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Sarah Longes

@sarahlonges.bsky.social

Very grateful to Geraldine for choosing Red the vixen as her winner for this week’s #ShareMondays2025 🙏🏻 And for seeing the story of an inquisitive and agile #fox 🦊 I’m looking forward to seeing everyone’s entries next Monday 😁 Have a great weekend all!

Geraldine Curtis @geraldinecurtis.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations @sarahlonges.bsky.social - winner of this week's #ShareMondays2025 Thank you for sharing a special moment in time in the life of an inquisitive fox.👏👏👏

October 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM Everybody can reply

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Geraldine Curtis

@geraldinecurtis.bsky.social

Congratulations @sarahlonges.bsky.social - winner of this week's #ShareMondays2025 Thank you for sharing a special moment in time in the life of an inquisitive fox.👏👏👏

October 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM Everybody can reply

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Geraldine Curtis

@geraldinecurtis.bsky.social

Thanks for your patience with #ShareMondays2025 I've just spent the morning at the dentist, but I'm back now! Final 4 chosen from a superb array of images. @lcflandscapedrone.bsky.social
@jude04.bsky.social
@sarahlonges.bsky.social
@ian-mcc.bsky.social
Winner announced around 4pm xx

I love this drone shot for the colours and patterns. I would never have recognised it as a park local to me!

Mist and sheep, what a dreamy combination - and main subject placed on a left hand third - great composition!

We all know Sarah's fabulous images of 'her' foxes in Bushy Park, but this one is exceptional in capturing the fox balancing on his hind legs - what is he looking at? Thanks for sharing this with us!

Stunning image of a night scene at the barbers. It's like Edward Hopper meets Jack Vettriano, excellent and so well seen!

October 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM Everybody can reply

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ronm123photo

@ronm123photo.bsky.social

Hi, if I R click & select See #ShareMondays2025 posts > Latest & scroll to view the posts it seems that doesn't actually show ALL posts e.g. that doesn't show the posts by @geraldinecurtis.bsky.social or @stevepalmer.photography in the screenshot or perhaps other posts is it the same for everyone?

These posts (and perhaps others) don't appear for me when I select See #ShareMondays2025 posts and I've tested with different case sensitivity of the tag and they still don't show. I only see the examples in the screenshot if I visit the individual profiles. Is this just something I'm missing or is it the same for others and therefore a bug?

October 17, 2025 at 9:08 AM Everybody can reply

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Michael Steven Harris

@michaelstevenharris.com

Milky Way over the West Pier - Shortlisted in the British Photography Awards 2025 🥳

If you'd consider voting for me on the below link it'd be hugely appreciated! 😊
www.britishphotographyawards.org/2025-shortli...

#astrophotography #milkyway #astro #stars #space
#sharemondays2025 #fsprintmonday

October 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM Everybody can reply

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Daniel Sands

@danielsands.bsky.social

#appicoftheweek @apmagazine.bsky.social #ShareMondays2025 #FSPrintMonday @fotospeed.bsky.social

Daniel Sands @danielsands.bsky.social · 6d

Cosmic Highway

Having fun with car trails last night ☺️🌟

October 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM Everybody can reply

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Andrew

@andrewatkinson.bsky.social

Look what’s just arrived. Do you have your copy

amzn.eu/d/eC2iH3x

#sharemondays2024
#sharemondays2025

Week 16 looks good

October 15, 2025 at 12:08 PM Everybody can reply

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acamposfoto

@acamposfoto.bsky.social

Autumn is fast approaching in the valley in the form of fog.

#nikonphotography #woodland #river
#nikon #woodlandphotography #sharemondays2025

October 14, 2025 at 9:17 AM Everybody can reply

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Jude 📷

@jude04.bsky.social

Lazy Sunday

Sunday morning was wonderfully misty. The trees are gently turning to their autumn hues and this sheep was quite happy to rest beneath them.

#ShareMondays2025
#ChatsworthPark
#PeakDistrict
#sheep

October 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM Everybody can reply

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Sarah Longes

@sarahlonges.bsky.social

The Autumn Foliage Inspection #ShareMondays2025 #FoxOfTheDay

Red the #vixen's verdict - getting there nicely! #trees #nature #foliage #foxes #wildlife #autumnclours @rbgkew.bsky.social @chrisgpackham.bsky.social @ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social #UrbanGreenspace @sheclicksnet.bsky.social #fujifilm_uk

Almost all the right side of this landscape aspect image is taken up by the trunk of an old and gnarled tree. The bark is slightly orange toned, rough textured and split in many areas. The trunk twists upwards, splitting into multiple branches. One branch reaches from the upper centre trunk to the top left corner of the composition. A sapling of the tree is growing beneath it to the right of the trunk. It still has green leaves. The leaves of the mature tree are golden and amber, falling like the material of an umbrella aroud the trunk. A female, adult fox is standing on her hind legs with her front paws positioned part way up the trunk where the first branch starts to come away. She's looking up into the tree above. Her coat is a rich auburn with a white bib and white patches on the inside of her legs. She has black sock-like markings on her front legs. The back of her ears are also black. Her coat is such a rich reddish tone that we have named her Red. She is an excellent tree climber! I suspect she'd seen a squirrel or magpie. She really doesn't like magpies!!

October 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM Everybody can reply

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stevebaldwinphoto.bsky.social

@stevebaldwinphoto.bsky.social

Th Kife Angel, a thoughtful reflection on the lives of many of our young people who feel compelled to carry these weapons. #Sharemondays2025

The Knife Angel is a statue fabricated using knives handed in during the knife amnesty administered by the police. Some 100,000 knives were used to create the statue by sculptor Alfie Bradley which stands approximately 8m tall. The statue is touring the country and is currently in Welwyn Garden City until the end of the month. As impressive as it is, it remains a sad reflection on today's society.

October 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM Everybody can reply

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Mark Hetherington

@markhether18.bsky.social

RYDAL GROT

The Autumn colours starting to come through at the Rydal Grot waterfall in the Lake District.
#rydalgrot #lakedistrictnationalpark #fsprintmonday #sharemondays2025
@sonyalpha.bsky.social @fotospeed.bsky.social

October 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM Everybody can reply

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Luke Hunt

@lukehunt.bsky.social

A special encounter with a red kite at the weekend, usually very skittish but this one was comfortable enough, probably looking out for its next road kill pheasant!

#sharemondays2025 #birds #photography #ukwildlife

October 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM Everybody can reply

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drdunkyjim.bsky.social

@drdunkyjim.bsky.social

Rhythm Is A Dancer. From the #NorfolkAndWaveneyMind post charity night walk silent disco in the #ForumNorwich

#ShareMondays2025 #fujifilm_xseries #MentalHealth #Norwich

October 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM Everybody can reply

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Anthony Johnson

@antjohnson.bsky.social

Mist and sunlight certainly helps find the beauty in the boring and mundane. My entry for this weeks #sharemondays2025

October 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM Everybody can reply

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Jill Holliday

@jillholl.bsky.social

Lovely long-tailed tit sunning itself on Saturday at @rspb Old Moor
#Sharemondays2025

A black and pinky-buff tit sits on a long arched branch of a rose with bright red hips

October 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM Everybody can reply

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Sophie Carr

@sophiecarr.bsky.social

Variation on a theme for #ShareMondays2025 - more porcelain fungi as the sun was setting behind in my amazing local woods.

A torn porcelain fungus and some smaller ones backlit by soft peachy sunset light. There are some soft red and orange bokeh (light shapes) blurred behind. The front mushroom is in focus with the others behind blurred.

October 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM Everybody can reply

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Dutch Newchurch💙🕷️🇪🇺🇬🇧⭐Rejoiner #FBPE #FBPA

@dutchnewchurch.bsky.social

Debbie Gough of Heriot on the Cave stage at 2000 Trees Festival on Friday 11 July 2025.

#Heriot
#2000Trees
#ShareMondays2025
#ConcertPhotography

(This image was not captured in the last week, but I processed it for the first time in the last seven days.)

A photograph made during the performance of the metalcore band Heriot as they played on the Cave stage at 2000 Trees Festival on Friday 11 July 2025.

Only one figure is visible in the image, that of the band’s lead singer Debbie Gough. She is wielding a guitar. The stage is shrouded in smoke, and backlit with orange and red lights. This is a fitting reference to the name of Heriot’s album, Devoured by the Mouth of Hell.

The backlighting and smoke obscures the figure of Debbie Gough, so she appears as an indistinct, shadowy presence.

October 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM Everybody can reply

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Dammo

@dammo.bsky.social

Symmetry in the City: The Library of Birmingham

#sharemondays2025 #fsprintmonday

#libraryofBirmingham #heritage #industry #jewelleryquarter

The Library of Birmingham is one of my go-to places for photography, especially when I am looking for inspiration. The balcony terrace on the third floor provides amazing views out over Centenary Square with further panoramic outlooks across Birmingham. If you turn around, you can admire the building’s remarkable architecture.

This upward view was taken just a few steps away from the intricate design that covers the building. I chose a symmetrical composition and was pleasantly surprised by how well I managed to capture the symmetry. A brief appearance of the sun added light that caught the edges of the geometric design. As the eye is drawn upwards, starbursts appear which is an illusion created by the light interacting with the architecture.

The repeating pattern represents Birmingham’s industrial heritage. The black rings symbolise the steel industry, while the gold and silver rings represent the craftsmanship of the Jewellery Quarter. The library is a delight for photographers and, like the Selfridges building, heralds the new, forward-looking Birmingham. The aim of this photograph is to showcase the city as a place worth visiting and, for photographers, a place worth capturing.

October 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM Everybody can reply

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Geoff Franklin

@geoff-franklin.bsky.social

8am Waiting at Gatwick. #sharemondays2025

October 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM Everybody can reply

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☁️Now🤖Breezing💨

@nowbreezing.ntw.app

Bluesky's Top 10 Trending Words (past 10min):
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Emoji Cloud; its emojis (sorted by weighted frequency, descending): 🦃, 🥧, 🪸, 🥷, 🟫, 🙋🏼‍♀️, 😾, 🖋️, 🔝, 📩, 📘, 📋, 👃, 🐊, 🏴, 🎰, 🍦, ✌🏾, ✌🏽, ✊🏿, ⛰️, ⛈️, ♐, ↕, ®, 🫱, 🫰, 🪼, 🩺, 🧶, 🧳, 🧨, 🧦, 🧚‍♀️, 🧔🏻, 🧇, 🦬, 🦨, 🦠, 🦑, 🦄, 🥛, 🤼, 🤷🏾‍♀️, 🤦🏼, 🤞🏾, 🤙🏾, 🤐, 🤏🏻, 🤌🏽, 🤌🏻, 🛐, 🚔, 🚃, 🙌🏽, 🙋‍♂️, 🗝️, 🗓️, 🗑️, 🖼️, 🖥️, 🖕🏽, 🖕🏼, 🕸️, 🕶️, 🕞, 🕙, 🔶, 🔮, 🔜, 🔓, 📧, 📕, 📅, 📀, 💻, 💭, 💪🏾, 💠, 👽, 👐, 👁️‍🗨️, 🐸, 🐚, 🐘, 🐎, 🏳️‍⚧️, 🏏, 🏅, 🏃‍♂️, 🎣, 🎇, 🎄, 🎃, 🍝, 🍗, 🍒, 🍈, 🍇, 🍄, 🌧️, 🌤️, 🌑, 🌋, 🌃, 🇿🇼, 🇳🇿, 🇪🇬, 🇨🇳, 🇨🇭, 🆙, ❄, ✌🏼, ✊🏻, ⛰, ⛓️, ☝, ◾, ▪️, ↪️, ⁉, 4️⃣

Emoji Legend
💨x# | "Increased Trending Rate" for a Word (meaningful value; "💨x8 - burger" will mean "burger" is trending at 8 times its own normal rate for this time of day)
🔓 | "Unlocked" Ongoing Emergency Word (such words are not weighted down by their own previous usage; their *ongoing* increased usage--weeks, months, years--would otherwise move them down the list.)

[PREVIOUSLY USED]
⚠️💨# | "Trend Strength Rating"
⚠️🌀💨 | "Trend Strength Rating" (see above)
⚠️🌀 CAT. # | [same; "CAT." = Category, like hurricane]
💬# | 10min Post Count
🆎# | 10min Word Count
🙂# | 10min Emoji Count

October 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM Everybody can reply

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Mick Houghton

@mickh5.bsky.social

Can you build me a wall?
Yeah. Do you want it straight?
Nah! Not that bothered!
Righto; leave it with me!!

Smardale Bridge on the C2C
#Sharemondays2025