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mary p
@matreyoo.bsky.social
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I take a lot of iPhone photos, post only mine unless I say otherwise

Retired psychotherapist, adjunct professor, Starbucks manager, baker, preschool teacher...so many phases!

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Fire and Ice
Robert Frost

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

#BlueskyArtShow #Cold
Snow on burned forest with new growth. The sky overhead is full of heavy gray clouds.
January 25, 2026 at 3:12 AM
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Animal noses close up for #AlphabetChallenge #WeekCForCloseUp

I don't know what to do with my anger and grief today. The animals are a comfort.
Close up yak at a wire fence with its pink nose and straight teeth. A little pink piglet up on a wire fence looking directly at me...for food, I imagine. A brown and white goat sticks its head through a wooden fence to ask me for food. Maisie in her kennel on the way to Hawai'i one spring. She's a good little traveler.
January 25, 2026 at 3:08 AM
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A look back at Texas Snowmaggedon 2021. We got mocked for not being able to handle a little snow but it was the worst infrastructure failure in TX history and almost 5 million homes/businesses were without electricity for days, many without water. Deregulation for billionaires. #BlueskyArtShow #Cold
An empty street and parking lot with oak trees and a dark restaurant. A soft sunrise is in the sky and utility lines along the front of the shopping center, not delivering electricity.
January 24, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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We're more normal cold in Colorado but I'm thinking of everyone hunkered down and stuck at home! Stay safe and warm.
I documented Maisie's first attempt at leaving the patio to pee in the fresh snow and 0º F for #BlueskyArtShow #Cold.
Fresh snow on a patio shows dog paw prints circling a wooden pole as Maisie decides it's a little too cold with a little too much snow for her little body to go do its thing, and chooses to go back inside.
January 24, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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coloradosun.com
Coloradans who want to report claims of federal agent misconduct can do so through a new complaint filing system with the state’s Department of Law, officials announced Wednesday.

coloradosun.com/2026/01/21/c...
Colorado launches new system for reporting misconduct by federal agents
Each report will be reviewed and may be shared with the Colorado congressional delegation and local district attorney offices
coloradosun.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:46 PM
matreyoo.bsky.social
I love this map and how @gelliottmorris.com splits cities out of otherwise lower approval counties.

I think of all the shade Texas gets but know that the story is not about a bunch of dumb Texans. My precinct in central Austin was above 90% anti-Trump. I was shocked when I moved to purple CO.
Trump's Job Approval by Geography and Demographics
Explore Donald Trump's approval rating across the country and by demographic group using data from our monthly Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll.
projects.gelliottmorris.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:09 PM
matreyoo.bsky.social
"All too many Americans believe justice will unfold painlessly or that its absence for black people will be tolerated tranquilly. Justice for black people will not flow into society merely from court decisions nor from fountains of political oratory."
MLK's Final Message
"People are often surprised to learn that I am an optimist."
open.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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#BlueskyArtShow That's #One pig butt.
#ColorADay #GreenSat. The green of Hawai'i.
A fat little pig butt can be seen through the leaves of a tree, eating something delicious.
January 17, 2026 at 5:21 PM
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When there are winds gusting above 60 mph and sand blowing like this, having a community rec center with an indoor track is a great thing.
Northern Colorado flatland is real high desert plain.
#SensoryArt #Corners
A corner of an indoor track built with cinder blocks painted orange on bottom and yellow on top. The floor is painted green. Blowing sand obscures the photo of tree limbs in the foreground and a house and line of trees in the background
January 16, 2026 at 10:24 PM
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A sunrise #scape. We're fairly urban or completely suburban where we live in Colorado but out the back, across the cornfield, we get stunning sunrises almost every morning and beautiful golden hours almost every evening. The line of big houses adds to the interest.
#photography
Sunrise across the field shines bright orange, dark tall winter trees reach high above house roof lines. A bank of orange clouds ends in an abrupt line with blue sky and small dark shadowy clouds above.
January 16, 2026 at 3:14 PM
matreyoo.bsky.social
I just texted my daughter about their wind today and she said, "It's a bit blustery".
The story continues (briefly) in the alt text.

