AshOfTheShire
@ashbayliss.bsky.social
Heavy Metal Hobbit 🤘🏻LOTR, gardening, nature, folklore and the weirder side of life
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Just getting in the Christmas mood...
December 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Just getting in the Christmas mood...
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i just read something about grief from C.S. Lewis and his book, “A Grief Observed”
basically, when someone you love dies, it isn’t just them that you miss, but the parts of yourself that person brought out of you that can never be brought out again.
i feel that with my dad.
basically, when someone you love dies, it isn’t just them that you miss, but the parts of yourself that person brought out of you that can never be brought out again.
i feel that with my dad.
November 16, 2025 at 11:51 AM
i just read something about grief from C.S. Lewis and his book, “A Grief Observed”
basically, when someone you love dies, it isn’t just them that you miss, but the parts of yourself that person brought out of you that can never be brought out again.
i feel that with my dad.
basically, when someone you love dies, it isn’t just them that you miss, but the parts of yourself that person brought out of you that can never be brought out again.
i feel that with my dad.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
October 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
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Museums, galleries & heritage sites are a forgotten part of the public sector. Austerity meant closing buildings, mothballing artefacts, laying off highly skilled staff & freezing pay for years. A national disgrace 10x worse for smaller regional institutions. Go and donate now.
October 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Museums, galleries & heritage sites are a forgotten part of the public sector. Austerity meant closing buildings, mothballing artefacts, laying off highly skilled staff & freezing pay for years. A national disgrace 10x worse for smaller regional institutions. Go and donate now.
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Astonishing sculpture of 60 detailed figures carved from a single block of Carrara marble ~ Francesco Bertos’ Fall of the Rebel Angels (c 1730). Suspicion that his skill was beyond human ability led to his being questioned by the Inquisition. Tks @JonathanMendel1
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October 3, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Astonishing sculpture of 60 detailed figures carved from a single block of Carrara marble ~ Francesco Bertos’ Fall of the Rebel Angels (c 1730). Suspicion that his skill was beyond human ability led to his being questioned by the Inquisition. Tks @JonathanMendel1
gallerieditalia.com/en/vicenza/e...
gallerieditalia.com/en/vicenza/e...
September 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Getting in touch with our Viking past in Olden
August 19, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Getting in touch with our Viking past in Olden
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The final dance in Dirty Dancing/The clubbing scene from Spaced mash up that no one asked for (but I made anyway)
August 15, 2025 at 9:39 AM
The final dance in Dirty Dancing/The clubbing scene from Spaced mash up that no one asked for (but I made anyway)
The homing pigeon that’s been hanging around our garden for the last week has disappeared.
We’ve just spotted a sparrowhawk in the garden and a large pile of feathers next door. That’s that mystery sorted
We’ve just spotted a sparrowhawk in the garden and a large pile of feathers next door. That’s that mystery sorted
August 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The homing pigeon that’s been hanging around our garden for the last week has disappeared.
We’ve just spotted a sparrowhawk in the garden and a large pile of feathers next door. That’s that mystery sorted
We’ve just spotted a sparrowhawk in the garden and a large pile of feathers next door. That’s that mystery sorted
Went to Aldi to get the kids packed lunches for next week. Came back with hammock. Classic Aldi behaviour
August 10, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Went to Aldi to get the kids packed lunches for next week. Came back with hammock. Classic Aldi behaviour
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those damned outdoor pigs can't keep getting away with this
August 8, 2025 at 11:10 AM
those damned outdoor pigs can't keep getting away with this
Rewatching all of #StrangerThings in preparation for the final series. It’s still SO good! I love all of it
August 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Rewatching all of #StrangerThings in preparation for the final series. It’s still SO good! I love all of it
The kids have come back from a weeks Scout camp in Devon. They’ve bought me a book on King Arthur and a pot of local honey. Pretty much the exact things I would have bought for myself if I were in Devon
August 2, 2025 at 9:24 AM
The kids have come back from a weeks Scout camp in Devon. They’ve bought me a book on King Arthur and a pot of local honey. Pretty much the exact things I would have bought for myself if I were in Devon
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Tom Lehrer - Wernher von Braun
YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel
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July 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Edgar Allan Poe's handwritten last stanza of The Raven. First published (1845), New York Evening Mirror newspaper.
July 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Edgar Allan Poe's handwritten last stanza of The Raven. First published (1845), New York Evening Mirror newspaper.
Paid my respects to the Prince of Darkness. Perks of the job mean I can do so out of hours. Lovely however to see so many people paying their respects.
And for those who think heavy metal is all devil worshiping and anger, just read those lyrics. You’ll be missed Ozzy 🤘🏻
And for those who think heavy metal is all devil worshiping and anger, just read those lyrics. You’ll be missed Ozzy 🤘🏻
July 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Paid my respects to the Prince of Darkness. Perks of the job mean I can do so out of hours. Lovely however to see so many people paying their respects.
And for those who think heavy metal is all devil worshiping and anger, just read those lyrics. You’ll be missed Ozzy 🤘🏻
And for those who think heavy metal is all devil worshiping and anger, just read those lyrics. You’ll be missed Ozzy 🤘🏻
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And one final thought: Ozzy going out after giving an emotional final performance that raised a ton of money for charity is more spiritually uplifting and did more genuine good than anything any televangelist and religious grifter who railed against him ever did combined.
July 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
And one final thought: Ozzy going out after giving an emotional final performance that raised a ton of money for charity is more spiritually uplifting and did more genuine good than anything any televangelist and religious grifter who railed against him ever did combined.
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When you arrive in hell to steal Satan’s throne
a woman is riding a scooter that has the number 7 on it
ALT: a woman is riding a scooter that has the number 7 on it
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July 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
When you arrive in hell to steal Satan’s throne
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An incomparable legend.
July 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
An incomparable legend.
@brummybar.bsky.social You should try this one day
[in court]
PROSECUTOR: Murdererssaywhat
ACCUSED: What?
PROSECUTOR: The prosecution rests, your honour
PROSECUTOR: Murdererssaywhat
ACCUSED: What?
PROSECUTOR: The prosecution rests, your honour
July 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
@brummybar.bsky.social You should try this one day
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Iron Man is a Fe male.
July 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Iron Man is a Fe male.