Jay
@alfredjjbird.bsky.social
Kindness always first & last! Photographer, Writer, History buff, Research, Genealogy, Comedy, Animals, Veteran, & Easily Amused. 2nd generation in the U.S. Son of veteran of 3 wars & defense plant worker. Photos are mine except reposts. Please No DMs.
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Grew up in the 1940-60s…never thought grocery shopping would evolve to warehouses, bulk buying, memberships required, pre-assembled & cooked meals, flatbed carts, self-checkout, credit cards…
#HumansofBlueSky #monochrome #B&W
#photography #storytelling #people #blackandwhitephotography
#HumansofBlueSky #monochrome #B&W
#photography #storytelling #people #blackandwhitephotography
November 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Grew up in the 1940-60s…never thought grocery shopping would evolve to warehouses, bulk buying, memberships required, pre-assembled & cooked meals, flatbed carts, self-checkout, credit cards…
#HumansofBlueSky #monochrome #B&W
#photography #storytelling #people #blackandwhitephotography
#HumansofBlueSky #monochrome #B&W
#photography #storytelling #people #blackandwhitephotography
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One of the defining feelings in American life, for decades now, is elites doing plainly criminal shit and nothing at all happening as a result. It is deranging in a way that virtually nothing else is. Media fixates on perceived street lawlessness but shit like this matters much more in my opinion.
Dereliction of responsibility by the court. It is so flagrantly illegal. www.huffpost.com/entry/us-wis...
Wisconsin Appeals Court Won't Stop Musk's $1 Million Payments To Voters After AG Sues
A Wisconsin appellate court has denied the state Democratic attorney general’s request to stop billionaire Elon Musk from handing over $1 million checks to two voters at a rally planned for Sunday, ju...
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March 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
One of the defining feelings in American life, for decades now, is elites doing plainly criminal shit and nothing at all happening as a result. It is deranging in a way that virtually nothing else is. Media fixates on perceived street lawlessness but shit like this matters much more in my opinion.
@dougscamera.appspot.com Excellent gallery of photos, Doug!
November 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
@dougscamera.appspot.com Excellent gallery of photos, Doug!
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It probably won't be long before this steam engine firebox, and the splintered remains of the building that once housed it, are completely buried by rocks tumbling down the steep slopes northeast of Leadville, Colorado. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
October 19, 2025 at 11:54 PM
It probably won't be long before this steam engine firebox, and the splintered remains of the building that once housed it, are completely buried by rocks tumbling down the steep slopes northeast of Leadville, Colorado. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
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It's hard to believe there was ever enough water to turn this water wheel and power anything in the small stream north of Black Hawk, Colorado near where I found it, but the landscape has probably changed a lot since it was built. #colorado #artifacts #history #photography
October 22, 2025 at 11:12 PM
It's hard to believe there was ever enough water to turn this water wheel and power anything in the small stream north of Black Hawk, Colorado near where I found it, but the landscape has probably changed a lot since it was built. #colorado #artifacts #history #photography
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Rugged peaks of the Ten Mile Range loom over the remains of a mine structure northeast of Leadville, Colorado. #colorado #ruins #history #scenery #photography
November 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Rugged peaks of the Ten Mile Range loom over the remains of a mine structure northeast of Leadville, Colorado. #colorado #ruins #history #scenery #photography
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While there is plenty of evidence that this miner's cabin has had visitors during the century since it was abandoned, its location high up on the side of a cliff near Montezuma, Colorado, has kept it safe from casual plunderers. #colorado #history #photography
November 6, 2025 at 12:12 AM
While there is plenty of evidence that this miner's cabin has had visitors during the century since it was abandoned, its location high up on the side of a cliff near Montezuma, Colorado, has kept it safe from casual plunderers. #colorado #history #photography
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Looking north, towards the headwaters of the Colorado River, near the abandoned townsite of Lulu City, Colorado. #colorado #scenery #photography
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Looking north, towards the headwaters of the Colorado River, near the abandoned townsite of Lulu City, Colorado. #colorado #scenery #photography
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Deep snow not only made the hike to this abandoned townsite west of Jamestown, Colorado extremely difficult, but also far more interesting than it would have been in the summer. #colorado #history #photography #ruins
November 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Deep snow not only made the hike to this abandoned townsite west of Jamestown, Colorado extremely difficult, but also far more interesting than it would have been in the summer. #colorado #history #photography #ruins
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I like this turkey tail because it looked like a flower. I thought it was very pretty striking colors and light.
