Rick Gaehl
@rickgaehl.bsky.social
Retired bloke in Devon who identifies as European and is interested in politics, the environment, photography, the arts, history, cycling, and stuff.
All photos are mine unless credited elsewhere.
Also to be found here: https://mstdn.social/@RickGaehl
All photos are mine unless credited elsewhere.
Also to be found here: https://mstdn.social/@RickGaehl
November 30, 2025 at 10:02 AM
This is a corkscrew hazel - a plant with sculptural qualities, which looks great in winter and spring. In summer, it has rather drab foliage, but it remains a garden favourite because of its winter look.
There's a great story about its discovery here: bit.ly/3KtF6cU
#Photography #Gardening #Frost
There's a great story about its discovery here: bit.ly/3KtF6cU
#Photography #Gardening #Frost
November 29, 2025 at 10:11 AM
This is a corkscrew hazel - a plant with sculptural qualities, which looks great in winter and spring. In summer, it has rather drab foliage, but it remains a garden favourite because of its winter look.
There's a great story about its discovery here: bit.ly/3KtF6cU
#Photography #Gardening #Frost
There's a great story about its discovery here: bit.ly/3KtF6cU
#Photography #Gardening #Frost
November 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
High on the battered walls of the Pantheon, in Rome, there is a row of rectangular windows. I don't know their purpose, but I love these 2,000-year-old walls, which support the world's largest, un-reinforced, concrete dome.
#Photography #FensterFreitag #Rome #History #Architecture #Church
#Photography #FensterFreitag #Rome #History #Architecture #Church
November 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
High on the battered walls of the Pantheon, in Rome, there is a row of rectangular windows. I don't know their purpose, but I love these 2,000-year-old walls, which support the world's largest, un-reinforced, concrete dome.
#Photography #FensterFreitag #Rome #History #Architecture #Church
#Photography #FensterFreitag #Rome #History #Architecture #Church
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 AM
The entrance to the Arsenale in Venice, compared to the same scene by Canaletto in 1732. Arsenal became the generic term for all stores of weapons and ordnance, but it was originally created as Europe's first shipyard. What we see today is the 'New' Arsenal, built in 1320.
#Photography #History
#Photography #History
November 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The entrance to the Arsenale in Venice, compared to the same scene by Canaletto in 1732. Arsenal became the generic term for all stores of weapons and ordnance, but it was originally created as Europe's first shipyard. What we see today is the 'New' Arsenal, built in 1320.
#Photography #History
#Photography #History
Wistman's Wood is on the left of this valley. There's more information here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wistman%
November 25, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Wistman's Wood is on the left of this valley. There's more information here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wistman%
It's National Tree Week in the UK, so here's a photo of Wistman's Wood - a remnant of Britain's, once-abundant, temperate rainforest.
The photo is from this time of year, but back when we were still allowed to walk amongst them.
Location shot in my reply to this post.
#Photography #Nature #Trees
The photo is from this time of year, but back when we were still allowed to walk amongst them.
Location shot in my reply to this post.
#Photography #Nature #Trees
November 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM
It's National Tree Week in the UK, so here's a photo of Wistman's Wood - a remnant of Britain's, once-abundant, temperate rainforest.
The photo is from this time of year, but back when we were still allowed to walk amongst them.
Location shot in my reply to this post.
#Photography #Nature #Trees
The photo is from this time of year, but back when we were still allowed to walk amongst them.
Location shot in my reply to this post.
#Photography #Nature #Trees
Here's an interesting wall, which maybe can double-up as something of a Rorschach test. It's an image I find it rewarding to look at for a while - it seems to draw me in...
#Photography #Wall #Bricks #Urban #Psychogeography
#Photography #Wall #Bricks #Urban #Psychogeography
November 24, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Here's an interesting wall, which maybe can double-up as something of a Rorschach test. It's an image I find it rewarding to look at for a while - it seems to draw me in...
#Photography #Wall #Bricks #Urban #Psychogeography
#Photography #Wall #Bricks #Urban #Psychogeography
November 23, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The leaves fall, the frost comes, and slowly, but surely, autumn begins to morph into winter...
#Photography #Autumn #Leaves #Frost #Nature #Psychogeography
#Photography #Autumn #Leaves #Frost #Nature #Psychogeography
November 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The leaves fall, the frost comes, and slowly, but surely, autumn begins to morph into winter...
#Photography #Autumn #Leaves #Frost #Nature #Psychogeography
#Photography #Autumn #Leaves #Frost #Nature #Psychogeography
Unser erster Frost in England.
November 21, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Unser erster Frost in England.
This window is better defended than the wall it lives in.
Dieses Fenster ist besser geschützt als die Mauer, in der es sich befindet.
#Photography #FensterFreitag #Psychogeography
Dieses Fenster ist besser geschützt als die Mauer, in der es sich befindet.
#Photography #FensterFreitag #Psychogeography
November 21, 2025 at 9:36 AM
This window is better defended than the wall it lives in.
Dieses Fenster ist besser geschützt als die Mauer, in der es sich befindet.
#Photography #FensterFreitag #Psychogeography
Dieses Fenster ist besser geschützt als die Mauer, in der es sich befindet.
#Photography #FensterFreitag #Psychogeography
It's getting round to the time of year when I occasionally get to see the dawn. This was today, at 7:08.
#Photography #Dawn #Landscape
#Photography #Dawn #Landscape
November 20, 2025 at 9:49 AM
It's getting round to the time of year when I occasionally get to see the dawn. This was today, at 7:08.
#Photography #Dawn #Landscape
#Photography #Dawn #Landscape
November 19, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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November 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
November 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
In the midst of Storm Claudia, we have been having some new paving laid on our patio...
#Photography #Pattern #Gardening #Grey #Construction
#Photography #Pattern #Gardening #Grey #Construction
November 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM
In the midst of Storm Claudia, we have been having some new paving laid on our patio...
#Photography #Pattern #Gardening #Grey #Construction
#Photography #Pattern #Gardening #Grey #Construction
November 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Here's a pile of oyster shells on a beach I came across at an old whaling station in New South Wales. Apparently, there are ancient middens nearby containing shells over 10,000 years old. People have been eating these things for a long time...
#Photography #History #Australia #Beach
#Photography #History #Australia #Beach
November 13, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Here's a pile of oyster shells on a beach I came across at an old whaling station in New South Wales. Apparently, there are ancient middens nearby containing shells over 10,000 years old. People have been eating these things for a long time...
#Photography #History #Australia #Beach
#Photography #History #Australia #Beach