Dear Medicare: I haven't taken you seriously since you started talking about Dr. Oz and what HE recommends. Seriously? You disappoint me.

#ColorADay #RedWednesday #Red-belliedWoodpecker #birds #grub #wildlifephotography He was across the woods and far away, but I got a nice clear photo of him (from the boardwalk) using the Sony lens (details in ALT). That red head really stood out. Can't say I admire his diet, though.

Want to know exactly how crazy/far gone Trump is? Read today's column from Heather Cox Richardson. There is no doubt he's lost his last marble and STILL Republicans won't impeach him. PLEASE REMOVE HIM ASAP! Sane Americans are terrified! heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-20...

I'm so sick of him. Sick of his face, sick of his voice, sick of his smirk, sick of his accordian hands, sick of his bullsh*t dancing, sick of his second-grade vocabulary and general stupidity, sick of his endless greed and hate for people who aren't rich... SICK OF HIM. Where is that damn obituary?

Says it all! The rest of the world recognizes that Trump is crazy; why won't Republicans? He is destroying our country and making us outcast, and I despise him for doing it and the Republicans for allowing it. NEVER VOTE REPUBLICAN AGAIN!

One of my favorite costumes (it glitters like crazy even in the dark!) and an amazing program: Origin 2. Edited a pic I saw online this morning. #羽生結弦 #YuzuruHanyu

#BirdOfTtheDay #TwoOfAKind #mottledDucks #birds #landscape Mottled ducks are common in the south, but that doesn't make them any less beautiful. Processed in Luminar Neo with an assist from Topaz DeNoise.

#BlueSkyArtShow #One #hummingbird #birds #naturephotography #photography #centralFlorida Ruby-throated male hummingbird. See ALT for camera and location details.

#scape #landscape #florida #morningmoon #vegetation I took this pic on the way home from a friend's house early one morning. I love seeing the moon at that time of day. The vegetation is what you see in any place not inhabited by humans: dense, hiding snakes, and if there's water nearby, gators.

From Thom Hartmann's post today. Fuck ICE. Fuck Trump.

#ThrowbackThursday #landscape #swimming #PrescottWI I took this picture way back in 2012. The St. Croix River joins the Mississippi River here. The residents enjoy their proximity to these two great rivers with swimming, boating, fishing, and water skiing. Terrific rivertown!

You've heard about the Sascha Riley audio tapes? Listen for yourself, but be warned. They are very disturbing. lisevoldeng.substack.com/p/dont-worry...

#BirdoftheDay #solitude #goose #birds #photography Greylag goose. Handsome fellow. Saw me leaning far over the fence to get a clear shot of him and posed nicely. 🙂

#Stunday #ClassicMono #Black&White #B&W #Photography This was my second attempt at photographing this local church. I finally got something close to what I wanted. 🙂Processed in Silver Efex Pro V2.

This tracks, and I'm sure it's the same for many of these immature, petulant, little cucks.

#BirdoftheDay #MoodyFaces #BlackSwan #Mallards #DuckPond #birds #fowl Last Thursday was warm and sunny, so I visited the duck pond. The black swans were there, and I captured one of them swimming with male mallards.

#BlueSkyArtShow #Vibrant #CascadeValleyMetroPark #Ohio #winter #landscape #Overlook I arrived early. The strip of fog across the ridge drew my attention. Had to take pics! 🙂Later that day, the temp reached 52 and it stayed sunny. It was terrific being able to comfortably walk in fine weather again.

#BlueSkyArtShow #Vibrant #StCroixRiver #Wisconsin #fall This is the St. Croix River, on the border between MN and WI. The water was so low at that time, I could stand in the middle of the stream. Gave me an excellent viewpoint. One of my favorite places when I lived there.

#ForestFriday #squirrel #FoodStorage #nuts #photography #wildlifephotography Spotted this squirrel yesterday, gathering nuts, then furiously digging holes to hide them in. If he's anything like me, he'll forget where he put them. The sun was out for the first time in weeks! We both enjoyed it.

#BirdoftheDay #Feathers&Form #Art #Grackle #birds #wildlifephotography Photographed against a white sky so it was easy to replace the background. The bird was perched at the top of a tree in sunlight, and you wouldn't see those colors if they weren't there.

This is January 8, 2026, where I live in Ohio. When I first got there, patches of snow lined the trail. When I left, that snow was gone. The temp might be unusual, but I embrace it! 😊 #OverlookTrail #MetroPark #landscape #JanuaryThaw

Imagine any teen boy being this incisive and smart today. Can't, can you? He was only sixteen when he wrote this! Boys grew up quickly in that time. I know we have teens like that now, but they are increasingly rare. Most suffer from Peter Pan syndrome. (Snipped from Thom Hartmann's post today).

#WindowsWednesday #urbangaze #landscape One night I wandered around in Lake Placid, FL, and saw this. Who doesn't like looking in shop windows? But it was the writing on the signboard outside that drew my attention. Good advice for ALL!

If you value your sanity, don't visit the White House website anymore. It's nothing but whitewashing (and I use that word correctly) and lies, lies, lies. The rest of us are gonna have a big job fixing it after the regime is removed.

One of the oddest pics I've ever taken. It looks like the caracara has the head of a rabbit, but this is actually part of the kill it took away from the scene. Unsettling but such is life in the bird world. Details in ALT.

Haven't posted an edited pic of Yuzu in quite a while, and when I ran across this shot of him wearing my favorite UA, I couldn't resist. Replaced background and removed some noise.

Hi, it would be great if you would join the friendly #BirdsSeenIn2026 challenge by adding the hashtag to photos taken in 2026, adding species name and country taken. @tonyrinaud.bsky.social will record the species and produce weekly stats.

Dear #Medicare: Oz is a quack doctor. You included recommendations from him in your last email to me. My faith in Medicare dropped by half after I saw that. If you want to retain any credibility with people, stop touting the word of Oz. Also: Please totally ignore Kennedy. Yet another loony!

89 seconds to midnight!

I called my pharmacy today to refill a prescription. I was halfway through the call before I realized I was talking to AI. It wasn't until I asked something outside the programming & "she" repeated herself that I realized it. We're in trouble. Millions of jobs will be lost. How do people survive?

The trees appear to be floating on the water. It was interesting--and beautiful--enough I took pics of them. This is a 3-photo pano. #Stunday #landscape #trees #florida #lake

Why should we trade American blood & treasure for Venezuelan oil?

Share widely. TRUMP WAS GULTY (which we on Bluesky already know but there may be some buried heads in the sand elsewhere that missed it).

This is a two-photo pano. I took the pictures on a foggy morning and had no idea what to do with it until today. Processed in Silver Efex Pro. That program is the best for b&w! #Stunday #b&w #foggytrees #landscape #quiet

#scape #landscape #waterscape #fishingboat #lake #florida I've been going through unprocessed photos from past years and came across this one from 2020. I have no idea what lake it was taken on, but how beautiful! What a sunset, eh?

#BirdoftheDay #b&w #birds #egrets #snowyegret My favorite egret, the small and full-of-attitude snowy. One of my favorite shots, taken in 2025. The bright yellow foot still shows up well in black and white. Details in ALT.

Attn: bird photographers! Please participate by including the hashtag #BirdsSeenin2026. They are ONLY on Bluesky and need your input. They help us track bird populations all over the world. #birds #photography #wilfelife

They left Twitter! Please make them feel welcome by paticipating this year. Take pics of birds and post with the hash tag #BirdsSeenin2026!

This is how we take back our government and country. hartmannreport.com/p/weve-got-1...

From the archives. This is the Lake Huntley marina from the east side of the lake. This photo was taken in 2020, just before I left Lake Placid and moved a bit farther north. Beautiful spot; got a lot of good pics in that area. #landscape #lake #marina #boats #florida #LakesideVillage

Who else has informed delivery from the post office? Isn't that a wonderful thing, knowing what's coming when? But damn! What's with all the ADVERTISING in those emails? Post office is a public service, and other than delivering stuff, should they be doing that?

#BirdoftheDay #BranchingOut #birds #photography This blue jay was in a seemingly precarious position but I'm sure I'm the only one that thought it. Sometimes I think I'd like to reincarnate as a bird, but then I think about what they eat and hesitate. 😜 But FLYING! That's worth eating worms for.

#MondayVibes #NatureIsAmazing #Oceanside #landscape #sailboat This photo is from August, 2004! Keep your old pics, because you never know! 🙂 I reprocessed the original and somehow it turned out, looking better than it ever did.

I noticed this a long time ago, and I immediately decided I would never rent a program, I would buy and own it outright. So far I've managed to do that, but many have fallen into the "pay for it forever" trap. Thom Hartmann breaks it down.

In case you haven't seen it yet.

Watch and repost. They were reporting on this 20 years ago! Imagine how much worse it is NOW. youtu.be/pNYp6oc37ds?...

This is not my photograph; I don't know who took it (there was no credit), but I found the picture many years ago and re-edited it to add that extra tropical glow. See ALT for where you can find this gorgeous beach in the US! #Stunday #landscape #magical #GeorgiaBeaches

It's winter now, and I need a blast of autumn colors. I took this pic on 10/8. When you come to the fork on the Overlook trail, go left and you'll see this. #forestscape #landscape #scape #autumn #backlighting #fall