Ruby

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Hello from Scotland. 👋 I dabble in many things.

A cross stitch design showing the pink panther wearing shorts and a loud shirt. He's wearing black sunglasses and holding a cocktail with a straw and a slice of orange.
Meme photo of DJ John Peel. He's wearing headphones sitting at a mixing desk.
A piece of white Aida cross stitch fabric with the outline of the pink panther stitched in black. He's wearing black sunglasses, a shirt and shorts, and he's holding a cocktail glass with a straw and a piece of fruit on the rim. There's no colour stitches yet, only the black outlines.
An embroidery hoop holding white Aida cross stitch fabric. There are a small number of black stitches showing what may be part of a shirt.
Off-white cross stitch fabric with a crescent moon shape stitched on it. The moon shape is filled with building/architectural shapes in pink, purple, and blue tones. A dark coloured cat sits on the inner crescent of the moon shape with its tail dangling down on top of the buildings.
A piece of off-white Aida cross stitch fabric with some building/architectural shapes stitched on it. The stitches are in blue, pink and purple tones, and overall they form a crescent moon shape.
A rather wrinkly piece of cross stitch Aida fabric (fresh out of the hoop) with a design partially stitched on it. The design shows building/architectural shapes in pink and purple tones. A hoop and some binder clips are just visible at the edges of the image.
A cross stitch design on pale fabric. The word 'Hope' is spelt out in very tall thin letters, with something of an art deco styling. The letter 'O' is filled with bands of different colours is subtle tones. Each colour band is shaped something like an arrow head, coming to a sharp point in the middle.
A cross stitch pattern stitched onto white fabric. It shows a black tower with red flowers underneath.
An embroidery hoop with white fabric. There is a partial design stitched in black and red on the fabric.
An art deco cross stitch design within an embroidery hoop. There are angular black lines with pink and purple filled areas.
An embroidery hoop holding a cross stitch work in progress. The design is art deco with black angular lines. Two areas are filled with purple and pink. The pink is ok but would have looked better if it were a shade darker. Oh well, live and learn.
An embroidery hoop holding biege coloured cross-stitch fabric. There is an art deco design stitched on it, mostly made up of black angular lines. There's a small diamond section coloured in purple near the top.
An embroidery hoop holding some beige fabric with a partially complete black art deco design stitched on it.
An embroidery hoop holding bright pink fabric with a design stitched onto it showing several white daisies and a bee.
A piece of cross stitch Aida fabric in an embroidery hoop. A small part of a design has been stitched in black thread, and it's looking a bit phallic-shaped at the moment (entirely unintentional!)
A white greeting card with a cutout area, which shows a pink Aida fabric with a simple white flower design cross-stitched onto it.
A cross stitch project in an embroidery hoop. The fabric is a dirty beige colour and it has the word 'Welcome' stitched on it. Underneath is a partially stitched castle structure. All stitches are in a dark red, dried blood colour.
An embroidery hoop containing a beige coloured cross stitch fabric. The word 'Welcome' has been stitched in a gothic-style font using thread the colour of dried blood. An almost complete circular border surrounds the text with the bottom part currently being worked on.
A cross stitch design on a pale fabric. The fabric has a slightly mottled effect. The cross stitch design shows two black stems with multiple purple coloured leaves.
A red-coloured greeting card with a cross stitch pattern stuck onto it. The cross stitch shows Pikachu with some balloons.
An embroidery hoop containing a nearly complete cross stitch design of Pikachu with three balloons.
An embroidery hoop holding a cross stitch design with a lot of yellow and black stitches.
A partially complete cross stitch design on Aida fabric. It shows a robin within a white arch with green leaves and red berries around the edge.
Purple Aida fabric in an embroidery hoop with a cross stitch design showing white flowers with green stems and leaves.
Purple fabric in an embroidery hoop. A small part of the design is complete showing two white flowers with green stems.
A piece of fabric with a cross stitch design stitched onto it. The fabric is a biege colour and the design shows a Charles Rennie Mackintosh-style rose in mostly pink tones.
An embroidery hoop holding a cross stitch design. There's a pink outside square border. Within the border, there's a rose in the Charles Rennie Mackintosh style, also done in shades of pink with dark gray outline.
An embroidery hoop containing fabric with a partially complete Cross-stitch project. Currently there is a pink square border with a pale pink crescent-like shape within the border.
A screenshot of a headline and accompanying image from a news article. The image shows long tables with various fancy cakes. The headline reads 'Frosting, sprinkles and layers of fun: Giant cake picnic hits Sydney'. Picnic, not panic!
A cross stitch of a tree made in a celtic-knot style. The tree is a dark purple with various shades of pink for the leaves.
A cross stitch showing three spruce trees with the sun behind them (well, it might be the moon actually, I'm not 100% sure). The larger foreground tree is dark brown and the two slightly behind it are a beige colour. The design is stitched on ecru coloured evenweave fabric.
A screenshot of the Wordle game. The boxes where the letters are entered/displayed are tiny.
Photo of a cross stitch piece. It has black and white zigzags at the top and bottom, stitched on red fabric. In the centre it has the text "Damn fine cup of coffee" with a white coffee mug.
