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Anja Jessen
@anjajessen.bsky.social
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European with Fernweh. Currently gazing at Sicily with longing.
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Elegance and poise.

#ThickTrunkTuesday #Puglia #Cypress
A tall cypress among lower (and definitely lowlier) trees in a bright green meadow, against a bright blue sky.
December 2, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWForWindows
#PalaceOfWestminster
An old window of little square panes in metal, in a very thick wall. In the middle is a section that can actually be opened. Outside you can see one of the towers of the Palace of Westminster, a corner of a red bus and a tree.
December 1, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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Weather report.

#Stunday #Puglia #ThisTooisWinter
A photo of 80% blue sky with a little bit of meadow, stone wall and a few clouds at the bottom edge.
November 30, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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@diebesbeute.bsky.social - It’s been a year I think? But I’m ready now. Report to follow. 🌴
A square chocolate with the inscription Cioccolato Dubai. The packaging is very green.
November 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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#CabbageScape maybe? Or #AutumnScape?

#Scape #Puglia #Textures
View of a cabbage field, a fire trees and stone structures in the back. Blue sky with clouds. It’s sunny, but you can almost see that it’s not very warm.
November 28, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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What can you do when you discover an ancient amphitheatre in the centre of town, eh? Make an exhibition of it.

#Lecce #AncientBluesky #UrbanGaze
A smallish, sunken amphitheatre surrounded by a modern city centre with shops and bright lights, seen at dusk.
November 27, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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'Graffiti ' #FotoVorschlag

‘Jah se so’
A grey concrete wall with black letters: The nations that forsake the Law of God shall surely be turn into hell. Jah se so
November 27, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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'Graffiti ' #FotoVorschlag
Graffito of an orange rabbit with an eye patch and a bow tie on a red brick wall. A plastic bag leaning underneath.
November 27, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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I always thought THE largest one?
A diver’s hand showing the astonishing diameter of a so-called sailor’s eyeball, a single-celled algae, nestled within dead coral debris. Everything is shades of blue.
November 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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If you really hate cleaning windows …

#TowerOfLondon #WednesdayWindows #WindowOnWednesday
A very narrow window in a very thick stone wall, open so you see a hint of the greenery outside. The inside is warmly lit.
November 26, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Update! The convocazione with the job inspector was today and guess what? The other side didn’t show up???

So now the job inspector is miffed. Which is a good thing for me. But I have to wait for the next steps to take place. Whenever that might be.

Here, have a fig bud to express my hope. 🌱
A fig in front of a stone wall. Only one twig in focus, with a light green bud at its tip. Other buds blurrily visible in the back.
November 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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🫶

#ThickTrunkTuesday #Puglia #Olive 🌳🌱🫒🍸
An olive tree in the sun, two branches forming a heart. 💚
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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It was a perfect day, flying across the #Alps a month-ish ago.

#BlueskyMonday #MountainMonday
View from a plane while flying over the snow covered peaks of the Alps in brilliant sunshine. Jagged white peaks and one deep, dark valley from bottom right to top centre.
November 24, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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'Dinge mit Gesicht' #FotoVorschlag
#Pareidolia
An old, withered stone house with a round bit of concrete in front of it on a bed of green grass. The two stone archways look like smiling eyes, the concrete block like a nose or mouth.
November 24, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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There is light at the end of the tunnel. Promise.

#Scape #SeaScape
View along a narrow sandy path, giant reeds on both sides. At the end you can see the sea sparkle. A frame of deep green and beige, light blue at the centre.
November 21, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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Right? But all I could think of are the surely numerous old court biddies who have to sit without a back rest, while himself and the wife have another set of thrones to slouch in …

#PalacesAndGardens #UpholsteryAndTextiles
View of the same royal chapel, photo taken from the same spot, but turned to the right. Against the far wall two thrones underneath their own canopy. On the right the altar. The baroque splendour is difficult to describe. So. Much. Gold.
November 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Can you get any more upholster-y than the actual thrones?

#PalacioReal #Madrid
#PalacesandGardens
#UpholsteryAndTextiles
Two very elaborate chairs, all gilded wood and dark red velvet under a canopy, on a dais. A very detailed coat of arms on the backdrop. Huge mirrors in gilded baroque frames to the left and right. Opulence!
November 20, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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The pews in the royal chapel of #PalacioReal in #Madrid

#PalacesandGardens
#UpholsteryAndTextiles
Rows of narrow but elaborately upholstered benches seen sideways in a super baroque environment of gold and curlicues and rich textures.
November 20, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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Quick visit to the museum (free!!!) that houses my coworking space during lunch. Just to have another look at this super cute chicken. No, I don’t know what it’s for either. 🐓

#MuseoSigismondoCastromediano
#Lecce #AncientBluesky 🏛️
November 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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A seal skeleton somewhere on a #Galapagos beach. Thanks for the inspiration, @svenninifl.bsky.social

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekUForUnloved #Repost
Bleached white rib bones and part of the vertebra of what was likely a seal on a sandy, grassy ground with lava bottom left corner.
November 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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A huge Ombu, Phytolacca Dioica, protecting the castello of #Lecce

#ThickTrunkTuesday #Puglia 🌱🌳
A huge tree in an urban environment. The roots are bulging out of the soil, its curving-downward branches pruned and smaller branches reaching upwards. Leaves a dark green.
November 18, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekUForUnloved

Something is, but someONE probably wasn’t, eh? Repost 🙈
A black bra hanging in a dried up bush. Bright sunshine, an overgrown dune in the back.
November 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Rosemary blossom season

#BlueskyMonday #Puglia
View of a very tall rosemary bush, a single vertical twig in focus with lots of tiny violet flowers open.
November 17, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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Sant’Oronzo and the other pillar that used to mark the end of the Via Appia. A gift from #Brindisi.

#Lecce #Scape #CityScape
A city square at sunset. Everything is glistening beige stone. In the centre, against a darkened blue sky, a tall pillar with a dark bronze statue on top. Spots of light from lamp posts, a few people about.
November 14, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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‘Why don’t we place a really big pointy red needle in the forecourt?’ I love museums 💛🏛️

#MuseoSigismondoCastromediano
#Lecce #Puglia #Art #PigeonOrDove #Bird #CoWorking #Artem
A big red pointy needle in a forecourt. A fence with grand gate behind. A modern church steeple in the background. Trees all around. Bright blue sunset sky and a pigeon flapping by dramatically , left of the pointy needle.
November 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM