Mark Walling
@markwalling.bsky.social
Retired. Physics graduate (Lancaster ‘84). Bookworm and amateur gardener. Mostly interested in using this platform to follow interesting academics and artists.
Field study.
Coastal path signage.
A calm day.
Coastal path signage.
A calm day.
January 21, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Field study.
Coastal path signage.
A calm day.
Coastal path signage.
A calm day.
Remember my post about Mary Hall’s postcards? Well, I’ve started uploading them to Instagram! Follow @maryspostcardcollection for full high-res images, transcriptions, and the family secrets they reveal. This is where the detective work happens…
September 26, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Remember my post about Mary Hall’s postcards? Well, I’ve started uploading them to Instagram! Follow @maryspostcardcollection for full high-res images, transcriptions, and the family secrets they reveal. This is where the detective work happens…
Just acquired a new rose for my mum’s garden. It’s called “The King’s Rose”, it was launched for the Chelsea Flower Show. Some people have said it doesn’t have a scent, but I can vouch it has rose and honey tones. I like it a lot 😀
May 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Just acquired a new rose for my mum’s garden. It’s called “The King’s Rose”, it was launched for the Chelsea Flower Show. Some people have said it doesn’t have a scent, but I can vouch it has rose and honey tones. I like it a lot 😀
Yes and yes! 👍 I gave your signed copy to my mum for her to read first. I’ve been browsing my old postcard collection of my Great Grand Aunt - here’s one from Aug 1905 about the Walney Pierrot shows. The quip from her friend was a bit tart!
PS: I’m sure many people wish you ❤️ about your OH.
PS: I’m sure many people wish you ❤️ about your OH.
February 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Yes and yes! 👍 I gave your signed copy to my mum for her to read first. I’ve been browsing my old postcard collection of my Great Grand Aunt - here’s one from Aug 1905 about the Walney Pierrot shows. The quip from her friend was a bit tart!
PS: I’m sure many people wish you ❤️ about your OH.
PS: I’m sure many people wish you ❤️ about your OH.
Very good - we need some cheer after all this gloomy weather. ☁️☁️
Hardy cyclamen are also a happy sight this time of year…🌺🌺
Hardy cyclamen are also a happy sight this time of year…🌺🌺
February 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Very good - we need some cheer after all this gloomy weather. ☁️☁️
Hardy cyclamen are also a happy sight this time of year…🌺🌺
Hardy cyclamen are also a happy sight this time of year…🌺🌺
Well, I loved both of my visits to the Creetown Gem Rock Museum, so maybe there’s hope for me yet… 😊
PS: I’d also like to give a shout-out for Morganite!
PS: I’d also like to give a shout-out for Morganite!
February 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Well, I loved both of my visits to the Creetown Gem Rock Museum, so maybe there’s hope for me yet… 😊
PS: I’d also like to give a shout-out for Morganite!
PS: I’d also like to give a shout-out for Morganite!
Hmmm…or a session musician for Propaganda!
December 17, 2024 at 8:23 AM
Hmmm…or a session musician for Propaganda!
For example, here’s a postcard Molly received from South Africa in 1910. From Lambert Bell, the husband of her friend Edith Bell, he thanks Molly and her girlfriends for cheering Edith up and sending him a short movie of this event! I had no idea this was possible for everyday folk in 1910.
December 7, 2024 at 2:19 PM
For example, here’s a postcard Molly received from South Africa in 1910. From Lambert Bell, the husband of her friend Edith Bell, he thanks Molly and her girlfriends for cheering Edith up and sending him a short movie of this event! I had no idea this was possible for everyday folk in 1910.
I’ve been looking through scores of old postcards collected by my Great, great Aunt, Mary “Molly” Hall (1876-1928). Thanks to these, arguably the Edwardian equivalent of text messaging, I’ve been understanding her working class life. One filled with female friends and family responsibilities.
December 7, 2024 at 2:09 PM
I’ve been looking through scores of old postcards collected by my Great, great Aunt, Mary “Molly” Hall (1876-1928). Thanks to these, arguably the Edwardian equivalent of text messaging, I’ve been understanding her working class life. One filled with female friends and family responsibilities.
And the weather is rubbishy as well! 💦 🌬
As a brief respite from todays travails, may I introduce you to my favourite rose? 🌹 The variety is “Eustacia Vye”. This pic was taken from my back garden 4 months ago.
#flowerpower
As a brief respite from todays travails, may I introduce you to my favourite rose? 🌹 The variety is “Eustacia Vye”. This pic was taken from my back garden 4 months ago.
#flowerpower
December 5, 2024 at 3:30 PM
And the weather is rubbishy as well! 💦 🌬
As a brief respite from todays travails, may I introduce you to my favourite rose? 🌹 The variety is “Eustacia Vye”. This pic was taken from my back garden 4 months ago.
#flowerpower
As a brief respite from todays travails, may I introduce you to my favourite rose? 🌹 The variety is “Eustacia Vye”. This pic was taken from my back garden 4 months ago.
#flowerpower
Matilda has been passing on this message… 😉
December 5, 2024 at 5:33 AM
Matilda has been passing on this message… 😉
That’s wickedly accurate! 😉
So says: “If books and sheep had a social media lovechild, it would be Mark…”
10/10 by the way for promoting blueskyroast, as I just can’t keep up with what AI can do these days.
So says: “If books and sheep had a social media lovechild, it would be Mark…”
10/10 by the way for promoting blueskyroast, as I just can’t keep up with what AI can do these days.
December 4, 2024 at 12:22 PM
That’s wickedly accurate! 😉
So says: “If books and sheep had a social media lovechild, it would be Mark…”
10/10 by the way for promoting blueskyroast, as I just can’t keep up with what AI can do these days.
So says: “If books and sheep had a social media lovechild, it would be Mark…”
10/10 by the way for promoting blueskyroast, as I just can’t keep up with what AI can do these days.
I guess you’d have to monitor the % as the population expands to understand the correlation?From what I’ve read today, there’s no economic downside to farmers as the EU refunds them for kills (8m per year)
PS: I found this lovely illustration on the “Rewilding Europe” website.
PS: I found this lovely illustration on the “Rewilding Europe” website.
December 3, 2024 at 2:54 PM
I guess you’d have to monitor the % as the population expands to understand the correlation?From what I’ve read today, there’s no economic downside to farmers as the EU refunds them for kills (8m per year)
PS: I found this lovely illustration on the “Rewilding Europe” website.
PS: I found this lovely illustration on the “Rewilding Europe” website.
An afternoon sky from SW Cumbria.
What difference would it make? A heightened sense of what “joy” really means, perhaps…?
What difference would it make? A heightened sense of what “joy” really means, perhaps…?
November 29, 2024 at 2:14 PM
An afternoon sky from SW Cumbria.
What difference would it make? A heightened sense of what “joy” really means, perhaps…?
What difference would it make? A heightened sense of what “joy” really means, perhaps…?
Fascinating. For comparison I decided to use an app called Gencraft to “Create an image of Mark Walling”.
So it correctly both guessed my gender, and that I’m an older person. (Mark was most popular in the U.K. as a forename between 1960-1970). Why portray me as a Caucasian though?
So it correctly both guessed my gender, and that I’m an older person. (Mark was most popular in the U.K. as a forename between 1960-1970). Why portray me as a Caucasian though?
November 25, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Fascinating. For comparison I decided to use an app called Gencraft to “Create an image of Mark Walling”.
So it correctly both guessed my gender, and that I’m an older person. (Mark was most popular in the U.K. as a forename between 1960-1970). Why portray me as a Caucasian though?
So it correctly both guessed my gender, and that I’m an older person. (Mark was most popular in the U.K. as a forename between 1960-1970). Why portray me as a Caucasian though?