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Arts writer of "Mask of the Flower Prince," reformed academic, archaeologist, classical musician, sometime photographer, Minnesotan, all-around good guy. Photos are mine unless noted. He/him/his.
for #stunday, a photo snapped near Positano on Italy's Amalfi Coast (2023). #Italy #nature #photography #mediterranean #Amalfi #seascape #EastCoastKin
November 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
for #stunday, a photo snapped near Positano on Italy's Amalfi Coast (2023). #Italy #nature #photography #mediterranean #Amalfi #seascape #EastCoastKin
For the #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Small. This small pendant from the Mixtecs of ancient Mexico shows the skill of the ancient goldsmiths centuries before the Spaniards arrived (2011). #photography #Mixteca #ÑuuSavi #Oaxaca #Mexico #nativeart #archaeology #AncientBlueSky #Mixtec #gold #EastCoastKin
November 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
For the #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Small. This small pendant from the Mixtecs of ancient Mexico shows the skill of the ancient goldsmiths centuries before the Spaniards arrived (2011). #photography #Mixteca #ÑuuSavi #Oaxaca #Mexico #nativeart #archaeology #AncientBlueSky #Mixtec #gold #EastCoastKin
For the #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Small. In the Maasai Mara, mama leopard went to hunt, and with patience we watched her bored cubs come tumbling out of the den to play (2022). #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #leopard #kenya #maasaimara #safari #thewildimages #africa #EastCoastKin
November 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
For the #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Small. In the Maasai Mara, mama leopard went to hunt, and with patience we watched her bored cubs come tumbling out of the den to play (2022). #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #leopard #kenya #maasaimara #safari #thewildimages #africa #EastCoastKin
Another landscape for #scape Friday. The Sandia Mountains, with a glimpse of the Rio Grande (2025). #newmexico #nature #photography #nativeamerica #desert #southwest #landscape #landscapephotogray #photographersofbluesky #AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUnloved #EastCoastKin
November 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Another landscape for #scape Friday. The Sandia Mountains, with a glimpse of the Rio Grande (2025). #newmexico #nature #photography #nativeamerica #desert #southwest #landscape #landscapephotogray #photographersofbluesky #AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUnloved #EastCoastKin
For #forestFriday and #scape Friday, Acadia National Park in Maine. Despite days of rain, the sun shone clear on our final day (2024). #Nature #landscapescape #Photography #peaceful #ocean #PhotographersOfBlueSky #thewildimages #maine #nature #acadia #nps #nationalpark #EastCoastKin
November 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
For #forestFriday and #scape Friday, Acadia National Park in Maine. Despite days of rain, the sun shone clear on our final day (2024). #Nature #landscapescape #Photography #peaceful #ocean #PhotographersOfBlueSky #thewildimages #maine #nature #acadia #nps #nationalpark #EastCoastKin
For #scape Friday, a fall landscape. Taken earlier this month while out walking the dog along the Mississippi River. #forestFriday #minnesota #nature #naturephotography #sunrise #landscape #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography
November 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
For #scape Friday, a fall landscape. Taken earlier this month while out walking the dog along the Mississippi River. #forestFriday #minnesota #nature #naturephotography #sunrise #landscape #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography
A different kind of shot for #PalacesAndGardens theme of #UpholsteryAndTextiles. Dovecot Studios, a center for textile arts in Edinburgh (2025). It's a gem of a place, repurposed from a Victorian-era swimming pool. #Scotland #travel #Edinburgh #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography #EastCoastKin
November 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A different kind of shot for #PalacesAndGardens theme of #UpholsteryAndTextiles. Dovecot Studios, a center for textile arts in Edinburgh (2025). It's a gem of a place, repurposed from a Victorian-era swimming pool. #Scotland #travel #Edinburgh #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography #EastCoastKin
