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Levon Dymond
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The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao.

Nature lover, photographer, reader, gardener, walker, carpenter.

Interests: nature/environment, ancient history, art, spirituality, psychology, politics, psychedelics.

Somerset, UK.
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In America immigrants are hiding at showings of the Melania movie, as no one is expected to be in there.
January 31, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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'Clear Blue Sky, White Anvil' (2025) -- Malaysia Always Had Such Beautiful Cloud Formations, They Made You Think... and Wonder, Tanjung Tokon Public Beach, Penang, Malaysia

#BlueSkyArtShow #Cloud ✨ #Stunday ✨

#Photography #Landscape
#Monochrome #ClassicMono
#EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford
a young thundercloud anvil grows quickly into a giant in the blinding heat of the sun and the humid tropics, taken from under the shady branches of a large leafed tree
January 31, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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Beeches and puddle. January 2026

#trees #puddle #reflection #Scape #landscape #BlueSkyArtShow #monochrome #ClassicMono #pentax #pentaxk1 #photography
a reflection in a large puddle on a country lane of tall trees. black and white photo.
January 31, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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World on a branch. January 2026

#moss #fungi #FungiFriends #nature #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono #pentax #pentaxk1 #photography
a moss and fungi draped tree branch with lots of tine water droplets on the ends of the moss. black and white photo.
January 30, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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Underneath. January 2026

#fungi #FungiFriends #nature #woods #pentax #pentaxk1 #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono #photography
lots of small white bracket-type fungi growing on the underside of a tree branch.
January 30, 2026 at 12:37 PM
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www.theguardian.com/environment/... 😀🦋
Rare butterflies bounce back after landowners in Wales cut back on flailing hedges
More than 300 brown hairstreak butterfly eggs were recorded in hedgerows near Llandeilo this winter after decade of decline
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:28 AM
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Giants in the mist. January 2026

#trees #nature #Scape #landscape #blackandwhite #ClassicMono #pentax #pentaxk1 #photography
large winter trees in a field, in the mist. black and white photo.
January 29, 2026 at 6:47 PM
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The Precision Myth: A Photographer's Guide to Bit Depth
You've captured what you believe is the perfect sunset. The light was extraordinary, your composition was deliberate, and the histogram looked pristine. You import the file into Lightroom or Photoshop...
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January 29, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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For the Bard's birthday, we had a fine celebration for Robert Burns last night. But his birthday was today, so here's a wee tribute. #robertburns #thebard #burns #scotland #thehighlands #poet #myheartsinthehiglands #Skye #deer #photography
January 25, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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I have now lived in the British countryside for most of my five decades on earth, within which time I have come to know it well. I thought, for newcomers to the place, I'd write a short guide to some of its more interesting aspects. You will find them in this thread.

1. EXCITING VILLAGE EVENTS.
My friend Rick was over here from Manchester, staying in my spare room, last week. Rick didn’t leave his home city for the first time until 2022 and didn’t even know what a donkey was until 2019, when he was 58, but now that he’s been to Devon, where I live, a few times, the pollution-coated twat thinks he’s William W***ing Wordsworth. “Slow and dreamy, the cow is the tortoise of the field,” he announced to me pompously on Friday. I didn’t reply, as I dislike confrontation, but the dude was talking utter shit. When properly motivated, British cattle can move at speeds of up to 65mph, as can be witnessed in our annual village Milk Race. Here a herd of Jerseys are challenged, over 18 miles of varied terrain, to beat a quad bike, normally driven by Sue who runs the post office, and Bill, a former Olympic runner who lives in the old mill. As usual, this year the Jerseys came out on top, leaving Bill (far right, in his customary Parisian designer denim) pathetically wheezing and crooked, although as you can see some of the herd’s progress has been impeded by their investigation of the cottage to the right, having heard the distracting opening bars of Paula Abdul’s 1988 hit ‘Straight Up’ coming from an open window.
January 28, 2026 at 8:46 AM
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Naked Beech. January 2026

#beechtree #trees #Scape #landscape #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono #nature #photography
A tall, bare tree with a landscape of fields and trees in the distance. black and white photo.
January 28, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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A very small one for #Waterfallwednesday #quantocks #waterfallwednesday #somerset #nature
January 28, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:18 AM
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Mini waterfall, Quantocks, Somerset.

#waterfall #nature #quantocks #somerset
January 27, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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Camelia. January 2026

#camelia #nature #flowers #BloomScrolling #sonyalpha #photography
a pinky red Camelia flower with rain drops on it.
January 27, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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Umbel tufts. January 2026

#flowers #bloomscrolling #nature #wildflowers #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono #sonyalpha #wildflowers #photography
white tufts of an Umbeliferae flower. Some in sunlight and some in the shadows. black and white photo.
January 26, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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Swollen stream on the Quantocks, Somerset.

#quantocks #somerset #nature
January 26, 2026 at 6:49 AM
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Small orange fungi. January 2026

#fungi #FungiFriends #macro #nature #Stunday #sonyalpha #photography
a clump of 5 small orange fungi of varying size growing out of the end of a sawn off log.
January 25, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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Flooded Forest - I took this photo east of Uppsala (Sweden) - #Verycold #forest #ice #snow #sunset #sverige #winter #winterscape #NaturePhotography #naturelovers #landscapephotography #landscape #photo #natur
January 9, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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Pine needles. January 2026

#pinetree #tree #nature #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono #Stunday #sonyalpha #photography
wet pine needles. black and white photo.
January 25, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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This is my Firebubbles painting for #BlueSkyArtShow #Warmth
This was more of an experiment with materials than anything else.
Abstract watercolor with flames at the bottom reaching towards the top right, where there are blue and purple bubbles.
November 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Grass. January 2026

#grass #droplets #nature #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono #Stunday #pentax #pentaxk1 #photography
grass seedheads covered in droplets and backlit by the sun. black and white photo.
January 25, 2026 at 11:53 AM
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It's been raining for about a week now. Everywhere is saturated. But the little streams on the Quantocks are fantastic!
#quantocks #somerset #Stunday
January 25, 2026 at 11:43 AM
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Reform’s newest MP backs scrapping the NHS and replacing it with private insurance, saying that the healthcare system needs to be more “efficient”

www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/reform-mp-...
Reform MP Backs Privatising the NHS to Make It More 'Efficient'
Andrew Rosindell, who defected last week from the Conservatives, says he "would not object" to replacing free healthcare with a private insurance system
www.adambienkov.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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The rest of the world should absolutely boycott the World Cup and boycott the Olympics. At minimum.
January 24, 2026 at 8:16 PM