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Exiled ancient Brit engineer living amongst horse carts and shoofly pies; conduit for creatives' dreams, explorer of edge cases, disciple of scale, envoy of the backend All views and opinions expressed are my own and do not reflect those of my employer

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Witchspace @witchspace.bsky.social · Apr 9

When I am not at work, I try (although this year...) to maintain my sanity by wandering around with a camera, taking bad photos at random.

For those who need help sleeping, more can be found over at www.flickr.com/photos/shynd...

Feel free to use and abuse, but an attribution wouldn't go amiss.

Plastic multipoint 3d star lamp suspended on a black background, diffuse orange light filling it

Young child crouched down digging in the yard with a trowel

Sunset over Prettyboy Reservoir in Northern Maryland, trees line the right hand edge, with a vivd sky reflected in the still waters

Marged HDR surreal effect on a parked aircraft at York Airport, PA

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Witchspace @witchspace.bsky.social · 30m

See also, infinite loops for authors, copy editors that work for free and the most unbiased and harshest critic - I suspect a lot of resentment in Act 2 and a need to murder your self-powered-internet-comment-source in Act 3 ;)

Witchspace @witchspace.bsky.social · 43m

With prose borrowed from Ralph Waldo Emerson's wonderful Humble Bumblebee

Witchspace @witchspace.bsky.social · 44m

Off I must, to visit sandy vistas, and the subtle scent of cordite in DICE's latest opus; before I do, #FlyDay fun!

"Wiser far than human seer,
Yellow-breeched philosopher!
Seeing only what is fair,
Sipping only what is sweet,
Thou dost mock at fate and care,
Leave the chaff, and take the wheat."

Color photograph of a bee collecting nectar from goldenrod blooms on the banks of Lake Codurus in southern York County, PA

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Witchspace @witchspace.bsky.social · 10h

And has their supporters protest outside and threaten the Nobel commitee ... you couldn't make this stuff up ... its completely bonkers

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Witchspace @witchspace.bsky.social · 10h

"Every morning
the world
is created.
Under the orange
sticks of the sun
the heaped
ashes of the night
turn into leaves again"
-- Mary Oliver

Welcome to Friday, work has kept me largely away from lavishing love on lenses or enchantment with exposure, so today's #Scape returns lakeside. #Photography

A color photography across Lake Redman, York County, PA. Blue sky backdrop with high wispy cloud decreasing left to right, leading down to a relatively dark tree line in the midground and the largely still lake waters reflecting both. On the left hand side foreground a small bush sits

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Witchspace @witchspace.bsky.social · 1d

Busy work day, less chance for snaptastic additions, but maybe enough time for some more Witch Waffles Wistfully About Gourds.

Today's candidate? Speckled swan gourds, super funky shaped green beasties.

#31DaysOfHalloween #GourdScrolling #Photography #EastCoastKin

Color photograph of a group of speckled swan gourds. Akin to bottle gourds, but with a top portion often curving and narrowing before expanding out again. Dark green in color, with white/beige dime/quarter/tenpenny speckles

Witchspace @witchspace.bsky.social · 1d

As someone who tells others that I live under a bridge and am harassed by the constant noise of goats trip trip trapping, I both applaud and are scared by your efforts ;)

Witchspace @witchspace.bsky.social · 1d

Folks in Harrisburg making the most of good weather before Fall takes its hold, crossing the bridge from City Island into the city.

#Photography #HumansOfBlueSky #UrbanGaze #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin

Black and white photograph of the view from Harrisburg, PA's Riverfront Park across the footbridge to City Island, and many visitors crossing it.

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Witchspace @witchspace.bsky.social · 1d

Cousin of Tatooine's Sarlacc?

Or maybe just the heart of a wonderful pompom chrysanthemum, with a yellow outer and a brown/red center.

#Photography #YellowThu #Flowers #BloomScrolling #MacroPhotography

Color closeup photograph of the center of a chrysanthemum, with a yellow petals brown/red center showing teeth-like petals growing/unfurling

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Witchspace @witchspace.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing rare or fancy, in fact the complete opposite, friends every morning, whether at the local small urban park or upon the Susquehanna; sit, and get instantly #spotted and followed by these feathered friends chasing a snack. 🦉🐦

#BirdOfTheDay #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Birds #EastCoastKin

Color photograph of a friendly duck along Long Level beside Lake Clarke on the Susquehanna River. Sit on a bench and before long at least one will come up and say hello

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Witchspace @witchspace.bsky.social · 2d

What would a Wednesday be without me contributing something a little wacky. If smart, I would have help back yesterday's musicians, but that implies forethought ...

Instead we're going to throw these translucent jacks into the cauldron.

#WackyWednesdayArt #31DaysOfHalloween #Photography

Color photograph of two translucent faux strained glass smiling jack-o-lanterns in metal frames with metal green painted leaves; against a blurred straw background

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Witchspace @witchspace.bsky.social · 2d

Time to get back into the #gourdscrolling and giving some examples of the less common fall festival visitors. Today, another one of those miniature decorative variants, Blaze, that small classic shape, but this time yellow, with orange (and green) being the accents.

#31DaysOfHalloween #Photography

Color photograph of a group of Blaze pumpkins, smaller, decorative types with a yellow body, and orange accents between the segments.

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Witchspace @witchspace.bsky.social · 2d

For #WindowsOnWednesday a glimpse at a terracotta tiled frontage, and a little detail, from one of York's most prolific family of architects, the Dempwolfs, two brothers and a son who designed many of York's grand buildings from the 1870s on.

#Photograph #UrbanGaze #Architecture #EastCoastKin

Color photo of the Fluhrer building on West Market St in York, PA; originally a jewellery store, now the House of Yoga, on the lowest level at least. The building's white/light tan terracotta tiles stand out on a sunny day, as do the turreted, curved second and third floor windows framed in green, giving way to an ornately arched set of third floor windows. The whole building is crowned with ornate renaissance detail as well as the building's original owner's name in blue

Color photograph of a highly detailed terracotta tile on the side of the Fluhrer building showing the date it was laid (1911) and the JAD initials of its architect John A. Dempwolf, along with the architect's drawing instruments, a compass, a triangle and set square; all in white relief set on a dark blue background

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Witchspace @witchspace.bsky.social · 2d

Time to say goodnight, going back to 1995 and borrowing from Sophie B

"As I lay me down to sleep
This I pray
That you will hold me dear
Though I'm far away
I'll whisper your name into the sky
And I will wake up happy"

#Photography #Landscape #RockinTuesday #TidesOutTuesday #Sunset

Dark color photograph of the bed in the Susquehanna above Three Mile Island at Sunset, rocks peeking out above the low water level. Dark landscape rises in the middle third with the left side being deeply blow and the sun on the right painting the sky yellow as the dark clouds look on, all of which is gently reflected in the darkening river waters rippling surface

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Witchspace @witchspace.bsky.social · 2d

Lot of great places for live music in York, and some of our musicians are very experienced .... very experienced

#31DaysOfHalloween #Photography

Color photograph of two instrument playing skeletons with black cloaks outside the Mudhook Brewery on Cherry Lane in York, PA.

Pots of fall colored flowers are around them, and a smaller skeleton is sitting in a window, listening

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Witchspace @witchspace.bsky.social · 3d

Striding through the sparkles in satin sand.
And luminous sparkles twinkling all around.
Casting spell with the sparkles in her eyes
And sparkling sparklers in her hands.
-- Aditi Sheemar

"Remover of Obstacles", piece by Luz Marrero

#AnimalArtTuesday #TagTuesday #Photography #EastCoastKin #Ganesha

Colorful street art piece of a large elephant on a multicolored patch background entitled "Remover of Obstacles" on Grant Street off West Market Street in York, PA by local artist Luz Marrero

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Witchspace @witchspace.bsky.social · 3d

As you wander south down York's South Duke Street, which is adjacent to the Royal Square mural district, glance to the right, and you will see Justin Ruby's two story "Girl with Popsicle" dating back to 2019.

#Photography #StreetArt #Murals #TagTuesday #EastCoastKin

Color photograph of the wonderful two story house tall mural by Justin Ruby on South Duke St in York, PA. Girl seen from nose down, wearing a purple shaded top with a familiar swoosh symbol rebadged with "Ruby". dark thick hair, eating a spongebob popsicle.

Witchspace @witchspace.bsky.social · 3d

Few mornings in the last week could have done with a Camel backing track and prose by Paul Gallico (I know, I know, Canada not Snow geese, but lemme wax lyrical a little!)

#BirdOfTheDay #Migration #CanadaGeese #Photograph #Wildlife #Nature

Color photo of a flock of Canada geese flying away from the camera in the early morning against a sky flecked with some light cloud

Color photograph of an early morning at first light, with a narrow band of trees and landscape at the absolute bottom, a very gently peach morning sky and across it from left to right, a flock of Canada geese are passing

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Witchspace @witchspace.bsky.social · 3d

"You took an oath to uphold the law and defend the citizens without fear or favor. And to protect the innocent. That's all they put in. Maybe they thought those were the important things. You're an officer of the law, not a soldier of the government."
-- Terry Pratchett

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