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Graham Jones
@oldmanrambling.bsky.social
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Retired journalist from Liverpool. I was married to the lovely Janet for almost 58 years. Now living alone in Surrey. Left-wing jazz fan and Humanist. Fascists, god botherers, anti-LGBTQ will be blocked. No DMs. No requests for cash. Support 🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈⚧️
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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 27d
#ImageAndVerse
#EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky

“Walk me to the corner, our steps will always rhyme
You know my love goes with you as your love stays with me”

Leonard Cohen
Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye

I am bereft after just saying goodbye to my lovely wife after 58 years. RIP Janet
My wife Janet walking in the forest casts a giant shadow alongside our beloved fox terrier Patsy. My wife Janet strides barefoot across a Norfolk beach on a blisteringly hot summer day with our fox terrier Patsy as the sea rolls gently in to the sandy shore. Janet is wearing a straw hat and scarf along with blue shirt and her favourite purple trousers.
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young-spartacus.bsky.social
'Nature Noir'

"Between every two pines there is a doorway to a new world"
John Muir

Wishing my #Bluesky friends a fab start to the weekend!

Sparty 🙏🏼🖤🤍

#EastCoastKin #Photography #ColorADay #BWFri #ClassicMono #Scape #ForestFriday #Nature #Art #PhotographersofBluesky #BlueSkyPhotography #ArtYear
This black-and-white vertical photograph depicts a narrow dirt path winding through a dense forest. The image is characterised by high contrast and a dark vignette to isolate the centre of the frame. In the foreground, the ground is covered in a complex mosaic of shadows and bright, dappled light patches, created by sunlight filtering through an overhead canopy. These light patterns are sharp and irregular, emphasising the rough, slightly uneven texture of the path. A large, dark tree trunk stands prominently in the mid-ground on the right, its bark appearing nearly black. Its branches reach upward and across the top of the frame, partially obscured by a thicket of leaves that appear as a dense, dark mass against a pale, washed-out sky. On the left, several thinner, lighter-toned tree trunks rise vertically, their surfaces catching more direct light. Behind them, a tangled undergrowth of ferns and shrubs is visible, rendered in various shades of grey. The path itself recedes into the distance, narrowing towards a brighter, more open area that suggests a clearing or a bend in the trail. This distant point serves as a focal area, though it remains soft and indistinct. The middle ground is filled with a dense layer of foliage and tree limbs, creating a sense of depth and enclosure. The overall tonal range is extreme, with deep, ink-like blacks in the shadows and bright, almost pure white highlights on the sunlit portions of the ground and the distant horizon. The lighting appears to be coming from a high angle, slightly behind the trees, which creates long, dramatic shadows that stretch toward the viewer. The lack of colour focuses the viewer's attention on the interplay of shapes, the verticality of the timber, and the rhythmic repetition of light and dark across the forest floor. The scene is devoid of any human or animal figures, emphasising the stillness of the woods.
February 13, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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bloodraynes.bsky.social
Afternoon #BlueSky 🫖 Lets walk together down on the beach as the sun sets in Selsey,West Sussex. Have a golden rest of the day friends 😎 #Scape #EastCoastKin #Sunset #Sun #Beach #Photography #Coastal #Sky #Ocean #PhotographyOfBlueSky
#PhotographersOfBlueSky #SkyScape
#Dusk #Golden #CloudFormations
Our photograph captures a dramatic sunset along the beachwalk in Selsey, in West Sussex, United Kingdom. The scene is viewed from a low angle, close to the ground, making the foreground feel textured and immediate. Underfoot is a wide stretch of small, rounded pebbles, darkened by the fading light. A line of large, irregular grey rocks runs diagonally from the bottom right corner toward the centre of the image. These rocks form a natural barrier or edging along the beachwalk, guiding the eye straight toward the horizon. At the end of this rocky line, far in the distance, a small red navigation marker or post stands upright near the shoreline, adding a tiny but vivid point of colour against the darker tones. The sea lies calm and flat across the middle of the image, forming a clean horizontal line. Just above it, the sun is setting, a bright, glowing orb of intense gold and white light sitting low on the horizon. Its light spreads outward in a fiery band of orange and amber, reflecting faintly across the water. The sky dominates the upper half of the picture. Thick, layered clouds stretch across it in sweeping formations. The undersides of the clouds are illuminated in brilliant shades of molten gold and deep orange, while their outer edges fade into dark charcoal and midnight blue. The contrast between the blazing sunlight and the heavy, shadowed clouds creates a powerful, almost theatrical atmosphere. Overall, the image feels bold and atmospheric. A striking moment where light and darkness meet. The strong leading line of rocks, the glowing sun, and the richly coloured clouds combine to create a sense of depth, scale, and quiet grandeur at the close of day. Finally, our picture is finished with a simple, white border frame.
February 13, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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shlead.bsky.social
💜"Purple is the color hope wears when it’s feeling imaginative."
- unknown

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
#FlowersOnFriday
#FloralFriday
A purple pansy and green leaves. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. February 2026. Local nursery.
February 13, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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paulwalker44.bsky.social
Zionists shout “antisemitism” as they evaporate thousands of humans and then those same zionists put what the Israeli government did on the backs of “all the jews.”

