Mark Keating

@shadowcat-mdk.bsky.social

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UK born Writer, photographer, dreamer, art lover, occasional rants, MD @ Shadowcat Systems. Father of 3 humans, and 1 pet, husband in training. Probably too many photo posts and random silliness. More at mdk.me.

Image is an extract from Henry IV part one, text reads: "go by the moon and the seven stars, and not by Phoebus, he, that wand’ring knight so fair. And I prithee, sweet wag, when thou art king, as God save thy Grace—Majesty"
Panel from the Judge Dredd Megazine with a half face with the words "grud" and a panel showing Script: Karl Stock - Art Dan McDaid - Colours: Jack Davies - Letters: Simon Bowland
A springer spaniel retrieving a ball in a river to a huge splash
Springer Spaniel with red and yellow ball in their mouth standing in a muddy puddle
English Springer Spaniel sat next to a puddle containing a ball, leg lifted, waiting for someone to pick up and throw the ball.
Picture of a wet English Springer Spaniel
Black and white nighttime photograph taken in Lancaster on Castle Hill showing a Georgian town house
Black and white nighttime photograph taken in Lancaster on Castle Hill showing the castle front from the path level view
Black and white nighttime photograph taken in Lancaster on Castle Hill showing the castle from the garden area
Black and white nighttime photograph taken in Lancaster on Castle Hill showing the street leading down to the town centre
Black and white nighttime photograph taken in Lancaster on Castle Hill showing a view towards Judges Lodgings
Orion Nebula
IC 1805 the Heart Nebula, Happy Valentine's to y'all share the love. Captured with a Seestar S30
Picture of a cloudy sky with an overlay showing a weather report of clear skies
M31 Orion Nebula taken in EQ Mode on an S30. The brilliant red of a swirling gas cloud in deep space.
Image from Judge Dredd Megazine. Picture shows Dredd with folded arms staring at three children who have built a snowman of Dredd with a carrot nose and a grimace made of coal.
Cover for the latest Judge Dredd magazine, issue 487. Shows Dredd on his bike spraying snow into the faces of an armed gang of thugs with the tagline "there's snow escape from the Law" underneath.
Screenshot of a small poem, text reads Trump-A-Lumpa Trump-a-Lumpa diddly-doo I’ve got another scandal for you If you are wise you will believe That I will break Laws Lie and deceive. What do you get if you Speak to my troops To follow the law Even for terrorist groups I will get mad And we won’t get along I’ll tell all my people You must be hung Trump’s way to peace is violence Trump-a-Lumpa doopedy-da You must submit And you will go far You will live in slavery too Like the Republicans Doppily-doo.
Image from Google News with an article about a motorway crash on the M65 with an image of an M65 Gemini plane
Screenshot of a small poem, text reads Trump-A-Lumpa Trump-a-Lumpa diddly-doo I’ve got another scandal for you If you are wise you will believe That I will break Laws Lie and deceive. What do you get if you Speak to my troops To follow the law Even for terrorist groups I will get mad And we won’t get along I’ll tell all my people You must be hung Trump’s way to peace is violence Trump-a-Lumpa doopedy-da You must submit And you will go far You will live in slavery too Like the Republicans Doppily-doo.
AI generated headline that has conflated the M65 motorway crash with a picture of a plane that is an M65.
A Springer spaniel with a tennis ball in her mouth and an expectatnt look on her face.
Challenger Tank on display at the Tank Museum.
Orion Nebula captured with a home Smart Telescope from 600 images
October Supermoon (Harvest moon 2025)
Harvest Moon, full moon, supermoon
Andromeda Galaxy taken using an image stack
Close up of water drops on a plant taken with a Pixel 9 Pro
Front cover of Lego instructions for D&D castle and dragon set
Springer Spaniel lying down and looking up, wet from the rain.
NGC7000 also known as the North American Nebula
Part of the Butterfly Nebula in the area of the Cygnus cross
Picture of the cloudy sky and Rylands Park, Lancaster
Pendine Beach in South Wales, Panorama taken from the hillside
Phot of the head and upper body of a Springer Spaniel on a lap
Watercolour of Superman in a frame hung on wood panels
Folio Society Sherlock Holmes books
mosaic with a backyard telescope of M31 (Andromeda Galaxy), and a tiny M32 to the side.
Dega graphic novels by Dan McDaid and individual sketch of Superman
Adult female wearing cat ears and holding flowers
Picture on the back of the Hoodie for Iron Maiden's Run For Your Lives Tour. Mascot Eddie wielding a bloodied axe, text reads: Run For Your Lives World Tour 2025=26
A cat rubbing its face against a man's face as a sign of affection.
Human and cat bumping heads
4 year old springer spaniel lying on a leg wanting attention
Newspaper headline from the Independent reads "Scientists celebrate bowel cancer breakthrough in bid to tackle surge in young people"
Screenshot from YouTube showing an LBC interview where Pearl Harbour has been misspelt as Peral Harbour
Picture of the moon taken with a Seestar 30
Me, adult male human, sat with a Springer Spaniel next to the Trig point of Pen-y-Fal near Abergavenny.
Shopping centre with an electronic sign displaying a Windows error message reading "automatic repair"
Caerphilly mountain looking down on Caerphilly
Orange skies and sun peeking through trees, a picture of the dawn in the park.
Pollinating insect, bee or wasp, with a beautiful orange colour on wood chips
Picture of the Cybertruck with camouflage and an iron cross, caption on the image reads "Wank Panzer"
Ribbleshead Viaduct Drone Footage. Images from the side and above.
Springer Spaniel on the grass with a ball in its mouth
Daffodil in the sunlight
Picture of an English Springer Spaniel on the grass with weeds on their head.
Movie poster for: Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
Trump meeting and looking as if he is leaning. Two copies of the same image to show how the horizon was skewed distorting the angle of the original image.
A picture of a Springer Spaniel's face wrapped in a towel.