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Anne Semmler
@colorwheel77.bsky.social
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Amateur artist, calligrapher. Passionate birder, swimmer, foreign language learner, reader. Love the Blue in Bluesky. Love Canada 🇨🇦 Love Ukraine 🇺🇦
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colorwheel77.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar day 5. Common loons, colored pencil and pan pastel on Mylar film. #birdart #panpastel #coloredpencil
Drawing on common loon with chick, colored pencil and pan pastel. Nestled in grasses
December 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 3, painting of tulip poplar leaf found recently on the forest floor in the Catskills area of NY. Watercolor and colored pencil #watercolour #botanicalart #AshokanCenter
Watercolor and colored pencil painting of a slightly decayed tulip poplar leaf, found on the forest floor in the Catskills area of NY
December 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 2, Watercolor sketch of a puffin, after the best trip ever, #Newfoundland summer 2025. #Watercolour #BirdArt #Newfoundland.
Watercolor sketch of a solitary puffin, seen during a trip to Elliston, Newfoundland summer 2025. Love you Newfoundland...and all of Canada!
December 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Common Poppy, in watercolor with calligraphy "In Flanders Fields" (3rd stanza) by John McCrae (see text in ALT). #watercolour #calligraphy #resistance #botanicalart
Watercolor common poppy surrounded by calligraphy of third stanza of poem "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae. "Take up our quarrel with the foe:/To you from failing hands we throw/ The torch; be yours to hold it high./If ye break faith with us who die/We shall not sleep, though poppies grow/In Flanders Fields.
December 1, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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oldbonesphoto.com
My first close encounter with a puffin this year.
The light was delicious!

#puffins #birds #photography #wildlife
June 12, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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joncooper-us.bsky.social
#HandsOffProtests
April 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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davidelement.bsky.social
Something to cheer everyone up at a time when it is desperately needed, as insanity seems to be prevailing #birds! A male European Robin Erithacus rubecula singing his heart out yesterday at WWT London.
April 4, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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My graphite drawing of a chickadee.
#drawing #PencilDrawing #bird #birds #BirdArt #graphite #BirdDrawing #PencilArt #GraphiteDrawing #chickadee #wildlife #WildlifeArt
A black and white graphite drawing of a chickadee, a small bird. It has a black cap, white cheeks, and a black chin, with a white breast. Perched on a twig, mostly a side view, facing to the right. Some other branches in the background, with a darkish mottled grey behind them.
March 6, 2025 at 12:11 PM
colorwheel77.bsky.social
Watercolor sketching bufflehead today after finally seeing these exquisite ducks now that lakes are thawed and spring migration has begun in western PA #birds #birdart #onlybeautifulthings
Watercolor sketch of a bufflehead duck, which has an iridescent pattern on the front of the head with bright white feather section of back of the head and main part of the body
March 31, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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aba.org
Tom Johnson was a prolific contributor to our publications, mentor, guide, and all around friend to many at the ABA. Read Doug Gochfeld's remembrance of Tom in North American Birds, offered open access to the public in Tom's memory: tinyurl.com/p7bvv25h
March 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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canisfloofius.bsky.social
I love this clip. And true to his nature, Zelensky is so humble, telling the WWII vet that he saved Europe. youtu.be/KBofHkLqXZE?...
"You're my hero!": WWII veteran shares emotional embrace with Ukraine's Zelenskyy
YouTube video by Global News
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February 20, 2025 at 3:14 AM
colorwheel77.bsky.social
Reposting a piece of artwork from May 2022, national flower of Ukraine 🇺🇦 surrounded by flowers of some (not all) which were readily welcoming Ukrainian refugees.
Deepest respect and sadness for the people of Ukraine. #ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings
Graphite sketches of flowers in preparation of painting honoring Ukraine, with sunflower in center of circular composition. May 2022. Watercolor circular composition with sunflower in center, surrounded by symbolic flowers of some counties which readily welcomed Ukrainian refugees shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine. May 2022
March 1, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu
Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people.

Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.

We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
February 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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amylewandowski.bsky.social
Transparent watercolor on vellum painted with many layers. 6 color primary palette plus 1. #watercolor #botanicalwatercolor #artoftheday #natureinart #seedsandpods #walnuts #transparentwatercolor
February 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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richardbranson.bsky.social
For the US to side with Russia and North Korea to oppose a UN resolution condemning the illegal invasion of Ukraine defies all common sense and adds insult to the countless injuries suffered by the brave Ukrainian people. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/24/p...
US joins Russia to vote against UN resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine | CNN Politics
The United States joined Russia to vote against a UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine Monday in a stunning shift from years of US policy.
edition.cnn.com
February 25, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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anntelnaes.substack.com/p/the-russia...
The Russian nothingburger is back on the menu
If you ever had doubt Trump is in the pocket of Putin.
anntelnaes.substack.com
February 20, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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makingimages.bsky.social
Off the Shelf and Out to Shoot
Canon EOS 1Ds (released in 2002)

First commercially successful full frame sensor Digital SLR.
Canon EOS 1Ds Day lily at sunrise Spring Sky Winter view of Raccoon lake
February 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Outdoor Oeuvre

Geese in flight, Raccoon Creek State Park, PA. Nikon D500 DSLR.
Three Geese in flight
February 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Outdoor Oeuvre

Carpenter Bee in flight. Nikon D500 DSLR.
Carpenter bee in flight
February 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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oliahercules.bsky.social
Dear friends, I wrote something about war survival on my patreon. It’s free for everyone to read www.patreon.com/posts/116308...
1000 days of full scale invasion… | Olia Hercules
Get more from Olia Hercules on Patreon
www.patreon.com
November 19, 2024 at 3:27 PM
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prasadnatarajan.bsky.social
May everyone find their desired love, care and affection.
I’m fortunate to dedicate my life to my true passion: art.
Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) Pair from Hoskote Lake,Bangalore, Karnataka,India.
#birds #ValentinesDay #art #nature #illustration #sciart #birdart #kingfisher #couplegoals #ink
Two birds in black and white, long black bill, black patches on the breast, black ring like pattern on the breast for the male. Perched on textured tiny branches having spikes shaped seeds. Long twig like leaves. May everyone find their desired love, care and affection. I’m fortunate to dedicate my life to my true passion: art. Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) from Hoskote Lake, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. #birds #nature #ValentinesDay #art #nature #illustration #sciart #indianwildlifeartist #artforconservation #naturalhistoryillustration #birdart #kingfisher #inkmasters Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) Title: "Pied Pair" Medium: Ink on paper Size: 14.5× 22 inches,300GSM Watercolor Paper Duration: 9 Hour 45 minutes April 5th, 2024 Location: Hoskote Lake, Bangalore, Karnataka, India Own Reference image
February 14, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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February 12, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Props to @jasondogwood.bsky.social for catching this… goggle obeying in advance…. Props to 🍎 for keeping it real
February 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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theguardian.com
Why we all need sisu – the Finnish concept of action and creativity in hard times
Why we all need sisu – the Finnish concept of action and creativity in hard times
This is something more profound than resilience. It is the part of us that comes alive when we feel we have nothing left In 2023, I was in the top 0.05% of Spotify listeners of Manic Street Preachers. It was one song on repeat. I would bet good money…
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2025 at 11:16 AM
colorwheel77.bsky.social
A favorite collage. Ink, postage stamps, gold leaf, papers, watercolor. Embedded quote, “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us” (Gandalf, Lord of the Rings). #Stunday #ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings
A multicolor collage with bits of geometric designs on papers, bits of gold leaf, postage stamps with landscapes, birds, an angel and quote from Gandalf, Lord of the Rings: “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us”.
February 9, 2025 at 12:37 PM