Mick Bramham
@mickindorset.bsky.social
Lover of nature, philosophy, art (painting).
Concerned for social justice/equality, planet earth.
An ecological perspective on life.
Critical thinking ever more vital in a world being duped by rich dangerous deluded fools.
Existential psychotherapist Rtd
Concerned for social justice/equality, planet earth.
An ecological perspective on life.
Critical thinking ever more vital in a world being duped by rich dangerous deluded fools.
Existential psychotherapist Rtd
An oil sketch recently painted based on a local scene.
Note to wildlife photographers: No attempt made to accurately represent the local deer :)
And a Kestrel flying above, which I often see here.
For me its a pleasant deer dream - me watching them watching me :)
Note to wildlife photographers: No attempt made to accurately represent the local deer :)
And a Kestrel flying above, which I often see here.
For me its a pleasant deer dream - me watching them watching me :)
September 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
An oil sketch recently painted based on a local scene.
Note to wildlife photographers: No attempt made to accurately represent the local deer :)
And a Kestrel flying above, which I often see here.
For me its a pleasant deer dream - me watching them watching me :)
Note to wildlife photographers: No attempt made to accurately represent the local deer :)
And a Kestrel flying above, which I often see here.
For me its a pleasant deer dream - me watching them watching me :)
I see my local GP practice has a very eco-friendly security camera system in operation :)
So many blackbirds singing there.
Though I think the bench outside the entrance with a plaque dedicated to someone deceased doesn't inspire hope :(
So many blackbirds singing there.
Though I think the bench outside the entrance with a plaque dedicated to someone deceased doesn't inspire hope :(
June 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I see my local GP practice has a very eco-friendly security camera system in operation :)
So many blackbirds singing there.
Though I think the bench outside the entrance with a plaque dedicated to someone deceased doesn't inspire hope :(
So many blackbirds singing there.
Though I think the bench outside the entrance with a plaque dedicated to someone deceased doesn't inspire hope :(
The setting for part of the new filming of Thomas Hardy's Trumpet Major
June 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The setting for part of the new filming of Thomas Hardy's Trumpet Major
Looking from my bedroom window I see the crew filming a new version of Thomas Hardy's Trumpet Major.
So many retakes getting it just so :)
Speaking to them earlier, such a friendly crew.
The novel was based on this village and surrounding area.
So many retakes getting it just so :)
Speaking to them earlier, such a friendly crew.
The novel was based on this village and surrounding area.
June 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Looking from my bedroom window I see the crew filming a new version of Thomas Hardy's Trumpet Major.
So many retakes getting it just so :)
Speaking to them earlier, such a friendly crew.
The novel was based on this village and surrounding area.
So many retakes getting it just so :)
Speaking to them earlier, such a friendly crew.
The novel was based on this village and surrounding area.
enjoying 9 of these wee Mallard cuties paddling about
April 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
enjoying 9 of these wee Mallard cuties paddling about
He did an earlier one of them if you are interested to see :)
He has done a portrait of my brother too.
He was a good friend to my brother.
He has done a portrait of my brother too.
He was a good friend to my brother.
January 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
He did an earlier one of them if you are interested to see :)
He has done a portrait of my brother too.
He was a good friend to my brother.
He has done a portrait of my brother too.
He was a good friend to my brother.
Here it is !
Bramham children and ducks
Lucian Freud 1995
Polly now helps run a UK bird charity (you may have seen her with an Emu on TV in the autumn!)
Barney is a maths professor
Bramham children and ducks
Lucian Freud 1995
Polly now helps run a UK bird charity (you may have seen her with an Emu on TV in the autumn!)
Barney is a maths professor
January 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Here it is !
Bramham children and ducks
Lucian Freud 1995
Polly now helps run a UK bird charity (you may have seen her with an Emu on TV in the autumn!)
Barney is a maths professor
Bramham children and ducks
Lucian Freud 1995
Polly now helps run a UK bird charity (you may have seen her with an Emu on TV in the autumn!)
Barney is a maths professor
Already longing for spring.
My Border Collie knew just how to make lambs feel at ease.
He did that too with youngsters as he joined me when I worked with troubled children & their families.
Freud often had his dog in the room of therapy sessions.
I've never seen him credit them for any success.
My Border Collie knew just how to make lambs feel at ease.
He did that too with youngsters as he joined me when I worked with troubled children & their families.
Freud often had his dog in the room of therapy sessions.
I've never seen him credit them for any success.
January 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Already longing for spring.
My Border Collie knew just how to make lambs feel at ease.
He did that too with youngsters as he joined me when I worked with troubled children & their families.
Freud often had his dog in the room of therapy sessions.
I've never seen him credit them for any success.
My Border Collie knew just how to make lambs feel at ease.
He did that too with youngsters as he joined me when I worked with troubled children & their families.
Freud often had his dog in the room of therapy sessions.
I've never seen him credit them for any success.
The Corn Buntings I see here in Dorset UK
aren't so colourful, but I do enjoy them on the hedgerows above the sea ridge. This one is from the summer past
aren't so colourful, but I do enjoy them on the hedgerows above the sea ridge. This one is from the summer past
January 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The Corn Buntings I see here in Dorset UK
aren't so colourful, but I do enjoy them on the hedgerows above the sea ridge. This one is from the summer past
aren't so colourful, but I do enjoy them on the hedgerows above the sea ridge. This one is from the summer past
One can’t help but feel concern for this unknown lady in a portrait by Lucas de Heere. The time glass almost through, & the ominous image of the skull set uncomfortably near her.
Hoping the setting was alluding to the finitude of life in general (and nothing too personal or foreboding for her :)
Hoping the setting was alluding to the finitude of life in general (and nothing too personal or foreboding for her :)
December 21, 2024 at 2:31 PM
One can’t help but feel concern for this unknown lady in a portrait by Lucas de Heere. The time glass almost through, & the ominous image of the skull set uncomfortably near her.
Hoping the setting was alluding to the finitude of life in general (and nothing too personal or foreboding for her :)
Hoping the setting was alluding to the finitude of life in general (and nothing too personal or foreboding for her :)
I have tried unsuccessfully to find a contemporary view of Stonehenge from the very same angle as this watercolour by Lucas de Heere (Flemish portrait painter & poet) painted when he was in England 1570s fleeing from the Dutch Revolt against Philip II of Spain (whose portrait he had painted BTW).
December 21, 2024 at 2:14 PM
I have tried unsuccessfully to find a contemporary view of Stonehenge from the very same angle as this watercolour by Lucas de Heere (Flemish portrait painter & poet) painted when he was in England 1570s fleeing from the Dutch Revolt against Philip II of Spain (whose portrait he had painted BTW).
Oooh that looks exciting, another book just arrived in the post for my Christmas time reading.
A used book in pristine condition at a perfect price. Can't be bad! Going to need a very l o n g Christmas :)
A used book in pristine condition at a perfect price. Can't be bad! Going to need a very l o n g Christmas :)
December 16, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Oooh that looks exciting, another book just arrived in the post for my Christmas time reading.
A used book in pristine condition at a perfect price. Can't be bad! Going to need a very l o n g Christmas :)
A used book in pristine condition at a perfect price. Can't be bad! Going to need a very l o n g Christmas :)
Making sure I have enuf new books to hand for the Christmas season - Already begun this one and enjoying.
Perhaps in fairness to Nietzsche this could be the Anti-Christ-mas season for me :)
Perhaps in fairness to Nietzsche this could be the Anti-Christ-mas season for me :)
December 13, 2024 at 10:36 PM
Making sure I have enuf new books to hand for the Christmas season - Already begun this one and enjoying.
Perhaps in fairness to Nietzsche this could be the Anti-Christ-mas season for me :)
Perhaps in fairness to Nietzsche this could be the Anti-Christ-mas season for me :)
While I am down memory lane, so very long ago :)
This is the maternity hospital ward where I was born a couple of years after that pic was taken.
Notice the mask, they took airborne infectious diseases seriously in those days BTW
This is the maternity hospital ward where I was born a couple of years after that pic was taken.
Notice the mask, they took airborne infectious diseases seriously in those days BTW
December 13, 2024 at 10:04 PM
While I am down memory lane, so very long ago :)
This is the maternity hospital ward where I was born a couple of years after that pic was taken.
Notice the mask, they took airborne infectious diseases seriously in those days BTW
This is the maternity hospital ward where I was born a couple of years after that pic was taken.
Notice the mask, they took airborne infectious diseases seriously in those days BTW
Although only 3 yrs old I remember my 2 wk isolation (photo): an aunt waving through a window. A plastic steam train and carriage on the bedside locker, the fact that all my toys including teddy bear had to be burnt as I left.
I recall children with leg calipers struggling to walk, disabled by polio
I recall children with leg calipers struggling to walk, disabled by polio
December 13, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Although only 3 yrs old I remember my 2 wk isolation (photo): an aunt waving through a window. A plastic steam train and carriage on the bedside locker, the fact that all my toys including teddy bear had to be burnt as I left.
I recall children with leg calipers struggling to walk, disabled by polio
I recall children with leg calipers struggling to walk, disabled by polio
December 5, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Cecil in my garden waiting for his mum and some lunch
November 30, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Cecil in my garden waiting for his mum and some lunch
Here's Cecil with his mum. He jumped his nest in my garden rather early, but his mum popped by regularly
November 30, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Here's Cecil with his mum. He jumped his nest in my garden rather early, but his mum popped by regularly
Such a beautiful sunny, snowy, sheepy morning here
November 22, 2024 at 9:48 AM
Such a beautiful sunny, snowy, sheepy morning here
Reminds me of a small watercolour I did
October 28, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Reminds me of a small watercolour I did