Trapped on a train

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Snorting and sneezing

infection circulating

in a contained space

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by Scooj

* since Covid-19 I am much more aware of people around me who might be sick and spreading their infection. I simply don’t understand why people don’t stay at home, or at the very least carry some tissues with them. It is about manners and new norms, but some people (the one sitting behind me) simply don’t care.

Structure

Decayed leaves, Bristol, January 2018
Decayed leaves, Bristol, January 2018

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Lignin skeleton

where winter showers arrest

architectural

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by Scooj

Testing… testing

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No need for alarm

3pm interruption

national alert

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by Scooj

Reminiscence V

Sand Lizard, The Gower, Wales, July 2011
Sand Lizard, Gower Peninsula, Wales, July 2011

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Our attention grabbed

a rare sand lizard scuttles

while we tend our rods

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Reminiscence IV

Silver birch, Bristol, April 2016
Silver birch, Bristol, April 2016

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Silver birch catkins

set against a cool spring sky

life then was simpler

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by Scooj

Reminiscence III

Fossil beds, Bracklesham Bay, West Sussex, April 2014
Fossil beds, Bracklesham Bay, West Sussex, April 2014

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The Bracklesham beds

a rare spring tide exposure

Eocene secrets

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by Scooj

Reminiscence II

Jessie, St Agnes, Cornwall, May 2011
Jessie, St Agnes, Cornwall, May 2011

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Adored companion

poised on heather-clad cliffs

long walks in Cornwall

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by Scooj

Reminiscence I

St Michael's Mount, Cornwall, April 2007
St Michael’s Mount, Cornwall, April 2007

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To St Michael’s Mount

on holidays with the kids

to see my father

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by Scooj

Departed

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We remember them

they live on in our stories

after we are gone

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by Scooj

Solo

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Dance of the mayfly

choreographic display

nobody’s watching

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by Scooj

  • On seeing an urban male mayfly that hatched a little too early. I’m not sure that I have ever seen one in Bristol before.