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NickB
@motomd.bsky.social
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Half-fast motorcycle traveler, half-assed amateur photographer, nature and history, birds and insects, national parks, avid procrastinator.
All pictures I post were taken by me, unless otherwise noted.
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTelevision
The View
#Scape #Photography
A view from a mountaintop rock across a broad valley. Pine tree boughs against a sunny blue sky fill the upper part of the shot.
November 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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#Evening #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin #photography
A view of the Grand Canyon at sunset. The image is dominated by a massive cliff face glowing as it's hit by the setting sunlight. On the right a tree enters the frame.
November 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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"Welcome to Ohio - So much to Discover!"
#SignsonSunday #StateSigns #motorcycle #motorbike #motosky #photography #Ohio
A black motorcycle parked on the near side of a freeway, under an Ohio state welcome sign.
November 2, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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#stunday #blueskyartshow #eastcoastkin #photography
A scrappy pine tree growing from a crack in the rock at Raven's Roost overlook, Shenandoah National Park. Behind the tree is an expansive view of a broad valley under sunny blue skies.
November 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekRforRock #photography
#Devil'sTower National Monument, #Wyoming, Sept. 2024
A view from the base of Devil's Tower looking up. A few pine trees are growing up through the boulder field below, then the column of the tower stretches into a clear blue sky.
October 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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The Oaks overlook on Skyline Drive, Shenandoah National Park, 22 Oct 2025.
#stunday #blueskyartshow #eastcoastkin #photography
Autumn crepuscular rays over the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. In the foreground trees are turning orange, in the background the sun through the clouds creates a peach colored haze over several mountain peaks, including the truncated Massanutten on the right.
October 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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The Bramante Staircase #inside the #Vatican.
#BlueskyArtShow #photography
A view looking down into the double helix spiral of the Bramante Staircase in the Vatican. There are a number of people walking on the stairs, which are white with gold trim on an ornately decorated rail.
October 26, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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Finally got out for a few days mini-tour on the new bike. The views in Shenandoah National Park are spectacular, and the weather was crisp and sunny. A bit chilly in the tent at night though! 🥶
#motorcycle #motorbike #motosky #photography #Shenandoah #NPS #MotoGuzzi
A silver and yellow motorcycle parked at an overlook with a broad agricultural valley in the background and a low mountain range in the distance.
October 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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The view from Riprap Overlook on #SkylineDrive in #ShenandoahNationalPark, yesterday, 22 Oct 2025.
October 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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DC was out today! #NoKings
A crowd of protesters in Washington DC, with one holding a sign that says "I never thought I would have to protest an invasion by my own government."
October 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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"Welcome to North Dakota - Be Legendary."
September 2024
#SignsonSunday #StateSigns #motorcycle #motorcycles #motorbike #motosky #photography #NorthDakota
A black motorcycle, loaded for a road trip, parked near a sign reading "Welcome to North Dakota - Be Legendary." The background is a vast field of green and gold with large round hay bales scattered into the distance and a cloudless blue sky above. The tiny scale of the bike and sign in the expansive landscape captures a bit of the sense of insignificance one feels riding through these regions.
October 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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#BlueskyArtShow #Glow #BMSR
Black Moth Super Rainbow live in Philadelphia, 12 Sept 2025.
The glow is both visual and aural.
(Warning: flashing lights)
October 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Took a ride to Rock Hall, MD today. Perfect weather. You can just make out the Chesapeake Bay bridge on the horizon.
#motorcycle #motorbike #motosky #photography #RockHall #Maryland
A gray and yellow motorcycle facing to the right is parked next to a narrow community boardwalk and beach, with a large bay in the background. It's a sunny day with a few puffy clouds on the horizon. A bridge is visible far in the distance.
October 7, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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"Welcome to North Carolina"
But for the low quality image, it's hard to believe it's been 15 years since I took this shot.
#SignsonSunday #StateSigns #motorcycle #motorcycles #motorbike #motosky #photography #NorthCarolina #TailoftheDragon
A black motorcycle parked next to a green North Carolina state welcome sign. The sign includes an image of the NC state flag. There are two other motorcyclists riding through a curve in the road. It's a sunny day, with the trees in Autumn foliage.
October 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekNforNights
#photography
The moon filtered through broken clouds with treetops below.
October 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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"Welcome to New York - The Empire State"
#SignsonSunday #StateSigns #motorcycle #motorcycles #motorbike #motosky #photography #NewYork
A black motorcycle parked on the shoulder of a rural road, in front of a green New York state welcome sign. The bike has camping gear strapped to the passenger seat, and a personalized license plate reading "UNCAGD."
September 29, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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#BlueSkyArtShow #TheRoad #Lakota #Dakota
#motorcycle #motosky #photography
A motorcycle parked on the shoulder of a road entering the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation.
September 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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"Welcome to New Mexico - Land of Enchantment"
May 2022
#SignsonSunday #StateSigns #motorcycle #motorcycles #motorbike #motosky #photography #NewMexico
A black motorcycle, precariously loaded for a road trip, parked on the side of an empty highway in front of a yellow New Mexico state welcome sign. The landscape is wide open grassland with mountains in the far distance, under a bright sun with puffy clouds.
September 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Well, it was bound to happen eventually; I've succumbed to the new bike itch. Meet the newest member of my small stable, a 2024 Moto Guzzi Stelvio.
#motorcycle #motorbike #motosky #motoguzzi
A yellow and gray Moto Guzzi motorcycle with the Chesapeake Bay as a backdrop.
September 21, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Assawoman Bay, Ocean City, #Maryland, USA
18 Sept 2025
#photography
Sunset over Assawoman Bay from the 25th floor of a building in Ocean City, Maryland
September 18, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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"Welcome to New Jersey"
Another oldie but goodie for #SignsonSunday #StateSigns
#motorcycle #motorcycles #motorbike #motosky #photography #NewJersey
August 24, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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"Welcome - Bienvenue to New Hampshire"
"Live Free or Die"
Had to go way back to 2007 for this one. I've been to New Hampshire several times since then; not sure why I didn't get an updated picture. 🤷‍♂️
#SignsonSunday #StateSigns #motorcycle #motorcycles #motorbike #motosky #photography #NewHampshire
A black motorcycle parked on the shoulder of a rural road, next to a blue sign reading Welcome-Bienvenue to New Hampshire "Live Free or Die."
August 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Repost for #PalacesandGardens #statues #EastCoastKin #photography #Versailles
motomd.bsky.social NickB @motomd.bsky.social · Jan 20
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDanger

Consider your words and actions carefully or they may come back to bite you.

"Milo of Croton" by Pierre Puget
Gardens of Versailles, France
A marble sculpture depicting the death of Milo of Croton, greatest of the ancient Olympic athletes. Legend has it that Milo met a woodsman trying to split a stump with an axe. To demonstrate his strength, Milo tried to split the stump with his bare hands, but got his fingers stuck in the crack. While he was trapped a lion attacked and killed him. The original sculpture stood at this spot in Versailles from 1683 until 1819, when it was moved to the Louvre for preservation and replaced with this exact copy.
August 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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From this afternoon's dog walk, here's another eastern tiger swallowtail, but in better shape that the last one I posted. And thanks to @jeremysell.bsky.social, I now know that's a butterfly bush it's chowing down on. 👍
#butterfly #insects #photography
A yellow and black eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly in profile with wings raised, enjoying the nectar of a butterfly bush with small pink flowers.
August 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Château de Chambord, Blois, France
#PalacesandGardens #exterior #EastCoastKin #photography
A seldom seen rear view of Château de Chambord, a white château with intricate turrets, arches, windows, and walkways. Framed by tree branches from a nearby wooded area.
August 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM