ralphmurre
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ralphmurre
@ralphmurre.bsky.social
Ancient dabbler, still hoping to rise to the rank of dilettante.
Citizen of the world, seriously Anti-Trump.
Homage ~
Nothing new here -- my photo ode to the onion, to the chef, sure, but more the peasant cook, the simple meal.
To all of our tears.
To the great photographers and mere shutterbugs who have recorded such scenes as this since the beginning.
#Onions #Cooks #Photography #ifweregonnacryanyway
January 21, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Awake in the Night ~
Tiny detail from an old (6"x6") oil painting of mine. Digitally altered to remove color, turned on its side. Voila: a whole new thing.
Shhh, go back to sleep.
#Art #OilPainting #DigitalFunnyBusiness
#Sleepless
January 19, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Port Arend, 1959
The late afternoon light today lends a sort of beauty to even the back alley, the junk behind D.B.McNooch's little machine shop, that sumac that survives in spite of all we do. Murray Skynard's VW van, the latest thing.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #GoldenHour #photography #diorama
January 18, 2026 at 1:53 AM
MacContemplation ~
Actually, Big MacContemplation. I know, the world is coming to an end and THIS is what I choose to eat? Well, sometimes, yeah. And it was kinda good. (and no, dammit, they're not paying me or giving me free junk food)
#photography #composition #color #shape #MickeyDaydreaming
January 16, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Terror!
Is there a goal, beyond spreading terror, in the actions of the Asshole-In-Chief and his Goon Squad? If there is some other objective, please, my ex-friends who voted for this shit (yes you did) let us know.
#Terror #MyCountryTisOfThee #GoonSquad #AbstractArt #DigitalArt
January 14, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Invasive Irony ~
I know people who are concerned about invasive species in America, like these phragmites, because they tend to choke out the natives. These people are all, like myself, white descendants of Europeans who choked out the natives. Hmmm . . .
#Indigenous #Invasive #Irony #NativeAmerican
January 14, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Another Life ~
When I was just a lad of 43, apparently, I did this drawing for T-shirts for our sixth annual wooden boat gathering. Don't know about unique, but I've certainly become antique in the ensuing years.
#WoodenBoats #Drawings #FishCreekWI #GreatLakes
#Tshirts #Antiques #Art
January 13, 2026 at 5:16 AM
Coming to Port Arend ~
An inspiration, a few cheap novelty items, a broken toy. Lots more where they came from. Let's see what happens . . .
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #Ogauge #diorama #ScratchBuilt? (Kinda)
January 12, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Green Light
As I was walking on the bridge today . . .
#photography #PhonePhoto #SteelBridge #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown #GreatLakes
#Go #GoWestOldMan
January 11, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Port Arend, 1959
Whoever dropped that beer bottle in front of Narrow Norm & Nora's is risking the considerable wrath of Nora. "Call it a dive if you want," she says,"but it's a damned clean dive! Bad enough these weeds in the gutter."
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #StreetScape
#WisconsinTavern #diorama
January 10, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Stormbird ~
Come down & grab hold of me. Fly me from this country I thought was mine.
#MyCountryTisOfThee #SweetLandOfLiberty #OfTheeIMourn
#DontShoot #photography
#frost #rust #steel #birds
January 9, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Somebody Bet on the Bay(s) ~
In a balmy 32⁰, the icebreaking tug, Mobile Bay, returns to Sturgeon Bay after helping a few ships in & out of Green Bay. Got that? Notice her bubbling system at work, a big help in thick ice, unlike this.
#USCGCMobileBay #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown #GreatLakes #tugboat
January 8, 2026 at 1:52 AM
River ~
Give me your Moldau, your Mystic, your Red, Yellow Knife, your Blue Nile. Give me your Illinois, Ohio, your Little Miami, your Ahnapee. Or, look here, give me this winter, your Kewaunee, your Fish Creek, your Kinnickinnic.
#Rivers #photography #Winter #poetry #ARiverICanSkateAwayOn
January 7, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Self-Portrait as Military Man
(from memory)
Found concrete, snow, spots of spray paint. Added digital stuff and whatnot. My recollection is a bit fuzzy about the star.
#Portrait #SelfPortrait #Art #DigitalArt #FoundArt #LeaderOfMen #InCommand #military #CommiePinko
#Etc.
January 6, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Tugboat Twilight Time ~
Just a look at the scene around town tonight, as the Jimmy L. and the Donald Sarter go out to break a little ice in preparation for the homecoming of the ship Mark R. Barker, I imagine.
#SturgeonBay #GreatLakes #Gtugs #Tugboats #OurLittleTown
January 5, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Winterburn ~
Sometimes I forget that the things I see every day may be, in the right light, fairly remarkable.
#sundown #photography #phonephoto #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown
January 4, 2026 at 6:41 AM
Port Arend, 1959 (still)
For the new year, this hard-working Plymouth WDT got rusty and dusty and painted and windows glazed and a horn and an engineer named Clarence "Clancy" Johnson.
Total investment in used loco+upgrades=$25.+hours+Clancy.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #Ogauge #SwitchEngine #diorama
January 1, 2026 at 7:21 PM
From Port Arend, always in 1959 ~
Good night and joy be to you all . . .
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #HappyNewYear #Diorama
January 1, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Very Important!
For maximum efficiency, keep a tidy work area at all times.
#ModelRailroading #Oscale #Ogauge #ModelMaking #dioramas #GoodAdvice
December 31, 2025 at 7:14 PM
December 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Horse's Ass?
Well . . . yeah, I suppose, tho' the little white donkey seems kinda sweeter than that.
#Horse #JackAss #Donkey #BlackandWhite #photography #DigitalPhotography #AlgomaWI
December 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Portrait: The Prize Fighter ~
Morning After.
(Zero in on tiny area of bad photo, find a face where there was no face, crop, enlarge, finger paint in mark-up mode, etc., etc.)(See who's there.)
#DigitalArt #PixelPushing #FingerPainting #PhoneArt
December 26, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Note to Tourists ~
Although this is the first of the species positively identified this season, anecdotal accounts assure us there are others (up to 30 meters) regularly breaking up through the thin ice. And they are feeding.
#IceFishing #tourism #DoorCountyWI #ThinkTwiceAboutTheIce #photography
December 26, 2025 at 12:53 AM
In Dark December ~
Here's a video by my son Morgan, in which he reads and has illustrated my poem for the season. Enjoy it, pass it along, be well. (If you live in the southern hemisphere, this won't work.)
youtube.com/watch?v=c5_ZK4oVyBs
#December #poetry #animation #MorganMurre #holidays #solstice
In Dark December
YouTube video by morgan murre
youtube.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Happy Birthday, Sailor ~
That's one of my sons, Adrian, on the bow of our grundeljacht, Crescent, sometime back in the 80's in this detail of a painting by the late, great C.L."Chick" Peterson. The kid still sails these waters.
#AdrianMurre #Watercolor #CLPeterson #GreatLakes #GreenBay #FishCreek
December 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM