Fitheach @fitheach@mstdn.io

Most of these flowers are past their best; a few, like this one, still look great. The current dry weather isn't ideal for them
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Yellow Iris - Seileasdair - Iris pseudacorus

#Highlands #Scotland #Photo #Photography #Nature #Flowers

End of an era...
Highlands & Islands yellow pages were never big, but this final edition is miniscule.

I haven't used YP in at least 10 years, but neither have I used their online service.

Bye, bye YP.

#Coffee drinking may prolong your life.
Not that I needed an excuse, but welcome anyway.

"Gardner says part of the benefit of coffee may be linked to something profoundly simple: It brings people joy."
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/07/02/625128383/coffee-drinkers-are-more-likely-to-live-longer-decaf-may-do-the-trick-too

HT to Slashdot for the link.

Tonight's #dog walk.
Another scorcher, not a cloud in the sky.
In fact, the only thing in the sky was a microlight, which buzzed above us (small crop, I didn't have a long tele lens with me 😞).

#Highlands #Scotland #Photo

I've got a new pair of trousers and they are seriously affecting my computing.

My preferred working arrangement is with my ThinkPad on my lap (it is a laptop, after all). The problem is: my new trousers are made from a shiny material and the laptop slides about as I type.

I may have to take my trousers off.

Typo in the toot.
The Gunfighter was released in 1950 NOT 1960.

@simon_brooke @Valium iain@mastodon.xyz

Thanks for the feedback about the alternative #Mastodon apps/interfaces.

In the end, I'm still using the standard web interface, but I have adjusted the columns to 25%. Works for me.

Description of how I did it:
https://fitheach.co.uk/life/mastodon-web-client/

When you do a lot of work outside, in a place with changeable conditions, the weather forecast is important.

However, we have had weeks of dry, sunny weather and, consequently, I hardly bother looking at the forecast.

Is this, what it is like to live in California?

I watched The Gunfighter (1960), last night. It used a similar premise to High Noon & 3:10 to Yuma: where the protagonist must achieve something before a set time. The tension worked better in those other films.

Also, never convinced with Gregory Peck playing a hard man. He was better playing lawyers and psychiatrists.

I still enjoyed the film.

#film #movies

To round-off the day, the evening #dog walk. Still warm at 26.5°C but with a cooling breeze (therefore no midgies).

#nature #photo #photography #Highlands #Scotland

@Bernd_Broccoli @Rhymling @Djedje @inAktion

You guys are all at the same table, right?

Using the Mastodon web app you can right-click and view image (still not that big).

However, when I view your avatar in my timeline, it looks like a cat with a white muzzle, looking right and wearing an orange hat. I see (sometimes miss-see) & memorise everything in pictures.

My other half doesn't have a mind's eye at all (Aphantasia); I only discovered this after I wrote a blog article:
https://fitheach.co.uk/life/memories/

Geeqie
An image viewer, tagger & organiser.

If you are using a *nix platform, you should check out Geeqie:
* fast image viewing
* tagging (Exif/IPTC/XMP)
* search facility
* handles profiles
* basic editing plus...
* configurable external editors
* file grouping (e.g. RAW + JPEG)
* many more...

http://www.geeqie.org/

The other flower (photo 4) is:

Wild Thyme - Lus an Righ - Thymus serpyllum

It had a lovely scent with a hint of lemon (sorry, sounds like a wine snob 😃 ).

This morning's #dog walk. In the glen, behind my house.

Nice to see the first thistle flower this year (a wee bit earlier than normal).

Spear Thistle - Cluaran Deilgneach - Cirsium vulgare

#nature #photo #photography #mastoart #Highlands #Scotland