Michael-John
@mmajor7th.bsky.social
Musician. Neurodivergent/Autistic.
Hoodwinker of Grandchildren (just my own) at upper intermediate level.
Thinker/philosopher of elaborate pipedreams.
Trossachs, Scotland.
Hoodwinker of Grandchildren (just my own) at upper intermediate level.
Thinker/philosopher of elaborate pipedreams.
Trossachs, Scotland.
Loch Voil, Perthshire, Scotland, looking east.
In 2 days' time the Brown Trout fishing season starts and therefore my diet improves exponentially.
In 2 days' time the Brown Trout fishing season starts and therefore my diet improves exponentially.
March 13, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Loch Voil, Perthshire, Scotland, looking east.
In 2 days' time the Brown Trout fishing season starts and therefore my diet improves exponentially.
In 2 days' time the Brown Trout fishing season starts and therefore my diet improves exponentially.
Mirror Box.
Between Lochs Voil and Doine, Perthshire/Stirling County, Scotland.
Between Lochs Voil and Doine, Perthshire/Stirling County, Scotland.
March 13, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Mirror Box.
Between Lochs Voil and Doine, Perthshire/Stirling County, Scotland.
Between Lochs Voil and Doine, Perthshire/Stirling County, Scotland.
Minor success with today's surgery.
90% there, so I may need to refer the patient to a consultant.
90% there, so I may need to refer the patient to a consultant.
February 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Minor success with today's surgery.
90% there, so I may need to refer the patient to a consultant.
90% there, so I may need to refer the patient to a consultant.
"The Scent of Water" (pub 1975) a collection of Folk Tales by Carl MacDougall.
Illustrated by Alasdair Gray #GrayDay.
Carl was a close friend and mentor to me for 15 years up until his death in 2023.
He introduced me to Alasdair on a couple of occasions.
Illustrated by Alasdair Gray #GrayDay.
Carl was a close friend and mentor to me for 15 years up until his death in 2023.
He introduced me to Alasdair on a couple of occasions.
February 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
"The Scent of Water" (pub 1975) a collection of Folk Tales by Carl MacDougall.
Illustrated by Alasdair Gray #GrayDay.
Carl was a close friend and mentor to me for 15 years up until his death in 2023.
He introduced me to Alasdair on a couple of occasions.
Illustrated by Alasdair Gray #GrayDay.
Carl was a close friend and mentor to me for 15 years up until his death in 2023.
He introduced me to Alasdair on a couple of occasions.
Resetting a guitar neck; a first on this one since buying it in 2017.
The Luthier's stamp shows it was still being assembled in Quebec in Feb '17.
I bought it a month earlier (January) but didn't receive it until the April, but not unhappy about it, given the pleasure it brings me.
The Luthier's stamp shows it was still being assembled in Quebec in Feb '17.
I bought it a month earlier (January) but didn't receive it until the April, but not unhappy about it, given the pleasure it brings me.
February 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Resetting a guitar neck; a first on this one since buying it in 2017.
The Luthier's stamp shows it was still being assembled in Quebec in Feb '17.
I bought it a month earlier (January) but didn't receive it until the April, but not unhappy about it, given the pleasure it brings me.
The Luthier's stamp shows it was still being assembled in Quebec in Feb '17.
I bought it a month earlier (January) but didn't receive it until the April, but not unhappy about it, given the pleasure it brings me.
I get a real pleasure of taking something I'm attached to, breaking it down into its component parts, cleaning them and put it all back together.
I used to do it with toys and I've also done it with houses (which take slightly longer).
I used to do it with toys and I've also done it with houses (which take slightly longer).
February 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I get a real pleasure of taking something I'm attached to, breaking it down into its component parts, cleaning them and put it all back together.
I used to do it with toys and I've also done it with houses (which take slightly longer).
I used to do it with toys and I've also done it with houses (which take slightly longer).
Thursday was not just my first al fresco coffee but also my first day beyond my front door since 30th October last year that didn't involve a medical appointment.
However, I might now need to see a doctor regarding my cravings for Toblerone and an urge to yodel...
However, I might now need to see a doctor regarding my cravings for Toblerone and an urge to yodel...
February 1, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Thursday was not just my first al fresco coffee but also my first day beyond my front door since 30th October last year that didn't involve a medical appointment.
However, I might now need to see a doctor regarding my cravings for Toblerone and an urge to yodel...
However, I might now need to see a doctor regarding my cravings for Toblerone and an urge to yodel...
Brig O Michael, Trossachs, Scotland.
January 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Brig O Michael, Trossachs, Scotland.
I been invited to a joint Burns Supper and Chinese New Year party tonight.
A Chinese Burns night.
I really don't want to go but they've twisted my arm.
A Chinese Burns night.
I really don't want to go but they've twisted my arm.
January 25, 2025 at 4:41 AM
I been invited to a joint Burns Supper and Chinese New Year party tonight.
A Chinese Burns night.
I really don't want to go but they've twisted my arm.
A Chinese Burns night.
I really don't want to go but they've twisted my arm.
Lost some render/masonry from a chimney this year and a tree in my garden lost a branch that took out my neighbour's internet cable.
So I consider myself lucky.
I was even luckier a couple of years ago when the winds took out a Rowan tree and it fell exactly in the right place...
So I consider myself lucky.
I was even luckier a couple of years ago when the winds took out a Rowan tree and it fell exactly in the right place...
January 25, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Lost some render/masonry from a chimney this year and a tree in my garden lost a branch that took out my neighbour's internet cable.
So I consider myself lucky.
I was even luckier a couple of years ago when the winds took out a Rowan tree and it fell exactly in the right place...
So I consider myself lucky.
I was even luckier a couple of years ago when the winds took out a Rowan tree and it fell exactly in the right place...
It's a shame I only have two hands...
January 17, 2025 at 2:07 AM
It's a shame I only have two hands...
2/2.
After WW2, under the NHS it became a maternity hospital until the late 1970s. It was used as an Ambulance depot until the 1990s when it was sold off and subdivided into apartments.
Mark Knopfler (1949) his brother David (1952) were born there.
So was I, exactly 58 years ago.
After WW2, under the NHS it became a maternity hospital until the late 1970s. It was used as an Ambulance depot until the 1990s when it was sold off and subdivided into apartments.
Mark Knopfler (1949) his brother David (1952) were born there.
So was I, exactly 58 years ago.
January 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
2/2.
After WW2, under the NHS it became a maternity hospital until the late 1970s. It was used as an Ambulance depot until the 1990s when it was sold off and subdivided into apartments.
Mark Knopfler (1949) his brother David (1952) were born there.
So was I, exactly 58 years ago.
After WW2, under the NHS it became a maternity hospital until the late 1970s. It was used as an Ambulance depot until the 1990s when it was sold off and subdivided into apartments.
Mark Knopfler (1949) his brother David (1952) were born there.
So was I, exactly 58 years ago.
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Redlands House, Kelvinside Glasgow.
Built in 1870 for a wealthy merchant, it didn't remain a residential house for long.
In 1900 it became a Women's Hospital, specialising in Women's Health and staffed (Doctors, Nurses, Porters, Admin) entirely by women.
Redlands House, Kelvinside Glasgow.
Built in 1870 for a wealthy merchant, it didn't remain a residential house for long.
In 1900 it became a Women's Hospital, specialising in Women's Health and staffed (Doctors, Nurses, Porters, Admin) entirely by women.
January 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Redlands House, Kelvinside Glasgow.
Built in 1870 for a wealthy merchant, it didn't remain a residential house for long.
In 1900 it became a Women's Hospital, specialising in Women's Health and staffed (Doctors, Nurses, Porters, Admin) entirely by women.
Redlands House, Kelvinside Glasgow.
Built in 1870 for a wealthy merchant, it didn't remain a residential house for long.
In 1900 it became a Women's Hospital, specialising in Women's Health and staffed (Doctors, Nurses, Porters, Admin) entirely by women.
First job of the year: old ashes out, stove cleaned and polished, new fire lit.
Done! So it's now officially 2025 for me.
Happy New Year.
Done! So it's now officially 2025 for me.
Happy New Year.
January 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
First job of the year: old ashes out, stove cleaned and polished, new fire lit.
Done! So it's now officially 2025 for me.
Happy New Year.
Done! So it's now officially 2025 for me.
Happy New Year.
Today I have mostly been strumming a...
December 24, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Today I have mostly been strumming a...
I think mine might be lurking in my parent's loft along with my Fostex 4 Track.
December 23, 2024 at 8:41 PM
I think mine might be lurking in my parent's loft along with my Fostex 4 Track.
I was made by Cheetah electronics cost £60 (in 1986), had a basic kit but you could buy cassettes of other drum sounds.
It was better (and cheaper) than the Roland Dr Rhythm but not as good as the TR.
It was better (and cheaper) than the Roland Dr Rhythm but not as good as the TR.
December 23, 2024 at 8:38 PM
I was made by Cheetah electronics cost £60 (in 1986), had a basic kit but you could buy cassettes of other drum sounds.
It was better (and cheaper) than the Roland Dr Rhythm but not as good as the TR.
It was better (and cheaper) than the Roland Dr Rhythm but not as good as the TR.
...I have over 50 metres of drystone walling around my house in either need of repair or repositioning.
Where would I learn to this?
My overgrown garden once looked like this...
Where would I learn to this?
My overgrown garden once looked like this...
December 22, 2024 at 9:49 AM
...I have over 50 metres of drystone walling around my house in either need of repair or repositioning.
Where would I learn to this?
My overgrown garden once looked like this...
Where would I learn to this?
My overgrown garden once looked like this...
Sunday morning ritual.
December 22, 2024 at 8:51 AM
Sunday morning ritual.
While looking at some local history today, I've discovered an event that occurred almost opposite my driveway, on the other side of the road.
The dilemma is do I continue to play the lottery or do I put the money aside for a metal detector.
The dilemma is do I continue to play the lottery or do I put the money aside for a metal detector.
December 21, 2024 at 2:17 PM
While looking at some local history today, I've discovered an event that occurred almost opposite my driveway, on the other side of the road.
The dilemma is do I continue to play the lottery or do I put the money aside for a metal detector.
The dilemma is do I continue to play the lottery or do I put the money aside for a metal detector.
If Ikea sold bedside guitars, what product name would they give them?
December 21, 2024 at 11:52 AM
If Ikea sold bedside guitars, what product name would they give them?
One of the 'good days' of 2024.
The Tenement House, Garnethill, Glasgow.
Despite living 2 closes/doors away from it in the mid to late 80s, I'd never been inside this place until this year.
Apparently unchanged since the early 1900s.
The Tenement House, Garnethill, Glasgow.
Despite living 2 closes/doors away from it in the mid to late 80s, I'd never been inside this place until this year.
Apparently unchanged since the early 1900s.
December 21, 2024 at 11:42 AM
One of the 'good days' of 2024.
The Tenement House, Garnethill, Glasgow.
Despite living 2 closes/doors away from it in the mid to late 80s, I'd never been inside this place until this year.
Apparently unchanged since the early 1900s.
The Tenement House, Garnethill, Glasgow.
Despite living 2 closes/doors away from it in the mid to late 80s, I'd never been inside this place until this year.
Apparently unchanged since the early 1900s.
