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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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When you go back to get your tea and find that you walked off without pouring the water on it...

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Caravaggio's painting A Boy Bitten By A Lizard. It shows a boy with dark curly hair with a shocked expression on his face as he recoils in surprise. There is a vase of flowers and some fruit in the foreground.
November 18, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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#NowPlaying #ClassicalMusic

Carl Stamitz: Sinfonia Concertante in C major for two violins, clarinet and orchestra

Hans-Peter Hofmann, Robert Korn, Paul Meyer, Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester

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A screenshot of a CPO album cover for a disc of three Symphonies Concertantes by Carl Stamitz.
November 18, 2025 at 7:46 AM
mostlyrambling.bsky.social
Cavan Burren Park, last weekend.

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#ThickTrunkTuesday #TreeTuesday #Scape #EastCoastKin #Ireland
Woodland. Two tree trunks, the closest one on the right and another one, further away on the left. Other trees in the background. The ground between the trees is green and moss covered.
November 18, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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#NowPlaying #ClassicalMusic

Stravinsky: Violin Concerto

Isabelle Faust, Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth

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A screenshot of a Harmonia Mundi album cover for a disc of music by Stravinsky.
November 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Hiking up Djouce in Wicklow looking over to the Sugar Loaf Mountain and out to the Irish Sea. A nice clear day last month.

#Hiking #Photography #EastCoastKin #scape #landscape #MountainMonday #BlueSkyMonday #Dublin #Ireland
A view of the Sugar Loaf looking across a small lake that forms when the boggy ground gets saturated. Looking over browning gorse to the Sugar Loaf Mountain with the Irish Sea and sky beyond. Dublin Bay, Howth and Ireland's Eye just about visible to the left.
November 17, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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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 12, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Morning, folks - it's Monday again and I hope you all have a great week, wherever the journey takes you...

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Photo: Dowber Gill Beck on the descent from Great Whernside, 2021

#MondayMotivation #YorkshireDales #LandscapePhotography #Scape #EastCoastKin
A rocky stream flowing downhill in a narrow valley. The ground on either side is grassy and bright green in the sunlight. There is a small, bare tree on the right hand hillside. The sky is blue with a few white fluffy clouds.
November 17, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Tapestry created by women of the Otomi people of central Altiplano (Mexican Plateau) region of Mexico #womensart
Colourful embroidery piece with depictions of plants. animals and people against a white background
November 17, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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Today's Mavis pic - helping with the crossword.

😎: Now, Mavis, there are four letters...

🐾: Is it WALK?!

😎: No, listen - the clue says...

🐾: Is it BALL?!

😎: No, you have to pay att...

🐾: Is it PLAY!?

😎: 🙄🙄🙄
A German Shepherd lying on a grey sofa and leaning casually against its back as she turns her head to stare at me.
November 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Cuilcagh, earlier this afternoon.

The mountain straddles the border of Fermanagh and Cavan and its summit is the highest point of both counties.

#LandscapePhotography #Scape #NorthernIreland #Ireland #EastCoastKin
View down a valley of farmland, bog, and scattered trees. Across the horizon the ground rises up to a large, flat-topped mountain. The sky above is cloudy but bright, with many different hues which gives almost a mother-of-pearl effect.
November 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Sarah Ross-Thompson, fine art printmaker based on the West Coast of Scotland #ReframingWomenPrintmake
Print featuring a seascape with setting or rising sun over a calm shoreline
November 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Arnside, Cumbria, ten years ago today.

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#OnThisDay #SkySunday #Sunset #Scape #EastCoastKin
Sunset over an estuary. There is a dark line of hills across the water. On the right, a spur of shoreline covered in rocks juts out from the frame of the picture. On the left, the edge of a stone jetty is visible. The still waters reflect the golden sky above. There is a bird standing beside the shoreline, silhouetted against the water.
November 16, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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#BlueSkyArtShow #Bright
It may be a bitterly cold #November day, but the last of these #roses give a bright splash of colour against the bare #trees and dull #sky.
Taken at Roe Valley Country Park near #Limavady.
#flowers #bloomscrolling #EastCoastKin #NorthernIreland #Ireland
Several bright red roses with a background of green foliage. Bare trees and grey sky in the distance.
November 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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The arrival of our postie an hour or so ago. I've kept the video short - in reality it goes on for way longer than this as Mavis recognises the sound of the van coming down the lane.

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November 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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#NowPlaying #ClassicalMusic

McCabe: La Primavera

Simon Desbrulais, Orchestra of the Swan, Kenneth Woods

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A screenshot of an album cover for a Signum Classics disc of contemporary trumpet concertos. The album is called Psalm.
November 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Really chuffed with our new painting of my home city, Manchester, by Rodney Kingston, which we just got framed... Rodney's based in London and specialises in everyday scenes but he was up north for the footy when he painted this.

www.rodneykingston.com/about-me/

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An oil painting in a black wooden frame. It shows an urban scene with a yellow tram on a city centre street. There are road signs and a set of traffic lights in the foreground and office buildings in the background.
November 15, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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This is true.
The husband just found me having a little cry in my studio.
He’s making me a hot Vimto and I’m having a word with myself.

Have a look at my website and please repost.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Thank you.
November 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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#NowPlaying #ClassicalMusic

Hiller: Piano Trio No. 6 in C minor, Op. 186

Rautio Piano Trio

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A screenshot of a Resonus CD cover for a disc of music for piano trio by Beethoven, Hiller, and Schubert.
November 15, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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Castle Archdale, Fermanagh, three years ago today.

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#CastleSaturday #Fermanagh #EastCoastKin #OnThisDay
Two sections of a ruined castle, standing in a clearing in a forest. There is grass in the foreground and the moss-covered base of what was once a stone wall. There are trees in the background and blue sky above.
November 15, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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🎂 #ComposerBirthday British composer Rosalind Ellicott was born on this day in 1857. Ellicott’s music can be described as lush, emotive, and intricately crafted. Her compositions are marked by a lyrical and expressive quality.
Read my blog article 👇
beethovenetlesautres.wordpress.com/2024/06/07/s...
Spotlight on classical composer Rosalind Ellicott (1857-1924)
If you’re a classical music enthusiast and haven’t yet encountered the name Rosalind Ellicott, you’re in for a delightful surprise. Ellicott, an English composer born in 1857, is a figu…
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November 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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#NowPlaying #ClassicalMusic

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6.in F major, "Pastoral"

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Leibowitz

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A screenshot of a Reader's Digest CD boxed set of the complete Beethoven symphonies.
November 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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#NowPlaying #ClassicalMusic

Fanny Mendelssohn: Oratorio on Scenes from the Bible

Soloists, Chor und Orchester der Kölner Kurrende, Elke Mascha Blankenburg

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Seemed an appropriate choice for the composer's birthday: Fanny Mendelssohn, 14 November 1805 – 14 May 1847.
A screenshot of an album cover for a CPO recording of Fanny Mendelssohn's Oratorio on Scenes from the Bible.
November 14, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Launching tomorrow afternoon! Do come along if you're in the area - should be brilliant!
November 14, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Another Sky I Liked

#Photography #Autumn
A late autumn Sunset that shows the silhouette of a tree.
November 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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#NowPlaying #ClassicalMusic

Mondonville: Coeli Enarrant Gloriam Dei

Soloists, Choeur & Orchestre Marguerite Louise, Gaeten Jarry

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A screenshot of an album cover for a disc of Grands Motets by Mondonville. The label is Château de Versailles Spectacles.
November 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM