Novice artist - mostly watercolor and charcoal, nature lover, environmentalist, art and museum enthusiast
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I replied once already I believe, I’m reviewing your work again. I love it so! This is such an adorable little creature. I can imagine it just having popped its head out of the water, it’s fur glistening, and pausing for just a moment before it found a rock to pound its clamshell on.
So beautifully rendered, so powerful!
So beautifully rendered, so powerful!
Gorgeous!!
Esther, you have a lovely side-lit studio! How perfect! It looks so inviting to use! And your gallery is beautifully designed to show your artwork. What an inviting place to paint and to display your artwork!
It´s been a bit silent from these parts over the last few weeks. The reason is that I have moved my tiny studio to the cabin next door. I now have WAY more space, so much so that I can realize a dream of having my own gallery! Here are some first images that give an impression.
Mither Tap and Bennachie from Chapel of Gairoch #Aberdeenshire #Scotland #Bennachie www.damianshields.com
Very intriguing shot. Do you have any additional ones of the area? I’m also curious what the 3 sisters look like from frontal but to the side of front, not dead center. But you would need to be in helicopter, hovering over water to get that shot and it likely wouldn’t be keeper.
The Three Sisters and Ballydavid Head, Dingle Peninsula #Ireland #Dingle #CountyKerry www.damianshields.com
That’s a lovely shot Damian. What a peaceful respite from this insane world that would be!
Loch Glencoul, Unapool #Sutherland #Scotland #Highlands www.damianshields.com
Cacace is class isn’t he? Longy needs to get his defense chops going #askwxm
Great shot!
A beautiful blue Belted Kingfisher pauses on a branch above our pond to search for fish and crawdads 📷 Canon 5D Mark III Canon EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM Canon EF 1.4x III M, f/6.3, 1/200, ISO 800, 140mm 1/10/23 Northern Oregon Coast #birds #ornithology #birdphotos #nature 🦉 🪶 🐤 🦜 📸
I hope you find my new book helpful for understanding the time we’re in, how we combat the bullies, and why I believe so passionately that we will succeed. Here's a bit more on why I wrote it.
Banning books instead of guns is exactly what radicalized me.
There is still beauty in the world. (Monsanto, Portugal 📷 unknown.)
How I miss those…my sister had lived on Cape Cod and I visited her. So peaceful and quietly beautiful !
Cape Cod sunsets.
CW: Sexual assault Women are being kidnapped and assaulted by men who impersonate ICE agents. This is one of many reasons why we can’t have a masked, unaccountable secret police force roaming the streets. Urge your elected officials to take action today: www.bluestatedefianc...
Let that sink in.
A #GreatBlueHeron striking a pose #Heron #Birds #Birdsky #UrbanNature #Toronto
Lovely shot of the indigo bunting, really makes his color pop!
A male Indigo Bunting pauses before a moment before heading off to a tree top to sing.
Love it!
#bookban #UCP
“You cannot argue with stupid people. They will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience” -Mark Twain This is why the medical experts are leaving the CDC.
What a beautiful morning paddle. Love your photo!
I got up early and took the kayak to a different part of the lake this morning. This is the Washow Bay drain, a little river that runs up into Lake Winnipeg. I thought it would be a fun change of scene. I was right why not join me on this 10 km morning paddle 1/
Awesome! This is so stunning I’m almost at a loss of words for it!
Dunmore Head, Dingle Peninsula #Ireland #Dingle #CountyKerry www.damianshields.com
So nice to wake up to! I love the way the light plays on the mountain and the juxtaposition with the dark clouds overhead.
Beinn Bhreac from Rowardennan #Scotland #Trossachs #Stirlingshire www.damianshields.com
Ethereal!
Late light over Sgurr an Fhidhleir #Scotland #Coigach #RossandCromarty www.damianshields.com
In a 2–1 decision, the D.C. Circuit ruled that U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson lacked authority to block the administration’s move to lay off roughly 1,500 of the agency’s 1,700 employees. The majority opinion was written by Judge Gregory G. Katsas, a Trump appointee.
More bad news! A federal appeals court has cleared the Trump administration to push forward with plans to gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, overturning a lower court’s attempt to halt mass layoffs.
Now isn’t that interesting?
In America, we don’t use federal agents to intimidate citizens out of participating in their own democracy. Yet more than a dozen Border Patrol agents showed up Thursday in downtown LA at a rally Gov. Gavin Newsom held on congressional redistricting an event that had nothing to do with immigration.
Thank you for all you do!
A temporary win! A federal judge in California has sided with a group of states, issuing an order that temporarily stops the Department of Health and Human Services from providing Medicaid recipient data to the Department of Homeland Security for immigration enforcement purposes.
I like that! Intriguing.
Tree Shadow and Chapel Wall, Heraklion 2025. #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #crete
Nice catch and shot!
Let’s support all our citizens!
This new legislation would establish a clear line: In the US, we do not exile people for exercising their constitutional rights. We thank @ross.house.gov and @balint.house.gov for introducing this bill and standing firm in safeguarding our right to free speech, dissent, and political expression.
