Another cracking sunrise in icy Prague. Wishing all those of Good Will well, where-ever you are on our long suffering planet. 👍🏼🌏

THE MAKING OF A RENOWNED EXPLORER: Mr. Croc recalls his early years: "And, just as they were about to pop Little Jemima into the pot, I sprung into action. For I'd discovered the true meaning of friendship." (Cheery sandwich wrapper of the day, to help you on your way.👍🏼😃)

THE MAKING OF A RENOWNED EXPLORER: Mr. Croc recalls his early years: "Time for me and little Jemima to be on our way, but then our hosts kindly suggested they came along for a bit, maybe hold a farewell feast." (Cheery sandwich wrapper of the day, to help you on your way.👍🏼😃)

THE MAKING OF A RENOWNED EXPLORER: Mr. Croc recalls his early years: "Imagine my joy when, in the company of my new friends, I saw my young bird companion at last somehow able to take to his wings and fly..." (Cheery sandwich wrapper of the day, to help you on your way.👍🏼😃)

Frosty weather this morning in Prague - a great start to the year. Wishing you all the best in 2026, wherever you are on our much abused but still beautiful planet. 👍🏼🌏

THE MAKING OF A RENOWNED EXPLORER: Mr. Croc recalls his early years: "A brand new year - and brand new dreams. Above all, perhaps, I saw it as a time to embrace the future - and make a few new friends." (Cheery sandwich wrapper of the day, to help you on your way.👍🏼😃)

Wishing you a joyful NewYear, full of adventure and exploration - wherever you are on our precious planet. 👍🏼🌏 (From near a lichenous cliff, Czech Republic)

"Many of our... leaders are scientifically illiterate... Problems arise when they choose not to seek the counsel of those who understand the science... And some seek to rubbish the science... Making policy based on prejudice rather than facts does every one of us a disservice..".

Merry Christmas, one and all! 🎄 And remember: a brand new year of adventure and exploration beckons... 🌏👍🏼

THE MAKING OF A RENOWNED EXPLORER: Mr. Croc recalls his early years: "The magical sound of jingle bells in the night... and then we woke to see that - at least for one of us - all our dreams had come true." (Your cheery sandwich wrapper for Christmas. Have a joyous time 👍🏼🎄)

THE MAKING OF A RENOWNED EXPLORER: Mr. Croc recalls his early years: "The first test of our friendship came after sunset, when it was time for one of my customary feasts - AND he wouldn't stop snoring." (Your cheery sandwich wrapper of the day to help you on your way.👍🏼😃)

THE MAKING OF A RENOWNED EXPLORER: Mr. Croc recalls his early years: "I have to admit, I was so lonely in those first days on the road that I was happy even to forgo my usual hearty breakfast..." (Your cheery sandwich wrapper of the day to help you on your way.👍🏼😃)

Mountain light, Ben Inverveigh #Scotland #LochTulla #Argyll www.damianshields.com

Ladies & Gentlemen, we present to you the largest single trunk live oak in the whole universe 😮 The tree lives in Iron City, Georgia which of course didn’t exist when the tree germinated, & nor did the US

THE MAKING OF A RENOWNED EXPLORER: Mr. Croc recalls his early years... "After days of solitary walking, I discovered that life is about choices: for example, here was a chance to make a friend... or snack." (Your cheery sandwich wrapper of the day to help you on your way.👍🏼😃)

Running free...👍🏼🌏

This is going to be a catastrophic loss, and all because a handful of people refuse to accept reality.

THE MAKING OF A RENOWNED EXPLORER: Mr. Croc recalls his early years... "And so the day came at last for me to leave home with a tear in my eye - and yet spring in my stride - for my FIRST GREAT ADVENTURE." (Your cheery sandwich wrapper of the day to help you on your way.👍🏼😃)

THE MAKING OF A RENOWNED EXPLORER: Mr. Croc recalls his early years... "Yet in truth, there was always something a little different about me. I seemed to need a little more... well, ADVENTURE." (Your cheery sandwich wrapper of the day to help you on your way.👍🏼😃)

"Spot of lunch?" Upbeat sandwich wrapper of the day to help you on your way.👍🏼😃 (This one from a year or so ago, just to keep you going! Presently, am travelling. Back tomorrow.)

A wonderfully purposeful conversation, a short read with so much potential - thank you 🙏

Make Life Memorable - it's lovely to be back in the woods, it's good for the mind and soul; warmth of the fire, a brew, leaves dancing in the sunshine, the sounds of birds seeking out a meal, and the fresh breeze blows the worries away. Yes it's good to be in the woods. Wishing you well 💚

'Green Fields at Sunset.' Joan Eardley rarely strikes a false note. Although a flair for pictorial construction is evident even in the freest of her sketches, these are deeply felt personal responses, momentary sensations, and what she called 'the notion of landscape inside me.'

"We'll get there in the end, just you see!" (One of my favourite morale-boosting sandwich wrapper sketches from a year or more ago. Am off travelling to darkest Herefordshire, back Tues with any luck.)

THE MAKING OF A RENOWNED EXPLORER: Mr. Croc recalls his early years... "Ah, the innocent pleasure to be had in those carefree childhood days, of just flying a few balloons in the fresh breeze." (Your cheery sandwich wrapper of the day to help you on your way.👍🏼😃)

THE MAKING OF A RENOWNED EXPLORER: Mr. Croc recalls his early years: "Gradually, I learned survival skills that would prove invaluable on testing expeditions, in the times ahead..." (Your cheery sandwich wrapper of the day to help you on your way.👍🏼😃)

BLOODY AI,a thread:so, I saw a picture online of the Towers of Perugia by a Renaissance artist, Benedetto Bonfigli whose other work I know a little bit. Here is the image 1/n:

THE MAKING OF A RENOWNED EXPLORER: Mr. Croc recalls his early years: "Little by little, as days passed that summer, I learned how to deal with the ups and downs of everyday life..." (Your cheery sandwich wrapper of the day to help you on your way.👍🏼😃)

THE MAKING OF A RENOWNED EXPLORER: Mr. Croc recalls his early years: "And so began a long-running feud between me and Mr Crake, our crotchety old neighbour. There was no doubt in my mind who would win..." (Your cheery sandwich wrapper of the day to help you on your way.👍🏼😃)

THE MAKING OF A RENOWNED EXPLORER: Mr. Croc recalls his early years: "Thankfully, I was never one to be put off. And I made a special return visit to the scene of the crime, the following week..." (Your cheery sandwich wrapper of the day to help you on your way.👍🏼😃)

THE MAKING OF A RENOWNED EXPLORER: Mr. Croc recalls his early years: "And then came the long journey back home in total silence - until my dad finally uttered the dreaded words, 'No telly for YOU for a week.'" (Your cheery sandwich wrapper of the day to help you on your way.👍🏼😃)

THE MAKING OF A RENOWNED EXPLORER: Mr. Croc recalls his early years: "That first misadventure taught me an important lesson: never to step foot anywhere without a cunning back-up plan!" (Your cheery sandwich wrapper of the day to help you on your way.👍🏼😃)

THE MAKING OF A RENOWNED EXPLORER: Mr. Croc recalls his early years: "And then, hardly daring to look, I took my first steps into the wide world...." (Your cheery sandwich wrapper of the day to help you on your way.👍🏼😃)

Mr. Croc, the renowned explorer, thinks back to his early years: "And the day came when I felt the timing was just right to leave home for my very first adventure..." (Cheery sandwich wrapper-of-the -day to help you on your way! 👍🏼😃)

THE MAKING OF A RENOWNED EXPLORER: Mr Croc, thinks back to his early years. "Above all, I was always sure to keep a watchful eye on those I grew up with..." (Your cheery sandwich-wrapper-of-the-day to help you on your way 👍🏼😃)

Mr. Croc, the renowned explorer, thinks back to his early years... "I had a long-held ambition to help the planet by becoming a vegetation. Alas, I succumbed to temptation the very first day..." (Your cheery sandwich-wrapper-of-the-day, to help you on your way.👍🏼😃)

Mr. Croc, the renowned explorer, thinks back to his early years: "But every now and then I would experience a quiet yearning, a feeling deep down that there was a world out there waiting to be discovered..." (Your cheery sandwich wrapper of the day to help you on your way👍🏼😃

Mr. Croc, the renowned explorer, remembers his early years: "Thankfully, my mother too began to understand the importance of rewarding pure, god-given talent." (Your cheery sandwich wrapper of the day, to help you on your way.👍🏼😃)

"Life can be a challenge.... And sometimes it helps to remember we're all in it together. " (Your cheery sandwich-wrapper-of-the-day - to help you on your way.👍🏼😃)

Just been to see an old friend... (Presently near Templecombe, Dorset, where this oak has often given me such pleasure at dusk.) 🌏👍🏼

Sometimes it's really good just to sunk your teeth into a problem... (Your cheery sandwich wrapper of the day to help you on your way!👍🏼😃)

Leadership issues... (Your cheerful sandwich wrapper sketch-of-the-day to help you on your way 👍🏼😃)

Mr Croc, the renowned explorer, tells of his early years: "Little by little, I began to understand the importance at all times of having a certain degree of self-respect." (Your cheery sandwich wrapper of the day, to help you on your way.👍🏼😃)

Mr Croc, the renowned explorer, tells of his early years: "And so it was that, day by day, with the help of my siblings, I learned such important life skills as People Management...' (Your cheery sandwich wrapper of the day, to help you on your way.👍🏼😃)

In Prague this evening, celebrating the peaceful protests of this day in 1989 - known as the Velvet Revolution - that brought about freedom here. "Democracy is NOT dead" reads one placard -but rarely in the years since that overthrow has democracy across Europe and the world looked so endangered. 🇨🇿🇺🇦

Mr Croc, the famous explorer, remembers his early years: "Of course, being one of 57 siblings, it was important I quickly established that it was me who was top of the pecking order." (Your upbeat sandwich wrapper of the day😃👍🏼)

Mr Croc, the famous explorer, recalls his early years: "From the very beginning, it was my very good fortune to be raised to appreciate the joys of Nature..." (To help you on your way, your cheery sandwich wrapper of the day.👍🏼😃)

Mr Croc recalls his early years: "In truth, even from the earliest days I was hardly able to contain my excitement at being born into this wonderful world of ours..." (Your Upbeat Explorer sandwich-wrapper-of-the-day)

"As much as he can..."👍🏼🌏