Ian Ebbage
@ianebbage.bsky.social
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The Ancient World & more recent history. Mosaics. And, of course, birds. East Lothian.
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 1h
Together with its neighbour at 7 George's Quay, this is regarded as one of the finest Georgian houses in Cork #adoorablethursday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 1h
Coldingham Priory (1100) in Berwickshire #thursgate
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 1d
The Elfin King in the Witch Corner in the grounds of Abbotsford, Sir Walter Scott's home near Melrose. This display area was inspired by Scott's own interest in folklore #woodensday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 1d
Antoni Gaudi's Episcopal Palace in Astorga in Leon on the Camino di Santiago: one of the very few buildings he did outside Catalonia #windowsonwednesday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 1d
A great crop this year.
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 2d
#tilesontuesday in Monson St in Tunbridge Wells
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 2d
A colourful #thicktrunktuesday on the Winton Estate #EastLothian
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 2d
"Don't mess with me!" #mallardmonday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 2d
What's for dinner? A detail of the mosaic floor of the triclinium of a house in Thessaloniki (250-300 AD). The lack of maritime context in these mosaics suggests to some that the fish are seen here primarily as food #mosaicmonday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 4d
St Brendan the Navigator commemorated near his Cathedral in Ardfert in County Kerry, not far from his birth-place in Fenit #stoneworksunday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 4d
A very interesting man.
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 4d
A lovely piece of work.
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 4d
A Ring-billed Gull at home by the St Lawrence in Quebec City #superseabirdsunday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 5d
12c St Mildred's in Tenterden in Kent. The tower was added in 1461 funded by the wealth of the wool trade #steeplesaturday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 5d
In Stockbridge in Edinburgh #staircasesaturday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 6d
#fingerpostfriday in Bantry in County Cork, on the romantically named Wild Atlantic Way along the west coast of Ireland
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 7d
The Baron of Beef in Bridge Street in Cambridge (since 1752) #pubsignthursday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 7d
An entrance to the Bishop's Palace framing a view of the Cathedral in Wells, Somerset
#thursgate
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 8d
A dramatic moment on a misericord in Gloucester Cathedral #windowsonwednesday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 8d
The Waterworks on the River Lee in Cork: it is always interesting to see the importance the Victorians attached to the aesthetics of functional buildings #windowsonwednesday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 8d
Hundreds of Greylags flying in (1) to join the ducks and waders (2) on the coast at Musselburgh on the falling tide this morning. Among them, a single Pink-footed Goose (3) and Barnacle (4). #geese #birdwatching #EastLothian
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 9d
#tidesouttuesday at the mouth of the Esk in Musselburgh #EastLothian, with a few Greylag Geese & the Kingdom of Fife in the background
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 9d
The Hornbeam Allee in the garden in St Mary's Pleasance in Haddington #EastLothian #thicktrunktuesday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 11d
The Victorian pulpit of St Anne's Ancroft in Northumberland, attractively decorated with a double row of columns (superimposed rather than interlaced) and marble columns in alternate colours #sermonsonsunday #stoneworksunday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 11d
My apologies. I know that, but I wasn't thinking carefully enough when I wrote it. All places that we greatly enjoyed visiting recently.
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