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Rob Ralley

@robralley.bsky.social

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Historian of science and medicine. Editor for The Casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier (1596-1634), now writing about Napier, slowly. And taking photos. Views my own.

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Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 7h

'The Gateway', underpass, Ely.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPink

The side wall of an underpass with the end of a mural that has been painted along its length. The background of the end section is shocking pink, with red and white swirls on it. Visible at the edge of the image is another section, marked off with a wandering black line, that has an orange background and green and pale pink spheres on it.

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 1d

😆

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting! I don't know London nearly as well as I should, given I don't live so far away. One day when money and time are more plentiful I'll explore a bit.

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 1d

We have a rose (earlier in the summer) that's tinged with that pink around the outside of the flowers, but nothing as impressive as that.

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 1d

That is Very Pink. 😀

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 1d

Yes! I can see what you mean.

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 1d

Sunset cloud.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPink 📷 #photography

A view over a roof (with a silhouetted television aerial) to a heavy cloud, its edge lit bright pink by the sunset.

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 1d

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Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 1d

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Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 2d

Painted wall
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPink 📷 #photography

A street corner (with the sign 'ANNESDALE' on the corner house, on the left) with a brown-brick house on the corner and, opposite, a brick wall and side of a house's gable end all painted pink. It is a sunny day with a scatter of white and grey clouds in the sky, and tree branches are overhanging.

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 2d

Sigh. Deleted the @ by mistake ... @jonpountney1.bsky.social

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 3d

Spectacular. I love this.

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 3d

This weekend we took delivery of this beautiful (and beautifully produced - the stitching is lovely) book by jonpountney1.bsky.social ... I'll be spending this afternoon immersed in it

'VALLEYS Volume 1' by Jon Pountney sitting on cushions on a sofa, with patio doors to a garden in the background.

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 3d

Joining Witchford Road.
📷 #photography

A tarmac footpath with short grass either side of it, a garden fence on the right and trees overhanging on the left. The trees are casting shadows across the path.

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you! 😊

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you! 😊

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 4d

No! Well, perhaps occasionally when I'm trying to find things to take pictures of 😁

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 4d

Wow! Beautifully done.

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 4d

That's a very kind thing to say. Thank you! 😊

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you! This is as near as our city gets to city lights

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 4d

Lights in the windows.
#BlueskyArtShow #glow 📷 #photography

View along a back street lined with brick buildings, looking towards the end of a couple of shops in another old red brick building. It is dark. A car is parked to one side. One window on each floor has a light, the ground floor window a bright blue travel agent window, the middle floor yellow light and the top floor window an orange glow.

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 4d

😆 It wouldn't merit climbing gear! It's the highest point of the old island - traditionally taken to be where Ely Castle stood

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you!

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 4d

My guess is not! I don't know the song, but NJ seems to be mentioned in accounts of it. This one is a rather small patch of green land behind (and I think belonging to) Ely Cathedral (UK).

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 5d

I can imagine. (I'll look out for you on Grand Designs... 😀)