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Rob Ralley

@robralley.bsky.social

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Historian of science and medicine. Editor for The Casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier (1596-1634), now writing about Napier, slowly. And taking photos. Views my own.

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Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 3h

😆 Or an ibex. I hadn't spotted that!

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 5h

Thank you! I'm still quietly getting through photos from Arran...

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 9h

Sun on the top of a dry stone wall for #WallsOnWednesday
📷 #photography

A row of substantial rounded lichen-covered stones at the top of a wall with golden light falling across their tops; there is gorse (not in flower) in the background and a grey-blue sky.

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 1d

Beautiful! I think you're right, though it isn't universal - I grew up in one of a pair of (attached) houses that each had a central chimney. I'd guess it's to do with standard layout of rooms in the house.

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 1d

I must confess I don't know! In this case I think they're probably decorative not real, so this will be for aesthetic reasons only (to make new houses look older).

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 1d

Canopy.
📷 #photography

View upwards along the trunks of a couple of trees by a small clearing in a patch of woodland, showing their canopy and the sky (blue with a veil of white cloud) beyond. They are sunlit from the side.

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 1d

😆

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 2d

No, this was not long after the last new year. It's still too early for us to get snow or frost here.

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you!

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 2d

Houses, evening.
#BlueSkyMonday 📷 #photography

A pair of semi-detached houses in a cream-coloured render, caught from the side by golden light late on an autumn afternoon. The sky is blue with a drift of faintly purplish cloud across it.

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 2d

😂 Much to my son's disappointment, we only get about an inch once every five years here, which is enough to cause problems but not enough to stop him from having to go to school. (And thank you!)

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you!

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you! 😊

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you! 😊 I was pleased afterwards that I'd made the effort to go out in the middle of the night, because it stopped snowing and I think everything had more or less melted by the next morning. It was just a fleeting snow shower

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 3d

I love this.

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 3d

Night snow.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekNforNights 📷 #photography

A slightly winding footpath between shoulder-height hedges, in the dark and lit by streetlights. It is snowing, with a covering of snow on the path and hedges, and snowflakes caught in the light of the lamps.

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 4d

That's a beautiful thought - thank you.

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 4d

🙏

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 4d

Ena Harkness in the darkness.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekNforNights 📷 #photography

A red rose bloom in the garden at night, illuminated from above, casting deep shadows. One of the rose's leaves is shading it slightly.

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you! 😊

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you! It was really something to see.

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you! 😊

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 5d

😆

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 5d

Nighttime on Abbey Street.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekNforNights and #scape 📷 #photography

A view from a raised position along Abbey St, Carlisle, towards the cathedral. It is dark and the building fronts, parked cars and vans and signs are illuminated by streetlights.

Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 6d

That's beautiful! Yes, the painting in my photo was done with children from the school round the corner. It's lovely to see.