John Johnston
@johnjohnston.info
Retired primary school teacher, Scotland.
Part time Product owner Glow Blogs
https://johnjohnston.info
Likes, blogs, rss & podcasts. Being outside.
Posting to BlueSky mostly from my blog, POSSE.
Part time Product owner Glow Blogs
https://johnjohnston.info
Likes, blogs, rss & podcasts. Being outside.
Posting to BlueSky mostly from my blog, POSSE.
Kilpatrick braes, yesterday, short loop. Low clouds, some drizzle and a few bright spells. Quite warm. Paths like burns after yesterday’s heavy rain. On the first field a buzzard hunting. A couple of ravens appeared & moved it off. After the deer fen... https://johnjohnston.info/blog/ravens-buzzard/
November 13, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Kilpatrick braes, yesterday, short loop. Low clouds, some drizzle and a few bright spells. Quite warm. Paths like burns after yesterday’s heavy rain. On the first field a buzzard hunting. A couple of ravens appeared & moved it off. After the deer fen... https://johnjohnston.info/blog/ravens-buzzard/
Walk to greenside in the autumn rain yesterday. Low cloud & mostly very dull, made the few yellow leaves and other colours pop a bit.
November 9, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Walk to greenside in the autumn rain yesterday. Low cloud & mostly very dull, made the few yellow leaves and other colours pop a bit.
Telex AI Mobile Post Creator: https://johnjohnston.info/blog/telex-ai-mobile-post-creator/
October 31, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Telex AI Mobile Post Creator: https://johnjohnston.info/blog/telex-ai-mobile-post-creator/
Walking up Slackdhu in the Campsies this afternoon, as a few patches of this fungi. Golden Spindles I think. Happy to be corrected. #Fungi
October 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Walking up Slackdhu in the Campsies this afternoon, as a few patches of this fungi. Golden Spindles I think. Happy to be corrected. #Fungi
A lot of deer around today, lots of bellowing from stags.
October 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
A lot of deer around today, lots of bellowing from stags.
A dull afternoon, breezy with the threat of drizzle. Walked round the short loop on the Kilpatrick braes. As I came back on the road by the cattle grid I heard a harsh call from the ‘hawthorn field’ next to the gate. It kept going and Merli... https://johnjohnston.info/blog/the-braes-a-jay-an-egret/
October 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
A dull afternoon, breezy with the threat of drizzle. Walked round the short loop on the Kilpatrick braes. As I came back on the road by the cattle grid I heard a harsh call from the ‘hawthorn field’ next to the gate. It kept going and Merli... https://johnjohnston.info/blog/the-braes-a-jay-an-egret/
ScotsEduBlogs Update: https://johnjohnston.info/blog/scotsedublogs-update/
October 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
ScotsEduBlogs Update: https://johnjohnston.info/blog/scotsedublogs-update/
I’ve been messing about with the simplest ImageMagick scripts again.
magick "$file" -threshold 25% -fill white +opaque black "${file%.*}bw25.gif"
Sort of thing. Changing the threshold repeatedly. A few more on Flickr. I am not sure why I like these but I do.
magick "$file" -threshold 25% -fill white +opaque black "${file%.*}bw25.gif"
Sort of thing. Changing the threshold repeatedly. A few more on Flickr. I am not sure why I like these but I do.
October 7, 2025 at 10:39 AM
I’ve been messing about with the simplest ImageMagick scripts again.
magick "$file" -threshold 25% -fill white +opaque black "${file%.*}bw25.gif"
Sort of thing. Changing the threshold repeatedly. A few more on Flickr. I am not sure why I like these but I do.
magick "$file" -threshold 25% -fill white +opaque black "${file%.*}bw25.gif"
Sort of thing. Changing the threshold repeatedly. A few more on Flickr. I am not sure why I like these but I do.
After Storm Amy it brightened up a little this morning. This Red Admiral to the chance of a bit of sunlight. !wonder how many more we will see this year. A bit later I saw a white flying around too, despite the wind. #butterfly
October 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
After Storm Amy it brightened up a little this morning. This Red Admiral to the chance of a bit of sunlight. !wonder how many more we will see this year. A bit later I saw a white flying around too, despite the wind. #butterfly
A red admiral In the pink. As I took the wings closed image a bee flew very close, wings snapped open.
September 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
A red admiral In the pink. As I took the wings closed image a bee flew very close, wings snapped open.
Walking down from Ben Reoch, l notice a ginger bundle off to the right, not quite bracken. Looking at it through my camera’s zoom and it is a fox, head buried in the grass. After a moment or two its head comes up and stares intently into the grass. After a... https://johnjohnston.info/blog/hill-fox/
September 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Walking down from Ben Reoch, l notice a ginger bundle off to the right, not quite bracken. Looking at it through my camera’s zoom and it is a fox, head buried in the grass. After a moment or two its head comes up and stares intently into the grass. After a... https://johnjohnston.info/blog/hill-fox/
World’s Sharpest Knife: https://johnjohnston.info/blog/worlds-sharpest-knife/
September 2, 2025 at 12:58 PM
World’s Sharpest Knife: https://johnjohnston.info/blog/worlds-sharpest-knife/
Getting to be a bit of a butterfly blog. Walked the RSPB site at Ardmore last Tuesday. Highish tide & a strong breeze. The path was often protected by windward bushes. Lots of small tortoiseshells & some painted ladies basking. Devils-bit scabious flowering. Some whites too, mainly green-veined.
September 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Getting to be a bit of a butterfly blog. Walked the RSPB site at Ardmore last Tuesday. Highish tide & a strong breeze. The path was often protected by windward bushes. Lots of small tortoiseshells & some painted ladies basking. Devils-bit scabious flowering. Some whites too, mainly green-veined.
Flickr Months: https://johnjohnston.info/blog/flickr-months/
August 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Flickr Months: https://johnjohnston.info/blog/flickr-months/
Lots of butterflies on the walk to Greenside today. Small tortoiseshells, Painted Ladies, Red Admirals and Green veined whites.
August 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Lots of butterflies on the walk to Greenside today. Small tortoiseshells, Painted Ladies, Red Admirals and Green veined whites.
On Monday I was planning a walk but it felt a bit hot to go to the hills. I got the train to Milngavie and walked back down the Kelvin walkway to Glasgow.
Saw the first kingfisher on the Allander water which kept my eyes on every overhanging ... https://johnjohnston.info/blog/river-kelvin-walk-2/
Saw the first kingfisher on the Allander water which kept my eyes on every overhanging ... https://johnjohnston.info/blog/river-kelvin-walk-2/
August 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
On Monday I was planning a walk but it felt a bit hot to go to the hills. I got the train to Milngavie and walked back down the Kelvin walkway to Glasgow.
Saw the first kingfisher on the Allander water which kept my eyes on every overhanging ... https://johnjohnston.info/blog/river-kelvin-walk-2/
Saw the first kingfisher on the Allander water which kept my eyes on every overhanging ... https://johnjohnston.info/blog/river-kelvin-walk-2/
Two Small Heath Butterflies #butterfly.
August 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Two Small Heath Butterflies #butterfly.
Life in Links 64: https://johnjohnston.info/blog/life-in-links-64/
August 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Life in Links 64: https://johnjohnston.info/blog/life-in-links-64/
Afternoon, Kilpatrick Braes. Very hot. Buzzards mewing & raven croaking in blue sky. Quite a lot of peacock butterflies, mostly on downy thistles. A couple of red admiral & fritillaries flying by. A few whites by the road. Heather out, braes purple. At the turn a lizard wriggled off over the grass.
August 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Afternoon, Kilpatrick Braes. Very hot. Buzzards mewing & raven croaking in blue sky. Quite a lot of peacock butterflies, mostly on downy thistles. A couple of red admiral & fritillaries flying by. A few whites by the road. Heather out, braes purple. At the turn a lizard wriggled off over the grass.