John

@brooksci.bsky.social

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Retired lab tech fond of science since Tomorrow’s World with Raymond Baxter. Occasional Boro fan #UTB, walking footballer, tea room hiker, small garden, Started piano at 65, life-long learner. #Dogs #Cats #film #science #walking #RNIB #Humanist #gardener

Pink flowers of butterfly bush with red admiral butterfly perched on top, surrounded by green foliage

Pink flowers and green foliage with the spread wings of a peacock butterfly

View from height above a pier by the sea at Saltburn. Sandy beach . Blue sea and sky with scattered white clouds.

Red admiral butterfly on pink plant with green foliage and few holly leaves

Bee settling on green waxy leaves and purple conical flowers of Hebe

White winged cabbage white butterfly perched on a flowerpot filled with little purple flowers of lobelia

Green field within a park bordered by a copse of trees and grey sky

Rippling waves of a slightly green North Sea off the North Yorkshire coast with wispy cirrus clouds in a blue sky

Large trunked oak tree with many thick branches surrounded by green foiliage

Waves of sea flowing toward golden sands of salitburn beach, green foliage and houses on the horizon of blue sky with wispy white clouds

Bunch of cream and peach coloured roses next to green foliage of garden fence. Hybrid Tea Chandos Beauty available from Peter Beales.

Borage or starflower plant with very bright Sun in background

A single swan below the swooping white curves of the infinity bridge across the river Tees. Blue sky background with houses on the far riverbank

Crystals of amethyst semiprecious stone alongside violet wildflowers and half barrel planter in garden

Riverside scene, dark river with reflections running between grassy riverbanks, blue sky with cotton wool clouds

Mixture of wildflowers in garden including , Foxgloves oxeye Daisy , meadow buttercups

Bee exploring purple pink bell shaped flowers of foxgloves, green grass in foreground

Old fashioned greengrocer shop front on the corner of a stone cottage. Boxes of fruit and veg outside a pale green framed shop front

Green fields of park with group of trees growing together, overcast sky

Burst of yellow Roses growing next to tall meadow buttercups , cherry tree and blue sky background

Green patch of garden with oxeye Daisy, meadow buttercup and digitalis purpurea

Two tall yellow sunflowers with large green stems and leaves against the pale blue sky of a North Yorkshire morning last summer

Tree with many leafless branches hanging languidly beside a path in a misty local park

Large white blocks and girders of the Infinity Bridge across the river Tees.
Houses and trees in the background with blue sky

Steps leading down to the river Tees with green willow and other trees on either side

The edge of a café veranda in front of large green willow tree and other trees on grassy bank. Blue sky

Beautiful Sycamore tree in local park catching the sunlight
Area around the dark trunk of the tree is covered in bark chippings and twigs and almost orange in colour. Green foliage.

Single black crow at the top of bare branched tree. Smaller green leaved tree in foreground. Pale blue sky.

Saltburn beach as seen from the local pier. Lots of flat sand and blue sky and a line of rugged small cliffs spread along the coastline with houses above and a promenade below

Plain amber wall with black roof below which is a sculpture made of metal and cogs showing a representation of explorer James Cook bursting through the walls of the museum on a bike

Beige coloured sand on the beach at Redcar North Yorkshire with variety of footprints dog, horse, human

Robin feeding young bird in garden. Grey pebbles with old tree trunk and red cedar wooden fence

Red ladybird perched on a green fern. Green and brown leaves of other ferns in the background

Wet sand reflects the clouds and blue sky amid the sand dunes of Redcar beach North Yorkshire. A lone figure searches with a metal detector

Map of the UK on which the BBC has superimposed its yellow and amber weather warnings . Looks like an Easter bunny

Night picture with shadows of trees and fences with two lights in the dark sky. One is a streetlight and the other is the moon.

On the banks of the river Tees a giant sculpture. Temenos, Two giant rings connected by wire. The old Middlesbrough town hall clock in the background and the local college

Foggy day in Stewart Park . Sun is dim in the grey sky with silhouettes of trees and green fields

Dark river Tees with trees and bushes along the right edge , blue sky on a spring day in North Yorkshire

Small bird, a long tailed tit perched on the edge of a coconut shell in a garden next to a rose bush with garden fence and green bamboo leaves

Trees laden with pink cherry blossom line the path to a local footbridge

Shadows of daffodils on a biscuit brick wall

Stoney beach with some sand leading to the horizon of the sea and pale blue sky

Violet flowering bulbs of Anemone blanda blue shades in a garden with grass and a rock of Amethyst of similar colour

Golden sandy beach with thin line of sea waves breaking and large white and grey clouds with approaching rain

White blossom on tree. Blue sky with white clouds. Green grass in foreground

Willow tree against blue sky with green grass in foreground

Red ladybird with black spots
on green rake handle.

Tree with many thin fine branches hanging loosely down. Foreground is grey footpath while background is Misty Green field of park.

Small blue and yellow bird, a blue tit, perched on side of round coconut feeder. Green branches of rose and bamboo surrounding with brown fence with bushes in background.

River Tees in foreground with dockland wall. Temenos sculpture and Transporter in the background . Lots of grey cloud.

Screen shot of Olympians immediately after the skeleton event at the Winter Olympics. 6 people in line across screen Team GB Gold medalists Tabitha Stoecker and Matt Weston in the middle in blue

Happy picture of the gold medal podium at the Winter Olympics courtesy of sky tv
Competitors are in blue white and cream outfits, one behind the other. Snow in background. Charlotte and Huw in blue.

Fir tree in the park. Many trunks and branches. Copper coloured leaves on floor in foreground with Green field behind. Misty day with grey sky

Hedge and Green field leads to snow covered hill, Roseberry Topping, just outside Middlesbrough

Saltburn pier leading across Shingle beach into grey sea and grey clouds

Photo from the bottom of green grassy bank looking up toward the sun which appears to be floating on a white cloud in a clear blue sky. Black handrails show the path up the bank to the summit.

White and grey geese at the side of a pond which also contains Canadian geese, coots and mallards with a few gulls. Foreground is muddy. Background has a few trees on small island.

White and grey geese at the side of a dark pond. Muddy foreground and trees in background. On the pond are Canadian geese, coots, mallards and seagulls.

Foggy day Trees shrouded in mist on green fields. White dot in sky is the sun