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Lyn Mac
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Librarian who takes photos, more miss than hit. All photos/videos taken by me (unless otherwise noted), mostly hand held and rarely edited.
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Sunshine on long green leaves, last week

#ColorADay #GreenSat #photography #plants #nativeplants
A green plant, looking like very long thick blades of grass growing in a fountain shape. I think it's called Mat Rush. Afternoon sun is shining on the plant, leaves making shadows. The plant is in a garden bed with light grey walls around it. Brown fallen leaves from surrounding trees are on the surface of the bed. The walls are visible in the background, but seen only through the long strap like leaves.
January 17, 2026 at 8:36 AM
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A yellow leaf that has fallen onto the road

From my archives, as today has been mostly raining

#BlueSkyArtShow #One #photography #leaf #minimal
A leaf has fallen onto a road. The leaf is mostly yellow, but is brown on the curled part that is not in contact with the road. There is a faint leaf shaped shadow on the road
January 17, 2026 at 7:35 AM
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A puddle photo taken during a short break in today's rain. It looks slightly gloomy, befitting the conditions I think.

Puddle Hunters by Kirsty Murray and Karen Blair

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBooks
#photography #puddles #reflection
A footpath made from rectangular pavers that has a puddle on it.. On the surface of the puddle is a reflection of a power pole and wires, and a tree. The photo was taken in colour but looks more monotone due to the cloud cover. There is evidence of water dripping into the puddle from the trees above.
January 17, 2026 at 7:16 AM
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The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan

From my archives, and posting again because I like this one

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBooks
#ColorADay #BWFri
#photography #steps
A black and white image of steps with a driveway on the right side and a wall on the left. Each step has a safety strip, and there is a handrail on the right. Running across the bottom of the driveway, at the bottom of the frame, is a drain. The steps are leading up to an unseen block of flats. The angle of the sun is causing shadows, of the handrail on the steps, and of the next door building on the top of the driveway.
January 16, 2026 at 10:48 AM
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This is as close to a half moon as I have (52%), though not one of my better pics if I do say so myself.
Hand held with no editing as seen from my balcony in Sydney on the 9th of April 2022

#JanuArty #half #moon
The moon, about 52% visible in the southern hemisphere. The moon is lying on its left side, with craters visible along the lunar terminator, the line between light and dark.
January 15, 2026 at 10:17 AM
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Sydenham Station, this morning

Zinn & The Art Of Road Bike Maintenance by Lennard Zinn

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBooks
#UrbanGaze #photography #bicycles
A bicycle parking area at a major rail and metro station. Too many bicycles to describe individually. At the far end is a caged area with more bicycles in it. The photo was taken on an overcast day to the lighting isn't great.
January 15, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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More yellow than last week as brain back almost to what is was before the heatwave, if somewhat distracted.

#ColorADay #YellowThu #flowers #photography #hibiscus #bloomscrolling
Close up view of a yellow hibiscus flower growing on the plant. The stamen and stigma are in full focus, the rest of the flower not so much. A green leaf of the plant is below the flower. In the background are other plants and a partial view of a vehicle.
January 15, 2026 at 5:47 AM
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Various deities are still looking favourably upon me in the cleaning out mum's place as she has moved into a care home.
This is my offering to them and to any I might need in the coming weeks.

It's also an overcast day so some colour is welcome

#photography #flowers #bloomscrolling #grevillea
Close up view of a grevillea firesprite flower growing on the plant. The colours are vibrant pink, crimson and what might be considered yellow.. Green leaves of the plant are in the background.
January 15, 2026 at 4:25 AM
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I Can Jump Puddles, first book of a three part autobiography by Alan Marshall

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBooks
#puddles #photography #reflections #AustralianLiterature
A puddle in an outdoor car park. There is a reflection of a black metal fence and blue sky with clouds on the puddle. Some markings on the surface of the car park suggest some construction might soon take place.
January 14, 2026 at 9:16 AM
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#JanuArty #flower
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Grevillea Scarlet Moon flower, some style yet to unfurl.

#ColorADay #RedWed #ohotography #flowers #bloomscrolling #grevillea
Close up view of a scarlet moon grevillea flower growing on the plant, with some leaves visible. Some of the red style have yet to unfurl. In the background are more plants, blurred.
January 14, 2026 at 1:35 AM
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Grevillea Scarlet Moon flower, some style yet to unfurl.

#ColorADay #RedWed #ohotography #flowers #bloomscrolling #grevillea
Close up view of a scarlet moon grevillea flower growing on the plant, with some leaves visible. Some of the red style have yet to unfurl. In the background are more plants, blurred.
January 14, 2026 at 1:29 AM
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Looking up at a modern building with windows wrapping around corners

#SensoryArt #corners #windowsOnwednesday #wednesdaywindows #windowswednesday #photography #reflections
An office building in morning light, about 8.30am, looking up at it from a bus stop opposite and up the street a bit. The building is white and has three corners visible that are rounded. There looks to be two balconies, on one of the corners, separated by a floor. The windows are reflective, and surrounding buildings can ben seen on them. Two tress frame the building, one one each side, only partially seen.
January 14, 2026 at 1:08 AM
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Not long after sunset August 2021, as I've been a bit preoccupied lately and haven't been out much after tea.

