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Binny

@binny123.bsky.social
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I write fiction, poetry, and self-help books under various pen names.

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David @haikubycrane.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“mythical sea turtle beast?” fast moving clouds stretch the elasticity of time & wonder #haiku #clouds #pareidolia
cloud in the sky with an eye nose and mouth, wings too.
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𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖬𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗒 𝖠𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇𝖺 @mightyathena.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
𝑎𝑛 𝑂𝑙𝑑 𝑂𝑛𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 – 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑦 𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 #TidesOutTuesday #mobilephotography #photography #vssfantasy | chamber #fantasy #haiku
20 March 2026. The tide is out at Muriwai Beach, and I’ve taken my international homestay student to catch a sunset. It was on his wish list to do while he was here for a term. The weather was perfect with blue skies. Our visit was well-timed as the lower tide allowed us to explore areas not accessible at other times.  Taken around 6.30pm, we’re at the south end of the beach. A white sandstone cliff basks in the setting sun. Native unkempt growth straggles over the cliff’s edge like an outgrown hair style.  There’s a large cavern opening, dark and forbidding. In the foreground and within a tidal pool surrounded by black sand, a craggy, uneven rock outcropping gives pause. It looks like a scene from a fable -- that of a fallen god, face down and partially submerged in the water with his outstretched left arm and hand reaching out to try and soften a tumble. And there he remains to this day, just outside the safety of his chamber within the cliff. Was it the darkness that caused his fall, or was it the light? 

an Old One caught
outside its chamber –
stony silence

#TidesOutTuesday
#mobilephotography #photography
#vssfantasy | chamber
#haiku #fantasy
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Lady-Rain @lady-rain.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Trust your uniqueness The universe Never writes the same poem twice… #BeYourOwnKind #Photography #ArtInNature #BloomOnPurpose
Dianthus blooming with its own beautiful signature.
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𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖬𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗒 𝖠𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇𝖺 @mightyathena.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
𝑎 𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑟'𝑠 𝑐𝑟𝑦 - 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑤𝑠 𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑘𝑠 𝑚𝑦 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 #DailyHaikuPrompt | killdeer, dusk #haiku
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𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕘𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕥🌴🐦𝕊𝕜𝕪𝕓𝕚𝕣𝕕 ℍ𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕟🦋 @margaretsiegien.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
This one's got that same magic that keeps pulling me back to the water every morning. 🌅 📷❤️😍 Adding it to my series of the best sunrises I've ever seen.🌴 #Photography #Photographer #nature #sunrise #sky
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JBGarrity Photography @joegarrity.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Watch how this baby cuttlefish exhibits rolling ripple-like waves across its body, known as a "passing cloud display". And wait until the end for the disappearing act. 😆 #marinelifephotography #marinelife #wildlifephotography #wildlife #naturephotography #nature #scuba #eastcoastkin #photography
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Wildlife @worldwildlife.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas) photo taken by Maurice Whitney in Cerne Abbas, Dorset, UK. #SmallCopper #butterfly #savebutterflies #butterflies #bigbutterflycount #wildlife #nature #dorset #insects #bugs #bsky
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Gary Buckley @garybuckley.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
© Choy Moo Kheong. 'Blue Whispering Day.' Acrylic on canvas, 2022. 139.7 × 114.3 cm.
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Anna B. @bornforart.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
A Crown of Feathers #Art #SynthArt #AnnaBArt #GreyCrownedCrane #WildlifeArt #NaturePainting #ElegantBirds #DreamscapeNature
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Mark Donaldson @markdon.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Early morning light along the trail. #ForestFriday #Scape #trees #hiking
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Sunlit @sunblissful.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
A tree that knows my heart inside out 📷 by me #photography #trees #treephotography
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𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖬𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗒 𝖠𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇𝖺 @mightyathena.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
𝑡𝑜𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦 - 𝑐𝑎𝑡 𝑛𝑎𝑝 #Caturday #cats #EveryDayisCaturday #catscrolling #mobilephotography #photography #haiku
Winter 2018. Usn's are hanging out in The Cosy - just J, me, and Iti, our beloved rescue cat. She's flat out asleep on a tan throw blanket and feeling safe as. My heart melts at the proof: her front legs are splotted out akimbo; her face tilted down in the blankie. One of her hind feet is stretched out from under her, a white paw with brown-freckled pink toe beans on display. Being a tortie-calico, her darker fur is mottled with hints of caramel.  Love you, my Iti Girl 🤎🧡💖
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Lady-Rain @lady-rain.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The best surprises are just enough for imagination to dance… #LightAndShadow #Art #Nature #ArtInNature #photography
The dance of light and shadow invites every viewer to imagine a different story.
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Sunlit @sunblissful.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
By window light I pause a dream not letting sleep dissolve what has been they were beautiful perfection I shall never hold #BSPP55
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𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖬𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗒 𝖠𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇𝖺 @mightyathena.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑢 𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑡 - 𝖺 𝗌𝗎𝗇𝗇𝗒 𝖻𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗄 '𝗍𝗐𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗌𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗌𝖺𝗅 #BirdOfTheDay #SummerLovin | any capture taken during summer #mobilephotography #photography #naturephotography #birds #haikuchallenge | #tableau #haiku /Pardon the extra-poor photo quality. 😇 More in alt-text.
13 Jan 2024 – it’s Summer in NZ, and with such brilliant weather, a long tramp in the Waitākere Ranges was in order. It’s later in the afternoon, around 4pm. Along the way back up the steep track from the small, remote campsite at Parahaha Valley, I spotted a lone Kererū (NZ pigeon/wood pigeon) hanging out on a Kōwhai tree limb, enjoying a rest in the sun. These large birds help scatter and disperse bigger seeds from native trees. As this photo was snapped at a distance (zoomed in on my older Samsung A51), it’s not the best representation of this beautiful creature but I still dig the tableau presented. The Kererū’s head is turned left providing a nice profile. The majority of its plumage is of an iridescent green with some bronze accents. With its back to the camera, its tell-tale white belly is out of frame. Their bill, feet, and eyes are varying shades of red. I’ve yet to hear a Kererū’s call as they are pretty much silent compared to other feathery vocalists here. Yet I can definitely identify one when one in flight, even without actually seeing it. The wingbeat is distinctive: whoosh, whoosh, whoosh. The photo’s background shows a portion of the dense, almost primaeval forest within the Mighty Waitākeres. 

