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@802mike.bsky.social

Husband, dog lover, foster dad, Vermonter, Unitarian Universalist, wanna-be photographer, being kind to all I meet (I hope!), educator, and the list goes on.

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I guess this is pretty self explanatory. Washington Park, Portland, Oregon #Photography #Flora #Portland πŸ“·πŸΈπŸŒ

11.11.2025 05:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1962    πŸ” 148    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 4
Abstract/sketchy silver clouds over the Salish Sea. Dark silhouettes of lawn, large fir tree, with sun lighting up the clouds.

Abstract/sketchy silver clouds over the Salish Sea. Dark silhouettes of lawn, large fir tree, with sun lighting up the clouds.

Silver Salish Sea View
November 10/25
#photography #SalishSea #SeaView #VancouverIsland #WestCoastKin

11.11.2025 01:28 β€” πŸ‘ 616    πŸ” 73    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0
10.11.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 191    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1
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This is a bad deal, and the old way of doing things is clearly not working.

We need new leaders in the Senate.

10.11.2025 03:10 β€” πŸ‘ 17615    πŸ” 4894    πŸ’¬ 628    πŸ“Œ 302
Adult grackle bird with fall leaves in background. Purple, green and blue iridescence is visible in the bird's feathers. Putnam County, NY. Β©John Kaprielian

Adult grackle bird with fall leaves in background. Purple, green and blue iridescence is visible in the bird's feathers. Putnam County, NY. Β©John Kaprielian

We've had an overabundance of glorious grackles of late! #birds #birdwatching #grackles

09.11.2025 02:55 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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08.11.2025 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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Cats walk in a unique way called direct registering, where they leave only two footsteps instead of four. #FridayMorning #FridayVibes

07.11.2025 08:41 β€” πŸ‘ 862    πŸ” 136    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 15
sunset over the sea there are silhouettes of the cliffs in the distance the sky is orange and blue and soft but there is also a GIANT black cloud taking up the entire upper right side of the picture

sunset over the sea there are silhouettes of the cliffs in the distance the sky is orange and blue and soft but there is also a GIANT black cloud taking up the entire upper right side of the picture

sunset of the day ft big ominous black cloud

06.11.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1104    πŸ” 89    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 5
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Just in case you were thinking,
β€œTo hell with it. Let’s move.”

OK, maybe a temperate rainforest island in the Pacific Ocean?

This is Tofino.
In Canada.

Not too bad. Not too bad at all. Pretty good, actually.

07.11.2025 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 383    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 2
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Autumn roads 🍁 (Quebec, Canada)

#canada #quebec #autumn #fall #roadtrip #travel #photography

07.11.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 893    πŸ” 86    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.

06.11.2025 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 51560    πŸ” 13909    πŸ’¬ 1003    πŸ“Œ 1150
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06.11.2025 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 7319    πŸ” 1837    πŸ’¬ 460    πŸ“Œ 207
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Mamdani: "My message to ICE agents & to everyone across this city is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law. If you violate it, you must be held accountable. There is sadly a sense growing that certain people are allowed to violate that law, whether they be POTUS or ICE agents."

05.11.2025 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 35270    πŸ” 8526    πŸ’¬ 562    πŸ“Œ 419

My seven-year-old neighbor told me they talked about how to be a good neighbor at school and that she told her teacher I am her β€œabove average neighbor” because I hand out full-size candy bars for Halloween and β€œknow a lot about sharks.”

05.11.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 481    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 0

⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

06.11.2025 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 107    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
A deer with big ears stands in a meadow and looks straight at the camera.

A deer with big ears stands in a meadow and looks straight at the camera.

One of these ran out in front of my car last night. Thankfully I was able to stop in time but now I need to go clean shards of glass out of the trunk from the glass water bottle that went flying. Look out, they’re on the move this time of year!

(White-tailed Deer)
#mammals 🌿

04.11.2025 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 137    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2
Pyrrhuloxia, looks very similar to a female cardinal. They are sometimes referred to as a desert cardinal and are native to northern Mexico and the United States in Arizona. They were last spotted in Ontario Canada in 2006 in West Elgin, Ontario. It looks very similar to a female northern cardinal. Slightly shorter and less colorful beak with soft grey brown feathers with red highlights. Very pretty bird. Thank you for gracing my garden.

Pyrrhuloxia, looks very similar to a female cardinal. They are sometimes referred to as a desert cardinal and are native to northern Mexico and the United States in Arizona. They were last spotted in Ontario Canada in 2006 in West Elgin, Ontario. It looks very similar to a female northern cardinal. Slightly shorter and less colorful beak with soft grey brown feathers with red highlights. Very pretty bird. Thank you for gracing my garden.

Cleaning up Halloween decor & saw a cardinal jumping in my dogwoods but it didn't quite look like a cardinal, close but something was off. I couldn't get a photo but went online it & looked like this. Its not suppose to be here. They've been spotted in the area in but its rare. Meet Pyrrhuloxia

04.11.2025 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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🀷🏼

03.11.2025 02:00 β€” πŸ‘ 20071    πŸ” 7062    πŸ’¬ 956    πŸ“Œ 353
A downy woodpecker perched on a staghorn sumac branch.

A downy woodpecker perched on a staghorn sumac branch.

A downy woodpecker perched on a staghorn sumac branch.

#photography #birds #flowers #autumn #sumac

02.11.2025 23:20 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A bird standing on the edge of a bowl. The bird is a Blue Jay, a grey back, white breast, white face with black markings, a blue wings and tail with black markings.

A bird standing on the edge of a bowl. The bird is a Blue Jay, a grey back, white breast, white face with black markings, a blue wings and tail with black markings.

It's time to slow down and admire some pretty little things. Today: a Blue Jay
#bird #bluejay

02.11.2025 23:34 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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This πŸ‘‡πŸΌ one hundred million times.

01.11.2025 10:39 β€” πŸ‘ 165    πŸ” 70    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 5
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Obama: I believe in an America where we don't fear each other. But look out for each other. And if we want that story to continue. If we believe in that better story. We need leaders who believe in it too.

01.11.2025 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 11021    πŸ” 3052    πŸ’¬ 212    πŸ“Œ 170
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Haystack Rock Cannon Beach Oregon.

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekRforRock

31.10.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 235    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1
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REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): β€œIf this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”

31.10.2025 02:33 β€” πŸ‘ 33088    πŸ” 12108    πŸ’¬ 468    πŸ“Œ 420

Kristi Noem: "No American citizens have been arrested or detained.”

Except for the ones that were.

31.10.2025 07:01 β€” πŸ‘ 7187    πŸ” 1812    πŸ’¬ 257    πŸ“Œ 83
Single track trail with mountains, early morning

Single track trail with mountains, early morning

Morning trail run

30.10.2025 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1761    πŸ” 97    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 6

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