#books offer joy well into the future when we share them.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBForBooks
A photo of a page from a Winnie the Pooh book with Winnie the Pooh walking against a strong wind, his scarf blowing and a tree bending with the wind. (She said she was thinking of the umbrella picture too but this is the first one that popped up.) The text says: ...feels that it will undoubtedly...looks like a rather blustery day today. it seems that it may turn out to be...looks like a rather blustery day today. "Oh, help!" said Pooh. "I'd better go back." "Oh, bother!" said Pooh. "I shall have to go on."
January 14, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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My local library in Austin before we transplanted ourselves.

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekBForBooks
A large metal statue of a lion appearing to sit on a block of concrete with a cub between its front paws. The statue is in front of a building on which says Austin Public Library Windsor Park Branch.
January 13, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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I have loved this comic since the first time I saw it years ago. I love the #vibrant sunset and the message. I know that many people participating in the #BlueskyArtShow have already seen it but it's one I never regret revisiting.

@xkcd.com
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January 10, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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Maisie the dog in all her glory keeping me company while I worked about 5 years ago.

#BlueSkyArtShow #Vibrant #Photography
A small dog sits up in a dog bed facing a window. An arc of a rainbow extends over her head, seemingly stretching from her neck and around to the arc.
January 10, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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Moon #scape, at least from a distance.
#UrbanGaze #Photography
Moon seen through 9 utility wires of different sizes and colors.
January 10, 2026 at 2:13 AM
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#WeekAForAbstract #AlphabetChallenge
Looking out a plane window waiting to fly away from the orange clouds.
January 9, 2026 at 11:32 PM
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We celebrated the first snow (not much of it) since the first week of October with Colorado trout and eggs at Vern's Place. It's a thing.
A taxidermy bear head and front paws and the head of a pronghorn are mounted on a stone wall and a wood paneled wall. A rustic diner with men in plaid shirts sitting at a table. Various taxidermied wildlife adorn the walls and wood beams. Two older gentlemen stand waiting to pay for their breakfast in front of a paneled wall with mounted deer, elk, and bison heads. A skull and antlers mounted on a stone wall with straw cowboy hats hung on the antlers as though it's a coat rack.
January 8, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAForAbstract

Rumi: There is a basket of fresh bread on your head, yet you go door to door asking for crusts.
Close up of the scored top of a loaf my son's ancient grain sourdough bread.
January 7, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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Winter #WaterWednesday from our walk today. Trying to clear my despair and anger.
#photography
Small lake with dried grass and plants in the foreground. On the far side of the lake are houses and an old silo.
January 7, 2026 at 10:33 PM
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Artist's Point
Grand Marais, Minnesota

#RockinTuesday #photography
Walkers on a flat rock peninsula on the shore of Lake Superior. There are sections of orange and white on the rock.
January 6, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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3:34 the other morning, I picked up my phone to check the time and managed to take this picture. The phone picked up the slight light from the air filter and the humidifier.

I'm choosing to think that it's the #bluesky light in a world of darkness.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAForAbstract
An accidental phone photo taken in a dark bedroom at night. The black of the picture dominates but there is a blue light breaking through.
January 6, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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I know I photographed this at Galería Talavera de la Reyna in Puebla, Mexico. It seems to be art made from broken pottery pieces but I can't remember the details now. I do know I love it and it has meaning.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAForAbstract
Brown tile grouted on what's probably a wall or piece of art. The tile is made from broken pottery pieces, included partial plates and saucers and bigger flat pieces, including some tile squares with breaks across the tile.
January 5, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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Kind of a weird post but if you struggle to find good chicken, humanely and organically raised, I've been buying from this company for years. First it was local (central Texas) but now they ship very quickly, as well.

I just thought I'd let people know they have a 20% off sale going on!
Greener Pastures Chicken - Greener Pastures Chicken
greenerpastureschicken.com
January 4, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Reposted by mary p
reasonstobecheerful.world
Tens of thousands of Cycling Without Age volunteers in 41 countries around the world help combat loneliness with the simple act of a bike ride.

reasonstobecheerful.world/cycling-with...
January 2, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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#Thursgate
Austin Texas 2020
Between an old, crumbling concrete bridge wall over a creek and a wooden fence in good repair is a black metal barrier with end posts standing taller than the posts in between. The in between posts have colorful crocheted wrappers with several crocheted flowers attached.
January 1, 2026 at 4:34 PM