John MacPherson
@johnmacpherson.bsky.social
Mostly a photographer: https://www.john-macpherson-photography.com
I sometimes write: https://www.duckrabbit.info/blog/author/j-macpherson/
Scottish Highlander, left-coast, interested in all sorts of things. I make stuff, some of it even works.
I sometimes write: https://www.duckrabbit.info/blog/author/j-macpherson/
Scottish Highlander, left-coast, interested in all sorts of things. I make stuff, some of it even works.
It's been a long time since I was on the hill in such amazing conditions as we had last week. Blue skies and powder snow to my knees in places. Quite spectacular. As my son said "On a good day Scottish skiing is the best in the world, on a bad day, it's the worst in the world". Hard to argue!
January 12, 2026 at 3:48 PM
It's been a long time since I was on the hill in such amazing conditions as we had last week. Blue skies and powder snow to my knees in places. Quite spectacular. As my son said "On a good day Scottish skiing is the best in the world, on a bad day, it's the worst in the world". Hard to argue!
Dale is into many things.
January 12, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Dale is into many things.
Winter in the Scottish Highlands has many hidden dangers, which we learn about as children. When its biting cold, we're warned, we'd best keep our wits about us...
January 11, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Winter in the Scottish Highlands has many hidden dangers, which we learn about as children. When its biting cold, we're warned, we'd best keep our wits about us...
Not sure I've ever seen such bloody enormous snowflakes as came down this afternoon. Most were big but some were just huge, and they were just piling in. Really quite impressive!
January 6, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Not sure I've ever seen such bloody enormous snowflakes as came down this afternoon. Most were big but some were just huge, and they were just piling in. Really quite impressive!
You'll all be pleased learn that the yin/yang thing is all in harmony in the Highlands.
January 6, 2026 at 4:38 PM
You'll all be pleased learn that the yin/yang thing is all in harmony in the Highlands.
Snow has many hidden dangers but xenomorphs were not top of my list but....
January 6, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Snow has many hidden dangers but xenomorphs were not top of my list but....
Had a Christmas visit to family in England, "I would walk 500 hundred miles" except we drove that distance listening to The Proclaimers rather than emulating them (& same again back) and had a wander into the quaint scenery and unfamiliarity of these remote and distant lands.
January 2, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Had a Christmas visit to family in England, "I would walk 500 hundred miles" except we drove that distance listening to The Proclaimers rather than emulating them (& same again back) and had a wander into the quaint scenery and unfamiliarity of these remote and distant lands.
"Dear frogs donate here to stop the boil.."
December 30, 2025 at 12:41 PM
"Dear frogs donate here to stop the boil.."
Might as well call a spade a spade instead of a soil shifting implement.
December 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Might as well call a spade a spade instead of a soil shifting implement.
If you'll cut me some slack and allow a 1988 release to creep in...
December 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
If you'll cut me some slack and allow a 1988 release to creep in...
Ah yes..I remember the Ford Pinto (Pint o'Petrol)
December 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Ah yes..I remember the Ford Pinto (Pint o'Petrol)
I've got an idea...why don't we let Fujitsu design a missile system to protect Ukraine, and call it the Horizon system, after all it has proved the perfect 'counter terror' weapon at nearly every Post Office counter in the UK...
December 29, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I've got an idea...why don't we let Fujitsu design a missile system to protect Ukraine, and call it the Horizon system, after all it has proved the perfect 'counter terror' weapon at nearly every Post Office counter in the UK...
"Why have Ai Weewee that is pish when you can have Ai Weiwei who is wonderful." is my final thought....
December 29, 2025 at 9:23 AM
"Why have Ai Weewee that is pish when you can have Ai Weiwei who is wonderful." is my final thought....
I'm young enough to still be able to hear the echo of Australian laughter...
December 29, 2025 at 9:05 AM
I'm young enough to still be able to hear the echo of Australian laughter...
Be like this lad, and take care out there!
December 25, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Be like this lad, and take care out there!
Snow-covered birches, intentional camera movement.
Inverness, Scotland
Have a good Christmas everyone. Thanks for the engagement, entertainment and education you've provided me over the year!
🎄☃️❄️
Inverness, Scotland
Have a good Christmas everyone. Thanks for the engagement, entertainment and education you've provided me over the year!
🎄☃️❄️
December 25, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Snow-covered birches, intentional camera movement.
Inverness, Scotland
Have a good Christmas everyone. Thanks for the engagement, entertainment and education you've provided me over the year!
🎄☃️❄️
Inverness, Scotland
Have a good Christmas everyone. Thanks for the engagement, entertainment and education you've provided me over the year!
🎄☃️❄️
This is really ephemeral stuff and can last for only a short while, sometimes only minutes before it's gone. But whilst its there...well...its a good reason to get out and poke around whatever the weather... 2/2
December 25, 2025 at 10:46 AM
This is really ephemeral stuff and can last for only a short while, sometimes only minutes before it's gone. But whilst its there...well...its a good reason to get out and poke around whatever the weather... 2/2
Nature's Christmas Decorations
In the woods behind the house. Snow falls on all the trees. Then it thaws slightly, before refreezing (thus consolidating the snowfall). Then it thaws again & slight breeze 'shifts' the tree branches and the consolidated snow 'drapes' off like decorations! 1/2
In the woods behind the house. Snow falls on all the trees. Then it thaws slightly, before refreezing (thus consolidating the snowfall). Then it thaws again & slight breeze 'shifts' the tree branches and the consolidated snow 'drapes' off like decorations! 1/2
December 25, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Nature's Christmas Decorations
In the woods behind the house. Snow falls on all the trees. Then it thaws slightly, before refreezing (thus consolidating the snowfall). Then it thaws again & slight breeze 'shifts' the tree branches and the consolidated snow 'drapes' off like decorations! 1/2
In the woods behind the house. Snow falls on all the trees. Then it thaws slightly, before refreezing (thus consolidating the snowfall). Then it thaws again & slight breeze 'shifts' the tree branches and the consolidated snow 'drapes' off like decorations! 1/2
Snow patch, blizzard, Cairngorm Mountains, Scotland
December 25, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Snow patch, blizzard, Cairngorm Mountains, Scotland
The Calligraphy of Nature
The story the wind wrote on the snow-covered woodland floor for us to read after the gale.
The story the wind wrote on the snow-covered woodland floor for us to read after the gale.
December 25, 2025 at 10:35 AM
The Calligraphy of Nature
The story the wind wrote on the snow-covered woodland floor for us to read after the gale.
The story the wind wrote on the snow-covered woodland floor for us to read after the gale.
Late summer, rosebay willowherb seed heads blizzarding off in the breeze starkly contrasted against the the shade of leaf-full woodland along the field edge. 4/4
December 25, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Late summer, rosebay willowherb seed heads blizzarding off in the breeze starkly contrasted against the the shade of leaf-full woodland along the field edge. 4/4
Spring snow swirls across the field, and rooks flocking in twilight blizzard in unison. 3/4
December 25, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Spring snow swirls across the field, and rooks flocking in twilight blizzard in unison. 3/4