#JanuArty #sky #sunset #sunsets #photography
Just after sunset, looking west over trees, houses and powerlines in silhouette. The sky is mostly filled with clouds, that are coloured gold, orange and bruised purple. Some blue sky is also visible.
January 13, 2026 at 8:48 AM
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Deities of transport, of customer service and of weather, please accept this offering for looking kindly upon me today.

From my archives (and it's one of my favourites but don't let any deities know this as I need to curry favour for a while longer)

#photography #plants #agave
Close up view of a foxtail agave plant with the sun behind it. The central leaf in the process of unfurling.
January 13, 2026 at 8:13 AM
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Fancy door protecting the books

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBooks #streetlibrary
A street library sitting on a brick fence. The library has what appears to look like stained glass in the door, a flower in the middle. The edge of the door is bright red. The roof has purple eaves and the roof looks not to be painted. Behind the library is a frangipani and an unidentified plant.
January 12, 2026 at 8:29 AM
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The footpath gets wet when it rains.
And who doesn't like a puddle?

#JanuArty #wet #photography #puddles #rain
A wet footpath in the rain. There is a large puddle in the centre, with raindrops visible. A smaller puddle is in the upper left of the frame. A small area of verge is visible in the top right.
January 12, 2026 at 4:47 AM
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Don't have a lot of recent pink
From August 2025

#ColorADay #PinkMon #hibiscus #flowers #bloomscrolling #photography #MacroMonday
Close up view of a pink hibiscus growing on the plant. The late afternoon sun is making shadows on the plant and on the brick wall in the background.
January 12, 2026 at 1:19 AM
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Double orange hibiscus in bright sunlight

#ColorADay #OrangeSun #flowers #hibiscus #bloomscrolling #photography #macrophotography
Close up view of a double orange hibiscus flower.
January 11, 2026 at 10:50 AM
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Yellow treasure flowers growing by the road in an unseen kerb island

#SundayYellow #flowers #bloomscrolling #photography
Yellow flowers with green leaves in the background. Some of the flowers and leaves have shadows on them.
January 11, 2026 at 10:05 AM
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Looking down from my balcony over the clothesline

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAbstract #shadows #photography
A clothesline is attached to an unseen wall. A large metal frame has several wires running the width of the frame. Shadows of the clothesline are on the concrete below. Shadows of an unseen balcony, from where the photo was taken, are on the ground also. Some of the clotheslines is in the shade of unseen eaves, also making a shadow on the ground.
January 11, 2026 at 9:43 AM
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#BlueSkyArtShow #vibrant
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Agave with the sun behind it

I do like photographing these succulents in this particular garden bed just up the street

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAbstract #agave #photography #succulents #ColorADay #GreenSat
Close up view of an agave leaf, with others around it. The main leaf has sunlight from behind, making it a lighter green. There is a shadow on the bottom of this leaf.
January 10, 2026 at 2:38 AM
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Agave with the sun behind it

I do like photographing these succulents in this particular garden bed just up the street

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAbstract #agave #photography #succulents #ColorADay #GreenSat
Close up view of an agave leaf, with others around it. The main leaf has sunlight from behind, making it a lighter green. There is a shadow on the bottom of this leaf.
January 10, 2026 at 2:02 AM
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Standing in the shade of this vine, waiting at the lights to cross.

#ColorADay #GreenSat #photography #leaves
Light shining through vine leaves.
January 9, 2026 at 10:23 PM
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Walking home and looking down

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAbstract #photography
A feather, the top half black and the bottom white is lying on the footpath. Lying next to the feather is a fallen tree branch with green leaves. On this branch is a dead leaf, not part of the branch. Around this are smaller fallen dead leaves, some stones, and some small green gumnuts. The sun is shining and some shadows are visible.
January 9, 2026 at 11:51 AM
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Going somewhere on a cloudy afternoon

#HumansOfBlueSky #UrbanGaze #photography
sneaky #ThursdayBins
A man is walking down a suburban footpath carrying a child's wooden balance type bicycle with no pedals over his right shoulder. Slightly behind him is a small child, carrying a long stick in their right hand and a forked stick in the left. Both are looking to their left at something on the street unseen in the frame. On the right side of the frame are fences and some trees and plants in the front yards of properties along the street. On the left are trees and plants growing in beds along the footpath close to the kerb. In front of the man on the footpath further along the fenceline is an upside down wheelie bin that appears to have no lid.
January 8, 2026 at 3:18 AM