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Justin

County Fermanagh, previously Peak District, Manchester before that.

Like hiking, classical music, art, wildlife, gardening.

Don't like bananas.

He/him. Trans ally. 🏳️‍⚧️

Used to blog at: http://www.occasionallylost.com/
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One from the archives for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme - #BranchingOut.

Photo: Derbyshire Dales, February 2020

#Birds #BlueskyPhotography #Wildlife #EastCoastKin #PeakDistrict
A blue tit perched, facing the camera, on a thin branch with incipient buds. The bird and branch are on the left of the frame, the rest of the picture is the clear blue sky in the background.
December 30, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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#NowPlaying #ClassicalMusic

Roussel: Suite in F

Detroit Symphony, Paul Paray

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A screenshot of a Mercury Living Presence album cover for a disc of orchestral works by Chabrier and Roussel, performed by the Detroit Symphony and Paul Paray.
December 30, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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Fed up of festive fare, we're back on proper food from today - well, until New Year's Eve anyway...

🍽️😋

#WhatsForTea #VegetarianFood #HomeCooking
A cast iron casserole containing baked rice, chickpeas, roasted pepper, and tomatoes. On top of the food, there are five lemon slices arranged in a circle around a sixth slice in the middle
December 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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#NowPlaying #ClassicalMusic

Françaix: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra

Mona and Rica Bard, Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Ariane Matiakh

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A screenshot of a Capriccio album cover for a disc of concertos for two pianos by Françaix and Poulenc.
December 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge
#ThemesWeek

WeekSforSunsets 🥰
December 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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On this day in 2020, a wintry walk up the hill from the village we lived in at the time - and then back to a warm welcome.

🥾 ☃️ 😄

#OnThisDay #Winter #Scape #Landscape #PeakDistrict #EastCoastKin #Photography
South Head - a hill with a distinctive profile. Here it is covered in snow, its white slopes divided up by the dark lines of dry stone walls. There are some scattered clumps of bare trees lower down the hillside. The edges iof high moorland can be glimpsed behind South Head, below an overcast sky. View down into a fold between two snow-covered hills. There are bare trees below and a dry stone wall runs downhill on the right. On the opposing slope, a stone barn with a collapsed roof stands out against the white field. Behind that hill, a wider valley can be seen below with a small town, woodland and farmland. There is a line of larger, rugged hills on the far side of this valley. Everywhere is covered in snow and the sky is cloudy. View across snow covered fields and patches of woodland. Dry stone walls form dark lines on the white landscape. On the left, a long whaleback shaped ridge runs from the left across most of the horizon. It dips towards the right of the frame, ending with a small but distinctive hill: these are Rushup Edge and Mam Tor, respectively. The sky is overcast and dominated by a large, darker grey cloud. A snowman in front of a farm wall. He is smiling, waving with one hand and holding a spade in the other. He is also wearing a cloth cap. There are the walls of farm buildings behind him, a mix of breeze block and corrugated metal construction.
December 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Composer.

I suppose Lully and Rameau will have to serve as "main characters" here - at a glance, they seem to have the largest number of pages listed in the index but I'm not going to tot them up to find out who wins.
Text that reads: You are now forced to have the same job as the main character in the last book you read. What is the job? A hand holding a book called: French Baroque Opera - A Reader It is edited by Caroline Wood and Graham Sadler and published by Ashgate/Routledge.
December 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Morning, folks... Off we go again!

It's the last Monday of 2025 and as always I hope you all have a great week, wherever it takes you.

😎👍

Photo: Lower Lough Erne, December 2024

#MondayMotivation #BlueSkyMonday #Scape #EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #Photography #Fermanagh
View down a wooden jetty, which extends out into the calm waters of a lake. The water is blue, reflecting the clear blue sky above. On the right, there is part of an island covered in trees at the edge of the frame. In the distance, on the horizon, a low line of hills and trees can be seen on the far side of the lake.
December 29, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Xmas Eve - The Barrett Family Band rocked Sherwood.
Barrett Family Band (4 of us) playing outside Brigitte Bordeaux wine shop in Sherwood on Xmas Eve. The one and only rehearsal of the year.
December 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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#NowPlaying #ClassicalMusic

Boismortier: Don Quichotte Chez La Duchesse

Soloists, Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet

Production: Chateau de Versailles, Shirley and Dino, Louise Narboni

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A hand holding a DVD case for a production of Don Quichotte Chez La Duchesse by Boismortier
December 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Two for the price of "swan" today (Ho! Ho! Ho!) - a festive one on Castle Island and a real one swimming alongside Broadmeadow. Both photos from a visit to the dog park and a riverside stroll afterwards this lunchtime.

#SwanSunday #BirdOfTheDay #Enniskillen #EastCoastKin
View across a river. There is a castle on the water's edge with high walls and two round towers. The top floor and roof of the keep can be seen. On the right there is an island. There are bare trees on it and a large, decorative swan covered in fairy lights on its shoreline. Behind this, up in the town, a large church is set against an overcast sky. A white swan on the dark waters of a river.
December 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Today's Mavis pic...

This is because we glanced at each other and then I started talking to her. She's a very good listener.

😄 🐾
A German Shepherd lying on the floor and resting her chin on a brown, leather foot stool. She is gazing up at me as I take the photo.
December 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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You can learn a lot about a person based on who their favourite muppet is.

Always Gonzo, right from being a little kid. 🥰
A photo of the Muppet Gonzo. He is wearing a striped shirt that clashes with his a loud, patterned tie.
December 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Tully Castle, by Lower Lough Erne, in Fermanagh.

Photo: December, 2022

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#CastleSaturday #History #Ireland #Scape #EastCoastKin #BlueskyPhotography #Photography
The remains of a small castle. It has no roof but the walls are in good order and stand tall. There are a few window openings around its sides and a doorway at the base of the wing on the right. There is a lawn in the foreground. Clear blue sky in the background and above.
December 27, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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I brought home a pocket full of peat from a walk on the bog for this one: It's mixed into the oil paint. Oil & peat on linen, 60 x 80cm. 20% off all available wk until the 31st (+ free p&p in Europe - other destinations contact for quote - payment plans on request) www.artachart.com/available-work
A bogland landscape in limited palette of browns and golds, with a warm white fluffy cloud & blobs of bog cotton. The dark brown of the bog bottom right is a thick layer of oil paint mixed with peat.
December 27, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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A daye wythout anachronism ys lyke Emily Dickinson wythout her lightsaber.
December 27, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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Doxey Pool, on The Roaches in Staffordshire, is said to be the home of Jenny Greenteeth, who lurks below the surface and drags unsuspecting passers-by, particularly children, to a watery grave.

Photo: Boxing Day, 2017

#OnThisDay #FolkloreFriday #Scape #Landscape #Photography #EastCoastKin
A pool on a moorland ridge. It is reflecting the luminous but cloudy sky above. It is surrounded by large gritstone outcrops and boulders.
December 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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#FieldfareFriday A Fieldfare for boxing day.
#FieldfareFriday A Fieldfare for boxing day.
December 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Boxingday 🐎
December 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Today's Mavis pic...

It's all so exhausting.

🎄 💤 🐾 💤 🐾 💤 🐾 🎄
A German Shepherd stretched out along a sofa, leaning on my outstretched leg. Her front legs are crossed and resting on my knees.
December 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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A bit later this year but I fell asleep on the sofa this afternoon before cooking dinner instead of afterwards... Easily knocked over champagne flutes have been temporarily retired for obvious reasons - and by "obvious reasons" I mean the one in the background.

🐾 😄
A Christmas dinner on a plate with roasted and mashed potatoes, roast parsnips and roast sprouts, and a latticed vegetable pastry parcel. There is gravy poured over the food. Two small glass tumblers on a red striped tablecloth. Each has a glass sculpture inside it - one of a snail and one of a duck. A German Shepherd is standing on a dining chair and looking at them.
December 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Illustration by Moomins author, Finnish artist Tove Jansson.
#December25th #ArtAdvent 🎄 ❄️ #ChristmasDay 🤍
Illustration of figures from the Moomins book series sitting around a fire in a magical snowy forest
December 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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How delicately a Romanesque angel uses the lightest touch of a finger to wake one of the magi, snuggled with the other 2 under their embroidered circular blanket at St Lazare, Autun, c1130 (& how beautifully the textures of pillow & blanket are represented).

Season's greetings to you all!
December 25, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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#NowPlaying #ClassicalMusic

Holst: Christmas Day

Soloists, City of London Choir, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Hilary Davan Wetton

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A screenshot of an album cover for a disc of vocal works on a Christmas theme. The label is Naxos. The album is called In Terra Pax - A Christmas Anthology.
December 25, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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The homemade nativity from my sons’ childhood that comes out every year. I think my favourite is the king in a wonky crown who seems to have brought a lettuce leaf for Baby Jesus.
Wonky nativity made from clay with Joseph, Mary and Jesus, three kings, shepherds and sheep on a square of felt.
December 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM