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Peter the Professional Worrier
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I am "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma".
(Winston Churchill, describing Sovjet foreign politics in 1939. Tout ça change...)

If you want something done, you'll have to do it yourself.
However, that does not mean you'll have to do it alone.
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During these cold days (snow, frost), the birds can use all the food they can lay their hands on. So we're feeding them with food balls.
We have a lot of jackdaws in the hood, which will eat these fat-balls in no time, meaning that smaller birds are usually too late.

Enter: The Cage!
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A food ball container inside a round cage
January 11, 2026 at 3:11 PM
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Mammapoes (?-2012)
I know calicos are assertive, but this lady was something else.
Not keen on being kept indoors, she was the nemesis of all farm cats in the hood, and thinned the rodent population more effectively than any of them.
But she was extremely loyal to those close to her.
#cats
En-profil head shot of a calico, looking like she means business (she does).
January 11, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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Watching it fade away
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAbstract
Close-up of a fading orchid flower
January 11, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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Approach at your own peril.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAbstract
A detail of a tiny cactus
January 11, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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The London Eye, this is.... honestly, officâh!
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAbstract
An edge tracing of a photo of the London Eye, a large ferris wheel on the South Bank of the river Thames, taken from directly below
January 11, 2026 at 12:12 PM
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It's a leaf... but you probably guessed that.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAbstract
January 11, 2026 at 8:42 AM
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Christmas tree smell and those silvery bells
Christmas was a friend of mine (Fay Lovsky)
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAbstract
A string of Christmas lights in the shape of stars. They are reflected in the glass roof (half of an octagon) of a conservatory. In the back (in the center, we see the lights in the back of the garden, and just left of that is the reflection of a lit Christmas tree. Other than these lights, there is nothing but pitch-black.
January 10, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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January 10, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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Let’s flood BlueSky with our favorite Bowie songs today…
youtu.be/LyVWM3l16MA?...
January 10, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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Branches of a twisted willow covered in hoarfrost (I'm just trying to accommodate INTJs here)

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAbstract
Branches of a twisted willow, almost completely covered in hoarfrost, against a clear blue sky
January 10, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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My wife makes the odd card. She's getting quite good at it. ❤️
Aquarel & ink - a bird. Aquarel & ink - a sleeping cat
January 10, 2026 at 12:28 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAbstract
Absolutely no idea how I did this 😂😂😂
#BlueSkyArtShow #Vibrant and subliminal #SlavaUkraini
Accidental phone pic resulting in ICM and jumble of shapes and forms but with a hint of beach at the side. Shades of blue and yellow
January 10, 2026 at 11:25 AM
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Repost with #caturday tag because we get no edit button
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Portrait of the artist as an old man, with cat, by the fire.
Selfie with cats behind me on the backrest. The fire is reflected in my glasses.
January 10, 2026 at 11:21 AM
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Cauliflower fractals.

#PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAbstract #BNWmacro #SaturdayMono #ClassicMono #FractalNature
Close-up black-and-white photo of a head of cauliflower, revealing spiral, shell-like fractal shapes.
January 10, 2026 at 10:38 AM
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Portrait of the artist as an old man, with cat, by the fire.
Selfie with cats behind me on the backrest. The fire is reflected in my glasses.
January 10, 2026 at 10:37 AM
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La Fiamma dei Carabinieri
Milano

#PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #urban #PublicArt
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAbstract #SensoryArt #fire #SatARTday
#SaturdayMono #SculptureSaturday
Black-and-white photo of a large abstract steel sculpture in the shape of 13 curving flames leaping from a grenade, the historic symbol of Italy’s Carabinieri.
January 10, 2026 at 10:16 AM
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We'll be down to 16F, with quite a bit of wind.
Bring it on.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAbstract
A view on a spectacular fire inside a wood-burning stove.
January 10, 2026 at 10:08 AM
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Asparagus.

#PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #ColorADay #BWFri
#FoodOnFriday #AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAbstract #macrophotofriday
Close-up black-and-white photo of asparagus stalks.
January 9, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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Up, Up, and Away
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAbstract
A crop of the outside and inside of a hot-air balloon.
January 9, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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The sun in May
#AlphabetChallenge #weekAforAbstract
The sun shining through the blinds at 5am. On a white wall, there is a magnetic chessboard. Sheets of paper are hanging off it. The partly opened blinds cut the sunlight into horizontal bands.
January 9, 2026 at 10:11 AM
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A perception experiment. Your opinion is appreciated!
Which version do you like better, this one, or the one in the quoted post below?

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAbstract
Three seemingly randomly placed blobs of out-of-focus light. Brightness from top to bottom: high-low-medium. The background in the top half is black; in the bottom half, there is a vague band of teal in varying intensity.
January 8, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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The work from two architects who lived centuries apart. 'Consistency in style' is not something this reminds me of.

#believeinfilm #architecture
A stately mension, built against a medieval castle tower, in late evening light. In the foreground, there are silhouettes of bare branches, and there is some sort of waterway leading towards the house.
January 8, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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No, I'm not telling you what you're looking at. 😉
It's just #WeekAforAbstract
#AlphabetChallenge
Three seemingly randomly placed blobs of out-of-focus light. Brightness from left to right: medium-low-bright. The background on the right is black; on the left, there is a vague band of teal in varying intensity.
January 8, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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This is where the package delivery van, an elongated, 6m+ diesel Mercedes van, got stuck.

I pushed him out.
Not bad for a 68 yr old, eh?

I almost went down myself, though. 🤣
#winterwonderland #snowpocalypse
A snowed-in street, with skidmarks from a van that got stuck
January 8, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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Lost ̬͍̰i͚n͖͟ ̡̱̘̙̗̰r̢̪̝͔͍̦è̼f̻ͅl̫͓͎̘e͇c̯͎̘͔̣̣͜t̝͕͖̗̲̟ͅi̟̭͎o̸̠̰̺̥n͔̳͍͝s̝̬͉͚̼̰͚
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAbstract
Abstract reflections
January 8, 2026 at 11:24 AM