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James Hutchinson
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Aimless book collector constrained by the limitations of memory. Mostly thinking about Greece and Rome when not reading SF. Coffee addict. Appalled by what we have done and where we are. Often found looking through a lens at insects and other detritus.
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Icy Skies. -2°C and a cold wind. Hares in the fields.
Icy Skies. -2°C and a cold wind. Hares in the fields.
January 6, 2026 at 10:33 AM
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stout creek
Stout Creek flowing to the west away from Lyons, Oregon. Dry grass and bare trees on either side of the creek. Many of the tree branches overhanging the creek are completely covered in moss. The surface of the water reflecting the cloudy sky with a shimmering silver amidst the trees.
December 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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#OnThisDay - 1 January - in AD 138 Lucius Aelius Caesar, the adopted heir of Hadrian, died. The Historia Augusta (2.5.9) notes that he always kept a copy of Ovid's 'Amores' by his bedside. #History 🏺

Image: RIC 2.3 Hadrian 2717; BnF Variant (IMP-163). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Obverse of a Roman aureus: Head of Lucius Aelius Caesar, right. Reverse of a Roman aureus: Pietas standing right, raising hand and holding incense box; to right, altar.
January 1, 2026 at 12:12 PM
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Christophe Jacrot

Bologna, Italy

Piazza Maggiore
view from rooftop looking down at a lone figure in a dark coat walking through a blanketed town square, past red brick buildings during a blizzard
November 6, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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ClassicsBluesky 🏺🧵

#LatinForTheDay – 1 January #Ovid

“Iane biceps, anni tacite labentis origo,
solus de superis qui tua terga vides,
dexter ades ducibus, quorum secura labore
otia terra ferax, otia pontus habet:
dexter ades patribusque tuis populoque Quirini,...
January 1, 2026 at 12:13 PM
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Just spent the morning at my favourite & the most splendorous Pitt Rivers Museum.
Pitt Rivers Museum. Looking down over the museum cases in low light.
December 31, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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sardonicus.eu
Some people find life very similar to a vaudeville show. You think the next act will be a little better, but it isn't.
November 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Ochre and Red on Red, 1962 #colorfieldpainting #rothko
November 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Venus in the dawn sky as observed during todays frosty and fresh early morning bimble with the four legged walking coach.
#ColorADay #YellowThu #Dawn #Venus #Silhouette
A line of almost bare branched trees and shrubs stand in silhouette in front of a dawn sky that starts orange behind the trees and fades through yellow to pale blue skies at the top of the image. Thin grey clouds form lines across the middle of the image with Venus just visble under the lowest line of clouds towards the right hand end of that line opf clouds.
November 20, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Take me to the river,
drop me in the water
Dip me in the river,
drop me in the water
Washing me down,
washing me down.

Talking Heads, 20th century

#Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #SpeirGorm #StreetPhotography #India #ImageAndVerse #ArtOfBlueSky #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #Scape #WaterScape
Pali Tirtham (water tank), next to Sri Ramanasramam is used for sacred rites and functions. Also called ‘Manakkula’ (‘marriage’), it attracts newly married couples for blessings. Nearby, a majestic peepul tree (ficus religiosa) with statues of Ganesha and other deities carved in stone underneath it is to be found on the roadside bank with a raised platform around it. Chengam Road, Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India.
November 21, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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Seals singing in a sea cave

#Orkney 🦭🎧
November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Morning Bathroom Window Detail
April 29, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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The end of the line.

#Hedge #countryside #reflection #digital #edit

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April 29, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Heptu Bidding Farewell To The City Of Obb.
John Duncan, 1909
a woman on a winged beast waving. a landscape below.
April 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Michael Lally
this is April Fool philosophy open window talk it is spring I am genuinely glad to be alive
April 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Mary Oliver 🖎
March 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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The House of Julius Polybius by When in Rome
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The House of Julius Polybius
The House of Julius Polybius is one of the best preserved residences in the town of Pompeii. Not only do we know about the family that lived there, a number of household goods have been excavated, giv
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March 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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The Daily Not-Rothko is a herd of deer on the horizon in a field in Chrishall
February 23, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Most doctors agree on a simple plan for life:
- drink plenty of water
- exercise often
- cultivate a fine coat of moss
- grow out your antlers & fangs
- wander the wildlands as a creature of myth and gloomy legend.
February 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Still,
There are good things in this world.

James Wright
Trying to Pray This time, I have left my body behind me, crying In its dark thorns. Still, There are good things in this world. It is dusk. It is the good darkness Of women's hands that touch loaves. The spirit of a tree begins to move. I touch leaves. I close my eyes, and think of water.
February 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Latin
Illustration of a wizard throwing fireballs at a guy. The text says “if you think pronouns are confusing, wait until you find out about verbs.”
October 24, 2024 at 12:54 AM
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from the anonymous issue of Adventures in Poetry
140 SYLLABLES All my life I have wondered, Why doesn't somebody write A terrible poem that says In so many words, this world Is a fraud, the people who Run it are murderous fools, Everything ever printed Is a lie, all their damn art And literature is a fake, Behind their gods and laws, they Are all buggers and snarfs and Pee hole bandits, their science Is just a fancy way to kill Us and our girls and kids. What I want to know is why Somebody doesn't write it All down in about twenty Lines of seven syllables Once for all, and scare the shit Out of all the dirty squares.
February 23, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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'Treppen' #Fotovorschlag
Treppenaufgang im Palast Karls V in der Alhambra.
February 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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I am the guest of white death,
On the way to darkness.

Anna Akhmatova
February 9, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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February 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM