Notices by Rick Gaehl (rickgaehl@mstdn.social)

On Wednesdays, it's nice to post a picture of the sea, so here is the view from a beach in Wales.

It's #MeerMittwoch mit Felsen.

#Photography #Beach #Sea #Wales

Ten years ago, at about this time of year, I was sitting on the southern shore of the Mediterranean, soaking up the rays and looking out to sea.
At that time, many of the ills that currently beset us had yet to be even dreamt of. I do so wish that was still the case...

#MeerMittwoch #Photography #Beach #Sea

Think I'm going to put out a photo every day (if I remember).
Today's is the Ponte Vecchio on a sunny October day.
What's not to love about #Florence.

#Photography #Italy #Travel #Firenze #Bridge

Under the old Julian Calendar, St Lucy's Day was the shortest of the year, but the Winter Solstice is now eight days later.
It passed at 09:20 GMT, this morning.

'Tis the year's midnight, and it is the day's,
Lucy's, who scarce seven hours herself unmasks;
The sun is spent, and now his flasks
Send forth light squibs, no constant rays;
The world's whole sap is sunk.

[A Nocturnal upon St. Lucy's Day - John Donne]

#Photography #Solstice #Trees #Winter #Poetry #Bloomscrolling #Psychogeography

That's ridiculous! Just ban all foreign or anonymous donations. And, while you're at it, why not ban all individual donations over £5k?

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/dec/21/ministers-resist-calls-to-block-musk-donations-to-farages-reform-uk

The sun shines on a #SilentSunday morning, shortly before Christmas.

#Photography #Landscape #Mist #Trees

I think I'm going to be too busy over the next couple of days to post anything much here, so I'll sign off with the photo I've used for this year's Christmas card.
I'm not naive enough to think everyone will have a great holiday period, but I hope that the next few days prove better for you all than you anticipate.

#Photography #Christmas #Bloomscrolling #Flowers #CloseUp

The leaves of the beech often cling on all winter long, and small branches can make pleasing decorations in your home.

#Photography #ThickTrunkTuesday #Trees #Decor #Nature

The very last leaves of autumn are still clinging precariously to the quaking aspen at the end of our garden.

Such a great name for a tree, I always think.

#ThickTrunkTuesday #Photography #Trees #Autumn

@pluralistic
Loved the Clarence Darrow quote. It's been very hard, over the last few days, not to think this was in some way a 'righteous action'.

We crossed the Tamar for a day out last week, and went for a walk in the woods on the Cornish side. Our walk took in this fine view of the, 37 metre high, Calstock Viaduct - built by John Lang between 1904 and 1907, using 11,148 concrete blocks.

#Photography #Landscape #Railway #Bridge #Cornwall

On a recent trip to Vienna, I was lucky enough to see Pieter Bruegel the Elder's 'Hunters in the Snow'. Painted in 1565, right at the start of the 'Little Ice Age', it has to be one of the most famous winter pictures in the world.

Last week, during a spell of cold and snow in Cumbria, I found time to complete a jigsaw of the same painting. There's nothing like a jigsaw to help you appreciate an old master in all its fine detail...

#Photography #Winter #Art #Psychogeography

I went for a bike ride yesterday in the Grizedale Forest. The sun was out and the trees were smelling particularly piney. I stopped for a while at Grizedale Tarn to admire the view...

#Photography #Trees #Landscape #Lake #Forest #Cycling #Cumbria #Psychogeography

@FotoVorschlag
'Türen'
#FotoVorschlag

A moody, monochrome from Mothecombe for #MeerMittwoch...

#Photography #BlackAndWhite #Seascape #Devon #Psychogeography

I think this is my favourite road sign ever. It's called the "pillar of salt" and can be found in Bury St Edmunds. It is probably the only listed road sign in the UK, and is thought to be our earliest example of an internally illuminated traffic sign. I wish we had more like this.
[I discover that there are actually a large number of listed signs - see here: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/results/?search=Road+sign&searchType=NHLE+Simple - thanks @james ]

#Photography #Sign #Suffolk #Design

The whole sane world feels devastated today. Posting stuff on the internet seems particularly futile at such a time, but what else can we realistically do?

Seems an apt quote for this morning. ☹️

Britain loves its beach huts. I must have seen thousands on my recent trip to Kent. They are a direct descendant of the bathing machines of Georgian and Victoriam times, and the changing tents of the Edwardian era. Their heyday was probably the post-war holiday boom of the 1950s, but they remain improbably popular and, in the right location, can change hands for eye-watering sums.

#Photography #History #Beach #Psychogeography

A #SilentSunday scene from Snape, in Suffolk.

#Photography #Suffolk #Boat #Bridge #Water