Post-edit, the original was cropped, then a smidge of Shadow, Pop, and Vignette were applied. 

Inspired by a photo + haiku prompt, I wrote:

𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑢 𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑡 - 
𝖺 𝗌𝗎𝗇𝗇𝗒 𝖻𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗄 '𝗍𝗐𝖾𝖾𝗇
𝗌𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗌𝖺𝗅

#BirdOfTheDay #SummerLovin | any capture taken during summer
#mobilephotography #photography
#naturephotography #birds
#haikuchallenge | #tableau
#haiku

https://www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/new-zealand-pigeon
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𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖬𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗒 𝖠𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇𝖺 @mightyathena.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
a butterfly doesn't mind the time - red bottlebrush #Stunday #ButterflyWeek #mobilephotography #photography #bloomscrolling #flowers #nature #butterflies #DailyHaikuPrompt | mind #haiku
April 2012 and just a few months after moving to NZ. The tell-tale orange and black markings with scattered white dots of a Monarch Butterfly mesh nicely with that of its perch - a Callestimon. The red bottlebrush flower makes for a perfect resting spot, the cylindrical shape with its soft spikes give plenty of purchase for hanging out. In the background, blue sky peaks through dense green foliage.  I spent more than a little time watching this colourful royalty bide its time and be at one with the world.

Inspired by today's #DailyHaikuPrompt, I wrote:

a butterfly
doesn't mind the time
- red bottlebrush

#Stunday #ButterflyWeek
#mobilephotography #photography
#bloomscrolling #flowers
#nature #butterflies
#DailyHaikuPrompt | mind
#haiku
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Dripping With Words @drippingwithwords.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
..i think there's a silent decree of mercy.. in the dark of the night.. and the stars.. a splash of wonder.. ©️ - dww
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Mr Garden @mygardenuk.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
A dropped seed growing in the apple tree. #BlueSkyArtShow #growing #ColorADay #greensat #plants #Apple #trees #gardening #nature
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Michael Hall @mhallarts.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
"Facts should be the basis for accomplishing your priorities!" #landscapephotography
Desert landscape
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Andrew 📷 @vixcomplex.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Kite in the Blue 7-2026 White-tailed kite, hunting posture — wings up, eyes down. 🪶 #birdoftheday #screenfiller #birdphotography #whitetailedkite #raptor #birdsofprey #bird #wildlife #nature #sonyalpha
A white-tailed kite in flight against a clear blue sky, seen from below. Its wings are raised in a sharp V-shape, showing dark patches near the wrist and pale underwings, with its fanned white tail and red eye visible as it looks downward
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Binny @binny123.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
rain falls life grows petals get the color sky once lost… #BlueSkyArtShow #Growing #Micropoetry #freeverse #flower #photography #bloomscrolling #nature
The picture i took shows a flower  in the damp soil after the rain….
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Dripping With Words @drippingwithwords.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
..created this video.. and i never want to stop learning like this.. . ..sharing travels from life & songbook.. #quotes #philosophy #moon #change #humansofbluesky #music #songstress
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Andrew 📷 @vixcomplex.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
East Bay Sunset, July 2026 "There is nothing more musical than a sunset." — Claude Debussy #Scape #CloudScape #sunset #California #EastBay #skyphotography #nature #clouds #goldenhour
Vivid crimson and purple sunset sky with layered clouds, some showing a pouched mammatus texture, over silhouetted trees and a rooftop in the foreground.
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Sunlit @sunblissful.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
She's become like her so I banished the hurt bonds are fragile ribbons I look to eucalyptus for comfort 📷 by me #poetry #photography
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𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖬𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗒 𝖠𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇𝖺 @mightyathena.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
listen and glisten— lotus blossom #DailyHaikuPrompt | lotus blossom, glisten #haiku #senryu
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𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖬𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗒 𝖠𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇𝖺 @mightyathena.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
#AmpersandAfterDark 44 | radio bleeding through the dark #Cassiopeian | #roughly @yeehawpoems.bsky.social #2WordPrompt | sight, author #scifi #waltmarie #poem Photo by Kristiina Klaas on Unsplash
Inspired by several Bluesky writing prompts, white text on a photo. (Photo by Kristiina Klaas on Unsplash.)  The photo is that of a dark night sky, lightly pinpricked with faint, far-off stars. Is the picture from just after sunset, or is the orange horizon from out-of-control wildfires? In the foreground, the trees, solitary utility pole, and a few traffic signs are but a silhouette. 

White text centred on the photograph near the entirely-onyx bottom section of the photo:


late night blues from yet more headlines
   author
the glut of septic tidings seep into these old bones
   this sight
no more water; no more time
   quickly
perhaps The Others will hear us roughly shout
   hit send
or are we just another radio bleeding through the dark
   then run

#AmpersandAfterDark 44 | radio bleeding through the dark
#Cassiopeian | #roughly @yeehawpoems.bsky.com 
#2WordPrompt | sight, author
#scifi #waltmarie #poem
Photo by Kristiina Klaas on Unsplash
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Sunlit @sunblissful.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Trees, they never say go away, they do attempt to show me my worth. 📷 by me #poetry #photography #trees #haiku
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𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖬𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗒 𝖠𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇𝖺 @mightyathena.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
a bare tree reaching the limit - lush pasture #DailyHaikuPrompt | lush pasture, bare tree #mobilephotography #photography #ColorADay #BlueTue #haiku #nature #micropoetry
From Apr 2021 and a solo trek up the raw, wild West coast of NZ. Instead of the main route between Baylys Beach and Kai Iwi Lakes, I decide to take a different approach (no way, not me!) 😇 This pic was from one of my many impromptu stops along the way. At the top of a sloping hill, a stark view presents itself. A bare tree, its few gnarled limbs upstretched against the blue expanse, has its roots still firmly planted in the lush green grass below. In noting the surrounding area, this is pastureland where sheep wander in a near-continuous graze. Off to the right of the ghost tree, the greyed wreckage of a fallen compatriot holds quiet companionship with its upright friend. Off to the complete right of the frame, a Cypress tree flaunts its vigour and youth. In learning more about different cloud formations, the pattern here is altocumulous, or “mackerel sky”.  It really does look like shiny fish scales. Thank you, Wikipedia 😊