No! I meant the island in the center was a reprieve from the mysterious mist surrounding it! It looked spooky ooky! It’s a very cool shot! I love your work!
Beautiful photo Therese
Happy Friday everyone. I hope the week has been good to you and wishing you a safe and fabulous Friday. Please be kind, take good care and enjoy!! 🩵✨🩵
Reprieve! Stunning photo!
Loch Lomond, Trossachs #Scotland #Trossachs #LochLomond www.damianshields.com
Reprehensible!
It's a solemn day for U.S. public media. After 50 years, the CPB announced that Trump’s budget cuts are forcing the institution to shut down. The shuttering of the CPB is devastating on too many levels, but let us be clear: Public media is under attack because Trump doesn't want accountability.
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This is so so wrong!
The EPA is preparing to cancel $7 billion in grants intended to fund rooftop solar projects for low- and middle-income households. Officials plan to send notices to all 60 recipients in the Solar for All program, spanning 49 states, informing them that their funding has been revoked.
For #TextureTuesday, a stand of dry reeds #photography #nature #abstract #abstractphotography 📷
So important to do!
Thoughts on Kindness 💭
Nice job! And I bet you enjoyed listening to her!!
Powerful!
Yesnaby Storm, Orkney #Scotland #Orkney #Stromness www.damianshields.com
Yep!!
I appreciate your support! And Kudos for standing up and demonstrating! Since I’m retired, I’m able to attend multiple activist meetings most days; that both keeps me updated, and as you pointed out, helps morale. We also have sessions during the week for relaxation because topics are tough!!
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Damian, how powerful, how splendid!
We could not agree more. Democrats must stand up to this wannabe king and his rubber-stamp Republicans.
Thanks, Pennyjs! It's not without trepidation that I do this, but I can't stand by and let all this happen! It's hideous! Thanks for your support!
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Yes, she is a treasure, to be sure. My life is much richer with her in it!
Yes, I did, thank you, til my kitty Laurel awakened me at 6 a.m. anyway!
Thank you Rhonda! I didn't know Yellow Warbler's collected the threads of spider webs for the nests, so thank you for the beautiful photo and for increasing my knowledge re: the yellow warbler! I love your photography!
I haven't been able to get out much lately, so here's a #throwbackthursday post. Ms. Yellow Warbler gathering spider web to for a nest earlier this year. 🪶 #birds #naturephotography #wildbirds #wildlifephotography #sonyalpha
How refreshingly colorful and beautiful Shantha! I have started planning my Indivisible group, gathering a nucleus of people to start it, and preparing agenda for a presentation on Trump's Big Ugly Bill to the residents at the senior living building in which I reside. Scared but determined.
🌞Good morning! Wishing you a wonderful day! #dailyflowers 🌱 #flowerreport #bloomscrolling
Glen Nevis pine #Scotland #GlenNevis #FortWilliam www.damianshields.com
Lovely to see before I go back to sleep at 4:39 a.m. Thank you for this lovely morning present!
Just what the doctor ordered today, and my friend brought it to me this morning - such a wonderful warm friendship! She gives her all! Today was a very hard day for me, and her gift this morning brightened my day. She made approaching today so much more do-able!
What a n unusual and colorful find!
Golden dewdrops lend a touch of color to the tree trunk. #ThickTrunkTuesday #dailyflowers 🌱 #flowerreport #bloomscrolling
Shantha, That’s so colorful, and I love the vibrant yellow against the unusual blue of the daisy petals!
Blue Marguerite Daisies, also known as Felicia amelloides, for #BlueTuesday #dailyflowers 🌱 #flowerreport #bloomscrolling
I like this one alot! It piques my interest!
Happy Tuesday! We had cloudy weather at sunrise but I traipsed out anyway just in case, to no avail. So here is the second place choice (out of two lol) in coffee shop voting from yesterday. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!
Well said!
This is your sign to spend time in nature today. 🍃
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." -FDR, 1937
The "we" that counts, is working on it!
How refreshing!
#DailyFlowers for you 🫶 Enjoy #thelittlethings 🌱🌿 Wild geranium (Geranium pratense) for #Twosday #ColorADay #BlueTue #photography #flowers #MacroMonday #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersofBluesky #onlybeautifulthings #photohour #Bloomscrolling #ArtYear #nature #EastCoastKin
That's me with picture frames! I paint with watercolor primarily, and occasionally work with pastels. So for years, have been on the lookout for nice frames, inexpensive. Yard sales are super! "Savers" stores have finds also! But I have about 40+ frames, and live in a tiny apartment!
Me after saying I wasn't gonna buy any more books for a while
So just right! I really need many nature posts to help me center myself after some of what's going on these days!
Colpoy's Bay, Ontario at dawn #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #StormHour #photography #landscape #clouds
Owl smiles getting love... 🦉❤️
Mist over Loch Chon #Scotland #Trossachs #Aberfoyle www.damianshields.com
Such an awesome shot!
This is peaceful and lovely. A welcome reprieve after the previous post.