a small story fig & sun late afternoon pedestrian muses a lovely couple fig & sun ta-ta my best to you

Lavender Farm, New Mexico #AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPurple #MountainMonday #BlueSkyMonday #EastCoastKin

Chicago's corncobs - Marina City, brutalist geometry, rhythm and shadow in B&W. #luiscordobapharchive #Chicago #MarinaCityChicago #ArchitecturePhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #BrutalistArchitecture #ChicagoArchitecture #BertrandGoldberg #Cityscape #scape

Why are all the departing cabinet members women??? 🤔🤔🤔

I FINALLY got a decent shot of a male Eastern #Bluebird. The lighting was marvelous — it electrified this bird’s brilliant iridescent blue plumage. This fellow was kind enough to pose for a number of photos. I can’t thank him enough 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 #Turdidae #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin #birds

Not usually my kettle of fish, but here’s a neat view of a very impressive #publicart piece on the Mayo Clinic’s Jacksonville, Florida campus. Somehow this piece is supported and balanced from below. It is backed up beautifully by a vivid blue sky. #BlueSkyMonday #EastCoastKin

Here’s a VERY LATE response to today’s #Turdidae (Thrush) theme. Thanks to the #BirdOfTheDay dudes for including education in their mission 😊 Oh, yeah. This is a lady #EasternBluebird perched in a tree nook on a recent morning. #EastCoastKin #birds #Bluebird

The wind never settles here and your thoughts grow lighter with it — drifting, softening, gently losing themselves in the vast. #Iceland 🇮🇸 #Hálendið #Möðrudalsleið #landscapephotography 📷 #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyMonday

A Cooper's hawk perches along St. Vrain Creek in Longmont, Colorado. #BlueSkyMonday #BirdOfTheDay #bird #birds #birdphotography #EastCoastKin #ECK #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos

Great Egret in the spatterdock (Ardea alba) CREW flint pen strand trails & lakes Bonita Springs, #Florida 4-6-26 Alan & Rob’s Friday #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #FeederFriends, birds that might be found at a feeder. The alt is #Waders, any wading bird. #flyDay #birds #photography #ECK #birding

Hillary speaks simple truth ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

Have I shared that I love special elections — they are like polls but they really elect representatives! How cool is that? Another Democrat is elected and overperforms vs. the 2024 presidential election. Looks like about 12% overperformance! This should be driving 2026’s mid-term narrative ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Hey, Ann Coulter may swallow live field mice whole and shed her skin a few times a year but... when she's right she's right.

BREAKING: I just got President Trump on the phone. He said his farts smell like roses today, everybody at the Trump hotel is coming up to him w/ tears in their eyes crying "Sir!", & Iran just agreed to become the 51st state w/ Don Jr as governor. Then the call ended. (Satire but you follow me ... )

Happy #ScapeDay to all who celebrate 🥳🥳🥳 Here’s a dusky #pond #scape, complete with a #skyscape in #reflection. Contrails provide a little geometric element. This is unedited. I liked the very restrained lighting to contribute to the #mood #EastCoastKin

A couple of elegant Willets, in #silhouette, with their wavy #reflections, doing their thing on the edge of the surf #waders #BirdOfTheDay #birds #beachbirds #surfbirds #naturephotography #ECK

Good morning. Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #HeadShots, any head shot will do, the Alt Theme is #Gulls. Here's a Goldeneye, Northern Gannets, Mistle Thrush & Black-necked Grebes from various venues in 2026. #birds #ECK #CanonR5mkii #ukbirding #BirdLife #birdphotography #portraits #naturetherapy

Self Portrait 'Pluto' (Benthic, 2011) -- Bushwick, Brooklyn, NYC 'God hath given you one face, and you make yourself another" — William Shakespeare #HumansOfBlueSky ✨ #ClassicMono ✨ #Scape ✨ #ImageAndVerse ✨ #BWFri ✨ #Photography #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #Portraiture #ECK #JayceeCrawford

A VERY late offering for today’s marvelous #CourtshiporConflict theme In the first frame, the lady #Anhinga tries to get the male’s attention. He appears to be disinterested In our second frame, the lady turns up the volume to get his focus. The couple gets on the same page to dance #BirdOfTheDay

Upcoming GA election on May 19th!

