T'Ogre

@macogre.bsky.social

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Befuddled bikepacker. Glacially learning hungarian. Largely ignored YT UG Metal reviewer. Smiles a lot but doesn't know why. About to embark on a ham-fisted attempt at renovating my Kawasaki GPz 750 turbo.

Sunny day on a country bridleway. Thousands of blooming dandelions on one side. Two Chihuahuas walking beside them, tongues out. A black smudge in the background is their Patterdale Terrier brother, who has caught the scent of something and lingering behind.
Black cat with white flash on mouth living the dream in a cardboard box that he only just fits in. He has made sure that the box flaps are positioned as an effective defence tactic against marauding Chihuahuas and is relishing the box's position on a bench next to a radiator.
Black Patterdale X terrier. Just the head staring at the camera in a way that looks he is reading your mind. Quite shaggy with prominent eyebrows and a beard.
Blue and cream chihuahua with huge bat ears peaking over the back of a sofa which gives the impression of just a disembodied head. Typical chihuahua eyebrow markings that hint at disapproval.
Grainy photo of a dapper young fellow dressed in black biker jacket and jeans astride his Tribsa motorcycle. Brick wall in background, bike on a tarmac'd area. The bike is a Triumph Thunderbird 650 engine in a BSA Golden Flash frame. Classic chromed sides on the tank. My first "big bike" and first of many "pride and joys."
Dougal as a puppy. Black and gold chihuahua, short haired, still pudgy with little fat feet. He is at on a throw with a very serious expression on his face, which looks a little comical because at that stage he still had a lazy right eye.
Mountain bike in a sunny forest glade. Absolutely filthy, you can't tell the frame colour, which is titanium. Leant against a wooden open shelter covering a picnic bench.
Front and back of a 1980 Motorhead - Ace Up Your Sleeve tour t-shirt. Once black but now a very faded almost translucent grey. Ace of Spades logo on the front and venue list (UK) on the back, including Leicester De Montfort Hall, where I had all my ear wax blasted out.
Bird feeder hanging in a hedgerow in the countryside, with barren harvested fields on each side. The feeder is hanging from a moss covered branch in a slight gap between the other straggly hawthorne branches. There is a mix of seed in the bowl and a canopy over it positioned to keep bigger birds from using it. The idea being that tits, robins and birds up to blackbird size will benefit most.
A scene set in autumn sunshine after the harvest in England, Double track bridleway to the left leading towards an oak in full leaf. Old wooden building in the mid-distance and a line of green conifers in the far distance. Hazy blue sky with text I have written bemoaning the state of the world.
My black Patterdale Terrier in mid-flight. He's the rough haired variety and is going grey on the face now. He's 13 years old but he doesn't know it.
The Moon, just after half phase. Craters, ridges and mountains emphasised by the terminator. Looks more like an orange in texture along this point.
Chihuahua puppy, black and cream coloured, posing for the camera. His eyes haven't straightened yet.
A picture after heavy snow. The sun is trying to break through a heavy mist and is silhouetting a couple of leafless, spindley small trees. Even with the soft yellow orb of the sun, it is really just shades of grey.
A daft black dog laughing at the prospect of cold paws. He's a Patterdale Terrier and he don't care.