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Robert M Ross
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Likes old things, new things, growing things, other things. Also, pictures on shields. This account for frivolities only.

Not on the other place any more @bob_ross
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A choice was made today, but exactly what that choice was remains unclear
bottom shelf of a supermarket aisle with bags of ground coffee. on the ground in front of the coffee is an unopened/abandoned bottle of Alpecin caffeine shampoo
December 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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7. Cinnamon

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a very small drawing today, on theright is a white shield with a dark brown swirl and little brown spots. I'll be honest, I was originally trying to paint a piece of curled up cinnamon bark with cinnamon 'dust' around it but it ended up looking like a cinnamon bun. Later in the day I had cause to remember Mike Parry's disastrous attempt to eat a spoonful of cinnamon, and recreated this as a crest on the left, It's an overconfident man with glasses and a beard spewing out a cloud of ground cinnamon. This was inspired by the 'breath of God' type floating crests where a pair of lips blow wind from a cloud 🌬️. You can watch the original nonsense here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqmhuYtldd0
December 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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6. Fate

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a piece of white card with a black shield draw on it. there are 4 golden straws draw vertically on the shield, the third of which is shorter than the rest. The straws bear an uncanny resemblance to french fries.
December 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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5. Journey

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hand-drawn shield showing Dorothy's ruby slipper-clad feet on the yellow brick road. turns out I really can't draw feet.
December 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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4. Passing

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(A second day of bonus shield!)
Got a bit carried away. There are two paintings today. First is Sable, a Pissant passant proper fimbriated argent. More simply, a black shield with an ant on it, the ant is coloured normally and has a white edge all round it. 'Passant' in heraldry refers to a beast in a walking pose, side-on, and is of course also French for 'passing'. The second shield is black-ish, with two white hands, one passing a golden baton to the other - proof, if any were needed, that hands are difficult (but who is that mysterious person being passed the baton?). yes i know the hand receiving should be a *right* hand and not a left hand for it to make sense.
December 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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3. Cavalry

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(Bonus extra shield today)
A reimagining of the badge of theRoyal Scots Dragoon Guards as a coat of arms a white shield with two halves of a coconut shell. above it is a torse (wreath of cloth) over which is the crest, namely a swallow (unconfirmed African or European) laden with a coconut
December 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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2. Feast

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a white piece of card with scribbly writing as per the text of this post. below the text is a shield shape. the top third is red and in the centre of the red area is a silver platter on which rests a roasted bird (chicken/turkey). the red section looks like it is being tugged down into the lower, white part of the shield by a blond dog with a red collar. The dog will soon enjoy the feast, and no doubt still ask for its full dinner later as well. Good dog.
December 2, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Here we go for #Heraldecember2025! #heraldry #Heraldecember

1. Counterfeit
A watercolour painting of a green shield, on which is a yellow set of scales. In the right pan of the scales are a spindle, shears, and some thread wound round a stick. The thread tumbles along the bottom of the shield. There is some very scribbly writing giving the date and title which are in the main post. The prompt today is 'Counterfeit' so I've stretched the pronunciation of that word to 'Counterfate', an amalgamation of counterweight and fate. Yep, it's a bad pun in painted form - welcome to the concept of 'canting' arms! Blazon: Vert, a set of scales with the sinister pan containing symbols of the Three Fates Or
December 1, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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I forgot to tell you all I had a good Sunday roast at The Grey's Inn at Embleton a while back - very worthy winners of this award.
a grainy image of a sign high up on a wall above a shelf. The sign reads 'PUB OF THE NORTH TYNE TEES TELEVISION 1979'. It really was a good bit of dinner.
September 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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'Scottish summer'
the face of a soggy man in a grey woollen hat with a grey sky behind. his hat has a Clan Ross badge on it, and behind the badge is a sprig of Juniper and an eagle feather
August 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Yes, that's exactly who he is.
picture of new pope from news site with caption 'Who is Robert Prevost, the new pope?'
May 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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For @jeelyeater1.bsky.social and other stained glass appreciators - windows in Mid-Deeside Church, Torphins.
stained glass in memory of Graeme Aiken Whitton, who died 24th May 1979. A New Testament scene is depicted (i think, Jesus being baptised by John the Baptist) Trio of stained glass windows showing scenes of Jesus (Blessing the meek, as the Good Shepherd, welcoming the little children)
April 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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for @andywoodturner.bsky.social, who *loves* a thing made into a lamp
a black Squier stratocaster guitar which has inexplicably been made into a lamp
April 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Practice piece, coat of arm of an online acquaintance.

The b̶e̶a̶t̶i̶n̶g̶s̶ art practice will continue until m̶o̶r̶a̶l̶e̶ output improves.
Arms of an online acquaintance: Per pale Sable and Argent, a chestnut tree erased, per pale in dexter Or fructed Gules and in sinister blasted Sable. In plain language, a chestnut tree, split down the middle. One half is gold with red chestnuts and black background, the other half is black with a white background. I should have made the leaves bigger, amongst other things
February 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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picture of a water tower from this website: https://canmore.org.uk/site/284823/glasgow-cranhill-stepps-road-water-tower
February 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Got to meet some cool birds today
a man holding a great grey owl a handsome man wearing a falconry gauntlet, on which a red backed hawk is landing
January 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Arms of an online acquaintance painted by me, featuring millet as the main charge. There are at least four things I would do differently, but other than that, it's not a terrible rendition.

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a blue shield with three stalks of millet. the top bit is 'silver' aka white with three blue stars each with four points. the line separating the blue and white is zig-zag. In heraldry speak: Azure, issuant from point three stalks of millet Or, on a chief indented Argent three mullets of four Azure
January 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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bonus tweet
December 31, 2024 at 11:01 PM
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31. Spirit

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a shield with a night sky with fireworks, in the centre is a bottle of Scotch Whisky and at the bottom are three whisky tumblers on a white surface, each with a dram poured. Thanks for reading, and Happy New Year!
December 31, 2024 at 10:05 PM
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30. Viva

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a white shield. at the top is a gold band with three figures in academic dress with grey hair. the main part of the shield shows the back of someone with brown hair wearing academic dress. it's meant to represent a PhD viva (this is as close as I think i'll ever get)
December 30, 2024 at 8:38 PM
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29. Telegraph

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a blue shield with a white diagonal band from top left to bottom right. On the band are three brown discs with gold detail. As much as they look like cookies, this is meant to represent cross sections of telegraph cable going across the Atlantic
December 30, 2024 at 10:32 AM
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28. Master

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a purple shield with a jack russell listening to a record on a big old fashioned record player
December 30, 2024 at 10:32 AM
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27. Struck

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a pale green shield (minty..?), in the centre is a coin die with three gold coins either side. behind the shield is a hammer.
December 27, 2024 at 2:01 PM
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of course, our Hero does not work alone
a shield painted to look like Obelix's trousers with belt, and above, his distinctive red hair in pigtails flowing from the helmet
December 26, 2024 at 9:36 PM
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26. Shine

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a shield with a diamond in the centre, and a beam of white light shinging through it from top to bottom. the diamond is otherwise surrounded by the colours of the rainbow
December 26, 2024 at 1:21 PM