One of the locals Blue tailed skink 🦎

#BirdOfTheDay #Reflections#BirdPhotography

Good Morning! How about my image of Point Arena Lighthouse that was built in 1870 for the #AlphabetChallenge #WeekOForOld #ArtChallenge ? #Photography #RockInTues #BlueTue #ECK #LightHouse #Pharology #California #TidesOutTues

A Great Blue #Heron supervises a nesting tree with help from a nearly symmetrical broken branch. Both are backed by a vivid #blue sky. A little Spanish Moss decorates the scene This tree hosts nests for Great Blues, Great Egrets, and Wood Storks #ColorADay #BlueTue #EastCoastKin #birds

I need to do some much needed cleaning here but just want to post this beautiful Swallotail for @rina2012.bsky.social #ButterflyWeek #ECK #mobilephonephotography this photo was take in the butterfly garden from the formal OrchideeënHoeve/ #Pantropica in Luttlegeest.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Reflections, any bird reflection. Mine's a Mute Swan #birds #photography #ECK @rspb.bsky.social #ukbirding #birdphotography

#BirdoftheDay #Reflections A tri-colored heron hunting in the San Diego River, San Diego, CA

Mark Carney and the Liberals are projected to secure a majority government in Canada, crossing the 172-seat threshold after key by-election wins—including a commanding victory in University–Rosedale. 🇨🇦

This is an artistic (attempt, at least 😉) offering for today’s #Reflections theme The Great #Egret was chilling around high tide in the marsh creek and gave me a nice look Please click to see the entirety See ALT for a bit more #BirdOfTheDay #classicmono #ECK

My first good photo of a Loon...ever! I had heard some Loons were in one of our city lakes and was able to spot them near the shore. So nice seeing my state bird, which is rare in my area of the state. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #Photos #Photo #EastCoastKin #ECK

I reviewed my recent bird pics and found only one bird that qualifies for the #jklmnop prompt — an elegant Little Blue #Heron lurking in the shadows of my favorite local pond It’s not much of a “birder capture”, but does reflect the habitat and the bird’s gorgeous color #BirdOfTheDay #ECK #birds

Resting in the morning light after a successful hunt... Barred Owl #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #thelittlethings

It wasn't until I took a closer look at this image that I noticed the osprey's eye peeking beneath the wing feathers... #photography #birdphotography #birds #nature

An osprey flies toward another perch with its catch near St. Vrain Creek in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdofTheDay #JKLMNOP #Urban #bird #birds #birdphotography #EastCoastKin #ECK #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos

Here’s a little something from our recent travels in Florida for #BlueSkyMonday The #BlueSky speaks eloquently for itself. Early morning light illuminates the bottom surfaces of the prominent frond (is that what they are called?) on the right A tiny moon is barely visible next to that frond #ECK

Hi BirdSkyers! Congrats on the #1 trending!!! Here’s a recent shot of a Great Blue #Heron stalking on the edge of a water hazard on a golf course. So, I’ll stretch the #urban theme a bit for this offering Sorry for the absence — lots of family and local travel #BirdOfTheDay #ECK

Amen, Senator Ossoff! So glad you are representing Georgia! We need more strong voices like yours in Washington! #Ossoff #SenatorOssoff #GAsen

Oops! Looks like those bureaucrats in Brussels weren’t the issue as much as the corrupt autocrats doing Putin’s bidding. Can we put JD in charge of GOP messaging for the midterms?

On a more serious note, this does show the necessity of a big-tent single-issue pro-democracy coalition. Autocrats lose when anti-authoritarianism is the opposition-uniting priority, and win when they can play divide and conquer on lesser issues.

Pope Leo said he has “no fear” of the Trump administration and vowed to continue speaking out against the war in Iran after President Donald Trump criticized the American pontiff for his views on the war and immigration. bit.ly/4mr86Ra 📸: Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters

* HUNGARY ELECTION WINNER MAGYAR: US IS A VERY IMPORTANT PARTNER * HUNGARY ELECTION WINNER MAGYAR: I WILL NOT CALL TRUMP @reuters.com

🇵🇱🇭🇺 Prime Minister of Poland: "Hello? Péter? I'm so happy... I think I'm happier than you!"

The Sisters of Charity ain’t fuckin’ around.

Today, Europe is Hungarian. We are stronger. More united. To the people of Hungary - you've done it again. You have spoken. You have chosen Europe. It's a victory for fundamental freedoms.

Now on personal blog (non-Substack) theemptycity.com/blog/2026/04...

Ya hate to see it. JD is such a good guy. [Please note extreme sarcasm]

Hungary: TISZA now projected to get 137 seats out of 199. 4 seats beyond the needed 133 super majority to amend the Constitution and replace all Orban loyalists in the government. Orban is done. Magyar will be the new Prime Minister of Hungary.

(AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán conceded defeat on Sunday after what he called a ″painful″ election result, ending 16 years in power for a powerful figure in the far-right movement allied with U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. apnews.com/article/hung...

💥🇭🇺🗳️ BREAKING: Péter Magyar says Viktor Orbán called to concede and congratulate him. Magyar will be Hungary’s next prime minister and, as it stands, is set to secure a 2/3 supermajority – enough to fully dismantle Orbán’s system. A 16-year chapter is over.