I've just announced two five day tours based on Mull for otter photography.

See my website for details.

https://www.petewalkden.co.uk/mull-otter-photography-tour/

This looks like an interesting talk due to start soon in Salen church hall tonight. #ItMe #ScottishGeologyFestival #Geology #Mull

PUZZLES! If you pre-ordered a #JIGSAW #puzzle from me recently, good news! They've been posted!
I have a few extra #jigsawpuzzlesof my #map of:
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&
#Pembrokeshire https://janetomlinson.com/products/pembrokeshire-map-jigsaw-puzzle
if you fancy one..?

#mulljigsaw #pembrokeshirejigsaw
#mappuzzle #maps #cartography #giftideas #jigsawpuzzle

More wonders from yesterdays long walk on the east coast of Mull: Lots of seaweed left rotting high up on shore from recent storms = lots of sulphidic stench and lots of vile greyish ooze making its way back to the sea. Here's some astonishing grisly/spooky/beautiful pale biofilms where some of this rich soup enters a pool near the sea. Never seen this structure before #Seaweed #Mull #Eeeek

Grand coastal walk in eastern Mull yesterday. Here are some nice fossil scallops (Pecten sp.?) in Jurassic sandstones below the lavas #Mull #Geology

Nice example of a sponge-bored limpet shell from Uisken beach. (Probalby Cliona celata)

The geologist Thomas John Jehu wrote an excellent paper on British Isles rock and shell-boring organisms in 1918. Alas, it doesn't seem to be available in any public online archives, despite being 107 years old. Here's the ref anyway: https://doi.org/10.1080/14702541808554748

#Limpet #Boring #Mull #Conchology #Shell #sponge @Cormac_McGinley

Robin.

When they pose like this, it's hard to refuse.

A distant view of mighty Duart Castle, standing guard over the entrance to the Sound of Mull from its location at the eastern tip of the Isle of Mull. A stone defensive structure was probably first built here in the mid-1200s. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/mull/duartcastle/index.html

#ThinSectionThursday Here's a lovely starburst of dendritic plagioclase crystals in a basalt from the Rubha a' Chromain intrusion, near Carsaig on the south coast of Mull. Feathery/plant-like crystals like this are typical of fast crystal growth in magmas caused by rapid cooling. Field of view ca. 2mm wide. One of 5500 rock thin sections made by Alex Herriot at his home in East Kilbride, now in the Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow.

It's the LAST CHANCE to order your #IslesofScilly, #Mull or #Pembrokeshire #jigsawpuzzle! I'm taking pre-orders for these hugely popular #jigsaw #puzzles until Monday 15 Sept 2025. You'll get yours in late Oct / early Nov.

Fancy one? Go here: https://janetomlinson.com/collections/jigsaw

Thanks for looking

#scilly #Scillyisles #Scillyjigsaw #MullJigsaw #pembrokeshirejigsaw
#painting #mapPuzzle #maps #cartography #xmasgiftideas #giftideas #wildlife #birding #birdwatching
#jigsawpuzzle #jigsawpuzzlelover #jigsawpuzzler
#WalesArt #scotland

Viele perfekt funktionierende Computer sollen Microsoft zufolge ab Oktober auf den Müll.

Dieses Video von Heise zeigt, wie man den PC stattdessen besser als je zuvor laufen lässt. Und zwar erklärt es – ohne dass Vorkenntnisse vorausgesetzt werden – wie man eine einfache Linux-Version installiert.

https://peertube.heise.de/w/699d167d-a1b9-4458-964a-d1b006646afc

Ansonsten: http://technikspenden.de/

Motherly Love

A mother Eurasian otter rests on her young cub, perhaps making it feel safe, but definitely keeping it warm.

Dresden hat ein ganz erhebliches Vermüllungs-Problem!!

Immer mehr Menschen leben in Dresden.
Immer mehr Menschen besuchen Dresden.
Immer mehr Menschen hinterlassen immer mehr Müll.

Was sich nicht ändert:
Menge und Kapazität vorhandener Mülleimer.

Es bräuchte wohl überall die großen Müllsammelbehälter, wie sie zB entlang der Elbwiesen in Mickten aufgestellt wurden.

Und/Oder viel mehr größere Mülleimer, aus denen Raben/Krähen keinen Müll herausziehen können.

Offenen Auges durch die Stadt laufen und feststellen:
Wir leben in einer vermüllten Stadt!

(Von meinem alten Account hier rüber gezogen.)

#Dresden #Müll #Mülleimer #Mülleimerkonzept

Otters - a mother with her new cub, about to spend some time grooming on the shore of a tidal loch.

She was very attentive, grooming its fur and keeping it warm and dry, and allowing it to suckle from her too.

A treat to see.

This landscape photograph captures the serene beauty of Kilchoan harbour, with its gentle sea and looming hills of Mull under moody clouds, embodying Scotland's rugged tranquility.

Bella, the carved bear outside the shop in Bunessan, has a fancy new hat. #Caturday #Mull