“Snowy Landscape With Arles in the Background” by Vincent Van Gogh

Good morning (or at least something better than mediocre morning). From my #landscape #art, #illustrationart, and #photography portfolio: "December Morning, Western Iowa, 1948"

Happy Holiday Season! @markeydc.bsky.social #original #ArtYear #art @bsky.art #forsale #trees #Holidays #Happy

“One man about 60 years old had his voice box taken out because of a cancer only smokers get, but that guy hadn’t smoked a day of his life.”

The M8.1 solar flare that erupted from region 4299 at 2039 UTC yesterday resulted in an earth-directed full-halo coronal mass ejection (CME). The CME is expected to impact Earth early to midday UTC on Tue 09 December, with G3 (Strong) geomagnetic storming and auroras. www.swpc.noaa.gov #Astronomy

“down bad” was my second most listened to song on my wrapped and i just wanna say that i feel like we don’t talk about it enough

Sen. Mark Warner: "There was the claim that they were going to meet with a second boat. There was no evidence that there was ever a second boat. But if you assume there was a second boat…wouldn't you wait until they get with the second boat?"

my creamy and indulgent Earl Grey ice cream! ✨✨✨ #icecream #uk #ukeats #teasky Recipe: payhip.com/b/4f1HM — grab it while it’s on sale! 🍽️ 🍜 🎥 📸 #food #foodie #foodsky #foodiesky #foodvideo #foodporn #videooftheday #trending #trendingvideo #homemadeicecream #bakingsky #baking #dessert #dessertsky

The Kremlin is praising the new US security strategy. Any questions?

I love taking photos of reflections, the dance of moving around to get just the right angle... This was taken a few years ago while wandering in Arches National Park. Nikon D750, 24-70mm lens at 58mm, f8, ISO100, 1/50 second

Welsh poppy still flowering in the rain this week #WildflowerHour

#StairsOnSaturday #EnglishmanRiverFalls Provincial Park on #VancouverIsland, #BritishColumbia #HunterFranklinPics #BC #Canada 🇨🇦

Smugglers, money launderers and people facing sanctions once relied on diamonds, gold and artwork to store illicit fortunes. Now, criminals are turning to stablecoins, a cryptocurrency tied to the U.S. dollar that exists largely beyond traditional financial oversight.

There’s a new type of money spreading rapidly across the internet, propelled by the crypto boom. Called a stablecoin, it is a digital currency that is subject to very little legal oversight — and its growing popularity has recently transformed it into a $300 billion market.

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Wow! My actual first real life snow fall! It was so pretty!

#Warstarters3 #Tammy4pres

I just tried the Bleu Cheese Irish Potato Chips from Trader Joe’s and this might be the greatest chip ever created?! Holy moly. But also, it may be a literal crime that this bag is so small 😭

Sen. Mark Warner: "For them to now say they're going to show the first strikes but then the balance of the next hour with the second strike is somehow classified, that doesn't pass any smell test. I think Congress needs to see it and I think the American people need to see it."

#SundaySentence "We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between breakfast and dinner-time; keep back the tears and look a little pale about the lips, and in answer to inquiries say, “Oh, nothing!” --George Eliot

Yellow Faced Bumblebee on a Pride of Madeira #photograph #flowers #bees

Hiroshige Utagawa, Japanese, 1797 - 1858 Kaga Province, The Eight Wonders of Kanazawa, The Fishing Fires on Lake Renko, 1855 Woodblock Print | 4.25” x 9.5” #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Pleinair watercolor of the supermoon, Maine. #supermoon #pleinairwatercolor #maine

When someone hit me and a half dozen other vehicles, totaling my e-Golf I needed something quickly to replace it and, as luck would have it, the Niro HEV launched that month and I bought it, first gen, brand new vehicle, and drove it 85k miles. Appreciate Alex’s commentary on this of overlooked 💎

#Veggie3 Source: Far Out Magazine search.app/rNCFt

“Johnny” - Lamar Jackson Pic of the day #photography

Another piece in my studio sale: 20% reduction on all available work until Christmas www.artachart.com Hope everyone is enjoying the weekend! 🙂

“This is a common yet underappreciated public health problem,” said Brigham and Women's researcher Leo Buckley, a clinical pharmacology specialist.

Step inside the Watch Hill resort sparking speculation that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce may tie the knot summer 2026.

In Opinion The Trump administration “has offered a lot of general rhetoric about the value of Christianity to American civilization,” Ross Douthat says. “But in the absence of religious-informed policymaking, this sometimes feels more like a performance of a Christian politics than a full reality.”

"Now that autumn lasts longer, feeders often hang limp until the first snow." www.bangordailynews.com/2025/12/07/o...

The last time Indiana won an outright Big Ten title, 1945, the leading rusher was George Taliaferro. The next spring, he was the first Black player to be drafted by an NFL team.

If I spent half as much time thinking about why I make art as I do making it, I would probably be a little more successful getting it out there. My house is filling up, and little tiny jpegs don't do them justice. "Phantasm" 36" x 48", acrylic on canvas.

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Painting by singer Joni Mitchell "40 below 0" Nice❣️ #BlueSkyArt #Painting #Landscape #JoniMitchell