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John Murrell

@johnmurrell.bsky.social

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Ink-stained wretch, retired; suburban hermit

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 42m

Yellow flowers on a golden rain tree seedling #photography #flowers #trees #nature 📷🌱

Thin brown branches bearing clusters of small, bright yellow flowers against a softly blurred green background.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 5h

For #TextureTuesday, a mop head in the sun #photography #monochrome #BlackAndWhite #ClassicMono 📷

A high-contrast, monochrome close-up of the clumped and tangled fiber strands of a mop head in strong directional lighting against a black background.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

For the #BirdOfTheDay alt theme, #AwkwardAvian, a preening goose #photography #birds #goose #CanadaGoose #nature #monochrome #BlackAndWhite #ClassicMono 📷🦉🪶

A close-up, monochrome image of a Canada goose preening, with its neck bent and its head upside-down. The goose has gray feathers, a black neck and head, and a white chinstrap.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

For #MallardMonday, a line of mallards basking in the late afternoon sun #photography #birds #ducks #mallard #nature 📷🦉🪶

A line of 14 mallard ducks, male and female, resting in various positions along the concrete edge of a dirt embankment, with some green foliage in the upper right. Late afternoon sun shining from the left casts long shadows behind them.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Some lines #photography #SomeLines #monochrome #BlackAndWhite #ClassicMono #aofoto 📷

A monochrome, close-up image of a vertical wooden frame on the corner of a house separating two window panes with horizontal blinds. The left pane has closed, light-colored blinds, while the right pane has partially open, dark-colored blinds.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

For #SkySunday, the Harvest Moon among layers of clouds #photography #moon #sky #clouds #nature #Stunday 📷

A full moon seen through a gap among gray and black clouds, surrounded by a soft, light blue luminous glow where its light scatters through thin cloud layers.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

For #SkySunday, the Harvest Moon rising over the foothills #photography #moon #sky #nature #Stunday 📷

A pale yellow full moon in a pinkish evening sky over low brown hills dotted with dark clumps of trees.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A stately great blue heron #photography #birds #heron #nature 📷🦉🪶

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

For #Caturday, in a quiet spot #photography #cats #monochrome #BlackAndWhite #ClassicMono 📷🐈

A monochrome image of a gray and white tabby tuxedo cat resting in some landscaping among agapanthus leaves and other detritus. The cat has its front paws tucked in and is looking at the camera.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Daylily #photography #flowers #daylily #plants #garden #nature 📷🌱

A fully bloomed yellow daylily and a couple of buds in the sun against a dark background of shadows and blurred green leaves.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

For #FeatheredFriday and the #BirdOfTheDay alt theme, #Brown, a juvenile black-crowned night heron #photography #birds #heron #nature 📷🦉🪶

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

For #UrbanGaze, offices #photography #monochrome #BlackAndWhite #ClassicMono 📷

A high-contrast, monochrome image of the corner facade of an office building against a dark sky. The building has a repetitive grid pattern of square, dark-tinted windows set within light-colored concrete cladding panels.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

For the #BirdOfTheDay theme, #TheDivers, a little pied-billed grebe #photography #birds #grebe #nature #monochrome #BlackAndWhite #ClassicMono 📷🦉🪶

A monochrome image of a pied-billed grebe swimming from right to left through rippled water, leaving a gentle wake.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Ripening apples #photography #trees #fruit #apples #garden #nature 📷🌱

A small cluster of three unripened apples with blush-pink and light green skin hanging from a leafy tree branch in dappled sunlight.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

For #WaterWednesday and #WaderWednesday, a great egret at work #photography #birds #egret #nature 📷🦉🪶

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

For #TextureTuesday, a eucalyptus trunk #photography #trees #bark #eucalyptus #nature 📷🌱

A close-up of the weathered, deeply grooved, grayish-brown trunk of a eucalyptus tree with a large knot at right.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A great egret taking the long view #photography #birds #egret #nature #ColorADay #BlueTue 📷🦉🪶

A white great egret standing in light blue water, facing away from the camera, with its long neck fully extended and its head turned slightly to the left.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

For #BlueSkyMonday, the waxing gibbous moon in the early evening sky last night #photography #moon #sky #clouds #nature 📷

A waxing gibbous moon, at left, in a light blue, early evening sky, with some soft, scattered white and light-gray clouds.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

For #MallardMonday, a drake delivering the State of the Pond address from the podium #photography #birds #ducks #mallard #nature 📷🦉🪶

A close-up of a male mallard with its bill slightly open, standing on a small gray rock surrounded by calm blue water. The duck, facing the camera, has an iridescent green head, yellow bill, chestnut-brown chest, and bright orange webbed feet

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Some lines #photography #SomeLines #monochrome #BlackAndWhite #ClassicMono #aofoto 📷

A monochrome image of the vertical bars of a dark metal gate, with the diagonal shadows of the bars below. In the background, painted white lines form a V-shape on the pavement.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

For #SkySunday, winds aloft #photography #sky #clouds #nature #monochrome #BlackAndWhite #ClassicMono #Stunday 📷

A high-contrast monochrome image of a section of windblown clouds -- soft and puffy in the lower right, with wispy, feathery cirrus strands stretching horizontally to the left against a dark sky.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

For #SmallBirdSaturday, a house finch #photography #birds #finch #nature #monochrome #BlackAndWhite #ClassicMono 📷🦉🪶

A monochrome close-up of a house finch with a streaky chest sitting on one of three thin, bare branches that are running diagonally through the frame. The bird is facing the camera, and the background is plain white.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

For #Caturday, a tabby in the ivy #photography #cats #monochrome #BlackAndWhite #ClassicMono 📷🐈

A warm monochrome close-up of a gray and white tabby cat sitting among ivy leaves in front of a wooden fence and looking directly at the camera.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Nasturtium #photography #flowers #nasturtium #plants #garden #nature 📷🌱

A close-up of a fully open yellow nasturtium blossom. Around it are dark green, lily-pad shaped leaves with light green veins.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

For #FeatheredFriday, a pair of snowy egrets #photography #birds #egret #nature 📷🦉🪶

Two white snowy egrets at the edge of a blue pond. The one in the foreground is standing on one of the gray rocks along the shore and leaning forward, while the one in the background is standing on a small, partially submerged rock.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Dragon fruit #photography #fruit #dragonfruit #garden #nature #cactus #succulents 📷🌱

Two bright pink dragon fruits with spiky brown bracts hanging from a green cactus against a dark background.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Geese and ripples #photography #birds #geese #CanadaGoose #nature #BirdOfTheDay #ODG 📷🦉🪶

Four Canada geese swimming away from the camera in a vertical line in bluish-green, rippled water.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Canna lily #photography #flowers #cannalily #plants #garden #nature 📷🌱

A close-up of a bright orange canna lily blooming in front of deep purple and dark green foliage.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

For #WaterWednesday and #WaderWednesday, a snowy egret #photography #birds #egret #nature 📷🦉🪶

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

For #TextureTuesday, sun tea brewing on the porch #photography 📷

$Sunlight shining through a jar of tea, projecting a glowing, warm golden shadow and refraction pattern diagonally across a tan stucco surface.$

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

For today's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme, #Finches, three house finches snacking #photography #birds #finch #housefinch #nature 📷🦉🪶

Three grayish-brown house finches (female or juvenile) with streaked bellies and striped wings, gathered on a tan stucco ledge scattered with bird seed. There is blurred green foliage in the foreground on either side of the frame.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Squirrel splooting on a very hot day #photography #squirrel #animals #nature 📷

A gray squirrel with reddish-orange fur around its face and legs, stretched out flat on a mossy diagonal tree branch with its legs hanging down along the sides. The background is blurred green foliage and a wooden lattice fence.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

For #MallardMonday, a pair of mallards keeping company with a snowy egret at the pond #photography #birds #mallard #egret #nature 📷🦉🪶

A white snowy egret flanked by two brown mallards, all standing on a partially submerged fallen log in the murky green water of a pond.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Some lines #photography #SomeLines 📷

A high-angle closeup showing the transition between parallel-grooved concrete pavement and a yellowish textured tactile paving surface featuring raised truncated domes.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

