Mike
mikethechemist.bsky.social
Mike
@mikethechemist.bsky.social
Inorganic Lab Technician and Radiation Protection Supervisor. OU Chemistry Undergraduate student. Astronomy, Railways, Restoring two vintage locomotives.
A nice bright Cloud Iridescence this evening. Not often you get to see one of these. 🔭🐡☁️🧪
July 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Back home now from my 9 day adventure starting in London and working my way around the Netherlands. Rotterdam, Gouda, Boskoop, Utrecht, Amsterdam, The Hague and back to London for a few days via Belgium and France. Such a beautiful country the Netherlands with some of the friendliest people ever.
July 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Last morning of my 9 day trip around the Netherlands and London.
July 8, 2025 at 11:12 AM
A nice boat tour around Amsterdam this morning. 🇳🇱🚤⛴️
July 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
A visit to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam today. A fabulous collection of art work with a superb audio tour. Shame it was spoilt by a really rude member of staff 😔 🎨🖌️🖼️👨‍🎨
July 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
A lovely afternoon in Oosterpark Amsterdam
July 4, 2025 at 11:32 AM
The suns shining, I’m on top of the world (well A’DAM Lookout anyway). A glass of Rose wine, Florence and the machine belting out and amazing views of Amsterdam. Cheers. 🍷☺️🇳🇱🌇
July 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Woke up to this view from my hotel room in Amsterdam. I didn’t expect to see these in the Netherlands. 🦜🪶🇳🇱
July 3, 2025 at 10:33 AM
A quick visit to Stoom Stichting Nederland this morning to see a few British built locos amongst the Dutch and German ones. Really friendly staff.
July 2, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Rotterdam from the viewing platform of Euromast.
July 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Rotterdam Old harbour and the Erasmus bridge. ✈️🚢⛴️🇳🇱
July 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Had a great day visit Boskoop in the Netherlands and Bonsai Plaza. Such an amazing nursery with a fantastic collection of bonsai and the friendliest and most welcoming staff.
June 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
At St Pancras station early on a Monday morning for the start of my next adventure in the Netherlands.
June 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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DAYTIME MOON PHASES LAUNCHING TOMORROW!💫
Ahhh I don't have the words to explain how much I LOVE these!🥹

All pieces are infused with genuine Moon Dust to bring the universe to you!🥰

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May 30, 2025 at 11:23 AM
A little bee loving the flowers on my Satsuki Azalea ‘Kotaro’ today. 🌳🌱✂️🌺🐝
#bonsai
May 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
My two Satsuki Azalea bonsai have come into flower. My young tree is full of blooms whereas my specimen Satsuki has produced only two flowers. Satsuki Azalea are amazing little trees in that they can produce a variety of different colours on the same plant.
May 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Maximum of the eclipse (37.1% coverage from my location) at 11:03am.
March 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The Partial Solar Eclipse (UK) currently taking place. Taken on my Seestar S50.
March 29, 2025 at 11:09 AM
A nice morning at Bonsai Fest in Newark. Some stunning trees on show and lots of goodies to buy.
March 16, 2025 at 12:39 PM
A quick visit to the science museum this morning. Saw the Apollo 10 CM, some of the British space program from the late 60’s early 70’s and lots of other interesting exhibits. Off to the Natural Histroy Museum for the afternoon.
February 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The Moon, Jupiter and some random bridge.
February 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Mugs are now live on my store!🥳

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Email subs I sent you the discount and that's valid until the end of the month. Don't miss out on your discount!💜

I honestly adore how well these turned out.🤭

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#Artist #Art #Artwork #Mug #SmallBusiness #Space #SpaceArt
January 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Took the Seestar out again and had a quick go at the Moon, M42, M81,M82 and NGC2976 and an attempt at the Pacman Nebula but the fog rolled in and cut it short. Such a fantastic little scope.
January 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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JUST ADD HOT WATER!🥳

You can call me a magician as well as an artist now?🤭

Heat activated mugs launching on Saturday!
My email subscribers will get a discount on these until the end of January.

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January 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Took the Seestar for another outing last night. A few teething troubles with locating objects and focusing but tried M45 the Pleiades. Doing well until I didn’t see it disappear behind a transmitter 🤦🏻‍♂️. I tried the Rosette Nebula and managed to capture 20 minutes of M81 and M82.
January 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM