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Occasionally Lost
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Justin

County Fermanagh, previously Peak District, Manchester before that.

Like hiking, classical music, art, wildlife, gardening.

Don't like bananas.

He/him. Trans ally. 🏳️‍⚧️

Used to blog at: http://www.occasionallylost.com/
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fellsandlakes.bsky.social
Today’s walk: another beautiful day 😊
The hills of Arran, covered in snow, at the back of Cumbrae. There’s a little boat to the left on the water between me and Cumbrae
February 14, 2026 at 9:26 AM
mostlyrambling.bsky.social
Wooden jetty, West Kirby Marine Lake, 2012.

#ValentinesDay #Sunset #SunsetsOfBluesky #HumansOfBluesky #Scape #Seascape #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #Wood
A T-shaped wooden jetty, extending out into the still waters of a marina. It is sunset and the golden sky, with its occasional clouds, is reflected in the mirror-like surface of the water. A young couple are sitting on the jetty, backs to the camera, looking out across the marina. They too are reflected in the water. There is a walkway beyond them, between the marina and the open estuary, and people are walking along it, silhouetted against the sky.
February 14, 2026 at 8:52 AM
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samhanna1791.bsky.social
#Scape
Friday 13th and the #sun shone for the first time in a couple of weeks.
Looking across #Portrush Harbour with the hills of #Inishowen in the distance beyond the harbour wall.
#seascape #landscape #EastCoastKin #NorthernIreland #Ireland
Looking across a harbour, with a lifeboat moored close to the quay. There are a number of small coloured buoys in the water and a yacht is moored beside a pontoon at the edge of the harbour. There are cars and boats on the quay and, beyond the harbour wall, a line of hills can be seen in the distance. There are a few small clouds in an otherwise blue sky.
February 13, 2026 at 9:02 PM
mostlyrambling.bsky.social
#NowPlaying #ClassicalMusic

Bedford, Goehr, Holloway, Knussen, C. Matthews, Saxton, and Weir: Variations for Orchestra on "Sumer is icumen in"

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jac van Steen

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A screenshot of an NMC album cover for a disc comprising three sets of collaborative orchestral variations by British composers. The album is called Theme and Variations, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jac van Steen.
February 13, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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jkaconductor.bsky.social
There seem to be some problems with the link. Here's another one: www.gofundme.com/f/works-by-f...
February 13, 2026 at 10:18 AM
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fellsandlakes.bsky.social
This morning’s view
Cumbrae at the other side of the Firth of Clyde. Behind the snow covered hills of Arran. You can just about see the slipway and buildings around it of the ferry on Cumbrae
February 13, 2026 at 9:33 AM
mostlyrambling.bsky.social
Ooooh... We have blue sky, Bluesky!

🌤️ 😎

#FridayFeeling #BlueSky #MorningMood #AlmostSpring #Fermanagh
Clouds spun out across a bright blue sky. The sky fills most of the picture but there are tree tops silhouetted against it along the bottom of the frame.
February 13, 2026 at 8:29 AM
mostlyrambling.bsky.social
Kinder Downfall and the shooting cabin on Middle Moor.

🥾

Photo: June 2021

#Scape #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #EastCoastKin #Hiking #PeakDistrict
The picture is dominated by the gritstone escarpment and steep sides of a high moorland plateau. In the centre, a rocky but, at this time of year, mostly dry waterfall cuts a groove in the sides of the moor. A plantation of trees is just visible on the lower slopes to the right but this is partly hidden by moorland in the foreground of the photo. There is a shooting cabin, painted white, on this moor, also on the right hand side of the scene. It appears tiny from the vantage point of the photographer and provides a sense of scale to the massive plateau in the background.
February 13, 2026 at 7:26 AM
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eolai.bsky.social
Time I suppose for a #painting. "Connemara Cottage II" was painted because I have a fondness for things I can't quite see properly, and even now in my chair as I look at this painting I raise myself up ever so slightly to try and see a bit more of the cottage. Mountains too though. #art #SpeirGhorm
Landscape format in painterly acrylics on canvas. Small white cottage with very dark roof and white chimney is nearly half way up to the right nestled into a ledge on a hill beside a small group of dark wine-coloured trees with pale orange trunks. In front of it a lime field slopes down to the bottom of the picture, as does a blue and green field over the stone wall to the right, and an olive green field to the left across a dark ditch, while behind the cottage are rounded hills of a darker olive green, and they're in front of a pale green and grey pointed rocky small mountain with blue mountains behind it on both sides. Sky is very pale pure blue. Along the bottom edge are the tops of some bright green bushes, and 3 small trees at the bottom of the stone wall, with pink trunks and branches rising into dark alizarin clumps. Signed bottom right in pale blue, Liam Daly
February 12, 2026 at 9:00 PM
mostlyrambling.bsky.social
Today's Mavis pic...

"I'm keeping an eye on you lot at the back there so behave."

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A German Shepherd, lying curled up against my outstretched leg on a sofa and turning her head to look backwards at me.
February 12, 2026 at 9:13 PM
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weratedogs.com
This is Dorian. He refuses to come inside from this rainstorm. Just really wants his mom to watch him jump in puddles. 13/10 good job buddy (TT: kirstengarrison)
February 12, 2026 at 4:38 PM
mostlyrambling.bsky.social
The old house.

📷 Taken when I was out for a walk the other day.