A screenshot from the BBC website showing a headline which reads "Man, 53, arrested after car hits pedestrians at Liverpool FC parade".
The photo shows part of a 3d model of Glasgow Cathedral and surrounding area, including some other buildings, a couple of roads and lots of trees. It's a bit of street art or maybe a 3d map that stands on a plinth by a wall near the cathedral. It's made out of copper which has turned green with age. The very tip of the cathedral is still copper-coloured however, as people must constantly touch it and that's worn away the green patina.
A footpath travelling through some mainly grassy countryside.
A curving path runs from the left to the right of the photo. There is a black bench beside the path which overlooks a river running parallel to the path. There are autumnal trees on the other side of the river and one large tree near the bench. The large tree has shed all of its leaves leaving green moss-covered branches visible.
A partial view of the top of a gravestone, with the text "John... who died 18 Feb..." just visible. The stone is covered in ivy obscuring other details. It's a frosty day and many of the leaves have a white frost on them.
A view of the inside of the newly restored Notre Dame Cathedral. It's taken from a very high angle (a balcony above the nave I presume). The nave is filled with the workers who restored the cathedral, several hundred in total is my guess. The cathedral looks wonderful!
An illustration of a Calmac ferry with the black hull dominating the lower part of the image. A map of Scotland is superimposed on the hull with Calmac's ferry routes outlined. There is text reading "Caledonian MacBrayne, sailing to 55 Scottish ports... sometimes"
A map of the Greater Glasgow area showing the 80 odd sunbed parlours in the district. Each place has a flame icon as its marker.
Text from an information sign about the stone. It reads: Welcome to the Dunfallandy Stone This elaborately-carved stone was raised here more than 1,200 years ago as a symbol of faith and power. Marking a place of prayer, the stone was set prominently on a mound once topped by a chapel. Its carved designs show the sophistication of Pictish culture, mixing influences from across the British Isles and Europe with local traditions and beliefs. A coloured stone? Some scholars believe it possible that sculptures like this one were once coloured. Pictich artists may have used mineral pigments like yellow ochre, red lead and green verdigris to echo the style of contemporary metalwork and illuminated manuscripts. The information board also contains some illustrations of what the cross might look like if it were coloured and gives some further information on the carvings on the stone.
A map titled 'Scotland's Stone Circles'. It shows the locations of stone circles in the country. The title and coastline are made from small circles. There is a (dodgy looking) standing stone at the bottom left. The map is on a dark background with the title and markers in a bright turquoise(ish) colour.
An image titled 'British streets named with Beatles forenames'. It shows four separate maps of Britain with markers indicating the locations of the streets. The maps are labelled as follows: John Street Number of occurences: 326 Paul Street Number of occurences: 16 George Street Number of occurences: 501 Ringo Street Number of occurences: 0
Wednesday Addams figure with a rainbow behind her
A Wednesday Addams figure with her back to the viewer. She's standing on a rough stone surface looking out towards a mainly blue sky, with some pink tinted clouds just above the horizon.
A vintage style map of the village of East Linton
A map showing part of South West England titled 'Hams of Southern England ' It shows a number of places whose names start with 'Ham'. The map is mainly pink coloured and it has an illustration of a cartoon pig's face in the title area. There is text at the bottom reading "Ham comes from Old English and means Home, Farm or Estate. Sadly it has absolutely nothing to do with pigs."
A map showing the number of wins each country has had in the Eurovision song contest
A map showing the town of Pitlochry and surrounding area. It's titled "A walk around Craigower Hill and Moulin in Pitlochry, Scotland". The map shows a walking route to Craigower and includes some photos taken on the route. The photos are meant to look stuck on the page with tape giving it a scrapbook kind of vibe.
TRADITIONAL WEATHER RHYMESThe rain in Spain Makes climate change Quite plain.Red sky at night the whole planet's alight. Red sky in the morning we all ignored the warning.
Two maps of the village is Drymen, showing how the village has grown since around 1923 till the present day in 2024. The first map from 1923 has a small number of buildings and roads. The modern map shows many more buildings and roads.
There are two maps shown in the image, and they are titled 'Lands End to John O' Groats virtual walk'. One map is of the whole of the UK mainland with a trail in red running from the south west of England to northern Scotland. The trail has 100 mile markers along it. The other map is a close up version of the Cornwall area showing the same trail. A small part of the trail is green, showing the miles walked. There is some text at the bottom summarising the distances walked, which are 17 miles / 27km, out of 1188 miles total / 1907km.
A view of the sea. In the foreground is a long breakwater which curves round towards a small red and white lighthouse.
Purple lavender flowers blowing in the wind
A path in the foreground leads to a large glasshouse building with a multi tier glass roof and decorative pediment above the entrance. There are trees to the left of the building. The image is monochrome.
A colourful pic showing a long low canal boat with red paint around the windows. It sits in the water with its reflection showing. There are some trees, grass and a tall-ish building in the background, and another smaller boat further along the canal.
A railway bridge over a river. The bridge has many arches.