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John Murrell
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Ink-stained wretch, retired; suburban hermit
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For #FeatheredFriday and #FlyDay, a snowy egret ruffled by a breeze
#photography #birds #egret #nature 📷🦉🪶
A snowy egret, white with yellow-orange feet, standing on a rock at the edge of some bluish gray water. Some of the bird's chest feathers are being ruffled by a passing breeze.
December 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Lots going on in the sky over the foothills today between waves of the atmospheric river. Spot the turkey vulture?
#photography #sky #clouds #nature 📷
Gray and white clouds with patches of blue sky over a receding line of dark hills, with the silhouette of some trees in the lower right corner.
December 26, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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Merry Christmas, happy holidays, season's greetings and warm wishes for peace and good will toward all.
#photography #Christmas #abstract #abstractphotography 📷🎄
A colorful abstract image of blurred holiday lights in blue, red, green, purple and orange in a black background and dotted with light spots that suggest snowflakes.
December 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Some lines (Christmas Eve edition)
#photography #SomeLines #Christmas #ChristmasEve 📷
A silhouetted Christmas tree topper star on a spring base, against a golden yellow wall streaked with shadow lines from a window blind.
December 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Sure, it's Christmas Eve, but it's still a #WaterWednesday, so here's a coot in the pond
#photography #birds #coot #nature #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono 📷🦉🪶
A monochrome image of an American coot swimming from left to right in dappled water and leaving a dark rippled wake.
December 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Crow atop a sweetgum
#photography #birds #crow #nature #BirdOfTheDay #BlackBirds #AnimalArtTuesday #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono 📷🦉🪶
A high-contrast monochrome image of a crow perched at the top of a sweetgum tree. The thin branches have a few leaves and many spiked seed pods.
December 24, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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For #TextureTuesday, a plush blanket
#photography #abstract #abstractphotography 📷
A portion of a crumpled plush blanket in a plaid pattern in colors of black, white, red and gray.
December 23, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Persimmons
#photography #trees #plants #nature 📷🌱
Leafless brown tree branches bearing many bright orange persimmons, with light blue sky behind.
December 23, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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For #MallardMonday and #BlueSkyMonday, nap time at the creek
#photography #birds #ducks #mallard #nature 📷🦉🪶
Four mallards -- two brown females at left, two gray and black males with green heads at right -- standing in a blue creek with their faces tucked into their feathers.
December 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Some lines
#photography #SomeLines #abstract #abstractphotography 📷
The pattern of lines in a brick chimney, the left half in yellow sunshine, the right half in blue shadow.
December 22, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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For #SkySunday, a gold-streaked sunset
#photography #sky #clouds #sunset #nature #Stunday 📷
A detail from a sunset with lines of gold-tinted clouds in a dark gray sky.
December 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Twilight at the pond
#photography #nature #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono #BlueSkyArtShow #OpenHouse 📷
A warm and dark monochrome image of a silhouetted fan palm and duck along the bank of a rippled pond.
December 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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For #Caturday, curbside
#photography #cats 📷🐈
A small black cat sitting alongside a gray curb with a sidewalk behind it. There are dry brown leaves along the bottom edge of the curb.
December 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Still a fair amount of fall color here, like this Chinese pistache tree, but I expect the coming week of storms will take a toll
#photography #trees #leaves #fall #autumn #nature 📷🌱
A view looking up through the branches of a Chinese pistache tree with green leaves in the shadows and bright orange leaves in the sunlight above. The sky is light blue.
December 20, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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For #FeatheredFriday and #FlyDay, a dark-eyed junco
#photography #birds #junco #nature 📷🦉🪶
A dark-eyed junco (Oregon subspecies) standing on the rim of a plastic tray full of water with a sweetgum leaf floating in it. The bird has a reddish brown body with a black hood and dark brown wings. There are some blurred orange leaves in the background on the right.
December 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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A white-tailed kite hunting at sundown
#photography #birds #kite #nature #BirdOfTheDay #OpenWings #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono #minimalism 📷🦉🪶
A monochrome image of a white-tailed kite hovering with wings spread, silhouetted against a gray sky with a few thin horizontal streaks of clouds.
December 19, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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A snowy egret judging me
#photography #birds #egret #nature #BirdOfTheDay #QuietObservers 📷🦉🪶
A white snowy egret standing on a dead branch and looking directly at the camera, with clear light blue sky in the background.
December 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Ring-billed gulls
#photography #birds #gulls #nature #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono 📷🦉🪶
A monochrome image of two ring-billed gulls standing on a railing in profile facing right. The gulls have gray wings, a white chest, belly and head with some speckling on the neck, and a black band on their bills.
December 18, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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For #WaterWednesday, cypress trees reflected in the creek
#photography #trees #cypress #nature 📷🌱
The reflection of green cypress trees and reeds in the light blue water of a creek.
December 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Juvenile black-crowned night heron in a eucalyptus tree
#photography #birds #heron #nature #AnimalArtTuesday 📷🦉🪶
A juvenile black-crowned night heron sitting on a tree branch with green leaves and blue sky in the background. The bird is light brown with cream streaks on its chest and belly and white spots on its wings. Its eye is orange.
December 17, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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For #TextureTuesday, dry leaves and sandy soil
#photography #leaves #fall #autumn #nature 📷🌱
Thin, curled fallen leaves (eucalyptus, maybe?) in shades of red and yellow scattered over light brown sandy soil. The late afternoon sun gives the image a warm tone.
December 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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For #ColorADay #PinkMon, December roses
#photography #flowers #roses #plants #garden #nature 📷🌱
A pink rose, right, and a pink bud, left, among green leaves.
December 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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For #MallardMonday and #BlueSkyMonday, a mallard couple at the pond in the late afternoon
#photography #birds #ducks #mallard #nature 📷🦉🪶
A mallard couple -- the male, brown with green head and neck, at left and the brown female at right -- swimming in rippled blue water.
December 15, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Some lines
#photography #abstract #abstractphotography #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono #SensoryArt #monochromatic 📷
A monochrome image of some dark metal wire grids leaning against a white tile wall.
December 15, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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Not much in the way of cloud drama here lately, so for #SkySunday, this from a few weeks back
#photography #clouds #sky #nature #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono #SensoryArt #monochromatic #StunDay 📷
A monochrome image of a mass of gray and white clouds near the horizon, with some evergreen trees visible along the bottom of the frame.
December 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM