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026nothing could have prepared me for looking at the news and seeing a former play school dude i loved as a kid saying that the liberal party has a fantasy about being ”pounded in the ass” by a strap on weilding conservative news host lmfao??? like, omg 110
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026we went to dinner last night and we were sat next to this couple who began openly mocking the server when she gave them their drinks claiming it had been “over 30 minutes“ wait even with the docket proving it had only been 15. Anyway i found the guy‘s google reviews, his facebook and his X account 020
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026known unstable freak joins party for known unstable freaks 010
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026i’ve been laughing at this citation for five minutes lmaooo 020
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026if i ever get so far up my own arse i start insisting people put ”OAM” after my name at the coffee shop you should book an appointment with the vet to have me put to sleep 021
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026i’m wealthy because i saw a nuclear black swan family 020
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026good news everyone the fish that i see all the time on my lunch break walk is still there, like he is every day :) 000
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026the most powerful way to post is to turn off all notifications and release your thoughts unedited into the wild 010
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026my work tries to make IT security “fun” but “fun” is actually the most annoying 5 minute videos of no-name british actors pretending they finally got on an episode of The Office (UK) and if i ever see these people on the street i might black out and bludgeon them 030
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026i forgot to post but i got stuck in a lift/elevator at the train station and it was a humiliation ritual bc the whole time i was legit trapped in a tiny metal room people kept seeing me in there and assuming i was just sitting in the lift hoarding it on purpose 100
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 22/08/2026:) snagged some bargain orchids at the local show 172
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Dendrobium kingianum - pink rock orchid. Native to the east coast of Australia. I have two of these orchids, and this particular plant always blooms at the end of winter, the other one doesn’t wake up until at least the first week of spring. 010
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026visiting the botanic gardens today to see the sydney rock orchids/king orchid in bloom :) my favourite time of year 140
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026i think about what it would be like to be the colleague of the guy on tiktok who puts 12 sausages on the sandwich press along with bacon and eggs (which he does every morning) and i can’t be mad. I want to be him sooo bad. I saw him cook a steal on that sandwich press once. in the lunchroom 140
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026i have been waiting for this orchid to bloom for almost 4 months and it’s just opening now 😭😭😭 240
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 16/08/2026im doing my part to keep the local rent down by walking down the streets doing obnoxious vape tricks (the vape is also weed vape) 020
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026i have an estranged sister (long story) so i only hear how she’s doing through the grape vine and i just heard she’s donating a kidney to her husband and i was like…. husband? before i even registered the kidney thing 030
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026the passage of time… you’re telling me i’ve seen my GP for almost 10 years??? I swear i’ve only met this woman 5 times 020
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026i found this plain black crew neck from a charity shop and it fits me perfectly so i’m like, sick, new jumper 😎 only to find out after weeks of wearing it that it’s part of a kid’s school uniform. It explains why the sleeves are so narrow. 040
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Food $200 Data $150 Rent $800 Australian native orchids $3,600 Utility $150 020
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 09/08/2026my orchids are all about to flower (spring) but they literally take months to develop hurry the fuck UP 020
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 08/08/2026my job is to select what music you listen to before you enter your virtual consult with your doctor. Sometimes i play pan flutes but other times i like to play Ominous Dungeon sounds 010
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026it’s ok i did in fact see that you broke up through the queer sharehouse facebook group 130
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 03/08/2026whenever the news puts a funny picture in a story, that’s me, when they put the smiling father who killed his family on the front page that wasnt me that was some other guy but the funny ones are me 030
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 30/07/2026my coworker told me her cousin got arrested, she told me he’d been caught shoplifting. I asked her what he stole. He was caught stealing FUNKO POPS, and this is the second time he’s been caught 030
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 23/07/2026its just me and the little IT man remotely logged into my PC trying to fix Microsoft outlook against the world 120
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026as i get older i am becoming more fond of orchids. Remember that story about the guy who was evicted from his apartment but fought back saying his apartment was now a microclimate for his fabulous collection of exotic orchids? me in a few years minus the eviction 010
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 12/07/2026shout out to the old woman on the bus googling ”lindsay graham gay” and when that didn’t give her the results she wanted, amended her search to “lindsay graham gay photos” 080
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 09/07/2026barbara is at her dental appointment today and you’ll all be pleased to know she has lost…… 100 grams 030
Local Oaf @topographyfan.bsky.social · 09/07/2026something fun and different — Hoya serpens, a miniature hoya species known for its small, round leaves and clusters of fragrant fluffy star-shaped flowers. Hoya are notoriously slow growing, often not growing at all for months and then suddenly, like this one, they put out all this new growth 120