A patch of sunlit spring woodands - a scratty mix of hawthorn and others - with an intense blue-violent carpet of bluebell flowers starting to emerge.

Small bracket fungi - near-semicircular rings of blue-grey, white and pale brown - almost frilly, emerging in shelves from a horizontal, barkless log. Macro photo.

Close-up of some bluebell flowers - violet-blue, frill-edge bells on a green stem and vivid, narrow, glossy leaves - against a dark, fallen log and a backlit, out-of-focus carpet of more bluebells in the April sunlight.

Another view of the bluebells - an ethereal, dotted cloud of blue flowers hovering above a vivid green carpet of narrow green leaves.

For #saturdaySolitude - down in the spring woodlands a few days ago, with this year's #bluebells arriving...

#bloomscrolling #sporespondence #Derbyshire

Old wooden telegraph poles, upright in a grid, interconnected by thin wire attached near the top - in dry grassland, with wooded hills in the distance, beneath a hazy blue sky.

In keeping with the Canadian science theme - for #saturdaySolitude, part of the vast old 22MHz 'T' antenna at the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory, near #Penticton, #BritishColumbia, #Canada. August 2012.

Thick, greenish hosepipe snaking its way along the base of large heaps of weathered rubble and debris - a flat concrete surface in the foreground has collected water, faintly reflecting a modern building against an overcast sky.

Neatly arranged piles of crumbled, grey concrete in a stark, dusty concrete landscape, seen from above - with torn white plastic sheeting partially covering wide, dark, empty window-frames, sparse graffiti on vertical surfaces and a heap of twisted metal fragments in an open space in the foreground.

More for #saturdaySolitude - from the demolition of the Convention Place station, #Seattle, August 2018.

#dereliction #demolition

View in through the side of a derelict building into a room with a collapsed ceiling - peeling paint and dangling wooden laths - beneath a dark roofspace with wooden eaves below the backs of roofing tiles. The walls of the room are mottled with algae and mould, the window is boarded shut from the outside with rotting curtains draped over the windowsill, and a tiled fireplace regurgitates a mass of debris on to the rubbish-strewn floor.

For #saturdaySolitude - an abandoned house below #ShiningCliffWoods, #Derbyshire, from August 2021.

#dereliction #abandonedBuildings #abandonedPlaces

Burned out cars and pickup trucks - twisted masses of rusting metal, red-brown, grey-blue and green - some upright, others upside down, revealing abstract, eroded mechanical sections amongst the decay.

A lone burned out, rusted car surrounded by grey asphalt - almost twisted beyond recognition.

Open boot of a burned out car surrounded by other wreckage.

Yet more burned out cars - one with the structure of the roof sagging downwards, presumably from the intense heat of the fire.

For #saturdaySolitude - the aftermath of a huge fire at a car dealership in #Bellevue, outside #Seattle, May 2015. (Reminded of these by some amazing shots @ObsidianUrbex@mstdn.social had taken of another, similar fire somewhere in the UK!)

#dereliction #rust

Bare, twisted winter trees, crowded together, leaning over and reflected in a narrow stretch of perfectly calm water.

Bulbous ridges of dense, vividly green moss along lines of cement between smooth industrial bricks - the moss growing to obscure abstract pink and teal patterns of weathered, painted graffiti across the brickwork.

White swan dabbling in a open area of water, surrounded by reeds and winter trees under an overcast sky.

Small, leafless tree with narrow branches and deeply ridged bark, covered in small tufts of bright, green moss.

For #saturdaySolitude - along the course of whatever remains of the Nutbrook Canal, #Derbyshire, earlier today - with some bonus #mosstodon.

Pitched roof with old blue tiles collapsing into a void next to an ivy-covered brick chimney, with rotting wooden beams protruding. In the background, large woodland trees - in the foreground, shrubs and an ivy-covered outbuilding.

For #saturdaySolitude - an old tumbledown house below #ShiningCliffWoods, #Derbyshire, from August 2021.

#abandonedBuildings #abandonedPlaces #dereliction

Angled view across a rectangular, bare concrete corridor - with low evening sunlight casting a bright shadow across the floor, revealing eroded green paint on the lower part of the wall. The rest of the scene is lit solely by light bouncing from the floor - and upwards light from a reflection of the sun off a puddle, out of view.

For #saturdaySolitude - stark, abstract #concrete in evening light in the old artillery bunkers above the Golden Gate Bridge, #SanFrancisco. February 2011. #abandonedPlaces

A near-monochrome infrared photo. Vast network of stark, dark telegraph poles in a grid, connected by wires - seen from the side, the grid diminishing into the distance, with grassy scrubland below and a dry vegetation-covered hill in the background - beneath a darkened clear sky with wisps of cloud.

For #saturdaySolitude - part of the vast old 22MHz 'T' antenna at the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory, near #Penticton, #BritishColumbia, #Canada.

#infrared #radioastronomy #telescopes

Gable end, missing roof, of an old, ruined stone building - with a stone chimney at its centre, leaning off to one side somewhat. The stone is weathered by rain and algae and partially covered in ivy - and surrounded by otherwise bare, ivy-covered trees.

For #saturdaySolitude - a ruined industrial building at Lumsdale Mills, near #Matlock, #Derbyshire. January 2019.

#dereliction #abandonedPlaces

Huge, rounded rock - pale on top in the diffuse sunlight and darkening to black at the sides and base - surrounded by deciduous woodlands.

A tumbled-down ridge of worked masonry - covered in moss, with no mortar - in an incline up the side of a steep hill. An old tramway, for transporting stone down to the valley?

A view up the remnants of the pathway - centre worn smooth by modern feet, with tree roots and fallen stones complicating the route.

A large, vaguely rectangular pile of worked masonry, covered in moss and surrounded by ferns and deciduous trees.

For #saturdaySolitude - some abstract #industrialArchaeology above #Cromford, #Derbyshire. Including remnants of an old tramway up past Black Rocks, and a pile of stacked, worked masonry in the overgrown Barreledge Quarry... 1/2

Silver-trunked birch trees on a steep fern-covered hillside, seen from below - with a heavily striated outcrop of stone with an apparent entrance to a small cave.

Twisted, gnarled treetrunk, partly covered in moss, surrounded by leafy green woodlands.

For #saturdaySolitude - Lea Wood, above #Cromford canal, earlier today.

#Derbyshire #woodlands

Grass seed heads in a field in evening light, with a shallow depth of field - yellowed white at top, with vivid green grass leaves below.

#saturdaySolitude #Derbyshire, summer 2025

A horizontal band of dense green grass - a field of cereal crop - under a partially cloudy, hazy blue sky. Nothing else is visible - the horizon is uncomfortably close.

#saturdaySolitude - a field in #Derbyshire, May 2025...

Yellow-grey, stained concrete dam, with a valley of grass and dry green trees in the foreground, austere concrete buildings at its base and a rugged, pale limestone hill in the background, all below an ominously cloudy, early morning sky.

... and for #saturdaySolitude (which absolutely is a thing, 'cause I say so) - a rather ominous dam somewhere far up the mountains of #Mallorca. October 2019.

A bulbous, pale, spherical radar dome on the peak of a craggy limestone mountain, catching the sunlight against a deep blue sky - with occasional microwave towers and other infrastructure, above a dark, deeply shadowed mountainside.

... and a decent shot for #saturdaySolitude. A mysterious radar station, far up a mountain. #Mallorca, October 2019.

Rugged, loose steps built from small, rounded cobbles leading up a grassy footpath on the side of a hill, framed by low green shrubs and a partial, ancient grey-trunked olive tree. In the distance, almost obscured by vegetation, steep limestone cliffs on the tops of hills / mountains.

#saturdaySolitude - yet more from #Mallorca. October 2019...

#WordsOfWisdom
#Tea #SaturdaySolitude

Reservoir of shadowed, pale blue-green water, faintly reflecting a bright limestone hillside scattered with dry trees and shrubs, lit by the early morning sun. A rocky, muddy shoreline extends across the scene, with a strange, weathered column of concrete and rusted steel at the waterline.

For #saturdaySolitude (which is still definitely a thing now) - some appropriately austere #dereliction from #Mallorca, October 2019.

An area of pine trees sparsely covering a slight hill - a rough, snow-covered grassy area lit by oblique winter sun beneath a cloudy blue sky.

A forgotten photo from February 2021 - left untouched in Lightroom since I'd taken it...

#Derbyshire #saturdaySolitude

Wintry, wooded bank covered in narrow, scrubby trees, bare of foliage - with one larger, more curved tree right up against the edge of a flat, almost mirror-like, blue-green, linear and narrow body of water. The trees are reflected in this water, disrupted by faint ripples.

For #saturdaySolitude (which is absolutely a thing now) - a view of the canal in #Cromford, #Derbyshire with the faintest hints of spring. February 2025. (Yes! I also post new photos on here, as well as stuff up to 20+ years old!)

#reflections

Walls of a derelict stone building with the fairly steeply pitched roof missing revealing bare brick wall interiors, all covered with dense ivy, surrounded by winter trees and other vegetation.

For #saturdaySolitude - an abandoned industrial building in Lumsdale valley, near #Matlock, #Derbyshire - January 2019.

#abandonedPlaces #dereliction

Multi-level structure for diving boards - all spindly poles and curved concrete platforms - rising above the side of an abandoned open-air swimming pool, of white tiles covered in colourful graffiti, reflected in the water remaining at the bottom of the pool's deep end. In the foreground, the base of the pool is filled with bullrushes - in the background, green tree foliage glows in the evening light.

A red-brown swimming flipper lies on rough concrete punctuated by foliage - in the background, a derelict two-storey building glows in evening sunlight.

Outside an abandoned, two-storey building, walls covered in an ornate random pattern of small, curved fragments of white ceramic - which has fallen off in large areas to reveal rough red brickwork and concrete blocks. Glassless windows reveal darkened rooms inside; in the foreground at ground level is dense green foliage growing out of loose rubble.

Inside an abandoned building - an empty room with peeling paint, sparse graffiti and a rough tiled floor, with wooden cubicle walls for changing in. Diffuse evening light spills in from the background - the foreground is in partial darkness.

No idea about a suitably alliterative daily hashtag for this. Is #saturdaySolitude a thing? It is now. An abandoned lido outside #Warsaw, #Poland - from September 2008.

#dereliction #abandonedplaces