Rick Gaehl

@rickgaehl.bsky.social

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Retired bloke in Devon who identifies as European and is interested in politics, the environment, photography, the arts, history, cycling, and stuff. All photos are mine unless credited elsewhere. Also to be found here: https://mstdn.social/@RickGaehl

A bowl of yellow plums viewed from above.
Sturdy wooden trestles cast strong shadows on a sandy beach, while the wind eddies the sand.
Close-up of an iron post, covered in green weed, with a corroded metal arm for tying boats to.
End wall of a Norman church, seen from the outside.
A grassy mountain can be seen in the gap between trees.
View through a maize field.
Two windows in a crumbling wall. There is no glass in the windows, but they are covered by chicken mesh, and the wall has creeper growing over it.
A host of lily pads on a pond, with two white water lilies.
A pair of sunglasses sit on a brown, wooden rail in the sunshine. A scene of pine trees and clouds is reflected in them.
A white bike stands on a grassy bank, with a lake behind and trees beyond that.
View of a hillside with grass turning brown and scattered trees.
A long, straight drainage canal in a flat landscape. There are reeds and grasses on the bank, lily pads in the water, and trees in the distance. Three swans are swimming on the water.
Silhouette of a chimney stack and pot against a blue sky. There are ferns growing all around the chimney pot.
The gable end of a half-timbered building, with six, irregular windows. The wall is painted in a yellow ochre colour, apart from the timbers.
Blue water with pine trees reflected in it, together with three posts and their reflections.
A reflection of pine trees in a small lake with many lily pads.
A leg of cured ham hangs in front of a window with a white frame and red shutters.
Close-up of a deep red rose.
Colourful clouds and a dark blue sky seen over rooftops.
Brightly coloured canal boats tied up in front of historic buildings.
An old, stone, church wall, with two windows and an iron cross.
Replica of a Neolithic, wooden trackway across a marsh.
A large field, surrounded by woodland. The grass has been recently cut, and the field is dotted with large, round hay bales. There is a lone tree and a telegraph pole in the middle of the field.
Stained glass window with a floral design and parkland outside.
Large, green leaves and small, yellow flowers with raindrops puddled on them.
Looking through the floor of a bridge made of steel grids at the water and lilies below.
View over a reedy pond, framed by trees and shrubs.
A bike leans against a bench, with a background of water, reeds and trees.
View over bike handlebar towards a railway tunnel with lights.
A hairpin bend in a rocky gorge.
View over the sea at sunset, with an orange sun peeping out from behind clouds.
The maximum temperatures that the UK could experience in 2056, as modelled by the Met Office
The television tower in Berlin, at night.
The stump of a dead tree with holes in it.
A broken bowl lies at the bottom of a butler sink.
Sheep grazing in an undulating field on a sunny day.
View of the ruins of Lindisfarne Priory, showing part of the 'rainbow arch', and looking towards the west front.
View through a multi-paned window onto a garden path and a wooden gate in about hedge.
Close-up of pink and blue roseate blooms of the purple stonecrop.
Close-up of purple geraniums, with a bee collecting pollen in one of them.
A split tree limb showing reddish wood and dark red gum.
Modernist interior with tubular steel furniture and orange upholstery.
Picture of an American desert, with cacti in the foreground and red hills in the background.
Two trees lit by oblique sun in a field of brown grass, with misty, forested hills in the background.
Interior of Salt's Mill with works by David Hockney.
View of the entrance to the Arsenale in Venice.
Side view of a ruined abbey church made of yellow sandstone.
Whitewashed cottages built into a rockface.
Looking up at the arches of a Roman aqueduct made of grey, stone blocks.
A small canal in Venice, with brick buildings either side, a single boat, some window boxes, and laundry.
A bank of white flowers, with some pink ones in the foreground, and the sea in the background.
View through a window with glass so old it turns the view into a blur.
Two corroded, bent screws, with traces of paint and lichen on them, lie, crossed, on a wooden surface.
A restless sea, with blue water and white foam.
A receding line of medieval, stone, roof arches.
A water channel runs through wetlands, with reeds and grasses on the banks. There are trees in the distance, and a single swan swimming away from the viewer.
Stone-built foot tunnel with bright light at the end.
Green and red lovebirds with their nesting boxes.
A highly decorated stepped gable made of brick, with an arched window.
A sailing boat with furled, brown sails sits, moored, by a river bank.