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Paul Larkin
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Writer. marketer. waterfowl.
I implore you not to follow me unless you like photos, reposts, and the occasional life update.
I won’t follow you back.
If I followed first, I neither need nor expect a follow-back.
Love you all! And Lord love a duck.
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The rich
https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/19496
This artwork by Remedios Varo, titled "The Rich," features a surreal portrait of a figure adorned with luxurious accessories, blending human and fantastical elements. Varo's work often explores themes of mysticism and fantasy, creating an enigmatic and dreamlike atmosphere.
October 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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The Phases of the Night https://www.wikiart.org/en/max-ernst/the-phases-of-the-night-1946
The Phases of the Night
October 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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For #MosaicMonday a charming duck.
Found in Trier, dating 4th century AD

📷 me

On display at Museum am Dom, Trier

🏺 #archaeology
A mosaic depicting a duck
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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When Banks Roamed the Earth

#photography #blackandwhitephotography #photo #dailypic #dailyphoto #monochrome #urbanphotograpy #streetphotography #roanoke
Black and white photo of the Liberty Trust Building in downtown Roanoke, VA. The seven-story stone structure, now a boutique hotel, originally housed Roanoke's First National Bank. The building was completed in 1910 and features Beaux Arts design with marble Ionic columns, intricate designs on its exterior stonework, and long, graceful windows at ground level. "Liberty Trust Building" is engraved in the stone above the entrance.
November 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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The Women Friends
https://botfrens.com/collections/109/contents/28580
"The Women Friends" by Gustav Klimt showcases two women enveloped in a vibrantly patterned and richly colored composition, embodying the opulence of his Golden Phase. The use of floral and mythical motifs, characteristic of Klimt's work, highlights themes of intimacy and the intricate beauty of form.
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.

The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.

People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.

And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Tree Root Monster's Lair

#photography #blackandwhitephotography #photo #naturephotography #nature #trees #stateparks #dailypic #dailyphoto #monochrome #Virginia
Black and white photo of a close-up shot of tree roots in Smith Mountain Lake State Park, VA. The tree has fallen to one side, pulling away from its base and creating an intricate webwork of roots and earth. Behind the roots, a dark cave beckons.
November 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Mackey, the mascot of Matsubara City in Osaka, is a girl born to a pine tree fairy and a rose fairy. She has a kind and cheerful disposition, but as a rose, she also has a thorny side.
A smiling green and red fairy mascot with roses in her hair is standing in an urban park in front of some booths and holding a picture of herself.
November 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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A Parkourist's Dream

#photography #blackandwhitephotography #photo #dailypic #dailyphoto #monochrome #urbanphotograpy #streetphotography #roanoke
Black and white photo of a narrow alleyway between two brick buildings in downtown Roanoke, VA. Both buildings have fire escapes running up their sides. The fire escapes face each other and take up all of the space in the alley; a person could easily jump between them if they were brave and/or foolish. In the foreground, a wrought-iron fence runs between the two buildings, closing off access to the alley.
November 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Cut Emerald Eye by Simon Hantaï, 1950
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137412
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
November 8, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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In Japan, tourism to Portland, Oregon, is promoted by a grinning blue monster named Odnarodude. He’s at a Portland artisan event in Jiyugaoka De Aone this weekend.
A light blue, grinning, bigfoot-style monster with a purple nose, yellow eyes, and pink hands and feet poses, arms outstretched, on a wooden deck.
November 8, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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On this week’s SCOTT HASNT SEEN, we watch BLADE: TRINITY, the third entry in the franchise starring Wesley Snipes as the Marvel superhero!

Joining us is @kibblesmith.com, comedian, author, and the writer behind many great comic books!

Available exclusively at @cbbworld.bsky.social!
The poster to blade trinity, a pic of Daniel Kibblesmith, and the SHS logo
November 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Lodge 47 Lays Down the Law

#photography #blackandwhitephotography #photo #dailypic #dailyphoto #monochrome #urbanphotograpy #streetphotography #roanoke
Black and white photo of the corner of a brick building in Roanoke, VA. Taken in the alley next to the building. To the right of frame, ornate stone scrollwork and well-tended bricks face the street, and in center frame, a drainpipe, pipe, and some wires run along the wall facing the alley. The drainpipe and pipe are badly dented and sport peeling paint, rust, and graffiti. A sign is posted that reads, "Private Property of Osceola-Roanoke Lodge No. 47. Only Authorized Parking Allowed. All Violators to Be Towed at Owners Expence [sic]"
November 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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We have the most wonderful news! This is the news we've been hoping desperately for since March: OLIVIA AND GLADYS ARE SAFE! The judge ruled against their former owner in the forfeiture case, so Olivia and Gladys will be safe and fed and warm and loved here at Merrymac for the rest of their lives. ❤️
Photo of a large brown pig and large white and black spotted pig snuggled together in a sunny hay pile.
November 6, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Red Eiffel Tower by Robert Delaunay, 1911
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137312
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection
November 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Town vs Time

#photography #blackandwhitephotography #dailypic #dailyphoto #monochrome #urbanphotograpy #streetphotography #roanoke
Black and white photo of downtown Roanoke, VA. Taken from the Market St. Walkway & Railroad Bridge on the outskirts of downtown. A parking lot, modern-ish office building, and church steeple loom in the background behind a series of older brick buildings that dominate the foreground. Several of the brick buildings show signs of extensive wear and weathering, with cracked and peeling facades and walls bleached white from the sun and rain.
November 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Country House by the Attersee
https://botfrens.com/collections/109/contents/28567
Gustav Klimt's "Country House by the Attersee" showcases a serene rural landscape, dominated by a wildflower field and a house enveloped in ivy. The painting, with its intricate details and vibrant color palette, reflects Klimt’s affection for the Austrian countryside where he often vacationed.
November 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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BREAKING

Zohran Mamdani is projected to win the New York City mayor’s race.

Mamdani will make history as the first Muslim and first South Asian to serve as mayor of New York City.

He will also be the first immigrant in nearly 140 years to serve as mayor of New York City.

Per Decision Desk HQ.
November 5, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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One Vision by František Kupka, 1946
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137602
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Bequest, Andrée Martinel, 1993 © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
November 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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The True One-Stop Shop (Old-School)

#photography #blackandwhitephotography #photo #dailypic #dailyphoto #monochrome #urbanphotograpy #streetphotography #roanoke
Black and white photo of the storefront for Mast General Store, Roanoke, VA. The store's windows stretch into the distance and feature a wide range of items, from globes to yarn to clothes to hats to tools to toys to books to candy and more. A sign hangs above the storefront and notes that the business has been in operation since 1883.
November 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Voted "Most Likely to Contain Philip Marlowe's Office" 90 Years Running

#photography #blackandwhitephotography #dailypic #dailyphoto #monochrome #urbanphotograpy #streetphotography #roanoke
Black and white photo of the front corner of the Boxley Building in Roanoke, VA. Shot from almost directly below. The hundred-year-old, eight-story structure extends upwards from a lower granite section bearing the building's name to a terra cotta brick facade and is topped by a copper cornice. The neighboring building (not pictured) casts a dark shadow across the lower right side of the structure, and clouds swirl around its top.
November 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Corner of Quarry, 1902
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/13412
Corner of Quarry
October 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Portrait of Hiberto Casany. (The Chauffeur) https://www.wikiart.org/en/joan-miro/portrait-of-hiberto-casany-the-chauffeur
Portrait of Hiberto Casany. (The Chauffeur)
October 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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You think I don’t have that kind of money
A sign over a London tube entrance reading: DO NOT URINATE HERE OFFICERS PATROL THIS AREA £150 FINE
November 2, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Shijimini Daichan, an aspirational clam, is a mascot for Otomo Town, Fukuoka Prefecture.
A blue clam mascot strolls through a park.
November 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM