James Lomax

Summer, hawthorn flowers, the unknown, good walks and the mighty Liathach where you find "hills going into infinity." My early May Footnotes. jameslomax.com/summer

Scent of elderflower, song of blackbird, and warm bright sun. Not waking up but the work of the day is done, so nature relaxes. Still water.

Second reading, which is rare for me.

Not sure about autumn 🍁

Me in summer ☀️ youtube.com/watch?v=1prweT…

Me in winter ❄️ youtube.com/watch?v=7vdgZA…

@jk_rowling @bindelj Meanwhile, I suspect you won't be able to avoid also smiling at this #trollingjkrowling

@bindelj Get back to me when you've bought a Faberge egg timer.

Funny, isn't it, that Sturgeon is perfectly fine with "she raped two women", but is appalled that she is being blamed for the "crimes of a man".

Why I could never live in Scotland.

@themellowing Stop it now before the habit begins to grow. Poor Evie! She hasn't got a chance against Sun Tzu!

I gave Evie a bath and she peed on my bedroom rug in retaliation. What would Sun Tzu do next?

"Living only for the moment, turning our attention to the pleasure of the moon, sun, the cherry blossom and the maple leaves...and diverting ourselves just in floating, floating" - Asai Ryoi, Tales of the Floating World (see Ishiguro, An Artist of the Floating World).

The book and the bench. Not now, and the sun has gone, but soon.

I won't. Nice place for them.

Weeds are "plants which have slipped into the wrong culture" - Richard Mabey.

Another reason why I like sandals. Refreshing.

There are wild flowers up there. Which after a simple climb I can enjoy and photograph. Derbyshire, one of many lovely parts of the country.

First bluebells, first sandals. Just a tiny few in there but this hillside will soon be covered.

Cloud, sun, green, blue. Cold too, so I can't stand here for too long in the wind.

@jk_rowling I know you like this stuff. I didn't say it very well. What I meant was, you don't have the time for it. x.com/walkfoto/statu…

If you're the mother who was reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone aloud to your child on the LNER train from London to Edinburgh yesterday, one of my grown up children was listening and says you did the voices brilliantly❤️🥹

"Because it's there." For Mallory, it was conquering. For me, the beauty of high places.

“I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I must break away and get out into the mountains to learn the news” - John Muir.