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Chris Bond<p>Printed colour postcard showing The Four Stones at Clent Hills in Worcestershire, a folly constructed in c.1750. Published by John Price &amp; Sons, Bilston. Not numbered. Postally unused, but is c.1910.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StandingStones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStones</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Follies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Follies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClentHills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClentHills</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Postcards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Postcards</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a></p>
Atlas Obscura<p>Little Ellingham Clock Tower in Little Ellingham, England</p><p>A unique clock tower in the garden of an elegant Victorian hall.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=follies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>follies</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=clocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>clocks</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>section-Atlas</span></a><br><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/little-ellingham-clock-tower" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Little Ellingham Clock Tower</a></p>
Atlas Obscura<p>Spire of Lloyd in Kells, Ireland</p><p>“Ireland’s only inland lighthouse” is not actually a lighthouse at all.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=follies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>follies</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=lighthouses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lighthouses</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=towers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>towers</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>section-Atlas</span></a><br><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/spire-of-lloyd" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Spire of Lloyd</a></p>
Atlas Obscura<p>Twin Cities Gardens in Bordeaux, France</p><p>These gardens whisk you away to Japan and Morocco—without leaving Bordeaux.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=trails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trails</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=naturepreserves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>naturepreserves</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=follies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>follies</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=landscapes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>landscapes</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=public" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>public</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=japanesegardens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>japanesegardens</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=sistercities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sistercities</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=parks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parks</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=gardens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gardens</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>section-Atlas</span></a><br><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/reserve-ecologique-des-barails-twin-cities-gardens" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Twin Cities Gardens</a></p>
Atlas Obscura<p>National Monument of Scotland in Edinburgh, Scotland</p><p>A never-finished memorial to the heroes of the Napoleonic War has become "Scotland's Folly."<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=follies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>follies</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=architecturaloddities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecturaloddities</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>section-Atlas</span></a><br><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/national-monument-of-scotland" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">National Monument of Scotland</a></p>
Hotspur🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦<p>Musical Interlude: My 59th birthday was Saturday. I fell in love with this song during the COVID lockdown and it's never been completely out of mind ever since. I dedicate this to myself for making another year.</p><p>"I'm Still Here," performed by Yvonne De Carlo.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79TNvSSv0I4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=79TNvSSv0I</span><span class="invisible">4</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/MusicalInterlude" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MusicalInterlude</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Broadway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Broadway</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/YvonneDeCarlo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YvonneDeCarlo</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/StephenSondheim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StephenSondheim</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/MyBirthday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MyBirthday</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/AnotherYearDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnotherYearDown</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Follies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Follies</span></a></p>
JBRoss<p>"The power of habit and the charm of novelty are the two adverse forces which explain the follies of mankind." — Maria De Beausacq — — — <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/MariaDeBeausacq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MariaDeBeausacq</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/habit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>habit</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/poer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/charm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>charm</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/novelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>novelty</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/folly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folly</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/follies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>follies</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/adverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adverse</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/forces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>forces</span></a></p>
Ultra Verified 🇺🇦<p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Sunak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sunak</span></a> attacks <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Farage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Farage</span></a> </p><p> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Follies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Follies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Tory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Shambles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shambles</span></a> 🤣</p>
Atlas Obscura<p>Philosopher's Tower in Wimborne Saint Giles, England</p><p>A small tower where a philosopher once speculated on human nature and morality.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=follies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>follies</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=buildings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>buildings</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=towers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>towers</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>section-Atlas</span></a><br><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/philosophers-tower" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Philosopher's Tower</a></p>
Chris Bond<p>Monochrome real photographic postcard of "Druid Circle (?) near Winchester", though actually shows a 20th century folly near Bramdean in Hampshire, created as a monument to a horse. Publisher or photographer not stated, not numbered. Postally used in 1913. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Follies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Follies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hampshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hampshire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bramdean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bramdean</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Postcards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Postcards</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a></p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@StillIRise1963" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>StillIRise1963</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/follies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>follies</span></a> .... Just trying to help out ;)</p>
Atlas Obscura<p>White Nancy in Bollington, England</p><p>A strange Georgian folly sits atop a lonely hill.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=folliesandgrottoes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folliesandgrottoes</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=follies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>follies</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=monuments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monuments</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=memorials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>memorials</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=hiking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hiking</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=warmemorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>warmemorial</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>section-Atlas</span></a><br><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/white-nancy-bollington-england-kerridge-hill" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">White Nancy</a></p>
Atlas Obscura<p>The Faringdon F.U.N. and Folly Tower in Faringdon, England</p><p>The eccentricities of a former lord include painted pigeons of his manor house, a series of pointless plaques, and a folly built simply to peeve the public.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=architecturaloddities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecturaloddities</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=towers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>towers</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=follies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>follies</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>section-Atlas</span></a><br><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/faringdon-fun-and-folly-tower" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Faringdon F.U.N. and Folly Tower</a></p>
Betsy<p>The sun comes up<br>I think about you<br>The coffee cup<br>I think about you<br>I love you so<br>It's like I'm losing my mind</p><p>The morning ends<br>I think about you<br>I talk to friends<br>I think about you<br>And do they know <br>it's like I'm losing my mind?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sondheim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sondheim</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Follies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Follies</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MusicalTheater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MusicalTheater</span></a></p>