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old woman watching the madness . Love family, democracy, astronomy, cats, birds, nature. Recipes from unusual threads. To relax I try to imagine flying a kite on Venus (it’s a gravity thing)

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Great photograph! πŸ₯°β€οΈ

15.10.2025 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Rising sun lighting up the sky in pink, yellow and blue. Mountains steeped in clouds.

Rising sun lighting up the sky in pink, yellow and blue. Mountains steeped in clouds.

Good morning from the mountains! Have a great day!
#Mountains
#Clouds
#Sunrise

15.10.2025 11:37 β€” πŸ‘ 99    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dove love.

Inca doves (Colubina inca), catching the last bit of sun this afternoon.

16.10.2025 04:24 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Sketchbook page drawing/watercolor piece of a northern flicker. Displayed next to the reference photo in a book.

Sketchbook page drawing/watercolor piece of a northern flicker. Displayed next to the reference photo in a book.

Here's another Northern flicker I did awhile ago. This was using a Paul Bannick photo as reference. ❀️

#woodpeckerwednesday #birdoftheday #northernflicker #birds #sciart

15.10.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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#AdoorableThursday Vienna

15.10.2025 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Extreme macro close-up of the face of a Phidippus audax jumpting spider, with two large central eyes and two smaller peripheral eyes, and tufts of long hair atop its head. The background is a bright, unfocused yellow.

Extreme macro close-up of the face of a Phidippus audax jumpting spider, with two large central eyes and two smaller peripheral eyes, and tufts of long hair atop its head. The background is a bright, unfocused yellow.

Welcome to my new followers! Here's your spider.

16.10.2025 02:20 β€” πŸ‘ 170    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
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Scientists Are Working on an Mrna Vaccine To Wipe Out Allergies Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania may have developed a vaccine for seasonal allergies and food allergies.

science is nice, huh.

15.10.2025 11:28 β€” πŸ‘ 374    πŸ” 67    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2
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Emily Davies (1830-1921), daughter of the rector of Gateshead, was a suffragist who edited the English Woman’s Journal. She co-founded Girton College Cambridge, the UK’s first residential institution offering university-level education, but not degrees, for women, on this day 1869.

16.10.2025 07:34 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A man in a brown coat an a hat has his hand under the face of a large bear and looks poised to kiss them.

A man in a brown coat an a hat has his hand under the face of a large bear and looks poised to kiss them.

No, Svetlana did not look like her online pictures, but Ralph had spent almost twenty grand to get her here, and he was determined to make the best of it.

15.10.2025 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 275    πŸ” 52    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mom look at the sky!
I got trees in the backyard..ha.πŸ˜„

16.10.2025 05:40 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
micro autumn forest floor scene with mushroom , moss and leafs

micro autumn forest floor scene with mushroom , moss and leafs

Hareshaw Linn in October

#nature #naturephotography #autumn #northumberland #mushrooms #fungus

16.10.2025 06:45 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ginnel, Denmark Street, Lancaster, by Janet Mary Robinson, Scottish-born artist. #WomensArt #NorthernArt

16.10.2025 07:35 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules After turning in their press credentials, journalists covering the Defense Department walked out rather than comply with its restrictive new policies.

"In unison."

Amen.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

15.10.2025 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 19759    πŸ” 5245    πŸ’¬ 860    πŸ“Œ 350
A non breeding or female gray gnatchcatcher bird with white eye ring  perched sideways on a black cherry tree /bush.

A non breeding or female gray gnatchcatcher bird with white eye ring perched sideways on a black cherry tree /bush.

Here’s a Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher for today’s #BirdOfTheDay #BirdInABush
#birds #eastcoastkin

15.10.2025 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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For once, Steve didn't go out to the pub last night. He has no hangover and everyone is having a nice day.

16.10.2025 08:34 β€” πŸ‘ 283    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 1
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Hello my lovely friends. πŸ‘‹πŸ»β˜•οΈπŸŒž Happy Thursday! I hope you all have a beautiful day! πŸ’™

16.10.2025 09:33 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 0

Like, who decided to call it marijuana possession???

When they could've called it joint custody!

16.10.2025 10:19 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
An absolute masterpiece on the horizon.

An absolute masterpiece on the horizon.

Morning Masterpiece #10.16.25

#DawnOfTheDawn

16.10.2025 10:20 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The half-length photograph portrays a young Hannah Arendt in 1933. Hannah has her hair gathered with a center parting. She wears a dark dress with a fitted bodice and a vertical row of buttons. Her arms are crossed, and she holds a cigarette between the index and middle fingers of her right hand.

The half-length photograph portrays a young Hannah Arendt in 1933. Hannah has her hair gathered with a center parting. She wears a dark dress with a fitted bodice and a vertical row of buttons. Her arms are crossed, and she holds a cigarette between the index and middle fingers of her right hand.

Remebering Hannah Arendt’s birthday yesterday, 14 Oct 1906.

"The moment we no longer have a free press, anything can happen. What makes it possible for a totalitarian or any other dictatorship to rule is that people are not informed; how can you have an opinion if you are not informed?"
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#History

15.10.2025 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

You are most welcome. It’s a joyful picture and brings a smile.

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Frank Johnston
The Fire Ranger

16.10.2025 03:36 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The beer garden's defences are holding. For now.

15.10.2025 21:23 β€” πŸ‘ 545    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 1
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I don't know much about bears.....

15.10.2025 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
A short winged katydid is bright green and rusty brown sitting on hairy green leaves and grass

A short winged katydid is bright green and rusty brown sitting on hairy green leaves and grass

A Meadow Katydid…I will miss their sound now that the frosts have come..

15.10.2025 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Squirrel looking out of tree hole

Squirrel looking out of tree hole

Good morning from the Squirrel of the Day for October 15, 2025 #sqrlpix

15.10.2025 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Mt. Hood. Dark green conifers, close up of the mountain top with snow and some rock exposed, a white lenticular cloud above the peak and down the right side, pale blue sky above.

Mt. Hood. Dark green conifers, close up of the mountain top with snow and some rock exposed, a white lenticular cloud above the peak and down the right side, pale blue sky above.

Mt. Hood (Wy’east) wearing a lenticular cloud Monday. Portland Oregon. Have a beautiful day. πŸ’™

15.10.2025 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 242    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 0
Black throated sparrow in a juniper tree

Black throated sparrow in a juniper tree

Black-throated sparrow in a juniper tree, high desert. πŸͺΆ

15.10.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 102    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Prompt for today’s Spacetober Challenge is Blackhole. This is my digital draft of a blackhole. I’ll be painting it in acrylic on stretched canvas after Christmas. From my Circles Portfolio. #Spacetober_Challenge #sciart

15.10.2025 09:19 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Grey and white cat sitting on the windowsill  with her side towards the window looking down at the floor in deep thought.

Grey and white cat sitting on the windowsill with her side towards the window looking down at the floor in deep thought.

I look at Luna and I feel love. πŸ’š

#WhiskersWednesday
#catsofbluesky #cat
#WindowsOnWednesday
#ArtChallenge
#photography
#EastCoastKin

15.10.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 130    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

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