Aqualandscape

17/11/2020

Exciting times. Some late night hole excavations with SFN Lucas Dew and his wonderful digger.

Epic garden project finally underway. Snow forecast in 2 days though.

Typical. :)

08/11/2020

Hiya,

I love the river systems around my house here in the highlands but wonder what they would have been like before the human interventions to make the landscapes we see today.

It's amazing we still have things to discover in this modern world. Makes it even more important to safeguard what wildness we have left.

Best Regards,
John

The nocturnal, prehistoric Asprete has teetered on the brink of extinction for decades.

01/11/2020

Hi all,

Happy Samhain everyone. Just a quick update on current projects during lockdown and other buisness.

First of all I'm happy to announce I have opened up to do some more general maintenance visits (freshwater tanks and small ponds) over the last couple of months. Obviously with the approriate social distancing and covid-19 safety measures where needed.

Thankfully we are blessed to be in one of the lowest infected regions of the UK but it's always best to be on guard.

Please get in touch if you are in the Aberdeenshire, Moray or Highland regions and in need of any fish related help.

My main focus this summer has been this "little" garden project, which after a lot of workshop DIY should hopefully be taking place this coming weeks.

Sneak peek attached.

Over the next few weeks I'll update more regularly with this project and other bits and bobs that i'm working on at the moment. As well as finally processing and adding more photos to the "nothing endures" album of aquascaping inspiration from my beautiful surroundings here in the highlands of Scotland.

Best Regards,
John

Aqualandscape

08/05/2020

From the land and scenery around us we take inspiration.

The secret places.

The special places.

The magical places...

24/03/2020

Hi all,

Unfortunately I am taking the hard decision to cease all maintenance & installation as well as plant sales (effectively trading entirely) due to the current outbreak of Covid-19.

The government restrictions on movement, coupled with my wife's underlying health condition meaning that we are a high risk household I am having to self isolate for the foreseeable future have created an impossible situation for keeping going as I have in the past.

I will endeavour to contact any remaining installations and work out some way of (safely) bringing them to conclusion.

I shall switch this page into being more of my own personal blog and project record as I try and develop other income streams that I can manage from isolation here in the foothills of the Cairngorm in Scotland.

Keep Safe People,

Best Regards,
John

Aqualandscape

01/03/2020

31/05/2019

Hiya,

Apologies for the lack of updates, the good weather (& the wildfires it caused) and slow recovery from ill health had me working outside in the garden (yes there is a pond project) for a lot of the last months of two.

In the mean time I think it is entirely appropriate to share this wonderful story.

Be back with some new scapes and photos soon.

Best Regards,
John

Aqualandscape

For a species as young and puny as humans, every ancient fossil is a most extraordinary gift from our planet's vast history. Even so, this 50-million-year-old bunch of dead fish might just be the coolest fossil we've ever seen.

15/03/2019

Hi,

I share a large number of photos of the area of Scotland where I live in this album.

Being inspired by nature is essential for aquascaping and I feel blessed to live in such a beautiful location.

Best Regards,
John

Aqualandscape

Photos of some of the sights and natural beauty of the Finderne area.