Realms of Gold
@petergknight.bsky.social
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.
For today’s #DailyNature I’ve gone micro… this is moss growing in the groove at the bottom of the driver’s-side window of my meticulously maintained car. The moral? Perhaps that nature always wins in the end.
December 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
For today’s #DailyNature I’ve gone micro… this is moss growing in the groove at the bottom of the driver’s-side window of my meticulously maintained car. The moral? Perhaps that nature always wins in the end.
A somewhat eclectic driving-home playlist coming up from my favourites this afternoon. #Music. Carrie Newcomer, Avril Lavigne, Pete Atkin and Bjork.
December 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A somewhat eclectic driving-home playlist coming up from my favourites this afternoon. #Music. Carrie Newcomer, Avril Lavigne, Pete Atkin and Bjork.
We start early & before dawn our ears tell us as much about our surroundings as our eyes do. This Tawny Owl did try to help, though, putting himself in silhouette against the pre-dawn sky. With sound on you’ll hear him calling, too. #DailyNature
Sorry 4 quality: he was far away & I only had phone.
Sorry 4 quality: he was far away & I only had phone.
December 2, 2025 at 10:51 AM
We start early & before dawn our ears tell us as much about our surroundings as our eyes do. This Tawny Owl did try to help, though, putting himself in silhouette against the pre-dawn sky. With sound on you’ll hear him calling, too. #DailyNature
Sorry 4 quality: he was far away & I only had phone.
Sorry 4 quality: he was far away & I only had phone.
For my first post to December’s #DailyNature challenge, a picture of my village to remind me that daily nature doesn’t necessarily need an expedition into the wilderness. Whether you live in town or, like me, in the countryside, nature is to be found in small corners as well as big landscapes.
December 1, 2025 at 8:34 AM
For my first post to December’s #DailyNature challenge, a picture of my village to remind me that daily nature doesn’t necessarily need an expedition into the wilderness. Whether you live in town or, like me, in the countryside, nature is to be found in small corners as well as big landscapes.
Two of yesterday’s skies. Which would be a good title for a book. #sunrise #sky #GoodMorning #Cheshire
December 1, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Two of yesterday’s skies. Which would be a good title for a book. #sunrise #sky #GoodMorning #Cheshire
I posted a new short blog entry at petergknight.wordpress.com/2025/11/27/m... It's about a watch I was given more then 50 years ago, and another that I bought this week.
November 27, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I posted a new short blog entry at petergknight.wordpress.com/2025/11/27/m... It's about a watch I was given more then 50 years ago, and another that I bought this week.
November 26, 2025 at 8:06 AM
I pencil-marked the margin to flag up a passage I appreciated, and then noticed I was lining over a very faint mark I must have made in the same spot when I first read this book in 1983. Consistent opinion over 40 years… not sure if that’s a good thing or not. #BookSky #amreading “Titus Groan”.
November 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I pencil-marked the margin to flag up a passage I appreciated, and then noticed I was lining over a very faint mark I must have made in the same spot when I first read this book in 1983. Consistent opinion over 40 years… not sure if that’s a good thing or not. #BookSky #amreading “Titus Groan”.
Good morning from Marbury on the Llangollen Canal. The sun’s not quite up yet.
November 24, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Good morning from Marbury on the Llangollen Canal. The sun’s not quite up yet.
At the moment I’m (re-)reading “Titus Groan” by Mervyn Peake. #amreading #BookSky #reading . I first read it in 1983 and have revisited it over the years. I’m also a big fan of Peake’s poetry.
November 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
At the moment I’m (re-)reading “Titus Groan” by Mervyn Peake. #amreading #BookSky #reading . I first read it in 1983 and have revisited it over the years. I’m also a big fan of Peake’s poetry.
November 19, 2025 at 8:02 AM
November 18, 2025 at 8:49 AM
The moon at sunrise. Good morning from Marbury.
November 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The moon at sunrise. Good morning from Marbury.
November Sunday Afternoon #Poem:
I need to start again.
A new leaf,
A fresh page, a clean sheet.
All my notebooks have been torn up
And left out in the rain.
Someone stamped on them, and all the words
Are slipping away in rivulets
Across the car park
Under streetlights in the dusk
Into the drain.
I need to start again.
A new leaf,
A fresh page, a clean sheet.
All my notebooks have been torn up
And left out in the rain.
Someone stamped on them, and all the words
Are slipping away in rivulets
Across the car park
Under streetlights in the dusk
Into the drain.
November 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
November Sunday Afternoon #Poem:
I need to start again.
A new leaf,
A fresh page, a clean sheet.
All my notebooks have been torn up
And left out in the rain.
Someone stamped on them, and all the words
Are slipping away in rivulets
Across the car park
Under streetlights in the dusk
Into the drain.
I need to start again.
A new leaf,
A fresh page, a clean sheet.
All my notebooks have been torn up
And left out in the rain.
Someone stamped on them, and all the words
Are slipping away in rivulets
Across the car park
Under streetlights in the dusk
Into the drain.
Sorting out more old boxes I found this 5 inch floppy disk from the Palaeolithic era when I was a PhD student in Aberdeen. Floppy disks from an era before the floppy disks that old people remember. These ones are actually floppy.
November 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Sorting out more old boxes I found this 5 inch floppy disk from the Palaeolithic era when I was a PhD student in Aberdeen. Floppy disks from an era before the floppy disks that old people remember. These ones are actually floppy.
On my walk I saw
Two crows, the moon, Jupiter,
And the rising sun.
#FirstBirdOfMyDay #haiku #sunrise Good morning from Marbury.
Two crows, the moon, Jupiter,
And the rising sun.
#FirstBirdOfMyDay #haiku #sunrise Good morning from Marbury.
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 AM
On my walk I saw
Two crows, the moon, Jupiter,
And the rising sun.
#FirstBirdOfMyDay #haiku #sunrise Good morning from Marbury.
Two crows, the moon, Jupiter,
And the rising sun.
#FirstBirdOfMyDay #haiku #sunrise Good morning from Marbury.
Good morning from Marbury. My early-morning sky today.
November 9, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Good morning from Marbury. My early-morning sky today.
Just a small selection of a few of the books that I imagine I will always return to from time to time to re-explore. #books #amreading #BookSky
November 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Just a small selection of a few of the books that I imagine I will always return to from time to time to re-explore. #books #amreading #BookSky
Proust: ”…gusts of memory…”. #amreading #BookSky
November 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Proust: ”…gusts of memory…”. #amreading #BookSky
After the disappointment of not liking a new novel I’m going back into my comfort zone revisiting an old friend. #BookSky #amreading #books #Proust Some books deserve revisiting over a lifetime. “Swann’s Way” and “Time Regained” are two of my stand-by favourites when I need something I can rely on.
November 6, 2025 at 8:56 AM
After the disappointment of not liking a new novel I’m going back into my comfort zone revisiting an old friend. #BookSky #amreading #books #Proust Some books deserve revisiting over a lifetime. “Swann’s Way” and “Time Regained” are two of my stand-by favourites when I need something I can rely on.
Good morning from Marbury. My morning sky and soundtrack.
November 6, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Good morning from Marbury. My morning sky and soundtrack.
My sky this morning
Slipping past in the canal
Under the water.
Slipping past in the canal
Under the water.
November 5, 2025 at 8:00 AM
My sky this morning
Slipping past in the canal
Under the water.
Slipping past in the canal
Under the water.