For #urbangaze, Castillo de los Tres Santos Reyes del Morro dominating Havana harbor (2015). Construction began in 1589; it withstood attacks by Dutch, French, and British pirates for more than a century. #Cuba #Havana #LaHabana #photography #cityscape #PhotographersOfBlueSky #pirates #EastCoastKin
November 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
For #urbangaze, Castillo de los Tres Santos Reyes del Morro dominating Havana harbor (2015). Construction began in 1589; it withstood attacks by Dutch, French, and British pirates for more than a century. #Cuba #Havana #LaHabana #photography #cityscape #PhotographersOfBlueSky #pirates #EastCoastKin
Also for #PalacesAndGardens theme of #UpholsteryAndTextiles. Curators at Scotland's Stirling Castle commissioned hand-crafted recreations of the Unicorn Tapestries to hang in the royal chambers. #Stirling #castles #photography #photographersofbluesky #palace #royalpalace #Scotland #EastCoastKin
November 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Also for #PalacesAndGardens theme of #UpholsteryAndTextiles. Curators at Scotland's Stirling Castle commissioned hand-crafted recreations of the Unicorn Tapestries to hang in the royal chambers. #Stirling #castles #photography #photographersofbluesky #palace #royalpalace #Scotland #EastCoastKin
For #PalacesAndGardens theme of #UpholsteryAndTextiles. One of the bedrooms in the royal palace of Château de Fontainebleau outside Paris (2018). #photography #paris #architecture #fontainebleau #france #palace #royalpalace #castle #chateau #château #history #unesco #EastCoastKin
November 20, 2025 at 12:50 PM
For #PalacesAndGardens theme of #UpholsteryAndTextiles. One of the bedrooms in the royal palace of Château de Fontainebleau outside Paris (2018). #photography #paris #architecture #fontainebleau #france #palace #royalpalace #castle #chateau #château #history #unesco #EastCoastKin
For #WallsOnWednesday, the outer defenses of Arundel Castle in West Sussex, England(2014). It really is a perfect English castle, right out of an Arthurian adventure. And some cool history, too! #autumn #fall #photography #photographersofbluesky #castle #history #England #UK #EastCoastKin
November 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
For #WallsOnWednesday, the outer defenses of Arundel Castle in West Sussex, England(2014). It really is a perfect English castle, right out of an Arthurian adventure. And some cool history, too! #autumn #fall #photography #photographersofbluesky #castle #history #England #UK #EastCoastKin
For #WallsOnWednesday, a shot from Chaco Canyon, New Mexico (2024). #NewMexico #nature #photography #landscape #nps #nationalpark #nativeamerica #BlueSkyArtShow #archaeology #chacocanyon #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin
#WindowsOnWednesday
#WindowsOnWednesday
November 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
For #WallsOnWednesday, a shot from Chaco Canyon, New Mexico (2024). #NewMexico #nature #photography #landscape #nps #nationalpark #nativeamerica #BlueSkyArtShow #archaeology #chacocanyon #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin
#WindowsOnWednesday
#WindowsOnWednesday
Kitchens and slave quarters at Drayton Hall, near Charleston (2024). This 18th-century plantation house has been stabilized, but specifically not restored. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUnloved #EastCoastKin #abandoned #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #SouthCarolina #Charleston #DraytonHall
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Kitchens and slave quarters at Drayton Hall, near Charleston (2024). This 18th-century plantation house has been stabilized, but specifically not restored. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUnloved #EastCoastKin #abandoned #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #SouthCarolina #Charleston #DraytonHall
Adding to #water for the #SensoryArt theme. I was blown away by the color of the Indian Ocean.
#EastCoastKin #photography #seascape #ocean #photographersofbluesky #seascape #IndianOcean #bluetue
#EastCoastKin #photography #seascape #ocean #photographersofbluesky #seascape #IndianOcean #bluetue
November 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Adding to #water for the #SensoryArt theme. I was blown away by the color of the Indian Ocean.
#EastCoastKin #photography #seascape #ocean #photographersofbluesky #seascape #IndianOcean #bluetue
#EastCoastKin #photography #seascape #ocean #photographersofbluesky #seascape #IndianOcean #bluetue
For #rockintuesday, a pic of the Red Rock Trail on the Jemez Pueblo Reservation in New Mexico, during a slight break in the rain (2025). #landscape #scape #landscapephotography #NewMexico #nature #desert #southwest #nativeamerica #pueblos #Jemez #EastCoastKin
November 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
For #rockintuesday, a pic of the Red Rock Trail on the Jemez Pueblo Reservation in New Mexico, during a slight break in the rain (2025). #landscape #scape #landscapephotography #NewMexico #nature #desert #southwest #nativeamerica #pueblos #Jemez #EastCoastKin
For #mountainmonday, the Ortiz Mountains along New Mexico's Turquoise Trail (2025). #landscape #scape #landscapephotography #NewMexico #nature #desert #southwest #nativeamerica #EastCoastKin
November 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
For #mountainmonday, the Ortiz Mountains along New Mexico's Turquoise Trail (2025). #landscape #scape #landscapephotography #NewMexico #nature #desert #southwest #nativeamerica #EastCoastKin
For #stunday. One of my favorite street scenes from one of my favorite cities... Oaxaca, Mexico (2011). #Mexico #Oaxaca #travel #photography #architecture #history #cityscape #PhotographersOfBlueSky
November 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
For #stunday. One of my favorite street scenes from one of my favorite cities... Oaxaca, Mexico (2011). #Mexico #Oaxaca #travel #photography #architecture #history #cityscape #PhotographersOfBlueSky
More for #stunday. The colorful waterfront of the village of Portree on Scotland's Isle of Skye with a seagull (2025). #Scotland #Skye #nature #landscape #seascape #photography #IsleofSkye #photographersofbluesky #Portree #thewildimages
November 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
More for #stunday. The colorful waterfront of the village of Portree on Scotland's Isle of Skye with a seagull (2025). #Scotland #Skye #nature #landscape #seascape #photography #IsleofSkye #photographersofbluesky #Portree #thewildimages
More #stunday. A beautiful sunrise from Sabi Sands, at Kreuger National Park, South Africa. (2019) It makes me want to hold up a lion cub and sing "Circle of Life!" #BlueSkyArtShow #Dream #PhotographersOfBlueSky #wildlife #nature #photography #SouthAfrica #Africa #sunrise
November 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
More #stunday. A beautiful sunrise from Sabi Sands, at Kreuger National Park, South Africa. (2019) It makes me want to hold up a lion cub and sing "Circle of Life!" #BlueSkyArtShow #Dream #PhotographersOfBlueSky #wildlife #nature #photography #SouthAfrica #Africa #sunrise
For #stunday. Stone carvings from Mexico's Teotihuacan, with the Feathered Serpent Quetzalcoatl, and goggle-eyed visage of the rain god Tlaloc (2015) #photography #Mexico #Teotihuacan #nativeamerica #ruins #AncientBlueSky #archaeology #travelphotography #AncientSiteSunday #SundayStonework
November 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
For #stunday. Stone carvings from Mexico's Teotihuacan, with the Feathered Serpent Quetzalcoatl, and goggle-eyed visage of the rain god Tlaloc (2015) #photography #Mexico #Teotihuacan #nativeamerica #ruins #AncientBlueSky #archaeology #travelphotography #AncientSiteSunday #SundayStonework
Having fun with for the #blueskyartshow #bright theme. Here's Victoria Street, Edinburgh - the inspiration for Harry Potter's Diagon Alley (2025). #Scotland #travel #Edinburgh #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography
November 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Having fun with for the #blueskyartshow #bright theme. Here's Victoria Street, Edinburgh - the inspiration for Harry Potter's Diagon Alley (2025). #Scotland #travel #Edinburgh #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography
Also sharing this for the #blueskyartshow #bright theme. How about some Murano glass from Venice? (2013)
#PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography #glass #artglass #contemporaryglassart #Venice #Italy #color
#PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography #glass #artglass #contemporaryglassart #Venice #Italy #color
November 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Also sharing this for the #blueskyartshow #bright theme. How about some Murano glass from Venice? (2013)
#PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography #glass #artglass #contemporaryglassart #Venice #Italy #color
#PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography #glass #artglass #contemporaryglassart #Venice #Italy #color
More for #blueskyartshow #bright theme. Mexican street scene (2013). Why can't our cities have such bright colors? #photography #urbanphotography #Mexico #PuertoVallarta
November 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
More for #blueskyartshow #bright theme. Mexican street scene (2013). Why can't our cities have such bright colors? #photography #urbanphotography #Mexico #PuertoVallarta
Hope this qualifies for #blueskyartshow #bright theme. Who doesn't love the bright colors of sunflowers? Taken in Minnesota near Lake Pepin along the Mississippi River (2020). #photography #nature #flowers #Minnesota #LakePepin #bloomscroll #landscape #PhotographersOfBlueSky #thewildimages
November 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Hope this qualifies for #blueskyartshow #bright theme. Who doesn't love the bright colors of sunflowers? Taken in Minnesota near Lake Pepin along the Mississippi River (2020). #photography #nature #flowers #Minnesota #LakePepin #bloomscroll #landscape #PhotographersOfBlueSky #thewildimages
Also for #scape Friday, here's a #landscape ( or #riverscape?) of the St. Croix River valley, separating Minnesota and Wisconsin. Love the northwoods! (2020). #forestFriday #minnesota #wisconsin #nature #naturephotography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography
November 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Also for #scape Friday, here's a #landscape ( or #riverscape?) of the St. Croix River valley, separating Minnesota and Wisconsin. Love the northwoods! (2020). #forestFriday #minnesota #wisconsin #nature #naturephotography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography