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Reen O
@phoenixreen.bsky.social
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Musician, photographer, writer and general 'creative wanderer', data harasser, wobbly cyclist, feminist, eco nerd, and book lover.
Home is in York, UK (originally from Suffolk)
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Autumn's here....

#clocksgoback
#autumn
#fall
#photooftheday
#stormhour
#thephotohour
Black and white photo of a wooden park bench surrounded by fallen leaves and with leaves covering ¾ of the seat
October 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Who's solving the Louvre robbery? Right answers only.
October 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Upper Watergate Stairs near Deptford.
My favourite photo from a top weekend in London 😊

#photooftheday
#photography
#black-and-white
#stormhour
#photohour
A black and white photo taken at the top of concrete steps at the side of the River Thames. There is a very high tide. The river swells against the top of the steps, the step railings just visible. The top step is old and cracked. Cobbles are just visible at the bottom of the photo. On the left side is a wall of a building, graffiti just visible far left, and ivy growing on the brickwork. A small bush grows out of the old jetty on the right. The river is in the midground and in the background a distant view of buildings and tower blocks on the Isle of Dogs.
October 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Beautiful day at Harlow Carr, Harrogate

#thephotohour
#stormhour
#sunnysunday
#bluesky
August 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Poppy field between Shepreth and Foxton en route to Cambridge UK.

#poppies
#photography
#thephotohour
#stormhour
Photo of a field. In the foreground a barbed wire fence hidden by grasses. Great and yellow grass and crops with red poppies amongst them. Trees in the distance and a blue sky flecked with white clouds.
July 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Meanwhile...... sunset.

#sunset
#photooftheday
#photography
#thephotohour
June 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Perfect shady spot under the trees in Rowntrees Park, York UK.

#thephotohour
#stormhour
#photography
@rowntreepark.bsky.social
Photo taken sat under a tree in Rowntrees Park York. In the shade on the grass surrounded by trees
June 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Peony (it's amazing what beautiful things you can find in the reduced section of co-op!)

#photohour
#Stormhour
#photography
June 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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guyshrubsole.bsky.social Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · May 8
It's paperback publication day for my book THE LIE OF THE LAND - an exposé of what the 'custodians of the countryside' have done to nature in Britain! 🔥💥🌳

Order yours here: lnkfi.re/JhxHno

Tour dates here: lnkfi.re/PkfOhd

There's been some BIG policy wins since the hardback was published - a 🧵⬇️
June 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Elderflower cordial time! 😊

#photohour
#photography
#foraging
June 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Dames Violet. Loads of it down on the riverbank at the moment and it smells amazing.

#wildflowers
#wildflowerphotography
#photooftheday
#photography
#flowersofbsky
#thephotohour
#stormhour
May 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Hagstone. Cullercoats Bay, North Shields UK.
A beautiful if tad blowy day ☀️☀️

#hagstone
#northshields
#photography
#thephotohour
#stormhour
#beachlife
May 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Back from a long weekend in Dumfries & Galloway with the best people.
Cairn Holy. 6000 year old burial site with a view across to Wigtown Bay. An incredibly special place.

#thephotohour
#stormhour
#photography
#scotland
April 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Some evening tree therapy after a day spent at the laptop. Gorgeous sun in Homestead Park, York UK.

#stormhour
#thephotohour
#photography
#trees
Trees silhouetted against the sun that is shining through branches of the central trees. Some are coming into leaf, some branches are still bare. The trees throw long shadows on the grass on the foreground and a pale blue sky is behind.
April 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Homeward bound (again)...
Roof of Birmingham New Street Station, UK.

#thephotohour
#stormhour
#blackandwhite
#photography
Black and white photo of the roof of a section of Birmingham New Street Station. Lines and glass.
April 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Homeward bound. Station Square, Cambridge UK.

#thephotohour
#photography
#blackandwhite
April 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Spring has sprung in York UK. A beautiful evening in Homestead Park.

#photography
#spring
#flowers
#photohour
A ground level shot of yellow daffodils back-lit by the evening sun. Close up shot of an open white magnolia flower Bumble bee hanging from a cheery blossom flower
April 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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My May botanical illustration & mental health w'shop’s now live. I teach you:
🌿how to break down plants into simple shapes & add shading
🧠how creative activity alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health

There’s 15% off atm with the code THANKYOU15:
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bota...
March 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Herring Girl. North Shields Fish Quay.

#photography
#Tyneside
March 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Walmgate Stray, York UK on a #bluesky cold spring morning. There are worse commutes....

#photohour
#stormhour
#photography
#cyclecommute
Several bare trees on grass (or the 'stray' - common grazing land in York UK) against a blue sky and the Sun shining through the branches of the tree at the front.
March 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Just spent a week in Totnes looking at the 'what can we do' question and ended up exactly here.
Small actions ripple out. Nothing you can do is too small. Random acts of kindness. Smiling at neighbours. It all helps.

#allyoufascistsareboundtolose
georgemonbiot.bsky.social George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Mar 10
1. You feel powerless? Don’t know what you can do to resist the rise of fascism?
Here is an answer: Good Things.
Fascism inflicts pain and harm as a matter of doctrine.
Kindness, care and conviviality defend us from it.
The more we build community, the less it can take root.
🧵
March 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Train from Exeter to Exmouth yesterday afternoon, along the Exe estuary.

#stormhour
#photohour
#photography
#devon
March 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Blue commute. A lovely evening for cycling home. And still light!! 🥳🥳
Millenium Bridge York Uk

#photohour
#stormhour
#thebluehour (thanks @peteringout.bsky.social 😊)
#photography
A blue and pink early evening sky above a river, with reflections in the water. Trees and a footpath line both banks. View from Millenium Bridge York UK
March 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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The very splendid Tibetan Cherry in #homesteadparkyork
And the daffs are coming out. And blossom. And... #spring is coming 😊

#thephotohour
#photography
#trees
#photooftheday
A tibetan cherry tree silhouetted against a low sun in the grassed area of Homestead Park York with a backdrop of blue sky, white clouds and other trees.
February 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Sharing joy. We all need more joy in our lives, especially at the moment 😊💕

#happydance
gurdeep.ca Gurdeep Pandher of the Yukon @gurdeep.ca · Feb 24
Even as shadows of global conflicts and social divisions darken our world, we must nurture our inner light—for in finding our own joy, we discover the strength to be beacons of healing, harbingers of hope, and vessels of positive change.
Gurdeep.org
February 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM