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This video of Kurama-dera, a Buddhist temple outside Kyoto, is quite lovely. And the snowy scenery makes the place look completely different from when I visited it in late Summer.

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Kottke.org

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Summer:

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Winter:

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πŸ“· From time to time the world offers you an extraordinary, fleeting gift.

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#photography #clouds

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12 days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge by Micro.blog: Dec 15 - Frost πŸ“·

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We don’t have frost here so this is the best I could do. Also, it’s not Winter in Australia. Just saying.

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πŸ“·Photo challenge day 30: solitude.

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πŸ’¬“I am the Cat who walks by himself, and all places are alike to me.” - Rudyard Kipling.

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And there’s more solitude.

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#mbjune

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πŸ“· Photo challenge day 26: bridge.

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I’ve used this as a metaphor for writing, but it’s also a real bridge, of which #Sydney has many more than the famous one across the harbour. The image shows the causeway to Bare Island, at the mouth of Kamay, Botany Bay.

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#mbjune

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πŸ“· Photo challenge day 29: winding.

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It’s well worth taking a look inside White Bay Power Station in #Sydney - as previously seen on day 7 and day 5. Oh, and day 23 last year.

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See the whole #mbjune photogrid.

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πŸ“· Photo challenge day 28: ephemeral. A reminder that our leaders don’t last forever, or even for as long as they’d like to. I spotted this election button on the very last day the Leura toy museum was open, in the Blue Mountains, just West of #Sydney.

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#mbjune

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πŸ“· Photo challenge day 27: collective. Rainbow lorikeets are among the most commonly seen #birds in #Sydney.
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πŸ“· Photo challenge day 25: decay.

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My worm farm is amazing! By turning waste into compost these little wrigglers perfom a kind of magic.

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It’s also a metaphor for my writing process. I don’t worry if the input is rotten. The output will be quite different.

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See also: No writing is wasted

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πŸ“· Photo challenge day 24: bloom.

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The bougainvillea does get a bit unruly, but it’s probably worth it. #mbjune

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πŸ“· Photo challenge day 23: fracture.

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A crack in reality at the Edogawa Japanese Garden, north of #Sydney

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#mbjune

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πŸ“· Photo challenge day 22: hometown.

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The view from Yerroulbine (Balls Head) on our mid-winter walk in #Sydney yesterday. From this angle Me-mel (Goat Island) seems impossibly close to the CBD.

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#mbjune

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πŸ“· Photo challenge day 21: silhouette.

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Black swans in #Sydney.
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πŸ“· Photo challenge day 20: gather.

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Six seagulls gather on a sandstone rock at La Perouse, #Sydney.

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#mbjune

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πŸ“· Photo challenge day 19: equal.

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πŸ’¬ “I exist in a fractally connected, self-organized universe where everything relates dynamically to everything else” - Jeremy Lent, The Web of Meaning.

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Yes, we all do.

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#mbjune #zettelkasten

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πŸ“· Photo challenge day 18: texture.

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Furry or spiky? Spotted on a boardwalk in the Royal National Park near #Sydney - as featured in day 2.

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#mbjune

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πŸ“· Photo challenge day 17: warmth.

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We saw a curious warning at this year’s Vivid, the big winter festival of light in #Sydney. #mbjune

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πŸ“· Photo challenge day 16: blur. A smoking ceremony at Prince Alfred Park, #Sydney. #mbjune

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πŸ“· Photo challenge day 15: tie. This is how the tugboat from day 9 was secured to the wharf at Pyrmont, #Sydney. #mbjune

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Photo challenge, day 14: twilight at the mouth of Deerubbin, the Hawkesbury River #mbjune #Sydney

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πŸ“· Photo challenge day 13: pathway. Calna Creek, just north of #Sydney. #mbjune

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πŸ“· Photo challenge day 12: hidden.

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It’s easy to watch the annual ‘humpback highway’ whale migration at Malabar Headland in #Sydney - so you might easily miss this guy, who is looking the other way.

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#mbjune

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πŸ“· Photo challenge day 11: brick.

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#Sydney has more than one Japanese garden, but only one is owned by geese.

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#mbjune

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πŸ“· Photo challenge, day 10: rail.

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Of the many wonderful exhibits at the NSW Rail Museum, this little railbus is one of my favourites. Though small, it still gets a Wikipedia entry.

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#mbjune #Sydney #railwayheritage

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πŸ“· Day 9: wood. There’s a truly massive amount of timber in the old wharves around Sydney Harbour. #mbjune #Sydney.

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See the whole photogrid.

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πŸ“· Photo challenge day 8: travel. Most of the photos this month are of #Sydney, but given today’s theme, this was taken as far from Sydney as it’s possible to get. #mbjune

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πŸ“· micro.blog photo challenge day 7: switch. #mbjune

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πŸ“· Day 6: contrast #mbjune #Sydney.

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See the whole photogrid.

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πŸ“· Day 5: reflection #mbjune #Sydney.

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See the whole photogrid.

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πŸ“· photo challenge day 4: nostalgia. Can you tell what these are? #mbjune

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πŸ“· Day 3: shadow #mbjune.

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πŸ’¬ β€œMy work grows from the duel between the isolated individual and the shared awareness of the group.” - Louise Bourgeois, 1954.

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See the whole photogrid.

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πŸ“· Day 2: curve #mbjune.

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πŸ“· A very special tree. Can you guess why it’s lit up? #mbjune

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