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Passed Wonder @passedwonder.bsky.social · 15h

I've a coworker who makes jokes about Londoners not know what grass or stars look like. But then, he's never seen the Blythe skies of #Catford (Zone 3) And nor had I until a #walktober evening walk took me that way. #Astrophotography #nightphotography #London #photography

A starry night sky has an curved arc with a dotted lights close to each other, and a red line on one side, and towards the bottom is brighter with light polution, as well as the silhouette of a tree.

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Passed Wonder @passedwonder.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I wonder if this is a class or generational thing - I have no idea who my parents liked/disliked on TV. They were the pre-war/war generation, so didn't watch it much. But also just didn't express much opinion (Other than some definitely class-based opinions on Soaps = crass = awful.)

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Passed Wonder @passedwonder.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Always remember to look up. I often pass this bit of #StreetArt by Mark Allum, which recalls the weaving #history of #Shoreditch, but only sometimes do I notice it. #Walktober #London

A large four storey building has street art on the upper three storeys of spools of coloured silk between the first floor windows, linking up to those threads going into a loom on the second floor, and forming a patterned fabric on the top floor to the roof.

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Passed Wonder @passedwonder.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

#Walktober wandering the posher bits of #London I see that whilst #Mayfair usually tends towards restraint in its opulence, for #Halloween they enjoy conspicuous consumption 💀🎃👻 Of course, some places have been covered in #skulls since they were built!! #photography

A fake skeleton wearing a blue and white scarf is attach to a railing outside a house.

A railing outside a red brick house has parks of a fake skeleton, a chain of small fake pumpkins, and a couple of fake giant spiders crawling on it. Above is a pumpkin.

A large house has a glass covered walkway to its door. On a balcony are large Halloween decorations - several inflatable figures, two with pumpkin heads, one a ghost, as well as crawling spiders and cobwebs.

Above a doorway are carved two cow skulls amid other decorations. In front of them is an ornate light.

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Passed Wonder @passedwonder.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

And a #seagull that looked like it was about to dive-bomb for abandoned oyster-bits. #Whitstable #naturePhotography #birds #photography

A seagull is diving down through the air above the beach of a seaside town.

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Passed Wonder @passedwonder.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

On Saturday my #walktober stroll was with the Met Walkers from @ramblers.org.uk along the #EnglandCoastPath / further #Thames #estuary to Whitstable and got me my first own view of the Maunsell sea forts. #photography #history

Sea view with a small boat nearer by and a number of old military forts raised above the sea on legs in the far distance

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Andrew Ducker @andrewducker.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The people holding up the internet (developers, regularly working alone, for little to no pay, whose work makes *everything* work)

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The people holding up the internet

Four billion phones ask one text file what time it is. One lecturer keeps it in his spare time. We counted the rest.

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Passed Wonder @passedwonder.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

My #walktober wanders always include the #Barbican - today it wasn't the architecture that caught my eye, but that even the City's citadel can't escape the parched #grass of the #heatwaves! (If anything, worse than most places, as the flats shield it from the rain we've since had!) #London

A grassy park area is parched, with the ground mostly light brown and only patches of green. There are greener trees and bushes around, and brutalist flats surrounding it.

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Passed Wonder @passedwonder.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Always nice to see a new face when on a #Walktober wander through the City. #StreetArt by www.instagram.com/pattern.and.... I think #London #photography #LondonStreetArt

A dark grey plaster cast sculpture of a male face with eyes closed is attached to a lighter wall. Behind is a street with a blurred person walking by. Behind that, a road and tall office blocks.

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Passed Wonder @passedwonder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Today has been a day of many walks. Seven miles west to Clapham for running shoes, just now out to a local open mic night. But the best view was Canada Water's glowing red bridge and the deal porters still lifting wood into the night ( #sculpture by Philip Bews) #Walktober #London #nightPhotography

View along a bridge lit up red across water to a metal library building and two tall blocks of flats

View under a bridge lit up red to a wooden sculpture of two men lifting long planks

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Passed Wonder @passedwonder.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Watertower. I love these little glimpses of the #industrial past of #London that surround us. #Walktober #photography #history

A dark watertower rises high in a cloudy twilight sky between a railway line raised on arches and housing. Someone walks past on the street below.

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Passed Wonder @passedwonder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Tiny Gallery was a collaboration between www.instagram.com/tinyartshow/ www.instagram.com/hollywelchie/ & www.instagram.com/owenjohn/ Alas, can't find the spider's maker. Face is by www.instagram.com/vladrealart/ And Ye Frying Pan is by some skilled maker, long long ago

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Passed Wonder @passedwonder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A #walktober lunchtime wander down Brick Lane, looking for lesser spotted #StreetArt. I found a tiny gallery at foot level, a spider crossing the Truman Brewery, an intense face looking through… something? And an ex-pub that opened over 200 and closed over 30 years ago #photography #sculpture

In the space of a single removed brick is a model gallery with people and art inside, a black and white tiled floor, a sign saying "The Wee Tiny Gallery" and a poster saying 'On view: Holly Welch'

A sculpture of a spider walks along a brick wall with a blue sky behind

Street art on a part-ruined wall of a woman's face looking through snow or bubbles and fronds of some kind.

