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Ally Brown
@behinddreaming.bsky.social
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A Poet, Librarian, Unionist & RENegade.
Living in Naarm and previously on Anaiwan country. Always was, always will be.
Love digital stuff & dreaming. My poems & photos CC BY NC
https://poetry.behinddreaming.com
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What pretty weeds...

#Photo #random
Yellow flowers blooming in a circle pattern upon the grass
October 24, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Good morning from Naarm 🫖
May be raining here today but I'm all good.
Taking it slowly today as all my cats have decided they want to cuddle up.

Especially this young lady Miss Hattie
Cat in a tuxedo pattern laying on a wooden plank with left paw stretched out. The cat called Miss Hattie is looking directly at the camera
August 29, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Ways to make oneself happy while focusing on work during a Friday afternoon...

Drink ginger molasses tea in cup that was your grandparents while listening to 🎶💜
Cup containing tea that had a rainbow lorikeet holding a branch on the outside
August 22, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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On days like today I wish I was a cat

#cat #feline #sunlight #daytime #winter #WorkingFromHome
Cat who is a tabby on a chair by a window who is partially in the sunlight coming through the window. On the other side of the window there is green grass. The wooden chair is covered in a blanket with a bone pattern.
August 1, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Today is the shortest day of the year in the southern hemisphere. For those living far south - the days are going to start getting longer. Leaving for work and returning in the dark will decrease. May take weeks to notice but it will get easier.

Enjoy the day ☀️ 🌻

Photos I took yesterday
View from the pathway beside the beach looking across the water with the Melbourne City in the distance. Pine can be seen left of frame, which is casting a shadow. View is from a pathway looking out over a beach. In the distance a couple of people are walking with their dog. Shadows from pines are covering the sand. The top half of the photo is the sky, which is most clear and very blue
June 21, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Blackbird on gold

#BlueSkyArtShow #Vibrant #Sky
#Sunrise #Blackbird
Blackbird on a wire with a sky in the background turning shades of gold at sunrise in winter
June 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Ready for my close-up

#BlueSkyArtShow #Vibrant #Purple
#Jacaranda
Close-up of two jacaranda flowers that are a pale vibrant purple with more jacaranda flowers in the background
June 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Pink Hydrangeas in dew

#BlueSkyArtShow #Vibrant #Pink
#Hydrangeas
Hydrangeas in a vibrant pink with drops of dew on the petals. Blue Sky can be seen in the distance in the top left corner of the frame.
June 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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I think I came across these at an event and different people were seeing what they could create. Have since bought my own sets
Photo of word magnets. In the center are the words - blue wind dances - on the ocean - skirting the horizon
June 6, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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Where am I?

The photo I suspect locals have taken at some point in their life...
At the beach looking out via old wooden pillars with a small island in the distance. Waves are gently breaking and the sky is clear blue
June 2, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Am I stuck spiralling ~
Can I break the cycle ~
What should I be thinking ~
Is there a way to change ...
~
Moments can change my mind ~
Take each breadth deeply ~
Find comfort in kindness ~
Seek possibilities...

#WordPlay #Poem

Always looking for hope 🦋
Standing at the waters edge at night looking across at a full moon. The light reflects across the water. Low clouds edge a clear sky. Photo almost looks like in black and white.
May 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Small flowers blooming in the rain
Crisp white, purple and yellow orange covered in raindrops. The background is a cement road edge and the beginning of a bitumen road.
May 18, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Later that day we sat by the water as time passed. This place was named in recent times the River Styx.

Wonder what it's been called going back much longer than my ancestors have lived in Australia?

#BlueSkyArtShow #green with a glimpse of #blue
Sitting amongst bright green grass along the River Styx. Across the water the trees are a different shade of green. Then above the blue sky is mostly covered in white clouds.
May 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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In 2023 as I walked to Point Lookout in New England National Park I noticed the scars from the Australian black summer scene turn into green moss.

It's a cold rainforest at 1,564 m above sea level

No photos from the lookout because the mist blocked the view

#BlueSkyArtShow #Green
Moss is covering an old cold rainforest from the rocks towards the front through to the trees in the back. This includes Eucalyptus trees.
May 3, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Been an amazing #BinNight in #AusPol2025

I will hold onto the promise of what is possible.

Respect to those who keep striving for change.

What more can we become if we seek something hopeful. We can be better!

#auspol

Time to sleep 💤
Photo from a plane above the clouds where the blue horizon stretches out
May 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Sunrise in Dunedin Aotearoa NZ one winter morning

Still amazed I captured this - the layers in how the sunrise is turning the world into the same colours

#photography #sunrise #Aotearoa
Sunrise over a street with cars on each side. The frosty morning can be seen on how the light reflects on the car roof tops. Sky is covered in clouds that are a strong red and gold colour
May 3, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Ziggy meet Ziggy
Ziggy is cat who is a tabby with white markings including a diamond on his forehead and around his mouth. He is standing on a desk with monitors in the background
May 1, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Need this right now

Walking home from work...
View across the sand at sunset. Between the sand and water are a line of seagulls
May 1, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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Sunset as I walk home...
Photo along the path beside the beach with the sun setting. Sun is behind a tall pine. Some light clouds in the sky
April 24, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Small purple flower enjoying the sun
Small purple flower sunning itself surrounded by green follage. The flower is probably the Australian bindweed
April 19, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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My main plan today. Go to my local bakery to buy bread x2 and a custard tart. Then walk an extra block so I walk along the beach.

Decided to sit on a bench to eat my custard tart and enjoy the view.

What my life now is in Melbourne on the weekend 😎
View from the beach estries side of the beach sitting under pine trees. Looking out across the beach at calm waters and a clear blue sky
April 12, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Will enjoy this view during my time in my new rental
Photo of the beach from a park across the road. Pine trees are along the beach
March 12, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Taking a 'short' drive in the rain...

Lower Ebor Falls
Photo of Lower Ebor Falls in NSW in a downpour of heavy rain
January 18, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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Do you ever put some things away so well you then cannot remember where they were put away. Yay to finding the container / box again. That's me with my Camera +

I'm now charging my main Camera! Guess this means 2025 should = taking more photographs
Red tailed black cockatoo holding onto a tree branch Water dragon on a paved area under a outdoor table Sunrise at the beach with the sun just over the horizon from the beach at Alexandra Headlands on the Sunshine Coast Qld Australia
January 2, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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Who's interested?
Mahjong tiles that are white stacked away in a green tray. This game Mahjong is played with four players seated around a table. There are many variants of the rules.
December 25, 2024 at 6:43 AM