“Oh island in the sun…”

A hairy (mouldy) orange peel.

Staircase - Truro Cathedral.

I have a tiny little camera in a plastic underwater housing. When I was away before Christmas I took this photo of a Green Turtle on a coral reef. I’m quite pleased with it!

A Cornish seascape (this morning).

From a disto this looks like a Grey Heron but it’s a Cocoi Heron, photographed in Ecuador.

Do these “live” photos work over this strange medium?

It might look warm out there - I can assure you, it’s not!

Another lovely early morning row!

Alstroemeria

I’ve only just found the Night Mode on my phone’s camera. It’s extraordinary! I just rushed into the garden and photographed this tree and cloud in the dark.

Yesterday, before sundown and yesterday after sundown (Aurora Borealis).

Wow, the Aurora Borealis from my garden this evening … or is it an SOS message from Greenland?

Here’s a crab to brighten your day. (I’ve added effect called ‘bounce’ but don’t know whether that survives being sent via Bluesky).

My understanding of global economics is VERY shaky. Please will someone tell me what world happen if the EU imposed tariffs on the USA?

Spring is on the way!

I reckon that tree has been there for at least a couple of hundred years. What a shame!

A maritime scene (in wonderful light!).

Bloody wires!!!

Not much!

Another bloody sunset!!

This is a lane near where I live. It’s been very windy!! If you look closely you’ll see that the only thing holding up that big branch in the centre is a power line!

The hills are alive With the sound of Chainsaws!

Someone sent me this today.

I just discovered that I have over 10,000 photos on my phone (including Cloud storage I guess). I’ve decided to post some at random (scrolling with my eyes shut). Here’s the first. I bumped into this guy on a beach in 2010!

Wow! Not a bad morning to go out rowing.

“Come on baby light my fire!”

A shed-load of Phalaropes - and a couple of Brown Boobies.

I just can’t help changing my phones Lock Screen every few hours! Here’s today’s favourite: Cocoi Heron.

This is one of my favourite photos on my phone at the moment.

I may have posted this already, if so: “oopsl” These are Elliott’s Storm Petrels “dancing” on the sea in the wake of a boat.

My personal favourite Wildlife Photo of the month - Magnificent Frigatebirds over a ships funnel.

I guess prettiness is relative. Here’s an (endemic) Galápagos land Iguana. Pretty?

It’s exactly this kind of dismal, prejudiced bollox from the Daily Mail that’s got us into the ruinous Brexit mess we’re in. What a moronic response to us rejoining Erasmus and all the benefits that brings. If they’re really worried about cost, they should push to cancel Brexit altogether.

Christmas Cones.

"By relentlessly targeting the US “legacy” media and now the BBC, while cosplaying the role of victim, Mr Trump is seeking to galvanise his base and narrow the parameters of acceptable scrutiny and judgment. Auntie is not a menace to the functioning of democracy. But he is."

Today I met my first Black-necked Stilt. Wow!

Antisana - a volcano in Ecuador. I’m going home tomorrow!

Well I never! A year ago today I was watching this

Wood pigeon

I spent a bit of time afloat today.

Evening all!

Horse!

I just searched in my phone’s photos for an “Owl”. It came up with this unusual owl that I photographed in Madhya Pradesh a few years ago. Should I get a new phone?!?

I’ve got nothing to say just now so I’ll post a nice pic instead.

Autumn on the North Coast

By-the-wind Sailor (Velella velella) stranded on a beach in North Devon this morning.

I saw this this morning and enjoyed it.

I was away for the weekend.