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Andy Hort
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Remoaning boomer, enjoying retirement in South Devon. Owned by dogs and a cat.
Liberal, moving steadily further to the left.
Typos all my own work.
#NHS […]

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December 25, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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My daughter and her little family have Christmas dinner on Christmas Eve, and it looks goooooood!
A plate of Christmas dinner with all the trimmings
December 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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A hound on Hound Tor

#loritheromi #dogsofmastodon #dartmoor
A bewhiskered grey and tan dog, standing on a granite rock, with a happy smile on her face.
December 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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#morningcoffeealbum

Wishbone Ash's eponymous album.

The debut album of one of the early 70s' iconic bands, one of the first bands I saw live.
The extended guitar solos of Ash and similar bands have long since gone out of fashion, but are still enjoyed by old […]

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Record player with a 12" black vinyl record. In the foreground is an album cover showing a burnt wishbone against a white background. Behind the player is a mug of coffee on a speaker.
December 21, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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#silentsunday
Looking over a crenellated stone wall, covered with white lichen, to a graveyard. There are hills in the far distance under a blue evening sky with a smattering of clouds. The bare branches of a tree are silhouetted against the sky, and a single crow sits on the largest of these.
December 21, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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The postman just delivered a mailshot Christmas card from my local MP. My dog had definite opinions!
The bottom edge of a white envelope with serious teeth marks.
December 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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#silentsunday
Early morning photo, taken from parkland, framed by bare trees on either side, looking over woods to a church spire with blue grey hills beyond. Mist clings to the foot of the hills, and the sky above shades from pale yellow to pale blue above. Taken from Exeter University Streatham campus, looking over St Davids Church, with the Haldon Hills beyond.
December 14, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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#morningcoffeealbum with bourbon biscuits!

Good Stuff by The B-52s

Pressed by their management to rush out a follow-up to the massively successful Cosmic Thing, and without Cindy Wilson who had left to start a family, there is more than a hint of soundalike […]

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Record player with a 12" black vinyl record. In the foreground is an album cover showing Kate Pierson, Keith Strickland and Fred Schneider against a gold background and up to their waists in gold liquid. Behind the player is a mug of coffee on a speaker. On the corner of the player are two delicious bourbon biscuits.
December 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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#morningcoffeealbum

Solid Air by John Martyn

Martyn had an unmistakable voice: mellow but challenging. His modern folk, heavily infused with jazz is timeless, and this, his 4th album from 1973 has him at his very best.
This is a 2013 repress from BackToBlack […]

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Record player with a 12" black vinyl record. In the foreground is an album cover with a schlieren photograph of a hand against a green background, with visible air currents flowing through the fingers. Behind the player is a mug of coffee on a speaker.
December 10, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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People seem to be posting photos of the moon. I thought I'd join them.

#moon #supermoon
Telephoto shot of the full moon
December 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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An occasional contribution to #throwbackthursday

My brother and sister enjoying quality family time on a beach in Aotearoa New Zealand, probably in 1962 or 1963
Two small children, a boy and a girl, sat in a hole in the sand on a beach, with the sea and a blue sky beyond. He has a firm grip of her hair, and she is definitely not happy about it.
November 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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#morningcoffeealbum

Why Dontcha - West, Bruce and Laing

One of the last of the heavy blues supergroups, comprising ex-Mountain Leslie West (guitar) and Corky Laing (drums) and ex-Cream Jack Bruce (bass), WBL looked great on paper, but never, to my mind […]

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Record player with a 12" black vinyl record. In the foreground is an album cover with a blue wash photo of the band in a sea of dry ice. Behind the player is a mug of coffee on a speaker.
November 26, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Many congratulations to my lovely niece Rachel Paterson and her colleagues for winning the International Emmy for Fallen in the Children's Live action category.
A proud couple in evening dress posing with an Emmy
November 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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#morningcoffeealbum with a rum and raisin mince pie.

Labour of Love - UB40

Their fourth studio, and breakout album marked a change from UB40's previous political music, comprising covers of their favourite reggae numbers.

#nowplaying #ub40 #music #vinyl
Record player with a 12" black vinyl record. In the foreground is an album cover with a multicoloured collage of images. Behind the player is a mug of coffee on a speaker. On the corner of the player is a delicious mince pie.
November 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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I posted in previous years about these Dartmoor ponies that are brought in at this time of year to graze a hillside too steep for mowing machinery in a local nature reserve.
I only had my cheap mobile with me this evening, but I couldn't resist this shot of […]

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Three ponies, two grey and one bay, standing peacefully by a fence, with the low sun behind them. The ground beyond them slopes away sharply, and houses and wooded hills fill the area to the horizon.
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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The last leaf

#autumn #fall
A russet brown maple leaf on an otherwise bare branch. Out of focus in the background are an evergreen hedge and white houses beneath a blue sky.
November 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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#morningcoffeealbum

Patterns In Repeat by Laura Marling

What do you get your Dad for his 71st birthday? Well, my daughter did good with this reflection on becoming a new mother and family connections.
Laura Marling (formerly with Noah & The Whale) has a warm […]

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Record player with a 12" black vinyl record. In the foreground is an album cover with an image suggestive of a stained glass window, showing a figure kneeling as if in prayer. Behind the player is a mug of coffee on a speaker.
November 16, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Sorry dogs, but today's an indoor day!

#weather
Satellite image of totally foul weather over South West England
November 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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#morningcoffeealbum

Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes - I Don't Want To Go Home

I've got most of the songs on this, Southside's debut album, on a live album and a compilation album. It's worth having, nonetheless, for the evocative description of the […]

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Record player with a 12" black vinyl record. In the foreground is an album cover with a photo of a half lit Southside Johnny, wearing dark glasses and a fedora, behind a line of upturned short glasses. Behind the player is a mug of coffee on a speaker.
November 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Feeeeeed meeeeeee!

#dogsofmastodon #beantheromi
A black dog, giving a side-eye, with an empty food bowl beyond.
November 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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#morningcoffeealbum with a mince pie!

Night Owl by Gerry Rafferty

Everyone* knows Baker Street**, and many know Stuck In The Middle With You, but beyond this, Gerry Rafferty is a sadly overlooked artist. He had a soft lilting voice, and wrote some wonderful […]

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Record player with a 12" black vinyl record. In the foreground is an album cover with a painting of Gerry Rafferty and his guitar, wearing black and white striped pyjamas, lying on the back of an owl. Behind the player is a mug of coffee on a speaker. On the corner of the player is a delicious mince pie.
November 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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#morningcoffeealbum

Goldfrapp - Supernature

I'm not really one for coloured vinyl, but I must admit I'm taken with the translucent green of this 2020 pressing of Goldfrapp's 2005 classic. It sounds bloody good as well.

#nowplaying #goldfrapp #music #vinyl
Record player with a 12" green vinyl record. In the foreground is an album cover with Alison Goldfrapp looking at the camera over her right shoulder. Her right arm is raised , and her left hand reaches round and clashes her bare left side. Behind the player is a mug of coffee on a speaker.
November 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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#morningcoffeealbum

Willy DeVille - Miracle

Willy DeVille's first album after Mink DeVille bears the production touch of Mark Knopfler, but his voice and writing are as strong and soulful as in the six MdV albums.

#nowplaying #willydeville #music #vinyl
Record player with a 12" black vinyl record. In the foreground is an album cover showing Willy DeVille, wearing a white vest, looking over his shoulder. In front of him, a blonde woman wearing a black dress, lies on a bed. Behind the player is a mug of coffee on a speaker.
November 8, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Recycling some old friends for #defaidodonday #dydddefaidodon
A group of very dark brown sheep with swept back horns. A very neat and clean sheep, looking directly at the camera. Her body is covered with medium length white wool, and her head and legs are black. She has short swept back horns just visible aon the top of her head. A fluffy white sheep with a black face and long swept back horns. Her long wool looks like it has been brushed, and has been dyed red across her shoulders. A no-nonsense white sheep, looking directly at the camera. He white wool is somewhat mucky, but I wouldn't dare tell her that.
November 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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We seem to be sharing sunsets. I took this on Sunday.
The sun going down behind a line of trees and house. An earth path runs from the centre of shot to top right, and an area of grass bounded by a fence runs alongside.
November 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM