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Realms of Gold

@petergknight.bsky.social

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A bit of a jumble at the moment, really. Writer? Landscape. Poetry. Wrote some books about Glaciers, now writing one about Lakes. My circus, my monkeys. Haiku. Two cats and a collie. Retired UK Geography lecturer & NTF. Around 53N, 2.7W.

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Realms of Gold @petergknight.bsky.social · 4d

Early morning walk.
Now the days are getting short
We go by torchlight.

#DogSky

Bits the collie pulling ahead up the lane on her lead, in the dark before dawn, lit by torchlight.

Realms of Gold @petergknight.bsky.social · 6d

Love Jackdaws. We have a family that nests in our roof every spring so we have a regular crop of baby jackdaws. Yes, commonly in big groups around us.

Realms of Gold @petergknight.bsky.social · 7d

Thursday evening #shelfie. #booksky #books This row is part of a set of shelves over the desk in my study.

Realms of Gold @petergknight.bsky.social · 7d

The piece of chalk
With which I mark off the days
When I have done or am due to do
The fish
Is getting small.

It reminds me of my artist friend Miriam Burke who used a piece of chalk to draw a picture of the piece of chalk, so all that remains of the chalk is in its own picture.

Realms of Gold @petergknight.bsky.social · 13d

House sparrows are apparently declining in UK, but I think that might be because they are all in my front garden: we have loads of them. Possibly my favourite bird.

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Realms of Gold @petergknight.bsky.social · 13d

It tickles me to see them called "European"... we are so used to just calling them "starlings"... at some times of year we have many thousands of them in our village, perhaps 10,000+ sometimes, making huge mumurations. Brilliant birds!

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Realms of Gold @petergknight.bsky.social · 13d

The first bird of my day was a bat, but I guess that doesn't count, so it was a Barn Owl, followed by a surprisingly early Raven, two Kingfishers, another Barn Owl, and then all the regulars. Oh, and ducks... I always forget to mention the ubiquitous Mallards. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

Realms of Gold @petergknight.bsky.social · 15d

The internet is weird an unreliable! And I am being a bit patchy at the moment.

Realms of Gold @petergknight.bsky.social · 15d

"To be a poet, you don't have to be a poet"

#WritingAdvice

Realms of Gold @petergknight.bsky.social · 16d

Another early start, another Tawney Owl. Well, probably the same one! #FirstBirdOfMyDay Not much else about at 5.30am in my neck of the woods!

Realms of Gold @petergknight.bsky.social · 18d

Tomorrow we can try again, again.
Every day is New Year's Day.

Realms of Gold @petergknight.bsky.social · 18d

Now that the mornings are getting darker the #FirstBirdOfMyDay is nearly always a Tawney Owl, who I can hear as we set off from the house on our early walk. Nothing much else is up yet. Except today we saw a Barn Owl as well!

Realms of Gold @petergknight.bsky.social · 18d

My sky at dawn. Good morning from Marbury.

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Realms of Gold @petergknight.bsky.social · 19d

I'm driving home. A pheasant walks towards me up the verge and steps into the road. He stops in the middle of the carriageway. I stop and we look at each other. I want to say "you don't have to do that". He blinks, and moves to the side. I drive on. In the mirror I see him step back into the road.

Realms of Gold @petergknight.bsky.social · 20d

There seems to have been a glitch in the matrix: I routinely get between zero and 4 interactions on anything I post here, but this week 2 posts between them generated nearly 1,000 interactions. Things are now back to normal, thank goodness. I don’t really expect anyone to be looking at what I post.

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Realms of Gold @petergknight.bsky.social · 20d

Ha ha I don't think they would be of much interest to anyone!

Realms of Gold @petergknight.bsky.social · 20d

Good morning from misty Marbury.

Realms of Gold @petergknight.bsky.social · 21d

The more subglacial and ice-marginal landscapes I look at, the more confused I become!

Realms of Gold @petergknight.bsky.social · 22d

I can see my house!

Realms of Gold @petergknight.bsky.social · 22d

This is fantastic... I'm going to be looking at this for hours. I might be begging you for more coverage!

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Realms of Gold @petergknight.bsky.social · 22d

I see you, but there are multiple problems being reported with BlueSky just now, internationally.

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Realms of Gold @petergknight.bsky.social · 22d

Yes, that's right... I grew up in Birmingham. Where I am now in Cheshire is not a long way from there.

Realms of Gold @petergknight.bsky.social · 22d

About here: w3w.co/stack.regret... looking north.

///stack.regret.eagles

This is the what3words address for a 3 metre square location near Whitchurch, Shropshire.

w3w.co

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Realms of Gold @petergknight.bsky.social · 23d

I’m pleased that you like it. Thank you.

Realms of Gold @petergknight.bsky.social · 23d

I went to the same school as Tolkien, and grew up in his home area... it's not that far from here.

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