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Ancient dabbler, still hoping to rise to the rank of dilettante. Citizen of the world, seriously Anti-Trump.

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Port Arend, 1959 ~
Gill nets drying down in Fish Town and the Hutchinson Bros. smokehouse working on a load of lake trout and chubs. The late freight stopped for some reason, the harbor quiet.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #diorama #SmokedFish #harbor

14.03.2026 12:02 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Black & White in Westerville ~
My best friend too rarely appears on my BlueSky pages and that is usually at her insistence. Luckily, she OK'd this one.
#photography #WestervilleOhio #Black&White #oculus

13.03.2026 14:35 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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She and the white bird
turn their backs
to the setting sun,
face the night
rising in the east.

Found art, embellished in markup mode on pixel phone.
#PixelPushing #FingerPainting #FoundArt #art #PhoneArt

12.03.2026 16:15 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This old white man absolutely agrees.

10.03.2026 19:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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so much to cry about
such a river of tears now
the fears coming true
the hopes mostly forgotten
still, impossible to go with the flow

(Photo from Wequiock Falls, a few years ago. Artist unknown.)
#InAmerika #GreenBay #photography #SadTimes #graffiti

10.03.2026 19:37 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Interesting for me to visit an area with so much history. An impression still quite evident from the time Hannibal turned his elephants loose in Granville, Ohio, after crossing the Appalachians. The herd was supposedly drunk on fermented apples.
#AmericanHistory

09.03.2026 13:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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In Ohio ~
Lots to see.
#Ohio #Granville #photo #art #brick

09.03.2026 12:08 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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For All To See ~
I love the old brick buildings, reading their memoirs told in scars and patches, their stories of survival, of changing with the times.
#Westerville #Ohio #BrickBuildings #history #architecture #photography

08.03.2026 04:52 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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One Day In Ohio
A bit misty on the reservoir,
5 March 2026.
#Ohio #snapshot #photography

05.03.2026 21:13 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

She was a great and shining example. Of course, had she retired a few years earlier we'd have a very different court than the one Trump owns.
O, well . . .

05.03.2026 04:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Supermarket Moonrise ~
Terrible point & shoot phone photo through a dirty window. Still, I kinda like it. The war not here yet.
#moonrise #PhonePhoto #DirtyDigital #photography #Amerika

04.03.2026 00:49 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me . . .
IF ONLY.
But I'm grateful to Yip Harburg for those lyrics, for that little lift.
#HaroldArlen #YipHarburg #Oscale
#ModelRairoad #diorama #DigitaPhoto #WizardOfOz

03.03.2026 03:27 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for re-posting!

02.03.2026 13:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for re-posting!

02.03.2026 13:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for re-posting!

02.03.2026 12:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Port Arend, 1959, Late Freight ~
Alco 1069 pulling hard on the Fish Town grade past the Coast Guard station in the late afternoon sun.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #Ogauge #October #GoldenHour #C&NW
#photography #diorama

02.03.2026 03:19 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Great.
Nice job so far, you MAGA sons-of-bitches, you daughters of the revolting.
#MyCountryTisOfThee #MyFlagToo #DigitalPhotoArt #photography #America #Amerika

01.03.2026 10:42 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our Little Town ~
Much of the snow melted today, but I like this shot from a few days ago. The Canadian Manitoulin and the U.S. Edgar B. Spear, side by side, getting along fine, as have our nations until one . . .
#SturgeonBayWI #OurLittleTown #BlueSky #shipyard #πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

28.02.2026 01:24 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Another way I've tried to represent fieldstone masonry. This was REALLY work! Bits of this and that, often painted, then glued on and in-filled with Spackle "mortar". Luckily, this will not appear with the lime works.

26.02.2026 04:19 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Crazy making?
Hand drawing about 1000 rocks on this lime kiln and then painting each individually?
Well, yeah, a little.
But a lot more beneficial to the brain than watching the Big Orange Bastard.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #Ogauge #diorama #escapism #BigOrangeBastard

26.02.2026 01:04 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for re-posting!

25.02.2026 18:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Or, if you insist on being a king, then be one, goddammit, in the tradition of Alexander the Great, Richard the Lionheart, and Henry V, all of whom physically led their troops into battle.

24.02.2026 21:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Or your offspring must be on the ground in the first wave of G.I.s to see combat.

24.02.2026 21:40 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Port Arend, 1959
A couple of weeks behind, but I'm happy to once again, legitimately, call the White Cliff Lime Plant a work in progress.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #Ogauge #diorama

24.02.2026 21:34 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Oh, yes sir, Mr. Trump sir, here's that sack of shit you ordered. What's that, sir? Oh, yes, plenty more on the truck. Top quality State of the Union shit, yes sir.
#StateOfTheUnion #BigOrangeBastard #DigitalArt #DigitalPhotography #DigitalPhotoRetouching #Oscale #diorama

24.02.2026 06:01 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A Short Treatise on a Long Winter ~
A monotone on monotony. A black & white on gray. But, cheer up -- everything's gonna be swell, everybody's gonna be beautiful.
#BlackAndWhite #monotone #abstract #RuiningDecentPhotos #DigitalArt #PixelPushing #FingerPainting

23.02.2026 05:11 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm fine now, and home again. Thanks. Will talk soon.

23.02.2026 03:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Underside 2 ~
Another shot with heavily manipulated colors, but otherwise unaltered. A friend said I could find art somewhere in this room. She was right. Took me a while.
#ArtWhereYouAre

21.02.2026 06:11 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Underside 1 ~
I manipulated the colors (a lot), but otherwise this is an unaltered photo of a hospital bed-table.
#FunWithDigits #PixelPushing #photography #abstract

21.02.2026 05:59 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks!

20.02.2026 23:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0