Limestone pavement

Limestone pavement, Ingleborough National Nature Reserve, North Yorkshire, September 2025
Limestone pavement, Ingleborough National Nature Reserve, North Yorkshire, September 2025

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Coming together

‘O’ level geography

limestone clints and grykes

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by Scooj

You know it is September when…

Giant house spider (Eratigena duellica), Redland,Bristol, September 2025
Giant house spider (Eratigena duellica), Redland, Bristol, September 2025

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Out from dark places

on the hunt for a partner

giant house spider

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by Scooj

Heart of Madeira

Wooded mountains, Madeira, September 2025

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Rising high above

lush, wooded levada paths

ancient lava peaks

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by Scooj

Ents

Tilo (Ocotea foetens), Fanal, Madeira, September 2025
Tilo (Ocotea foetens), Fanal, Madeira, September 2025

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From Atlantic mists

twisted characters emerge

an ancient forest

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by Scooj

Silver

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Anniversary

twenty-five years together

return to Funchal

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by Scooj

  • Today my wife and I celebrate 25 years of marriage. We have returned to Madeira where we spent our honeymoon… this time with the children.

Luxury

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Madeira villa

so beautifully designed

and stunning sea views

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by Scooj

7157. River Avon (92)

Bags, River Avon, Bristol, August 2025
Bags, River Avon, Bristol, August 2025

I said a week or two back that I would try to feature Bags from the No Frills crew more often, and true to my word, here is another piece by the graffiti writer. I am writing this post yesterday, because at the time of publishing, I will be somewhere in the air between Bristol and Madeira.

Bags, River Avon, Bristol, August 2025
Bags, River Avon, Bristol, August 2025

As with the last piece I featured by Bags, He has separated the BA and GS of his letters with different colour regimes, a device that sems to work rather well for him. The solid fills are decorated minimally by some reversed out circles and a white star. Bags has added a little extra interest with some red zigzags that look like they have come from an oscilloscope (does that age me?). Addressing underrepresentation one day at a time.

Please excuse the next week of posts, they are likely to be a little haphazard while I am on holiday.

One shot

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Gunlaw or gun laws

America must decide

one or the other

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by Scooj

  • Gunlaw (or gun law) is not a widely standardized term, but it can be interpreted in different contexts.
  • In the Old West or “Wild West” sense, the phrase can suggest a situation where: Law and order are dictated not by courts or formal justice, but by who has the most firepower.
  • Violence or threat of violence determines authority — i.e., might makes right.

September

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Plentiful conkers

bring joy to the boy in me

recall a lost art

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by Scooj

Road river

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Thunder heavy rain

cascading over dry ground

overflowing drains

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by Scooj