eclectech

eclectech, 5 months ago to animals

Been meaning to say, if anyone has a pet that they are desperate to see in a Santa hat but either 1. thinks it would be an indignity to make them wear one or 2. would like to avoid their pet taking appropriate revenge for the indignity, do share a photo with me & I'll happily do a virtual version if I can!

I realise in the days of AI and photo filters you don't need a photoshopper anymore, but just in case anyone wants an artisnal version 🎅 🐱 🐶

#festiveBlether #catsOfMastodon #dogsOfMastodon

eclectech, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to random

Observation for the Day

In the absence of context I read the word DOING as an onomatopoeic sound that rhymes with BOING.

eclectech, 8 days ago to NoStupidQuestions

Having established that dandelion seed heads are definitely NOT known as DANDELION CLOCKS by everyone I have a follow on question...

What DO you know them as?

Chatting to people already I have had FLUFFS (Lithuania) and WINDY PUFFS (Canada) both of which are SUPERB.

Are there any others? Will there be enough to make a World Map of Dandelion Names?! 😃

Places, names & any other trivia welcome!

Earlier thread here: https://things.uk/@eclectech/112458271354372250

#dandelion #question #askFedi

eclectech, 6 months ago to photography

Good morning Mastodon. I hope you're having a nice day.

In my head, when I saw the sign, this was very funny. I accept the possibility that it's only funny to me, but just in case...

#photography #photoshop #funny #sillySign

eclectech, 6 months ago to random

I close so many websites within seconds these days.

Look at this one. To read one (probably) crappy article there would be 322 organisations keeping track.

Three hundred and twenty-two.

Nah, I'm good thanks.

#enshittification #website

eclectech, 9 months ago to InitialD

A chat on here yesterday reminded me of the 1980's film The Apple which is... well... something.

I made a few gifs from it a few years back & thought I'd lost them, but my digital hoarding habit is victorious.

Going to do a wee thread of them, as they make me giggle so much they will surely entertain someone else as well.

I don't usually just grab clips from other media, but it's quite an obscure film & I'd not seen any others circling about so...

#film #clips #video #TheApple #funny #scifi

Close up of a mans face. He is bearded, with eye make-up and a symbol on his forehead. He wears a slightly shiny grey suit and bow tie, with white shirt. He looks coquettishly at the camera.

eclectech, 9 months ago to nature

Went for a walk where the fluff monsters grow.

#nature #photography #silly #drawing #SillyScribbles

eclectech, 9 months ago to ilaughed

You know when you have a video loop, but to make it loop something disappears in an improbable manner?

And you think, that's a shame, because I really like this little clip.

And you could crop it so, for example, a bird doesn't disappear in mid-flight, but then it looks unbalanced so you need to find some unobtrusive way for the bird to disappear so it appears natural?

Yeah. That.

I think I need a quiet lie down.

#seascape #video #loop #animation #bird #silly #drawing #SillyScribbles

A short video loop of the sea splashing up some rocks. In the foreground there is long grass. On the left the cliffs of the headland. A gull flies in from the right hand side most of the way across the image. At that point the cliff, which has cartoon eyes and a slither of a mouth drawn on, opens its mouth wide, flipping the clifftop up, and eating the bird. Because why else would it disappear at that point? It made no sense.

eclectech, 9 days ago to photography

If you blow on a dandelion seed head in just the right way, you get to meet one of these cuties. Nice.

#sillyScribbles #photography #nature #silly #nonsense #drawing

eclectech, 10 months ago to Camping

So, car roof tents. Did everyone else know about these?

Saw one today, setup in a local car park, and I am a bit befuddled by them.

I mean, on the one hand, that's quite a cool way to get a decent mobile bed without a big motor-home.

But also, it's a tent that's attached to your car. And that feels odd.

#camping

eclectech, 10 months ago to drawing

It's a bit blowy out.

giggles

#silly #drawing #video #loop #SillyScribbles #windy

A stone wall with a planting area with three grasses in it. Behind the wall a green leafy hedge and a view of the Island in St Ives. It is windy and the grasses and hedge are being blown about. The three grasses each has a happy face and upraised arms. They are enjoying the bracing weather.

eclectech, 4 months ago to photography

OMG. Look at him.

LOOK!

So very, very round 😍

#photography #robin #bird #birb #nature #snow #Scotland

eclectech, 1 month ago to Bloomscrolling

#silentSunday #bloomScrolling #photography

eclectech, 7 months ago to photography

It's amazing how quickly fungi appears. Yesterday there were a few scattered around this wooden planter in the garden, today it was fully surrounded. LOADS of them.

Fortunately they are very friendly, and hope you all have a lovely day.

#sillyScribbles #photography #fungi #fungiFriday #silly #drawing #gardening

eclectech, 7 months ago to Scotland

• Hey, you know how salmon jump up waterfalls on their way to spawn? I managed to catch one on video.

• Nice. You haven't done anything stupid to this amazing, strong, determined, creature have you?

• I said...

• I heard what you said.

#salmon #Scotland #waterfall #fish #googlyEyes #video #loop

Close up video loop of a gushing waterfall, with white waters rushing from the top right of the frame down through a rocky channel to the bottom left of the frame. A large fish flapping its tail jumps up from behind the rocks on the right, then drops back into the water. Their determination is impressive, but I'm ashamed to say I added googly eyes so it looks a bit silly.

eclectech, 1 month ago to art

Chicken with a Pearl Earring

giggles

(with appropriate apologies to Vermeer, obvs)

#MyfanwyAndFriend #silly #nonsense #art

eclectech, 5 months ago to random

Lunchtime train of thought...

• Hey, that moss looks like a figure, reaching out

• I should add a Santa hat

• Hang on, it's the winter solstice isn't it? I should add antlers.

• Hmm. That doesn't work with the Santa hat. Wonder if it would work in green.

• Hmmm.

Goes down a bit of a solstice rabbit hole

• Oh. I'm a day early for solstice.

• Bah.

posts anyway

#sillyScribbles #mosstodon #festive #solstice #silly

eclectech, 3 days ago to random

It's time to get organised for the Friday Sparkly Dance Party!

Here's what you need to do if you'd like to join in:

1. Pick a dance (all 50 so far are below)
2. Film yourself doing the dance step a few times
3. Upload the clip to Mastodon, tagging me in and noting the dance number
4. Have a laugh with it, it's just for a bit of silly fun 🕺 💃

1 / 4

#FridaySparklyDanceParty

A vertical grid of 15 blocks of different colours, each numbered (1-15). Each box contains a simple animated black and white figure doing something resembling a dance move.
A vertical grid of 15 blocks of different colours, each numbered (16-30). Each box contains a simple animated black and white figure doing something resembling a dance move.
A vertical grid of 15 blocks of different colours, each numbered (31-45). Each box contains a simple animated black and white figure doing something resembling a dance move.
A square grid with 7 blocks of different colours numbered 46-52. Boxes 46 to 50 contain a simple animated black and white figure doing something resembling a dance move. 51 and 52 haven't been made yet, so are just question marks.

eclectech, 8 months ago to Nostalgia

Aww, Weebl made a 20 anniversary animation for Badger Badger Badger!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPOISnUd7WE

#Badger #BadgerBadgerBadger #Mushroom #Mushroom #Snake #Nostalgia #animation

eclectech, 3 months ago to random

Warning! In order to find the following gif even remotely entertaining (or, indeed, comprehensible) you will probably need:

1. Knowledge of a particular childhood song

2. Understanding of the British summer picnic, with their combination of grumbling & determination

3. To be familiar with a particular informal English word (I have no idea how common it is)

Basically this is a pretty awful niche joke & the funniest thing at the moment is me trying not to 'spoil' it with the 3 points above.

Photo based animation. Four sad looking teddy bears drop down in turn on to a blanket on a beach. Each moans about something as they drop in. The first holds a sandwich ("My sandwich is yukky. I don't like lettuce."). The second holds a shortbread biscuit ("This biscuit is wrong. I wanted a custard cream."). The third holds a banana ("My banana is too yellow. And bends too much."). The final one says "I've got sand in my pants. And not in a good way." Finally a picnic basket drops in along with the text "Because today's the day the teddy bears have their nitpick!"

eclectech, 2 months ago to photography

Another odd thing. I saw this rotting flower & was immediately transported back to my aunt's bathroom & the crocheted doll that used to sit on top of the toilet roll.

Which is a little unkind about my old aunt's decor really, as her doll had a delightful pink dress as I recall with no rotting involved at all, but the shape is just perfect.

Right. That's this mornings odd observations (oddservations?!) out of the way over coffee, now to Sensible Things.

#sillyScribbles #photography #drawing

eclectech, 1 month ago to Scotland

Red squirrels in the Queen Elizabeth forest in the Trossachs.

LOOK AT THEIR TUFTY FLUFFINESS!

Taken with a hand held camera because I wasn't expecting to video, I was there to get snaps of the birds from the bird hide, but they were were just so cute.

Also cheeky, stealing ALL THE NUTS.

#redSquirrels #squirrels #Scotland #video #nature

Video footage of red squirrels on a tree trunk with a bird nut feeder attached to it. They circle around it, chasing each other, before one stops to have a good old munch of nuts, before the other reappears and they dash off up the tree.

eclectech, 1 month ago to random

The end of a long day

Thought Myfanwy & friend could visit Hopper's Nighthawks.

Wasn't sure what to call the adaptation, but realise the obvious name is Nighthen.

As well as representing Myfanwy it is what someone in Scotland might say on their way to bed, which is what I'm about to do.

'Night hen! 💤

#sillyScribbles #MyfanwyAndFriend #silly #nonsense

eclectech, 3 months ago to photography

#silentSunday #photography #Scotland #beach #dogsOfMastodon

eclectech, 7 months ago to Funny

Day 20 of #photOctober2023 and the themes are #funny and #food

Despite the banana disaster earlier in the week I decided to get the camera out for this one.

Much happier with the results.

Couldn't decide between these three.

#silly #photography #googlyEyes #fruit #stillLife

A close up photo of a fruit bowl. In the back are two slightly out of focus speckled bananas. In the foregournd are two satsumas, both with googly eyes, staring at the camera. The one one the right is tilted slightly.
A close up photo of a fruit bowl. Filling most of the left hand side is a pear, then there are two red apples on the right, one in the foreground in focus, one behind out of focus. Centre top and bottom are satsumas, both slightly out of focus. All pieces of fruit have googly eyes stuck on. The pear also has a cut that looks like a quirky aside smile.