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jon5cents
@jon5cents.bsky.social
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I like to travel and take pictures. If I post it, I shot it.
At least tied for title of world's most happily married man.
When I'm home, it's in Arkansas. Lots of nice people here. Take our governor... please!

My site: 5centsphotos.com
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Kung Fu
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTelevision
A 70s show about a Kung Fu master, Kwai Chang Caine, who traveled the west kicking butt when necessary. He had grown up in the Shaolin Monastery, which I visited several years ago. I thought about the show when these boys passed. #photography #China
On the grounds of a Buddhist monastery on a rainy day. A monk sits behind a table in a doorway selling items. Some boys in grey monastery student clothes are running by, and look towards the monk.
November 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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For #VeteransDay, my #antifa uncle Joe, who died on the USS Indianapolis (famous scene from Jaws was a real thing). Left behind a pregnant wife who had a daughter he never got to see. I know it's Veterans, not Memorial, Day, but anyway...
A black and white portrait of a smiling young man in a Navy uniform.
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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🪶 It's #BirdsOnTheGround for #BirdOfTheDay. White-throated sparrows are winter residents here, and have started to show back up. #birds #photography
A white-throated sparrow is on the ground, looking to our left.
November 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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🕷️ I usually focus on the large central pair of eyes on jumping #spiders, but this one seems to be giving me the side eye with its third pair. I'm unsure of an ID, but leaning towards sylvan jumper, Colonus sylvanus, and not enough time to research now... Happy #MacroMonday! #macro #photography
A jumping spider on a green leaf is facing to our right. It is pale colored, with some red on its head.
November 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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🪶 Alan @alan678.bsky.social ‪ says the #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #least, meaning the bird in your camera roll that you have the least captures of. I have many that I've only managed a shot or two, but I've chosen this tufted flycatcher that I saw briefly near Santa Elena, CR. #birds #photography
A small bird on the end of a dead branch. It has a white belly, buff back and yellowish/orange face and beak.
November 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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🍂 Fall in Boxley Valley, #Arkansas. #Stunday #Photography #SundayYellow
An old, weathered and abandoned wood house is surrounded by trees in autumn foliage.
November 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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🪶 Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #StandingOnThings except the floor, so here's a scissor-tailed flycatcher standing on barbed wire. #birds #photography
A scissor-tailed flycatcher is showing off its long tail while perched on barbed wire.
November 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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🪶 A little late, but here's my contribution for #BirdOfTheDay with a theme of #Takeoff.
Tag team parenting... Mama red-bellied woodpecker takes off when Papa arrives with some food for the young ones.
#birds #photography
A male red-bellied woodpecker with some food in its mouth clings to the side of a tree, where a hole provides entrance to the nest. A female has just exited, and is starting flight.
November 9, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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What a day! No internet this morning, working for my wife all afternoon... Life is good. First post of the day - #Evening at Heceta Point Lighthouse, #oregon. #BlueSkyArtShow #Photography
The left of the picture is ocean, coming to the shore in the foreground. Beyond that is some hilly land going out into the ocean in a rocky point. On the hill is a lighthouse, its light visible in the fading light of the evening. The sky looks pink and purple.
November 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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I'll probably have pictures to share from my camera, but here's a phone video, 9 seconds of zen at the Old Mill, North Little Rock, #Arkansas. Fall and spring are beautiful there. #scape
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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📷 Roadside mill #scape along the Blue Ridge Parkway. Have a great Friday and weekend! #photography
A wooden mill surrounded by green vegetation. A race feeding a mill wheel is on the near side.
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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🪶 Today's #BirdOfTheDay is for #Fighting #birds. This is a repost, but fits so well... A masked tityra wants the red-billed pigeon's perch (it was unsuccesful). Tronadora, #CostaRica. #photography
A white bird with black face and red beak and eye rings has its claws extended and is coming down on a pigeon at the top of a bare limb.
November 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Business is slow... Old storefront in San Miguel de Allende for #UrbanGaze. #Photography #Mexico
What appears to be an old store. A counter has an antique cash register on it. Behind it are shelves. In the background is an arched doorway with wrought iron doors leading to a patio.
November 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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🪲 For #InsectThursday, a cute little leafhopper. #macro #photography.
A tiny leafhopper is on a leaf, looking at the camera. It has interesting markings on the eyes and face. A tiny leafhopper is on a leaf, looking towards our left. It has interesting markings on the eyes and face.
November 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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🪶 The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LunchTime, so here's a lovely couple, rose-breasted grosbeaks, out for a meal on a mulberry tree. Not to be rude, but that female is a bit messy. #birds #photography
A male rose-breasted grosbeak is on a branch, surrounded by green leaves and mulberries. He has a ripe one in his mouth. A female rose-breasted grosbeak is on a small branch surrounded by green leaves and mulberries. Her beak and chin are stained reddish from the ripe mulberries.
November 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Cedar Creek Falls, Petit Jean State Park, #Arkansas. Early spring picture. #WaterfallWednesday #waterfalls #Photography
A waterfall in the background, the stream coming from it in the foreground. The stream is rocky, and trees budding green in spring are on either side.
November 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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🪶 Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #CloseUps, so we're up close and personal with a trumpeter swan giving me a bit of stink eye. #Birds #photography #swan
A close up of the upper neck and head of a trumpeter swan.
November 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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🪶 I'm going with the alternative for the #BirdOfTheDay theme, #longbeak, as an excuse to post another shot of one of my all-time favorite #birds, the violet sabrewing. #CostaRica #photography
A purple hummingbird with a long, slightly curved beak is on a bare branch.
November 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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🪶 So the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Pigeons. This one seems to have a suspicious glare. Planning on which statue to bomb? Lisbon #Portugal #birds #photography
A pigeon is on the edge of a small fountain which is dry. The sun is catching its eye, giving it a bit of an evil look.
November 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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🕷️ It's #MacroMonday again, folks. So here's another jumping #spider, my faves. I think this little arachnophobe's nightmare is a Johnson's jumper, Phidippus johnsoni. Have a great week!
#spiders #macro #photography
A close up view of a jumping spider on a wood background. The top of the head and abdomen has a red color, while the rest is dark with some white hair on the legs.
November 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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I believe this shot has escaped previous posting. Doing double duty tonight as #Stunday and #AlphabetChallenge #WeekRforRock.
#CostaRica #waterfalls #rocks
A waterfall in a tropical forest spills blue water into a stream with polished rocks.
November 2, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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🪶 The clay-colored thrush is, imo, an #underrated bird. Others must agree, because it is the national bird of #CostaRica. Not as flashy as so many there, but it and its song are all over the country. This one is in construction mode. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #photography
A robin-sized bird, basically brown, is on a branch with its beak full of nesting material.
November 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Finishing up #DayOfTheDead with some children made up for it. #DiaDeMuertos #photography
A girl made up for Day of the Dead. Her face is painted, and she wears a crown of flowers. She is wearing a black dress and red scarf. She is standing on a stone sidewalk. A boy is almost finished with his face painting. He is dressed in a white shirt with a red tie. In the background a woman is starting to get her face painted. A girl with face paint is looking expressionless a little bit down. A red-haired girl with face paint is looking at the camera.
November 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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A late submission for #BlueskyArtShow #Autumn. Ozarks barn. #Fall #Leaves #Photography
An old barn in a green field. The wood looks weathered, and the tin roof is rust-colored. Behind it, a mountainside goes up, covered with trees in various autumn colors.
November 2, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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💀 Countdown to #DayOfTheDead, the next-to-last day! A pensive celebrant in San Miguel de Allende, #Mexico. #DiaDeMuertos #Photography
A dark-haired young lady is looking thoughtfully to our right. She has her face painted for Day of the Dead, and large dangling earrings that fit in.
November 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM