This hydrangea overtakes the front window every summer.
This hydrangea overtakes the front window every summer.
Elsewhere in my garden.
In my garden... Huge hibiscus blossoms.
Mural cont.
Mural in progress ... Under my patio overhang
Lake Louise
“On earth there is no heaven, but there are #pieces of it.” - Jules Renard For me, Yorkshire is one of those! #photography #nature #art #blueskyartshow #eastcoastkin #stormhour #photohour #sunrise #yorkshire #scape #stunday #landscape #rockintuesday #coloraday #greensat #bloomscrolling #flowers
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In Oz a prison is a place of kindness, and thus Ojo went from unlucky to lucky.
I read so many of these! Shaggy Man was such a dignified homeless person, and in Oz was treated with respect without attempts to change his nature.
T.H. Lehnen, number one son and author of Fog & Fireflies, at WorldCon. Young Adult Fauntasy, LOL.
Great start to #WorldCon here in Seattle. If you're here, come check out #FogandFireflies. #books #booksky #youngadult #fantasy #indieauthor #debutauthor
Happy birthday, Social Security. Unless Congress acts, full benefits end in 7 years. buff.ly/jY9WXx5
More fantasy art by James C. Christensen (1942-2017).
Funniest thing happened today 🤣: While #birding, I suddenly see a small parrot fly high up into a tree. 🌳 I snoop around the tree to try to get a decent 📸. Suddenly, it takes off 🚀 - and lands RIGHT ON MY HEAD 😆 Rosy-faced Lovebird 😍 #birds #nature #cute #cutenessoverload #BirdsSeenIn2025 🇩🇪
Fuck AI This is the true spirit of Miyazaki
Trump made 4,725 wire transfers to Epstein totaling over 1 Billion dollars.
j.lulu_photography ..Lulu🦋 "Great blue heron resting peacefully in the sunset on Anna Maria Island, Florida"
Faroe Islands A wee clip to happiness in a small independent country
Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share seabird photos, videos & artwork to brighten up timelines. Some different today…Chinstrap Penguins on the march… #SuperSeabirdSunday
Hiroo Isono (1945-2013)
Nothing like driving a hybrid down a mountain to max out the mpg.
'Moonlight.' (1928) John Keats wrote in praise of a creative faculty called negative capability; in art it happens when painters know how to stay back, leaving their work open, unsolved, holding unknowns. Emil Carlsen was very good at it.
Social Security Faces 23% Cut As Trump’s Economic Sabotage Threatens Seniors
Totally agree this happens a lot at school.
"Negative school experiences generate twice the emotional burden in autistic and ADHD adolescents compared to their neurotypical classmates, and this is significantly correlated with depression and anxiety according to a new study involving a UCL researcher." www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...
Don't know anyone, so problem solved sort of.
@hestenet.bsky.social Nisqually Vista trail view. Amazing alpine meadows along the way. At my limited walking ability this was a good hike.
A French lemonade from 1651
An absolute Art. A close-up of a Jaguar skin.
Vincent van Gogh, Garden in Auvers, Auvers-sur-Oise, oil on canvas, between June 1890 and July 1890
Portfolio update : The Mirror of Pride "She's been following me for several days; I only see her at dusk. She always stays about ten paces away. When I confront her, she claims to be my shadow. I then asked her if I was her light. She replied that I was confusing my pride with her patience."
Multnomah County Sheriff just started up their drone program.
Myrtle Falls in Mt. Rainier National Park which has had rain and fog the past few days.
Small copper on a geranium flower. #ButterflyWeek
Mt. Rainier blooms, new to me.
Outrageous!
Blue Is the Night by Louise Camille Fenne
#RockinTuesday Doesn't really roll off the tongue, but any excuse for pics of nice geo features! Beacon Rock! An 848 foot tall (258m) volcanic #basalt plug, on the #Washington State side of the #ColumbiaGorge. There's a really cool trail to the top! #EastCoastKin #geology #📷 #scape #forest #nature
Paulina Ołowska, Principia And Her Pet (oil on canvas) (2021)
Welcome to Jurassic Pork 🦕🥟🦖 #Delicious #Dinosaur #Dumplings
Glad to hear that sad Pompeiian skeleton is/was living its best life
Feel like we moved on too quickly from the fact that the Trump administration openly announce it's trying to privatize Social Security
“Calling this a five-alarm fire is an understatement, and between Bessent’s comments and the harm DOGE has already done to the agency, it’s clear Trump was lying all along about protecting Social Security,” Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon said. . www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Florence Mary Anderson (1889-1945) — more!
FROM OEM: Tsunami waves, generally between 1-2 feet, are expected to reach parts of OR coast. Expected wave arrival (PDT): - Port Orford: 11:40 PM - Charleston: 11:45 PM - Brookings: 11:50 PM - Seaside & Newport: ~11:55 PM Remain in a safe location away from the coast until the advisory is lifted.
Chestnut-headed Oropendola in the rain at Tapir Valley #costarica #birds #nature #wildlife
Anthony the frog
Rate it! Furcifer pardalis, commonly known as the panther chameleon, is a strikingly colorful species of chameleon native to Madagascar.
Helmcken Falls British Columbia Canada. Canada's 4th highest waterfall. Long drive into Wells Gray Provincial Park, but worth it. Day 4 of 5 day photo adventure. #helmckenfalls #waterfall #panorama #photography #canada #rockymountains #travel #tf_photography #tf_photoscapes #tf_photoescapes
Found that my purple clematis bloomed this morning I’m sure next year it will grow even more, but it was just so beautiful to see them pop today
Katie Butler - Penne For Your Thoughts II
Peons and Pomegranate (2023) by Vera Bondare. Oil on canvas.