#Thursgate #AbandonedPlaces #B&W #Mono #EastCoastKin #Photography
A black and white photo of an abandoned bungalow. The glass is missing from the window frames and there are holes in the tiled roof. Vegetation is growing up beside and into the front porch. There are cracks in the rendered walls. Part of a dilapidated, corrugated steel building can be seen on the right side of the picture. There is a wide, metal farm gate and a hedge in front of the house.
February 12, 2026 at 12:47 PM
mostlyrambling.bsky.social
Today's Mavis pic...

Just in case I try to sneak away while she's sleeping.

🤗 🐾
A German Shepherd lying on a couch and sleeping resting against my outstretched leg. Her own front legs are wrapped around my leg.
February 11, 2026 at 8:23 PM
mostlyrambling.bsky.social
A different angle on #WallsOnWednesday...

📷 Making my way down into Edale after a ramble around Kinder on this day in 2019.

🧱 🥾

#WednesdayWalls #OnThisDay #PeakDistrict #Hiking #Scape #LandscapePhotography #EastCoastKin
A hillside below moorland. A dry stone wall in the foreground, sloping downhill from left to right. A small plantation of trees in the distance behind it is also following the gradient of the hill. In the background, across the horizon, the escarpment and lower slopes of a moorland plateau. The sky above is very pale grey and bleached out.
February 11, 2026 at 1:32 PM
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choosesligo.bsky.social
Sligo’s Atlantic coastline brings drama, from thundering surf at Strandhill to the quiet majesty of Mullaghmore’s headlands to the golden beach at Enniscrone — a landscape that never stops performing. #choosesligo
February 11, 2026 at 11:32 AM
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alan678.bsky.social
For Rob’s alt theme of #Blue I’m going with the Jay, took this 2 days ago. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #EastCoastKin
A Eurasian jay perches on a leafy branch, its warm pinkish-brown body and pale face sharply in focus. The bird looks alert to the left, showing its distinctive black moustache stripe and striking blue-and-black barred patch on the folded wing. Glossy green leaves and soft, blurred woodland tones fill the background, creating a calm natural setting.
February 11, 2026 at 9:26 AM
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atlanticbirding.bsky.social
🪶 @robcrank68.bsky.social has chosen #Waterbirds for today’s #BirdOfTheDay. Alt. is #Blue

I have a selection of;
- Oystercatcher in the sunshine
- A Small flock of Curlew on an estuary
- A Coot on the water.

#birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #waderwednesday #eastcoastkin
An Oystercatcher in side profile on the sand in the bright sunshine. The bird is on the left facing right with a dirty beak and a blue ring on the right and yellow on the left leg. The foreground and background are sand with the base of a large rock visible behind the bird A flock of five Vurlew standing ankle deep in water at the edge of an estuary. The birds all have their heads turned towards the camera. There is water in the foreground and a hint of shore running along the right from foreground to background with grass visible in the background A Coot floating on water in golden sunshine. The bird is side on facing left and with its head turned slightly to camera. It has just resurfaced so some bubbles are visible beside it. The water has a metallic, mercury like appearance with small waves running from back to front. In the foreground are reeds popping up a few inches from the water.
February 11, 2026 at 8:32 AM
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ianparsons.bsky.social
This might seem a strange offering for today's #birdoftheday theme of water #birds but have a closer look at the pylon. they are all Cormorants! 🪶
@alan678.bsky.social @robcrank68.bsky.social @iand777.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 8:32 AM
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rogerwalsh.bsky.social
Scrabo Tower #photography
A tall stone tower stands silhouetted on a hill at dusk, beneath dramatic dark clouds tinged with pink and orange light. A single bird flies across the sky near the tower, and the hillside below is covered in shadowed trees and brush.
February 11, 2026 at 8:43 AM
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trahias.bsky.social
The Shoemaker, 1945
Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917-2000)
watercolor and opaque watercolor over graphite on paper
22 3/4 × 31 in. (57.8 × 78.7 cm)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
February 11, 2026 at 7:57 AM
mostlyrambling.bsky.social
Old Town, Annecy, 2018.

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#WindowsOnWednesday #WednesdayWindows #UrbanPhotography #History #Architecture #EastCoastKin #Annecy #France
A view down a street in the medieval quarter of the French city Annecy. The photo shows the buildings at the side of the road above street level and there are further large buildings facing the viewer at the end of the street. Behind these is a square, stone tower with a pointed roof. All these buildings, including the tower, have lots of small windows in various shapes and styles, some with shutters. Two ornate, metal lamps are fixed to.the wall in the foreground on the left.
February 11, 2026 at 8:13 AM
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dharazny.bsky.social
Starling from the last snow we had in the UK. #birds #gardenbirds #mygarden #mywildlifegarden #birdsonbluesky #ukbirds #britishbirds #birdphotography #naturephotography #NWCheshireUK
February 10, 2026 at 11:03 PM
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briz159.bsky.social
A Golden Eagle and Hooded Crow seemed to be besties, flying side by side and perching on the same viewpoint together.

#birdoftheday #oddcouple #nikonuk #birds #outerhebrides #ladyannecruises
February 10, 2026 at 12:19 PM
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jaqarts.bsky.social
Graham Sutherland (1903 - 1980)
Twisting Roads 1976
February 9, 2026 at 8:21 PM
mostlyrambling.bsky.social
#NowPlaying #ClassicalMusic

Haydn: Cassatio in D major for four horns, violin, viola, and bass (Hob. deest.)

Ab Koster, L'Archibudelli

📯 📯 🎶 📯 📯
A screenshot of a Sony album cover for a disc of music by Joseph Haydn. The album is called "Haydn - The Natural Horn"
February 10, 2026 at 11:42 AM