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Martin Glew
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English teacher in Czechia, with recent interlude of Air pollution modelling in Czechia. Before that UKMO. Taking the leap hasn't always worked for me
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Martin Glew @mdglew.bsky.social · Feb 25
reposting things I find beautiful or make me chuckle to keep the glooms at bay
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I love this photo so much, it's like Normal Rockwell but live.
London, 1954 by Marc Riboud.
February 10, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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annijyn.com
the moomins went folk horror
black and white illustration of moomin, a small hippo like creature stands at the bottom of a hill wearing a shawl blanket around his shoulders and holding a gas lantern. on top of the hill other whimsical characters are dancing around the midwinter bonfire, the moon is full and bright in the distance
July 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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pharmerfoto.bsky.social
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekFforFramed
#ClassicMono
#Abstract
The Man in the Moon
#Monochrome #Photography
#BlackAndWhitePhotography
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BlueskyPhotography
#Broviranu #Art
#EastCoastKin
Looking through a large concrete construction pipe at a snow covered path with other construction pipes in the distance that could resemble the two eyes and a mouth a face, similar to "the man in the moon". (especially if you squint!)
February 9, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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Alfred Sisley - Neige à Louveciennes (1874)
#arte #art
February 9, 2026 at 6:29 PM
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'The Fortune Teller.' (c1920) In much of his work of this period, John Bulloch Souter's portraits challenged early 20thC British norms, influencing debates on morality, censorship, and the expressive power of figurative art.
February 9, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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fotofacade.bsky.social
This has to be one of my favourite 👻ghost doors. Leaning back as if to accommodate the mighty St. Mary's in Beverley, Yorkshire. Hidden behind the east front of the church - it is of some age with some re-used medieval bricks.
February 9, 2026 at 7:00 AM
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Goshawk Chasing a Hare
by Ohara Koson, early 20th century, Japan
Goshawk Chasing a Hare by Ohara Koson This masterful woodblock print from the early 20th century captures a high-stakes moment in nature, rendered with the precise observational skill of artist Ohara Koson. A large goshawk is depicted mid-dive, its wings spread wide to reveal a complex "shimmering" pattern of brown, grey, and white feathers. Below, a small white hare with a bright red eye bolts through tall, wind-swept beach grass, its body tense as it attempts to evade the predator. The background is a minimalist wash of grey-tan, featuring diagonal lines that suggest a driving rain or the sheer speed of the hawk’s descent, emphasizing the raw, unyielding cycle of life in the wild.
February 9, 2026 at 2:23 AM
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February 7, 2026 at 9:57 AM
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This sunset photograph captures the ephemeral beauty of sakura (cherry blossoms) in full bloom at Kanazawa Castle. There is the essence of hanami, the traditional Japanese custom of enjoying the blooming flowers.
Cherry Blossoms at Kanazawa Castle This breathtaking sunset photograph captures the ephemeral beauty of sakura (cherry blossoms) in full bloom at Kanazawa Castle. The scene is framed by heavy clusters of pale pink blossoms that fill the foreground and canopy, leading the eye toward the historic white-walled watchtower perched atop a high stone rampart. The sky transitions from a soft violet to a warm, "shimmering" orange glow, casting a romantic light over the entire landscape and highlighting the delicate textures of the petals. This view perfectly embodies the Japanese concept of mono no aware, a deep appreciation for the transient nature of beauty.
February 8, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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Santa Magdalena church, Val di Funes in the Dolomites, Italy
A very iconic picture that many of us has captured, but isn't it quaint?
#stunday
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEponymous
#Italy
Small church in a green valley surrounded by dense forest, with dramatic jagged mountain peaks rising in the background under a partly cloudy sky
February 8, 2026 at 9:56 AM
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Beardown Man standing stone #Dartmoor

This isn’t my photo as I haven’t been there for years but I can’t see a name for credit.

#StandingStoneSunday
Tall thin pointed standing stone on green moorland
February 8, 2026 at 9:31 AM
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monoeil.bsky.social
Kruno Kuprešak
#photo #photography
February 7, 2026 at 6:29 PM
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groomb.bsky.social
Inside Sherlocks Coffee Shop, Whitby, North Yorkshire, photo by Stephen Candler.
February 8, 2026 at 8:53 AM
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Canal, Manchester, 1926, photo by E.O. Hoppé, German-born British photographer (1878-1972).
February 8, 2026 at 8:53 AM
mdglew.bsky.social
one again sized by an acute desire to possess a curling stone
A Kats curling stone with red handle. From sellers' blurb: "Kays Curling stones used in the last 5 Winter Olympic Games. All Kays Curling stones feature 2 new Ailsa Craig Blue Hone Ailserts, one on each side of the stone including the Olympic Specification 8mm cups... Details The Blue Hone insert is fitted to the Ailsa Craig Common Green stone body, a technique we have perfected and called “Ailserts”. Throughout the manufacturing process each stone is subject to numerous quality checks to ensure they meet the highest quality standards."
February 8, 2026 at 8:48 AM
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linlins.bsky.social
2日連続の雪❄
街中や公園にいつもより大きなサイズのちゃんと白い雪だるまだけで無く、カマクラも出現

🌡️0℃なので寒いょ！

暖かく、ご安全に!!

#高井戸公園 #雪 #park #snow #photography
February 8, 2026 at 5:04 AM
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February 8, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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Callanish #StandingStoneSunday
February 8, 2026 at 7:20 AM
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#birds #waxwings #wildlife #photography #nature #photographersofbluesky#PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin #G+Circle #mobilephone
February 7, 2026 at 10:50 PM
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groomb.bsky.social
Cloud inversion during sunset on Snowdon, north Wales, photo by Louise France, 'Wandering Welsh Girl'.
February 7, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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February 5, 2026 at 7:33 PM
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☀️Bon week-end à vous🤍❄️💚
February 7, 2026 at 9:17 AM
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groomb.bsky.social
Film star Albert Finney, a bookmaker’s son from Salford, died on this day 2019, aged 82. Here he is at his dad's betting shop, Broughton Road, Salford, 1970s.
February 7, 2026 at 8:49 AM
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lbflyawayhome.bsky.social
“February. Another cold, dead month, or so it seems. The elms are bare against the sky, the plough-ground is naked and wet, and still as brown as the sodden leaves.
Yet the world is waking up”.

Artists: Edith Hilder, Rowland Hilder (ShellGuide, 1955)
A stark, bare landscape of flat ground, ploughed field and stream under a grey sky is enlivened by detailed studies in the foreground of the plants and flowers of February
February 7, 2026 at 8:03 AM
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A horse and cart travels along an Irish provincial street at dawn, 1950s, photo by George Pickow, American photographer.
February 6, 2026 at 4:41 PM