Monthly Archives: August 2011

French neighbours. NB

Meet Yours Neighbours, largely thanks to Clay, continues to grow and currently has around 25 photographers from Alaska to Australia, Italy to India and Britain to Brasil all contributing pictures to the collection. We’ll have news soon on how you … Continue reading

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The two-tailed Pasha: ode to a rather special butterfly. PHD

Clay brought up the joys of watching butterflies emerge… so I thought that I would write of how I have happily ‘wasted’ time over the past fortnight with not a micro-pang of guilt. In this ‘work’ I have taken a … Continue reading

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What Would it Take? CB

“Do not squander time for that is the stuff life is made of.” Well said, Mr. Benjamin Franklin, sir. Seriously, have you ever wondered how much time one actually does waste on things that don’t really matter? I have been … Continue reading

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Not one for understating the issue. NB

  This isn’t intended to be a dig at America. I’m just drawing parallels between the disastrous consequences of some aspects of US foreign policy and those of introduced American species on native ecosystems. The signal crayfish portrayed here is … Continue reading

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QR code. NB

I don’t have a smart ‘phone. Nor satellite TV, an iPad, iPod, iVan (a stylish white Transit for the Russian market…), a Wii, X-box or many other essentials of modern life. It’s great! But it does leave me with a … Continue reading

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Signs of our times (I’ve lost count). NB

Here is a new sign for those deluded fools I meet now and again who think that they not only own the land but the view too. The best response when they claim that without their work there wouldn’t be … Continue reading

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Trolling spotting. Yet again. NB

I found this fellow on a beach near Taynish last autumn. Trolls really are everywhere… Some more serious blogs again once I’m back in Scotland.

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A Passion for Butterfly Books – recommendations.PHD

Butterflies have been a bit of a passion ever since I found a peacock butterfly on my Dad’s Michaelmas daisies … I was about five or six at the time. There were red admirals, small tortoisehells and others to gladden … Continue reading

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Caledonia for sale. NB

Well no, not Scotland itself (Donald Trump, please note) but Pete Cairns’ new book, which I provided the text for. Caledonia: Scotland’s heart of pine is all about Scotland’s forests, their history and their value, culturally and ecologically. I’d like … Continue reading

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Collateral creativity. Erwin Christis

Clay’s blog post Calm Down Busy-Body definitely struck a chord with me. I fully agree with his idea of slowing down and absorbing the scene or situation before starting to fill your memory cards with images (of course this advice … Continue reading

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