Patrick McCormack
@patrick-mcc.bsky.social
A wanderer, wonderer and picker-up of unconsidered trifles.
Happy Birthday, ED! ✍️
Exultation is the going
Of an inland soul to sea,
Past the houses past the headlands
Into deep Eternity.
Bred as we, among the mountains
Can the sailor understand
The divine intoxication
Of the first league out from land?
#emilydickinson #edickinson #poetry #Amherst
Exultation is the going
Of an inland soul to sea,
Past the houses past the headlands
Into deep Eternity.
Bred as we, among the mountains
Can the sailor understand
The divine intoxication
Of the first league out from land?
#emilydickinson #edickinson #poetry #Amherst
December 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Happy Birthday, ED! ✍️
Exultation is the going
Of an inland soul to sea,
Past the houses past the headlands
Into deep Eternity.
Bred as we, among the mountains
Can the sailor understand
The divine intoxication
Of the first league out from land?
#emilydickinson #edickinson #poetry #Amherst
Exultation is the going
Of an inland soul to sea,
Past the houses past the headlands
Into deep Eternity.
Bred as we, among the mountains
Can the sailor understand
The divine intoxication
Of the first league out from land?
#emilydickinson #edickinson #poetry #Amherst
Thanks for that link, I'm anticipating more "time well wasted"! I have her "a thousand crossings" - mesmerising luminosity of place and people.
December 8, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Thanks for that link, I'm anticipating more "time well wasted"! I have her "a thousand crossings" - mesmerising luminosity of place and people.
Es ist Krampus-Nacht! 👹
Warst du böse oder brav? 😈😇
Warst du böse oder brav? 😈😇
December 5, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Es ist Krampus-Nacht! 👹
Warst du böse oder brav? 😈😇
Warst du böse oder brav? 😈😇
November 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Also, an encounter with the wreck of a wood beast, twisted limbs frozen in its final, gale-torn moments.
#Quantocks
#Quantocks
November 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Also, an encounter with the wreck of a wood beast, twisted limbs frozen in its final, gale-torn moments.
#Quantocks
#Quantocks
A fine day on the Quantocks. Views to Dunkery, Rhossili, Gower, south Wales coast, Bannau Brycheiniog, Sugar Loaf, Skirrid Fawr and new Severn Bridge. Not inconsiderably pleased 😊
#Quantocks #landscape #exmoor #Gower #bannaubrycheiniog
#Quantocks #landscape #exmoor #Gower #bannaubrycheiniog
November 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
A fine day on the Quantocks. Views to Dunkery, Rhossili, Gower, south Wales coast, Bannau Brycheiniog, Sugar Loaf, Skirrid Fawr and new Severn Bridge. Not inconsiderably pleased 😊
#Quantocks #landscape #exmoor #Gower #bannaubrycheiniog
#Quantocks #landscape #exmoor #Gower #bannaubrycheiniog
A chilly, but bright, pilgrimage to Cranborne Chase. Having paid my respects to The General in Tollard Royal, fine views (and frost-bitten ears) walking to Win Green and back. My reward: tea, cake and books in Shaftesbury 🫖🍰📚
#pittrivers #cranbornechase #Shaftesbury @foldedorset.bsky.social
#pittrivers #cranbornechase #Shaftesbury @foldedorset.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 9:39 AM
A chilly, but bright, pilgrimage to Cranborne Chase. Having paid my respects to The General in Tollard Royal, fine views (and frost-bitten ears) walking to Win Green and back. My reward: tea, cake and books in Shaftesbury 🫖🍰📚
#pittrivers #cranbornechase #Shaftesbury @foldedorset.bsky.social
#pittrivers #cranbornechase #Shaftesbury @foldedorset.bsky.social
Do I spy Krampus? 😈
November 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Do I spy Krampus? 😈
Black cats, in addition to their general witchy natures, have most especial powers of vision. Now on no.3 here!
November 16, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Black cats, in addition to their general witchy natures, have most especial powers of vision. Now on no.3 here!