#Texas #EastTexas #TylerCounty #FungiFriends #Mushrooms #Photography #NaturePhotography #Mycology
#Texas #EastTexas #TylerCounty #FungiFriends #Mushrooms #Photography #NaturePhotography #Mycology
November 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I like this turkey tail because it looked like a flower. I thought it was very pretty striking colors and light.
#Texas #EastTexas #TylerCounty #FungiFriends #Mushrooms #Photography #NaturePhotography #Mycology
#Texas #EastTexas #TylerCounty #FungiFriends #Mushrooms #Photography #NaturePhotography #Mycology
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You've abandoned me
Love don't live here anymore
Just a vacancy
Love don't live here anymore
Lyrics from the song "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" by Rose Royce.
#abandoned #oldbuildings #windows #WindowsOnWednesday #photography #BlueSkyPhotography
Love don't live here anymore
Just a vacancy
Love don't live here anymore
Lyrics from the song "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" by Rose Royce.
#abandoned #oldbuildings #windows #WindowsOnWednesday #photography #BlueSkyPhotography
November 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
You've abandoned me
Love don't live here anymore
Just a vacancy
Love don't live here anymore
Lyrics from the song "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" by Rose Royce.
#abandoned #oldbuildings #windows #WindowsOnWednesday #photography #BlueSkyPhotography
Love don't live here anymore
Just a vacancy
Love don't live here anymore
Lyrics from the song "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" by Rose Royce.
#abandoned #oldbuildings #windows #WindowsOnWednesday #photography #BlueSkyPhotography
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Nothing Says ‘Veterans Day’ Like Military Families in a Food Line www.truthdig.com/articles/not...
Nothing Says 'Veterans Day' Like Military Families in a Food Line - Truthdig
The government shutdown highlights how service members live paycheck to paycheck, while billions are wasted on weapons systems.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Nothing Says ‘Veterans Day’ Like Military Families in a Food Line www.truthdig.com/articles/not...
My Father before WWII & his last time in uniform for a military funeral. In between the first and second photo he fought in WWII, 2 tours of Korea, & 2 tours of Viet Nam. He landed at Utah Beach & took part in maneuvers in Cuba long before the Bay of Pigs.
November 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
My Father before WWII & his last time in uniform for a military funeral. In between the first and second photo he fought in WWII, 2 tours of Korea, & 2 tours of Viet Nam. He landed at Utah Beach & took part in maneuvers in Cuba long before the Bay of Pigs.
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#Perfection must die…
#writingcommunity #beinghuman #imperfection
#WritersofSky #SkyPoets
#BlueSkyRelay
#FreeVerse
#Resist #Art #BookSky
#Wellness #Selfcare
#MentalHealthAwareness
#writingcommunity #beinghuman #imperfection
#WritersofSky #SkyPoets
#BlueSkyRelay
#FreeVerse
#Resist #Art #BookSky
#Wellness #Selfcare
#MentalHealthAwareness
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Yet we must persist. May our hearts always remain open to the suffering of others…
#beinghuman #writingcommunity #humanity
#WritersofSky #SkyPoets
#BlueSkyRelay
#FreeVerse
#Resist #Art #BookSky
#Wellness #Selfcare
#MentalHealthAwareness
#beinghuman #writingcommunity #humanity
#WritersofSky #SkyPoets
#BlueSkyRelay
#FreeVerse
#Resist #Art #BookSky
#Wellness #Selfcare
#MentalHealthAwareness
November 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Yet we must persist. May our hearts always remain open to the suffering of others…
#beinghuman #writingcommunity #humanity
#WritersofSky #SkyPoets
#BlueSkyRelay
#FreeVerse
#Resist #Art #BookSky
#Wellness #Selfcare
#MentalHealthAwareness
#beinghuman #writingcommunity #humanity
#WritersofSky #SkyPoets
#BlueSkyRelay
#FreeVerse
#Resist #Art #BookSky
#Wellness #Selfcare
#MentalHealthAwareness
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The Dandelion Army - Colors Of A Nightmare [USA ; Garage Rock / Psychedelic Rock] (1970)
https://redd.it/1o6fzlw
https://youtu.be/owT8sAXFCP4
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https://youtu.be/owT8sAXFCP4
The Dandelion Army - Colors Of A Nightmare [USA ; Garage Rock / Psychedelic Rock] (1970)
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November 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The Dandelion Army - Colors Of A Nightmare [USA ; Garage Rock / Psychedelic Rock] (1970)
https://redd.it/1o6fzlw
https://youtu.be/owT8sAXFCP4
https://redd.it/1o6fzlw
https://youtu.be/owT8sAXFCP4
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The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #least and this means the #bird in your camera roll that you have the least captures of.
