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@merrillandia.bsky.social

It is what you don't know you don't know that gets you. D.C. native, painter, commercial artist, retired.

created November 12, 2024

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Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

It was 50 this morning. It's 74 now.

1/9/2025, 3:31:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Same photographer as yesterday.

1/9/2025, 3:29:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Apparently a young 19 year old woman in a Honda will be receiving a Distinguished Civilian Service award.

1/9/2025, 3:15:09 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Camp? Who gives a ff but United Health Care?

1/9/2025, 3:09:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

I'll pray if you shut off his respirator.

1/9/2025, 3:05:30 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

You just know if Newsom were a Republican, Trump would have spent two fortunes trying to get him as a running mate.

1/9/2025, 11:34:24 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Changing the wallpaper. Don't haul nasty through the house.

1/9/2025, 11:30:24 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

None have security. Best stay home.

1/9/2025, 11:26:46 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Are those bottles of vodka?

1/9/2025, 11:22:20 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

The kind that don't mind the taste of magats.

1/9/2025, 10:46:53 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

He sure looks afraid of death.

1/9/2025, 10:43:35 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Don't assume they are unrelated.

31/8/2025, 10:21:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

LOL.

31/8/2025, 10:18:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Very nice!

31/8/2025, 10:16:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Curb crawling again and a pimp got mad?

31/8/2025, 10:12:57 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

I suspect the National Guard is in Washington because Trump hasn't much time left.

31/8/2025, 10:08:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Photography is a waiting game.

31/8/2025, 10:06:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Never Trumper1💙 (@triedofpolitics.bsky.social) reposted

The thing about the WH hiding trumps health issues is that he’s in the Epstein files.

31/8/2025, 9:32:44 PM | 24 10 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

We were warned about this alliance 20 years ago. China Russia and India.

31/8/2025, 9:58:46 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

His business partner arrived to oversee his care? Would that be his "pull the plug" man?

31/8/2025, 9:52:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Joni Ernst said it best.

31/8/2025, 9:48:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Millions allegedly prefer the Burka.

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31/8/2025, 12:34:07 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Mmm...and who did he decide to pick to replace him.

31/8/2025, 12:20:17 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

I core, dehydrate then freeze. No mush when thawed. Intense flavor.

31/8/2025, 12:18:14 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

An EMT. A hungry coyote.

31/8/2025, 12:14:12 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Lee-in-Iowa 💙 (@lee-in-iowa.bsky.social) reposted

Please repost my post below.

30/8/2025, 6:33:08 PM | 16 9 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deb Brown 🚨🇺🇲 (@debpixcom.bsky.social) reposted

🙃 #GavinNewsom #EpsteinFiles

Gavin Newsom passed the Montreal Cognitive Assessment today by reciting
30/8/2025, 7:22:38 PM | 15504 3540 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Sweet white corn, yes!

30/8/2025, 4:23:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes he has. Golf this morning at Virginia club w granddaughter. Sad.

30/8/2025, 4:21:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

If I had discovered rock earlier I would have been a stone mason or mosaic artist. No joke.

30/8/2025, 4:10:06 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Not done. Probably not the answer you were hoping for, but I think generally you quit too soon. As my painting professor used to say, "Great start, now tell me something I didn't know, or get thee to lithography." It was brutal.😳

30/8/2025, 4:02:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

30/8/2025, 2:27:39 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Time stamp?

30/8/2025, 2:22:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Governor Newsom Press Office @GovPressOffice J.D. “JUST DANCE” VANCE ... THE DANCING QUEEN CAN’T STOP! I LIVE RENT-FREE IN HIS HEAD (VERY TINY SPACE, ALMOST NO ROOM WITH "THE COUCH")...

30/8/2025, 2:10:07 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Indeed. I am hostile to narrow minded visions of art and the pronouncements from those that because THEY don't like something, therefore MOST won't ... and those that do appreciate the unordinary must be lacking a home, fire or common sense. That said, the bench exists. Life is tough.

30/8/2025, 1:54:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Get a mirror.

30/8/2025, 1:46:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Smug is your color.

