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Ian Mason | @thedimpause

decay — day 25 of the micro.blog june 2025 photoblogging challenge 📷

Auto-generated description: A rustic, weathered house with blue doors and shutters stands amid greenery under a cloudy sky.

Thasos 🇬🇷, 2022

📆 | 🏷 Photography 🏷 Weather |

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 v 🇮🇳 India, First Test, day five, Headingley 📺🏏

So glad the rain has held off (mainly)!

Ben Duckett just out for a fantastic 149 👏

Match not over yet …

📆 | 🏷 Cricket 🏷 FilmTV |

bloom — day 24 of the micro.blog june 2025 photoblogging challenge 📷

Auto-generated description: Purple flowers covered in water droplets create a vibrant and fresh appearance.
📆 | 🏷 Photography |

fracture — day 23 of the micro.blog june 2025 photoblogging challenge 📷

Auto-generated description: Red brick tiles arranged in a rectangular pattern show wear and a crack in one of the tiles.
📆 | 🏷 Photography |

hometown — day 22 of the micro.blog june 2025 photoblogging challenge 📷

A dramatic sky looms over a small town with a prominent church steeple and a building in the foreground labeled Afon Dar Café and Restaurant.

Aberdare, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

📆 | 🏷 Photography |

🎵 My top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: David Bowie (39 plays), Stanley Brinks (25), Jackson Browne (20), Matt Morton (17), The Samurai of Prog (15)

📆 | 🏷 Music |

silhouette — day 21 of the micro.blog june 2025 photoblogging challenge 📷

Auto-generated description: A silhouette of a statue stands atop a column against a dramatic sky with the sun creating a halo effect around it.
📆 | 🏷 Photography |

Of course I had to try the relaunched Double Diamond 🍺

It’s not too bad, a fairly light and refreshing pale ale. I remember it from the 1970s, but probably more of the ad campaigns than the taste of the beer 😊

Auto-generated description: A can and box of Double Diamond Beer are on a patterned table next to a glass filled with beer, with outdoor greenery in the background.
📆 | 🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer |

gather — day 20 of the micro.blog june 2025 photoblogging challenge 📷

Auto-generated description: A large crowd of people is participating in a protest with various signs and banners in an urban setting.

London, 2015

📆 | 🏷 Photography |

equal — day 19 of the micro.blog june 2025 photoblogging challenge 📷

Auto-generated description: White flowers with yellow centers are in full bloom, surrounded by lush green leaves.
📆 | 🏷 Photography |

texture — day 18 of the micro.blog june 2025 photoblogging challenge 📷

Auto-generated description: Green and mossy textured surface covers a natural outdoor environment.
📆 | 🏷 Photography |

Alfred Brendel obituary 🎵

Alfred Brendel, pianist, born 5 January 1931; died 17 June 2025

📆 | 🏷 Music |

warmth — day 17 of the micro.blog june 2025 photoblogging challenge 📷

Auto-generated description: A lit gas burner inside a metallic oven emits flames and subtle smoke.
📆 | 🏷 Photography |

Film log - watched: I Am Legend, 2007 - ★★★★ - Letterboxd link 🎥

Film poster

📆 | 🏷 FilmTV |

blur — day 16 of the micro.blog june 2025 photoblogging challenge 📷

Auto-generated description: A single daisy flower grows amid green foliage against a textured, rocky background.
📆 | 🏷 Photography |
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