Ush

@ush.bsky.social

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Nasty, brutish, short.

Close up of a battered bronze ring on a finger, with a carnelian intaglio of a bee.
The author Edward Gorey reclining face up on a sofa with feet up on a coffee table. Eyes closed, trouserless. Three at least somewhat striped cats surround him, one of them on his chest.
Close up of the interior of an enamelled gramophone horn with a modern speaker in it. Along with a surprising (non-zero) amount of pasta and sauce.
A cairn at the centre of a circular ditch partially filled with water. The sun is reflected in the water, and a low stone circle can be seen behind it, with hills and a few trees in the background. Taken at Beaghmore in Northern Ireland.
The statue of Churchill in Parliament Square, seen from behind, with protestors’ legs visible on the other side of the statue and a progress pride flag fluttering from his stick against a blue sky with a dusting of cloud.
Black and white dog snout sticking out from under an orange blanket, in low light.
The nose and eyes of a sad-looking black and white dog sticking out from under a blanket.
Strava screenshot of the year to date showing, among other things, 500km run.
Your dream Christmas Song is the Christmas no. 1 the year you were aged 10 covered by the last artist you played on Spotify
Outlines of a full back tattoo of a stylised ray (sea, not sun) by artist superroger, with blue remnants of the stencil where the black bits will be. An old tattoo, a lizard, is partially blasted over.
A melamine plate covered in tiny little plasticine interpretations of Leonard Cohen’s lyrics. They include a bird on a wire, a blue raincoat and tea and oranges.
Very sad black and white dog swaddled in blankets.
A drawing on black card of a tent with four figures (two big, two small) inside it. The people, and the moon above them, are in gold. The tent outlines are in silver and are a Leonard Cohen verse: Dance me to the children who are asking to be born Dance me through the curtains that our kisses have outworn Raise a tent of shelter now, though every thread is torn Dance me to the end of love
A very happy six year old in a red, blue and yellow clown costume.
An urban fox, standing in front of a paved driveway in daylight, side-on but looking at the camera.
Black and white dog with his lip caught on his teeth looks into camera. He looks very silly.
A still of a lawyer in the Simpson asking Sideshow Bob the question: “What about that tattoo on your chest? Doesn’t it say ‘Die, Bart, die’?” Sideshow Bob replies: “No. That’s German for ‘The Bart, the’.”
A sign next to railway tracks saying “Vietato attraversare i binari”, which is translated out of shot as “Do not cross the railway lines”, rather ruining the joke.
Black and white photo from the 1950s of a an older Sardinian woman in black traditional dress and head covering. She is holding a cat, who is either ginger or tabby with a white bib. Photo taken by Marianne Sin-Pfältzer.
Calico cat sitting on a laptop keyboard.
Two cormorants, one with wings spread, silhouetted against a grey sky, hanging out on a pylon.
Calico cat reclining.
Slightly beaten up looking calico cat, with extensive whiskers, a pink nose and tufty ears.
Ludicrously plumey calico cat tail.
Long-haired, slightly dishevelled calico cat, standing by food bowls.
A glossy black cormorant preening on top of a yellow crane against a blue sky.
A black and white dog (a collie/terrier cross) basking in the morning sun against a backdrop of a pale blue painted floor and white kitchen cabinets.