Richard D Beebe

Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California. Quiet scene along the shore of the quiet but high running Merced River with a few pine trees on the shore in the foreground, and a pine/fir forest/oak woodland on the opposite shore.

Yosemite Valley, Caifornia
Merced River and shorelines
Early May 2025

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River scene. Quiet water. River water reflection of cottonwood trees in springtime. Still waters. Merced River in Yosemite Valley, California.

Watching the River Run (May '21)
(I've had that song, and the different and various interpretations of watching a river run past.

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Virtual Mothers Day card. Original image is a pink rose and bud, May 2024.

Mothers Day 2025 #2

Rose from our front yard

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#mothersday
#happymothersday

Virtual Mothers Day card with a photo of red begonia flowers from our own front yard.

Happy Mothers Day.

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night photograph of a neighborhood scene with the moon up partially hidden behind broken clouds above a streetlight illuminated street corner. Added is a note page of my text: "Back out into the same darkness I walked in from 8 hours ago. What changed? The stars moved. Same darkness otherwise."

"Back out into the (same) darkness"

text = Dec 2024
image = april 2025

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nature photograph = orange California Poppies and yellow Harlequin Lupine. May 2023. Sycamore Grove Park, Livermore, California.

"Poppies and lupines"
May 2023
Sycamore Grove Park, Livermore

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"Every storm runs out of rain."
(Maya Angelou)

... what a VERY profound thought.

close up photo of a morning glory seedling, approximately 1 inch tall.

"Baby Morning Glory" Thought found me this afternoon... of all the monikers I can attach to myself, maybe the most meaningful is the simplist: gardener. By our very nature, we're optimists, otherwise we'd set out empty pots to gather dust.

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Of missing a loved one...

"...By their movement from our world, it forces us to ask the bigger life questions, and just by inquiring, we may find that life takes us down an enlightened hallway of understanding, leading to insights we might never thought possible before."

Cluster of pale yelloy Lady Banks Roses in morning sunlight, N California. The only part the picture cannot convey is the fragrance of the multitude of flowers.

"Lady Banks Roses"
March '25
My own backyard.

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Former Yellowstone, Rushmore, Badlands superintendents say DOGE wiped out a generation of leaders • North Dakota Monitor If Dan Wenk had been fired during his first year in a permanent job with the National Park Service, the agency would’ve lost his many later accomplishments. He would not have gone on to help lead a pu...

Former Yellowstone, Rushmore, Badlands superintendents say DOGE wiped out a generation of leaders northdakotamonitor.com/2025/03/11/f...

agreed... from an American!

"Dandelion, Eye Level #1"
March 2025
NOT digitally-enhanced.
Getting the S24 VERY low to the ground. The everyday world of our lawn grows into a surreal little forest.
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Omg. In a shocking moment, Nancy Bolan, a fired USAID worker and tonight’s guest of Rep. Ritchie Torres — reveals that Donald Trump has pulled the U.S. from the global polio eradication initiative — which threatens its spread to the U.S. Every single American should see this.

For N Calif - photo class offering @ Grand Theatre in Tracy, Calif. Beg Photography - 5 Thursday eves, 6-8 pm in-person, starting March 6th. Details on the flyer.

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A painting depiction of the Ukrainian national flag - top half a blue sky with a heart in the upper right corner above the bottom half of yellow sunflower field.

"Slava Ukraini"

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#ukraine
#standwithukraine

well, yes... than man date.

Sickening.

1. "Slava Ukraini"

2. The only "mandate" for trump is his man dates (two words) with his South African suitor, and his enablers.

1. "Slava Ukraini"

Slava Ukraini!

"Slava Ukraini"

"Slava Ukraini"

"Slava Ukraini"

"Slava Ukraini"

"Slava Ukraini"

"Slava Ukraini"

Springtime scene of an almond orchard in blossom backlighted in afternoon. The colors are more fanciful and impressionistic than reality, making the orchard seem more magical.

"Orchard, Afternoon Light"
Feb 2025
N California almond orchard in blossom, backlighted in afternoon sunlight. Impressionistic, by accident.

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"Oak Snag, Morgan Territory"
Feb 2025.

So, what do YOU see in that snag with the sun peeking through?

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"Dandelion, Feb 2025"

Front yard. I can still do these... it was just easier a decade ago. Still fun being eye level with dandelions.

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"Dandilions, Front Yard"
March 2014... my own front yard.

Sometimes, "small" can grab all my attention, visually. Like being up close and personal with ordinary dandilions.
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