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Reen O

@phoenixreen.bsky.social
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Musician, photographer, writer and general 'creative wanderer', data harasser, wobbly cyclist, feminist, eco nerd, and book lover. Home is in York, UK (originally from Suffolk)

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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I feel like we're losing so many of our matriarchs. Our wise women. Time for our generation to step up and fill their shoes 💕
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Bertha Mason @thornfieldhall.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
In the aftermath of yesterday's unannounced emergency alerts, I thought it might be useful to repost the Women's Aid instructions for turning these alerts off and preventing alarms that might reveal the hiding place of spare phones kept by vulnerable people. womensaid.org.uk/uk-emergency...
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UK emergency alerts: How to stay safe - Women’s Aid
UK emergency alerts: How to stay safe   A nationwide test of the UK’s emergency alert service will take place at 3pm on Sunday 7 September 2025. The alerts will warn you if there’s a danger to life ne...
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Whitby sunset just before the rain. I lay in my tent listening to it fall, waking to a misty sunrise looking out towards Whitby Abbey and the sea. #photography #thephotohour #stormhour #northyorkshire #camping
A sunset view towards the North Yorkshire coastline just inland from Whitby.  An orange sun is sinking below the skyline,  pale orange to the right, grey blue clouds above. In the foreground a bank of seeded thistles catch the light.
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
My thinking exactly. A beautiful public space. Why would you let politicians take it over and ruin it. And block the public from it.
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Disappearing down Mary Beard /Greek myth rabbit hole 😁
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🇬🇧Alice Lankester🇬🇧 @lankester.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
This walk through The Odyssey with Mary Beard and Charlotte Higgins is brilliant. Learning so much. Recommend. open.spotify.com/show/37LpnhQ...
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Instant Classics - Book Club Members
Podcast · Mary Beard and Charlotte Higgins · Join world-renowned classicist Mary Beard and Guardian chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins for Instant Classics — the weekly podcast that proves ancient...
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Mallow. Homestead Park York #photography #flowers
A pink mallow flower against a leafy green background
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
One for an August trip to Newcastle methinks.... Tish Murtha was a fabulous photographer. #photography #Newcastle #daytrip
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Roses, Mulgrave Castle, North Yorkshire. With a sneaky b&w background. #Roses #flowersofbluesky #photography #northyorkshire
Pink roses with foliage in black and white in the background. Taken at Mulgrave Castle Gardens June 2026
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Gorgeous 2-gig weekend of singing. Including the first full outing of new 6-piece group Pitchwitches at the Arts Barge York tonight. It's good for the soul. Cycled home, followed by the scent of lime blossom. I love this time of year in York 💕 #singing #York #limeblossom #summer #photography
Close up of lime/linden blossom
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Summer solstice blessings from York 🌻☀️🧡 #geranium #Solstice #photography
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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
There's probably never been a better time to remind you that when David Hockney first took his Mum to California she remarked 'all this lovely weather and nobody puts their washing out'.
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Glorious Sandsend. #photography #sea #blueskyforbluesky #thephotohour
Beach, waves, sea and blue sky with a hint of wispy clouds.
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
It's not been the best of weeks. But then you find an amazing thing. A tiny white oak sapling. Never seen one before. Neither had my very knowledgeable abori/horticulturist friend. Several together in one part of the wood. Beautiful. #oaktree #photography #nature #thephotohour #northyorkshire
A tiny white leaved oak sapling on the woodland floor
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
OK OK. Enough. It's damn cold and too wet. That's March weather out there! 🥶 (I realise when it's too hot next week I won't be happy either.... welcome to England). #stormhour #thephotohour #black&white #photography #rain
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
#bluesky for BlueSky. Shower dodging post lunch meeting in #York. I get blasé about living in this city sometimes, but it really is a beautiful place. #photography #yorkminster #thephotohour
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Thank you 🙏
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Ash Tree, Museum Gardens, York. Warm enough for an ice cream (salted caramel btw) sat on the grass. #trees #photography #thephotohour #black&white
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
😂 No.... Am I going to try it? Also no 😁
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Just. No. Tea flavoured Yorkshire Tea only please 🙏
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
#actionshot #bees #photography Foxgloves everywhere in Homestead Park, York 🐝
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I tried blue beer in a local brewery a year or so ago (they shall remain nameless as their beers are generally excellent and I'm putting it down to temporary madness). It was truly truly disgusting....
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Artists, if you see this post a bird.🪶 Any art form; no-AI 🎨
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
A wander along the South Bank in London en route to the Tate Modern to the Tracey Emin exhibition #artmonday #Thames #London #photography
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Spring has definitely arrived in York. Rowntrees Park at lunchtime 🌱☀️🌸 #spring #blossom #thephotohour #photography
A cherry tree in blossom hangs over the lake at Rowntrees Park York UK. The tree covered island is to the left and the bridge just visible in the distance. Blue sky and sunshine.
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Veronica in the Fens ~ My Heart in Nature @veronicainthefens.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
The Full Moon rising over The Fens, taken near Witchford. There was a long hedge in the way of a clear view for the actual rise behind Ely Cathedral but I managed to find a tiny gap to capture a photo. 🌝🌝🌝 Ely, Cambridgeshire #fullmoon #wormmoon #elycathedral #thefens #shipofthefens
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Thats glorious
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Lovely, lovely Saltburn. A few days of sea air 🙂 #northeastcoast #sunset #sea #thephotohour #stormhour #photography
Sunset red and orange over a headland,  reflected in the sea. A dramatic bank of grey clouds on the right hand side. Taken from Saltburn Pier looking north
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Sunny Intervals' is clearly Met Office code for 'it's not raining so just be grareful'. Still... finally explored the new #Yorkcentral road, coffee and some writing in #rowntreesparkyork and a slow wander home. Time for tea and crumpets! #reflections #sundaywalks #thephotohour #photography
Reflections of overhanging willow branches on rippling lake surface in Rowntrees Park York UK
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
I managed to escape the laptop just in time for the sunset 🌇 😊 View from Clifton Bridge, York UK towards Rawcliffe Ings - still heavy with floodwater after what's felt like endless rain. #photography #stormhour #thephotohour #sunset
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Yes I know its still January but the sun's out for the first time in a decade so I'm sitting outside in #rowntreespark #york having my coffee.... #sunshine #thephotohour
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Sunset on 2025. May you have a beautiful New Year's Eve however you choose to spend it. Wishing you a joyful, peaceful and creative 2026. 💕🥂 #newyearseve #northyorkmoors #stormhour #thephotohour
Low sun setting over a grass field with low grey and orange clouds and hills in the background. 
Bluesky fading to orange.
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
"You're going to need a bigger boat"... Never had Jaws down as a Christmas film but hey... #jaws #Christmasmovies
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Despite a rogue fire alarm 'interval' and standing outside in a very cold York for half an hour while they checked the theatre wasn't burning down, this was amazing theatre. And I now have a signed tea towel. Happy days. Thank you @markthomasinfo.bsky.social #livetheatre #Fullmoon #bitchillyout
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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
The first episode of The Clangers was originally broadcast on this day in 1969.
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Ginkgo looking amazing in the autumn sun in #homesteadpark #york Chuffed I caught it this year before the leaves all dropped! #autumn #thephotohour #photography
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Autumn's here.... #clocksgoback #autumn #fall #photooftheday #stormhour #thephotohour
Black and white photo of a wooden park bench surrounded by fallen leaves and with leaves covering ¾ of the seat
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Taken from the train 🙂
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Who's solving the Louvre robbery? Right answers only.
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a cartoon dog wearing a red robe and hat is dancing .
ALT: a cartoon dog wearing a red robe and hat is dancing .
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Upper Watergate Stairs near Deptford. My favourite photo from a top weekend in London 😊 #photooftheday #photography #black-and-white #stormhour #photohour
A black and white photo taken at the top of concrete steps at the side of the River Thames. There is a very high tide. The river swells against the top of the steps, the step railings just visible. 
The top step is old and cracked. Cobbles are just visible at the bottom of the photo. 
On the left side is a wall of a building, graffiti just visible far left, and ivy growing on the brickwork. A small bush grows out of the old jetty on the right. 
The river is in the midground and in the background a distant view of buildings and tower blocks on the Isle of Dogs.
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Beautiful day at Harlow Carr, Harrogate #thephotohour #stormhour #sunnysunday #bluesky
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Poppy field between Shepreth and Foxton en route to Cambridge UK. #poppies #photography #thephotohour #stormhour
Photo of a field. In the foreground a barbed wire fence hidden by grasses. Great and yellow grass and crops with red poppies amongst them. Trees in the distance and a blue sky flecked with white clouds.
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Meanwhile...... sunset. #sunset #photooftheday #photography #thephotohour
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Perfect shady spot under the trees in Rowntrees Park, York UK. #thephotohour #stormhour #photography @rowntreepark.bsky.social
Photo taken sat under a tree in Rowntrees Park York. In the shade on the grass surrounded by trees
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Barley 😊 (wheat is less hairy and stands up straighter)
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Peony (it's amazing what beautiful things you can find in the reduced section of co-op!) #photohour #Stormhour #photography
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Just finished reading Lie of the Land. Stunning book. I'm reinvigorated to fight for our (big stress on the 'our' there) country and environment. Thank you Guy.
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Elderflower cordial time! 😊 #photohour #photography #foraging
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Reen O @phoenixreen.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Excellent. Hadn't got round to reading it yet! (I will...😊l
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