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Island in the Net
• Khürt Williams
A cold, damp, grey Friday at my desk, photographed with an adapted SMC Takumar 55mm f/2 on the Fujifilm X-T5 in Classic Chrome, with Sir Alphonso Mango turning up to ask for his lunch.
Island in the Net
• Khürt Williams
squirrel | 'skwɪr(ə)l | noun: an agile tree-dwelling rodent with a bushy tail, typically feeding on nuts and seeds … and apparently, the specific block of artisanal, high-fat woodpecker suet I just put out.
Island in the Net
• Khürt Williams
I shot my sneakers in a dark car on an iPhone 17 Pro and loved the result, yet hundreds of foliage and skyline photos sit unedited, and I can't say why.
Island in the Net
• Khürt Williams
Diwali at our house means diyas, Bhavna’s pooja, and light winning over darkness.
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• Khürt Williams
Eleven usable frames out of 36. I mistakenly underexposed the rest.
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• Khürt Williams
Stark but lovely.
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• Khürt Williams
#filmisnotdead #believeinfilm
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• Khürt Williams
Slippery fall leaves, a tricky boulder field, and a couple of unexpected slips on my ass before calling it a day.
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• Khürt Williams
Just a bit of colour in the backyard.
Island in the Net
• Khürt Williams
Last week I took a day off for bird photography. This week, I took another day off. #birds #ihigbeebeach #capemay
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• Khürt Williams
Close-up of an Eastern Yellowjacket gripping a white aster flower with its legs. #insects #macrophotography
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• Khürt Williams
I reorganised 287 RSS feeds in NetNewsWire under just three folders. #RSS #NetNewsWire #OPML
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• Khürt Williams
Today’s WordPress.com prompt asks: What’s a personal mantra or philosophy you live by? I think that for most of us, our outlook on life, our philosophy, and the way we…
Island in the Net
• Khürt Williams
Test post from my blog, Friday, 2 October 2026. If you can see this on Mastodon and Bluesky, publishing works. Test marker: IITN-0210-A
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• Khürt Williams
With 152 hours of vacation left and warbler migration fading, I spent a day at Higbee Beach in Cape May, and the best sighting turned out to be a conversation with a renowned birder. #birds #capemay #higbeebeach #fallmigration
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• Khürt Williams
A flooded weekend, a family favour, and a hidden waterfall I lost a filter to. #waterfall #rockbrook
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• Khürt Williams
I paid $19.99 for Pro Mode in Crown + Flint and realised the app's real cost was stopping to log every frame of film. #filmisnotdead #filmphotography
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• Khürt Williams
I photographed an EV Show and Tell at the Montgomery Farmers Market. #fujicolor200 #filmisnotdead
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• Khürt Williams
I am finally working through the Scotch we stocked before the pandemic, starting with a Penicillin built on unpeated Bruichladdich Classic Laddie and a Laphroaig 10 float. #penicillin #cocktail #islay #scotch
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• Khürt Williams
My camera has a cat picture mode. It seems to work. #cat
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• Khürt Williams
I love watching the nuthatches walk down the trunk head-first. #Birds #USBirds
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• Khürt Williams
The American white waterlily (Nymphaea odorata) is native to North America. The flowers open during the day, close at night, and produce a strong fragrance. David planted them in the…
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• Khürt Williams
David Mathre built a wildflower garden with a pond and a huge poppy field on his Skillman property.
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• Khürt Williams
Late summer (2022) sunset over Lower Bay Channel, with the silhouette of Sandusky Coal Dock in the distance. Taken during a quick getaway after dropping Kiran off at Oberlin College.…
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• Khürt Williams
I took this photograph of a European starling in Montgomery Township, perched on the very tip of a young pine. Through the lens it looks black. Just black, especially against…
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• Khürt Williams
Common Whitetail dragonfly resting in the backyard habitat in Skillman created by David Mathre.
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• Khürt Williams
Male Red-winged Blackbird perched high on a leafy branch against a clear blue sky.
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• Khürt Williams
Female red-winged blackbird clinging to the tall stalks at Heathcote Meadows Preserve
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Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) at Heathcote Meadows Preserve in South Brunswick Township, New Jersey.
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• Khürt Williams
Heathcote Meadows Preserve in South Brunswick Township, New Jersey #Birds #USBirds
