Simon Summerisle
@simonsummerisle72.bsky.social
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Tourettes, Autism, Astronomy, Nature, Cricket and Running. Rubbish at all of them.
I'm thrilled by the spectacular response I had to my moon halo photo. I've written a little blog post to go with it - lots of other good nature stuff on this blog too.
#nature
#writing
#photography
#moon
#luna
#astronomy
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The Halo
Clear skies, hexagonal ice crystals in the air, meant that the moon on Tuesday night put on a spectacular 22 degree halo for those skywatch...
https://creamcrackerednature.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-halo.html
about 7 hours ago
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The moon sported one hell of a halo last night
#nature
#astronomy
#photography
#moon
#astronomy
about 18 hours ago
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Snowdrops. In November!
#writing
#nature
#wildflowers
#photography
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Snowdrops. In November.
My idea of Spring is perhaps different from others; I consider it to be the season when the ground starts erupting with new growth and flow...
https://creamcrackerednature.blogspot.com/2025/12/snowdrops-in-november.html
3 days ago
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I've wanted to write about this icon of our town for a little while.
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#writing
#photography
#industry
#crane
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The Sentinel
The Sentinel has been watching over the people of our town for months now, perhaps as long as a year. I think it has no human operator. It...
https://creamcrackerednature.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-sentinel.html
7 days ago
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The great sentinel rising up through the fog
#photography
11 days ago
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There were some serious skies this evening
#nature
#photography
#sunset
#sky
#skyscape
#autumnwatch
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Flaming Skies
The combination of rain falling, with dark clouds clearing the horizon at sunset, led to spectacular skies this evening. Si All text and i...
https://creamcrackerednature.blogspot.com/2025/11/flaming-skies.html
16 days ago
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Well the sunset turned the skies aflame under light rain
#nature
#photography
#sunset
#rainvow
16 days ago
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸
20 days ago
*Never* be late serving dinner to your dog
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Dog shoots owner in the back after jumping on shotgun left on bed: Police
A 53-year-old man in Pennsylvania has been hospitalized after his canine accidentally fired a shotgun at him, police said.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/dog-shoots-owner-back-after-jumping-shotgun-left/story?id=127492296
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The great sentinel piercing in to the gravid rain clouds
#nature
#photography
#industry
#skyscape
20 days ago
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Is it possible to take a moody atmospheric photo of a toadstool? Let's try with this shaggy inkcap
#nature
#fungi
#photography
22 days ago
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The greatest tree of our town
#nature
#writing
#trees
#autumnwatch
#photography
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The Great Tree
There is a tree that I have long believed to be the largest tree in town, and I haven't come across anything to make me doubt this. Indeed,...
https://creamcrackerednature.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-great-tree.html
22 days ago
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Found a plant that is seemingly called "love lies bleeding" !
#nature
#wildflowers
#photography
26 days ago
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Hour's walk this afternoon, get my Tourettes head straight. Sunset over sconce fort.
#nature
#sunset
#photography
27 days ago
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Snowy and blackening waxcaps for fungi Friday!
#nature
#fungi
#photography
28 days ago
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It's a shaggy inkcapa sunset!
#nature
#photography
#fungi
29 days ago
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"It's spring!" thinks this buttercup and baby speedwell. The mild wet weather has fooled them.
#nature
#photography
#wildflowers
29 days ago
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The campus rosemary bush is full of hibernating rosemary beetles. A pretty obvious place to find them, but I love these glittering little bugs.
#nature
#beetles
#photography
#autumnwatch
about 1 month ago
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Still enjoying seeing things on the wing!
#nature
#writing
#photography
#autumnwatch
#bees
#bumblebees
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Late Season Critters
It's been a week of mist, fog, and grey skies depositing various amounts of rainfall on our heads. Storms are expected later in the week. ...
https://creamcrackerednature.blogspot.com/2025/10/late-season-critters.html
about 1 month ago
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The new buff tailed bumblebee queens are on the move, looking for hibernation sites
#nature
#bumblebees
#photography
about 1 month ago
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Still some bumblebees about when the English sun shines
#nature
#writing
#photography
#bumblebees
#wildflowers
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Make the Most of the Bright Days
Well, I've just hit 21 years old again, and getting over a Tourettes mega phase and all the manic nonsense that accompanies it. Hot weathe...
https://creamcrackerednature.blogspot.com/2025/10/make-most-of-bright-days.html
about 2 months ago
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My sister receibg the best approach from a male she will receive all year
#nature
#photography
#goat
about 2 months ago
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Last of the coralberry flowers getting a buzzy customer
#nature
#rspb
#bees
#photography
about 2 months ago
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The full harvest moon last night amid the clouds.
#nature
#moon
#photography
#astronomy
about 2 months ago
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Good morning from this common flower fly. This was taken yesterday though. This actual morning is grey and damp, and storm Amy is going to be blowing a hoolie with heavy rain later on. For when I cycle home, in fact.
