Tallest building in Birmingham UK #architecture #photography #iphone16pro

#Howl-A-Ween 7️⃣ The founder of the Official Monster Raving Loony party Monster In Black Tights - Screaming Lord Such (1963) tiny.cc/nwet001 My monster in black tights You've got the kind of eye that I likes With a wrinkled up chin where the worms have been You make me wanna hold you tight

#Howl-A-Ween 6️⃣ Break-up 💔 Robert Wratten uses the whole album to bare his soul over the break-up with fellow band member Annemari Davies. Heartbreakingly delicate and forlorn. From the album ‘Her Handwriting’ What Can I Say To Change Your Heart - Trembling Blue Stars tiny.cc/l9dt001

Straining blackberries through a muslin bag to make Jam. It looks a bit gruesome, but it does work 😬

#sundayvibes #ladymoon #ladymooncries 👌🏽😊 m.youtube.com/watch?v=xMuT...

#caturday #Freddythecat

#Howl-A-Ween 5️⃣ Disguise 🥸 John Fred & his Playboys - Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) 👓 1967 A play on ‘Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds’ which John Fred initially believed was ‘Lucy in Disguise With Diamonds’ tiny.cc/vect001 You made me a life of ashes I guess I'll just take your glasses

#Howl-A-Ween 4️⃣ Death ⚰️ 🪦 From the album ‘Tunng Presents… Dead Club’ The whole album deals with death 😬 Death Is The New Sex tiny.cc/5lct001 Death is the new Sex Coming soon to fuck us all Sdc (Swedish Death Cleaning) tiny.cc/i8dt001 To start with photographs may have been a mistake

#Howl-A-Ween #MusicChallenge 🎃 👻 🧛‍♀️ 🧙‍♀️👿 🧹👹 🦇 3️⃣ Unrequited Love 💔 Waiting In Vain - Bob Marley and the Wailers 🇯🇲 tiny.cc/4dct001 Like I said It's been three years since I'm knockin' on your door And I still can knock some more Ooh girl, ooh girl, is it feasible?

#Howl-A-Ween 2️⃣ Chase 🏃🏽 Chase The Devil - Max Romeo & The Upsetters 😈 🚬 🌿 😵‍💫 tiny.cc/9nat001 Satan is an evilous man But him can't chocks it on I-man So when I check him my lassing hand And if him slip, I gaan with him hand

#Howl-A-Ween 1️⃣ Darkness I’ve only just found this challenge 🤷🏻‍♂️ My absolute nightmare is to be locked indefinitely in a small dark space. A very bleak/dark song Wallflower - Peter Gabriel tiny.cc/u7at001 Six by six, from wall to wall Shutters on the windows, no light at all

#MotherNatureSong 3️⃣0️⃣ ⛅️ ☀️ A lovely uplifting song 😊 Thanks @lagrume.bsky.social for the challenge 👏👏👏 Painting The Clouds With Sunshine - Jack Hylton & His Orchestra tiny.cc/8u6t001 Though things may not look bright They'll all turn out alright If I keep painting the clouds with sunshine

#MotherNatureSong 2️⃣9️⃣ 'Fear Of Music' - possibly my favourite Talking Heads album... Air - Talking Heads. tiny.cc/05yr001 Album Version tiny.cc/35yr001 So remember when the weather gets rough (You'll say to yourself) What is happening to my skin? Where is that protection that I needed?

#MotherNatureSong 2️⃣8️⃣ From the appropriately titled album ‘Flora Fauna’ 🐦 🌱🌷 Pigeon - Billie Marten tiny.cc/ouvr001 I need you more than you need me I am sick of branding and one-legged pigeons They have no idea as to our sour position Another day on modern earth Suffocating all our worth

#MotherNatureSong 2️⃣7️⃣ 🦘🔵🦘 Kangaroo Blues - Roy Harper tiny.cc/3n3t001 Confusion rains down on us all From the blistering heights of reason A shame we have no balls at all On which to scratch our fleas on –––––––––––––––––––––– RIP Danny Thompson ☹️ Big Muff with John Martyn tiny.cc/aw3t001

#MotherNatureSong #MusicChallenge 2️⃣6️⃣ 💎⚱️ Diamonds And Gold - Tom Waites tiny.cc/6x1t001 What some men will do here for diamonds What some men will do here for gold They're wounded but they just keep on climbin' And they sleep by the side of the road

#MotherNatureSong 2️⃣5️⃣ 🐺 From folk royalty to one of its rising stars ✨ From her debut EP Wolf - Katherine Priddy tiny.cc/180t001 My love will come by moonlit, and he'll stay with me till morning Shivering, his stone embrace and watch the daylight dawning

Freddie on the climbing frame 😻 #catsofbluesky #cats #freddiethecat

#MotherNatureSong 2️⃣4️⃣ I’ve already posted Eric The Half A Bee, so here’s a replacement 🤦🏼‍♂️ Reynard The Fox - June Tabor 🦊 🐎 tiny.cc/rzvr001 And now that bold Reynard is dead We'll go to the Dolphin and dine Now we'll dip his fore-foot in a bumper And drink up his health in good wine

#MotherNatureSong 2️⃣3️⃣ 🇮🇪 🌧️ Sure dats a foin Dublin accent he has now Dublin City Sky - Fontaines DC tiny.cc/qiws001 tiny.cc/p0xs001 (The making of the album, Dogrel) She threw her shoes into her bag and danced just like a dream Her face was rubied up just like no sun I'd ever seen

#MotherNatureSong 2️⃣2️⃣ ⛈️ ⚡ Something In The Air - Thunderclap Newman Peter Townshend produced the single, arranged the strings, and played bass under the pseudonym Bijou Drains. No 1 for three weeks in 1969 tiny.cc/5sus001 We got to get together sooner or later Because the revolution's here✌🏽

I suppose a part of me will always have a soft spot for YES, so I’m off to see the ‘Fragile’ tour next April 🙄 One of their more accessible albums 🙌

#MotherNatureSong 2️⃣1️⃣ 🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑 From the film ‘Drowning By Numbers’ Directed by Peter Greenaway. Music by Michael Nyman Sheep And Tides 🎥 (Film Clip) tiny.cc/firs001 Sheep And Tides 🎶 tiny.cc/kirs001

#MotherNatureSong 2️⃣0️⃣ This was released today, and she just gets better & better 🥰👏👏👏 🐺 🎂 🐺 Something Wild - Amelia Coburn I think I can get away with this 🧐😬 m.youtube.com/watch?v=DMGA...

Few things give me as much pleasure as the arrival of a new book by Ian McKewan. I’ve only read the first page and I’m back in my comfort zone 🥰 📖 📕 🖊️

#MotherNatureSong 1️⃣9️⃣ Those dance moves are quite tricky, and such fun to do, but once you’re in the groove…🕺🏿🕺🏿🕺🏿 The best selling UK song from 1974 Tiger Feet - Mud 🐅👣 tiny.cc/c1ps001 That's neat, that's neat, that's neat, that's neat I really love your tiger feet

This singer lives 4 doors away- who knew? Meeley Rose - Cracks In The Mirror. All her own work too 👏👏👏 m.youtube.com/watch?v=nXyF...

#MotherNatureSong ✈️ ☁️🐎 1️⃣8️⃣ Beth Arzy (Luxembourg Signal) formed This band with Shaun Charman (Wedding Present) in 2017. Trapped In Amber - Jetstream Pony (2020) tiny.cc/tmos001

I think I’ve used most of these positions over the years, though, No 4 is probably me. I use No 8 a lot but without a camera, and usually after a few beers 🍻😵‍💫😁

#MotherNatureSong 🌒 🌑 🌒 🌙 1️⃣7️⃣ Mourning Moon - The Luxembourg Signal Layered guitars, atmospheric keyboards with Beth Arzy and Betsy Moyer on vocals ❤️ tiny.cc/8ans001 As the mourning moon meets you When the mourning moon greets you

#MotherNatureSong 🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼 1️⃣6️⃣ Now here’s a band that deserve to be massive! One of the cutest dogs you will ever see in a video Nearly Daffodils - English Teacher tiny.cc/kwhs001 All the plans we tiptoed around In quiet hours, daffodil buds There is a reason the first nine months doesn't count

#MotherNatureSong 🦊🐛🐝🐙🐘🦚🍄🟫🌞🌊⛈️🐎 1️⃣5️⃣ A bit Like Yard Act, but, with the wonderful Florence Shaw on vocals Anna Calls From The Arctic - Dry Cleaning tiny.cc/6sjs001 Nothing works Everything's expensive And opaque and privatized My shoe organizing thing arrived Thank God

www.1854.photography/2025/09/chri... A true legend of Photo Journalism ☹️

#MotherNatureSong 🦊🐛🐝🐙🐘🦚🍄🟫🌞🌊⛈️ 🐎 1️⃣4️⃣ Dead Horse - Yard Act tiny.cc/mxds001 Are you seriously still tryna kid me That our culture will be just fine When all that's left is nobheads morris dancing To sham 69?

#MotherNatureSong 🦊🐛🐝🐙🐘🦚🍄🟫🌞🌊⛈️🍒⚡️ 1️⃣3️⃣ ⚫ 🦁 Black Lion Lane - Emiliana Torrini (2024) tiny.cc/f9hs001 Its a beautiful day Strolling down black lion lane There is music playing There is a party in my head That feeds my steps

#MotherNatureSong 1️⃣2️⃣ 🫖 In response to @japanicky.bsky.social Here’s another one from the great man Beautiful Cosmos - Ivor Cutler tiny.cc/97es001 You are the centre of your little world and I am of mine. Now and again we meet for tea, we're two of a kind. This is our universe, cups of tea.

#MotherNatureSong 1️⃣1️⃣ 🦊🐸🐦⬛🐛🐝🐙🐘🦚🍄🟫🌞🌊⛈️🍒⚡️ Her Ocean Airport - California Snow Story tiny.cc/zwzr001 Popular in Japan, apparently 🤔 Right up there with The Sundays for me, stayed under the radar unfortunately☹️ Formed by David Skirving after leaving Camera Obscura.

#MotherNatureSong 🔟 🐝 🐍🐝🐍🐝🐍🐝🐍🐝 Back to a bit of comedy 🎭 Eric The Half A Bee 🐝 Monty Python tiny.cc/u4wr001 Half a bee, philosophically Must, ipso facto, half not be But half the bee has got to be A vis-a-vis its entity, d'you see?

#MotherNatureSong 9️⃣ 🐚🐚🐚🐚🐚🐚🐚🐚🐚 In tribute to Rick Davies - 1944-2025 R.I.P. From ‘Crime Of The Century’ Hide In Your Shell - Supertramp tiny.cc/xn9s001 Too frightening to listen to a stranger Too beautiful to put your pride in danger You're waiting for someone to understand you

#MotherNatureSong 8️⃣ The Gnu Song - Flanders & Swan tiny.cc/t68s001 So I asked him, "What's that creature there?" He answered, "Oh it's a h-elk." I might have gone on thinking that was true, If the animal in question hadn't put that chap to shame, When it remarked, "I hain't a h-elk! I'm a g-nu!

Two new singles from Róise @asimongardner.bsky.social Do you remember the story I told you about the new management? Well, I think she’s sounding remarkably like Holly Humberstone - which is ok with me, as I’m a Holly fan… Blow To My Ego - Róise McHugh tiny.cc/r98s001 Television tiny.cc/pd8s001

Groovin’ to Bowie while making Apple & Tomato Chutney 🍏 🍅 Just rubbed my eyes after chopping Chillies 🌶️ 👀 Agggggh!

#MotherNatureSong 7️⃣ 🐵🔧🐵🔧🐵🔧🐵🔧🐵🔧🐵🔧 Monkey Spanner - Dave & Ansel Collins tiny.cc/r27s001 Heavy, heavy, ain't it heavy Get up-get up, baby A heavy monster sound Hittin' you smack there, right there in the middle Rocking, socking an' more shocking

#MotherNatureSong 6️⃣ 🍐🍊🍉🍌🥝🍒🍓🍇🍋 From the wonderful debut album ‘Mediocre, Brutal’ 2020 - Amsterdam’s finest… Soft Fruit - Global Charming tiny.cc/v44s001 I eat the fruit That has gone soft In their angry hands Put the lid back on

#MotherNatureSong 5️⃣ 🦊🐸🐦⬛🐛🐝🐙🐘🦚🍄🟫🌞🌊⛈️🍒⚡️ Windy - The Association (1967) tiny.cc/j2yr001 Who's peeking out from under a stairway Calling a name that's lighter than air? Who's bending down to give me a rainbow? Everyone knows it's Windy

#MotherNatureSong 4️⃣ 🦊🐸🐦⚫🐛🐝🐙🐘🦚🍄🟫🌞🌊⛈️🍒⚡️ Tom Lehrer - The Elements tiny.cc/bozr001 "There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium...And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium...And nickel, neodymium, neptunium, germanium...And iron, americium, ruthenium, uranium… 🤓😵‍💫

#MotherNatureSong 3️⃣ 🦊🐸🐦⬛🐛🐝🐙🐘🦚🍄🟫🌞🌊⛈️🍒⚡️ No one says Hiii like Audrey 😊 Moon River - Audrey Hepburn 🌙 tiny.cc/2xvr001 Two drifters, off to see the world There's such a lot of world to see We're after the same rainbow's end Waitin' 'round the bend My huckleberry friend, Moon River and me

#MotherNatureSong #MusicalChallenge 2️⃣ 🦊🐸🐦⬛🐛🐝🐙🐘🦚🍄🟫🌞🌊⛈️🍒⚡️ A very important album in my early musical journey Mother Natures Son - The Beatles tiny.cc/11yr001 Sit beside a mountain stream See her waters rise Listen to the pretty sound of music As she flies

#MotherNatureSong 1️⃣ 🦊🐸🐦⬛🐛🐝🐙🐘🦚🍄🟫🌞🌊⛈️🍒⚡️ 🌧️ Rain - Martin Stephenson & The Daintees tiny.cc/8wvr001 Between lightning and thunder three seconds the gap A warm candle glow keeps this wood room from black My cat, she sleeps on an old clippy mat Purring out echoes of faint pitter-pat

#FirstNameinSong 3️⃣1️⃣ In celebration of the great man on his 80th birthday 🎂 🎉 The title track from one of my favourite Van albums 😎 St Dominic’s Preview - Van Morrison tiny.cc/7atr001 Live from Belfast Album Version tiny.cc/5tvr001 Thanks @lagrume.bsky.social for the challenge 😊