An old pub sign carved into red brick has the words "YE FRYING PAN" and two frying pans with their handles crossed.

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Passed Wonder @passedwonder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I'd already done my #walktober walk today, then spotted such a sunset on the way to the shops that I had to chase it And in doing so, found a #bat! (my first half-decent photo of one!!) I found a bit of the #sunset too, though it was hard to thread it between buildings #photography #ThamesPath

A small bat is seen against a blueish twilight sky, near some trees blurred with camera movement.

Sunset view along a quay with the twlight sky reflecting clearly in the water, and the sky reddy orange in the far distance.

Sunset view of boats on one side of a wide quay and housing on the other, with reddy orange sky and clouds behind the buildings.

Twilight view of a quay and its lock, the river beyond, and the skyscrapers of the Isle of Dogs on the other side of the river.

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Passed Wonder @passedwonder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

At some point in my flaneuring, my perspective shifted away from 'A to B'. Early on, I was looking for Interesting Things, then I realised EVERYTHING is interesting and wandering was about experiencing that. Today I have been appreciated the faded golden #beauty of #rust #Walktober #photography

White paint on a the curled metal of a gate is cracked and discoloured with the rust from underneath it

Close up of a metal post that is heavily rusted, its paint or top layer peeling with many cracks, showing the red metal below it.

Close up of heavily scratched and rusted metal, its yellow paint almost gone. Scored deeply through the metal are several letters seen from behind - possibly R M S

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Passed Wonder @passedwonder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

One of the things I love about wandering this wonderful city is that every #cat in #London is mine, if only briefly. #walktober #photography

A brown and white cat stands on a wall, curled around a post and crouching under the barbed wire strung from that post.

A brown and white cat stands on tarmac, one paw raised.

A brown and white cat stands on tarmac, looking up at the camera.

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Passed Wonder @passedwonder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Every year since 2021, I try and to a 'purposeful'/non-commute walk each day in October (to keep the habits up as the days grow darker and colder) and share a photo from that shortly afterwards (rather than sitting on it and sharing it much later, if I remember)

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Passed Wonder @passedwonder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I ❤️ photographing #sculptures – something static you can change the look of by light/angle/perspective/etc. Much like a play's script is static, but its story can be told so many ways Laurence Olivier statue by Angela Conner on the #ThamesPath by the #NationalTheatre – a fitting start to #Walktober

Night photo of a dark statue of a man holding a sword by the blade with hilt raised up, silhouetted against a brightly lit red building.

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Passed Wonder @passedwonder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

From #industry repurposed into a balcony, to the #city's beating heart, speared through by a broken part. And another nice #sunset. #London #Photography

Sunset view of a building with an old crane's frame turned into a set of balconies for it, beyond it is the Shard and the other skyscrapers of the City of London

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Passed Wonder @passedwonder.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I have coworkers where a sizeable proportion of my conversations with them is in GIFs

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Passed Wonder @passedwonder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

But just imagine that sunset through the remains of this building

A large warehouse has been burned, the nearer side has lost its wall and roof, leaving the ribs of its support structure.

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Passed Wonder @passedwonder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The building had been gutted by fire twice. Tonight the flame that flowed through it was golden #sunset. But before I could grasp the blaze, I was borne away with the wind's rush. So instead you get these lesser skyflames. (I love #autumn evenings ❤️‍🔥) #photography #London

A streetlight is silhouetted against a golden sunset

A golden sunset is visible behind trees and buildings along a street.

A golden sunset is and purplish sky are visible behind a bus, streetlights and buildings along a busy street.

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Passed Wonder @passedwonder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It was a little dim to see the stones when I passed by this time, though I think I've appreciated them in previous passings.

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Passed Wonder @passedwonder.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I'd love to know why so many houses in a certain part of #Putney are surmounted by sphinxes. Which by Barnes have become lions. A makers mark for a certain builder/estate? (Also, 'sphinges' is an acceptable plural of #sphinx. If I have to know this, so do you.) #London #photography #silhouette

A small sculpture of a sphinx on the roof of a house is silhouetted against a cloudy sky.

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Passed Wonder @passedwonder.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Syon House on the #ThamesPath – home to royalty living, dead & waiting (Henry VIII paused there on his way to burial, Catherine Howard was taken from there to the Tower) #photography #sunset #sculpture #London

A sculpture of a lion with tail extended is vividly silhouetted against a cloudy red sunset. Below it are the silhouetted chimneys, crenelations and towers of Syon House, windows barely visible and lit arches at the bottom

A sculpture of a lion with tail extended is silhouetted against a yellowish sunset. To one side of it is a flagpole with a flag draped unmoving, and to the other a tree.

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Passed Wonder @passedwonder.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

All in all, you're* a layer of #paint upon life's wall. (* not 'just'. Never 'just'.) #StreetArt #London #photography

A street art/graffiti painting of a face looking upwards worriedly or expectantly. It is lying on a road (which is also graffitied) as many layers of paint of which it is the top layer have cracked away from a wall.

