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danielcohen01.bsky.social
@danielcohen01.bsky.social
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Trying to see and hear the beauty in the 🌎.
Norfolk, VA
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Stunday Sunday. Sonoma Coast State Park snapped 11.14.21
#seethebeautyaroundyou #eastcoastkin #sonomacoaststatepark #bodegabayca
Standing on the rocky coast of Northern California looking out into the Pacific Ocean seeing a rock formation with a door like archway.
August 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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I have #graditude for all the people who came before me straining against bonds of oppression.
#larrymitchell #thefaggotsandtheirfriendsinbetweenrevolutions
This is a quote from a book by Larry Mitchell called The Faggots and their Friends in-between revolutions published in 1977. "It is categories in the mind and guns in their hands which keep us enslaved"
August 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Highlight
snapped 2.22.17
#seethebeautyaroundyou
#twinpeaksneighborhood
#sanfrancisco
#smooth
#blueskyartshow
Whole zested lemon on black granite counter
July 19, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Snapped 6.11.21 while living in SF.
#seethebeautyaroundyou
#oysterpointmarina
#southsanfrancisco
#summerdaze
#blueskyartshow
Native wildflowers in the foreground with jagged rocks in the middle with San Francisco Bay behind and the Eastbay Hills in the background.
July 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Snapped 11.24.17 looking down a #narrow alley in SF.
#BlueSkyArtShow #SanFrancisco
#seethebeautyaroundyou
Looking through a metal grate door down a narrow alley between houses in San Francisco.
June 21, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Walking Maggie when I was drawn to this pregnant pear singing.

#seethebeautyaroundyou #norfolkva
Pear tree with voluminous blooms.
March 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Hermitage Museum arch looking out onto the Lafayette River snapped 1.14.24
#BlueSkyArtShow #Arch #seethebeautyaroundyou #norfolkva
Brick arch in foreground looking out onto marshy shore and Lafayette River.
March 30, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Sunshine on parking lot glass. Snapped 7.21.17 in Fremont, CA.

#BlueSkyArtShow #Sunshine #seethebeautyaroundyou #fremontca
Close up view of shatter glass on asphalt parking lot with sun shining on glass shards.
March 15, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Early spring sight with happy daffodils sunning in repose.

#seethebeautyaroundyou
#spring #daffodils #norfolkva
Daffodils nodding in the sunlight against a backdrop of a tree.
March 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Walking to the zoo when I stumbled upon this stunning ruin. Snapped 11.21.2023 in San Jose, Costa Rica.

#Window
#BlueSkyArtShow
#Seethebeautyaroundyou #sanjosecostarica
Ruined building with ornate widow frame looking up into blue sky with clouds.
March 9, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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No filters here, what you see is pollen in the Chesapeake Bay. Snapped at Ocean View Beach on 3.31.24.
#BlueSkyArtShow #Spring #ChesapeakeBay #NorfolkVA #seethebeautyaroundyou
Ocean view from beach with so much pollen in water it appears to be yellow.
March 1, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Somebody's collection #abandoned on a SF sidewalk. Snapped 5.29.21

#BlueSkyArtShow #media #seethebeautyaroundyou #sanfranciscoca
Cassette tapes abandoned on a sidewalk in San Francisco, CA
February 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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@sutrotower.bsky.social one of my favorite snaps of the Sutro Tower above Karl- coming back from Oakland across the Bay Bridge on 10.27.2019:
View from Bay Bridge in SF looking through high rise buildings at the Sutro Tower peeking out above the fog.
February 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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All this snow has me nostalgic for this time on the opposite coast. Lake Merced Park snapped 2.12.2022
Atop a hill surrounded by yellow wildflowers looking over bushes to a lake with cypress trees in the background.
February 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Ice imprint made by plastic bag on stainless steel snapped 6.17.18

#Monochrome #BlueSkyArtShow
#seethebeautyaroundyou
Ice imprint on stainless steel appears like a topographical map
February 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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This tiny beauty is Coastal Sand Verbena snapped 6.27.21.
#seethebeautyaroundyou #gualalapoinyregionalpark #gualalaca
Bright yellow flower surrounded by fuzzy green leaves
February 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Cormorant parade on Lake Merced. Snapped 6.25.22.

#seethebeautyaroundyou #cormorants #lakemerced #sanfranciscoca
Little black Cormorants lined up on a large dead branch over hanging Lake Merced in San Francisco, CA.
February 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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SOMA district snapped 6.17.18.

#BlueSkyArtShow #Reflections #seethebeautyaroundyou #sanfranciscoca
Buildings topped by blue sky with a few clouds in car mirror
February 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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The world's largest gypsum dune field, White Sands National Park. Snapped 11.17.22

#seethebeautyaroundyou #whitesandsnationalpark #newmexico
Wavy pattern in sand dunes in foreground with sparse weedy plants in mid ground finishing with mountains in background. The White Sands National Park sand in NM is white due to the sand being made from gypsum.
February 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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View from Ronny's Place in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica. Snapped 11.23.2023.

#BlueSkyArtShow #Light #Landscape #ManuelAntonio #costarica #seethebeautyaroundyou
Sunset view over ocean with trees in the foreground and backlit clouds in the distance. Photo taken in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica.
February 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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View from My previous place on Gough St. in SF. Snapped 10.27.2022.

#BlueSkyArtShow #Light #Cityscape #seethebeautyaroundyou #sanfranciscoca
View of San Francisco from the 11th floor of Carillon Tower apartments facing SW. Cityscape at dusk with Sutro Tower in distance.
February 1, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Lands End trail snapped 2.24.2019.
#seethebeautyaroundyou
#sanfranciscoca
#scape
Landscape view of winding trail along Pacific Ocean with cypress trees in middle distance and mountains in the background.
February 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Cityscape snapped from my previous apartment looking SW from the center of SF. 11.11.2018
#seethebeautyaroundyou
#sanfranciscoca
#scape
Looking at San Francisco from the center of the city. Fog has accumulated and the tree lines and hills seem to stick up.
January 31, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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This little fancy is Layia Jonesie, a CA wildflower. Snapped at 36th Ave and Santiago St. in a median on 3.26.2022 in SF.

#seethebeautyaroundyou
#wildflowers
#sanfranciscoca
Yellow wildflower
January 31, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Phalaenopsis orchid snapped at Norfolk Botanical Garden.
#seethebeautyaroundyou
#orchids
#norfolkbotanicalgarden
#norfolkva
Orange and yellow orchid with red veining
January 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM