Are we there yet? #art #oilpainting

#UrbanGaze An Illusion of Light #PhotographersOfBluesky #BlueskyPhotography #Art #Photography #Broviravo #Color #EastCoastKin

THIS IS SO GOOD

Random fun find of the day - a round chicken egg!

#BirdoftheDay #Closeup "Close up? Yeah, go ahead and get that now, while my mascara is still fresh..." #birds #secretarybird #eyelashes #eastcoastkin

🪼Happy World Jellyfish Day! These brainless, boneless, and bloodless beauties play an important role in our ocean ecosystems. youtube.com/shorts/KRi9y...

#WeekSForShadows #AlphabetChallenge

#BirdOfTheDay #Pigeons Alright R Kid ? Tough Manchester Pigeon at Heaton Park

On the way back from Sherburne Wildlife Refuge I spotted this Bald Eagle with some roadkill. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

No memento mori more effective than needing to scroll ever longer to select your birth year.

I’m a potter and I make handmade mugs. Order early because I sell out fast for Christmas: littleedenpottery.etsy.com #pottery #art #ceramics #bsnm

#31daysofgraves Day 31 - Memento Mori. A classic winged hourglass graces this sundial on the headstone of the Ludlum family. Both the sundial and the winged hourglass mark the passage of time. Lakewood Cemetery (the Ludlums are actually buried in Pioneers & Soldiers Memorial Cemetery)

Fall is in the air and turkeys are on the ground at Lakewood Cemetery.

#31daysofgraves Day 30 - Colour. I love French monumental cemeteries with their colorful funerary art, filled with multi-colored succulents and majolica ceramic plants. Cimetière La Farlède, Cimetiere de Solliès-Pont, Cimetiere de Solliès-Toucas

#31daysofgraves “Occupation” Architecture-inspired headstone for Charles Nelson (1945-2007), MN State Historical Architect who worked on historic preservation projects across MN. By Nick Legeros, one inscription reads “laid the foundations and inspired those who continue the work.” Lakewood Cemetery

#31daysofgraves “Column” The grave of Arthur R. King (1851-1881) sporting some very stately ionic columns. Oakland Cemetery, St. Paul.

Morning terrace. A rare private commission.

Rocks and a seagull in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Nice, France. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekRforRock #Photography

#31daysofgraves “Tree” I always like an impressive mixed media headstone! Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis

#31daysofgraves “Figure” The carving of this baby and his dog entwined with each other atop the grave of Earl C Gillespie d. 8/8/1888 is exquisite, especially considering its age. Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis

#31daysofgraves “Graveside OrnamentI” Children’s graves are always tough to see, but I am glad that Alex Gonzalez Cendeja has a dinosaur keeping him company and watching over him. St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, Minneapolis

Not a morning person despite being up before dawn most days. But the thin silver lining is the ability to take in the quiet and solitude on an early morning jog/walk. #WeekQforQuiet #AlphabetChallenge

#31daysofgraves “Unique Animal” I’m always charmed that the local pet cemetery has not just markers for cats and dogs, but also birds, hedgehogs, guinea pigs, rabbits and squirrels. And one cat with her stomach exposed, waiting to attack when you pet her. Memorial Pet Cemetery, Roseville, MN

#31daysofgraves “Cross” 1921 grave marker of Eugene Toenjes. This is similar to a Woodmen of the World insurance marker, but it doesn’t have any of the standard symbols, so is probably an unrelated tree marker.

#31daysofgraves “Landscape” A typical Provençal cemetery and backdrop. Cimetiere de Solliès-Pont

#31daysofgraves “Bronze” Elks Rest, created by Eli Harvey for the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, keeps watch over the graves of nearly 100 Elks. This is one of many elk statues by Harvey throughout American cemeteries. Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis.

This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.

#31daysofgraves “Wreath” Wreaths adorn headstones for Veteran’s Day. Fort Snelling National Cemetery.

It's kinda cool that Gary Larson is doing new cartoons because he picked up a digital tablet, taught himself how to use it, and it made him love drawing again. www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/

#31daysofgraves “Social Group” Whatever your beliefs, I think there is something comforting about seeing nuns who lived and worshiped together being buried together. Calvary Cemetery, St. Paul MN and Calvary Cemetery, Rochester, MN

#31daysofgraves “Relocated” Frances Bean was clearly not the first death in Minneapolis, but she was the first to die after settlers started keeping official records. Her grave was moved 20+ years after her death from Layman’s Cemetery to the new Lakewood Cemetery.

#31daysofgraves “Obelisk” Vaulted obelisks, St. Margaret’s Cemetery, Minnetonka

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPink This apartment is ready for poodle skirts and a sock hop! This is the apartment that Prince’s parents brought him home to after he was born.

"I helped!" meowed Wendy.

#31daysofgraves “Damaged” Every year the elements damage this faithful dog a little more, but he still waits for his mistress. Cimetiere de Solliès-Toucas

#31daysofgraves “Inside” I always love to see a mausoleum that is meant to be looked into. Calvary Cemetery, St. Paul

#31daysofgraves “Notable Woman” Pauline Phillips AKA Abigail Van Buren AKA Dear Abby. Minneapolis Jewish Cemetery

#31daysofgraves “Military” Fort Snelling Cemetery at dusk.

#31daysofgraves St Mary’s Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN

Not to toot my own horn, but I think this rocks

The first episode of Collateral Damage, my reported podcast with The Intercept, went up today. Hope you’ll check it out and, if you enjoy it, give it a favorable rating or review. Eternal thanks to my producers @lauraflynn.bsky.social and Andrew Stelzer for making it happen.

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this is why you need to take an unplugged, off-the-grid vacation, there's a tiny chance that if you do you'll win a Nobel Prize

Seeing Le Negresco Hotel in Nice, France always feels like stepping back in time to a different era. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekOforOpulent

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Druzhba Sanatorium www.behance.net/gallery/1146...

It’s the best of both worlds – a bookmobile, and a dog stick library! #LittleFreeLibrary.

RIP Jane Goodall, by all accounts a wonderful woman who loved this Far Side cartoon

Opossum and snake from ‘Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri’ (often shortened to Thesaurus). The four volume set of books is based on Dutch apothecary Albertus Seba’s cabinet of curiosities. Published in Amsterdam, 1734-1765. Newberry Library 📚 #animalart #naturalhistory #bookhistory