Good morning & welcome to the ultimate Roast Dinner Day Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts Let’s try to hold on to the Christmas spirit all year and always show that kindness Gift kindness always ♥️🐈

The holidays bring a lot up for people. Some are full of joy. Some are just trying to get through the day. Wherever this lands, it’s okay. May today give you a moment to breathe, a reason to smile, and a reminder that you matter.

'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. Because I ate it for lunch.

I’m seeing that the new Epstein files PDFs can be unredacted because they screwed up the layers. Is this true?!? 😂

Shadow cats in our dining room #photography #cats

Little Foxy in the cats' play den #photography #cats

One Christmas Eve while Buddy was still with us... #photography #cats

Not again with this Greenland bullshit. He's out of his mind.

Not all artists are geniuses or world-changers. Some just lighten up the load of living for others. Chris Rea did this for millions of people without ever cheating, with absolute honesty. This is a rare kind of dignity. RIP.

Barn owl #photography #birds

Female kingfisher in the sun #photography #birds

Lovely skylark. Quite happy to pose on the ground next to my little car #photography #birds

The ocean asked me to remind you that you can be at peace and intense at the same time. ✨🌊✨

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This seems like an appropriate way to end 2025:

It’s so weird living your life knowing that if you die in the next week, ‘tripped on cat’ would likely be the cause 😹☠️

Male common malachite beetle offering pheremone to the female from the base of his antennae. I was very lucky to capture a short series of this mating behaviour #photography #macro

Male banded demoiselle #photography #macro

I do love interactions between bugs. Rather tatty burnet moth and common malachite beetle squabble over a scabious flower #photography #macro

Epstein file release day. We’ll see what’s actually released.

The Trump administration said it was breaking up one of the world’s preeminent earth and atmospheric research institutions — a move some state officials and scientists called an assault on science and education.

This is just hideous. We're speaking to specialist public and terrorism lawyers in about half an hour to see if there's anything we can do. www.thenational.scot/news/2570443...

Tower Bridge reflected in a nearby glass building. It used to be London City Hall, but has since moved #photography #streetphotography

Fun with reflections on an escalator inside the Tate Modern #photography #streetphotography

It's three different views tonight. All taken on a 12Mp Sony A700 in London. View from inside a cafe #photography #streetphotography

1. A blockade is an act of war 2. The idea that Venezuela has stolen land from the United States is so laughably stupid on its face that even some of his base is like 🤨 3. It’s always about oil.

Pair of green-eyed craneflies. I normally shoot bugs at around f/14 as my Sigma 105mm has an incredibly shallow depth of field. These gave me quite a challenge though, so I opted for f/18 #photography #macro

Male banded demoiselle #photography #macro

Three images all taken on 8th May 2024 in our local country park. Common malachite beetle #photography #macro

this is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted

Marbled white butterfly and hoverfly friend #photography #macro

Freshly emerged blue-tailed damselfly #photography #macro

Acorn weevil #photography #macro

Pure evil...

Bonus image for tonight (because I don't feel like editing any more images before dinner). Female kingfisher spotted a marsh harrier flying over #photography #birds

Tarzan looking cute #photography #cats

Star trails over Hiorne Tower #photography #astrophotography

Fallow buck in our local deer park #photography #wildlife

Driving Roscoe to his new home, Gwen Jakubisin watched the man bid farewell to a pig he had cared for even without a roof over his head. “It was actually quite emotional because the bond between Tony and Roscoe was very apparent.” www.lighthousefarmsanctuary.org

It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.

It’s hard to exaggerate how bad the situation is in the UK. There are eight people on hunger strike and David Lammy recently claimed he wasn’t even aware of it. That hunger strikers may actually die is barely even news.

Such smart birds.

This is probably the clearest indication yet that the administration understands what they’re doing in the Caribbean is illegal. They’re now threatening the ICC with sanctions if they investigate Trump and his team.

Fascinating patterns and colours in the bark of an old sweet chestnut tree, with a leaf stuck on the right-hand side #photography #nature

Female common darter posing nicely #photography #macro

Crane fly at sunset in one of our fields. I had rescued him from the water trough earlier #photography #insects

Male violet black-legged robberfly. One of my favourite bugs (and not easy to photograph). They catch their prey and inject digestive enzymes and a neurotoxin. The latter paralyzes the unfortunate prey, while the enzymes turn the insides to liquid. These are then sucked out through its proboscis

Mayfly. Although photographed in late May, I've found them through the summer and even beyond #photography #macro

It's three from the same day today. The day in question being 24th May 2023. This was a stunning male beautiful demoiselle, found next to a railway line. It took forever to creep up on him. Working with a macro lens, I need to get close 🙂 #photography #macro

Premeditated murder...