Another shot from the US Southwest - this is in Canyonlands from one of the overlooks. I believe the edge of that gorge is the White Rim Trail, which I drove part of, up to Mussleman Arch. I couldn't do the whole thing though because I didn't have a proper 4x4. That's a storm in the distance - it reached us before we left the park, and the rain was so heavy that we had to stop at the visitor center to wait it out.

#AYearForArt #Canyonlands #Nature #NaturePhotography

https://john-twynam.pixels.com/featured/a-storm-approaches-canyonlands-john-twynam.html

https://theglasspixel.art/somniorum/2022/11/cyclorums.html

#AYearForArt #MastoArt #mastodon #art #artistsonmastodon #artist #abstract #abstractart #painting #fediart #prints

It was a lovely sunny morning and the #MonarchButterfly was flitting from flower to flower. It finally settled to nectar on the beautiful pinky purple #RoseOfSharon bloom in my garden.
See it here https://debbie-oppermann.pixels.com/featured/monarch-and-rose-of-sharon-debbie-oppermann.html
#butterfly #butterflies #insects #flowers #nature #Monarch #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #FlowerArt #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #LoveArt #Animal #bug #RoseMallow #FlowerLover #wildlife #ArtForSale #MastoArt #GiveArtNotCandy

appearing silently
with increasing vibrato
westbound train

Have a good Saturday

Near home
be by me

#FreeHaiku #haiku #sunrise
#Morning #Saturday #sky
#red #train #track #TrainTrack #vibration
#GrainElevator #grain
#country

Svalbard, Norway is where this amazingly beautiful photo was taken by photographer Marsel van Oosten WOW!! 💗

Zion National Park is another great place in the US Southwest to explore. This shot was taken on the hike up to Angel's Landing. Unfortunately, I didn't get all the way up, because my brother was waiting at the bottom... I had told him that I'd just hike up for 10 minutes and see what I see, but then an hour went by and I figured I should probably turn back.

#AYearForArt #ZionNationalPark #Nature #NaturePhotography #Mountains #Southwest #UnitedStates

https://john-twynam.pixels.com/featured/valley-of-zion-national-park-john-twynam.html

Happy Caturday!

Sitting cat portrait soft pastels painting - see more here:
https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/sitting-cat-portrait-karen-kaspar.html

#MastoArt #art #AYearForArt #painting #FediArt #FediGiftShop #artist #arte #InteriorDesign #MastodonArt #GiveArtNotCandy #ArtistsOnMastodon #TraditionalArt #kunst #cats #CatsOfMastodon #caturday #cat #CatLovers #pets #cute #animals #GoodNight #catstodon #WhiskersWednesday #furry #kitten #kitty #kittens #katze #meow #AnimalArt #PetPortrait

This immature #AmericanGoldfinch perched for some time on the clothes line and was looking quite aristocratic and regal. The juvenile Goldfinches are quite beautiful in the subtle colors of buff and brownish black plumage. I find that the fact that the #Goldfinch is one of the strictest #vegetarians in the bird world quite interesting.
Available here https://debbie-oppermann.pixels.com/featured/aristocratic-goldfinch-debbie-oppermann.html
#birds #BirdLover #BirdArt #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #avian #AYearForArt #LoveArt #BirdsOfMastodon #wildlife

Duck!

Plumed whistling ducks, Dendrocygna eytoni, Intermediate egret, Ardea intermedia.
Ngurrungurrudjba.

I love the chaos energy of this shot, the apparently awkward yet highly skilled maneuvering, the explosion of shapes after the elegant symmetry of a flying formation, and under it all, unmoved, the intermediate egret, not ducking.

[Can't believe I forgot the hashtags. Sigh]
#photography #landscape #action #birds #art #BirdsOfMastodon #nature #Ngurrungurrudjba #AYearForArt #ArtMatters #ducks #egret #CompulsoryEgretPun

Looking forward to the upcoming Milky Way season! This was taken last year in Avalon, NJ. Shooting the Milky Way at the Jersey shore is always best early in the season before the crowds come back and the light pollution increases.

#AYearForArt #MilkyWay #stars #nightsky #nightphotography #buyartnotcandy #GiftThemArt #NewJersey #JerseyShore

Prints available here!
https://kristia-adams.pixels.com/featured/sitting-here-in-avalon-kristia-adams.html

Rothkoesque facade of an abandoned house near Silves in the #Algarve. 2018
#FensterFreitag #WindowFriday #photography #portugal

Someone just called me a "victim and a slave" because my profile pic had me wearing a mask. On #Mastodon , sadly.

Trolls do exist here too, sadly.

Didn't bother engaging, just blocked & reported. Sayonara, dweeb.

Anyway, as bizarrely as this sounds, I used the photo cos I simply thought I looked nice. 😆 I wasn't making some weird political statement. In #Malaysia most folks are still wearing masks indoors and even outdoors.

#COVID #Trolls

The gills of a dried mushrooms #Food #Foodporn #foodie #mastafood #FootToots #fungy #mushroom #foodphotography #2023AYearForArt #AYearForArt #JanuaryJoy #artbooster #BuyArtNotCandy #homemade #IrisRichardsonArtist #art #foodart #foodstyling #FediGiftShop #mastoart #artist https://www.pictorem.com/536719/Mushroom%20Gills%20on%20a%20Wam%20Summer%20Afternoon.html

Home alone working on my art exhibition prep and suddenly the craving for apple pie sneaks up. Should I, should I not? lol #Food #Foodporn #foodie #mastafood #baking #FootToots #cinnamonrolls #foodphotography #AYearForArt #fromscratch #homemade #BuyArtNotCandy #IrisRichardsonArtist #art #foodart #foodstyling #ApplePie #mastoart #artist #chef #baker #FediGiftShop https://iris-richardson.pixels.com/featured/whole-apple-pie-iris-richardson.html

#introduction

Hi, I'm Pete. I'm a nerd, husband, dad. My partner and I also have a dog, three chickens and a #sourdough starter name "milkshake." We live in the Chicago suburbs. I've previously lived in Hessen, Colorado, Indiana, Maryland, and Bavaria.

Interests:
#boardgames, #wordgames, #trivia, #books, #reading

#camping, #hiking, playing #soccer

#coding, #homeautomation, #electronics

#chickens, #bread, #cooking, #gardening, #coffee, #brewing

#skepticism, #atheism, #leftism

After a titanic struggle, I have successfully pulled the largest kitchen knife from the butternut squash I was trying to cut up. I understand that this makes me the rightful king of England. I don't make the rules. (*)

(*) Well, I didn't, but now that I'm king (**), I certainly will.

(**) Having inspected my hands, I believe that I'm not just any king. Specifically, I seem to be William of Orange.

#KitchenAdventures #monarchy #cooking #cucurbits

Tahoma (Mt Rainier) casts a shadow across the early morning sky, as seen from Bonney Lake, Washington:

#Photography #MtRainier #WashingtonState

Things to burn to remove negative energy:

- Sage
- Juniper
- Rosemary
- All the nazis and white supremacists
- Lavender

There is nothing new under the sun. But there are new suns.

/ octavia butler

Most folks know about da VInci's Vitruvian Man. But not as many know about Buckminster Fuller's Cheetodesic Dome.

*Full credit to artist Sam Keller
https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/sam-keller-art-020322