Irena Roman, Citrus (watercolor)
#SomethingBeautiful
And now for something completely different.. Carl Budtz-Møller (Danish, 1882–1953) "Agapanthus Before a Mirror", ca.1900. Oil on Canvas, 95 cm × 73.6 cm. Private Collection.
Tolkien’s drawing of The Lonely Mountain.
Hardy hibiscus in my PNW garden.
Another cool Saturday morning means our gardens can continue to recover from the drought. This week’s #SixOnSaturday includes a Rose, a Hibiscus, two Verbena, Nerium and the massive trunk of a London Plane Tree. Have a great weekend! 🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening
I turn my lampshades also.
Stuðlagil Canyon aka the Basalt Canyon, Iceland. -Credits: John Weatherby
And now for something completely different.. Tove Marika Jansson 1914-2001 Swedish-speaking Finnish author, novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. Brought up by artistic parents, Jansson studied art from 1930 to 1938 in Helsinki, Stockholm, and Paris.
Enjoy your weekend, Bluesky friends! 💛 #Photography #EastCoastKin #Scape #Nature #Beach #Ocean #Seaweed
A wildlife conservationist is placing baby owls back in their burrow.
I've successfully pressed Flock, a license plate surveillance company, to protect Oregonians from abusive queries of data by out-of-state law enforcement. This surveillance is a massive privacy problem, and I'll keep working to expand these same protections to every American.
Fireflies glow when luciferin, a chemical in their abdomen, reacts with the enzyme luciferase and oxygen, producing light.
I would still like to know why everyone treats executive orders as laws.
A tiny nigella flower from the garden
In my garden today.
Some flowers in bloom in our yard right now. .
A herd of deer relaxing among some cherry blossom trees in Nara, Japan.
Newport Oregon 📷SkyRose Images 2022 .
Nathaniel Meyer, Hazy Days, oil on canvas, n.d.
2/2 You can't help loving this slightly saucy Mary Magdalene by Jan van Scorel from 1530. And today is her feast day, too!
The federal government’s plan to catalogue the data of everyone in America is an assault on our right to privacy and free speech.
79 people shot in Gaza over the weekend: There is no excuse for starving people and then opening fire on civilians desperately lining up for food. None. Congress must not give Netanyahu another penny of unconditional military aid.
90 days. That's how long we have until close to 20 million households get notices that their health insurance is going up, way up, by an average of more than 75%. Even those without ACA subsidies will see the raw cost of insurance up around 15%. Expect a 4-alarm fire this fall. From me:
omg you have to read this: "I Was Kamala Harris’ Videographer. The Experience Completely Changed Me." slate.com/news-and-pol...
"Incredible shot at Lavender Valley this week. Blooming lavender with a stunning view of Mount Hood!" 2019 📸 Brian Zettervall .
Frederick Childe Hassam July Night, 1898
Check this out! 🐯😍🤩 #MosaicMonday from the Villa Hadriana near Tivoli. learning-history.com/roman-mosaics/
Why you on my mountain?
#MondayMemories with all the beautiful #butterflies I managed to photograph at #ParkInThePast last Saturday; comma, 6 spot burnet moths, peacock, female & male common blue, gatekeeper, large white, speckled wood, meadow brown & green veined white @savebutterflies.bsky.social #Wrexham #vitaminN
Good morning✌️🍀
Trump's 'Border Czar' is not welcome in Portland. Our community won't be used as a prop in Trump's cruel, chaotic immigration agenda. We believe in dignity, justice, and compassion. We'll fight like hell to defend our neighbors.
Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell, (1883-1937), “The Orange Blind” (c. 1927), oil on canvas, 86.5 x 112 cm
Only in Portland do they bring Llamas into the airport to ease the anxieties of travel. "Travelers experience a 'wave of relief' upon hugging a big fluffy llama before a flight." from 2024 .
For a few weeks every spring Balsam Root seems to takes over the Columbia River Gorge. Such a great time for a hike. Enjoy your Sunday Nature photo day 189 #nature #photography #stunday #bloomscrolling #eastcoastkin #columbiagorge #outside #dogmountain #flowers #hiking #pnw #landscape
This would handicap The RepubliKKKans and Chump from Buying Elections,that is,If We Have Any More......
Heres another thing...you worry about risking losing your health care even though you still have no garauntee of getting it even if you pay for it. Youre surrendering your freedom in hopes that those you are surrendering to honor your health insurance when they are not obliged to.
Starting this week with a pocket-sized species - the Pearl-spotted Owlet. 📍Akagera National Park, Rwanda. #Birds #NaturePhotography 🪶
And now for something completely different.. Afton" (Evening) 1894. Eugène Jansson (Sweden, 1862-1915) Oil on canvas
July's theme: Art of the Dad Joke DAD JOKE: A sandwich walks into a bar. “Sorry”, the bartender says, “we don’t serve food here!” ARTWORK: Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), “The Drinkers”, 1890. Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois US. #arthistory #art #DadJokes #VincentVanGogh
Happy #Caturday! 🐈⬛👻 🎨 RytasArtWorld
Our emu’s chicks Graham & Stanley growing fast enjoying broccoli and a chance to practice zoomies
#Flowers #Nature #Gardening #Photography
Kirby’s summer adventure! 👒🍃 #art #illustration #kirby
This is how it looks when a Sea Anemone runs away from a Starfish.
Flying through the air with the greatest of ease: Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando in 1879, by Edgar Degas. It’s his day today.
