A 2026 calendar overlaying a waterfall
Things I noticed in February this year. Full list.
feb-2026Download https://johnjohnston.info/blog/noted-february-2026/
Two coltsfoot flowers
Greenside again. Bright sun to start, a strong gusty wind, dulled down after half an hour. A small tortoiseshell sunning at the side of the track, flew away quickly so no picture. First butterfly of the year. A month earlier than last year. First coltsfoot out too. Ravens enjoying the wind.
Raven soaring againt a blue sky.
A nearly ful lmoon above some trees. Blue afternoon sky
A stonechat perched on a dead twig. Dead grasses behind.
A bright almost spring like afternoon at Greenside. First toad of the year, unfortunately squashed by a motorbike on the footpath. A couple of ravens with big crusts of picnic bread by the reservoir.
Photo of a section of newspaper reading : approach ends well. There is even a new British doctor, whose entire purpose is to tell the American audience that prescription medication only costs a tenner.
From a review of Scrubs in the guardian today.
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The sun was worth the wait!
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Somerset Maugham is collecting material in Malaysia, visiting an old friend & his wife. Layers: a murder, affairs & Sun Yat Sen gathering funds for revolution. Details & the unfolding of all sort... https://johnjohnston.info/blog/the-house-of-doors/
Likes The Landscape Artist Andy Goldsworthy Contemplates His Own Natural Decay | The New Yorker by Rebecca Mead.
Other experiments have been similarly challenging, such ... https://johnjohnston.info/blog/likes-the-landscape-artist-andy-goldsworthy-contemplates-his-own-natural-decay-the-new-yorker/
3x3 montage frontop left: hill and blue sky;3 red deer;fox running acorsss snowy ground;icicles, map where photos were taken, snowy hills; snowy hills; ice on a puddle, elf cap fungi on mossy branch.
Beautiful day yesterday, walked part of the loop. Photos, note & map: walkmap
elf cap fungi with moss. Ferns around also violet leaves.
Today I found out that you canβt tell the difference between red & ruby elf caps without a microscope. Thanks on another iNaturalist user.
Waterfall on a small burn
#SilentSunday
We all live in Jeffrey Epstein's world now. That's what we can't face. It's our world. Where sexual desire for children is protected, victims receive no justice & the President of what used to be called the free world is Jeff's friend. This is Jeff's World now.
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grid of four abstract images of flowers with swirling blurs of yellow, orange, and brown, created by deliberate camera movements
A most ridiculous way to make a montage: https://johnjohnston.info/blog/a-most-ridiculous-way-to-make-a-montage/
A 2026 calendar overlaying a landscape of hills with winter foliage and a distant body of water.
Although Iβve mostly managed to keep noting things, Iβd stopped microcasting them. Though I might start again, just to please myself. https://johnjohnston.info/blog/noted-2january-2026/
sepia Illustration of an Indian elephant with background structures and a smaller scene with another elephant and men. t from Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle 1847
I used to love Martin Hawkseyβs tweet archive which I used for quite a while and mirrored on the web.
Yesterday I was reading Alanβs post: My Digital Cleanup: IFTTT Γ’ΒΒ CogDogBlog which explains how he now archives tweets with make.com a sort of... https://johnjohnston.info/blog/local-toot-archive/
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Likes What technology takes from us Γ’ΒΒ and how to take it back | Rebecca Solnit.
Someone told me that her friend was having a chatbot write her husband a poem for their anniversary, which made me wonder if the husband desired a polished product or an expr... https://johnjohnston.info/blog/21817-2/
After quite a few dull and breezy days sunset over the Clyde was lovely & quiet yesterday. https://johnjohnston.info/blog/clyde-sunset/
4 beech trees in winter from below
#SilentSunday
TIL you can blend YouTube Videos with background.: https://johnjohnston.info/blog/til-you-can-blend-youtube-videos-with-background/
Well primary teachers we have a media literacy question for Monday!
"If Trump is threatening to take over Greenland, what is wrong with this AI image from the White House?"
Pretty sure most of my class of eight year olds with their actual knowledge of living things and geography will get this one!
How did a toilet photo become a breakthrough for science? πΈπ¦¦
Scott Loarie of @inaturalist.bsky.social shares how a camper in a remote Colombian cabin snapped the first confirmed photos of a living Colombian weasel, a species once known only from 1800s museum skins.
The Sunday Poem: Mineral by Kathleen Jamie | The Observer
I enjoyed reading this in the paper this morning.
Canβt say the same about the online edition despite having a subscription with βUnlimited accessβ there is an advert every stanza!
Watched: Political Thinking with Nick Robinson β The union leader who agrees with the Tory leader: Daniel Kebede β BBC Sounds
Really impressed by the National Education Unionβs general secretary Daniel Kebede on the T.V. today.
Snowdrops growing among brown leaves and green grass with bare trees in the background.
Victoria Park. First snowdrops Iβve seen this year and the earliest Iβve noted on this blog or uploaded to flickr.
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
We're about to start the listening party for my new album, come along for some info on the songs and other banter! x Starts in 10 mins, 10pm UK time...
mjohnhenry.bandcamp.com/live/early-s...
Snowy landscape with hills and a cloudy sky, featuring a path and a stream.
#SilentSunday
Watching: WordLand Demo 2026: https://johnjohnston.info/blog/watching-wordland-demo-2026/
