Donald Gray
@dsg01.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor, environmentalist, academic, researcher, educator, husband, father, brother, climber, walker, gardener.
It's a fine morning on Corstorphine Hill!
November 7, 2025 at 9:07 AM
It's a fine morning on Corstorphine Hill!
I tried to sneak away without disturbing it, but it woke up! #foxoftheday
November 6, 2025 at 8:59 AM
I tried to sneak away without disturbing it, but it woke up! #foxoftheday
Came across a sleeping fox yesterday. It was a little high up on an old quarry ledge, but close enough to get a decent photo with the phone #foxoftheday
November 6, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Came across a sleeping fox yesterday. It was a little high up on an old quarry ledge, but close enough to get a decent photo with the phone #foxoftheday
Satya Tripathi and Ross Greer, Green MSP, at the Action for a Fairer World event at the Scottish Parliament "From vision to action: Global Insights with Satya Tripathi
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - What now and What Next?"
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - What now and What Next?"
September 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Satya Tripathi and Ross Greer, Green MSP, at the Action for a Fairer World event at the Scottish Parliament "From vision to action: Global Insights with Satya Tripathi
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - What now and What Next?"
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - What now and What Next?"
We heard the Cicada's "singing" in the trees opposite the holiday apartment in Liguria. On closer inspection today I found several exoskeletons from the Cicada nymphs, now emerged as adults, attached to the trunks of the trees. Possibly the ones we heard singing the past few days!
July 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
We heard the Cicada's "singing" in the trees opposite the holiday apartment in Liguria. On closer inspection today I found several exoskeletons from the Cicada nymphs, now emerged as adults, attached to the trunks of the trees. Possibly the ones we heard singing the past few days!
Test print for my linocut red squirrel. My skills/technique coming along, but still early days and much to work on.
June 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Test print for my linocut red squirrel. My skills/technique coming along, but still early days and much to work on.
"Il Ciabot", my attempt at a linocut print. Still a bit to learn and improve. (A Ciabot is a Piemontese term in north west Italy, for a kind of hut/small building, often in the middle of vineyards).
May 22, 2025 at 9:14 AM
"Il Ciabot", my attempt at a linocut print. Still a bit to learn and improve. (A Ciabot is a Piemontese term in north west Italy, for a kind of hut/small building, often in the middle of vineyards).
So here is a little watercolour bee that I did.
May 20, 2025 at 10:35 AM
So here is a little watercolour bee that I did.
Working in my garden office hut on this warm and sunny day with the door open. A nice sky!
April 30, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Working in my garden office hut on this warm and sunny day with the door open. A nice sky!
A quick experiment with home made ink (knopper oak gall - black) and beetroot (red). With acknowledgement to the Bridget Davies book for artistic expression
April 17, 2025 at 11:07 AM
A quick experiment with home made ink (knopper oak gall - black) and beetroot (red). With acknowledgement to the Bridget Davies book for artistic expression
Corstorphine wood is lively today - Merlin identifies.
April 15, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Corstorphine wood is lively today - Merlin identifies.
I’m back in sight of Monviso.
February 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I’m back in sight of Monviso.
An excellent gift from my wife on my big birthday, following on from the pre-birthday lunch and the Whisky Experience yesterday. Looking forward to this.
January 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
An excellent gift from my wife on my big birthday, following on from the pre-birthday lunch and the Whisky Experience yesterday. Looking forward to this.
Found some photographs of self portraits I drew/painted many years ago: "but I was so much older then I’m younger than that now". The painting (colour) was called Mr Gray's School Daze! Whatever happened to it? I think I still have the other two drawing somewhere.
January 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Found some photographs of self portraits I drew/painted many years ago: "but I was so much older then I’m younger than that now". The painting (colour) was called Mr Gray's School Daze! Whatever happened to it? I think I still have the other two drawing somewhere.
If you go down to the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise....
January 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
If you go down to the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise....
Monviso again at sunset!
December 28, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Monviso again at sunset!
Picturesque view of Monviso today.
December 26, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Picturesque view of Monviso today.
Looking forward to reading this. Theophrastus, the father of botany, and student of, and successor to, Aristotle.
December 6, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Looking forward to reading this. Theophrastus, the father of botany, and student of, and successor to, Aristotle.
My apologies if I misunderstood but the way I read it you are saying Ferrero Rocher are cheap French chocolates. Anyway, your article was very good, enjoyed it. I attach what I am referring to for the benefit of others.
December 1, 2024 at 8:08 PM
My apologies if I misunderstood but the way I read it you are saying Ferrero Rocher are cheap French chocolates. Anyway, your article was very good, enjoyed it. I attach what I am referring to for the benefit of others.
This morning long shadow is on Cramond foreshore. Another crisp, cold Bluesky morning.
November 22, 2024 at 9:16 AM
This morning long shadow is on Cramond foreshore. Another crisp, cold Bluesky morning.
It was a month ago we visited Lomé in Togo to run a workshop with teachers on school gardens. Great time with the teachers and amazing experience visiting some of the schools and gardens. But the poverty and lack of amenities was stark. Togo, one of the poorest countries in the world.
November 20, 2024 at 1:58 PM
It was a month ago we visited Lomé in Togo to run a workshop with teachers on school gardens. Great time with the teachers and amazing experience visiting some of the schools and gardens. But the poverty and lack of amenities was stark. Togo, one of the poorest countries in the world.
A crisp, cold, Bluesky morning in the long shadow time of year. Good morning.
November 20, 2024 at 9:11 AM
A crisp, cold, Bluesky morning in the long shadow time of year. Good morning.
Delighted to have presented our School Garden Briefing paper to the Scottish Parliament's CPG on Gardening & Horticulture last week, with Laura Coluci-Gray and Jonathan Hancock: tinyurl.com/3x5k5n66
November 18, 2024 at 11:04 AM
Delighted to have presented our School Garden Briefing paper to the Scottish Parliament's CPG on Gardening & Horticulture last week, with Laura Coluci-Gray and Jonathan Hancock: tinyurl.com/3x5k5n66
Well here I am on Bluesky, so I thought I’d start with this handsome fox caught on my garden trailcam last night.
November 16, 2024 at 1:25 PM
Well here I am on Bluesky, so I thought I’d start with this handsome fox caught on my garden trailcam last night.