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@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.
Busy day, so apologies if I have been less responsive and not posting so much; would probably the last yellow rose from me this year be an acceptable apology?

#Photography #ColorADay #YellowThu #BloomScrolling #Flowers
November 13, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I tend to do a lot of ducks and one of my favorite, cleanest, sharpest duck I happened to post for the theme recently, so .... digging back to earlier last year, not long after I picked up a camera again ... not sharp, but cute

#Photography #DucksOutOfWater #BirdOfTheDay #Wildlife #Ducklings
November 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Must be time for another glance at the changing leaves before they are all gone; this week's winds have tried hard to accomplish it, but sheltered valleys where this shot came from ... not so much

#Photography #Landscape #ColorADay #YellowThu #FallFoliage
November 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Those with a need ... a need ... for speed are not just the teens and young adults; the adrenaline craving goes way beyond age boundaries as this "youngster" on Lake Charles demonstrated.

#Photography #HumansOfBlueSky #ColorADay #YellowThu #SensoryArt #Loud
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Time for me to be away, for the day, but before I go, a few conventional #WindowsOnWednesday in the form of those upon the historic roller mill, grain elevator and warehouse at Muddy Creek Forks Historic District, all dating back to the beginning of the 1900s or earlier.

#Photography #Landscape
November 12, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Slightly different take on #WindowsOnWednesday, not those on a building, but the cluster of 19 glazed sections of the stranded C97 "Angel of Deliverance" cockpit. Look to the wing on the right, and the space where one of its engines should be can be seen.

#Photography #ColorADay #RedWed #Aviation
November 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
For those who've seen Winter's Bone, yeah ... its that soul sucking oppressive grey skybox in place atm, so going to reach out for a vibrant red rose shot from a month or so ago on this #RedWed.

#Photography #ColorADay #BloomScrolling #Flowers #EastCoastKin
November 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Today has been cold and grey, and guaranteed to be the first really chilly night as, of course, its the one where my furnace failed to light.

Bring back the #BlueTue of a week ago; as seen from the aptly named Blue Rock looking out at Rookery Island.

#Photography #Landscape #ColorADay
November 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Hopefully this doesn't trigger any recent pumpkin traumatic stress disorder in anyone, but diving a month back for today's art challenge and a piece for #AnimalArtTuesday in the form of this wonderful butterfly bench.

#Photography
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Mischief and Infamy

A summer evening peek for #PinkMon, the delicate riverside form of loosestrife, an invasive plant here. In the background, the towers of Unit 1, maybe resurrected for data center use ... and the infamous Unit 2, of Three Mile Island.

#Photography #Landscape #ColorADay
November 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Cool, grey day here today; not conducive weather for these beautiful heliconius butterflies, who are used to sunnier climes and thankfully nice and warm inside Hershey's atrium.

#Photography #Wildlife #Insects #MacroMonday
November 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Bit of crossover with the #birding folks for this #BlueSkyMonday. Folks were quizzing me about the egret and night herons back in the spring, and this 'urban lake' that I said I would see them at. Well, here's a little picture of the spot; Kiwanis Lake, in suburban York City, PA.

#Photography
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Your art challenge cheat sheet for Nov 10–16!

UPDATE: #HolidayRobin for daily robins

Host list + posts from them in the comments

#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#dailyart #art #traditionalart #painting #drawing #onlybeautifulthings #artchallenge #artprompt
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I came from the sunny valleys
And sought for the open sea,
For I thought in its gray expanses
My peace would come to me.

I came at last to the ocean
And found it wild and black,
And I cried to the windless valleys,
"Be kind and take me back!"
-- Sara Teasdale

#ImageAndVerse #Stunday
November 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Meant to add a little gaming update this weekend; yes still playing and enjoying both BF6 and ARC; but if you're looking for a chill addiction and you've managed to pull yourself away from Balatro ... could do worse than saving Ballbylon. Ball x Pit ... vey, very good
November 9, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Wow Karen ... that Charleston left me breathless; and Vicky, as ever, completely love you and Kai; never change 😊

#Strictly
November 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
For those less moved by natures' displays of painterly prowess, an alternative #GreenSat, but related to the last and some of this week's foliage, namely the locomotive that pulled, and the carriage I stood in to take this week's shots.

#ColorADay #Photography #SensoryArt #Patterns
November 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
While fall foliage has been something I've chased of late; today's color theme pushes back toward normalcy, so let me dig deep and find some examples not decked out in yellow, browns and red. The last hold outs of the season that's been.

#Photography #ColorADay #GreenSat #Landscape
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
So last spring, were the shepherds warned, full of delight, or just rocked back on their heels like the rest of us as the #evening cast its enchantment?

#Photography #Landscape #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The wonderful iridescence of an oakleaf butterfly relaxing on the stucco wall; the underside of those wings are nothing like the tops. When the wings are closed you would be hard pressed to not think it a leaf.

#NaturePhotography #FlyDay #Butterflies #AlphabetChallenge #WeekSForShadows
November 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Just because the weather has become colder, doesn't keep me away from bankside snapping. A late afternoon view across the Susquehanna River from Wrightsville to Columbia, along the Veterans Memorial Bridge.

#Photography #Landscape #Scape #Susquehanna #EastCoastKin
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A little surreal dream #scape this Friday perhaps?

"All that we see or seem,
Is but a dream within a dream"
-- Edgar Allan Poe

Extra points for the Boomers and GenX folks who remember the German synthwave users of the famous line

#Photography #ColorADay #BWFri #AlphabetChallenge #WeekSForShadows
November 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This robin made the mistake of getting a little too close to a pair of nesting bluebirds; they were relentless at protecting their territory. Shot last spring in Gifford Pinchot State Park in southern Pennsylvania. 🐦🦉

#BirdOfTheDay #Fighting #Birds #photography #EastCoastKin #Wildlife
November 7, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Sleep is proving elusive and fleeting tonight, so maybe time to break into Friday's challenges?

As a reset. I should probably acknowledge all the folks this week who appear to have woken up and are finally smelling the roses

#ColorADay #BWFri #ClassicMono
November 7, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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It’s a collage type of day. 😉 16 little snippets of details taken from a variety of my embroideries. I hope it brightens your timeline… 🪡🌿🌺✨🌱🪻🪷 #stitchedart #thesewingsongbird
November 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM