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Gardens. Nature. Dogs. Nonsense.
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ItTakesATrainToCry @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · Feb 1
It's a dog's life.
Dog sleeping on sofa. Head on armrest. Also has 3 cushions.
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A row of old oaks. Planted I guess more than 100 years ago, when these woods were the pleasure grounds of London bankers.
#ForestFriday
Part of a straight line of oaks
December 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social
Health warning: this song has some truly offensive lyrics.

"And as awful as the world can be we are still alive
And if we're very careful we might well survive
There are cures & solutions & there is compromise
Christmas morning"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pgz...
Christmas Morning
YouTube video by Loudon Wainwright III - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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Her first Xmas. Just before she wrecked all of the furniture.
#dogs
Puppy surrounded by newspapers because she is not completely house trained
December 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social
Apropos of nothing...a track from Sgt Rutter's Only Darts Club Band.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuDW...
The Rutles - Being For The Benefit Of Mankind
YouTube video by sadmonkey62
www.youtube.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:13 AM
alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social
Funny how some sweet chestnuts have twisty bark but their neighbours don't.
#thicktrunktuesday
Mossy south facing tree trunk
December 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social
The carnivorous heathland strikes again.
#dogs
Lost dog jacket hanging from a gorse branch
December 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Polypore on a broken birch tree.
#MushroomMonday
Polypore growing just below a burl on a snapped birch trunk
December 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”.
I've slept in worse places.
#trees
Hollow trunk of an old oak tree, with a bed of leaves in it
December 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social
This is the north facing side.
#MossyMonday
Old beech trunk covered in moss
December 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social
Oakmoss glowing on a grey day.
#lichen #fungifriends
Grey-green lichen in sweet chestnut leaf litter
December 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Despite the hollow trunk, it is alive.
#thicktrunktuesday
Oak tree with hollow trunk but 3 healthy boughs
December 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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A tower of mushrooms
#MushroomMonday
#FungiFriends
Bracket fungus on a birch stump
December 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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The army being weird again.
#trees
A4 colour photo of a tank tied to an oak tree. Smoke grenade canister resting on a branch below it, pin and charred contents of canister spiked to the bark above it
December 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Trees reaching south for the light.
#ForestFriday
Some sweet chestnuts at the forest edge
December 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social
Yellow staghorn defying the frosts. Tiny and easily missed.
#FungiFriday
Tiny fungus
December 12, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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Indiana Dog and the Lost Kibble.
#dogs
Doggo at the entrance to a Neolithic burial mound
December 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social
I think this is called a Memory Tree. Someone has decorated a tree in the woods and left a box of baubles and a Sharpie at its bottom. For passers-by to leave messages
#trees
Pine tree in the woods, with tinsel and baubles Baubles and a Sharpie pen in a cardboard box Messages on 2 of the baubles. "Jack (Dad Grandad)". "Kay (Mum Nan)".
December 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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A seat by the path.
#ThickTrunkTuesday
Sweet chestnut forking into 2 trunks near ground level
December 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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This year was all about the bees.
#GardensHour
Carder(?) bee upside down on Fuchsia flower
December 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Trooping funnel(?) looking past its best on 15/11/25.
#MushroomMonday
Foot-wide mushrooms in short grass under oak trees. Off-white in colour, turning brown
December 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social
Evening primrose at the roadside.
#SundayYellow #bloomscrolling
Flowers sprouting from asphalt
December 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Down but not out. New shoots on a fallen sweet chestnut.
#ForestFriday
Thin new branches sprouting from the trunk of a fallen tree
December 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social
It looks like ivory funnel. If so, very poisonous.
#FungiFriday
A small white mushroom in birch and oak leaf litter
December 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social
A lone silver birch.
Broadmoor Hospital for the criminally insane is just about visible in the distance behind it.
#trees
White bark against blue sky in the early morning sun
December 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social
There's probably 100s of years of life in this yew.
#ThickTrunkTuesday
Churchyard yew tree with hexagonal bench
December 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM