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Simon Summerisle
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Tourettes, Autism, Astronomy, Nature, Cricket and Running. Rubbish at all of them.
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The moon sported one hell of a halo last night

#nature #astronomy #photography #moon #astronomy
December 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Snowdrops. In November!

#writing #nature #wildflowers #photography

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Snowdrops. In November.
My idea of Spring is perhaps different from others; I consider it to be the season when the ground starts erupting with new growth and flow...
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December 2, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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I've wanted to write about this icon of our town for a little while.

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#writing #photography #industry #crane
The Sentinel
The Sentinel has been watching over the people of our town for months now, perhaps as long as a year.  I think it has no human operator. It...
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November 28, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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The great sentinel rising up through the fog

#photography
November 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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There were some serious skies this evening

#nature #photography #sunset #sky #skyscape #autumnwatch

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Flaming Skies
The combination of rain falling, with dark clouds clearing the horizon at sunset, led to spectacular skies this evening.  Si All text and i...
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November 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Well the sunset turned the skies aflame under light rain

#nature #photography #sunset #rainvow
November 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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*Never* be late serving dinner to your dog

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Dog shoots owner in the back after jumping on shotgun left on bed: Police
A 53-year-old man in Pennsylvania has been hospitalized after his canine accidentally fired a shotgun at him, police said.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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The great sentinel piercing in to the gravid rain clouds

#nature #photography #industry #skyscape
November 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Is it possible to take a moody atmospheric photo of a toadstool?

Let's try with this shaggy inkcap

#nature #fungi #photography
November 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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The greatest tree of our town

#nature #writing #trees #autumnwatch #photography

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The Great Tree
There is a tree that I have long believed to be the largest tree in town, and I haven't come across anything to make me doubt this. Indeed,...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Found a plant that is seemingly called "love lies bleeding" !

#nature #wildflowers #photography
November 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Hour's walk this afternoon, get my Tourettes head straight.

Sunset over sconce fort.

#nature #sunset #photography
November 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Snowy and blackening waxcaps for fungi Friday!

#nature #fungi #photography
November 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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It's a shaggy inkcapa sunset!

#nature #photography #fungi
November 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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"It's spring!" thinks this buttercup and baby speedwell. The mild wet weather has fooled them.

#nature #photography #wildflowers
November 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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The campus rosemary bush is full of hibernating rosemary beetles.

A pretty obvious place to find them, but I love these glittering little bugs.

#nature #beetles #photography #autumnwatch
November 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Still enjoying seeing things on the wing!

#nature #writing #photography #autumnwatch #bees #bumblebees

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Late Season Critters
It's been a week of mist, fog, and grey skies depositing various amounts of rainfall on our heads. Storms are expected later in the week.  ...
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October 21, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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The new buff tailed bumblebee queens are on the move, looking for hibernation sites

#nature #bumblebees #photography
October 21, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Still some bumblebees about when the English sun shines #nature #writing #photography #bumblebees #wildflowers

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Make the Most of the Bright Days
Well, I've just hit 21 years old again, and getting over a Tourettes mega phase and all the manic nonsense that accompanies it.  Hot weathe...
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October 13, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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My sister receibg the best approach from a male she will receive all year

#nature #photography #goat
October 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Last of the coralberry flowers getting a buzzy customer

#nature #rspb #bees #photography
October 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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The full harvest moon last night amid the clouds.

#nature #moon #photography #astronomy
October 7, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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Good morning from this common flower fly. This was taken yesterday though.

This actual morning is grey and damp, and storm Amy is going to be blowing a hoolie with heavy rain later on. For when I cycle home, in fact.

#nature #insects #photography
October 3, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Here's a golden furry lovely, the common carder bee

Soon be time for this queen to take a nap

#nature #bumblebees #photography
October 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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The sentinel who watches over me for months now

#photography #industry #crane
September 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM