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First snow of the 2026/27 season fell yesterday in the Highlands ❄️🌨️

Not the best photos but I'm a palm tree lover, and these are just a few of the cool palms I spotted during my July trip. The Bismarks, Thatch, and Foxtails were definitely my favourites, although I'm always in awe of the towering washingtonias in Hollywood Studios!

It's starting to feel very autumnal here in the far north of Scotland, and I've found myself for the first time in a while starting to look forward to some snow. The mountains may get some soon but we probably won't see our first flakes until late October/early November if we're lucky. December-April tends to be our best months for snow.

These were taken during January 2026 from around where I live

So, I'm needing some advice. In school around age 12-15 I played the Oboe, and I did so mostly by ear. I could read some music but I didn't put much effort into learning because I just enjoyed playing for fun.

I'm 29 now and I bought a pretty cheap keyboard because I was interested in learning the piano, so thought I'd see how I got on before investing in a decent one. It arrived today and I spent the afternoon just playing around with it. I've managed the song in the video (Home by Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros) just by listening to it on Spotify. Feel free to give some feedback (although this is literally just my first afternoon playing so don't be too harsh 😆). I have the personality type where I will now sit and play this song for hours every day until it sounds good, so fire anything at me!

I don't know where to start though. Learning to read music is definitely on my list, but if anyone has any advice on learning by ear it would be appreciated! I want to have fun and not get too involved in theory. I also don't know what level I should be starting at

We don't have wild moose here but this is one of three or four which roams in a large area of the Highland Wildlife Park in the Cairngorms, Highlands. Always my favourite animal to spot, although they're usually very hard to find as they're hiding. First time I've seen one chilling!

Planted some seeds I took from Walt Disney World (I think a mix of saw palmetto and sabal minor. I've had them just in their tray in a plastic bag in the sunshine, but finally got a heat mat and lid.

Currently have the soil at 30°C/87°F according to the thermostat, so I'm hoping for some results at some point!

You'll all get a very excited post if they do germinate 😆

Found this little guy (well, my dog spotted him!) at the side of the road in the middle of the day on my lunch time walk. His back legs weren't working. Took him home, called our local rescue centre who told us to take it in to get checked out. Poor thing had to be put to sleep as he had broken legs/pelvis. Felt so upset for it, but I'm glad it isn't still suffering at the side of the road.

Our local rescue centre has over 70 in at the moment 🥲

Our whippet/springer (wet one for reference) has been desperate for a friend, so after a lot of searching for the right dog, we got him a larger twin! He's a greyhound/whippet cross. They instantly became best friends. Definitely made the correct choice

Our four year old whippet/springer spaniel has been desperate for a friend, and loves being chased. After searching and searching for the right rescue, we settled on this bundle of joy, an 11 month old greyhound/whippet. They instantly got on like a house on fire!

Sub zero or close to it in many areas of the Highlands and Aberdeenshire last night. I woke up with the window open this morning wondering why I was so freezing!

To stave off the Disney blues.. I've taken it upon myself to create Port Orleans French Quarter in Planet Coaster 2. Not even finished building 1 yet... But thought I'd share my initial progress

If this isn't allowed then apologies! I've recently started creating somewhere in Walt Disney World on Planet Coaster 2...

As both à Disney Parks and palm tree lover, there's no better place than Walt Disney World. Most guests don't take my notice of some of the incredible palms (and banana plants!) that Disney have around the parks and resorts, so here's just a handful I took from my trip that I've just returned from 🌴

I've been coming to WDW from the UK since I was two years old. I'm now in my late 20's, and yesterday on the final day of our two week Disney trip with my girlfriend and young daughter, we purchased DVC! Very excited and it will definitely make the Disney blues more bearable. Looking forward to many many more trips ✨