Skopelos Town

Skopelos Town, Skopelos, Greece, September 2026
Skopelos Town, Skopelos, Greece, September 2026

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Bathed in morning sun

sleepy Skopelos townsfolk

go about their day

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by Scooj

Dorset bound

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Boarded the slow train

is there a fast one I muse

villages pass by

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by Scooj

Greater burdock

Greater burdock (Arctium lappa), Frome Lane, Bristol, August 2026
Greater burdock (Arctium lappa), Frome Lane, Bristol, August 2026

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Sticky hooked seed heads

bring out my inner mischief

asking to be thrown

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by Scooj

Autumn creep

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Quite snuck up on me

early fall of withered leaves

masking autumn’s start

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Greening

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With a little rain

a parched landscape gently greens

a slow recovery

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by Scooj

Typos

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My faty fingers

foorever fluffing keystrokes

double dou8ble check

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by Scooj

  • is it just me?

Drink

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Parched landscape, hard rain

oh! to hear the ground groaning

drinking a long drink

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by Scooj

  • Yesterday my area (one of the last in the country) fell into a Temporary Use Ban (TUB), more commonly known as Hosepipe Ban. This is an administrative stage in the drought management process and is designed to slow the demand on water resources. Although the groundwater situation is generally good after a very wet winter, rivers and reservoirs are very low, and it will take a long period of persistent rain to recover them. All the while people are still using water in high volumes, hence the ban.

Mischief

Sunflower, Autumn Beauty, Redland, Bristol, August 2026
Sunflower, Autumn Beauty, Redland, Bristol, August 2026

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Sunflower splendour

cut short in its majesty

hungriest squirrel

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by Scooj

Dryad’s Saddle

Dryad's Saddle (Cerioporus squamosus), Kings Weston, Bristol, August 2026
Dryad’s Saddle (Cerioporus squamosus), Kings Weston, Bristol, August 2026

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Parched vegetation

makes way for fungal brackets

woodland survivor

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by Scooj

Flatlands

View across The Wash towards Norfolk, Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve, Lincolnshire, England, August 2026
View across The Wash towards Norfolk, Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve, Lincolnshire, England, August 2026

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Lincolnshire flatlands

reach over The Wash to Norfolk

little in between

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by Scooj