Living in Cornwall. Avid reader - would spend my last £ on a book! Music is my first love, especially disco 🪩 Love walking & exploring NT properties & old churches 🙂 Work for the NT, all views expressed are my ownhttps://bsky.app/profile/octotulip.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/octotulip.bsky.social/post/3mromvjec7s25#AlphabetChallenge #WeekDForDark Trelissick late on a September evening after an outdoor theatre event 🙂28 Jul 2026 05:00 +0000at://did:plc:3ur43afewsei3etjdixws5ev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mromvjec7s25https://bsky.app/profile/octotulip.bsky.social/post/3mrm44vp4pk2k#AlphabetChallenge #WeekDForDark Hedgehogs are usually seen after dark 😍🦔🦔🦔 Outside my house 🙂27 Jul 2026 04:54 +0000at://did:plc:3ur43afewsei3etjdixws5ev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrm44vp4pk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/octotulip.bsky.social/post/3mrjrx2bmrc2x#AlphabetChallenge #WeekCForCurves Beautiful curving tulips, stained glass window at Blackwell Arts & Crafts house at Bowness-on-Windermere ❤️ Also #StainedGlassSunday26 Jul 2026 06:47 +0000at://did:plc:3ur43afewsei3etjdixws5ev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrjrx2bmrc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/octotulip.bsky.social/post/3mrgzi4yvq22d#AlphabetChallenge #WeekCForCurves Rainbow over the temperate house, Kew Gardens 🌈25 Jul 2026 04:24 +0000at://did:plc:3ur43afewsei3etjdixws5ev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrgzi4yvq22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/octotulip.bsky.social/post/3mrel6j4cs225#AlphabetChallenge #WeekCForCurves Glorious Glastonbury Abbey 😍24 Jul 2026 05:02 +0000at://did:plc:3ur43afewsei3etjdixws5ev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrel6j4cs225https://bsky.app/profile/octotulip.bsky.social/post/3mrc2m6lk4s2l#AlphabetChallenge #WeekCForCurves Portheras Cove, West Cornwall - a natural curve 😎23 Jul 2026 05:00 +0000at://did:plc:3ur43afewsei3etjdixws5ev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrc2m6lk4s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/octotulip.bsky.social/post/3mr7oncui5k2a#AlphabetChallenge #WeekCForCurves Stunning coal scuttle in the shape of an acorn at Blackwell Arts & Crafts house, Bowness-on-Windermere. Both useful & beautiful ❤️22 Jul 2026 06:21 +0000at://did:plc:3ur43afewsei3etjdixws5ev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr7oncui5k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/octotulip.bsky.social/post/3mr54ht3zck2d#AlphabetChallenge #WeekCForCurves Part of the beautifully restored Norman arcade in St Peter’s church, Allexton, Rutland.21 Jul 2026 05:51 +0000at://did:plc:3ur43afewsei3etjdixws5ev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr54ht3zck2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/octotulip.bsky.social/post/3mr2rnbd6f22e#AlphabetChallenge #WeekCForCurves A curving foxglove in the King’s Garden, Godolphin, Cornwall 🙂20 Jul 2026 07:31 +0000at://did:plc:3ur43afewsei3etjdixws5ev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr2rnbd6f22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/octotulip.bsky.social/post/3mqy4wzse2k2w#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBForBehind My late dog Merly showing a keen interest in sheep, at Combestone Tor, Dartmoor ❤️19 Jul 2026 06:16 +0000at://did:plc:3ur43afewsei3etjdixws5ev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqy4wzse2k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/octotulip.bsky.social/post/3mqvmogzey22o#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBForBehind A rear view of Verity by Damien Hirst. Ilfracombe, Devon.18 Jul 2026 06:19 +0000at://did:plc:3ur43afewsei3etjdixws5ev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqvmogzey22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/octotulip.bsky.social/post/3mqst5ma7js27#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBForBehind My friend Sal on the quay at Mevagissey, Cornwall on a chilly May evening 🙂17 Jul 2026 03:37 +0000at://did:plc:3ur43afewsei3etjdixws5ev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqst5ma7js27https://bsky.app/profile/octotulip.bsky.social/post/3mqqfxff5sk2d#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBForBehind My friend Ali heading towards the Headland Hotel & Fistral Beach, Newquay 😎16 Jul 2026 04:36 +0000at://did:plc:3ur43afewsei3etjdixws5ev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqqfxff5sk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/octotulip.bsky.social/post/3mqo2lo5cn22t#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBForBehind Taking a snap of my friend Carol, who’s occupying the front seat in a double kayak, paddling towards Lerryn, Cornwall.15 Jul 2026 06:07 +0000at://did:plc:3ur43afewsei3etjdixws5ev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqo2lo5cn22thttps://bsky.app/profile/octotulip.bsky.social/post/3mqiuqsrt722x#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBForBehind My late dog Merly thinking about whether the ducks need herding or not!13 Jul 2026 04:39 +0000at://did:plc:3ur43afewsei3etjdixws5ev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqiuqsrt722xhttps://bsky.app/profile/octotulip.bsky.social/post/3mqgixpf77s2l#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAForAbandoned Abandoned dynamite factory buildings returning to nature at Kennall Vale, Ponsanooth, Cornwall.12 Jul 2026 06:03 +0000at://did:plc:3ur43afewsei3etjdixws5ev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqgixpf77s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/octotulip.bsky.social/post/3mqdttlgch224#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAForAbandoned Geevor Tin Mine, closed in the early 1990s & now a museum. The lockers still contain the miners’ belongings & give off a ‘just abandoned’ air.11 Jul 2026 04:39 +0000at://did:plc:3ur43afewsei3etjdixws5ev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqdttlgch224https://bsky.app/profile/octotulip.bsky.social/post/3mqbapfhh5c2v#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAForAbandoned Long abandoned buildings at Okel Tor Mine, Harewood, near Calstock, Cornwall10 Jul 2026 03:52 +0000at://did:plc:3ur43afewsei3etjdixws5ev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqbapfhh5c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/octotulip.bsky.social/post/3mq6v6ghkms2b#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAForAbandoned A fixer-upper near Calstock, Cornwall. It was for sale the last time I walked past, so maybe no longer abandoned?09 Jul 2026 05:20 +0000at://did:plc:3ur43afewsei3etjdixws5ev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq6v6ghkms2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/octotulip.bsky.social/post/3mq4fnrqnqk2q#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAForAbandoned My late dog Merly, trying his best to look abandoned & get the sympathy vote! In reality we were moving house & he was in his crate to stop him being trampled on 🙂08 Jul 2026 05:37 +0000at://did:plc:3ur43afewsei3etjdixws5ev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq4fnrqnqk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/octotulip.bsky.social/post/3mpznwky5nc2h#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAForAbandoned Abandoned farm buildings at Old Kea near Truro ,Cornwall.07 Jul 2026 03:27 +0000at://did:plc:3ur43afewsei3etjdixws5ev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpznwky5nc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/octotulip.bsky.social/post/3mpxcteg4zs23#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAForAbandoned The ruins of Great Work Mine near Godolphin, Cornwall.06 Jul 2026 05:03 +0000at://did:plc:3ur43afewsei3etjdixws5ev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpxcteg4zs23https://bsky.app/profile/octotulip.bsky.social/post/3mputxtt5r22j#AlphabetChallenge #WeekZForZany Some modern art could be described as zany! This is Harbour Window With Two Figures by Patrick Heron, on display at Tate St Ives 🙂05 Jul 2026 05:32 +0000at://did:plc:3ur43afewsei3etjdixws5ev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mputxtt5r22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/octotulip.bsky.social/post/3mpse25xnm22s#AlphabetChallenge #Zany Leaning into the whimsical for this one, this place card at Melford Hall in Suffolk was hand-drawn by Beatrix Potter, who visited often 🙂04 Jul 2026 05:42 +0000at://did:plc:3ur43afewsei3etjdixws5ev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpse25xnm22shttps://bsky.app/profile/octotulip.bsky.social/post/3mppsnq6xxs2c#AlphabetChallenge #WeekZForZany An ornamental peacock in Oakham, Rutland 🙂03 Jul 2026 05:25 +0000at://did:plc:3ur43afewsei3etjdixws5ev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mppsnq6xxs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/octotulip.bsky.social/post/3mpnak3kh4k2e#AlphabetChallenge #WeekZForZany An oversized advertising teapot at last year’s Royal Cornwall Show 🙂02 Jul 2026 04:56 +0000at://did:plc:3ur43afewsei3etjdixws5ev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpnak3kh4k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/octotulip.bsky.social/post/3mpkq5tc57k2k#AlphabetChallenge #WeekZForZany I love this wallpaper at St Austell Library. My favorites are the squirrel reading ‘How To Protect Your Nuts’ and the chipmunk with ‘Chip Happens’ 😂 Also #WallpaperWednesday01 Jul 2026 04:57 +0000at://did:plc:3ur43afewsei3etjdixws5ev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpkq5tc57k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/octotulip.bsky.social/post/3mpi6p6xtgs2h#AlphabetChallenge #WeekZForZany An interesting grotesque on Ely Cathedral. I couldn’t tell whether it was a gargoyle or not, I guess the mouth may have held a water pipe at some stage?30 Jun 2026 04:39 +0000at://did:plc:3ur43afewsei3etjdixws5ev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpi6p6xtgs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/octotulip.bsky.social/post/3mpfpzn4x7s2w#AlphabetChallenge #WeekZForZany Tolgus the lamb. Redruth’s mascot, in the library dressed as a detective for their murder mystery evening back in April 🙂29 Jun 2026 05:11 +0000at://did:plc:3ur43afewsei3etjdixws5ev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpfpzn4x7s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/octotulip.bsky.social/post/3mpd7pvbkd22k#AlphabetChallenge #WeekYForYonder The ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle, taken from the coast path near Craster, Northumberland.28 Jun 2026 05:14 +0000at://did:plc:3ur43afewsei3etjdixws5ev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpd7pvbkd22k