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Lesley-Ann Irving

@lesleyannirving.bsky.social

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A nature lover 💚 Photo taker📱📷 Watcher of sports 🎾⚽️🏉😊 Listener of music 🎶 Reader of books 📚 From Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Ponzini Photography @ponzphoto.bsky.social · 3h

Blue Mountain Brewery - Photographed September 28, 2025, in Afton, Virginia. 📷

#brewery #stormclouds

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Richard Summerbell @acremonium.bsky.social · 4d

#StillDoinCDs Bob Dylan’s 1965 5th album “Bringing It All Back Home” was interestingly split: the 1st 7 songs were a hallucinatory, gonzo literary reworking of blues music, while the last 4 were classic 60s folk. Only Subterranean Homesick Blues was a top-10 single for Bob; covers were a bonanza.

Fisheye lens type image of Bob Dylan looking intently at the viewer from a divan covered in magazines and album covers, in front of a fireplace with an ornately carved mantle depicting a classical scene. At the end of the divan, near the fireplace, a woman in a red dress (Dylan’s manager’s wife, Sally Grossman) sits smoking a cigarette. Indoors! Dylan holds his grey cat, said on Wikipedia to have been named “Rolling Stone.”

Subterranean Homesick Blues 2:17
She Belongs To Me 2:48
Maggie's Farm 3:51
Love Minus Zero/No Limit 2:47
Outlaw Blues 3:00
On The Road Again 2:30
Bob Dylan's 115th Dream 6:29
Mr. Tambourine Man 5:25
Gates Of Eden 5:42
It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) 7:30
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue 4:13

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Richard Summerbell @acremonium.bsky.social · 3d

#StillDoinCDs Great Lake Swimmers is a folky Ontario rock band from Toronto via Wainfleet whose 2007 3d album Ongiara, named after a Toronto Island ferry boat, became well known after release by big indie label Nettwerk. Banjo-highlighted single “Your Rocky Spine” topped the CBC radio 3 charts.

A collage with lightly cloudy sky and low hills in the background features a soaring bald eagle coming straight toward the viewer in the air, twisting its head as if about to bank left.

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Richard Summerbell @acremonium.bsky.social · 2d

#StillDoinCDs Alan Doyle from Petty Harbour, NL, now in town starring in his musical comedy Tell Tale Harbour, issued his 4th & most recent solo outing in 2024, “Welcome Home.” It has 9 songs so well crafted that it sounds much like a “Best of” album. Most popular: “Dancing Like We Did Last Night.”

Cover is a landscape with a black mountain, a purple-grey arm of the sea, and a patch of gently sloping land with a small, yellow one room shed or house on it, with dark brown roof, all reduced almost to their simplified geometry, with an orangey, fading to grey, sunset sky in the background. A small full moon looks over the scene from near the middle of the sky.

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Richard Summerbell @acremonium.bsky.social · 1d

#StillDoinCDs Pat Metheny, from NYC via Lee’s Summit, Missouri, is a jazz guitar wunderkind who’s won 20 Grammy awards in 10 categories, some with his eponymous band. Secret Story, 1992, is solo album 5 of 13 so far, & features melodic songs with filmic orchestration & exotic tones.

A collage of many personal photos and abstract and quasi-ancient art pieces and art photos surrounds an especially large image showing a border collie leaping into the air on a rural road.

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Richard Summerbell @acremonium.bsky.social · 19h

#StillDoinCDs London prog-pop-rock band & cool student dorm fave Supertramp, distinguished by the staccato keyboards of Rick Davies, had their biggest commercial success in 1979 with “Breakfast In America;” among the plethora of radio singles, “The Logical Song” was their 1st #1 hit - in Canada!

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Lesley-Ann Irving @lesleyannirving.bsky.social · 29m

Thank you so much for your kindness dear friend 🙏🌞🍂

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Niko J @nikojln2016.bsky.social · 1d

Lighting up my surroundings. These Prunus species trees (there are two of them, one behind the other) grace us with pink flowers every spring. Every autumn, they give us these glowing colours. 🌱🌸🍂

📍South Kensington, London SW7

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alkemy (key) Ne/Nir/Nem @lokiofcontrol.bsky.social · 7d

this is my #cat

an orange cat with black cloth draped on them like a cloak, giving a serious look

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David Harris @davetherave1947.bsky.social · 2d

My blipfoto today the Alstroemeria still blooming brightly #autumn garden France

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David Harris @davetherave1947.bsky.social · 1d

Bonjour 7.30am

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David Harris @davetherave1947.bsky.social · 1d

My blipfoto today my morning work removing a dead conifer giving a better view #autumn garden pond France

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David Harris @davetherave1947.bsky.social · 15h

Bonjour #autumn garden France

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David Harris @davetherave1947.bsky.social · 10h

My daily photo from the archives #magnymyville France

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Will Wilson @2wsphotography.bsky.social · Sep 7

The only thing better than one Böhm’s Bee-eater, is two of these beautiful birds!

📍Mbuyuni Farm Retreat, Morogoro, Tanzania.

#Tanzania #Birds #NaturePhotography 🪶

Slim green bee-eater with an orange throat and crown, a black tip to the tail, and elongated black tail streamers. Found very locally in moist woodland and forest edge, usually near rivers and streams. Typically in pairs or small groups. The call is an up-and-down series of high-pitched whistles.

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 1d

Red Squirrels always looking like they're about to politely interrupt

A Red Squirrel stands upright on the forest floor, tiny paws clasped neatly together as if waiting nervously to ask a question. Its wide eyes and hesitant posture give it an endearing, almost apologetic expression, as though feeling rather unsure about interrupting.

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Mary Gemignani @marygemignani.bsky.social · 2d

I had a great day birding yesterday. Sandhills and Great Blue Herons and Squirrels. Pics to come.

Here's one more of that wonderful brief close encounter with the Red-tailed Hawk.

Have a great new week!
#birds #Red-tailedHawk

A red-tailed hawk taking off from a rather low perch on a city sign. It's wings are spread and it's face and red tail are in good focus. The bird is just a few feet higher that the photographer.

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Rüm Hart @luvundlee.bsky.social · 2d

Blau vor und über dem Deich.💙
Blue in front of and above the dike.
#eastcoastkin #blueskymonday

In einer Wasserfläche befindet sich eine lang gezogene Grünfläche. Im Vordergrund ist ein grünes Ufer, im Hintergrund ist ein Deich in weiter Ferne. Der Himmel ist blau und verwischte Wolken sind am Himmel, die sich im Wasser spiegeln.

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Jenny @jenneke1961.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning ☕
Rob's theme of today is 'Long Necks' in #BirdOfTheDay
Giving me that typical Heron stare🫣

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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 1d

A distant Oak tree for #ThickTrunkTuesday #Trees #Oak #ColorADay #GreenSat

An Oak tree in full leaf rises behind a footpath gate marking the way to the woods behind the Oak. The foreground contains long grass and thistles ripened by the summer sun hedges at the back of the field split in the middle to reveal a metal footpath gate with a yellow topped post to indicate the way. The trunk of the Oak tree rises behind the gate with the main branches abnnd leaves starting above the hedges other trees can be seen in the background these all form part of the woods at Bascote Heath and the footpath runs alongside the edge of the woods to Ufton, Warwickshire. Blue sky is visble above the tree canopy. Image from the 5th of August 2025.

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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 5d

Twin Oaks sunrise this morning 10th October 2025
#Scape #Sunrise #Dawn #Oak

One of my go to places to watch the sunrise - twin Oak trees in a recently planted farmers field in Southam Warwickshire. The foreground is inn heavy shadow with the green green shoots of a recently planted crop just visible. The Twin Oaks are just to the right of the centre of the image and the tops of the trees sit just beklow the middle of the image. A line of mist sits behind the Oak trees and other trees that are further away can be seen in and above the mist. Above these trees the sky changes from grey through orange, yellow, pink to blue at the top of the image. A thin line ofred clouds crosses the image just above the tops of the Oak trees and the reflected light from the clouds givinga pink tinge to the mist.

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Rina @rina2012.bsky.social · 14h

There is nothing better than finding peace and quiet

📷 The Gulf of Corinth, Greece

#WaterWednesday #Wednesday #sunset #sunsetlovers #WordlessWednesday #photography #landscape #scape #nature #thelittlethings #photohour #EastCoastKin

The picture shows a landscape at sunset. In the foreground, the dark branches of a pine tree can be seen, framing the image. In the middle, there is a calm body of water reflecting the warm colors of the sky. A small settlement lies on the shore. In the background, several layers of mountains rise, depicted as dark silhouettes against the sky. The sky is rendered in soft shades of orange, yellow, and gray, with some clouds.

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Sheila Scott @mahenry20.bsky.social · 6d

Delicate little purple nemesia. Such a gorgeous scent too, when warmed by the sun. 😊🩷🌸🌞

#flowers #flowerphotography #bloomscrolling #nature #NaturePhotography #gardening #gardens #beauty #hope #peace 🕊

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Jamie Scott @jcsctoan.bsky.social · 6d

Goldfinch in the trees. Have a good day folks #rspb.bsky.social #rspb.scotland.bsky.social🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #NaturePhotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #birds #birdphotography #birdwatching

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Sheila Scott @mahenry20.bsky.social · 5d

A real beauty seen out in a walk. Happy Friday, Bluesky folks.😊❤️⚘️

#flowersonfriday #roses #red #flowerphotography #bloomscrolling #nature #NaturePhotography #gardening #gardens #beauty #hope #peace 🕊

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