Close up view of many layers of paint - the previous photo's broken away from the wall painting.

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Passed Wonder @passedwonder.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

(Though ignoring my fanciful caption, I'm actually heading to #BoldTendencies again today, to see if I can get a ticket for a poetry reading without installing another bloody app, so I'll see "hi boo i love you" by #SimonWhybray fairly soon!)

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Passed Wonder @passedwonder.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

There are some Londons I'm used to slipping into - #WrongLondon, Brutal London, the Fox's Playground, and more. But every so often I stumble into a #London I've not seen before, and am not sure I ever will again… #photography #color #streetart #TellingStories

A corridor entryway is painted entirely in bubblegum pink - the walls, the lift doors. There's a desk with someone behind it (only really visible as a silhouette), and two black monitor screens. At the end is a staircase ascending into shadow.

Someone wearing a black suit and hat, carrying a bag, stands out strongly against a stairwell painted entirely in bubblegum pink.

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Passed Wonder @passedwonder.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

"I #love you. I adore you. I will never stop thinking about you. But darling? Please stay #dead." #TellingStories #Graveyard #photography #memorial #London

The stone door to a mausoleum has square stone holes in a grid. There is a chain and lock securing it, and a bouquet of flowers is held against the door by that chain.

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Passed Wonder @passedwonder.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

"But… but… what if my toebeans aren't the fairest of them all?" #cats #photography

A ginger cat sitting outside a house stares with narrowed eyes at its outstretched foot, with toes spread.

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Passed Wonder @passedwonder.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

The next block over looks less engaged with the game though!

A block of flats has a German and a French flag on the entrance balconies down one end, but otherwise has flower pots and drying clothes on the railings.

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Passed Wonder @passedwonder.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I continue to not be a #football person, only following the #WorldCup via the roars that echoed behind me as I wandered Bermondsey. But this was really lovely to see - I love the #diversity here in #London #photography

National flags are hung from the railings of the balcony entrances to a block of flats across three floors. There are ten flags, including two England, Japan, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Nigeria, Jamaica, and the Netherlands

National flags are hung from the railings of the balcony entrances to a block of flats across three floors. There are fifteen flags, including five England, Canada, Scotland, United States, Great Britain, Sweden, Portugal, Somalia, and two France

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Passed Wonder @passedwonder.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

From #Clacton-on-sea, and even unto the far off borough of #Lewisham – @countbinface.bsky.social – YOUR PEOPLE HEAR YOU! #London #photography #politics

A wooden garden fence has the word 'Bin' sprayed onto it repeatedly on the garden side. In front of it is a chair, exercise machine and other things, the other side is a path.

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Passed Wonder @passedwonder.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I've now shifted to using Instagram mostly as an archive. There's a few friends who might happen to see a photo there rather than Facebook if the rhythm of the algo bends that way But mostly it's the easiest way to answer "I remember taking *that*, but when/what story did I tell with it?"

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Passed Wonder @passedwonder.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I think it's partly the big eyes of the first artwork, but also the fact that they all have a strong sense of LOOKING, yet it's not rude staring, and it feels less 'animal is scared of you' than it could be. Plus it's a slightly lyric/flowing phrase, which I like

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Passed Wonder @passedwonder.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Thank you ❤️ I tend to focus in on conveying the joy in individual moments , but sometimes to get over the feel of how I go out and 'experience' London, it needs a long thread of how moments come one after another.

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Passed Wonder @passedwonder.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

But it was still very warm, and I'd ended up walking a long way - so I sought shelter. (14/14) #history #London #Photography

A brick wall by a road has a white rectangle painted on it, and a large 'S' with an arrow pointing right and smaller text reading '10 YDS'

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Passed Wonder @passedwonder.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I decided to pass up the obvious #quest item, but didn't forget it (insa_gram #StreetArt ) then saw a house that had very definitely been made a #home (and quite possibly several other things too!) (13/14) #London #Photography

Four green beans and their empty pod lie on the pavement.

Repeated images of a skull decorated in carnival pink and white plus a black sphere, shifting in each repetition creating the impression of movement or animation, stretch across a long wall by a road. "Gone but not forgotten" is painted near the start of it.

Lots of decorations are around the outer windowsills of a house - a plastic skeleton, lights, a teapot with a face, small t rex, barbie bust, and more.

Many plant pots have various greenery in them and lots of solar powered lights. There's also a white mouse face sculpture or model amidst them.

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Passed Wonder @passedwonder.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Then I visted a #bee #retirement home, and was being watched again. Alas, I saw a dead #fox (Sir Not Appearing In This Thread) but his artistic cousin was looking worried about where he'd got to… (12/14) #bees #naturePhotography #frog #London #Photography #streetArt

Small stones and a little water are in a rough oval bowl, with a sign 'Bees watering bowl', it is on the ground amid small plants and leaf litter.

A dirty saucer has art of a country cottage and the word 'Retirement'. It's on the ground amid low plants and stones.

A frog looks out from algae covered water through long green leaves.

Art of a worried looking fox is painted on the side of an ISO Container, amid bushes, trees and other greenery.

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