It’s fkn sick!

www.instagram.com/reel/DUtMP7-...
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate.
February 13, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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Dear @booker.senate.gov @corybooker.com

You voted to confirm Kushner’s felon father to be Amb to France.

This is the shit he is carrying out. Your fingerprints are on it.
strictlychristo.bsky.social StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻🚫👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 24d
French judge explains how Trump sent people from the US Embassy to try to intimidate her during Marine Le Pen's trial for embezzlement — and details how he has used similar fascistic tactics to intimidate other judges around the world who rule against his alt-right friends.
February 13, 2026 at 12:37 AM
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pamlivengoodbrown.bsky.social
Good morning friends, for #FloralFriday please enjoy the hellebore 🌱
#FlowersonFriday
#bloomscrolling
Photo of a pink Lenten rose flower in the ground, with greenery and another flower bud nearby.
February 13, 2026 at 12:41 PM
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rina2012.bsky.social
Wishing you a wonderful #Friday 🫶
#FlowerScape 🌷

#ColorADay #BWFriday #ClassicMono #blackandwhite #FlowersOnFriday #BnwMacro #scape #photography #flowers #ArtYear #photohour #bloomscrolling #nature #thelittlethings #EastCoastKin
Tulips in blackandwhite, the background is black
February 13, 2026 at 7:09 AM
oldmanrambling.bsky.social
One last effort for today in
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekFforFramed
and another village five-barred gate. Different vibe this time.
#Scape
#ColorADay #B&WFri
#Photography
#EastCoastKin
A spider has filled the triangular frame at the top of the wooden five-barred gate with a cobweb that is lit from behind by morning sunlight as it hangs heavy with dew. Beyond is a small paddock and hedge.
February 13, 2026 at 8:18 PM
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jaycee-visionlogic.bsky.social
'Water, Wood, Stone' (2022) -- Weather & Time Wears Down Both Wood & Stone Into Natural Relics, Eagle Lake North Shore, Acadia National Park, ME

#Scape ✨ #ForestFriday ✨ #BlueSkyArtShow #Wood ✨

#Photography #Landscape
#Monochrome #ClassicMono
#EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford
a large eucalyptus trunk lies unearthed, stripped of its roots and limbs, on a shore of rough, cracked granite dotted with moss and lichen
February 13, 2026 at 5:48 PM
oldmanrambling.bsky.social
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The Lesson Jim Ratcliffe Could Learn From My Immigrant Father-in-Law
The Manchester United-owning tax exile says the UK has been “colonised” by immigrants but he could learn much from the hard working migrants who have made their lives here, argues Sangita Myska
open.substack.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:24 PM
oldmanrambling.bsky.social
My football team always used to play on a Friday night to avoid competition with the two big boys over the Mersey and my favourite ever player was a wee Scot named Pat Nevin. My son acquired this signed and framed shirt for me.
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekFforFramed
#Tranmere
#Photography
#EastCoastKin
A white Tranmere Rovers football shirt with green and blue horizontal stripes and sponsor name - ESSAR - plus club badge in a black frame, hangs in a yellow painted wall just below a green coloured wooden rail.
February 13, 2026 at 6:17 PM
oldmanrambling.bsky.social
It won’t be long. Anyone else counting the days until our English woodlands are again carpeted in the lush blue and green of the Bluebells? I can’t wait, so here’s a brief injection of April in the depths of February. You’re welcome.
#ForestFriday
#EnglishBluebells
#Surrey
#EastCoastKin #Nature
The forest floor is awash with the verdant fresh greens of new growth but it plays second fiddle to the swathes of almost purple English Bluebells dissecting the frame beneath tall thin trees that are just setting the first green leaves of Spring. Tree branches at right foreground are mostly bare but still hang on to some faded orange-coloured leaves from last autumn. Camera: iPhone 11 Pro
February 13, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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knotweed-ireland.bsky.social
Sunrise Ireland - Misty sunrise over East Field, Galway, Ireland #Sunrise #Ireland #Scape #Landscape #Sky #Clouds #CloudScape #GalwaySunset #SkyScape #Photography
Sunrise over East Field, Galway, Ireland
February 13, 2026 at 11:42 AM
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jaycee-visionlogic.bsky.social
'Winter's Long Shadow' (2025) -- After a Long, Crisp, Walk Along the Androscoggin River, I Journey Homeward Through the Darkening Skies, Brunswick, ME

It's Friday... Let's #Scape ✨ #ForestFriday ✨ #ImageAndVerse ✨

#Photography #Landscape
#Monochrome #ClassicMono
#EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford
an image taken at the base of a grove of pine trees looking upwards as the late winter light falls precipitously, and shadows lengthen ominously
February 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM
oldmanrambling.bsky.social
Press freedom org accused of dropping ‘Impunity Index’ after Israel topped the list www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
Yet another outfit bending the knee to Netanyahu’s genocidal regime. How many more press representatives does the IDF have to murder for them to back their profession?
Press freedom org accused of dropping 'Impunity Index' after Israel topped the list
The Committee to Protect Journalists, a press freedom org, is accused of bowing to pressure from Zionists after dropping its Impunity Index
www.thecanary.co
February 13, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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#Insect As it is Friday 13th I will pass on a Lady Bug, or Lady Beetle, to all. In many cultures they are considered signs of good luck if they land on you.
A bright orange red beetle with a black head and black spots, rests on the spiky seed head of a bull thistle. Sunlight coming from the right, give the green a warm tone and the beetle's carapace a sheen.
February 13, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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Did Keir Starmer's Government Just Accidentally Admit Its Complicity in Israel’s War Crimes?
Two statements by Government ministers, one private and one public, appear to acknowledge for the first time that Israel's actions have broken international law
bylinetimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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Old bank, high on hillside - a semi-permeable barrier to slow water flowing off the hills, reducing flood risk in the valley below, preventing soil from washing away in runoff. An abundance of plant life drinking up that slowed water, supporting birds & animals.
Stone bank, once the base of a hedgerow. Now the hedge shrubs have grown out into full size trees, the roots of the trees growing down through the gaps between the moss covered rocks, creating an even more complex network of spaces to shelter wildlife. The grass, moss & wild plants create habitat and food for all sorts of tiny invertebrates & nesting material for birds.
February 13, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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The wood's in trouble. Covehithe, Suffolk. Coastal erosion rates at Covehithe are now over 3 metres per year due to climate change and sea level rise.
Easton Woods just south of Covehithe.
February 13, 2026 at 6:05 AM
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Beautiful Red Kite in beautiful winter light ✨️ #bird #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #tranquillity #lovelife #mindfulness #nikon #nikonphotography #eastcoastkin #birdoftheday
February 13, 2026 at 7:30 AM
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I’ve managed to sort out The Times Magazine for this weekend:
February 13, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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February 13, 2026 at 12:25 PM
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My cohost Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social says today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #DivingForFood, birds that dive under water for food, the Alt theme is #Pigeons&Doves So I’m going with a Cormorant on a river marker. Good luck. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
A dark, glossy cormorant perches upright on the curved top of a metal river marker post, its body angled left. The bird’s black plumage shows layered, scale-like feather detail on the wings, and its long neck curves slightly forward. Its pale hooked bill and bright yellow throat patch contrast with a vivid turquoise eye, while the blurred green background highlights the bird’s sharp profile.
February 13, 2026 at 7:16 AM
oldmanrambling.bsky.social
When all else fails I turn to the cheese and tomato toastie. Instant comfort food. With pickle, naturally.
#FoodOnFriday and #PurpleFriday
#Bloomscrolling
because of those #Tulips
#EastCoastKin
A plain white plate with metal knife and a round of brown bread toasted cheese and tomato with a blob of brown tomato chutney resting in between the two sections. The plate sits on a green leafy patterned mat on a light oak table. In the blurred background there is a salt cellar to the right and, in the centre, an orange-coloured vase, holding purple and white Tulips above their green leaves. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro
February 13, 2026 at 2:42 PM
oldmanrambling.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
What a great victory for the Davids v the Goliaths today. And any team that has players with the first names of Blessing and Wellington gets my support.
#Cricket #Sport
T20 World Cup: Zimbabwe claim 23-run win over Australia as Blessing Muzarabani takes 4-17
Blessing Muzarabani claims a superb 4-17 as Zimbabwe held their nerve to stun Australia with a thrilling 23-run win in the T20 World Cup.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 13, 2026 at 11:37 AM