Pete
@pete-k.bsky.social
Life-long learner, never too old to learn or to allow myself to try something new. Life is too short to have a closed mind.
Wore a green suit as a young man, I still honour my Oath of Allegiance.
Wore a green suit as a young man, I still honour my Oath of Allegiance.
The last thimg this is about is drug enforcement.
November 17, 2025 at 6:19 AM
The last thimg this is about is drug enforcement.
Got a day off. Planned lots to do. But then... It wouldn't be too bad if itwasn't for the snoring.
November 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Got a day off. Planned lots to do. But then... It wouldn't be too bad if itwasn't for the snoring.
It was Tested on the Ashley Walk bombing range in the New Forest. Today its crater remains, as a pond.
November 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
It was Tested on the Ashley Walk bombing range in the New Forest. Today its crater remains, as a pond.
Visited the Standing with Giants installation at Fort Nelson, Portsmouth (sorry tickets are no longer available) commemorating British Forces killed on D-Day.
It also commemorates members of the French Resistance.
Each represents a life lost on 06th June. Each a white headstone or inscription.
It also commemorates members of the French Resistance.
Each represents a life lost on 06th June. Each a white headstone or inscription.
November 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Visited the Standing with Giants installation at Fort Nelson, Portsmouth (sorry tickets are no longer available) commemorating British Forces killed on D-Day.
It also commemorates members of the French Resistance.
Each represents a life lost on 06th June. Each a white headstone or inscription.
It also commemorates members of the French Resistance.
Each represents a life lost on 06th June. Each a white headstone or inscription.
Visited London today for Armistice day. I usually go up around this time and go to the Garden of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey & the Cenetaph to pay my respects.
I also visited the Poppy installation at the Tower of London.
Althogh still unsure about the choice of Traitors' Gate as a location.
I also visited the Poppy installation at the Tower of London.
Althogh still unsure about the choice of Traitors' Gate as a location.
November 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Visited London today for Armistice day. I usually go up around this time and go to the Garden of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey & the Cenetaph to pay my respects.
I also visited the Poppy installation at the Tower of London.
Althogh still unsure about the choice of Traitors' Gate as a location.
I also visited the Poppy installation at the Tower of London.
Althogh still unsure about the choice of Traitors' Gate as a location.
I love the smell of onions in the morning.
November 7, 2025 at 7:21 AM
I love the smell of onions in the morning.
I was going to put the box into the recycling.
November 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I was going to put the box into the recycling.
I was sure that I'd seen that design before.
October 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I was sure that I'd seen that design before.
I think that JMW Turner can still rest easy.
October 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I think that JMW Turner can still rest easy.
I am nota French h'evesdropper, I am a Belgium h'evesdropper.
October 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I am nota French h'evesdropper, I am a Belgium h'evesdropper.
I wonder if Waxy-Lemon knew that the British were stopping migrant boats to Palestine in the 1940's?
October 17, 2025 at 5:28 AM
I wonder if Waxy-Lemon knew that the British were stopping migrant boats to Palestine in the 1940's?
This guy was murdered by Mussolini's facist blackshirts for his Antifa activities 20 years before Eisenhower got his war orders.
His name was Giacomo Matteotti.
His name was Giacomo Matteotti.
October 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
This guy was murdered by Mussolini's facist blackshirts for his Antifa activities 20 years before Eisenhower got his war orders.
His name was Giacomo Matteotti.
His name was Giacomo Matteotti.
Here's author, George Orwell with others fighting facism in 1936. Originally travelling to Spain to document the Civil War, he soon felt compelled to fight. Orwell was wounded in the throat fighting at Huesca.
October 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Here's author, George Orwell with others fighting facism in 1936. Originally travelling to Spain to document the Civil War, he soon felt compelled to fight. Orwell was wounded in the throat fighting at Huesca.
October 10th, sunflower still sustaining our bumble bees. Didn't expect either in Autum (fall) after the end of the cricket season in England.
October 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
October 10th, sunflower still sustaining our bumble bees. Didn't expect either in Autum (fall) after the end of the cricket season in England.
One of the founders of Antifa, Giacomo Matteotti, leader of Italy's Unitary Socialist Party and a leading opponent of fascism. Adducted and murdered by the blackshirts of Mussolini's National Fascist Party in August 1924.
October 10, 2025 at 9:10 AM
One of the founders of Antifa, Giacomo Matteotti, leader of Italy's Unitary Socialist Party and a leading opponent of fascism. Adducted and murdered by the blackshirts of Mussolini's National Fascist Party in August 1924.
They have one in Normandy, France that has over 9000 Antifa graves.
October 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
They have one in Normandy, France that has over 9000 Antifa graves.
4th October. Sunflowers are still blooming in the garden, which is unexpected. Then, a bee turns up.
October 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
4th October. Sunflowers are still blooming in the garden, which is unexpected. Then, a bee turns up.
Delivery from the Royal British Legion, one for me, one in memory of my dad.
Other, lesser, teams are available.
Other, lesser, teams are available.
October 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Delivery from the Royal British Legion, one for me, one in memory of my dad.
Other, lesser, teams are available.
Other, lesser, teams are available.
Not a usual sight in my garden in October.
October 3, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Not a usual sight in my garden in October.
It's almost October. This could be one of the last cucumbers from the garden this year.
September 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
It's almost October. This could be one of the last cucumbers from the garden this year.