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Graham Jones

@oldmanrambling.bsky.social

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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 won’t reply and may block. No requests for cash. Supports 🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈⚧️

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · Aug 10

#InsectsOfBluesky
If you build it they will come. OK, I didn’t so much build this bee hotel as buy it from John Lewis and stuck it up on a post near our Sunflowers, Cosmos and other insect-friendly flowers and waited … Today my patience was rewarded.

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 58m

Breaking news: Balls are up but expected to come down shortly. Stick with us for more news from the dog eat dog world of sticks and harebrained hounds.

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EdinburghGary @photoscotland.bsky.social · 1h

A time to reflect.....and write cheesy titles.

#Autumn #Trees #Photography

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 1h

Off to the Oval to find that rain has stopped play?

Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 1h

Therapist? But I thought we were your therapy?😁🐝💧

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 1h

Can’t beat a Robin. Lovely.

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CPRE, the countryside charity @cprecountryside.bsky.social · 7d

We can’t afford to weaken National Park protections ⚠️

But there are rumours that some in Westminster want to remove the Protected Landscapes duty - the only real power to secure action for nature

We can't let 30 years of campaigning go down the drain
https://bit.ly/48OseaX

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 2h

I am beyond exhausted with these economic ninnies who insist on treating our national economy as if it is the same as a household one. Labour should be better but is now being guided by the same corporate interests as the Tories. More tax on the middle classes. Punish the poor and disabled.

Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 2h

Same goes for the football World Cup, which should now be reallocated to co-hosts Mexico and Canada since Trump has declared that some designated city venues are unsafe (a lie, of course).

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 2h

Crikey, I haven’t finished reading the September issue yet. Must catch up.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 3h

The new edition of @bylinetimes.bsky.social goes to the printers tomorrow.

And we go where others fear to tread…

Subscribe by tonight and you’ll get it delivered to your door

subscribe.bylinetimes.com/editions/

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 3h

Of course these folk are all antifa. I’m surprised they weren’t arrested. Just like those people on January 6. Sheer anarchy.

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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 22h

There are 6,000 children trapped in illegal schools in England – many hidden behind claims of ‘part-time’ education. In reality, they’re confined to cramped rooms, forced to study scripture for hours each day. Donate today to stop this.

'Every child deserves the chance to explore the world through evidence and reason, not to be confined by dogma. Education should open minds, not close them.

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 3h

This is the unspoken truth of this vile administration. They are so stupid that they are admitting the very thing of which they stand accused - they are fascists.

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 3h

#31DaysOfHalloween
#WackyWednesdayArt
#ArtChallenges #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited
“Won’t someone think of the children!”
Halloween spooky dolls looking non-too scary in a shop display.

A brown wicker basket containing soft toys - black and white skeleton figures and grey bats - sit on a shelf in a shop selling Halloween goods.

Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 3h

Thank you. It certainly is. I’m happy to share.

Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 3h

Simply Red. I have never been a big Dahlia fan but, and maybe it’s because I’m getting older, I can now appreciate their beauty. This one at Wakehurst yesterday certainly takes your breath away.
#ColorADay #RedWed
#ArtChallenges #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky
#Macro

The perfect red petals of a Dahlia spread out, darker and clustered at the centre, in a border at the walled garden of Wakehurst Place Elizabethan mansion Sussex run by the Royal Horticultural Society for the National Trust.

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Shantha Mohan, Ph.D., DTM @shlead.bsky.social · 12h

🎼Baby, bring it to me
Bring your sweet loving
Bring it on home to me

youtu.be/QZT-eU4pizI

What is playing?
#djshantha

#musicsky
#music
#'60s

Bring It On Home to Me

YouTube video by Sam Cooke - Topic

youtu.be

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 3h

Ah, Sam Cooke. The one and only.

Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 3h

I am still unsure if this photograph or watercolour. Simply gorgeous. You certainly captured the Vermeer look.

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 3h

Beautiful. The light accentuates the delicacy of this rose. Splendid.

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Sabine Shutterbug @sabineshutterbug.bsky.social · 3h

Think pink when it’s grey outside.
#RoseWednesday #light #bloomscrolling #photography
#PhotographersOfBluesky #31DaysOfHalloween
#EastCoastKin

A single rose in soft pink shades glows in gentle sunlight, its delicate petals unfolding with a quiet radiance. Dewdrops glisten on the rose and surrounding green leaves, adding sparkle and freshness to the scene. The background, softly blurred, features lush foliage, providing a serene contrast that highlights the flower’s fragile beauty. It is autumn, and subtle marks and fading edges suggest the rose is nearing the end of its bloom.

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Soph0571 @soph0517.bsky.social · 3h

Have a splendid #RoseWednesday lovelies
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPink #flowers #BloomScrolling #EastCoastKin

Dusky pink rose speaks in soft tones of memory,
of love that lingers gently, touched by time and grace.

A close-up photograph of a single pink rose in bloom. The rose’s petals are layered delicately, showing shades ranging from soft pastel pink to deeper rose pink near the centre. The petals have a slightly velvety texture, with faint natural imperfections and tiny water droplets visible on their surface. The lighting highlights the petal edges and subtle colour gradients, creating depth and contrast against a blurred dark green and grey background of foliage and shadows.

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 3h

#RoseWednesday
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPForPink #Roses #BloomScrolling
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#EastCoastKin

“Rain drops on roses … These are a few of my favourite things.”
Richard Rodger’s & Oscar Hammerstein
Well, one of my favourite roses, anyway - Harlow Carr at Wakehurst yesterday.

A deep pink Harlow Carr rose with raindrops on the outer petals from an earlier brief shower in the walled garden at the Elizabethan mansion Wakehurst Place in West Sussex run by the Royal Horticultural Society for the National Trust. The background is glossy wet green rose leaves.

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 3h

I sense a(nother) Go Fund Me campaign aka a Tommy Ten Names Grift Me Campaign to help sustain his habit and maybe buy another mansion.

Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 3h

Hmm, I wonder if this might have something to do with their complexion.