In a world with uncertainty, fear and chaos, somethings remain constant & self-care becomes a necesssity. New visitors to my garden yesterday, four in total! #UKWildlife #BirdOfTheDay #Speckles&spots #Ornithology #NaturePhotography #birdphotography

Jaysus. They must have the heating turned right up in Fermanagh.

#NowPlaying #ClassicalMusic Mackenzie: Twelfth Night, Overture Op. 40 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Brabbins 🎶 Seemed appropriate... #TwelfthNight

Look out, little fella! 😯 Photo: Starling, back garden April 2025 #BirdOfTheDay #Speckles&Spots #Birds #WildlifePhotography #Nature #EastCoastKin #BlueMonday #BlueskyMonday #AllMetalMonday #Fermanagh

"Psst! What are we all supposed to be looking at?" 🤔 Photo: Starlings from the kitchen window, Oct 2024 #BirdOfTheDay #Speckles&Spots #Birds #WildlifePhotography #Nature #EastCoastKin #BlueMonday #BlueskyMonday #Fermanagh

Sun and moon. ☀️❄️🌕 Another few centimetres of snow overnight but it's back to rain from tomorrow... #Sunrise #BlueMonday #Winter #Scape #EastCoastKin #Fermanagh #NorthernIreland #Ireland

Well, here we go... First new week of the new year - hope you all have a good one, wherever it takes you. 😎👍 #MondayMotivation

✌️💚☕️ #photography #night #moon #landscape

A #snow shower moving towards the Antrim Hills early this afternoon. Some places in #NorthernIreland have no snow, others have lots - so some schools have announced closures for tomorrow. In this photo the wind turbine on the right is the one which appears in photos taken from the back of my house.

Well folks ..........tonight's the night for another 12 wonderful potters to enter @gladstonepottery for @potterythrow . Its funny how it seems so long ago when we filmed it . They are such a great bunch of potters . 😊 #Sunday at 7.30pm on @channel4 #studiopottery #feelthefearanddoitanyway

Big house, big tree, big stick. 🏠🌲🐾 A walk at Castle Coole this afternoon. #Fermanagh #NationalTrust #NorthernIreland #Ireland

Still reflections

Winter colour 💛 #SundayYellow from the Mersey Valley #Manchester

A foraging water rail at my local reed bed.

So folks Rob has asked me to cover today’s #BirdOfTheDay as he had a very late night. Today’s theme on the hop is #snowy bird captures or #goldenhour bird captures. I took this early morning today. Good luck folks. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

Hello, Sunday! What took you so long? I've been up for hours... 👋😎 #Sunrise #SundayYellow #Stunday #Scape #Landscape #Photography #EastCoastKin #Fermanagh #NorthernIreland #Ireland

Winter pansy yesterday. 🌼 #SundayYellow #Gardening #BloomScrolling #EastCoastKin #Fermanagh

Kingfisher at Cannon Beach #westcoastkin #kingfisher #cannonbeach

Today's Mavis pic. Someone call Columbo - there's been a case of snowmicide down the park and people are losing their heads... ☃️ 🐾 😮

'Tyler's Path' Ink Private Collection.

So here is probably the zillionth photo of this (and it’s a tall one btw) but I don’t care because it’s mine. All mine! 🤪🤪🤪 #FullMoon2026 #WolfMoon2026

#NowPlaying #ClassicalMusic J. C. Bach: Symphony Concertante in E flat major for 2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 violins, 2 violas, and cello. The Hanover Band, Halstead 🎶 People can be a bit sniffy about the music of "The London Bach" but to me it's balm for the soul and some days you really need that.

A beautiful day for a walk on Silver How above Grasmere. Bitterly cold and paths turned to rivers of ice but the views were superb.

The finished piece: oil on panel, 100 x 70cm. Portrait of my late father, from an old photo. I wanted to created a sense of transience, but simultaneously make him part of that place, rooted into the landscape. #portrait #grief #Mawddachestuary #Wales

Not exactly amazing quality as I barely had time to grab my phone and zoom in but it was certainly a sight to behold as these majestic swans flew down into the Erne estuary. Photo: Creevy Coastal Walk, Donegal, 2023 #BirdOfTheDay #CaughtInMotion #Birds #Photography #EastCoastKin #Donegal #Ireland

That Siegfried Sassoon sure could write 'em (when he wanted to).

Mavis, having fun earlier on. 😄 ❄️ 🐾

It's a chilly one out there this morning and the snow's still falling... Hope you all have a good weekend! 🌨️ ❄️ 🌨️

A view of Lough Foyle, taken from the Moville to Greencastle coastal path in Co #Donegal last Tuesday. #scape #landscape #seascape #EastCoastKin #rocks #sand #Ireland

#NowPlaying #ClassicalMusic Wranitzky: Symphony in D major, Op. 37 NDR Radiophilharmonie, Rolf Gupta 🎶

Introduce yourself with what almost killed you. Blocked artery. Although the 1.5 hour wild ride in the back of an ambulance, sirens blaring, from SWAH to Altnagelvin* often felt more like a "close to death" experience. * Because emergency surgery at SWAH has been suspended for 3 years now.

#NowPlaying #ClassicalMusic Martin: Petite Symphonie Concertante, Op. 54, for harp, harpsichord, piano, and strings. Guibentif, Jaccottet, Ruttimann, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Armin Jordan 🎶 It must be years since I last played this, even though it's a favourite.

On a cold, dark morning at the start of the year, when the days are short and the trees are bare, it's good to keep in mind what lies ahead. ☀️🌿🌼 Photo: South West Coast Path in Somerset, May 2022 #FootpathFriday #EastCoastKin #Photography #ArtChallenges #Outdoors #EastCoastKin #Scape #Landscape

Well, that's okay. I do have extensive experience of sinking into peat bogs. 🥾

#NowPlaying #ClassicalMusic Haydn: Divertimento in D major, Hob. X:1 Haydn Sinfonietta Wien, Manfred Huss 🎶

Exciting scenes from Fermanagh as the New Year approaches... 💤 🎉 💤

#Day31 The year ends With frost-ferns On the window panes And the gold Of fallen leaves Picked out in silver. Ice stretches Along the canal, Unfrozen patches Are busy with ducks. The mud is hard And holds my weight. #DailyNature #ukcanals #poetry #winter #naturewriting

#NowPlaying #ClassicalMusic Madetoja: Symphony No. 1 in F, Op. 29 Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds 🎶

“1939 is gone— and good riddance… Moving on… Oh, it left a bitter sting. What will 1940 bring? War, a raging hurricane… The whole world has gone insane…” In an era much like ours, Alexander Voloshin remembers a happier New Year’s Eve: bdralyuk.wordpress.com/2025/12/30/b...

The old year departs. The King and Queen: from The Lewis Chessmen, 12th Century, walrus ivory figures from a group unearthed at Uig Bay on the Scottish Isle of Lewis in 1831; part of 11 figures which remain in Scotland. 82 other pieces are on display in The British Museum. National Museum Scotland

Today's Mavis pic. 🐾 😁 🐾

Last sunrise of 2025... 🌄 #Sunrise #NewYearsEve #Scape #Photography #EastCoastKin #Fermanagh

#NowPlaying #ClassicalMusic Kuhlau: The Magic Harp, Overture Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Schønwandt 🎶 🪉 🎶

Lower Lough Erne from Tully Castle. Photo: December 2022 🪟 #WindowsOnWednesday #WallsOnWednesday #Scape #EastCoastKin #Fermanagh

I am going with the alternate theme of #waders for the #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social with this little Western Sandpiper. #birds #photography #nature #birding

#NowPlaying #ClassicalMusic Haydn: Symphony No. 93 in D major The Cleveland Orchestra, Szell 🎶 #A-Haydn-A-Day 🎶

Andrew Wyeth, The Stone Fence #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Painted tile - 1564-8 Made by Jasper Andries & Jacob Jansen, in #Antwerp or #Norwich The wild boar with a crescent was used by Sir Francis Bacon to show he was his father’s second son. Made for Old Gorhambury House, near St Albans, #Hertfordshire Now V & A Museum #London #TilesOnTuesday

One from the archives for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme - #BranchingOut. Photo: Derbyshire Dales, February 2020 #Birds #BlueskyPhotography #Wildlife #EastCoastKin #PeakDistrict