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Angela Avera Selter
@artemiskick.bsky.social
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Liberal realist, cynical mirthful optimist, photog living in the middle of nowhere as peacefully as possible with my human spouse and animal companions in the wee house we built ourselves.
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While hiking today, I found a cute lil turt nestling themselves under a log. Wondering if this is going to be their season-long hibernation spot or just for today's rain...

#ForestFriday #Scape #Woods #Landscape #Turtle #Kentucky #Photography #SnapShot #iPhonePhotography #EastCoastKin
Vertical color snapshot visually divided into three parts: The bottom third is made up of dry oak leaves and the back end of a box turtle; the center is a horizontally arranged weathered log; the top sliver is a view of the sparse woods, with green and gold foliage, beyond the photographer's vantage point.
November 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Thoughtful read.
The Problem with Instagram Photography Culture
Marks of The Maker: Lesson 001
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November 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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August 23, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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This site is fantastical. Great images and excellent essays- all out of copyright restrictions so that we can use, share, and build upon as we see fit. They've been one of my much used resources for many years. And they're on bsky too!

#Spooktober #PublicDomain #Resources #Art
Defining the Demonic
Although Jacques Collin de Plancy’s Dictionnaire infernal, a monumental compendium of all things diabolical, was first published in 1818 to much success, it is the fabulously illustrated final edition...
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October 29, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Breakfast prep. When the cool morning air makes visible the vapor swirling above my cup of tea. I learned a new word today while reading a piece written by a photographer... quotidian: everyday; commonplace; occurring or returning every day.

#EverydayBeauty #SmallThings #Photography #EastCoastKin
The frame is filled with buttered toast in the bottom left corner, a handmade pottery cup holding hot tea which is making beautifully swirly steam, and two clean white plates with forks crisscrossed on them. The sunshine is entering from directly across me, casting fork tine shadows on the plate surface, illuminating the steam, catching the edge of the toast, and cutting a line across the butcher-block surface beneath these items. It has a warm and cozy feel. Breakfast prep is an everyday occurrence for me and sometimes, like on this day, it strikes me as incredibly beautiful in its simplicity. The butcher block was my parent's, the stainless forks too with their 1970s aesthetic, plates from a cafeteria where our family used to work, and the cup is handmade by my brother in law who was a professional potter. Each of these objects, as well as the food and drink, offer me sustenance.
October 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Chump's Fall Will Coincide with
The Autumn of Our Discontent......
October 23, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Murky view from an abandoned Civil War era house.

#WindowsOnWednesday #ClassicMono #Monochrome #EastCoastKin
Looking at farmland through the dirty and broken window of the 2nd story of an abandoned house. The landscape outside is gently rolling and rows of cut hay are visible in the foreground; tiny dots of dwellings in the distance. The window glass is broken, cracked, speckled with filth, and has long drips of dirt in the center from top to bottom.
October 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Today's #Spooktober theme is #Bats! Yes, this is a real sign on an attic door in the building, which was built in the 1800s, where I work. I've never seen the bats there but that attic is properly scary!

#Halloween #iPhonePhotography #EastCoastKin
Paper sign taped to a dark wood door. The sign says in all caps, "Please keep the door closed to the attic to keep out the bats. Thank you!" Above the text is a picture of a bat.
October 22, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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#Spooktober
artemiskick.bsky.social Angela Avera Selter @artemiskick.bsky.social · 21d
'Dinge die mit "A" beginnen oder so aussehen ... ' #FotoVorschlag

Arachnid. Arthropod.

#Photography #Lumix #Spider #Arachnid #OrbWeaver #Macro #EastCoastKin
Macro image of a very large spider on her web. She is an Orb Weaver and her colors are black and yellow. Her web has the Orb Weaver's typical thick white zig-zag line in the center which spans diagonally through the frame. She is perched atop it in the upper right corner. In the blurred background are lush green plants with sunlight bleaching some of the leaves to yellow. The blossoms of the Jewelweed are orange.
October 21, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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According to EarthSky "The comet will be closest to Earth on October 21, 2025. It should become easier to see in our sky around that time. It will continue to brighten after that, likely reaching its brightest – and possibly visible with your eyes alone – around October 31 or November 1."

#Lemmon
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Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) over Mt Shasta, California, beautifully captured by photographer Kenneth LeRose last night.
☄️
Kenneth LeRose's website - www.krlphoto.com/shop-art
More on the comet at fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/1153...
#Astronomy
Image of the comet posted on X by KRL @KennethLerose "You saw the cell phone shot on my last post and here’s the one from my camera for Comet C/2025 Lemmon last night with Mt Shasta. ☄️"
October 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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No Kings in a Soybean Field : : husband/artist, soybeans, 18th century Revolutionary War Era reminder of an earlier No Kings time in our history. Check Alt Text for context!

