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Richard Johnson
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Amateur photographer and music fan. Based in North Yorkshire, UK. Has travelled approximately 46 billion kilometres round and round a star.

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Excitingly* we’re now in Q2 of the 21st century, well done to all of us on that.

*Yes it is exciting, shush
January 1, 2026 at 9:51 AM
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The sun rises on 2026.
A photograph of the sky just before dawn. A yellow and red glow sits above the dark horizon from the rising sun. In the sky above, a bird circles and, higher, a contrail from a plane crosses the sky.
January 1, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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Happy New Year everyone. I hope 2026 is good for us all.
December 31, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Seals on the beach at Flamborough Head yesterday. #photography
A photograph showing a view down onto a sheltered beach surrounded by chalk cliffs eroded by the sea. The beach is full of seals resting on the sand. A small group of people stand on the cliff top looking down at the beach.
December 27, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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The sun breaking through over the North Sea on Christmas morning. #photography
A photograph looking over a sandy beach and the waves rolling in. The sky above is cloudy, but beams of sunlight have found enough gaps to fall through. Lower right, silhouetted figures of a person and a dog look on.
December 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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That was a nicely satisfying ghost story.
December 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Foggy December. #photography
A photograph showing a scene thick with fog. The tiny figure of a person can just about be seen below the tall shapes of trees.
December 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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A Christmas star. #photography
A black and white photo showing a bright star made up of tiny lights wrapped around a star frame. It shines brightly against the dark stone bricks behind.
December 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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It was a bit damp and foggy this morning. #photography
A black and white photograph looking over damp grass towards distant misty buildings and trees.
December 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Annoying when a delivery company pings you a message saying they couldn’t deliver as no-one was in, despite me sitting here waiting for the delivery. Clearly they just put too many parcels in the van for the guy to deliver today. Just be honest for goodness sake. 🙄
December 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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After many attempts, I've finally logged into my Arturia account and started downloading the update. Pigments is my favourite softsynth, so I suspect I'll have fun with this. From the slow download speed, it seems it's popular with everyone else too.
December 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Printed out a new bowl on my 3d printer to put my keys in. This led me to sort out the keys I've got and there's two pairs of mystery keys. I've absolutely no idea what they unlock.

Still, I'll keep them. Just in case.
A photo of a 3D printed bowl. It is dark green with hexagonal shaped holes round the sides, making the sides look like a mesh. The rim of the bowl is dark brown and the bowl is full of miscellaneous keys and a Swiss army knife.
December 14, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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This is my favourite Christmas song from recent years. It's a lovely song.

Good enough for you this Christmas by Warm Digits.
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Good Enough For You This Christmas
YouTube video by Warm Digits - Topic
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December 13, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang.
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Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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I’m beginning to suspect this match may not go to 5 days. #thecricket
December 6, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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I got an alert about potential aurora, so I went out with my camera but nothing doing. No sign of them, and the nearly full moon would probably obscure them anyway. Here’s the moon over the Stray in Harrogate instead. #photography
A photograph showing trees on the edge of parkland at night. Car headlights streak past on the road beyond the trees. Two people walk along a path below the bright moon.
December 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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I’ve just finished reading When There Are Wolves again by E.J. Swift. I loved it. A vision of a possible future where we manage to change course and possibly build a better world. Lovely evocative writing. I’d like to visit the Somerset marshes in the book.
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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A fallen maple leaf. #photography #autumn
A photograph of a yellow leaf from a maple tree lying on the grass where it fell from the tree. The edge of the photograph is blurred, whereas the centre is in focus, an effect created by the Lensbaby Sweet 50 lens optic that I used.
November 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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A tiny mushroom. #photography
A photograph of a small mushroom sprouting from amongst the grass and leaf fall.
November 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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The trees suggest we’re pretty much in winter now. #photography
A photograph looking up at the dark and bare branches of trees. The trees are on either side of the image, receding into the distance. The tangled branches meet in the middle and descend into blur on the outer edges of the photo. The blur was crested by the Lensbaby Sweet 50 lens that I used.
November 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Streetlight in an autumnal scene. #photography
A photo taken at dusk showing a lit streetlight surrounded by trees. The ground is covered in autumn leaf fall.
November 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Sarah Gigante rides 190km on Zwift in mammoth four-and-a-half-hour session during recovery from broken femur https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/more-of-a-slog-than-i-initially-expected-sarah-gigante-will-have-to-stick-to-riding-indoors-for-a-while-yet-as-she-recovers-from-broken-femur/
Sarah Gigante rides 190km on Zwift in mammoth four-and-a-half-hour session during recovery from broken femur
'Don't think, just do' says Australian who returned to indoor training in October
www.cyclingnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Autumn. #photography
A photograph of a beech tree in full autumn colours of red, orange and yellow leaves.
November 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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I’m listening to Swift, Safe & Comfortable by @warringtonruncorn.com while travelling by train. Perfect listening.
November 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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MONO, on stage tonight in Leeds. They were incredible. Such an amazing sound and looked so cool on stage. #livemusic #photography
A black and white photo of Yoda playing guitar in the band MONO.
November 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM