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Gavin B

@ghostflaneur.bsky.social
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Leabharlannaí Ireland, Canada, Etc. MLIS and migraines. Pronouns in bio just in case someone feels a need to shoot me on the street.

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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#Vancouver sunset
A pale sunset over a still silvery sea. An expensive yacht can be seen off the centerline
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
A bear on Grouse Mountain.
A large brown coloured bear grazes in long grass behind a wood and wire enclosure fence. The evening light makes part of his fur seem golden
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
It's a bit smoky out
A suburban street with parked cars and trees on the right side of the image. The sky is brownish grey with smoke. A hazy orange sun can be seen through the trees
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
All we need now is a few Cylons.
A round decorated plaza over a covered concrete space. Imagine a futuristic public area.
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
The sun going down over Ambleside #vancouverbc
An orange sunset sweeps across a calm evening sea, the light reflecting in the still water
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Vancouver blossoms
Cherry blossoms bloom against a blue sky over a green lawn in evening sunlight
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Modern urban buildings are framed on the left by a bare tree lined with buds. A blue sea reflects a blue sky
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
#glendalough
The sun sets over an ancient stone graveyard, framed by dark green trees and a grey sky above.

A stone Celtic cross rises in the centre
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
"and the Liffey as it stank like hell"
A silver river cuts through an urban space. A sun glows through a grey overcast.
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Wickla'
An old stone before cruises a river at low tide with the sun cutting through grey clouds above, making a bright reflection on the river
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Hello Regina As above, so below?
A clouded sky taken from an airplane window. The clouds make a scene of  featureless nothingness.
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Vancouver from Ambleside (kind of) #vancouverbc
A tall bridge soars over a calm sea against a grey sky. Urban buildings rise against the horizon. There are a line of ballast rocks cutting across the foreground
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Ducks
Two ducks perch on a semi submerged log in still water. The water reflects the wintery foliage around and the log flares out like wings behind the birds
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Vancouver showing off again
An image of an urban bridge crossing a maritime inlet with a mountain behind
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Vancouver with the sun going down.
A mottled grey and orange sky reflects down on an arc of calm ocean water framed by dark rocks of a seawall. Three sharp urban towers rise into the sky
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Sent this to my mother the other day. Soaree
In the foreground we see daffodils blooming against the winter grass. In the middle distance geese graze. In the background we see a large urban bridge
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
The shipyards at dusk #vancouverbc #northvancouver
A square pier with flags cuts out into a calm silver sea illuminated by the last light of the day. Across the water, a silhouette of a city is framed by an orange haze
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Let's try this one again. The fog drowning Vancouver
A blue and silver sky is covered in a grey haze of fog with a flash of golden sunshine cutting through. Below we see a dark jetty cutting out into a calm sea
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
From the other night. Another entry into the Vancouver fog genre of pictures. #vancouverbc
An orange sun burns through the grey fog drifting over the dark shadows of the forest on the left while the sea beside is silver
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Nuit #1 by Anne Èmond
A movie poster for a film called Nuit #1 depicting a young woman running in the rain
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Bit of light coming back to the world. #vancouver
Green trees form a V shape framing the lights off a cityscape in the distance. Behind the sky is red and grey with the sunset
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
The North Shore Mountains in winter twilight, seen from the Seabus #vancouverbc
Dark mountains rise over a still sea with a narrow concrete jetty in the foreground.

The sharp mountain tips are covered in snow
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
The last light of solstice 2025
A blue grey rainy sky looms over a thin line a fading yellow daylight over an urban rooftop
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Sunset today, #vancouverbc
A bright sun beams down the canyon formed by tall buildings on either side of the street. The pavement reflects the light in a blast of gold
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
View from the Seabus
A cityscape rises from a calm dark oily sea into a grey rainy nighttime sky. The central building is illuminated in blue for Christmas
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
I have to say that the passive voice here is something to behold.
A sign that says Beware of baseballs leaving the field of play
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Apparently we've lost some buildings. #vancouverbc
A group of tall urban buildings half concealed by heavy white mist descending from above
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Sings the Pogues badly while getting slowly drenched along the seawall #vancouver
A brightly lit inuchuk on the left frames a cityscape be the water on a drizzly night
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Vancouver sunset
The last red orange blade of sunlight illuminates a calm ocean. Blue grey clouds overhead, silver blue sea below.
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
We have a whatchamacallit
A wooden seat sculpture in the shape of several stacked books is installed outside a library with the library lights glowing inside
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
The Spanish Banks, earlier
A choppy sea washes onto the sand with a low mountain in the distance under a blue evening sky.
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Canadian Libraries Month display.
A book display in a library setting displaying a number of books about intellectual freedom and libraries
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Lion's Gate bridge from Ambleside Park somewhere
A tall lit bridge links two shadowy landmasses against a grey green rainy sky. The lights reflect overcast clouds. A dark tree frames the top of the picture
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
This fellow
A grey converted ebike by a park style bench on a busy road.
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
A bright sun shines in a very blue sky. Taken from a balcony,  we can glimpse the tops of red trees and the picture is framed by closed paradols
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
The Sun going down
A sun sets bright orange over a calm sea. The image is framed by the dark outline of trees
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Vancouver tonight #vancouverbc
An urban landscape beside a busy yacht marina. A calm sea is blue grey on the left and the sky is purple above
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Halfway there. The bike is mostly behaving. Mostly #vancouverbc
A grey bike in the foreground.. a bridge railing in the middle distance and urban skyscrapers by a large harbour in the late afternoon.
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Still a bit smoky out in Vancouver
Three buildings are reflected in calm grey waters against a foggy sky
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
I have sat upon The Bench of Much Notoriety #vancouver #vancouverbc
A blue bike rests against a black painted metal pedestrian bench with a busy highway like bridge in the background and skyscrapers in the distance.
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Going to see a fil-un
On the left, half a movie screen. On the right a lit up port building. In the middle a framework tower topped with a Q sign. 

The sky above is pale with sunset
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Hello there
A crow perches on an electric wire against a very blue sky
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Terrible, terrible place I'm sure you'll agree
Washington, DC in the evening.  A grey sky fades over a 19th century building with cafe umbrellas below
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Smoke and drizzle over #vancouverbc
A grey formless sky mirrors a grey sea as smoke and rain move in in the evening light
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Representing the library at Pride at the Pier.
A library booth with a crowd in the middle distance. The booth has a selection of pens and bookmarks
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
The sunset
A pale orange sky over houses and trees
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Vancouver at sunset. #vancouverbc
The sail like structures of a convention center can be seen with mountains in the background and the sea in the middle distance
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
A pale sunset sky over an industrial area with mountains behind
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
A thingamajig
A small bouncy ball with an old school depiction of Wonder Woman
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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Vancouver looking pretty
A city bridge in the distance, half built towers on the right and sea in the foreground
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