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Psychopoet
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Liberal/Amateur Photographer/Vegetarian/Free Thinker/Bi/Medical Cannabis User/UK/Loves All the Arts

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Good Evening BlueSky!

Manchester Christmas lights

Deansgate - Manchester - UK

#Christmas #lights #city #manchester #uk
Christmas lights in Deansgate - Manchester. It is evening and the lights are lit and suspended above the street. The lights spell out “Bee Merry Manchester”. The word bee is yellow, merry is red and Manchester is yellow/white
November 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Good Evening BlueSky!

Looking up at St. Paul’s Cathedral - London

#stpaulscathedral #cathedral #london #uk #england #photo #photograph #photography
Looking up at the entrance of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London
November 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Good afternoon BlueSky!

Art painted on a construction board at Ashton-Under-Lyne (Greater Manchester)

#graffiti #art #ashton #ashtonunderlyne #manchester
Street art painted on a board covering works going on at Ashton Market in Ashton-Under-Lyne.
November 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Good Evening BlueSky!

The Bear - Deansgate - Manchester

#manchester #bar #pub #uk #england #uk #photo #photograph
A sign for the Bear bar in Manchester in the to left corner with Deansgate (a busy road in the centre of the city) to the right. It is evening with a dark blue sky
November 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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At least Obama stood up to Putin.

This photograph says it all.
President Barack Obama standing in front of Vladimir Putin leaning forward in a confrontational way
November 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Good Evening BlueSky!

Christmas lights in Manchester.

Honeycomb/Bee Arch - St Peter’s Square - Manchester

#manchester #bee #christmas #decorations #uk #england
A large lit hexagonal arch with two lit bees on top. It is evening so it is dark and the arch is lit up
November 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Veggie bolognaise cooking…
A frying pan that has cooking vegetarian-based bolognaise in it. There is a wooden spoon in the left of the pan
November 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Good morning my lovelies!

A simple geranium but very beautiful nonetheless!

#red #flower #plant #nature #garden #gardening
A cluster of red geranium flowers the background is blurred
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Good Evening BlueSky!

Santa decoration (called “Zippy” locally) outside Manchester Central Library.

#Manchester #uk #england #Christmas #Decoration #photo #photograph #photography
November 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Good morning BlueSky!

Old-fashioned weigela

#pink #flower #garden #gardening #plant #nature
A pink weigela flower set against some bright green foliage
November 16, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Lantana flowers in Türkiye

#flower #pink #yellow #plant #garden #gardening #nature
Pink and yellow lantana flowers set against green foliage
November 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Plumeria

#nature #plant #photo #photography #photograph #flower #tree
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Good morning BlueSky!

Midland Hawthorn. There’s a lot of it that grows locally to me, but it’s still beautiful!

#pink #flower #plant #nature #garden #gardening #photo #photograph #photography
A photo of a cluster of dark pink Midland Hawthorn flowers. Surrounding it are bright green leaves
May 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Good Evening BlueSky!

I cannot resist a rhododendron!

#purple #rhododendron #plant #garden #gardening #nature #photo #photograph #photography
A photo of a purple rhododendron flower surrounded by glossy green leaves radiating from it. A photo of a purple rhododendron flower surrounded by glossy green leaves radiating from it
May 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Good Afternoon BlueSky!

A rose by any other name…

#rose #flower #plant #garden #gardening #photo #photograph #photography
A photo of a Rugosa Rose; focus is on the flower which has bright pink petals and a yellow/green centre. The surrounding foliage is bright green
May 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Good Afternoon Bluesky!

“The Cage” at Lyme Park in Cheshire

#lymepark #nationaltrust #building #architecture #history #cheshire #uk #photo #photograph
“The Cage” - a historic building at Lyme Park, a National Trust property near Stockport in Cheshire, UK. It has previously been used as a hunting lodge. The photo is taken at the bottom of a hill looking up at the building on top of the hill, set against a perfectly blue sky A closer up view of the building. It is a tall 3 storey building
May 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Good Morning BlueSky!

Welsh Poppy

#poppy #flower #wildflower #yellow #plant #photo #photograph #photography
Welsh poppy which is yellow with 4 petals and green leaves below it. It is growing from a stone wall behind it A Welsh poppy growing in the shade with 4 yellow petals and a green centre. It has bright green foliage and a stone wall behind it
May 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Good Morning BlueSky!

This is the Clematis growing in my garden. The flowers smell like vanilla sponge!

#clematis #pink #flowers #plant #garden #gardening #photo #photograph #photography
Closeup of a pink clematis flower. It has four petals that are lightly striped pink and white. The centre of each flower is yellow Lots of pink clematis flowers on a clematis plant climbing up a black metal fence in my garden
May 2, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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Good Afternoon BlueSky!

This is a contradiction…a white bluebell!

#flower #spring #garden #gardening #plant #photo #photograph #photography
White coloured bluebell flower - apparently a variant on a Spanish bluebell. There is a tree with some ivy on just behind it.
April 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Good Evening BlueSky!

Bright blue pansies to
match the bright blue sky that we’ve had in the UK today!

#flowers #plant #garden #gardening #photo #photograph #photography
4 x Bright blue pansy flowers
April 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Good Evening Bluesky!

Red Horse Chestnut

#plant #tree #nature #flower #photo #photograph #photography
Bright dark red horse chestnut blossom with yellow centres
April 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Good Evening Bluesky!

It was a gorgeous day to be in Manchester!

Manchester Corn Exchange

#manchester #bluesky #cornexchange #manchestercornexchange #city #photo #photograph #photography
A photo looking up at the front centre of Manchester Corn Exchange
April 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Good Afternoon BlueSky!

Pretty Periwinkle Flower.

#flower #plant #nature #garden #gardening #photo #photograph #photography
Violet coloured Periwinkle flower
April 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Upstate T26 Crossbow (Indica)

I’d heard of this for a while as it’s got a good reputation. Large buds, some sticky. Smells fairly neutral and the flavour is quite piney.

Strong sedative effect - leaves me a little lethargic and sleepy the next day.

#cannabis #medicalcannabis #indica
A closeup view of a dried trimmed cannabis flower A pot of Upstate T26 Crossbow Medical Cannabis next to a dried medical cannabis flower cluster (out of focus)
April 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Good Afternoon BlueSky!

Review up shortly but for now have this photo of a Darwin’s Barberry.

#flower #plant #garden #gardening #photo #photograph #photography
Bright orange long flowers set against glossy dark green leaves
April 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM