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John Soanes 🍁
@jsoanes.bsky.social
From Canada's Left Coast. Loves Mutts & Nature. 🚫AI

Hikes, travels, roams thru neighbourhoods; takes photos while doing them.
I travel independently when / where possible.

No Hollow Follows Please, I follow those who engage me & post original content.
Backstreet Boys

Buenos Aires old San Telmo neighbourhood is alive with pop-up art galleries, late-night bars and street murals. #TagTuesday

Buenos Aries, Argentina 🇦🇷

#photography #streetscape #UrbanArt #mural #originalcontent #travel #BuenosAries #Argentina
February 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Rock 'n' Roll

The epic harpins of Gorges du Dadès #RockinTuesday #TravelTuesday

Ait Ibriren, Morocco
🧭 31°26'27.5"N 6°00'40.2"W

#photography #landscape #originalcontent #travel #offthebeatenpath #roadtrip #morocco #moroc
February 3, 2026 at 4:48 PM
February 2, 2026 at 11:55 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEponymous

The georgous Steller's Jay gets its name from Georg Wilhelm Steller, a German-born naturalist and explorer.

#birds #photography #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin
February 2, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Bahía de Valparaíso

#BlueHour by the Bay. #BlueSkyMonday #Scape
There aren't many places in the "New World", not named after a place in the Old World. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEponymous

Valparaíso, Chile

#photography #originalcontent #landscape #cityscape #travel #Valparaíso #Valparaiso #Chile
February 2, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Mouthy Pair

Brown / Antarctic Skua, beaking off: At us? A 2-fer for @alan678.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #openbeak & #openwings #BlueSkyMonday

Detaille Island, Antarctica

#photography #nature #landscape #skua #birds #LoveAntarctica #travel #offthebeatenpath #originalcontent #antarctica
February 2, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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Woolooware Bay NSW December 2018
#photography
#sunrise
#clouds
February 2, 2026 at 12:56 AM
February 2, 2026 at 3:46 AM
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“Because sometimes strength isn't swords and steel and fire, as we are so often made to believe. Sometimes it's found in quiet, gentle places.”
― Rebeca Ross

have a good one💜
February 2, 2026 at 3:25 AM
High Drama

The Storr on the Isle Of Skye, 3 seasons in four hours. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDramatic #StunDay #MountianMonday

Portree, UK
🧭 57°30'27" N 6°10'24" W

#photography #scape #landscape #nature #originalcontent #mountain #hikingtrail #scotland #IsleOfSkye
February 2, 2026 at 3:43 AM
February 1, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Hiking Inside The Clouds

The Quiraing on the Isle Of Skye #BlueSkyArtShow #clouds #StunDay #SilentSunday

Portree, UK
🧭 57°37'46" N 6°17'20" W

#photography #scape #landscape #nature #originalcontent #mountain #hikingtrail #scotland #IsleOfSkye
February 1, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Tuscany, a chance of a few clouds, with a wine chaser

Very happy to only have a few clouds. #BlueSkyArtShow #clouds #ColorADay #GreenSat

Montalcino, Province of Siena, Italy

#photography #originalcontent #landscape #scape #travel #Montalcino #Siena #Italia #Italy
January 31, 2026 at 3:26 PM
There's No Such Thing As Bad Weather

Just poor clothing choices. Very much a Haida Gwaii mantra. #ForestFriday #scape

Tlell, British Columbia

#photography #originalcontent #landscape #forest #hikingtrail #HaidaGwaii #BritishColumbia #Canada #imagesofcanada
January 30, 2026 at 10:25 PM
January 30, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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January 30, 2026 at 4:18 AM
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January 29, 2026 at 11:03 PM
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“Not everything that is faced can be changed,
but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
— James Baldwin

#UrbanGaze 📷 #Georgetown
#Penang #mural #streetart
#PhotographersOfBlueSky
#ThePhotoHour #EastCoastKin
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDramatic
January 29, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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It's not often a pileated woodpecker is a cooperative subject.

#birds #canada #nature #wildlife #photography #birding #nikon #woodpecker #pileated #mcoupephotography
January 29, 2026 at 3:13 PM
January 29, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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Per Alan H: The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #EyeContact When the eye steals the frame. The alt is #gardenbirds.

A close-up of a Spotted Towhee's brilliant red eye!
#birds #photography #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin
January 29, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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January 29, 2026 at 4:17 AM
January 28, 2026 at 6:34 PM