#nature
#insects
#photography
2 months ago
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Here's a golden furry lovely, the common carder bee Soon be time for this queen to take a nap
#nature
#bumblebees
#photography
2 months ago
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The sentinel who watches over me for months now
#photography
#industry
#crane
2 months ago
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Slow but in the library gardens. Did a little seed collecting too
#nature
#insects
#wildflowers
#photography
2 months ago
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Still some dragonflies about, enjoying autumn sun
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#nature
#writing
#dragonflies
#bees
#photography
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Sunbathing Dragonflies
For some reason, the cycle track bridge over the A1 becomes a favourite sunbathing spot for dragonflies this time of year. More specifical...
https://creamcrackerednature.blogspot.com/2025/09/sunbathing-dragonflies.html
2 months ago
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Running at sunset again
#nature
#sunset
#running
#photography
2 months ago
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The book of Tourettes was opened again.
#writing
#tourettes
#sketch
#neurodiverse
2 months ago
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Common carder bumblebee queen enjoying autumn toadflax. Must be a new queen getting a nest site sorted for hibernation.
#nature
#bumblebees
#photography
2 months ago
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More late season creatures and colours
#nature
#writing
#photography
#bees
#bumblebees
#wildflowers
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The Last of late Season Colour
The warm weather disappeared largely very quickly, replaced by unsettled weather and occasionally heavy rain that blocked my guttering and ...
https://creamcrackerednature.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-last-of-late-season-colour.html
3 months ago
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Still small flashes of colour in my planters.
#nature
#wildflowers
#photography
3 months ago
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Got a buff tailed bumblebee in flight. Still in good condition this one! My tics didn't scare it away lol.
#nature
#bumblebees
#photography
#tourettes
3 months ago
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End of season honeybees find our extensive campus coralberry bushes vital. There's not much left around here.
#nature
#bees
#photography
3 months ago
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Autumn wraps it's golden arms around us, the temperature declined, the weather gets wetter. Here's a green veined white butterfly enjoying a patch of sunshine on our campus badlands.
#nature
#butterflies
#photography
3 months ago
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A small white butterfly and other insects as autumn arrives
#nature
#writing
#wildflowers
#butterflies
#bumblebees
#photography
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Photo Dump amid more Health Issues
Summer's over, Autumn begins, and with that I've had a sudden spike in Tourettes, IBS and eczema symptoms. Joyous stuff. Goes to show how n...
https://creamcrackerednature.blogspot.com/2025/09/photo-dump-amid-more-health-issues.html
3 months ago
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Water lily in the pond at the nature garden. Needed to see it. Tough couple of days. For some reason my Tourettes symptoms, IBS and eczema have all flared up simultaneously. Grrrrr.
#nature
#wildflowers
#photography
#tourettes
3 months ago
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Another sunset run around the lake. A slow run nursing a slightly sore Achilles.
#nature
#running
#sunset
#photography
3 months ago
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More small creatures in my camera
#nature
#bees
#bumblebees
#butterflies
#photography
#writing
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https://creamcrackerednature.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-tiny-brown-argus.html
3 months ago
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Just did a spot of naked eye and binocular astronomy. A little cloudy but managed to get the summer triangle for you.
#astronomy
#nature
#photography
3 months ago
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It's very humid today. Some threatening towering clouds, but no thunder and only a couple of showers.
#nature
#skyscape
#photography
3 months ago
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Brown argus on campus. I'm having anxiety related breathing stuff going on today. Not had that for a long time.
#nature
#butterfly
#photography
3 months ago
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Back to work after time off I wanted to use constructively, but ended up hobbling nowhere much with a back spasm and sciatica. It is now berry season on campus
#nature
#photography
#rosehip
#hawthorn
3 months ago
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So, my back spasm eased enough to allow me to get back out there and "create content"
#writing
#nature
#photography
#butterflies
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A Butterfly in the Garden
Finally I have some new content for you! I've had a rotten few days. I've had time at work, but gave myself a back spasm - thanks again, cr...
https://creamcrackerednature.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-butterfly-in-garden.html
4 months ago
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Bumblebee on a marigold. The heat has been making me feel very skanky and I've pulled a muscle in my back to ruin my time off. Lololol.
#nature
#bumblebee
#photography
4 months ago
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Late afternoon pottering about brought me a butterfly at the park and a read by the castle
#nature
#butterflies
#photography
4 months ago
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The Museum of English Rural Life
4 months ago
those damned outdoor pigs can't keep getting away with this
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Found a teeny tiny baby ladybird on creeping thistle
#nature
#insects
#photography
4 months ago
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Let me introduce you to the bee-wolf, and some rather lovelier critters
creamcrackerednature.blogspot.com/2025/08/late...
#writing
#nature
#photography
#wasps
#bees
#bumblebees
#wildflowers
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Latest Critters from our Campus
Welcome back! What have I been up to? Well, struggling with food is where I have been. I'm now wheat intolerant as well as lactose intolera...
https://creamcrackerednature.blogspot.com/2025/08/latest-critters-from-our-campus.html
4 months ago
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