Goldfinch, honeysuckle, Bramble, nettle, crow. Far away a flock of gulls. A gentle breeze. The sun, shaded for a moment by a tiny cloud. A sleeping dog. A butterfly. A frog leaps into Basho’s pond Then silence. The sun emerges from its cloud. I turn back to my book.

3 o’clock. Time for a nice cup of tea and a piece of cake.

This is one of my favourites of the Gustav Mahler paintings I did. #art #portraint #painting #Mahler #GustavMahler

Happy Birthday Gustav Mahler, born on this day 1860. Here's a picture of me painting a picture of him, years ago.

I've been away from Twitter / X for a while but thought I'd pop in to catch up with old friends who didn't follow me to The Other Place. I asked Grok about my own profile and its response is exactly why I think I should come back. Circus and monkey-related content. That's me.

I don't expect anyone is, but in case you're wondering why I stopped tweeting it's because I'm now on the other platform https://t.co/aP1vxjO1H7 I would like to do both but can't manage it, so find me there if you want me. I do miss a lot of you!

Yes, for World Glaciers Day I am shamelessly plugging my own book! #IYGP #Glaciers #Book https://t.co/dnLNbwQ5An

I was right - I'm not managing to keep up with two platforms. For now, I'm only really at the other place. Please find me there. https://t.co/aP1vxjOzwF

Apparently it's unusual, but I always thank the car after a journey. On today's outing he passed his MOT, so I said "well done" too.

Thin ice bears grudges And is unreliable Like rain and small hearts. #haikuchallenge

Retired from work at Christmas to have more time for the bits I liked best. Today I got down to work on my current big project: writing a book about #Lakes. Here's "A View of Mount Fuji Across Lake Suwa" a woodblock print by Katsushika Hokusai c1830, which I hope to include.

This is probably just going to confuse me, but I now have a BlueSky profile. I'm petergknight as usual, and you can find me at https://t.co/aP1vxjO1H7 Let's see how it goes.

He will never share Important things and they burn Holes into his heart.

Word of the day: “expunge”. I have a lot of redundant links and shortcuts to clean up. #retired

The #sky is waving Good morning from Marbury. Witnesses wave back. #haikuchallenge wave

Since the powers that be are temporarily absent and I am in sole charge, the lunch-time dog-walk today was #trainspotting rather than #birdwatching

Just me and the dog. The birds see Debbie’s not here. Disappointed birds! Dog-walk #haiku Good morning from Marbury.

Also today on the early-morning walk this #Kingfisher sat and posed nicely for us for a few moments before carrying on with its morning business. We are lucky to live in quiet #countryside with lots of waterways: excellent habitat for spotting all sorts of #wildlife on our walks.

It wasn't the #FirstBirdOfMyDay but it was the first to sit up and sing "Good Morning!" to me. #BirdsOfTwitter Good morning from Marbury.

And this has always been one of my favourite Greenland fieldwork images: snapped without stopping to frame or focus while walking across a section of the ice sheet, unclear and poorly framed but capturing the experience. #photography I even got my own glove in the shot!