I saw this beauty a few days ago 🪶🕊
#Birds #birding #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #onlybeautifulthings #photohour #nature #ArtYear #thelittlethings #EastCoastKin
I saw this beauty a few days ago 🪶🕊
#Birds #birding #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #onlybeautifulthings #photohour #nature #ArtYear #thelittlethings #EastCoastKin
November 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #least and this means the #bird in your camera roll that you have the least captures of.
I saw this beauty a few days ago 🪶🕊
#Birds #birding #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #onlybeautifulthings #photohour #nature #ArtYear #thelittlethings #EastCoastKin
I saw this beauty a few days ago 🪶🕊
#Birds #birding #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #onlybeautifulthings #photohour #nature #ArtYear #thelittlethings #EastCoastKin
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Calling all religious leaders of every denomination and faith!
Report to the Chicago Broadview ICE facility for a day of prayer.
Report to the Chicago Broadview ICE facility for a day of prayer.
The feds have declared "no more prayer" and are banning religious gatherings outside the ICE detention center near Chicago. The fake Christians keep getting more fake.
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
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November 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Calling all religious leaders of every denomination and faith!
Report to the Chicago Broadview ICE facility for a day of prayer.
Report to the Chicago Broadview ICE facility for a day of prayer.
@freyjja5.bsky.social Thank you for the reposts.🙏
November 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
@freyjja5.bsky.social Thank you for the reposts.🙏
@bavarianbelle.bsky.social Belle, so happy to read the sweet & gentle replies that you receive. The love we give does seem to come back to us, eh?
November 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
@bavarianbelle.bsky.social Belle, so happy to read the sweet & gentle replies that you receive. The love we give does seem to come back to us, eh?
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Seneca-Letters to Lucilius
Seneca uses Autumn imagery more subtly. In letter 24, he compares human life to the changing season. Emphasizing that aging and death are as natural as the turning of the year.
Detach from what must pass. Release without distress.
Shedding of externals.
#photography
Seneca uses Autumn imagery more subtly. In letter 24, he compares human life to the changing season. Emphasizing that aging and death are as natural as the turning of the year.
Detach from what must pass. Release without distress.
Shedding of externals.
#photography
October 31, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Seneca-Letters to Lucilius
Seneca uses Autumn imagery more subtly. In letter 24, he compares human life to the changing season. Emphasizing that aging and death are as natural as the turning of the year.
Detach from what must pass. Release without distress.
Shedding of externals.
#photography
Seneca uses Autumn imagery more subtly. In letter 24, he compares human life to the changing season. Emphasizing that aging and death are as natural as the turning of the year.
Detach from what must pass. Release without distress.
Shedding of externals.
#photography
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Sieglinde
It was her 2nd cancer diagnosis, she was familiar with what was going to be expected from her physically. But wanted to still walk two little dogs herself. With a soft tremble in her voice she ask me would I walk with her. I said, yes.
Never miss a chance to be a friend. #black&white
It was her 2nd cancer diagnosis, she was familiar with what was going to be expected from her physically. But wanted to still walk two little dogs herself. With a soft tremble in her voice she ask me would I walk with her. I said, yes.
Never miss a chance to be a friend. #black&white
November 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Sieglinde
It was her 2nd cancer diagnosis, she was familiar with what was going to be expected from her physically. But wanted to still walk two little dogs herself. With a soft tremble in her voice she ask me would I walk with her. I said, yes.
Never miss a chance to be a friend. #black&white
It was her 2nd cancer diagnosis, she was familiar with what was going to be expected from her physically. But wanted to still walk two little dogs herself. With a soft tremble in her voice she ask me would I walk with her. I said, yes.
Never miss a chance to be a friend. #black&white
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Paper Birch
The bark is quite flexible and waterproof, making it a popular raw material. Paper birch bark is used in canoe construction, as well as clothing and waterproof coverings.
Also, the inner bark can be boiled and eaten. And it’s used medicinally.
#photography #nature
The bark is quite flexible and waterproof, making it a popular raw material. Paper birch bark is used in canoe construction, as well as clothing and waterproof coverings.
Also, the inner bark can be boiled and eaten. And it’s used medicinally.
#photography #nature
November 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Paper Birch
The bark is quite flexible and waterproof, making it a popular raw material. Paper birch bark is used in canoe construction, as well as clothing and waterproof coverings.
Also, the inner bark can be boiled and eaten. And it’s used medicinally.
#photography #nature
The bark is quite flexible and waterproof, making it a popular raw material. Paper birch bark is used in canoe construction, as well as clothing and waterproof coverings.
Also, the inner bark can be boiled and eaten. And it’s used medicinally.
#photography #nature