Croppie Gossip: New Month, Not Quite So New Things

Aug 1, 2026 | Croppie Gossip, Dene Hine | 0 comments

The Master???

How about this for a piece of dazzling self-delusion:

A master would create this:

Or this:

The Milk Hill ‘Galaxy’, approximately 300m in diameter. Photograph by Steve Alexander

Or this:

Photograph by Steve Alexander

And this:

The ‘sunflower’, 2000. Photograph by Steve Alexander

But not these:

Not this:

Or this:

A pseudo-circle at Sixpenny Handley, created by Dene Hine and Dan Davies. The additions are an improvement to this pictorial representation of a waste disposal unit. Photograph by Nick Bull

Calling yourself a ‘master’ doesn’t make you one. Particularly as there’s nothing so shallow as self-praise. Also, wouldn’t a master give everyone in his team a plan, so they know what they are doing?

Come on now, perspective is a wonderful thing.

Isn't That...

We were amused by a recent post from Kathy Mingo on Facebook:

Could this be the return of the legendary author, traveller, genius and psychedelic musician Prashant Trivedi, otherwise known as Lotus Ocean?

PT enjoys a good jam inside crop circles from time and is far from shy when it comes to treating an audience to his wisdom. Afterall, he is a man who, according to his own biography, ‘lives connected with nature. In turn, nature responds to his inner coherence. With PT one can see the ancient timeless tales from all parts of the world coming to life in person … he can be seen playing music and nature responding by making rainbows, sun bows, light bows and much more. He even makes rains, storms, lightning etc in areas which have been dry for years.’

We’re gutted we weren’t there if this really was PT dropping by Milk Hill. We can only hope for another chance with this nature influencing genius. Still, in the meantime, we can content ourselves with watching some of his in-circle performances: