@robertemond.bsky.social
Jack of many trades master of none (good at a few). Doing my best to make life in my small corner of the world better one piece of art at a time. Proud member of #WestCoastKin #PNW #Oregon #Art #Archaeology 🏺 All photos mine except reposts or noted.🚫DM
A macro shot of a calla lily. The bright yellow spadix dominates the photo. Photo by Robert Emond.
#MacroMonday & #MinimalMonday
"Gift From Olympus"
#Photography 📸 #Macro
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#BlueskyPhotography
#PhotographersUnited
#BloomScrolling #Flowers #FlowerPhotography
#Bloom #Blooms
Art Challenges: Feb 23–Mar 1 Monday, February 23 #BlueSkyMonday (anything blue) #MacroMonday (any macro) #MountainMonday (mountains) #MinimalMonday (minimalism) #ColorADay (#PinkMon) #FebruArty2026 (#few) Tuesday, February 24 #RockinTuesday (rocks) #TidesOutTuesday #TagTuesday (graffiti/street art) #AnimalArtTuesday #ColorADay (#BlueTue or #CyanTue) #FebruArty2026 (#flaw) Wednesday, February 25 #WaterfallWednesday #WindowsOnWednesday #WackyWednesdayArt #ColorADay (#RedWed) #FebruArty2026 (#flight) Thursday, February 26 #HumansOfBlueSky (people) #UrbanGaze (anything urban) #PalacesAndGardens (#LittleWonders)* #ColorADay (#YellowThu) #FebruArty2026 (#fake) Friday, February 27 #Scape (any kind of scape) #FishyFriday #ForestFriday #FoodOnFriday #FlyDay (critters that fly) #ColorADay (#BWFri) #FebruArty2026 (#fan) Saturday, February 28 #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#GreenSat) #SmallBirdSaturday #BlueSkyArtShow (#round) #FebruArty2026 (#fin) Sunday, March 1 #Stunday (stunning) #ImageAndVerse (photos with poems written by you or anyone) #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#OrangeSun) ALL WEEK #ArtYear (any art) #ArtOfSelfPortraiture #BirdOfTheDay (see Alan H or Rob Crank for daily prompt) #ClassicMono (monochrome) #MixedMedia52 (#acrylic)** #ShowHeart (hearts) #Abstractia (#vision) #AlphabetChallenge (#WeekHForHs)*** #SensoryArt (#OutOfPlace) *Little details **2 or more mediums ***Anything that starts with “H” Compiled by @handcranked.bsky.social Questions? @young-spartacus.bsky.social
Your art challenge cheat sheet for Feb 23–Mar 1 is here!
NEW: #ShowHeart (daily, hearts)
See comments for host list.
#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#ArtYear #dailyart #art #traditionalart #painting #drawing #onlybeautifulthings #artchallenge #artprompt
Hope you feel better soon.
23.02.2026 05:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Arby's potato cakes, but sadly they've been discontinued 😔.
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Attention Alphabetters!
This is your reminder that Monday 23 Feb is the beginning of Week H and the #AlphabetChallenge theme is …. H! Pics of anything beginning with H -easy peasy. So hippo, handbag, Helsinki, Hawkwind etc - the choice is yours 😊
Use the # below and have fun😊
The sunset over Autzen stadium home of the University of Oregon Ducks football. The stadium is full as the teams are announced and a fan makes the "O" symbol. Photo by Robert Emond.
My last #AlphabetChallenge | #WeekGforGames
Back when the Ducks were in the PAC 10 (American football). Btw that fan is not screaming vagina in American Sign Language per se 😆🤪.
deadspin.com/when-oregon-...
#Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#PNW #Oregon #Newport
#Sunset
💯. Basic service shouldn't be streamlined for those who can afford to pay extra.
23.02.2026 01:13 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This should be mandatory school curriculum.
22.02.2026 20:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Sometimes it feels like we are proud to be #1 in loud and ignorant 😔😢.
22.02.2026 20:14 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Those blues are amazing!
22.02.2026 20:13 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Everything is to commercialized nowadays 😔.
22.02.2026 17:16 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I think I saw lemongrass paste in the local co-op market.
22.02.2026 17:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0💯 wisdom.
22.02.2026 17:13 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
~Buddha
A heartfelt poem to go with the striking photograph.
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The alter of the Sanctuary of the Madonna di Montalto in Messina. A soft focus electric chandelier hangs slightly off center. Probably due to remodeling of the church in 1928. Photo by Robert Emond.
#ChandelierSunday
"Light the Way"
The Sanctuario of Madonna di Montalto. Built in 1295 the original church was destroyed by an earthquake in 1908 rebuilt in 1911. The apse & front of the church were inverted in 1928 so the entrance faces Messina.
#Photography
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
This is great. I was wondering when we would start getting protest songs.
22.02.2026 16:28 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Ok here's my last celebrity picture: from Christmas with my stepmom Emily Kuroda.
m.imdb.com/name/nm04758...
Very lovely! Perfect for Valentine's Day.
22.02.2026 16:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This is a really interesting video about casting molten salt like bronze, definitely worth a look.
22.02.2026 16:10 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0That was super cool. Who even thinks of melting salt, much less casting it.
22.02.2026 16:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0In my experience it is often a trait you don't like about yourself.
22.02.2026 15:58 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Just read the article. Interesting hypothesis. It will be interesting to see if DNA backs the idea of susceptibility to preeclampsia.
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Two people with their back to the photographer walk along a sidewalk with the ocean below. Photo by Robert Emond.
#BlueSkyArtShow | #Two & #PhotoADay: Day 52 of 365 -
My wife and friend walk towards the memorial at Don Davis park in Newport on a dry but cold day.
#Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#PNW #Oregon #Newport
#Emoetry prompt for 2/22 is #regretful #writingcommunity #poetry
#Emoetry prompt for 2/22 is #regretful
#writingcommunity #poetry
Happy birthday! 🎂🎉
22.02.2026 06:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The passing storms brought some great photo opportunities
#Two Palms
#BlueSkyArtShow #WestCoastKin #EastCoastKin #scape #allthephotos #ThePhotoHour #storm #WestCoast #photography #blueskyphotography #artyear #photographersunited #photographersofbluesky #WestCoastPhotographers #WestCoastPhotography #cloudscape
That dressing sounds great I’m going to gave to try it.
22.02.2026 04:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0That is an awesome room. Rent is cheap various organizations I belong to use it.
22.02.2026 04:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It was wonderful. I hope you and your wife had a nice one as well.
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