30/8/2025, 1:39:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Good, it will be more compassionate.

30/8/2025, 1:38:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Not out in the open if an alternative exists.

30/8/2025, 1:38:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

O, perhaps because it is the shortest route between point a and b on a cold windy day. But I would not want to run into your hostile ass in it.

30/8/2025, 1:37:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Thanks for the link. So many ideas.

30/8/2025, 12:59:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Not if it's raining, windy, cold or you don't want to look at the scenery or have the scenery looking at you.

30/8/2025, 12:57:30 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Keith Olbermann (@olbermann.bsky.social) reposted

Wasn't expecting THIS Trump phrasing in Muskland

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30/8/2025, 12:37:28 PM | 312 30 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Yup, where is the Dancing Queen?

30/8/2025, 12:47:56 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

I am thinking he is at Walter Reed and the Dancing Queen is having a party.

30/8/2025, 12:47:10 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Italian arias are tear jerkers too. A lot of the music mentioned has a syrupy sentimental undercurrent.

30/8/2025, 12:44:13 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

He is in a diabetic coma. If not before, subsequently.

30/8/2025, 12:38:03 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

The next DC thunderstorm will have that mulch ALL OVER the sidewalks and grass and into the sewer drains.

30/8/2025, 12:31:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture thecapt911.bsky.social (@thecapt911.bsky.social) reposted

Or apply for asylum from persecution to Canada. Free Healthcare and Canada’s Healthcare System believes in Vaccines. Guess where a lot of America’s Scientists and doctors are choosing to emigrate to? Yep! First Choice is….

30/8/2025, 2:02:22 AM | 749 220 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

I am doubting the illegal invasion theory.

30/8/2025, 12:23:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

No fear of a complex composition. Lovely.

30/8/2025, 12:13:08 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Off with the leg. Gangrene has arrived.

30/8/2025, 12:08:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Aw, shot yourself? Gotta watch those Glocks.

30/8/2025, 12:06:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Newsom can multitask - govern the Great State of California, recognize the comparative WEAK performance of Parasitic States states, and yank the Orange Moron's chain.

30/8/2025, 11:49:54 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

You are confused. Mike regularly posts photos of his property and animals and updates his plans, however ordinary or unique. He delivers a calming message of continuity in a shit storm. And horses were not made for anything anymore than you and I were. Hope that helps the confusion.

30/8/2025, 11:41:15 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

So elegant and glamorous.

30/8/2025, 12:20:19 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

No accounting for taste. Mossad would be more interesting.

30/8/2025, 12:07:06 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Choking on his own spit while on national television.

29/8/2025, 9:45:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Feathered Hat.

29/8/2025, 9:28:15 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Russians culturally practice a very firm grip.

29/8/2025, 7:14:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Bwahaha. He needs to dream up a better argument.

29/8/2025, 3:02:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Mark of the Beast ...

29/8/2025, 11:52:03 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Because rubbing your belly with a hoof or claws just ain't the same.

29/8/2025, 11:47:46 AM | 20 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BlueCrew community 💙💙 (@libertyovergov.bsky.social) reposted

Truly says it all! #BlueCrew #Resist #HealthCare #Health

DISEASES DECIMATED BY SCIENCE: 1. Chickenpox 6. Polio 2. Diphtheria 7. Tetanus 3. Measles 8. Typhoid 4. Pertussis 9. Yellow Fever 5. Pneumonia 10. Smallpox DISEASES DECIMATED BY RFK JR: 1. 6. 2. 7. 3. 8. 4. 9. 5. 10.
29/8/2025, 7:59:49 AM | 101 36 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Keep trolling them. Maniacs and the brain dead in positions of power deserve no peace.

29/8/2025, 11:39:17 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

He has spasmodic dysphonia. It's not fatal. But the Botox treatments become less and less effective. He has had it a long time.

29/8/2025, 11:35:58 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shane Lear (@shanelear.bsky.social) reposted

FACTS.

29/8/2025, 12:55:53 AM | 862 316 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Don't confirm heroin addicts. They haven't a history of good choices.