A few years back, I hunkered down on the leeward side of Carn Galver with a thermos of tea and some flapjacks and was treated to an afternoon of shifting light, shadow and colour. And Porthmeor, amongst its ancient fields at the world's edge, overseen by this noble cloudscape. To be there now .. ☺️
November 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
A few years back, I hunkered down on the leeward side of Carn Galver with a thermos of tea and some flapjacks and was treated to an afternoon of shifting light, shadow and colour. And Porthmeor, amongst its ancient fields at the world's edge, overseen by this noble cloudscape. To be there now .. ☺️
Towards the inner worlds ..
November 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Towards the inner worlds ..
The Sancreed Well cloutie tree back in spring this year. A magical place, indeed!
November 1, 2025 at 9:41 AM
The Sancreed Well cloutie tree back in spring this year. A magical place, indeed!
I've observed that trees in Penwith are tough as old boots, and have strong tales, if you have the ears to listen.
October 31, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I've observed that trees in Penwith are tough as old boots, and have strong tales, if you have the ears to listen.
Here are some more quinces for your contemplation - about half of this year's crop. The heaviest fruit was c.540g. A good proportion is now converted into jars of fragrant quinciness for scones, toast, porridge and gifts 😋
October 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Here are some more quinces for your contemplation - about half of this year's crop. The heaviest fruit was c.540g. A good proportion is now converted into jars of fragrant quinciness for scones, toast, porridge and gifts 😋
Including "his 'n hers" skulls for Sir Phillip 💀 & Lady Anne Harcourt 💀
"But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave." Sir Thomas Browne, Urne Buriall.
"But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave." Sir Thomas Browne, Urne Buriall.
October 9, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Including "his 'n hers" skulls for Sir Phillip 💀 & Lady Anne Harcourt 💀
"But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave." Sir Thomas Browne, Urne Buriall.
"But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave." Sir Thomas Browne, Urne Buriall.
I try to entice a cat(s) onto the duvet in anticipation of 2am / 4am worried wakefulness. Feline felicitude helps displace existential agonising.
More on this matter:
October 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I try to entice a cat(s) onto the duvet in anticipation of 2am / 4am worried wakefulness. Feline felicitude helps displace existential agonising.
More on this matter:
October 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Last visited the Wilts Museyroom to see the Ravilious exhibition, so here's another reason to go. Moore, Nash, Piper and Ravilious again!
Here's the Piper stained glass,which will no doubt be part of the show.
Here's the Piper stained glass,which will no doubt be part of the show.
October 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Last visited the Wilts Museyroom to see the Ravilious exhibition, so here's another reason to go. Moore, Nash, Piper and Ravilious again!
Here's the Piper stained glass,which will no doubt be part of the show.
Here's the Piper stained glass,which will no doubt be part of the show.
October 3, 2025 at 6:16 AM
I'd say this was a devilishly well "defaced" volume, all thanks to @slipperyjack.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I'd say this was a devilishly well "defaced" volume, all thanks to @slipperyjack.bsky.social
Aha! 😁 Wonderful! The goat aflame with gold is superb, and the imp is delicately detailed, and very .. umm .. impish! 😈
October 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Aha! 😁 Wonderful! The goat aflame with gold is superb, and the imp is delicately detailed, and very .. umm .. impish! 😈
I wonder what Mel the Postie has brought for me today? What can it be? 🤔😉 @slipperyjack.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I wonder what Mel the Postie has brought for me today? What can it be? 🤔😉 @slipperyjack.bsky.social
This is a c.20 yr old quince tree in Somerset. V bountiful, the other pic only shows about 1/3 of thus year's fruit! Soon I must start jelly production and fill the house with fragrant quinciness 😊
September 29, 2025 at 9:18 AM
This is a c.20 yr old quince tree in Somerset. V bountiful, the other pic only shows about 1/3 of thus year's fruit! Soon I must start jelly production and fill the house with fragrant quinciness 😊
Your bonus pics 😀
September 29, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Your bonus pics 😀