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Posted on 14 July, 2024
by john

3x3 grid of pictures. The center being a map where the others were taken. From Top Left: bround and white feather; track up Troisgeach, meadow pipet; bog cotton; map; erratic boulder with Ben Lui in the background; whinchat; hawksbeard; common lizard on a stone.

A walk yesterday over familiar ground. A few notes and photos on the walkmap.

Posted on 14 July, 2024
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Posted on 7 July, 2024
by john

Large white cloud against a clear blue sky.
#SilentSunday

Posted on 7 July, 2024
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Posted on 7 July, 2024
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Read: The Drowning Pool by Ross MacDonald ★★★★☆ 📚

There the kelp-beds stopped me, a tangled barrier of brown and yellow tubes and bulbs floating low in the water. I hated the touch of underwater life.

The best Chandler substitute I’ve found.

Posted on 7 July, 2024
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3x 3 Photo grid, from top left: Read Deer Stag in velvet; Saxifrage; Sundew; Bell heather; map where the photos were taken; Bog Cotton; Small small pearl-bordered fritillary, wings closed; small pearl-bordered fritillary wings open; Bog asphodel.
Beinn Bhreac & Ben Reoch yesterday.
Flora:
Bog Asphodel
Bog Myrtle
Bog Cotton
Tormentil
Fox gloves
Marsh orchid
Eye bright
Bedstraw
Milkwort
Bog heather
Bell heather
Saxifrage
Lousewort
Marsh thistle
map & notes

Posted on 6 July, 2024
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Posted on 6 July, 2024
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Read: Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín ★★★★★ 📚
A re-read in prep for Long Island. This is a beautiful quiet read that lingers a long time. Really enjoyed reading it again.

Posted on 6 July, 2024
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Posted on 2 July, 2024
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Read: To the Dogs by Louise Welsh ★★★★☆ 📚
Glasgow crime, university prof, nearly brought low by his criminal son & family history. Twists, turns & some familiar locations.

Posted on 2 July, 2024
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Posted on 1 July, 2024
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Icon of a calendar, 12 black squares, 5th red

https://johnjohnston.info/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/noted-may-2024.mp3

May Noted, from this idea, started here. One thing a day noticed and noted. Rather late on recording.

Posted on 1 July, 2024
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Posted on 30 June, 2024
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Read: Clear by Carys Davies ★★★★★ 📚
I loved this short tale, 1840, 3 characters, the split in the Kirk & the clearances.

There was a word in Ivar’s language for the moment before something happens; for the state of being on the brink of something.

Posted on 30 June, 2024
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Posted on 30 June, 2024
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Read: Bad Actors by Mick Herron ★★★★☆ 📚
Plenty of fun poked at our political leaders. Usual spy fun & shenanigans.

Posted on 30 June, 2024
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Posted on 26 June, 2024
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Read: The Bee Sting by Paul Murray ★★★★★ 📚
A great read, multiple pov, full of surprises. Inside each character’s head indecision jerks chains. The stories shift between characters, each enough for a novel of its own. At first I felt some were left hanging, but it all weaves together.

Posted on 26 June, 2024
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This week is an outdoor learning where each class has one day when they try to spend as much time as possible outside. The Biggies, minus the primary sevens, had a day on Tuesday this week. Pendulum Art We startedthe day with some pendulum art. In the morning we did some pendulum art, we did […]

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The biggies used their practical skills, communication, working together and a little maths to make a large windball. It was quite tricky to follow the apttern and get the ball into shape, but as you can see the bigges did a great job. Working With Others Communication Problem Solving Practical Skills Leadership Planning & Organisation […]

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On Wednesday the Biggies spent the morning in Dow’s wood. A beautiful day. We are sure there is a right angle in here somewhere… We started with some maths, finding or creating angles, right, obtuse and acute and sets of parallel lines. We too photos with out iPads and then labled them. Adding captions to […]

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Today we opened to the public the Banton Beasties a web site where the content is created by the Biggies. The site consites of posts describing different animals that we have seen in Banton. The children research different creatures, find photos they are allow to use and design the page using WordPress (Glow Blogs). This […]

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I am John Johnston A Primary Teacher in Scotland. I currently teach primary 4-5-6-7 in Banton Primary, the Banton Biggies. From 1993 until 17th October 2008 a class teacher at Sandaig Primary in Glasgow. In 20th October 2008 I joined North Lanarkshire Council as an Educational ICT Development Officer where I was until 2016. From January 2014 till December 2015 I was on secondment to the Scottish Government to work on Glow as Product Owner mostly on Glow Blogs. I am continuing the role on a part time basis.

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