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The Monster Midge, Artoe, Ardnamurchan.

An erratic (glacial boulder) becomes part of folklore and an in-joke.

Today's poem:

Midge
- by Edwin Morgan

https://www.tumblr.com/ukdamo/804367805971578880/midge?source=share

#midge #EdwinMorgan #bite #plague #flesh #juicy #blood #scotland

Christmas Eve Festivities in the Valley of the Dolls. #doll #dolls #barbie #barbies #midge #aquaman #scooter #houyhnhnm #houyhnhnms #christmas #christmaseve #christmastree #hanukkah #kwanzaa #wintersolstice #solstice #axialtilt #winter #coldweather #snowfall #frigid #freezing

Zack helps me set up a doll photography session last summer. #doll #dolls #dollphotographer #dollphotography #dollphoto #dollphotos #dollpicture #dollpictures #barbie #barbies #littlechaps #bestofthewest #libbylittlechap #midge #alan #ken #summer #pool #poollife #posing #husband

Midge welcomes a boatload of immigrants from Zanghiland to the Valley of the Dolls. #doll #dolls #barbie #barbies #midge #valleyofthedolls #dollcollector #dollcollectors #dollphotographer #dollphotographers #dollphotography #photography #miniature #miniatures #toy #toys

Setting up my "Valley of the Dolls" for their Summer Pool Cotillion. #doll #dolls #dollcollector #dollphotographer #dollphotography #photo #photographs #barbie #midge #littlechaps #ken #alan #skipper #scooter #ricky #summer #cotillion

Happy Halloween from the Valley of the Dolls. #doll #dolls #dollcollector #dollcollectors #dollphotographer #dollphotographers #autumn #fall #halloween #barbie #midge #ricky #marykate #pumpkin #pumpkins #orko #hermionegranger #holiday #holidays #fallfavorite

sometimes, I try and illustrate the living-things I encounter to help fully observe and memorize their identifying features.

This is the latest such illustration, some galls I saw this year:

top row: ram's-horn & spangle gall wasps, on oaks

bottom row: beech gall midge, on beech; willow gall sawfly, on willow

#art #botany #entomology #wasp #midge #sawfly #biology

A drawing picturing four different species of gall-forming insects.

The current set-up of my Barbie table, in the corner of the dining room--kitchen upstairs, purse shop downstairs. #doll #dolls #barbie #barbies #midge #skipper #alan #thelittlechaps #autumn #dolltable #dollphotography #dollphotographer #dollphotographers #dollcollectors

Margot shows off the new pillow she purchased at the Mahoning Drive In to Alan and Midge. #dolls #dollcollector #dollphotographer #barbie #midge #alan #barbiemovie #margotrobbie #pillow #miniature #miniatures #collector #collecting

Midge and her Best Buddy, B-9, enjoy a sunny day in the daisy patch. #doll #dolls #dollcollector #dollphotographer #barbie #midge #fashiondolls #lostinspace #b9 #robot #robots #sunnyday #sunnydays #summer #daisy #daisies #daisypatch

Midge's gala Fourth of July Party in 2022. That gal likes to entertain! #dolls #doll #dollcollector #dollcollectors #dollphotographer #dollphotographers #barbie #midge #fashiondolls #barbiedolls #littlechapfamily #ken #alan #fourthofjuly #celebrate #holiday #patriotic

Oh ye, wha in your oors o ease, ‍‍
‍‍Are fashed wi golochs, mauks, an flees,
Fell stingin wasps an bumble bees,
Tak tent o this:
There’s ae sma pest that’s waur nor these
To mar your bliss…

—W.R. Darling, “The Pest”
published in Oor Mither Tongue: An Anthology of Scots Vernacular Verse (Alexander Gardner, 1937)

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #midge #midges

The Pest
W. R. Darling

Oh ye, wha in your oors o ease, ‍‍
‍‍Are fashed wi golochs, mauks, an flees,
Fell stingin wasps an bumble bees,
Tak tent o this:
There’s ae sma pest that’s waur nor these
To mar your bliss.

They hing ower hedges, burns, an wuds, ‍‍
‍‍An dance at een in dusky cluds;
Wi aw your random skelps an scuds,
They’re naeweys worrit:
Gin there’s a hole in aw your duds,
They’ll mak straucht for it.

I’ve traivled wast, I’ve traivled east; ‍‍
‍‍‍I’m weel aquaint wi mony a beast;
Wi lions, teegers, bears – at least
I’ve kent their claw:
I’ve been the fell mosquito’s feast –
But this cowes aw.

Auld Scotland, on thy bonnie face, ‍‍
‍‍Whan Mither Nature gied ye grace,
Lown, birken glens an floery braes,
Wild windy ridges,
To save ye frae deleerit praise,
She gied ye midges.

recently discovered Midge Ure in his #unplugged/#accoustic mode. Brilliant. What a voice. #Midge #Ultravox

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=nf7zzvjBYyY

A little experiment on my phone:
Capturing the midgies swirling in a beam of sunlight on the drive.
Natural light (no flash) and no idea what focal length to set for micro close ups as they dance within the 2 foot beam of sun, coupled with a fast exposure to hopefully capture them as sharp as possible.

#Wildlife #art #Photography #Forest #Wood #Wild #summer #loch #scotland #wild #nature #PhonePic #phonephotography #wood #edinburgh #midgies #midge

Image is a composite of the best 4 shots of the midges dancing in the sunlight. Failed to capture much fine detail as they are silhouetted white on the dark background

Midge and Barbie belt out a rousing version of "It's Raining Men!" at this year's Gay Pride Party. #gaypridemonth #gaypride #gayrights #equalrights #civilrights #equality #June #rainbow #rainbowflag #gayprideflag #Gaypride2025 #doll #dolls #dollcollector #dollphotographer #midge

Not all Scotland's midges are this big. As Summer approaches, here's what you need to know about the smaller ones: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usfeatures/midges/index.html

#Scotland #Midge #MonsterMidge #Midges