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Ian Mason | @thedimpause

the dim pause

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A night sky filled with stars. A low-light scene with silhouettes of trees against a twilight sky reflected on the surface of a pond, with a wooden dock post in the foreground.

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After a birthday day of beach, beer and pizza will be finishing with cheese (Perl Wen and Perl Las) and wine. Then hot tub in the dark, hopefully with some clear and starry skies. Evening weather forecast looks good 😊 🌌

A table set with a bottle of Barolo wine, two glasses, a box of crackers, a plate of cheese, a bowl of olives, and a small jar of pear and date chutney.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food 🏷 Weather | 📆

Another breezy beach walk today

Sandy beach with a lone figure walking, coastal buildings nestled on the hillside, dark clouds overhead.

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transcendence — day 17 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge 📸

Saint Carannog overlooking Llangrannog

A bronze statue of a figure looking out to sea, standing on a cliff overlooking a rugged coastline with a sandy beach, rocky outcrops, and rolling green hills under a cloudy sky.

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Location check in 🗺 — The Grosvenor, Cardigan - Cardigan Brewery Dai IPA 🍺

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It’s my birthday today 🎂

Got a fortune cookie to open with my cards 🥠

Better to be lucky than clever

A collection of birthday greeting cards displayed on a surface, one featuring an illustration of a person reading with the phrase I like to party and by party I mean read books. In front of the cards, there's a fortune cookie wrapper

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First BBQ of 2024 🍷

A barbecue grill cooking sausages and mushrooms, outdoors near a fence and greenspace. Outdoor meal setup with two glasses of red wine, a bottle, grilled sausages, slices of bread on plates, coleslaw, Sriracha sauce, and condiments on a white round table with a natural backdrop.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Wine | 📆

flâneur — day 16 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge 📸

Is a beach flâneur possible? New Quay, Ceredigion

A person walking on a sandy beach with boats in the water and buildings along the coastline under a blue sky dotted with clouds.

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Had a fantastic weekend in Bristol celebrating my daughter’s birthday - Japanese restaurant, board game bar-café and cake 🎂

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food 🏷 Games | 📆

small — day 15 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge 📸

St Thomas' Hospital, London, late 1980s - I worked as an electron microscopist 🔬

A laboratory setup with an old computer, various electronic measurement devices, and an electron microscope.

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Location check in 🗺 — The Social, Bristol for veggie breakfast and a Bloody Mary

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Prickly pears in front of olives. Kalamata, Greece, 2015

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🎵 My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm:

Peter Doherty & Frédéric Lo (12 plays)
The Libertines (11)
Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog (9)
Furtwängler, VPO (4)
Furtwängler, BPO (3)

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cactus — day 14 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge 📸

Prickly pears in front of olives. Kalamata, Greece, 2015

An olive grove with mature trees and prickly pear cacti in the foreground under a cloudy sky.

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Location check in 🗺 — Beercosm. Cheddar Ales Totty Pot Dark Porter 🍺

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