We was at the Somme, so we were, sky sagged like wet canvas an’ the barrage all done. Tommy swore loud that a rat wore our colours, Alfie just give the sarge a look. Mud’s in our boots an’ in our heads now. Cook sez, “No fate left in the pot, lads, only the #eventuality come the morrow.” #vss365

San Francisco's Chinatown tells many stories. Arnold Genthe, before he drew acclaim for his portrait photographs, would walk its streets in search of some of them. He didn't know it, but he was capturing some of its final years before the city would be struck by a disaster. #photography #history

Prepare for the #eventuality That all the sunsets eventually Turn cold on the days full of eventful Pain and suffering laced with an even More potent poison than what we breathe in #vss365

Cabarets of the 19th century Paris blurred art and myth. At Le Chat Noir, shadow plays turned fairy tales into flickering silhouettes. Audiences glimpsed worlds that were whimsical and uncanny all at once. #WyrdWednesday

too stubborn to stay in the shadows but not bold enough to be a #bellwether within the crowd but i'm not the focus #vss365 #poetry

Day 23 #SciArtSeptember prompt scouting: Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska (1925-2015) a Polish #paleobiologist, famous for a series of Polish-Mongolian expeditions she lead from 1963-1971 to the Gobi desert! 🐡🧪👩🏼‍🔬⚒️ #histsci There she discovered dinosaurs including the Deinocheirus, plus she & team found the 🧵

“Your first comment to me in the morning is the #bellwether for the rest of my day.” “Sit down and shut up.” “It’s going to be doozy today, isn’t it?” “Let me first drink my coffee, and then it might end up being only mildly disappointing.” #vss365

Autumn spice #MountainMonday #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin #mobilephotography #landscape #Montana

one dose of you is all i ever needed to replenish to #reinvigorate filled with your love i am warmed #vss365 #poetry

A sip of water from A fountain of promises #Reinvigorates the Soul when a wound festers In an unlocked attic #vss365

Staithes, north Yorkshire, painting by Catherine Bartle. #WomensArt #NorthernArt

my intent using a prompt but inspired by you but "perhaps" just like "if" has too much weight cataclysm in a couple of syllables a promise we daren't make all too familiar mantra of the dreamers with you it's never just a word #vss365 #perhaps

My pictures of the cataphract-type Roman horse 🐴 armor from Dura-Europos now at the Yale University Art Gallery, dating to the mid-3rd century CE. I like to use these pictures before I teach Crassus’ downfall, but the beautiful craftsmanship of iron, leather, and rawhide is also impressive.

Do I really need a golden castle full of treasure? #Perhaps not. But it’s so hard to cower behind stone walls when your neighbour’s buildings draw admiring glances from visiting dignitaries. I will not be outdone! #vss365

I’m excited to show some of the work I’ve been doing for Creative Beast Studio. Painted in Procreate. #procreate #paleoart #digitalart #dinosaur #dinosaurs

Her hand slipped, and her phone fell into the lake. Being her dramatic self, she yelled, “Oh no! What a catastrophe!” She sat on the boat, sulking, wondering how she could possibly enjoy this beautiful, sunny day. #vss365 catastrophe

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993). All things being equal, I think if you asked me what my favorite Batman movie is, I'd honestly have to say this one.

Returning home to a #Catastrophe, a sea Of pots and fizzy glee A mop slurps up the tears After you share your fears To a sleeping fairy #vss365

Germany doesn't have a lot of lost places, but here is one: The former Max Bahr DIY store in Bremen Habenhausen. It has been sitting empty since the Max Bahr chain went bankrupt in 2014. #LostPlace #Bremen

Four strangers awake to find themselves locked in a tube and the only way out is increasingly narrow tubes. Claustrophobia has a new name... #Extrusion. Only in theaters. #vss365

i miss when computers looked like candies.

“You #extrude a lot of tears.” “That’s what happens when you see your friend stabbing you in the back.” “So it would be better if you didn’t see it?” “Don’t think that you can talk your way out of this one, mister.” “It was only a piece of cake. Your name wasn’t even on it!” #vss365

View from the creek bridge this am. Pike National Forest. This is the N fork of the S Platte, about 5 miles and 1500’ from its source. Water color is due to iron leaching out from Red Cone - high enough concentration to prevent fish.

I take stock of dreams, taking disappointments in my stride. I undo pictures, untangle threads, try again. I am rolling down a hill but I have momentum, the wind just enough that it catches my kite sending my happiness into the sky. I am holding tightly to the string. #vssdaily stride #vss365 stock

T’Pabst Green Ribbon on draft

They #stock up on Food and water While a swatter Battles in vain Against a swarm #vss365

#EastCoastKin #ArtChallenge #AnimalArtTuesday Thames Lion and dove

Daily Bonsai: Sargent Juniper. In training since 1971. #bonsai

you dip your toe in the #swamp to escape the quicksand what could it hurt now you're up to your neck in a filthy #synthesis of love & hate staying afloat with #mushrooms while darkness presses down on the top of your head #vss365 #whistpr #blueskyrelay

Lightning gallops across the sky. A magician cackles as he creates a #synthesis of all his previous potions; one sip of it is enough to give you mild indigestion. Now comes the difficult part: finding a use for it. #vss365

35mm infrared trichromes of abandoned and overgrown places in lower bucks county on sfx 200 #filmphotography

In the whispers, she hears them #conspire plotting to overthrow her sanity, scheming to pull her threads until the seam is split; she has the full saga written, fifty possible outcomes of their cabal, knives out- she is their Caesar; she knows all without them saying a word #vss365 #poetry

Fascinating world of ancient #glass: glass square bottles were a common type of storage and transport vessels in the #Roman Empire. The square shape makes packing easier and saves space. The bottles were used to store/transport spices, medicines, balms,...🧵1/2 🏺#archaeology

My sharp senses #conspire Against me as I Traipse to the door on The other side of A murky hallway My fingers shake when A light flashes and a Scream pierces the air #vss365

The Golestan Palace, designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Iran 🇮🇷, stands as a magnificent testament to Persian architectural excellence. #archaeohistories

On 16 September, @genevatow.bsky.social will start to ignite your creativity when he takes over the #vss365 hosting duties. This will be fun! Thank you so much for all your kind words, my friends. My run has turned into a special couple of days, and I will always treasure these memories.

I want to express my sincere thanks to C.S. Voll @Steph_Lepht for his exquisite run of prompts! I will post my first at 0600 GMT 16 September 2025 ☕️🖋️📚 #vss365

can you #rein in your rampant apathy, eyes dazzled by flashing headlights? something more mortal comes barreling down the road #vss365 #poetry

It became too much Here in dusk The world a storm I cried 'Rein it in' To the rumbling clouds But nothing would stop This fierce anger I looked to the horizon Everything had changed Nothing felt certain I must not sleep As tiredness crept Maybe death will come As a silent blanket over all #vss365

Trees fail to #rein in the wind. Off the straining branches, leaves scatter and fly and fall. Airborne no longer, they drag across the gray parking lots scratching like claws against the asphalt. #vss365

I stare in a mirror A stranger stares back One that lives her days Hoping to blend in To belong Exhausted from trying To #rein in All that she is Only to ruminate over The fragments of self She did share So warped and bent To fit the mould That everyone sees Themselves reflected In her eyes #vss365

what to #rein in and what to let run feral restraint or wildfire the head can want both and so can the heart to designate an attribute to each is trying to bring order to the naturally chaotic gimme sanity gimme lunacy just gimme you wrapped in reverie and rapture #vss365

She runs a brush through my hair, then nails new shoes to my feet. I have learned not to make a sound. When we are done, she fixes a bag of food to my nose and calls me a good boy. Later, she climbs on my back, pulls the #reins and takes out the whip. I buck her loose and bolt for the fence. #vss365

The ranch hand helped Rachel mount the Pegasus. “Make sure you hold tight on those #reins,” he said, “and never fly over the park.” She raised an eyebrow. “The park?Why?” “The Parks Department is sick of cleaning the statues. Flying horses are worse than pigeons.” #vss365

She tries to #rein her pulse in but it's galloping towards him like wild crashing horses, rippling the neighbours' bath. Rain against the window chants: want want want. His eyes speak in dripping honeycomb; she's buzzing with golden arithmetic. Oh God! She's drowning in it. #vss365

if i could take the reins of my soul to travel anywhere it would be within my rocket of dreams soaring straight into your heart, where my poetic words of love would beautifully blend with the melody of you where you make me your forever as we soar across the stars of serendipity. #vss365 #rein

All I can do is hold on, for this horse has his own ideas about where and how fast to go. I don't want to go down the steep hill, but he does, and so we do. It takes three men to #rein him in at the end. Turns out he's a loaner from another ranch and wants to go home. #vss365

You trusted me. The #vss365 prompt for 15 September is: Rein. “You gave too much #rein to your imagination. Imagination is a good servant, and a bad master. The simplest explanation is always the most likely.” (Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles) #prompt #rein

Announcement: I will be taking my final bow as #vss365 host on 15 September. From the 16th to the 30th, you will be in the very capable hands of @genevatow.bsky.social, who will transport you to new vistas. Thank you so much for your kindness and support during my tenure.