Owen Gower

@owentg.bsky.social

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He/him | sometime historian of medicine (vaccination + smallpox) | museums + heritage | folk music | resilient + empowered communities | climate action | anti-capitalist solutions | ever hopeful | rooted in rural Gloucestershire | owengower.co.uk

Four layers of chocolate sponge, sandwiched with yoghurty cream and a blackberry compote, with the top decorated with viola flowers, sitting on a table in a garden
Tree with no leaves but covered in mistletoe and ivy, surrounded by tall grass
A bee sitting on the fuzzy flowers of apple mint
Path through a grassy field, with trees in the background. The grasses are green and brown and purple. The sky is bright blue with a hint of cloud.
River with dense vegetation on both banks, photographed from the middle of a bridge and with golden clouds in the background
Wide grassy path with ploughed field to one side and Berkeley Pill to the other on a summer’s day with some clouds in the sky
A single tree stands alone in a field, lit from behind by the setting sun. To the edge of the field is a dense clump of trees.
Uley Long Barrow, a mound on the edge of a field with trees behind and a path leading to stones in the centre
Screenshot listing the various fits available from Nudie Jeans: Tight Terry; Grim Tim; Lean Dean; Slim Jim; Solid Ollie; Gritty Jackson; Flare Glenn; Steady Eddie II; Regular Alf; Rad Rufus; Tuff Tony; Loud Larry.
View from Coaley Peak. A gate and fence in the foreground with views stretching far over the vale below to the River Severn and beyond.
Plastic box with “vaccines” written on sticky label on outside
Red-green pears on the branch of a tree with very dry grass in the background
Circular stone tower surrounded by dry grass on a summer day
Three courgettes on a plate with a stripy design
Instructions from a flat pack furniture manual, the English translation of which is given as “remember to tighten all the eccentric houses!”
View of a path along a hedgerow with trees in a dry field in summer
A selection of personalised Emma Bridgewater mugs. One says “Jenny Spendlove’s mug”.
A bunch of sweet peas being held by a hand in a garden with lots of green leafy plants in the background
Plate of colourful Sri Lankan food (dal, green beans, jackfruit, chicken, rice, cashews, shallots, pumpkin, aubergine and curry leaves) with a poppadom and knife and fork on a floral tablecloth
The sun setting behind a tree on the edge of a mown field
Poster in a-frame reading “Russell Crowe plans a Whale of a Surprise for the French. Confused? Come to the Berkeley Library Film Club. Tuesday 3rd October 7:30pm in The Library. Refreshments available.”
Screenshot of recent searches. Top result is a search for “are ferrets violent”.
White ferret resting on a grey food waste recycling bin surrounded by garden pots
Watercolour and ink drawing by Stephen Jenner of Caleb Carrington, a clergyman dressed in black wearing a hat and walking with a stick
Pink hollyhocks in front of two green street cabinets and an old brick wall
St Mary’s Church in golden evening light. Tombs in the churchyard are surrounded by a mix of colourful wildflowers.
Golden light on a field, with trees in the foreground and in the distance
View of my small courtyard garden: the patio is full of pots and containers and there are tomatoes, runner beans, herbs, sweet peas and roses. In the small borders are hollyhocks, cosmos, sedums and red valerian. The fence at the back is covered in honeysuckle, ivy and jasmine.
Envelope addressed to Mr O Gowen
Screenshot of a website queuing system advising that the queue is paused and that there are 17,858 users in front of me in the queue.
Garden with hollyhocks and sweet peas on a windy day, with The Wurzels singing The Combine Harvester faintly audible in the background.
Garden with hollyhocks and sweet peas on a windy day. In the background you can hear The Wurzels singing Ruby by Kaiser Chiefs.
Garden with sweet peas and hollyhocks on a windy day. In the background you can hear The Wurzels singing I Am A Cider Drinker.
Circus ring fully enclosed by seating, with dramatic lighting, filling up before the start of a show
Owen wearing shorts and a green t-shirt being baptised in an outdoor baptistry by a priest in a pink shirt
A small vase with a leaf pattern filled with a bunch of mixed colour sweet peas
Red poppies growing on shingle at Dungeness
Rose garden at Sissinghurst: a brick path, hedge, borders full of roses, and a brick building in the background.
Exterior of St Mary the Virgin, a corrugated metal structure painted black with green edging sat in a fenced enclosure in a field on a bright sunny day.
A marmalade cat with a purple neckerchief reading “Do Not Feed” looking through the door of a tea room.
Paved area outside a building with glass-walled ground floor and brick first floor. A small bright green box has “caution, live bees” written on the side.
Programme for Alice in Pantoland held up in front of a room full of people and a stage
Sign reading “please take nappies home”
Close up of red berries in a roadside hedge
Circular paving stone in Chipping Campden with inscription marking the start of the Cotswold Way
The proscenium arch, boxes and ceiling of the Everyman Theatre.
The tower and spire of Painswick church with the moon behind it. Shadowy yew trees line the path.
Row of shop fronts with Berkeley Pharmacy in the centre. An old pub sign is hanging on the building.
A stage with ornate plasterwork surrounding it. Cirencester History Festival is projected on a screen in the centre.
A stone building with a rendered front.
The front of the Berkeley Arms, a brick inn with the Berkeley coat of arms in a prominent position above the entrance.
The Old White Hart, a former pub built of brick with a large entrance passage.
The Chantry, a Queen Anne style house with white rendered walls and a blue front door, seen through bushes.
The tower of Berkeley church to one side with a path leading down through trees.
Berkeley church with gravestones and table tombs around it.
Berkeley Castle against cloudy skies.
View from a bridge over the Little Avon river, flanked by trees and a field.
Chest tomb with clear writing on one edge: “here resteth the body of Thomas Pearce who was five times mayor of this towne who deceased the 25 of Feb 1665 aetatis 77”
View over fields and woodland. Downham Hill has an avenue of trees at its top.
Owen, with brown hair and glasses, smiling, wearing a rucksack and a green jumper, and standing in a field