#Resist #NoKings #HeyHeyHoHoDonaldTrumpHasGotToGo #Photography #iPhonePhotography #Portrait #History #EastCoastKin
Color photograph of a man standing in a dried out soybean field. A line of trees form a horizon line, and the sky is blue with pretty white clouds. The man is on the left side of the image, looking to his left. He's holding an 18th century style flintlock gun. Attached to the end of the barrel, is a No Kings protest sign with those words and a yellow crown with a red X across it on white posterboard. The man is dressed in 18th century style clothing: brown felt hat with round brim; yellow linen shirt; brown linen waistcoat and breeches; black hosiery; black shoes. He is carrying a leather bag and powderhorn which are hanging by straps diagonally across his chest. The story: we used to participate in living history events of the Rev War Era and are struck by how the anti-king sentiment has circled back to visit us again here in the US. Today, I had to work. My husband can't drive at the moment because of an eye injury. Protest still happened in the middle of nowhere. Resist when and where you can! Never give up!
October 18, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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No Kings / Jesse Welles

#Resist #NoKings #FuckTrump
No Kings
YouTube video by Jesse Welles
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October 18, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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fresh produce : : support your local farmers

#Photography #ColorADay #GreenSat #Veggies #BuyLocal #EastCoastKin
Color photograph of an array of green vegetables: kohlrabi, kale, romaine, celery fill the frame with vibrant tones of green. The natural light is soft and variable, provided by the kitchen window.
October 18, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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shadowplay : : pine, hickory

#ForestFriday #Scape #LightAndShadow #Photography #iPhonePhotography #EastCoastKin #AltText
Green forest edge with a hickory leaf diagonally taking up half of the frame and more hickory leaves in the background. A pine's leaves (needles) show as silhouettes against the surface of the hickory leaves. Currently, the woods are dry as a bone and not looking their best because of drought but there's always something wondrous and fun to see if we open our eyes and look a little deeper.
October 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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For #ForestFriday (this is not my creation) I found this on the interwebs and thought it an apropos share. I'm heartened by the strong community of nature lovers and defenders here.
Green forest of many straight trees with very few limbs. The ground is covered in green and the light fog is even infused with color. The text on top of the image reads, "This is a community too."
October 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Thank you, Cleveland!
October 17, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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@fotovorschlag.de challenge today is 'Perspektivwechsel' or "change of perspective" and another person shared this quote, which is perfect: "The best journeys of discovery are not made in foreign countries, but by looking at the world with new eyes.“ –Marcel Proust

I observe this view every day 💚
artemiskick.bsky.social Angela Avera Selter @artemiskick.bsky.social · 26d
'Perspektivwechsel' #FotoVorschlag

Altered Reality.

@monimartha.bsky.social – Your quote is perfect for this challenge.
"Die besten Entdeckungsreisen macht man nicht in fremden Ländern, sondern indem man die Welt mit neuen Augen betrachtet.“ (Marcel Proust)
#Photography #Landscape #EastCoastKin
Landscape reflection on a body of perfectly still water. My flipped perspective places the water lilies in the sky above the wooded and foggy hill and gives the scene a dream-like quality.
October 16, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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#ribbit #resist

I wish I knew who created this image after the fabulous Shepard Fairey style so I could thank them. It's everything.
Shepard Fairey style poster of a frog or toad with neck kerchief in stars and stripes with the word "HOP" under the image and surrounded by a cream border.
October 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Morning Glory’s natural #Glow for today’s #BlueSkyArtShow.

#iPhonePhotography #Macro #BloomScrolling #EastCoastKin
Macro image of a purple morning glory flower. The throat is creamy white, illuminated by the morning sun shining from behind; white specks of pollen are on the deep purple trumpet.
October 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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📌 Historic fascists with plenary authority:
• Hitler
• Mussolini
• Stalin

Plenary authority or plenary powers: Absolute and without limitations.
October 8, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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Isn’t it amazing the way life can seem too short, and intrinsically magical, yet at the same time feel like a long, uphill road, potholed with fuckwits?
September 2, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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#Spooktober #31DaysOfHalloween #BlackCat #iPhonePhotography #EastCoastKin #CatsOfBluesky
Shiny black cat laying on the ground looking up at the photographer. His pupils looking like snake eyes, black whiskers reflecting light. He's laying on dusty ground strewn with red fallen leaves of the sumac tree.
October 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Tragic, beautiful, poignant.
#EastCoastKin #Resist #Art
Porcelain War | POV
Amidst the brutal Russian invasion, three Ukrainian artists find creative inspiration and resilience as they defend their culture and their country. Choosing to stay behind they are armed with their a...
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October 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Inktober is one of my favorite times of the art year. Search #inktober and check out the cool imagery––there's a new prompt each day. Today is #Murky
Textual list of creative prompts: Inktober 2025 Official 2025 Prompt List. 1. Mustache 2. Weave 3. Crown 4. Murky 5. Deer 6. Pierce 7. Starfish 8. Reckless 9. Heavy 10. Sweep 11. Sting 12. Shredded 13. Drink 14. Trunk 15. Ragged 16. Blunder 17. Ornate 18. Deal 19. Arctic 20. Rivals 21. Blast 22. Button 23. Firefly 24. Rowdy 25. Inferno 26. Puzzling 27. Onion 28. Skeletal 29. Lesson 30. Vacant 31. Award
October 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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A #Dungeon for today's #Spooktober challenge.

#iPhonePhotography #EastCoastKin
Vertical image nearly devoid of color even though it was shot in color. It's the dark interior of a very old room in an early 19th century building. A beaded-board ceiling slopes down to a wall of fake brick made of tin sheeting, which then meets up with vertical beaded board siding which emerges from the darkness below. All surfaces are scratched and scraped and very much worn by age. The floor is unseen, hidden in the inky darkness. My shadow is projected against the wall, indistinct, soft and blurry... ghostlike. It's ironic that this creepy image was made in a building at a religious convent.
October 3, 2025 at 10:21 AM