@rufusredbeard.bsky.social
Child of Apollo,
rockets, spacecraft, astronomy, electronics, history,
beard sadly no longer red
rockets, spacecraft, astronomy, electronics, history,
beard sadly no longer red
Sometimes being a bit patriotic feels good
Pohutukawa in flower and the NZ flag flying from the top of the Beehive
Pohutukawa in flower and the NZ flag flying from the top of the Beehive
December 9, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Sometimes being a bit patriotic feels good
Pohutukawa in flower and the NZ flag flying from the top of the Beehive
Pohutukawa in flower and the NZ flag flying from the top of the Beehive
You can't beat Wellington on a good day, so the slogan went
December 9, 2025 at 5:51 AM
You can't beat Wellington on a good day, so the slogan went
A piece of my wife's art, exhibited in a local gallery recently
December 8, 2025 at 7:55 AM
A piece of my wife's art, exhibited in a local gallery recently
Reposted
November 5, 2025 at 3:53 AM
First day of Daylight Savings today, summer is coming.
Here is a magnolia bloom in our front garden, they are taking a bit of a battering from the wind and will be gone in a few days.
Here is a magnolia bloom in our front garden, they are taking a bit of a battering from the wind and will be gone in a few days.
September 28, 2025 at 7:50 AM
First day of Daylight Savings today, summer is coming.
Here is a magnolia bloom in our front garden, they are taking a bit of a battering from the wind and will be gone in a few days.
Here is a magnolia bloom in our front garden, they are taking a bit of a battering from the wind and will be gone in a few days.
@artfultakedown.bsky.social
I hate to be the one to have to break it to you...
I hate to be the one to have to break it to you...
September 24, 2025 at 9:05 AM
@artfultakedown.bsky.social
I hate to be the one to have to break it to you...
I hate to be the one to have to break it to you...
My wife recently went to visit her mother, over 500km away.
She takes good pictures, here are a couple she took along the way.
Here are Mt Ruapehu & Mt Ngauruhoe, volcanoes of the Central Plateau.
She takes good pictures, here are a couple she took along the way.
Here are Mt Ruapehu & Mt Ngauruhoe, volcanoes of the Central Plateau.
August 12, 2025 at 8:32 AM
My wife recently went to visit her mother, over 500km away.
She takes good pictures, here are a couple she took along the way.
Here are Mt Ruapehu & Mt Ngauruhoe, volcanoes of the Central Plateau.
She takes good pictures, here are a couple she took along the way.
Here are Mt Ruapehu & Mt Ngauruhoe, volcanoes of the Central Plateau.
The days are getting longer, even though it's still very much winter here.
It was a beautiful cloudless day and this was the sunset over the Pauatahanui inlet
It was a beautiful cloudless day and this was the sunset over the Pauatahanui inlet
July 25, 2025 at 7:27 AM
The days are getting longer, even though it's still very much winter here.
It was a beautiful cloudless day and this was the sunset over the Pauatahanui inlet
It was a beautiful cloudless day and this was the sunset over the Pauatahanui inlet
Here is a little something to brighten your day or evening. People enjoying themselves dancing to some street musicians on the 10 Arches Bridge over the Tigris River, Diyarbakir, Türkiye
July 24, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Here is a little something to brighten your day or evening. People enjoying themselves dancing to some street musicians on the 10 Arches Bridge over the Tigris River, Diyarbakir, Türkiye
I quite like this shot, for some reason it makes me think of Pink Floyd's Animals, can't imagine why
Anyway, it's the central Medresse at Erzurum in Türkiye
Anyway, it's the central Medresse at Erzurum in Türkiye
July 15, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I quite like this shot, for some reason it makes me think of Pink Floyd's Animals, can't imagine why
Anyway, it's the central Medresse at Erzurum in Türkiye
Anyway, it's the central Medresse at Erzurum in Türkiye
@realtaraharris.bsky.social
Hey, you're awake! at 2:30am?
Whacked out on the really good drugs I hope
Did you get a popsicle in recovery?
That's what they gave me last year after bowel surgery
Hey, you're awake! at 2:30am?
Whacked out on the really good drugs I hope
Did you get a popsicle in recovery?
That's what they gave me last year after bowel surgery
July 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
@realtaraharris.bsky.social
Hey, you're awake! at 2:30am?
Whacked out on the really good drugs I hope
Did you get a popsicle in recovery?
That's what they gave me last year after bowel surgery
Hey, you're awake! at 2:30am?
Whacked out on the really good drugs I hope
Did you get a popsicle in recovery?
That's what they gave me last year after bowel surgery
Hard to get a clear picture, from the other side of the world, of what is actually going on in LA at present; with so much disinformation being spouted, and the awareness that it's a Really big city.
How does it seem to you? @jaredhead.bsky.social, @artfultakedown.bsky.social
How does it seem to you? @jaredhead.bsky.social, @artfultakedown.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Hard to get a clear picture, from the other side of the world, of what is actually going on in LA at present; with so much disinformation being spouted, and the awareness that it's a Really big city.
How does it seem to you? @jaredhead.bsky.social, @artfultakedown.bsky.social
How does it seem to you? @jaredhead.bsky.social, @artfultakedown.bsky.social
Sitting in Singapore airport waiting for our flight home to NZ
Had a great holiday in Türkiye
We toured the East, & also had time in İstanbul.
Highlights were Mt Nemrut, Göbeklitepe, Ani & the Georgian valleys
As we traveled we were near 4 of Türkiye's borders, Georgia, Armenia, Iran & Syria.
Had a great holiday in Türkiye
We toured the East, & also had time in İstanbul.
Highlights were Mt Nemrut, Göbeklitepe, Ani & the Georgian valleys
As we traveled we were near 4 of Türkiye's borders, Georgia, Armenia, Iran & Syria.
June 8, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Sitting in Singapore airport waiting for our flight home to NZ
Had a great holiday in Türkiye
We toured the East, & also had time in İstanbul.
Highlights were Mt Nemrut, Göbeklitepe, Ani & the Georgian valleys
As we traveled we were near 4 of Türkiye's borders, Georgia, Armenia, Iran & Syria.
Had a great holiday in Türkiye
We toured the East, & also had time in İstanbul.
Highlights were Mt Nemrut, Göbeklitepe, Ani & the Georgian valleys
As we traveled we were near 4 of Türkiye's borders, Georgia, Armenia, Iran & Syria.
We've been touring Eastern Türkiye.
The latest spot we visited was Mt Nemrut. Quite a steep walk to get up there but WOW!
This is the Eastern Terrace, that we came to first.
The latest spot we visited was Mt Nemrut. Quite a steep walk to get up there but WOW!
This is the Eastern Terrace, that we came to first.
June 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
We've been touring Eastern Türkiye.
The latest spot we visited was Mt Nemrut. Quite a steep walk to get up there but WOW!
This is the Eastern Terrace, that we came to first.
The latest spot we visited was Mt Nemrut. Quite a steep walk to get up there but WOW!
This is the Eastern Terrace, that we came to first.
@paulblinkhorn.bsky.social
Thought of you in the Diyarbakır museum
Pottery from around the area of various prehistoric sites
Thought of you in the Diyarbakır museum
Pottery from around the area of various prehistoric sites
June 2, 2025 at 7:17 AM
@paulblinkhorn.bsky.social
Thought of you in the Diyarbakır museum
Pottery from around the area of various prehistoric sites
Thought of you in the Diyarbakır museum
Pottery from around the area of various prehistoric sites
This morning we visited the Dolmabahci palace and this afternoon a visit to the Çelik Ali Paşa Mosque, lunch, and a walk over the Galata bridge
May 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This morning we visited the Dolmabahci palace and this afternoon a visit to the Çelik Ali Paşa Mosque, lunch, and a walk over the Galata bridge
First full day in İstanbul this year
The graffiti on the pillar on the left almost sums it up, just change "in" to "with", so it reads, "I fell in love with İstanbul "
The graffiti on the pillar on the left almost sums it up, just change "in" to "with", so it reads, "I fell in love with İstanbul "
May 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
First full day in İstanbul this year
The graffiti on the pillar on the left almost sums it up, just change "in" to "with", so it reads, "I fell in love with İstanbul "
The graffiti on the pillar on the left almost sums it up, just change "in" to "with", so it reads, "I fell in love with İstanbul "
Arrived in İstanbul about 5 hours ago
It's a very big city but the guy who picked us up from the airport was the driver on our trip last year!
Hi Murat!
Very tired from the travel 3 flights to get here, one 10 hours, the other 11 hours, the first was a mere hour. Resting now
It's a very big city but the guy who picked us up from the airport was the driver on our trip last year!
Hi Murat!
Very tired from the travel 3 flights to get here, one 10 hours, the other 11 hours, the first was a mere hour. Resting now
May 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Arrived in İstanbul about 5 hours ago
It's a very big city but the guy who picked us up from the airport was the driver on our trip last year!
Hi Murat!
Very tired from the travel 3 flights to get here, one 10 hours, the other 11 hours, the first was a mere hour. Resting now
It's a very big city but the guy who picked us up from the airport was the driver on our trip last year!
Hi Murat!
