Here be beavers

Beaver enclosure, Willington Wetlands, Derbyshire, November 2024
Beaver enclosure, Willington Wetlands, Derbyshire, November 2024

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Serene symmetry

reflecting autumn colours

the home of beavers

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by Scooj

  • With many thanks to Katy from the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust who was kind enough to take my team at work on a tour of this magnificent reserve. Alas, we saw no beavers, but plenty of evidence of their activities.

Reflection

Dragonfly, Krka National Park, Croatia, August 2022
Dragonfly, Krka National Park, Croatia, August 2022

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Back to the hard grind

my mind drifts to holidays

and a dragonfly

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by Scooj

3014. Frome side (1)

At last, with the help of Paul H, I have been able to access a spot where great treasures are painted. I guess that it is fitting that the first piece (of many, many I hope) from this spot is by Ryder, who has been tireless in keeping our walls fresh for as long as I have been writing about street/graffiti art, and indeed quite a while longer than that.

Ryder, Frome side, Bristol, June 2020
Ryder, Frome side, Bristol, June 2020

This is a very nice piece indeed from the RAW man with his customary tidy writing and faces lurking within the letters being reflected in a ‘watery’ medium beneath a thin layer of mist. Great colours and great execution and an all round winning piece.

Dankie

 

The death of a friend

is a time for reflection

nearest and dearest

 

by Scooj

1619. Dean Lane skate park (147)

It is only about three months ago that I first found out about Slim Pickings. Since that time, I have met him, posted about him and found quite a few of his pieces in my archive. This one is rather interesting because it is a mirror image of his usual tag.

Slim Pickings, Dean Lane, Bristol, January 2018
Slim Pickings, Dean Lane, Bristol, January 2018

I don’t know if this would have been easy for him to do, or a real challenge. I would find it very difficult, because I struggle with mirror image layout. I know this because I live in a semi-detached building which has a mirrored layout on each side. When I have been next door, it does my head in. I can’t transpose the reflection in my head. Slim Pickings has left us with a perfect reflection beautifully sprayed in chrome. More to come from this No Frills artist.

River still

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Boathouse reflected

in the perfect stillness of

the Bristol Avon. 

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by Scooj