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Slow exposure from astrophotography settings in the Google Pixel Pro 7. Just the right amount of natural color, the star studded sky seems to have caught a little northern lights action.

This is a color photograph taken using the astrophotography settings of a Google Pixel Pro 7 camera of the night sky as seen in Northern Minnesota. There are black silhouettes of trees in the foreground and then a star studded sky that ranges from a burgundy and greenish color, possibly a small Northern Lights influence, near the trees; to pitch black at the top of the frame looking out into space

August 4, 2025 at 7:17 AM

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Some days you need all the colors! Each one brings something special & unique to the table, together the combinations flow expanding creative potential.

This is a color photograph of my work desk. On it are 5 different types of watercolor pan/cake pallets. Almost 100 colors to choose from when creating my art.

August 3, 2025 at 4:47 AM

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Baby Powder a 16 year old Siberian Husky seems to be posing for this Black and White photograph. Still gorgeous in her geriatric years.

This is a black and white photograph of a Siberian Husky. Her shoulders are the left edge of the frame roughly center third. Her face and inside of ears are white with dark eyes, nose, mouth and hood like markings on her head. Her forearms through feet are white and shoulders back and sides are dark. Her chest has an eagle like mark in the white fur.

August 2, 2025 at 5:57 AM

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#UrbanGaze #ColorADay #YellowThur
#Reykjavik #RecordShop

This is a color photograph of the outside of the building where Reykjavik Record Shop is located. It is a 4 story building painted mustard yellow with a navy blue feature by the store on ground level.

July 31, 2025 at 10:25 PM

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Looking to #ColorADay and #YelloThur for Zoltar's prediction. What will the future bring?

This is a color photograph of a Zoltar machine. Like the one featured in the Tom Hanks movie, it dispenses fortune telling prediction cards in exchange for money. The character inside the machine is a male with moustache and goatee, he wears a yellow jeweled turban and shiny bright yellow satin shirt.

July 31, 2025 at 10:01 PM

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#ColorADay #RedWed

This is a color photograph of the roof and booth tops in an Irish pub restaurant. The roof is red painted tiles. The booth frames are wooden and feature painted glass panels at the top. Some of the paint is red.

July 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM

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Using a Cinnamon Cooney design and adding Deco Art Black Light paint to the acrylic this #JuliArty #Glow painting is ready for Halloween 🎃 👻

This is a color photograph of 6 bottles of liquid Deco Art Black Light Neon paint and a black light flashlight. The paint colors are yellow, orange, red, purple, blue and green.

This is a color photograph showing an acrylic painting with the black light neon paints from previous image mixed into the acrylic. The topic of the painting is 2 ghost like shapes standing by a tunnel in a rock wall, shrubbery is in front of them and climbing vines on the rockwall behind. The photo was shot in darkness using the blacklight flashlight so the glowing aspects of the painting standout, especially the ghosts some flecks on the Rockwall like glow bugs and in some of the flowers. It is cute ghost vs scary vibe.

July 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM

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#ThickTrunkTuesday is a favorite prompt. Gaining a deeper appreciation for the few remaining big ole #trees like this one spotted on a park walk.

This is a color photograph of a weeping willow located in a freshly mown section of the park. The tree trunk at its base is massive probably 4/5 adults would need to reach arms around holding hands to match it's circumference. The trunk then splits off into 2 main sections that are as thick as a chunky normal big tree but it's obvious up close that another section or two have been lost over the years. The tree is very tall and it's branches dangling down seem to dance on the wind.

July 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM

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Popple Stand, wooden framed stretched canvas 3 color acrylic painting. #Blue #White #Black
#ColorADay #BlueTue

This is a color photograph of an original 43 Creek acrylic painting of Popple trees against a winter scene with either a sun or moon and a blue blended in a circular manner radiating from the moon and darkening as it moves away. There are 5 popple tree trunks on the canvas and they are predominantly white with black and grey random markings.

July 29, 2025 at 3:59 AM

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Taking a somewhat Goth turn with this #BW 'The Watcher'

This raven is part of an unkindness or a conspiracy we have become familiar with. #JuliArty #Wings #Corvids #Raven

This is a black and white photograph of a lone raven perched at the top of a balsom tree. To the right and above it are additional foliage of a larger balsom tree. The Raven's body is facing right and its head is swiveled back looking over its right shoulder.

July 29, 2025 at 3:43 AM

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Troll toes? Found near an abandoned farm building and empty beach in Iceland. #RockinTuesday #Rocks
#Formations
#Carving
#Huldufólk

This is a color photograph of an unusual rock formation. Possibly limestone or sandstone due to its light color and location. The rock has groves that may be natural or carved but resemble toes. Is it Troll toes? Who knows Iceland and it's
Huldufólk.

July 29, 2025 at 3:32 AM

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#ColorADay #PinkMon #unfinished #wip #acrylicpainting

8x10 inch wooden framed stretched canvas acrylic floral painting. Unfinished work about halfway there.

This is a color photograph of an 8 x 10 inch wooden framed stretched canvas acrylic painting. The background is dark royal blue, the foreground has a floral work in progress. Initial layers on the leaves and stems are dark green through yellow. The unfinished blooms are wine red through flamingo pink with white edging to highlight the petals daintiness.

July 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM

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'The tree that caught a Superior wave' #JuliArty #Winter #Splash #BelowZero
#Minnesota

This is a color photograph of a tree branch encrusted in inch thick ice. It is located on the shore of Lake Superior in Northern Minnesota. The 'white' of the ice as a whole is actually transparent and the individual branches are visible when examined a little closer. Behind this is a very seagreen patch of water. In the background part of the shore on the opposite side of the small cove is visible with its rocky face marked with various lichens and mosses. Dark brown, light brown, slate and light grey with patches of lime green, dark green and yellow fill in the frame.

