@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
What do you call this then?
has both Innie & Outie
It's an Aussie/NZ mains plug usually called a Tapon, but by the M/F nomenclature should it be called Bi?
has both Innie & Outie
It's an Aussie/NZ mains plug usually called a Tapon, but by the M/F nomenclature should it be called Bi?
October 22, 2025 at 5:58 AM
What do you call this then?
has both Innie & Outie
It's an Aussie/NZ mains plug usually called a Tapon, but by the M/F nomenclature should it be called Bi?
has both Innie & Outie
It's an Aussie/NZ mains plug usually called a Tapon, but by the M/F nomenclature should it be called Bi?
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.
You're a witch?
Do you weigh the same as a duck?
According to Sir Bedivere in Monty Python's Holy Grail witches weigh the same as a duck.
When caught the witch (Connie Booth) confessed with those words!
Do you weigh the same as a duck?
According to Sir Bedivere in Monty Python's Holy Grail witches weigh the same as a duck.
When caught the witch (Connie Booth) confessed with those words!
August 24, 2025 at 12:04 AM
You're a witch?
Do you weigh the same as a duck?
According to Sir Bedivere in Monty Python's Holy Grail witches weigh the same as a duck.
When caught the witch (Connie Booth) confessed with those words!
Do you weigh the same as a duck?
According to Sir Bedivere in Monty Python's Holy Grail witches weigh the same as a duck.
When caught the witch (Connie Booth) confessed with those words!
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
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.
This is the Western Terrace
The sequence of statues is the same but the Eastern ones have the bodies and chairs together, while the Western ones are more in bits. I think the Western statues are bigger though.
I also noticed square holes in the heads & body parts. No idea what for
The sequence of statues is the same but the Eastern ones have the bodies and chairs together, while the Western ones are more in bits. I think the Western statues are bigger though.
I also noticed square holes in the heads & body parts. No idea what for
June 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This is the Western Terrace
The sequence of statues is the same but the Eastern ones have the bodies and chairs together, while the Western ones are more in bits. I think the Western statues are bigger though.
I also noticed square holes in the heads & body parts. No idea what for
The sequence of statues is the same but the Eastern ones have the bodies and chairs together, while the Western ones are more in bits. I think the Western statues are bigger though.
I also noticed square holes in the heads & body parts. No idea what for
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 "
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
The funny thing is poppies also grow wild not far from Gallipoli.
On the other side of the Dardanelles, on the Anatolian mainland and about opposite Gallipoli I took this picture of poppies growing wild.
These poppie were growing on the site of an older battle, at Troy!
On the other side of the Dardanelles, on the Anatolian mainland and about opposite Gallipoli I took this picture of poppies growing wild.
These poppie were growing on the site of an older battle, at Troy!
April 25, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The funny thing is poppies also grow wild not far from Gallipoli.
On the other side of the Dardanelles, on the Anatolian mainland and about opposite Gallipoli I took this picture of poppies growing wild.
These poppie were growing on the site of an older battle, at Troy!
On the other side of the Dardanelles, on the Anatolian mainland and about opposite Gallipoli I took this picture of poppies growing wild.
These poppie were growing on the site of an older battle, at Troy!
Lone Pine and The Nek for an Aussie from a Kiwi.
My sister is a civilian with the NZ Army & gave me ANZAC Poppies to take to Gallipoli. I placed some on the memorials. At Lone Pine I gave them to an Aussie member of our tour group to place where she thought appropriate.
My sister is a civilian with the NZ Army & gave me ANZAC Poppies to take to Gallipoli. I placed some on the memorials. At Lone Pine I gave them to an Aussie member of our tour group to place where she thought appropriate.
April 25, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Lone Pine and The Nek for an Aussie from a Kiwi.
My sister is a civilian with the NZ Army & gave me ANZAC Poppies to take to Gallipoli. I placed some on the memorials. At Lone Pine I gave them to an Aussie member of our tour group to place where she thought appropriate.
My sister is a civilian with the NZ Army & gave me ANZAC Poppies to take to Gallipoli. I placed some on the memorials. At Lone Pine I gave them to an Aussie member of our tour group to place where she thought appropriate.
Coming to the end of ANZAC Day in NZ, the day we remember our war dead.
25 April 1915 Aussie & NZ forces went ashore at Gallipoli in Türkiye. The campaign was a disaster with heavy loss of life on both sides.
Here are some Pics from the memorials at Gallipoli taken last year
25 April 1915 Aussie & NZ forces went ashore at Gallipoli in Türkiye. The campaign was a disaster with heavy loss of life on both sides.
Here are some Pics from the memorials at Gallipoli taken last year
April 25, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Coming to the end of ANZAC Day in NZ, the day we remember our war dead.
25 April 1915 Aussie & NZ forces went ashore at Gallipoli in Türkiye. The campaign was a disaster with heavy loss of life on both sides.
Here are some Pics from the memorials at Gallipoli taken last year
25 April 1915 Aussie & NZ forces went ashore at Gallipoli in Türkiye. The campaign was a disaster with heavy loss of life on both sides.
Here are some Pics from the memorials at Gallipoli taken last year
Coming home in the evening the light was again good for photos. The picture of the jetty is almost sepia toned by the natural light. the pic in the middle is a long shot showing from the jetty round to the boats at anchor.
Still obsessed with the shadows on the hills on the other side of the inlet
Still obsessed with the shadows on the hills on the other side of the inlet
April 24, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Coming home in the evening the light was again good for photos. The picture of the jetty is almost sepia toned by the natural light. the pic in the middle is a long shot showing from the jetty round to the boats at anchor.
Still obsessed with the shadows on the hills on the other side of the inlet
Still obsessed with the shadows on the hills on the other side of the inlet