James Dempster
@cocktaillion.bsky.social
Heraldist, delver into obscure, arcane & occult. Photos, bad art, worse poems. Even stranger than I think I am. Lefty. All views own/odd. He/him. 🩷💛🩵
You'll be visited by three spirits.
December 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
You'll be visited by three spirits.
Up here in Elgin we have a real witch on a new estate.
December 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Up here in Elgin we have a real witch on a new estate.
Having not been over in that part of town for a couple of months, I didn't realise that the signs were up. I just wish that they'd picked a local witch rather than Isobel. Then, as now, Auldearn is actually in a different county/council area.
December 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Having not been over in that part of town for a couple of months, I didn't realise that the signs were up. I just wish that they'd picked a local witch rather than Isobel. Then, as now, Auldearn is actually in a different county/council area.
I'm possibly listening to the opposite.
November 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I'm possibly listening to the opposite.
Describe your cat's personality with one photo:
November 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Describe your cat's personality with one photo:
I have friends who are heathens in every sense of the word and turn this into a "Toffee Apple" Snakebite. They are not something I do after a terrible evening as a student making them of cask OP and scrumpy.
November 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I have friends who are heathens in every sense of the word and turn this into a "Toffee Apple" Snakebite. They are not something I do after a terrible evening as a student making them of cask OP and scrumpy.
Such a passive aggressive headline though. Though, at least the archaeologists aren't perplexed 🤣
November 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Such a passive aggressive headline though. Though, at least the archaeologists aren't perplexed 🤣
Not a headline I expected to see, nor one that tempts me to read the story. No sick bucket nearby.
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Not a headline I expected to see, nor one that tempts me to read the story. No sick bucket nearby.
There's a rather good block in Aberdeen of this style with very 1930s ornamentatation over two of the vehicular entrances.
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
There's a rather good block in Aberdeen of this style with very 1930s ornamentatation over two of the vehicular entrances.
Without downloading new pics, describe your gender.
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Without downloading new pics, describe your gender.
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
November 8, 2025 at 10:40 AM
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
A film you're seen more than 7 times with a gif
November 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM
A film you're seen more than 7 times with a gif
The Lounge Lizards just started playing. Jazz x No Wave does produce the most strung out looking band ever.
November 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The Lounge Lizards just started playing. Jazz x No Wave does produce the most strung out looking band ever.
Excuse me, what's all this "I need to go to work" nonsense?
November 6, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Excuse me, what's all this "I need to go to work" nonsense?
Every day learning something new. This opposite the title page of an art book I bought myself for my birthday.
November 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Every day learning something new. This opposite the title page of an art book I bought myself for my birthday.
That music's lost it's taste, won't you try another flavour.
October 31, 2025 at 9:09 PM
That music's lost it's taste, won't you try another flavour.
#31DaysofGraves 👻 No. 31 - Memento Mori.
October 31, 2025 at 5:27 AM
#31DaysofGraves 👻 No. 31 - Memento Mori.
October 30, 2025 at 6:12 AM
October 29, 2025 at 3:48 AM
I always loved the fact that Poirot used pastiches of Lempicka as part of their set design. So very on point for the whole look of the series.
October 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I always loved the fact that Poirot used pastiches of Lempicka as part of their set design. So very on point for the whole look of the series.
#31DaysofGraves 👻 No. 28 - Column.
The broken column is symbolic of a life cut short. In this case the tragedy of a life cut short and two never begun.
The husband, who had this erected 70 years ago, only died in 2023.
The broken column is symbolic of a life cut short. In this case the tragedy of a life cut short and two never begun.
The husband, who had this erected 70 years ago, only died in 2023.
October 28, 2025 at 5:51 AM
#31DaysofGraves 👻 No. 28 - Column.
The broken column is symbolic of a life cut short. In this case the tragedy of a life cut short and two never begun.
The husband, who had this erected 70 years ago, only died in 2023.
The broken column is symbolic of a life cut short. In this case the tragedy of a life cut short and two never begun.
The husband, who had this erected 70 years ago, only died in 2023.
October 27, 2025 at 5:44 AM
#31DaysofGraves 👻 No. 26 - Figure.
Rev. George Meldrum of Crombie, (1616-1692). Laird of Crombie, Minister of Glass 1643-64 & 1690-92. Popularly called "Bishop Meldrum" which he would have hated as he was suspended from his parish for refusing to recognise Episcopacy.
Rev. George Meldrum of Crombie, (1616-1692). Laird of Crombie, Minister of Glass 1643-64 & 1690-92. Popularly called "Bishop Meldrum" which he would have hated as he was suspended from his parish for refusing to recognise Episcopacy.
October 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
#31DaysofGraves 👻 No. 26 - Figure.
Rev. George Meldrum of Crombie, (1616-1692). Laird of Crombie, Minister of Glass 1643-64 & 1690-92. Popularly called "Bishop Meldrum" which he would have hated as he was suspended from his parish for refusing to recognise Episcopacy.
Rev. George Meldrum of Crombie, (1616-1692). Laird of Crombie, Minister of Glass 1643-64 & 1690-92. Popularly called "Bishop Meldrum" which he would have hated as he was suspended from his parish for refusing to recognise Episcopacy.