Elizabeth James

@lizijames

I like books, but not just any books. Tend the soil & forget the oil. I eschew disregard of the shared path etiquette. One of the only me.

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Elizabeth James@lizijames· 24d

I am keeping the bee-loved flowers especially watered during the heatwaves.

A small bee on a purple thistle, with yellow ragwort in the background.

Elizabeth James@lizijames· 24d

I don't know what to call it.

A grassy bank has been cut so short it is a pale, yellowy brown. The dry, cracked earth is visible beneath. In the centre a green-leaved, yellow-bloomed wildflower grows. At the 1 o'clock position a cigarette butt has landed.

Elizabeth James@lizijames· 25d

My MP is asking questions that need genuine answers, not reassuring mumurings. CW: 😞 #UKPolitics

Screenshot from Hansard, July 17 2026, of an MP asking the UK Secretary of State for science, innovation and technology if they've assessed environmental impact of Data Centres. The Under Secretary then replies with a string of brief, reassuring statements.

Elizabeth James@lizijames· 26d

How to get people to think in water-saving mode? I suggest: 1. Teach the water cycle at school every year, and on tv. 2. Make The Day the Earth Caught Fire, and that Twilight Zone episode about the bank robbers, compulsory viewing. □ !😯!Scottish & Welsh water supplies are 100% surface water derived.

Theatrical poster for the film/movie The Day the Earth Caught Fire, mostly in red and yellow tones.

Elizabeth James@lizijames· 29d

Good job! Let's face it, who wants go to a pub with a lush, verdant lawn? #oversanitized

An urban patch of grass, at the entrance to a pub, which has been cut so short the unusually intense sunshine has burnt it to a yellowish brown. A discarded plastic bottle lies at the left-hand edge.

Elizabeth James@lizijames· Jul 10

It's all hanging on a shaky nail :(

From local newspaper, quote says that all of Wales' councils face full elections in May 2027.

Elizabeth James@lizijames· Jul 9

It's only 27°C here but there were loads of these in the supermarket today

A notice on a supermarket soft-cheese shelf reads 'The heat's got to this chiller'.

Elizabeth James@lizijames· Jul 6

My first hard-copy 😀 Hope I enjoy it. I'm pretty picky, or narrow maybe.

White enveloe with text reading "Literary Review FOR PEOPLE WHO DEVOUR BOOKS"

Elizabeth James@lizijames· Jul 6

Pavement, for meat-based entities to use, taken-up by a small utilities building. #motonorm

A paved walkway intended for people to walk along is completely blocked by some kind of utilities-housing-unit. Immediately to its side, a carefully-parked van means a tight squeeze or a re-routing onto the busy road for walkers.

Elizabeth James@lizijames· Jun 15

A laugh or cry moment in a nearby supermarket. 'The little things that make summer' - kill them, with Resolve. Kill them on your lawn, on your path and driveway, and there's Xtra Fast if you can't wait.

Elizabeth James@lizijames· Jun 1

The crinkles prevail! I know I shouldn't get emotionally invested in a couple of caterpillars, but really it's the wider implication

Two caterpillars on a cabbage leaf, with many rain-droplets.

Elizabeth James@lizijames· May 31

😉

Two caterpillars, pale green and black, lie next to each other on a cabbage leaf, diverging at the top in a symmetrical formation.

Elizabeth James@lizijames· May 29

Great White caterpillars feeding on rape which cunningly planted itself next to my cime di rapa - now in full bloom! 🌞

A naked, green stalk has only the skeletons of its leaves remaining, each occupied by a pale green caterpillar with dark patches, all made a little blurred by the breeze. Behind them grows another brassica now going to seed, with bright yellow flowers. Some fallen, pink rose petals are visible at the bottom.

Elizabeth James@lizijames· May 29

📚Couldn't find the next one along from Europe in Autumn so, having got a taste for Mr H, have started on this "nasty little tale", according to some reviews. This is my reading-in-the-kitchen f😌dder.

The book cover of Shelter, by Dave Hutchinson. A derelict house and abandoned vehicle, with a leafless tree nearby, in which are perched several corvids, are set against a sky flaming orange, caused by sunset or sunrise, or maybe fire. We are behind a man bearing a long stick who is warily approaching the scene.

Elizabeth James@lizijames· May 6

Now I've seen this I feel compelled to buy from this store.

A 404 message on the website of a wholefoods store, with the numbers cleverly made up of colourful and variously-shaped spices and pulses.

Elizabeth James@lizijames· May 5

Groaning in anticipation here

A Welsh (UK) election flyer exhorting the public to vote wisely to prevent a seedy, populist party gaining local victory in the elections on May 7th. The grinning face of said party appears to the right, with an arrow pointing to it and the words 'Don't wake up to this on Friday'.

Elizabeth James@lizijames· Apr 21

Ramsons, in what's left of the forest.

Elizabeth James@lizijames· Apr 20

How did he get in there?

Looking upwards at a ceiling-mounted sun-tube, a house-spider is seen in silhouette.

Elizabeth James@lizijames· Apr 20

Let's call the whole thing off

Green banner taken from USGS website reads 'No Tsunami Warning, Advisory, Watch, or Threat'.

Elizabeth James@lizijames· Apr 20

Purple banner taken from USGS website that reads 'tsunami threat'.

Elizabeth James@lizijames· Apr 15

Look how this M&S store, soon to close forever, is so clearly and simply laid out. So understated. #nostalgia

Large clothing-store,
in a limited palette of colours, demonstrating clear lay-out of products, with lots of space around the fixtures.

Elizabeth James@lizijames· Apr 2

I have received two pieces of mail and I have a strong feeling they're from Nigel F Ltd. It's Nige! with my personalised letter.

Edges of an electoral communication showing two populists and the signature of one of them.

Elizabeth James@lizijames· Mar 31

Maybe stretching the idea a bit, but still it hits me with that whale pattern. credit: The Sorek desalination plant, Rishon LeZion, Israel, May 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty, File)

A sunlit shot of lines of industrial pipework arching over a pale brown walkway.

Elizabeth James@lizijames· Mar 26

Newspaper headline and byline reads "The oil crisis is exactly what the net zero brigade wants. Energy scarcity is the main way of achieving the ultimate objective of the green agenda."

Elizabeth James@lizijames· Mar 25

Someone mentioned this #book in a podcast and I thought I'd have a look. Out of print apparently but hit the jackpot with good ol' Waterstones kindly posting me their Last Copy in Wales.

Cover of paperback Dave Hutchinson novel called Europe In Autumn, lying on layers of postal packaging. A receipt from a bookshop-chain is at the top.

Elizabeth James@lizijames· Mar 9

I said to a friend, "When I see someone's house all nice and clean, I wonder where all the dirt is now". #LandFill #pollution apnews.com/article/indo...

A contoured piece of land which appears to be made solely of rotting garbage. Several yellow JCBs are dotted about, moving the waste around. In the foreground is a small, toxic pool of water.

Elizabeth James@lizijames· Feb 27

🙂 🗯️#FoundInOxfam

A cover of Philip K Dick novel, A Scanner Darkly (1977).
This design shows the flowers, that go to make the drug, in two shades of blue.

Elizabeth James@lizijames· Feb 20

Going to have to invoke a VPN soon 🙄

A message from a site I tried to access which won't let me onto it, citing '451: unavailable due to legal reasons' as the issue, namely the enforcement of GPDR in my region.

Elizabeth James@lizijames· Feb 10

Ugh, look at all that #plastic

Photo of wreckage of a winged craft scattered across the ground next to a collection of grey and blue components and what might be masses of fibre-optic drone cables.

Elizabeth James@lizijames· Feb 10

If I was in charge of things, I'd have posters like this displayed in all public spaces