Charles Hay, PhD

Five weeks today I had my gallbladder out (thanks again Warrington hospital!) and without exaggeration I’ve not felt this well in years.

Yeah you’re right, they’re written by Andrew Neil

I don’t agree with that but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.

S’got wings innit

Seahorses aren’t horses but I’m not going to start calling them seafish

I’m in Lymm and we’ve already got loads. Great news, we need a ladybird year, the aphids have been taking the absolute cake the past few years.

Does she honestly think that’s a logical argument? Beyond childish.

FIRST MOWED LAWN OF THE YEAR. Be still my 40 year old heart

#Treetops Emit #Ultraviolet Sparkles During #Thunderstorms. Researchers Just Filmed It in Nature for the First Time

Link for more info and photos: www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...

March 3rd, 1986 — Metallica released their legendary third studio album Master of Puppets.

A defining moment in thrash metal history. From the crushing title track to the haunting power of “Welcome Home (Sanitarium)” and the instrumental masterpiece “Orion,” this album changed heavy music forever.

"The things that will DESTROY US are:

POLITICS WITHOUT PRINCIPLES;

PLEASURE WITHOUT CONSCIENCE;

WEALTH WITHOUT WORK;

knowledge without character;

BUSINESS WITHOUT MORALITY;

SCIENCE WITHOUT HUMANITY;

and worship without sacrifice."

~ Mahatma Gandhi

Fiery evening sunlight on rainclouds near Asheville.
Appalachian Sunset 8”x8” oil

The news is insane. Here are some of my spring bulbs flowering to lighten the mood.

They’ve got no leverage. This is why they try to rule the world through right wing parties. Selfish people are easier to manipulate.

High quality mammals

Just get it done. It was mid-sold and it doesn’t help anyone apart from the companies servicing the debt.

Scrubs review – daft gags and volcanic fury bring the medical sitcom back from the dead Fans of the hit noughties series will be delighted to see the original cast back at Sacred Heart hospital. But this reboot isn’t afraid to move with the times

Scrubs review – daft gags and volcanic fury bring the medical sitcom back from the dead

They’re an odd bunch.

a sea shell is floating on top of a sandy surface . Alt: a scallop is flapping its little shell together on top of a sandy surface, moving it in a way that doesn't look real.

And a reminder that scallops swim like this, whether you like it or not:

City nights #oilpainting #art

Amazing light this morning, crazy pink clouds at sunrise. Here’s a pigeon enjoying the view.

“The real you isn’t your condition. The real you is the sum of everything you’ve experienced.” Unexpectedly wonderful script in Wonder Man.

John Singer Sargent, Glacier Streams

I aspire to this kind of sketch book

Experts at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have rediscovered a recording and determined it’s probably the oldest whale recording still in existence. The likely vocalist? A humpback whale. 🐋 spklr.io/6007Dxy1Z

📷: BlackBox
🎙️: Luis Lamar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Interesting article with a few standout quotes, such as “It’s a sorry truth that the sicker you are, the more you need to advocate for yourself and the less able you are to do so.”

Invisible systemic illnesses are a torture of uncertainty along with physical suffering. Worth a read.

Happy Monday! Was out at Dunham Massey on Saturday, very happy to see the first signs of spring.

We can show both aspects of reality

The last light of the day has its own kind of magic. A softening of edges. A quiet shift in colour. A reminder that endings can be gentle and luminous. Every sunset is a brief invitation to pause, breathe, and look up. The sky will write a new story tomorrow

What do you think?

#fotosbyfaj

A new series of urban nocturnes. It’s only fitting to kick it off with one of the ugliest signs of em all- a mixture of brutalist sensibility and a LiteBrite from the 80s.
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Anthropogenic Nocturne No.1
8”x6” Oil on cradled wood panel