July 28, 2025 at 11:12 AM

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Some of the Sherbet Lake series for #Stunday #stunning
#ColorADay #OrangeSun
#JuliArty #sleepy

This is an original acrylic painting from the 43 Creek Sherbet Lake Series. It features a sleepy sunset vibe. There are two popple trees in the foreground, a person fishing in a boat on a brightly sunset reflecting lake and a ring of dark pine like trees along the lakeshore in the background. Above the tree line the sky is yellow blending into orange, pink and blue with a few clouds. The Lake heavily reflects the orange sherbet part of the sky blending into blue by the shoreline closest to the viewer.

This is an original acrylic painting from the 43 Creek Sherbet Lake Series. It is resting on an easel. It features a sleepy sunset vibe. There are two popple trees in the foreground, a person fishing silhouetted in a boat on a brightly sunset reflecting lake and a ring of pine, popple and shrub like trees along the lakeshore in the background. Above the tree line the sky is yellow blending into orange, crimson and blue with a few dark shadowy clouds. The Lake reflects the orange sherbet sunset of the sky blending into a dark blue by the dark small shrubs and shoreline closest to the viewer.

This is an original acrylic painting from the 43 Creek Sherbet Lake Series. It features a sleepy sunset vibe. There is an aqua chair in the foreground, a dark dusky sherbet sunset reflecting lake and a ring of northwoods trees along the lakeshore in the background. Above the tree line the sky is yellow blending into orange, crimson, violet and blue with a few faint dark clouds. The Lake heavily reflects the orange sherbet part of the sky blending into dark blue by the shoreline closest to the and the chair.

This is an original acrylic painting from the 43 Creek Sherbet Lake Series on a tiny wooden oval attached to a metal keyring. It features a sleepy sunset vibe. There is a birch tree tunk in the foreground, a bright Sherbet sunset reflecting lake and a ring of dark pine like trees along the lakeshore in the background. Above the tree line the sky is yellow blending into orange, pink and blue with a few clouds. The Lake heavily reflects the orange sherbet part of the sky blending into blue by the shoreline closest to the viewer. This tiny art piece is approximately 2x1.5 inches.

July 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM

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Today’s the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act—but the fight for access, dignity, and justice didn’t start in 1990, and it sure as hell didn’t end there.

Anyone can become disabled at any time. So saving Medicaid is survival. For all of us.
#SaveMedicaidSaveFamilies

July 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM

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#Alternating #woven #fiber on a piece of #furniture. Attractive #pattern of light and dark.

July 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM

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#Caturday a vault flashback with Ginger Meggs. #FamilyPhoto
#Homemade #Halloween #CatCostume

A child sits on the floor wearing a white fur cat onesie costume with pink ears and soles of the feet. Nestled in the lap is a ginger and white cat.

July 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM

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This delicious #FoodonFriday unplanned capture of a #CharcuterieBoard and crusty fresh #Bread with Garlic, Parmesan, Balsamic #OliveOil, is from the Crow River Winery in Hutchinson MN.
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This is a color photograph, shot from above the frame features a table set with a creme table cloth, white plates and silverware. Two large plates hold food. The left side is a rectangular white ceramic plate with fresh sliced crusty bread and a bowl of olive oil containing roasted garlic, grated Parmesan cheese and balsamic vinegar. To the right and further up in the frame is a larger rectangular wooden tray holding various sweetmeats, cheeses, olives, pickled peppers and crackers.

July 26, 2025 at 1:48 AM

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#Bumblebee on #WildBergamot #MonardaFistulosa
#BeeBalm

A native North American #wildflower in the mint family. A popular pollinator resource with fragrant lavender flowers that bloom in the summer, attracting butterflies, hummingbirds, and #bees, growing up to 4 ft tall.
#BloomScrolling

A bumblebee, possibly a brown belted bumblebee is foraging on a bee balm bloom.

Same bee as previous image on a different bloom on the same plant.

July 26, 2025 at 1:04 AM

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#ColorADay #YellowThu
#RudbeckiaHirta, commonly called #black-eyedSusan & #YellowConeflower, is a North American flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It grows to 3.5 ft tall with daisy-like yellow flower heads. It is toxic when ingested by cats. Medicinally used by First Nations people.

July 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM

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Traveling along the North Shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota now through October? Support local artists and crafters by stopping at Pioneer Gallery (opposite Grand Superior Lodge) & The Agate Bay Crafters. Both are on the inland side of Hwy 61. Beautiful handmade works of Art & Craft at both.

This is a photograph of a color flyer for Agate Bay Crafters. Located at 1549 Hwy 61, 2 miles North of Two Harbors. They will have handmade arts and crafts on Saturdays from 10-4pm, August 16, September 20 and October 11th. Sharing in support of the local creative community.

July 23, 2025 at 2:47 AM

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#JuliArty #Hammock #Relaxing #BetterTimes #BeforetheStorm

This is a photograph of a rainbow hammock on a stand. Next to it on the right is a palm tree and behind it on the left is a Mangrove stand. The sky is a milky pale white grey reflected on the ocean water. Underneath the hammock is pale beige sand.

July 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM

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#AnimalArt a #BW picture of Hugo. A #GermanShorthairedPointer good boy who loves pointing at birds, chasing squirrels up trees, treats and playing endless hours of fetch.