ultima thule
C18-19 British/Irish history | RN/polar exploration | Photographer; librarian; independent researcher of life and career of Capt. Francis Crozier. www.thethousandthpart.com
- Two libraries: (l) part of Downhill House (itself a recipient much architectural flak in its day), destroyed by fire in 1851, & (r) a modern multi-award-winning building elsewhere, victim to no natural calamities. I appreciate the latter is at least habitable, but when and how have we gone so wrong?
- Could this be /whispers cautiously/ the first good news of 2026?
- The snow has now left these particular "Scoticanian shores," but during the four days of it in its various states I managed to take enough pictures to bore people with them for quite some time.
- Polite reminder to the south of England re. what “snow” actually means. Even this only lasted 2.5 days before starting to melt…
- Some natural sepia conditions provided by this small pond and light today. Weather only changed about 6 times in the couple of hours I was out.
- My last photo of 2025 - wishing everyone a lighter, happier 2026 with less doomscrolling and more meaningful archive encounters, good books and time for research (yes, I’m sad, but easily pleased)!
- misty morning by the river
- Lots of excitement here, despite the TBR pile muttering all sorts about "books you already have."
- Happy Christmas everyone (or whatever you celebrate, even if it's only a few days of not working)!
- Once worked with a collection donated to a large archive, where archive lost touch with donor - so no photocopying allowed, just in case long-dead donor minded. When asked about quoting from the material, archive advised me to “just paraphrase.” 🙄