Very tired from the travel 3 flights to get here, one 10 hours, the other 11 hours, the first was a mere hour. Resting now
Isn't technology amazing
This is coming to you from an Air NZ aircraft over the Java Sea at 38,000 ft and 917 kmph
And I've just had breakfast and a coffee
This is coming to you from an Air NZ aircraft over the Java Sea at 38,000 ft and 917 kmph
And I've just had breakfast and a coffee
May 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Isn't technology amazing
This is coming to you from an Air NZ aircraft over the Java Sea at 38,000 ft and 917 kmph
And I've just had breakfast and a coffee
This is coming to you from an Air NZ aircraft over the Java Sea at 38,000 ft and 917 kmph
And I've just had breakfast and a coffee
We are doing as the departures board at Auckland International Airport instructed and are relaxing before our flight to Singapore
NZ 282
NZ 282
May 21, 2025 at 9:09 AM
We are doing as the departures board at Auckland International Airport instructed and are relaxing before our flight to Singapore
NZ 282
NZ 282
A little something for #blueskyartshow,
Red poppies, the flower of military remembrance, growing in the #earth of Troy, site of the famous siege in ancient times.
Red poppies, the flower of military remembrance, growing in the #earth of Troy, site of the famous siege in ancient times.
April 27, 2025 at 7:40 AM
A little something for #blueskyartshow,
Red poppies, the flower of military remembrance, growing in the #earth of Troy, site of the famous siege in ancient times.
Red poppies, the flower of military remembrance, growing in the #earth of Troy, site of the famous siege in ancient times.
Here's a bit of a different pic for ANZAC Day
My Great Uncles' WW1 medals in their display case, with an ANZAC poppy on the case.
Resting on a Turkish Kilim
My Great Uncles' WW1 medals in their display case, with an ANZAC poppy on the case.
Resting on a Turkish Kilim
April 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Here's a bit of a different pic for ANZAC Day
My Great Uncles' WW1 medals in their display case, with an ANZAC poppy on the case.
Resting on a Turkish Kilim
My Great Uncles' WW1 medals in their display case, with an ANZAC poppy on the case.
Resting on a Turkish Kilim
This picture does have Uncle Mac in it.
It was taken Aug 1917 outside the YMCA in London.
Uncle is 3rd from the right at the back of the bus.
He had come over as part of the 24th re-enforcements & was assigned to the Otago Infantry Battalion later.
It was taken Aug 1917 outside the YMCA in London.
Uncle is 3rd from the right at the back of the bus.
He had come over as part of the 24th re-enforcements & was assigned to the Otago Infantry Battalion later.
April 25, 2025 at 10:31 AM
This picture does have Uncle Mac in it.
It was taken Aug 1917 outside the YMCA in London.
Uncle is 3rd from the right at the back of the bus.
He had come over as part of the 24th re-enforcements & was assigned to the Otago Infantry Battalion later.
It was taken Aug 1917 outside the YMCA in London.
Uncle is 3rd from the right at the back of the bus.
He had come over as part of the 24th re-enforcements & was assigned to the Otago Infantry Battalion later.
One of Uncle Mac's WW1 pics for the Aussies on ANZAC Day.
I think these guys are Australians by the slouch hats, but the pic is only focussed in the middle and I can't pick out any details. An officer and a Sergeant have flat officer style hats on.
I think these guys are Australians by the slouch hats, but the pic is only focussed in the middle and I can't pick out any details. An officer and a Sergeant have flat officer style hats on.
April 25, 2025 at 10:24 AM
One of Uncle Mac's WW1 pics for the Aussies on ANZAC Day.
I think these guys are Australians by the slouch hats, but the pic is only focussed in the middle and I can't pick out any details. An officer and a Sergeant have flat officer style hats on.
I think these guys are Australians by the slouch hats, but the pic is only focussed in the middle and I can't pick out any details. An officer and a Sergeant have flat officer style hats on.
Here's Great Uncle Mac (Frank MacDonald) with a couple of his mates. Uncle is seated in the middle
Uncle Mac served in WW1 on the Western Front, his brother Gordon was killed on the Somme with the NZ rifle brigade.
Uncle was lucky and came home.
I have their medals & photos & some other memorabilia
Uncle Mac served in WW1 on the Western Front, his brother Gordon was killed on the Somme with the NZ rifle brigade.
Uncle was lucky and came home.
I have their medals & photos & some other memorabilia
April 25, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Here's Great Uncle Mac (Frank MacDonald) with a couple of his mates. Uncle is seated in the middle
Uncle Mac served in WW1 on the Western Front, his brother Gordon was killed on the Somme with the NZ rifle brigade.
Uncle was lucky and came home.
I have their medals & photos & some other memorabilia
Uncle Mac served in WW1 on the Western Front, his brother Gordon was killed on the Somme with the NZ rifle brigade.
Uncle was lucky and came home.
I have their medals & photos & some other memorabilia