For #SkySunday, blue ribbon #photography #sky #clouds #nature #Stunday 📷

A wide band of blue sky running horizontally between a dense blanket of dappled gray and white clouds above and a thick layer of puffy gray and white clouds below.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

For #Caturday, a tuxie staring hopefully at the opening to a ground squirrel burrow #photography #cats 📷🐈

A black and white cat crouched in a rocky area of brown dirt, attention focused on a hole that leads to a ground squirrel burrow.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Helen (@helenbennett.bsky.social) set today's #BirdOfTheDay theme as #BirdsInAbstract and said "anything goes" -- perfect excuse to go play in the digital darkroom. Here's a great egret about to join a snowy egret at the edge of the pond. #photography #birds #egret #nature 📷🦉🪶

A dark, high-contrast image of a brightly lit great egret with outstretched wings about to land near the reed-covered bank of a pond, where a snowy egret awaits at left. The colors in the image are mostly deep brown, gold and red. The flying bird's golden-orange reflection is visible on the pond's surface.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Firethorn berries #photography #plants #firethorn #garden #nature 📷🌱

A profusion of reddish-orange firethorn berries on branches in the sun, with more berries and green foliage in the shadows in the background.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

For #FeatheredFriday, a great blue heron in the reeds #photography #birds #heron #nature 📷🦉🪶

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Face plant #photography #flowers #sunflower #plants #garden #nature #ColorADay #YellowThu 📷🌱

A close-up image of a yellow sunflower on a green, leafy stem that has bent over, leaving the flower leaning face-down on a pinkish-tan stucco ledge.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Great egret #photography #birds #egret #nature #monochrome #BlackAndWhite #ClassicMono 📷🦉🪶

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Thought about posting a still from this morning's colonoscopy. Decided to go with last month's full moon instead. #photography #moon #sky #clouds #night #monochrome #BlackAndWhite #ClassicMono 📷

A monochrome image of a full moon among wispy clouds in a dark sky.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

For #WaterWednesday and #WaderWednesday, a great egret stabbing at a snack #photography #birds #egret #nature 📷🦉🪶

A white great egret in a brownish pond, leaning far forward with its face in the water. The bird is reflected in the water. At the top of the frame are gray rocks along the pond bank.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A black phoebe on a post by the pond #photography #birds #BlackPhoebe #nature 📷🦉🪶

A small black phoebe, brownish-gray with a white underbelly, perched on a light gray, weathered L-shaped metal post with a single circular hole near the top. There is blurred blue-green water in the background.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

For #TextureTuesday, tracks on the trail #photography 📷

A close-up, high-contrast image of two partial footprints from a shoe or boot with a lugged sole, leaving geometric patterns in sandy, light brown soil.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

For #MinimalMonday, pond weeds #photography #minimalism #nature #monochrome #BlackAndWhite #ClassicMono 📷

A minimalist monochrome image of a cluster of aquatic grass emerging from dark, gently rippled water, with its bright leaves creating a sharp highlight and vertical reflection against the shadowed background.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

It's a #MallardMonday and this week's #AlphabetChallenge is #WeekJForJocular, so here's a mallard having a laugh #photography #birds #ducks #mallard #nature 📷🦉🪶

A brown mallard perched on a bare tree branch resting over rippled blue water, its bill wide open as if laughing or vocalizing. In the background, out of focus, another duck swims past.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Some lines #photography #SomeLines #abstract #AbstractPhotography #monochrome #BlackAndWhite #ClassicMono 📷

An abstract, inverted monochrome image of a rough-textured stucco wall crossed by white lines -- two horizontal (grooves in the wall) and two diagonals and one curved (shadows from a metal trellis).

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

For #SkySunday, a recent sunset #photography #sky #clouds #sunset #nature #landscape #Stunday 📷

A broad swath of pink- and lavender-tinted, textured clouds running diagonally across the frame against a pale blue sky. A dark, silhouetted line of trees runs across the bottom of the frame.

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

For #SmallBirdSaturday, a California towhee #photography #birds #towhee #nature 📷🦉🪶

A small, grayish-brown bird perched atop a green shrub with dense, needle-like foliage, with some glossy oval leaves protruding behind it. The background is a tan blur.