Dave Morris

Lighting design at Speirs Major. Occasional photography all over the place. Pithy commentary best left here, I expect. 

Edinburgh, Scotland

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2025-04-14 22:00:44

Up to 24 daffodil varieties in the garden this year so far, now...
#Flowers
#Daffodils
#BloomScrolling
#Narcissi
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2024-08-09 08:44:45

I've tried (and mostly failed) to photograph trees on so many occasions over the years... These are really very good.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/07/mitch-epstein-old-growth/
HT @npub13nz…9l73
#photography

2024-07-19 14:33:10

It's been a while, but here's an old view from a palace in Fes, for #FensterFreitag
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2024-07-18 13:13:24

Wait until she finds out how much support there is for trans kids. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c72v14gd3zeo

2024-07-12 16:55:50

Making gumbo. The magic of what the right roux creates, in flavour and texture, is one of my favourite things in the whole world of food.
#gumbo
#food

2024-07-05 09:44:08

She’s wearing dazzle camouflage, isn’t she?
#GE2024
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2024-06-24 21:20:20

He’s going to meet Rowling? Oh great! Yay! Hallelujah!
Hang on, sorry, no. What I meant to say was: What the f**k?? Meet with some trans people, you dank, empty vessel!
Gah!

2024-06-13 11:35:05

Labour: Nobody wants to see a return to freedom of movement. That's why we promise to keep shooting ourselves in the foot. Now, let's limp slowly, painfully forward, and embrace the myriad opportunities for bleeding horribly!

2024-06-13 10:59:47

Scanning Labour's manifesto...
"With Labour, Britain will stay outside of the EU. But to seize the opportunities ahead, we must make Brexit work. We will reset the relationship and seek to deepen ties with our European friends, neighbours and allies. That does not mean reopening the divisions of the past. There will be no return to the single market, the customs union, or freedom of movement."
Idiots.

2024-05-22 14:47:33

Probably not a bad time to encourage you all to register for a postal vote. You never know when you might be sick / hit by a bus / on holiday.
https://www.gov.uk/apply-postal-vote

2024-05-18 15:22:54

#Caturday farm edition.
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2024-05-15 09:17:22

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2024-05-13 16:22:27

“...And from gender activists hijacking children’s sex education to cancel culture, vocal and aggressive fringe groups are trying to impose their views on the rest of us.”
Oof. I've said it before, and it looks like I shall be saying it again:
Where can I officially register as an enemy of this State?
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/13/rishi-sunak-to-fight-next-election-on-uk-security

2024-04-09 14:08:49

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@npub1yvr…mjkg It's perhaps not all that famous, and probably wouldn't count as 'classic', but the entirety of Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next series sprang instantly to mind.
And they're an absolute hoot.

2024-03-28 16:58:06

Anyone else find themselves casually looking at the various Forth Bridges this week, to see what kind of protection their tower bases / piers might have?
I'm pretty sure the aircraft carriers only really go through with the guidance of tugs, and I know there's not really much of anything that could have stopped a panamax or even bigger vessel but, still, what with recent news, I can't help but wonder...

2024-03-20 13:29:07

Today I learnt that equinoxes are observed as public holidays in Japan.
What a splendid idea.

2024-02-13 17:46:45

Oh gosh, I'd not actually listened to him in decades, but Steve Wright In The Afternoon was the sound of our bus home from school throughout my teenage years.
And heck, anyone who got a namecheck from the mighty KLF must have been doing something right.
#LoveTheShowSteve
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68287707

2024-01-24 11:37:25

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Some back-of-the-envelope cost comparison examples:
Westminster refurb (estimate) = 53 Scottish Parliaments
Garden Bridge (unbuilt) = 0.13 Scottish Parliaments
Michelle Mone's PPE contracts = 0.5 Scottish Parliaments
Loss to UK economy from to Truss / Kwarteng mini budget = 72 Scottish Parliaments
London-Birmingham HS2 line (predicted) = 160 Scottish Parliaments
Rwanda deportation scheme (so far) = 0.6 Scottish Parliaments
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2024-01-24 10:23:40

You know how we have a sort of unofficial set of standard measures for things in the news?
Height: double decker buses
Liquid volume: swimming pools
Area: tennis courts / Wales
...That kind of thing.
Does anyone else use 'Scottish Parliament buildings' as a news-related unit of measure for any government spending? Garden Bridge, Rwanda scheme, PPE contracts, Liz Truss' budget, Westminster refurb…
Is it just me who uses that one?

2024-01-13 15:15:22

Some silhouettes, from our trip to watch the first sunrise of 2024, a couple weeks ago.
#photography #silhouette #silhouettes #sky #sunrise
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2024-01-02 12:16:03

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@npub15x4…3p3l my folks used to receive letters every December from distant friends and relatives, effectively performing the same role as these videos. I think my Mum used to send them occasionally, too.
And I feel bad now, but it eventually got to the point where our family would mill around the kitchen reading them out loud and actually laughing at every family achievement or brag we got to. As a collection/trope, it just got a bit funny.
It’s probably for the best that we don’t make videos.

2023-12-22 16:56:47

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@npub1r7e…mre3 Obviously it's rather not the point, but I DID find it interesting to finally learn, earlier this year, why so many non-European countries are included in the Eurovision song contest.
From this episode of the Allusionist podcast: https://www.theallusionist.org/allusionist/eurovision1
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2023-12-15 16:21:40

One of my favourite windows, in one of my favourite staircases, for today's #FensterFreitag.
Some water has condensed inside a double glazing unit and then, through capillary action or repeated evaporation and condensation or I don't know exactly what processes, created these patterns between the glass panes of the windows.
This was in the Alte Pinakothek, in Munich. I saw it twice with nine years between instances, but I don't know if it's still there.
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2023-12-02 20:44:55

Your guess is as good as mine.
#Caturday
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2023-11-18 09:13:07

Loaf.
#Caturday
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2023-09-29 14:01:55

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@npub1w83…get0 @npub18v8…8klv @npub1psd…9sr7
"What about THOSE two?"
"Uhhhh, ask your father."
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2023-09-09 15:36:36

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@npub1yvr…mjkg …as CS Lewis never wrote, but might have if he’d lived in our age of climate crisis and extreme consumerism:
“Always Christmas but never winter.”

2023-09-08 15:47:29

For #FensterFreitag this week, here's a few photos taken nine years ago this week, when we were busy installing some new windows in the roof space of our Edinburgh flat.
It was such a fun project.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/davemorris/albums/72157645650705498
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2023-06-10 18:23:02

We moved into our neighbourhood in 2009 and, for most of the time we’ve been here, we have been regularly greeted by Jasper, who keeps an eye on the end of our road from his vantage point just above it.
I noticed a little plaque today where there had not been one before, and now I know why I haven’t seen him for a little while. It’s technically #Caturday, but I hope this place won’t mind if today I observe #Saturdog, instead. He was a much-loved part of this place, and we all miss him.
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2023-05-06 16:45:00

A few more pictures from the rally for a Republic, here in Edinburgh this afternoon. Was particularly nice to see my MP, Tommy Sheppard, and one of my MSPs, @npub1wtx…mnwp, speaking.
#NotMyKing
#Republic
#Scotland
#CaltonHill
#Coronation
#Edinburgh
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