Inspired by today’s #DailyHaikuPrompt, I scribbled:

a bare tree
reaching the limit - 
lush pasture

#DailyHaikuPrompt | lush pasture, bare tree
#mobilephotography #photography 
#ColorADay #BlueTue
#haiku #nature #micropoetry
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Dripping With Words @drippingwithwords.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
..𝓈𝑜 𝓂𝓊𝒸𝒽 𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓅𝑒𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓁𝒹.. i'm in a.. need-to-fall-in-love-with-everything-kinda-mood.. so any one// thing.. not love.. 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝑔𝑜.. ©️-dww . #philosophy #love #quote #zen #humansofbluesky #thought #singersongwriter
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Christoph Fischer Photography @beautysurroundsyou.com · 14/07/2026
After several attempts over a period of 6 years, patience finally paid off. For an all too brief moment, Argentinian Patagonia's vast, breathtaking Perito Moreno glacier is dressed in the most beautiful light! #photography #nature #bluesky #landscape #travel #landscapephotography #naturephotography
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Lady-Rain @lady-rain.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Some feelings are too beautiful to ever be perfectly written… #RomanticSaturday #Roses #ArtInNature #photography #Art
A rose carrying the tenderness that words can never completely hold.
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Andrew 📷 @vixcomplex.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Like the crown? Wild-grown, no salon. 🖤🤍 2-2026 "You like my hair? Gee, thanks, just bought it..." - Ariana Grande #paintbywords #heron #Stunday #greatblueheron #birdoftheday #bird #nature #wildlifephotography #SonyAlpha
A great blue heron stands in tall green grass, neck curved upward, head turned to the side. It has a black-and-white crown with long trailing plume feathers, a yellow eye, and a long orange-yellow bill. Its back and wing feathers are shaggy and gray-blue, blurred green grass fills the background.
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Jason Fink Photography @jasonfinkphotography.com · 11/07/2026
Trexler Nature Preserve in North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania. #photography #sunet #lehighvalley #naturephotography
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Yamagata @yu-magic21.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Fantasy ocean #photo #photography #bluesky #thephotohour #nature #landscapephotography #minimal #Joy #skyphotography
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Binny @binny123.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
crop sun sky air words dissolve i appear meaning rises with me… #BlueSkyArtShow #Quiet #photography #Micropoetry #freeverse #EastCoastKin #nature #sunset #crops #zen #poetry
An old picture i took on a trip shows a sunset over the fields…
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Sunlit @sunblissful.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
He of the Wild I pray to Him accept my return accept my fire at red burned dusk the Horned One nods His presence heavy and aromatic He nods and I know #poetry
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Dripping With Words @drippingwithwords.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
i created this video as a nod to Bowie & scary-unknowns.. a master of artistry beyond limits.. 50 yrs in pop, rock & fashion reinvention. even the youngest generations are finding his music. he streams 100’s of thousands of songs daily.. #davidbowie #musicsky #music #songstress #rock #philosophy
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Andrew 📷 @vixcomplex.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Ember in the Grey 12-2025 "The fog comes on little cat feet." — Carl Sandburg Some mornings it leaves gold behind. 🍂 #fog #mist #nature #Oaktrees #atmospheric #Scape #Landscapephotography #ForestFriday #PaintByWords #Stunday #SonyAlpha #Forest
A foggy oak woodland with gnarled, moss-covered tree trunks in the foreground and a small tree with vivid yellow autumn leaves glowing on the right, set against a hillside fading into mist.
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Sunlit @sunblissful.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
He holds her closely in my dream, She, a Goddess of ancient power beneath full moon golden and bewitching magick embraces midnight nature encircles horns pierce darkness Her silver light shines for all #poetry
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Andrew 📷 @vixcomplex.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Daytime moon, uninvited contrail photobomb 6-24-2026 #BlueSkyMonday #waxing #moon #minimalist #Scape #lunar #contemplative #photography #SonyAlpha #bluehour #Dusk #Contrail
A daytime waxing gibbous moon showing surface craters, set against a bright blue sky. Above and to the right, a jet aircraft flies past leaving two long white contrails streaking diagonally across the frame
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Sunlit @sunblissful.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
The wind is fierce I need such ferocity to talk to the elements to hold my arms wide embrace the wild I want to howl bare feet dappled here it roars again caressing my awe 📷 by me #poetry #photography #trees
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𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖬𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗒 𝖠𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇𝖺 @mightyathena.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
𝚟𝚘𝚢𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜; 𝚞𝚗𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐— 𝚠𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 #BlueSkyArtShow | #wide #photography #mobilephotography #vssfantasy | #voyager #inkMine | #bring #tenword #micropoetry
1 May 2013. Photo from my old iPhone 4. We two adventurers have been in NZ for just over 14 months at this point. Our near-constant commentary to each other: “Shut up, you didn’t tell me it would be this beautiful here” or (even more cheekily): “Damnit, why’d ya hafta drag me across the planet to this horrible place?” followed by big grins and hugs. The wide view is of Okokino (Eastern Beach). The curving sweep of white sand softly cups the still waters of the strait between Auckland’s Eastern suburbs and the islands of Rangitoto (the volcano in the far distance) and Te Motu-a-Ihenga (Motiuhe Island). The sun’s rays glitter and lightly dance across sections of the water’s surface. In the foreground of a well-manicured reserve, a well-constructed stone and wood bench serves as a rest spot for locals, even wanna-be runners such as me and hubby. Our first rental was only about a km or two away from this locale – easy to see why this route became a favoured one! Just before the bench, a slope descends to houses lining the beach. Covered with native grasses including large clumps of harakeke (native flax), the green blanket of growth sparkles in the sun.  

