Ameland… North Sea. A beautiful day at the beach.

@arachnepress.bsky.social Making me more than a little homesick. Diolch yn fawr.

34 degrees on our terrace right now!

Danke Frau Dr von der Leyen.

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Hello from Forster in New South Wales.

Follow me and my travels on Polarsteps www.polarsteps.com/JohnSamJones Fifth week of thirteen…

The Orchid Garden at Singapore’s Botanical Gardens today… just three photos from the ‘too many’ that I took.

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We’re in Thailand.

I follow @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social and every day I look into the eyes of people from across Europe that the Nazi regime humiliated, tortured and murdered! It’s ironic that often, between the Auschwitz posts I see the faces of Trump, Vance, Hegseth re-posted telling modern day tales of fascism.

Post you from a different era… 1984… just returned to the UK after three years in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Diolch yn fawr Mr Rosenberg a Mr Jenkins…

#dogsofBluesky Nel loved chasing squirrels - until one bit her on her nose! She was a feisty dog… very affectionate, but only on her terms… stroke her uninvited and she’d growl her dissatisfaction… but she never snapped at anyone… she was 13 when she died.

#dogsofBluesky fb.watch/xYeUOEF_e8/? I hope this makes you smile. Go well - have a good day… and remember, 80% of the people who voted yesterday in Germany voted against fascism.

80% voted to have nothing to do with the AfD…

I’m thinking of leaving Bluesky as there’s so much reposting from…. I’ll miss the #digsofBluesky and the 🧶…

Dankeschön Annette Dittert.

#dogsofBluesky Nel and Wash… in the snow, which was rare in the west Wales coast.

So, where are all the European leaders calling out Trump for the charlatan that he is?

Oh dear… more re-posts from X today… coming here I thought I’d left that scum bag behind.

#dogsofBluesky Nel and Wash - they ‘brushed-up’ well for my brother’s wedding. I wasn’t so keen on the pink waistcoat and tie but what’s a best man supposed to do?

#dogsofBluesky No… you can’t come in! For the first years of their lives they lived in one of the sheds and didn’t come in the house…

🧶 #ScrapAlong2025

And he believes that there is no free speech in Europe! He’s bringing disgrace on the US Vice Presidency. www.npr.org/2024/09/15/n...

The #dogsofBluesky and the 🧶 are so much more credible than the fascist who is making a disgrace of the U S vice presidency.

#dogsofBluesky The branch manager… and the thief! Nel always ran for the stick and then Wash would take it from her… when they were 10 weeks old they were just bundles of softness. It was such a long time ago… we miss them.

#dogsofBluesky Often times Nel was in Wash’s shadow… he’s being a Diva on the ferry boat - she’s under the seat! But when she was not in his company she was indeed a star. Miss them!

#dogsofBluesky Before moving to Germany we lived in Abermaw on the mid-Wales coast… Wash loved the sea and he’d often roll in the waves and dance with the seagulls. Nel was never quite so keen on the water preferring to chase the gulls - trying to round them up I suppose.

Come on Trump’s Republicans… which is it? Or maybe it’s all of it? Be honest and say the words - and see it you really mean what you’re saying!

#dogsofBluesky Snowdogs. Wash and Nel… on the west coast of Wales we didn’t have snow very often… missing them!

In 1936 Hitler’s Olympics… and in 2028 a repeat performance? Which countries will have enough moral stamina to stay away?

Knitting 🧶 #dogsofBluesky When I’m not walking dogs or knitting I’m writing. I think there may be less knitting because of my arthritic fingers, but then there may be less typing too. Middle age doesn’t come alone - and some might say that when you’re almost seventy you’ve already crossed to old!

#dogsofBluesky Since our two dogs, Wash and Nel, died we’ve been lucky enough to occasionally care for June, one of our neighbour’s dogs. She’s a rescue from the streets of Sardinia, but she picked up German quickly and she seems to understand when speak Welsh with her.

@bengarrion.bsky.social Sut wyt ti? Sut mae’r Cymraeg yn dod ymlaen?

Knitting 🧶 This is one of my favourites on frosty German mornings… the yarn is from Welsh sheep - Llanwenog. It knits up sumptuous cables! No instructions… I made it all up…

#dogsofBluesky Wash and Nel often ‘barked up the wrong tree’… in the woods by Llyn Tecwyn in north Wales. They were such loved lives and we miss them.

🧶 This one I made about fifteen years ago… the wool is from Welsh sheep… I didn’t have any instructions and knitted a swatch to work out how many stitches I needed - and got my arithmetic wrong so it was a size too small for me… but it fitted my sister-in-law… and she still wears it.

#dogsofBluesky Nel and me on the summit of Cader Idris - one of North Wales’ highest mountains… and me and Wash on the foreshore - beach at Abermaw. For thirteen years they brought us great joy… and so many hikes!

Many people here still seem fascinated by what’s on

Knitting 🧶 My husband’s diamond Gansey. No instructions, sorry… it came from my head and fifty years of knitting. yarn by Frangipani.

#dogsofBluesky Wash and Nel. They were the great loves of our lives. Siblings, they lived for thirteen years. Never jumped onto a sofa in their lives! Born to working sheep dogs in North Wales, Nel was indeed a frustrated working dog and Wash was just a softie.

#dogsofBluesky Sitting on the trig point of Yr Wyddfa - highest point in Great Britain south of the Scottish border. Wash and Nel climbed most of the high mountains in North Wales. We miss them.

Knitting 🧶 Just an every day comfort… wool/silk mix bought in Trefriw woollen mill in north Wales… it knitted up quickly - no instructions, just another from a head filled with half a century of knitting… (knitting saved me from going nuts through heart problems and prostate cancer - just saying).

Knitting 🧶 Aran Gansey… 5ply Gansey yarn from Frangipani. Sorry no instructions - it all came from my head.

#dogsofbluesky Nel and Wash… siblings… born on a farm in north Wales… lived for 13 years… were loved lives.