Patrick McCormack

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Croscombe, Somerset Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade I listed building in Croscombe, Somerset, England. See why it was listed, view it on a map, see visitor comments and photos and share your own comments and phot...

You want Jacobean? Try St Mary's, Croscombe: britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101174682-ch...

The very same! I visited recently and revelled in the Norman features, from the tiers of blind arcading to this fellow, somewhat wearied by the centuries. Likewise his companion opposite.

Patagonia's Cerro Paine Grande, towering 2.6 km above, emerges as furious winds blow off its mantle of clouds, in a spectacle of the eternal fight between light & darkness. Torres del Paine, Chile.

There, where opposites meet, where light plays in the dark, that's where you find beauty. On a wild afternoon in Patagonia, blistering winds drove the clouds off not only one mountain, but an entire range of them!

Although the wind was screaming in my ears it was a scene of serenity & breathtaking majesty as the Cuernos del Paine lit up in magnificent light. Light I had not witnessed in 5 years of exploring Patagonia.

In East Greenland's magical Scoresby Sund, the soft light of the arctic sun breaks through clearing clouds, unveiling a distant world of majestic mountains, towering as much as 2 km above 30 m tall icebergs!

The earth has music for those who listen.

#bluesky #photography #landscape #nature #art #mountains #landscapephotography #naturephotography

Monkey is not paying attention to anybody or anything, just his own whims and desires 😄
#caturday

The Long Arm of the Paw. Mr Monkey at rest after a hard night's snoozing.
#caturday #proofofcat

The Open University is for people who want to learn.
AI is for people who don't even want to think.

Got 'em! The "benefits" of an acquaintance with Old / Middle English 😉
Conversely, I'm reminded of Russell Hoban's Ridley Walker:
Cambry
Horny Boy
Widder's Bell
Do it over
Fork Stoan
Dunk your *rse (!)
Etc.
More info here: www.errorbar.net/rw/Places

"All that we See is Vision."

A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.

Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.

This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.

Auschwitz took time.

This view is heavenly - when the world seems a disaster, I journey back in body or in spirit 😍

Here you go 😉

I don't need to imagine, it's one of my favourite spots! Fine woodland walks, particularly when there's a wind over the hills making the trees whisper together. Grand views from the tops (last time from Rhossili via Pen y Fan to the Severn Bridge). Bonus is the rookery, making a fine end to a day.

Wonderful! I've put it on The List marked High Priority for 2026!

Saturday mornings moment of calm. The barn owl , night watcher, graceful hunter, silent traveller. I could learn a few lessons from you about how to interact with the world today.

This picture (and its variations) haunted me in my teens and 20s. Make of that what you will 😉

Bowled over by the great nave of the Ship of the Fens, the extraordinary octagon central crossing, oodles of Norman blind arcading, and a couple of understandably weary stone heads. It's been c.45 years since I last visited, a lot for me, but as nothing to this magnificent beast of a building. #ely

Poäng Katt! 😻

Certainly! My fave is Café Nostra. (Down the High Street, then bear left into Broad Street, the café is on the righthand side). Characterful and run by a 2nd generation Italian family (of which there are quite a number in the area). Hospitable and accommodating, with homemade cases and ice creams 😋

Forecast is not good for Wells tomorrow 🌧 so I'll be staying indoors, but I hope there's a window or two for you. It will be good to see what you make of my hometown 😊

I can smell it from here! 😋

Ah... so... how about...

Some of that cathedral Big Music here in Wells today 🎶 🔔

Purple grey clouds above a snow capped mountain that reflects golden light back into the sky. In the foreground, bare wintry trees and reeds glow copper in the light.

Morning sun reflecting off the snow on Cadair Idris

The skeletons of hogweed seedheads silhouetted against the sky at sunset near Wicken.

Fenland sunset & hogweed seedheads

A quick search on bookfinder.com finds several cheap paperback editions of "Slow Learner". Mine Pynchon library is from the '80s, so they have an antique appearance!

Good to hear of your continuing discovery of Pynchon's oeuvre 😃
I've dug out two dusty volumes from the Haunted Library. "Slow Learner" has an introduction by the man himself, some stories c. 1960, inc. a precursor to "V". Tanner's was possibly the first critical book this side of the pond.

Icy Skies. -2°C and a cold wind. Hares in the fields.

Icy Skies. -2°C and a cold wind. Hares in the fields.

I do like AG-K's landscapes, they have a sense of crisp openness, expanses of water, sky, forest and wind.
His "Lake Keitele" in the National Gallery is a corker: www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/ak...

Heading west along Dursdon Drove, Mendip❄️☀️❄️

A Late Afternoon Wander. -1°C. Mistle Thrush.

A Late Afternoon Wander. -1°C. Mistle Thrush.