📷 Google Pixel 8 Pro - Telephoto Sensor (50MP) - Strawberry Moon

📷 Google Pixel 6 Pro - Throwback August 2023 - National Trust - Box Hill, Surrey, England, UK

Low resolution Motorola mobile shot. Sorry.

On the Thames Embankment

Happy Bench Monday

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The marble window sill is actually painted wood that has been skillfully made to resemble stone.

I haven't uploaded my 2021 fireworks yet, so here are some manipulations from an old 2015 shot from my Olympus EM-10. These are from a mix of Android apps including Mirror Lab and Chroma Lab. I love the bright colors and neat abstracts I get from using these apps.

There's a corner of a paddock where these grow. The birdsong nearby is beautiful.

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My back garden

Known as Penny's Hospital, built in 1720 with funds from William Penny's estate. For "twelve ancient, indigent men."

Including a chapel for the residents (at the end of this picture) from 1770 it was also used as a Blue Coat charity school to teach boys reading, writing, and arithmetic.

William Penny was mayor of Lancaster three times.

The almshouses are still in use and the general public may visit the chapel after 10am daily. It is a haven of tranquility.

Passaggio a livello mentre passa treno suburbana. Level crossing while suburban train passes. Cameraphone shot. Scatto di strada. Via Libia. Bologna 2022

The city library is in the former fire station. Apart from books there are computers for public use and staff who know lots.

More than a place for books, it's a cultural center with poetry club meets, yoga sessions, local art exhibitions, and a warm place to hang out in the cold months.

If you are lucky enough to have a public library, please use it. Or lose it.

A former mill that's been re-purposed as housing. The June sky overhead looks ominous.

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It's good to greet the creatures before photographing them.

For some reason, my trusty Pixel has great difficulty focusing on this.

The corbicula is the term for a spoon-shaped indentation on some bees' legs where they carry pollen back to the hive.

This flower is a yellow snapdragon.