#herons of london

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[hobbinch]

We just got to go rent DVDs from a physical store!! It was fun getting to ride that neural pathway again. And the store has thousands more movies than netflix could ever offer at once. The way it's curated kicks ass. Theres even an "OH SHIT!!!" shelf.

[mothlagoon]

💧Getting the new prints ready for the London showmasters events comicon at the olympia next week

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WIP ask game

Thank you to @sea-dwelling-wizard for the tag!

Tagging @jackdawandicarus and @lordcatwich (no pressure ofc!)

rules: answer as many (or as few) of the questions about your WIP as you can.

For this, I'll be using my Victorian dragon thing :)

1. What was the first part of your WIP that you created?

An initial version of the first chapter! It was initially going to be a really long poem (non-rhyming; I'm not that skilled). It focused on Heron (Hanne at the time) walking through sort-of-London (no, he does not wander through each chartered street where the chartered Thames does flow and mark in every face he meets marks of weakness marks of woe /ref) and entering a house. It was slightly more interesting than it sounds.

2. If your story was a TV show, what would the intro song be?

I'm honestly… not that sure. That's are a few songs that I link with it but that's spoilers so uh. Yeah.

3. Who are your favourite character(s) and why?

Amethyst because the only other characters are Leila, Heron and Thomas. I've not developed Leila much yet, I'm not allowed to say Heron because he used to be based on me, and Thomas is an absolute shithead. Also Amethyst is a complex character from the start. Thomas is literally just a capitalist and Heron's complexity comes from later events.

4. What other pieces of media could share a fan base with your WIP?

Well, in its current form it kind of comes from my Victorian lit obsession, and it's going to be epistolary so… Dracula. Though it has very little in common with Dracula other than being epistolary and Victorian.

Other than that, I think it has some similarities to the Cogheart books? It's been a while since I read them, though.

5. What has been your biggest struggle while writing your WIP?

Heron's fucking name. And just. Chapter one. I've started it four times by now and I've only just worked out it in a way that isn't absolutely fucking terrible.

6. Are there any animals in your story?

… they're all dragons. I guess that counts?

7. How do your characters get around?

In the usual way (they walk. Occasionally fly but walking takes less energy and is more what the city's built for anyway.)

8. What part of your WIP are you working on right now?

Chapter one. Still. I've not even written out a plan. Maybe I should do that at some point – that tends to help me get stuff done. And it'd let me work out how to pace stuff. Why have I not done that yet?

9. What aspects of your WIP do you think will draw people in?

Ummmm… Heron being useless for several months straight aroace. Nah idk really. Just the vibes. The misery. The hint of hope. The Orpheus and Eurydice metaphor that appears in the current version. The hopes that Heron will give in to his urges and just fucking BITE Thomas. Amethyst possibly being Zouelle A Face Like Glass coded. This makes no sense. I full-on just forgot Zouelle's last name oh well.

[rumade]

Went on a jog today and there was a very tame heron sitting on the railing in Camden Lock Market! It was so cool to be close to them but sadly that probably means they've been fed human food, which is not good for them :(

[dansnaturepictures]

28th September 2023: Bushy Park

More photos from today in this set are of: 1. Grey Squirrel. 2. Water mint. 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8. Beautiful views of this picturesque park adorned by willow trees, I always enjoy the quite artistic surroundings here especially by the water and it was nice to see the sun bursting through at times. 4. A Small Heath I enjoyed seeing in the midst of Red Deer watching and walking around, doing this trip or one like it every year it's interesting you always get something unique to that particular year's trip and this was that moment this year I had seen them at Richmond Park briefly before I believe and it was a nice moment watching this pretty butterfly which I've had a good year for. 9. One of the stars of the trip always, a Ring-necked Parakeet ensconced in a chestnut tree. It was a delight to watch these streamlined emerald birds dashing through the sky with their eccentric calls and weaving through trees. These are birds we have locally now too so these royal park visits no longer bring them into our year but there's still such a special and atmospheric thing about being embraced by them when around London. They are charismatic to watch. 10. Another of the star birds of this place enjoyed again and a star this week for me, the exotic Egyptian Goose.

Alongside the numerous Red Deer and Fallow Deer seen well which my last post mentions, other highlights today were a fair few Jays seen well making it feel autumnal, Carrion Crow, a duo of Jackdaw and Feral Pigeon taking in an interest in our lunch and tea and muffin stops, Green Woodpecker, Grey Heron, Cormorant atop the Diana fountain, a nice few House Martins and possibly Swallow, a nice few Starlings not once we've seen here often before, Robin, Great Tits, elegant Mute Swan, great Moorhen and Coot views, Tufted Duck, Gadwall, Common Darter and Migrant Hawker dragonflies, wasp and hoverfly. Beautiful water lilies, hawksbeard, ragwort, creeping thistle, spurrey and hawthorn berries were other plant highlights. It was good to see Goldfinches and possible Hummingbird hawk-moth in the garden this morning.

[hammersmithnudemurders]

View towards Heron Trading Estate from Western Avenue, London; 21.1.2023

[oneanimalpictureaday]

On a typical rainy morning in London, Hyde Park, Grey herons and Ravens... Crows...? Those I can never differentiate...

 Fact about Herons from Wild Life Trusts: “ Herons are often seen standing as still as a statue on their long thin legs in shallow waters of ponds and lakes patiently waiting for their next meal to swim by.”

[windandwater]

London, St. James's Park: Heron

Herons are usually shy of humans and not easy to spot in the US, but in this park they were just kind of? Walking around? Completely ignoring people? I did not have to use a special lens to capture this one. We really don't tend to put wildlife reserves in the middle of major cities, and even when more rare birds/animals come there they're completely left alone and remain skittish, and that was one really jarring cultural difference that my outdoorsy self didn't even know to expect. Still not sure what to make of it, honestly!

[legitedigiulia]

City Bird Heron in Richmond, London

oct 2022

[petec9099]

Of Dragonflies and Butterflies....and a Hobby!

[blunts-and-tears]

04.05.24 - London. I loved all the ducks, pigeons and birds

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[youssefguedira]

i wanna do lff this year SO bad but a) london and b) i dont know if i can make it work but i Want to.