29/8/2025, 11:28:08 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Her expression suggests she just learned she has no rights over her health decisions.

29/8/2025, 11:25:14 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

"What air defense doing?"

29/8/2025, 11:14:38 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Seriously, which I presume you are not, he is a former heroin addict. He was disowned long ago.

29/8/2025, 11:12:29 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Anywhere It is. Currently the Oval Office, It also can be found at Mar a Lago, Bedminister, Trump Plaza Hotel, multiple golf courses, red state venues, and America's back pocket but NEVER in a prison where it belongs.

29/8/2025, 10:59:23 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Ever wonder why we humans are so drawn to images of paths that disappear into the horizon line?

29/8/2025, 1:37:45 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

You wouldn't do that.

29/8/2025, 1:30:24 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

The picture gives me the same feeling as the movie "On the Beach."

29/8/2025, 1:28:36 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Ha ha. Love it.

29/8/2025, 12:47:23 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

They are standing in the shade of WWII soldiers, both literally and figuratively.

29/8/2025, 12:34:52 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Deployed military guarding a memorial for soldiers who died fighting facism. Do these guys get the hypocrisy?

29/8/2025, 12:33:09 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Veronica Danie (@veronicadanie.bsky.social) reposted

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28/8/2025, 4:58:46 PM | 11 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Freezing cubes of leg of lamb works fine. I buy same for kebabs and freeze in 1.5 pound portions.

28/8/2025, 10:22:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

What a beauty.

28/8/2025, 10:12:44 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

"Air defense is working" is a meme from the beginning of the invasion, when Russia was caught with its pants down in Crimea.

28/8/2025, 10:04:06 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

This video shows homeless people with their shopping carts right next to where the mulch is being spread. WTF Trump theater.

28/8/2025, 9:57:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

They usually have reddish specks running along their segmented backs.

28/8/2025, 9:43:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Looks like a silly ignorant twat to me.

28/8/2025, 9:28:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Cranky Grandma (@crankygrandma.bsky.social) reposted

Now this BuzzFeed post made me laugh out loud. You too can have Trump’s “gold” decorations in your home or office - just stop by Home Depot and grab a couple packages and a can of gold spray paint! It’s close to sacrilege what he’s doing to such an honorable office!

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28/8/2025, 6:45:34 PM | 7 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Hanging out watching pigeons on a marble plaza while awaiting Godot is infinitely less work than digging neighbors out of tornado debris.

28/8/2025, 3:07:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valorie Bridges Fant * Author of * Go Back to Your Country * (@vrfant1.bsky.social) reposted

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28/8/2025, 2:56:11 PM | 14 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Been there too many times in 50 years. The practical solution is to rip it up and pitch it. Start over. Mistakes are learning and brooding is wasted life. JMO

28/8/2025, 2:07:42 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

He looks like Hoss Cartwright's saddle. Old, worn and sandwiched between a 250lb fat ass and a horse's ass.

28/8/2025, 1:06:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

That he can't "do" math - one doesn't need to do any math. You merely need to know what a percentage is. He knows because he follows his approval ratings. He trusts America is too stupid to know.

28/8/2025, 1:01:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

We were, only Trump literally threw out the Obama administration's pandemic plan on his first day in office.

28/8/2025, 12:55:34 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

I could use a clean up crew like that.

28/8/2025, 12:50:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Think of his executive orders as your demented neighbor screaming at you to get off your lawn.

28/8/2025, 12:44:27 PM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Are they? I think they are talking about money and branding.

28/8/2025, 3:05:45 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

It doesn't matter. No deity is listening.

28/8/2025, 2:58:08 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

It's not a normal thing, it's a recurring thing. The Second Amendment decision is in error.

28/8/2025, 2:49:18 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

Sitting at the sideline does keep them from getting shot down.

28/8/2025, 2:42:39 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

The right to bear arms isn't fine. Clearly.

28/8/2025, 2:36:24 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture merrillandia.bsky.social (@merrillandia.bsky.social) reply parent

That 10 year old wouldn't be interviewed if the public did not suck it up like soda.

28/8/2025, 2:26:07 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view