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Justin

County Fermanagh, previously Peak District.

Like hiking, classical music, art, wildlife, gardening.

Don't like bananas.

He/him. Trans ally. 🏳️‍⚧️

Used to blog at: http://www.occasionallylost.com/
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These handsomely crafted books make excellent Christmas presents and, being rectilinear, they are very easy to wrap
longbarrowpress.bsky.social Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 15d
A seasonal reminder that you can order our titles from our website; orders are despatched within 24 hours. Recent hardbacks include Steve Ely's 'Eely' and Angelina D'Roza's 'The Blue Hour' (you'll also receive a free 'Inventory' pamphlet). Order here:
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
Ten Longbarrow hardbacks, spines facing outward, against a dark background.
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Volans: String Quartet No. 1, "White Man Sleeps"

The Duke Quartet

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A screenshot of a Black Box album cover for a disc of string quartets by Kevin Volans performed by The Duke Quartet.
November 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Have a #painting. "Knocknarea III" came out of my annual visits to County Sligo where I get to visit the iconic mountain. This is a view from the south as you wend along the coast - which I recommend you do, ideally on a bicycle. #art #SpeirGhorm #ArtYear
Wide landscape format in acrylics on canvas. Coastal scene on a sunny day with pure pale blue sky. A series of fields with a bright blue bay coming in from the left in the bottom half of the painting in a sharp triangular wedge with the point at the right edge. In the foreground the near side of the bay are slivers of horizontal fields, a green one across the bottom edge with odd long yellow blades of grass, followed by an orange one behind it with strokes of soft green throughout to indicate it's a crop of some length, and on the right it has up to a couple dozen bales of hay in circular black plastic with light creating an arcing light blue highlight on each one. There is a dark green and red hedgerow on the far side of that field with a particularly large bush to the left of centre, and behind it are a couple of lime green and olive green fields with a line of bushes on the right close to the water's edge. On the far side of the bay is a beach of grey pebbles with a line of dark wine seaweed along the centre of most of it. Behind the shore the land slopes up gently with about a dozen horizontal fields of yellow-green and bright green, and about half way up them is a cluster of houses on the left and a line of a few houses with farm and outbuildings extending into the centre of the painting. They are suggestive more than exact, in greys and whites with roofs of dark blue and purple. At the top of the slope on the right is a field with rows of yellow and green coming down towards the viewer. Behind that sloping landmass is the main piece of the painting, the isolated humpbacked mountain of Knocknarea, with it steep grey stone side facing the viewer, the green of a mass of trees at the left end, bright green of fields with the pink of heather, on its lower slopes, a pale maroon streak along its top of heather, and the bump on its very top that is Queen Maeve's cairn. On either side of Knocknarea in the distance are blue mountains. Signed bottom left, Liam Daly
November 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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One of the better sunrises I've seen. Clayton Michigan, 09 Nov 2020.
One of the better sunrises I've seen. Clayton Michigan, 09 Nov 2020.
November 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Ancient dry-stone walls and field barns are defining features of the Dales landscape - shaped over thousands of years by people and nature. This view is from the edge of Grass Woods (Grassington) looking in the direction of Conistone.

📸 Ken Readshaw | #YorkshireDales
A scenic rural landscape featuring gently sloping hills divided by multiple dry stone walls forming irregular, terraced fields. The foreground and midground display lush green grass, while the upper hills transition into muted brown tones with patches of exposed rock. Two small, traditional stone barns with pitched roofs are scattered among the fields, blending into the natural setting. Several leafless trees stand along the terraces, and a few white sheep graze on the grass. The sky above is overcast, casting soft, diffused light across the scene, creating a calm and pastoral atmosphere.
November 27, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Gate, Sligo, on this day in 2023.

#Thursgate #Sligo #ThrowbackThursday #OnThisDay #EastCoastKin #Photography
A rusty double gate at the entrance of a field. It hangs between a stone wall on the right and a stone shed on the left. There are bare trees and blue sky in the background.
November 27, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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Today's Mavis pic...

Mavis is a big fan of 'Mayor of Kingstown'

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A German Shepherd on a couch with her front paws resting on my outstretched legs. She is looking at a television in the background with Jeremy Renner on the screen.
November 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Thinking back to the amazing weather last week #Lakedistrict #Latrigg
Walking in the snow in the Lakes
November 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Holst: The Cloud Messenger

Della Jones, London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Richard Hickox

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A screenshot of an album cover for a two disc Chandos set of vocal and choral music by Gustav Holst.
November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Having a brilliant first day running the OBR's website. Been called into an urgent and important meeting at 1. Must be doing brilliantly 👍
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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carverphotography.com
My four books - in print - available here (great Christmas presents): www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Mr-Jo...
(See the link in my biog)

All four children's books are tales with a positive message that spark the imagination and are beautifully illustrated..

@sligogirl.bsky.social #childrensbooks #author
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Hazy, pastel views to the Malvern Hills this morning
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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I think walking along this grassy track gives one of the loveliest views in Scotland. Do you recognise it? Do you have a favourite easy track for walking along and gazing into the distance?
Grassy track with sheep, view to sea and snow-capped mountains.
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Starry, starry night...

Forgot I took this last night when we arrived home.

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Night sky. There are some moonlit clouds at the bottom of the picture but the majority of the image is clear sky covered in stars. There are branches of a tree on the edge of the frame to the left.
November 26, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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'Winter Beehives'
Ink on Paper

'Time of the Season'
Collaborative Exhibition at Two Doors Studio. Alsager.
alsager.nub.news/whats-on/art...
November 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?

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Hmm... Perhaps someone could start a whip round now? I can't imagine the ransom is very much.
Composite publicity photo for 30 Rock, showing the characters (from left to right): Tracy Jordan, Liz Lemon, Kenneth Ellen Parcell, Jack Donaghy, and Jenna Maroney.
November 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Maliszewski: Symphony No. 2 in A major, Op. 12

Opole Philharmonic Orchestra, Przemysław Neumann

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If you're looking for a symphony that sounds more like Glazunov's Seventh than Glazunov's Seventh does, you won't go far wrong here... 😉
A screenshot of an album cover for a DUX boxed set of Maliszewski's complete symphonies and other orchestral works.
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Ah, it's just a small dent - I'm sure he'd be able to tap it away...

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#IYKYK
tomjam.bsky.social Tom Jamieson @tomjam.bsky.social · 2d
14 words and not a single one wasted 👏👏👏
Drunk priest crashes car
November 25, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Čiurlionis: In the Forest

Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Modestas Pitrėnas

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A screenshot of an Ondine album cover for a disc of orchestral works by Čiurlionis.
November 25, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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I wrote this about NZ's last specialist classical music store. It made me sad.
Story about the closure of Marbecks Records' physical shop in Auckland, New Zealand.
November 25, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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Castle Naze, 2018.

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#CoosDay #PeakDistrict #EastCoastKin #Scape
A highland cow grazing on a steep grass covered hillside on the right. It is dwarfed by the large gritstone escarpment on the left. The sky in the background is clear and bright blue.
November 25, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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subscriptions >>> shop.viz.co.uk/viz350bs
November 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Sawyers: The Valley of Vision

English Symphony Orchestra, Woods

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A screenshot of a Nimbus Alliance album cover for a disc of orchestral works by Philip Sawyers.
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Sibelius: Symphony No. 5, Op. 82

Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Berglund

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jeansibelius.bsky.social Jean Sibelius @jeansibelius.bsky.social · 3d
The final version of Sibelius's Fifth Symphony (of swan fame) was premiered today in 1919. Sibelius conducted the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. The original version was first performed in 1915.
November 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Enniskillen Town Hall, floor detail.

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#MosaicMonday #Enniskillen #Fermanagh
A circular mosaic set in a marble floor. There is a ring of dark marble around the mosaic. The mosaic itself depicts a castle with three towers inside a shield design. A banner at the base of the shield contains the motto, Ut Proavi. This image is encircled by ribbons of clover leaves that extend from a bow at the base of the mosaic.
November 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM