Melinda B Hipple, author&artist

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Having a good camera setup, I've not been one to use my phone for photos. It's limited quality. Recently, I was reminded of a friend now passed who took amazing photos with throw-away plastic cameras. For her, it was not about the equipment, but about the vision. Here's to you Mary Eyes That Shine.

Love the humor.

Triptych photography. The first panel is a dried leaf on a floor. Second panel is a shot of brick pavement. Third panel is through an open doorway into a room with sunlight angled on the wall and floor.

Triptych phone art. Random shots from a local hangout.
#bcbullpen #photography #phoneart #triptych #blackandwhite #melindabhipple

The mighty pencil. Four portraits of family members done over a number of years. 1) self portrait 2) my son 3) my niece 4) my great niece
#blueskyartshow #graphitedrawing #melindabhipple

"I'm starving!" There was still food in your bowl when I let you out this morning. "Then I'm cold!" It's 65 degrees and sunny. "Then I'm just lonely and need some cuddles."

#caturday

The prince of peace is going to take us to war with Venezuela?

Closeup of autumn leaves with strands of spiderweb between them.

Baker University grape arbor in the fog.

Weeping willow branches in the foreground and a distant arched doorway in the fog.

Manhole cover in a brick pavement with yellow leaves fallen from nearby trees.

Spent a foggy morning wandering around the community. Love this town.
#fog #photography #bakeruniversitycampus #melindabhipple

Every mention of SNAP being frozen should include this simple fact:

TRUMP is CHOOSING TO CANCEL FOOD ASSISTANCE. There are literally emergency dollars available to keep SNAP funded.

June Lockhart is among the stars.

Random autumn leaves where they fell. Colorado, USA.
#leaves #fallcolor #nature #aspen #elm #photography #stilllife #foundstilllife #melindabhipple

Went out comet hunting last evening. Found Lemmon, but it was barely perceptible with my equipment. Thought this shot was more interesting. A farm silhouetted against the night sky with a plane trekking overhead.
#kansasfarmhouse #nightsky #photography #melindabhipple

#resist #nokings

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My friend Lynn and I wandered into a nearby field where two mule deer bucks and a doe were grazing. As long as we moved slowly, they seemed to tolerate us.
#muledeer #photographingthephotographer #coloradowildlife #melindabhipple

The Jersey Shore is sending reinforcements to Portland. #photography #resist #portland #frog #jerseyshore #midway #gamesofchance

Photo of a snow-capped mountain with a layer of pink-tinged clouds at sunrise.

Five weeks in, and Mount Sopris finally gets snow my last two days here. Properly dressed at last.
#mountsopris #photography #sunrise #melindabhipple #colorado #elkmountains #housesitting

I get one more week with this beautiful mountain view. The full(er) moon and cloud cover have created some lovely drama.
#mountsopris #elkmountains #crystalrivervalley #coloradousa #photography #melindabhipple #nightphotography

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

The sky above the mountains before sunrise. Venus has risen, and there are two meteors streaking in opposite directions through the scattered stars.

Venus & Company. Captured these two meteors that I could not see with the naked eye. 30 second exposure. There are three more that are so faint they are hard to spot on the image.
#venus #meteors #nightphotography #nightsky #bluehour #melindabhipple

“The GOP’s weirdly now defending government cuz it’s become the most profitable grift they’ve ever run.” —Jason Salmon

#GOPgrift

A cat laying on a patio, the sun casting multi-layered shadows from mesh cast iron chairs and table.

Higher dimensional quantum mechanics...and a cat.

This has to be a favorite photo I've taken in a long time. Such a fun happenstance.
#photography #humor #abstract #geometry #multifaceted #melindabhipple #shadowscast

Large red rock promotories with dramatic shading from overcast skies. The foliage below is turning yellow for fall.

Seven Castles area of the Frying Pan River valley. Took a run up to Ruedi Lake to capture the fall colors. The clouds were being quite the personal assistant today.
#sevencastles #fryingpanrivervalley #coloradolandscapes #photography #melindabhipple

The world has turned upside down and inside out when a fascist unelected Nazi like Stephen Miller can get equal or even more headlines than the news of the passing of Jane Goodall, a major international figure who helped improve humanity for the past 5 decades.

Jane rocked in so may ways.

BINGO!

A black and white photo of Mount Sopris with a layer of cloud just below the peak.

Head in the clouds. Two more weeks of this incredible view.
#mountsopris #elkmountains #crystalrivervalley #cloudcover #monochrome #photography #melindabhipple

Two turkeys laying in a yard. One asks the other, "Hey. You awake? We're being watched."

1st: "Do you think she's still looking?" Wind is blowing tailfeathers up. 2nd: "Yeah. She's harmless. Don't get your tailfeathers in a bunch."

The turkeys wander by in the fields most every day. Love it when they come into the yard. 😆
#turkeys #wildlife #humor #melindabhipple

A photo from below of a cat sitting on a skylight thirty feet in the air.

Cat on a "warm Plexiglass skylight." He does love exploring thirty feet in the air.
#catsofbluesky #catonaskylight #vantagepoint #melindabhipple