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knitter and gardener owned by a cat
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In the real world, diversity rules. #photography #birds
Gull, double crested cormorant and brown pelican roosting on pilings above blue water. There is the understructure of a bridge in the background.
November 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Question about #sockknitting for those on #KnitSky I have Paton's Kroy sock yarn and can only get to about 7.25/inch on 0 needles. Can someone steer me to a sock pattern for that gauge, or to a finer sock yarn? Don't want to switch to metal needles to use a smaller needle, but will if I have to.
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Terns above the protected dunes, Grandview Beach. #photography #birds
Flock of terns in an intense blue sky above a dune spotted with clumps of grass.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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I think the tree is winning this battle. #photography
A No Trespassing sign nailed to a tree long ago. The tree bark is now engulfing the sign and only 'Tre' can still be read.
November 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Most people don't think Hey! It snowed, let's go to the beach! I do. #photography
Sand dune with snow on the side of it. The sky is an intense blue and the grass growing on top of the dune is dry and brown.
November 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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The sight and sound of the waves on the beach soothes my mind. Grandview Beach #photography
A wave breaking against a muddy shoreline. The water is choppy and a greenish blue.
November 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Sanderlings roosting on the remains of the Back River Light. #photography #birds
Sanderlings on a pile of rip rap sticking out of the Chesapeake Bay. They are quite numerous, covering most horizontal surfaces.
November 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Reed against a blue sky. The reeds on the path down to Grandview Beach tower over the walkers. #photography
Fluffy light gold seedhead of a reed against a deep blue sky.
November 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Magical Disappearing Bufflehead. Buffleheads always made me wish for a better camera - longer zoom, faster shutter. If I'd wanted a picture of droplets, though, this one isn't bad. #photography #birds
Splash of droplets above the ocean where a bufflehead just dove beneath the surface. No birds can be seen.
November 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Different beach, different day, still glorious. March is a great time of year to go out there, especially if February was particularly foul. There aren't many other people thinking of the beach at that time of year. #photography #beach
Deep blue sky dominates the picture, over a darker blue Bay and a white sand beach. There are no people or animals, and the Bay is calm.
November 3, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Beach at Fort Monroe, March 2015. Some days it is just glorious to be outside. #photography #beach
A curved beach on the Chesapeake Bay at Fort Monroe. The sky is a deep blue and there are white clouds.
November 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, I have him identified as a white throated sparrow. I'm not good on songbirds. #photography #birds
White throated sparrow in a tangle of bare branches sprouting buds. A pale blue sky shows through the branches.
November 1, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Rather proud of the reverse side of my colorwork pillow. Didn't quite make it for Finished Object Friday. Still needs blocked, stuffed, and sewn before I can call it a pillow #knitsky 🧶
October 31, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Under the Interstate. There is a piece of land in Downtown Hampton that lies under I 64, and is therefore not good for much. Hampton has paved it and provided benches to make a nice little park and kayak launch. This is the view across the Hampton River at that point. #photography
Concrete road supports from underneath where an interstate crosses a river. All the supports are lined up to make a tunnel effect.
October 31, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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From March of 2015. This is what happens when ice forms while the tide is in, and then the tide goes out. #photography
A sheet of ice draped over a fallen branch above a creek bed where the tide is out.
October 30, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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#WIPWednesday Still working on my first ever piece of stranded colorwork. I'm a slow knitter to begin with, and right now I'm even slower #knitsky
A piece of black and white stranded colorwork with geometric patterns, knitted in the round. The bottom of the piece is folded up to give a glimpse of the floats on the reverse side.
October 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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I wish I could remember that day. I apparently stood out in the rain for a long time. Except for the birds, this is not a scenic spot - it's a crumbled parking lot where a restaurant once stood, but it is the only accessible bit of waterfront in that area. Great Blue Heron #photography #birds
Great blue heron standing in shallow water. His feathers are ruffled in the wind. The surface of the water is rippled by the wind. There is nothing else in the picture.
October 29, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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A most excellent roof ornament. #photography #birds
Great blue heron perched on one leg on the peak of a roof, with a pale blue sky as the background.
October 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Same wet and windy day, there was also a red throated loon. Identifying all of the birds in their winter plumage is a treat.
#photography #birds
Red throated loon, in its winter plumage of a white throat, swimming in a rippling expanse of water. There is nothing else in the picture.
October 27, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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I apparently took a walk on a wet, windy day in November of 2014. Can't remember why. Saw some birds as my reward. This is a double crested cormorant. #photography #birds
Double crested cormorant on a broken, shell encrusted piling in an otherwise open expanse of water.
October 26, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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I can't post a pic for the #ShowMeYourKnits horror story prompt. I have a box of lace weight wool/silk blend somewhere safe. It's with a tote bag containing a completed but unblocked white wool scarf. I've quit looking, because I know that when I find it it will have all been destroyed by bugs.
October 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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I find it hard to resist the potted mums outside the supermarket. #photography #flowers
Close up image of rust colored mums in bloom. The flowers have bright yellow centers. There is nothing else in the image.
October 25, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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For some true hypocrisy, read the DHS statement at the end of the article. www.wtkr.com/news/in-the-...
Man killed while fleeing ICE agents on I-264 in Norfolk, advocates say fear is growing
According to the agency, officers were attempting to detain Jose Castro-Rivera, who they say was in the country illegally, when he ran into traffic and was hit by a passing vehicle.
www.wtkr.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Herbert F Smith Dahlia - introduced in 1967 by my grandfather, still available in catalogs today. Not bad for a flower bred in a backyard by an amateur. I only successfully grew it twice, my soil is too soggy. #photography #flower
Image of a large bright pink dahlia against a background of daylily foliage.
October 24, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Yet another picture of a juvenile yellow crowned night heron. He was eating bugs. #photography #birds
Juvenile yellow crowned night heron in a grassy field.
October 23, 2025 at 11:33 AM