Today’s prompts are quite serendipitous as I joyfully remembered last night’s dream: one of showing some visitors around this area, the local school that was a highly sought-after one, the small beachside restaurant where many a date night was had <3

No one knows what the future may hold. I’m reminded that even with some of my (now slightly) jaded outlook at times, it’s still good to have wide eyes and take in the view. You just may see something that may carry you thru the low times.  

Miss you, J. 


voyagers; 
unaware 
of 
what 
the 
future 
might 
bring—
wide
eyes

#BlueSkyArtShow | #wide
#photography #mobilephotography
#vssfantasy | #voyager
#inkMine | #bring
#tenword #micropoetry
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Sunlit @sunblissful.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Another whale splutters in red I become devastated by archaic practices cloaked as tradition that strip my soul bare with grief words remedy nothing yet are all I have #poetry
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Sunlit @sunblissful.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
And if the birds...I thought getting found mid-daydream (always lost with the birds) if they should rhyme a lullaby can I ask them to sing for me carry a tune so very far away I no longer sound unforgiving to myself, merely discordant which I can understand better #poetry
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Sunlit @sunblissful.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I placed the pen behind my right ear mid-poem and was reminded of my Dad who also placed his own pen behind his right ear when he was alive mid DIY death seems a cold business until you realise it's also release #poetry
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Dripping With Words @drippingwithwords.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
..quick snip i scribbled..lyrical share from life and song-books.. ©️@dripingwithwords . #philosophy #music #quote #zen #sunset #moon #travel #nature #wander #singersongwriter
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