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Witchspace
@witchspace.bsky.social
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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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.
Couple of days ago, I posted a Canada goose alighting on Lake Redman; I love the way those geese do things together, in formation. Given @robcrank68.bsky.social's choice of #TwoOfAKind as today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, perfect time to show it.

#Photography #Birds #Nature #EastCoastKin #Stunday
January 18, 2026 at 10:21 AM
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January 17, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Hmm, covering of snow here, and sub-zero temperatures, so I think I will be hiding under blankets indoors and making happier post; one charged with expectation and hope, wishes for a little green and warmth.

Lets call it "Soon"

#Photography #BlueSkyArtShow #One #BloomScrolling #Flowers
January 17, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Not sure if the great egret atop this branch would say it was perfect, can imagine them being a very fussy bird, but to my eye its a #perfectperch for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme as selected by @alan678.bsky.social 🦉🐦

#Photograph #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #EastCoastKin
January 17, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Looking back 17 years with this #One shot for #BlueSkyArtShow, with a PA Dutch tradition for a child on their first birthday; their own cake to demolish/consume. In our case it was bittersweet, with allergic reactions, restrictive diets and always having an epipen on hand thereafter

#Photography
January 17, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Not enough river photos from me this week, must correct that deficiency right now!

Hmm... monochrome #Scape the length and breadth of the Susquehanna's Lake Clarke section in two shots? Free from boats and humanity, jetties pulled ashore to avoid ice ... no not them

#Photography #ColorADay #BWFri
January 16, 2026 at 3:57 PM
@robcrank68.bsky.social has selected #shortbeaks as today's #BirdOfTheDay theme; now in a similar question to how much wood can a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood ... where does short stop and normality begin? This bluebird cares not about such things

#Photography #Birds #Nature
January 16, 2026 at 11:00 AM
#TimePassages both the theme from the wonderful @sabineshutterbug.bsky.social for #PalacesAndGardens and coincidentally a track from the wonderful musician Al Stewart

This shot, from 18 years back (I was all in on the HDR stacking craze) is from my in-laws garden .... better days, much missed
January 15, 2026 at 4:04 PM
"In preparation for landing, please ensure your seatbelts are fastened and your seats and tray tables are in their upright positions"

Today's alt theme for #BirdOfTheDay from @alan678.bsky.social is #Anatidae, birds of the family that includes geese, swans and ducks. 🐦🦉

#Photography #Birds #Nature
January 15, 2026 at 2:35 PM
"Word has it it's #Gulls"

"What's #Gulls?"

"The theme"

"The theme?"

"The alt #BirdOfTheDay theme from @robcrank68.bsky.social"

"Guys, enough chatter! I'm floating here! I'm floating here!"

🐦🦉

#Photography #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #EastCoastKin
January 14, 2026 at 7:15 AM
I've mentioned and posted many a sunset and starry night taken atop Chickies Ridge in Lancaster County, PA, either at Chickies Rock or Breezyview, but I don't think I've given folks a good view of the Rock from ground level; so this #RockinTuesday lets fix that

#Photography #EastCoastKin
January 13, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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Oops. This is the art challenge cheat sheet for January 12–18! Too many things to remember to update.
Your art challenge cheat sheet for January 5–11 is here!

See comments for the host list & posts from hosts.

#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#dailyart #art #traditionalart #painting #drawing #onlybeautifulthings #artchallenge #artprompt
January 12, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Was a solid photo day yesterday, sun deigned to show itself. Birds were busy in William Kain Park; little windy for drone stuff, still exploring the limits there. Here's an aerial shot looking across William Kain Park and Lake Redman beneath the passing front.

#Photography #BlueSkyMonday #Aerial
January 12, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Been neglecting #BirdOfTheDay for a few days. Today's theme of #BirdsInFlight, as chosen by @robcrank68.bsky.social, is a great excuse to share this shot taken over the weekend at Lake Williams, York County, PA amongst the gulls and geese. 🦉🐦

#Birds #Photography #Wildlife #Nature #EastCoastKin
January 12, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Apologies to those who criticize me for not reposting the bluesky political zeitgeist endlessly; not a fan of the endless echoing with nothing additive

However, I happened to catch Timecop ... not seen it since the movie theaters in 94, astounding how its villain's aims marry up 1:1 with Rump
January 11, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Flowing freely,
Through valleys and meadows,
A river's sweet song
-- Matsuo Basho

Wide and windswept right now, cruel and cold as it awaits the spring, the muddy river, one of the US' oldest, makes its way through the hills to Maryland and the sea beyond

#Photography #ImageAndVerse #Landscape
January 11, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Late June, hot humid summer evening. Location, nothing special, a rest stop along Route 30 after work, grabbing a coffee.

I came outside and looked up, to where the sky gods had apparently dropped their palette.

#Photography #BlueSkyArtShow #Vibrant #Sunset #f8AndBeThere #EastCoastKin
January 10, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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December 20, 2025 at 2:04 AM
For completeness, here's a second #scape, looking upstream from Highpoint rather than downstream; beyond the Raanch upon the hilltops above Wrightsville, to the bridges over into Lancaster County, Rocky Ridge, Marietta and all points north.

#Photography #Landscape #Drone
January 9, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Thank goodness its Friday ... all day apparently!

Tis a day for a #scape and a little more of my aerial experimentation. In this case the view from Highpoint over Lake Clarke, across the 'small' residences nearby and across to Washington Boro and Turkey Hill

#Photography #Landscape #Drone
January 9, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Most modern cameras have a histogram or 'zebras' to warn you when you under or over expose ... do not be like me ... use and take account of them!

#Photography #ColorADay #YellowThu #PalacesAndGardens #SunriseOrSunset
January 8, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Some believe that every woman likes roses ... Dorothy Parker had another view

"Why is it no one ever sent me yet
One perfect limousine, do you suppose?
Ah no, it’s always just my luck to get
One perfect rose"

#Photography #ColorADay #RedWed #BloomScrolling #Flowers
January 7, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Something a little different from me for once, a mass of red plastic/fiberglass in the form of a wide scarlet grin from 10+ years back, that just needs a 1983 backing track, one not so little red corvette.

#Photography #ColorADay #RedWed
January 7, 2026 at 12:03 PM
@robcrank68.bsky.social has picked #BlackAndWhite as today's #BirdOfTheDay theme; to that end, here's a delightful duck ... Swedish or some cross breed thereof ... who knows ... it is definitely, black and white 🦉🐦

#Photography #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #EastCoastKin
January 6, 2026 at 5:13 PM