@oldmanrambling.bsky.social
Retired journalist from Liverpool, married for 57 years to Janet, now living in Surrey. Left-wing jazz fan and Humanist. No fascists, god botherers or anti-LGBTQ. No DMs. I wonβt reply and may block. No requests for cash. Supports π΅πΈπ³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβπβ§οΈ
Hello Susan. We are just writing the last of our cards and could certainly use a couple of cups of your delicious #BlueBrew coffee to sustain us. Hope your Friday is percolating nicely.
12.12.2025 12:57 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Iβm not sure he realises much these days. Look at all the filth he threw at Mamdani in the lead up to the NY mayoral election and then he greeted him like his long lost brother in the White House. Basically, the sick old pedo will say anything that Musk comes up with in his vile TwatterX.
12.12.2025 12:50 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Is this the B side of Simon and Garfunkelβs hit, Bridge Over Untroubled Waters?
12.12.2025 12:46 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Itβs coming here, too. This lousy government seems intent on building everywhere. In addition no fields are safe from ad hoc traveller sites. All with no mains facilities and non paying rates or taxes, I suspect. The worst aspect, however, are the new estates with no new schools or health centres.
12.12.2025 12:43 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0βSecretlyβ? We all know that Trump has been delaying the release and has ordered his FBI minion Patel to get an army of flunkies to erase his name from the files. It wonβt do any good. Everybody knows that Pedo Prez is the Number One name.
12.12.2025 12:40 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A bee is visiting a pink coneflower. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. June 2025. A neighbor's front yard.
From my June 2025 album of a bee visiting a pink coneflower for #InsectThursday.
#dailyflowers π±
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
Even the Groaniad is knocking Zack, now and look who is leading the attack, the wordy daughter of a baronet who once thought Farage was a great chap to have a pint with. I wonder if she engaged her brain before writing that column β¦ or any of her other pieces, come to that.
12.12.2025 10:48 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Close-up of a vibrant magenta-pink flower covered in fresh raindrops. The petals are slightly curled and glistening with moisture, while two large water droplets hang delicately from a lower petal. The flowerβs pale yellow stamen is visible at the centre, surrounded by richly textured petals. The softly blurred green foliage in the background contrasts with the sharp detail of the bloom, creating a vivid and fresh, post-rain atmosphere.
Have a pinktastic #FlowersOnFriday lovies #FloralFriday #BloomScrolling #Macro #MacroPhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin
Always with the raindrops π
A close-up photo of a bumblebee hovering near a bright yellow flower, showing its fuzzy black-and-yellow body and translucent wings in sharp detail against a soft, blurred background.
One from the summer time for #Flyday #EastcoastKin #macro #macrophotography #photography
Have a buzztastic start to the weekend π
That picture is from 2022. This year has been mild although the daffodils seem behind. The ones that bloom in early December at the top end of the village are only just pushing through the grass. Last year there were a few flowers by the 10th and dozens when we walked up that lane on Christmas Day.
12.12.2025 10:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0A tricoloured fox terrier sits in front of a very small Christmas tree next to a box of crackers. The tree is illuminated by tiny white lights. Picture from 2021. Patsy only had one more Christmas before leaving us.
Longer than it takes for our tree. Admittedly, ours is a tad smaller. Picture of our late fox terrier Patsy for scale.
12.12.2025 10:16 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1An unfortunately ugly young man arrives at a Christmas party. The door is opened by a statuesque brunette β¦ βHello, I'm Clarence Jones from Bill's office and ... Oh! Hey! Mistletoe!" Cartoon by Gary Larson for his much-missed Far Side series.
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekXforXmas
#EastCoastKin
Day 5 from my pile of Christmas Far Side cartoons by the great Gary Larson. We can all dream, canβt we?
A narrow lane is surrounded by trees and bushes that are covered in snow, creating an effect of a delicately decorated tunnel leading the viewer on towards the woods. On the left, the old iron railings next to a field are also draped in snow after an overnight fall. The picture was taken in our village in Surrey not far south of London on December 12th 2022. Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Beginning to feel a bit more like β¦ you know what. A photo of the lane through the woods to the next village after a fall of snow.
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekXForXmas
#woodland #scape #ColorADay #BWFri #photography #SensoryArt #ArtAdventCalendar #PhotographersUnited #nature#EastCoastKin
Letβs get this into perspective. Heβs an actor. (Not a great one, in my view.) Not a doctor.
12.12.2025 08:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0See new posts Conversation Sahat English π΅πΈ @sahatenglish Zaher Shamiya, a child, was killed in Jabaliya, where Israeli forces shot him in cold blood and then ran him over with a tank. @sahatenglish spoke with his grandfather, who recounted the horrific crime committed against his grandson. #Gaza
π΄ A grandfather in northern Gaza says Israeli soldiers shot his 16-year-old grandson yesterday & then drove a tank over the child βfour or five times,β crushing him in the street.
He says the family hasnβt known a moment of calm: βThere are quadcopters every day and every night.β
X: @sahatenglish
Iβm guessing she never saw the IT Crowd.
11.12.2025 22:31 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Standards are slipping.π
11.12.2025 22:29 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Yellow sunflower, a sliver of bluesky and the brick wall of a house visible behind and below. There is a small hoverfly dilligently working its way around the relatively huge central disc of the flower.
Small fly on a big flower π±π»π
#Bloomscrolling #InsectThursday #YellowThu #EastCoastKin
The road to hell is paved with edicts from a pedo President.
11.12.2025 22:26 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0For a moment there I thought they were cuffed and in the back of a cop car. Thatβs really all I want for Christmas.
11.12.2025 21:41 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Israeli military chief Eyal Zamir says Israel views the "Yellow Line" dividing Gaza as its new border. Palestinians in Gaza report widespread demolitions east of the line, reshaping Gaza's landscape through force in what they call a βsecond Nakba.β
10.12.2025 21:51 β π 308 π 172 π¬ 32 π 12A man leans out of an open window to ask: βYou boyβ¦yes you! Is he dead yet?β
Hey, I wonder who controls the media? Could it possibly be those nice billionaire chaps? The same clique responsible for the cataclysmic Project 2025 now being enacted by their pedo prez to ensure they donβt ever pay taxes or have to worry about our silly laws. Just a theory. P.S.
11.12.2025 20:53 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1A timely report with the governmentβs homelessness strategy due. Social housing associations are carrying out pre-tenancy affordability checks.
Housing specifically for those on low incomes is turning away those on low incomes due to LHA freezes & benefit caps
www.thecanary.co/uk/2025/12/1...
When o see that byline, I always want to start singing
ββ¦ someone's sneakin' 'round the corner
Could that someone be Mack the Knife?β
You are not wrong. I saw Ms Kitt perform in a nightclub in Washington some years ago while in the US on a facility trip. I wasnβt expecting to enjoy the experience but I was wrong. A consummate pro. Didnβt do this number, though, as it was summer.
11.12.2025 20:44 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Ha, communist healthcare. What an absolute tosser. Most other decent democracies in the world have a system of government-funded healthcare, including ours in the UK. Last time I checked we hadnβt had a communist government since, oh round about Never BC.
11.12.2025 20:40 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0These fascists are so dumb that they donβt realise that everyone who hates them is antifa. Just like we all hate pedophile presidents and grifting families working for foreign powers. You donβt need to join a club, just have a moral compass.
11.12.2025 20:33 β π 12 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Isnβt he just. Did you turn up the sound? What a noise.
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