That Weird Artist
@brianbrachiopod
Retired Geologist & teacher/lecturer. Now I create zany illustrations for weird adventure stories (often NSFW).
I visited a couple of parks today- One of them is by the water's edge. They imaginatively call it 'Waterfront Park'. (I bet it took a fair few committees working long into the night to come up with that inventive name). @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #Kagoshima #Japan #Travel
When you see your friends fly off on vacation, & come back home (4.5 months later) AT THE EXACT SAME TIME- This way confusion reigns supreme. (Not helped by Pip not being the smartest member of the community). @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel
Why is it that when folk hear on the news about a volcano suddenly erupting, vast hoards of lunatics come from far and wide to witness JUST HOW FUCKING DANGEROUS IT IS ? @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social @foreignsubstance.bsky.social #Sakurajima #Kagoshima #Japan #Travel
When you return from vacation just in time to see yourself taking off, it can mean only 1 of 3 things: 1. Time travel really works 2. Someone is playing a practical joke 3. We are all very very drunk & it's MARVELLOUS @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social @foreignsubstance.bsky.social
When you see a solitary cloud passing majectically over a volcano, and then wonder whether it really is a cloud? Unnerving. Relieved to no longer be on #Sakurajima. @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social Back in #Kagoshima #Travel #Japan
Arriving home at sunset, even if it's a self-created sunset- always nice. @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt
Earlier today, I crossed the bridge to take me from the non-island island of #Sakurajima, and back to the relative safety of a place that does not have Japan's most active volcano smoking away just metres from me. @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #Kagoshima #Japan #Travel
They're HOME! Well, they've spotted what looks like the right planet anyway. @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt
I actually paid extra for a return ferry ticket for this trip to #Sakurajima. Now I discover it's not a proper island at all! Anyone want to buy unused half a return ticket to a non-island island? At least the volcano behaved itself. @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #Travel #Japan
It takes a certain brave recklessness to engage warp drive while still in the atmosphere (especially when transporting a back-seat driver). @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt #FossilFriday (yes, I remembered this week).
Yes, I'm still on #Sakurajima. (I'm crazy like that). Anyway, I have not yet been encased in burning lava, so someone's watching over me. @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #Kagoshima #Japan #Travel
Evereyone's saying 'goodbye', as the Palaeoites prepare to leave Future Bay FOREVER. (famous last words; tempting fate). @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt END of an ERA.
A new member of the community joins the group of Palaeo Bay fossils- Neila the Neanderthal @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social
@johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social @foreignsubstance.bsky.social Sometimes I wish I hadn't studied history in school.
Nonchalantly touring the island hosting Japan's MOST ACTIVE VOLCANO is not for the faint of heart. @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social @foreignsubstance.bsky.social #Sakurajima #Kagoshima #Japan #Travel
Painting a picture before stepping into a time machine to go back 3 million years, leaving behind a masterpiece by a LONG dead artist? She has that the wrong way round, surely? (unless she's a mega-philanthropist) @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel
I decided to do a proper sightseeing tour of the coast road of #Sakurajima today, hoping it'll take my mind off the VERY active volcano on the island, poking above the hills like a massive ripe boil. It didn't. @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #Travel #Kagoshima #Japan
The new time machine has been tested and alleged to be working. Everyone's piling in to go back home. Is this the end of an era?
#Sakurajima, being as it hosts Japan's most active volcano, apparently has eruption shelters everywhere. I thought I spotted one. Turns out to be just a tunnel (unless it's dual purpose). @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #Kagoshuma #Japan #Travel
When you've just returned from a test flight of a lifetime, it takes a while to adjust back to normal life (if life ever was normal, that is). @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social
Still alive on #Sakurajima. Another day without a violent volcanic eruption. That's good. @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #Kagoshima #Travel #Japan
Some folk just fall to pieces when trying to read an analog clock. But there is a simple solution (involving a drill, a hacksaw, a file and some superglue. @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt They all got back safely though. -Just in time
Many of the houses on #Sakurjima seem to be derelict. I suspect the very smart homes are the ones that were built since the volcano last erupted (just a wild guess). @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #Travel #Japan
When you embark on a test flight of your new spacecraft in view of unseen eyes, it'll be fine if you accelerate to speeds beyond the ability of the unseen eyes to see. @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt
Still alive on #Sakurajima (The volcano has not exploded yet). Some of the local houses do have that "we had to leave in a hurry" look about them. Confidence sapping is that. @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #Kagoshima #Japan #Travel
Be especially aware of your surroundings when conducting test flights on your new spacecraft- UNSEEN EYES ARE WATCHING YOU. @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #FossilFriday #PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt
#London at 8:45am has that unique atmosphere that nowhere else can quite emulate. @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social @foreignsubstance.bsky.social
While I'm still here on this tiny island (that is home to Japan's most ACTIVE VOLCANO), I decided to wander around a suburban neighbourhood, trying to forget about the existential threat smoking away in the hills not too far distant. @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #Travel #Japan
When you're testing a new time machine, the one vital piece of kit you need is something that can TELL THE TIME. And, for this particular time machine, only the FINEST timekeeping device will do. @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt