ralphmurre
@ralphmurre.bsky.social
Ancient dabbler, still hoping to rise to the rank of dilettante.
Citizen of the world, seriously Anti-Trump.
Citizen of the world, seriously Anti-Trump.
Shhh . . .
We are far too tiny and insignificant to make so much noise . . .
#AuroraBorealis #photography #GreatLakes #SturgeonBay #humility #OurLittleSolarSystem
We are far too tiny and insignificant to make so much noise . . .
#AuroraBorealis #photography #GreatLakes #SturgeonBay #humility #OurLittleSolarSystem
November 13, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Shhh . . .
We are far too tiny and insignificant to make so much noise . . .
#AuroraBorealis #photography #GreatLakes #SturgeonBay #humility #OurLittleSolarSystem
We are far too tiny and insignificant to make so much noise . . .
#AuroraBorealis #photography #GreatLakes #SturgeonBay #humility #OurLittleSolarSystem
You don't have to be
a great, big tree --
someone will see
your flash of crimson,
your glint of gold.
#photography #PhonePhoto #AutumnColor #significance
a great, big tree --
someone will see
your flash of crimson,
your glint of gold.
#photography #PhonePhoto #AutumnColor #significance
November 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
You don't have to be
a great, big tree --
someone will see
your flash of crimson,
your glint of gold.
#photography #PhonePhoto #AutumnColor #significance
a great, big tree --
someone will see
your flash of crimson,
your glint of gold.
#photography #PhonePhoto #AutumnColor #significance
Urban Planning: Drawbridge
#AbstractArt #FingerPainting #PixelPushing #OurLittleTown #DigitalArt #Markup
#AbstractArt #FingerPainting #PixelPushing #OurLittleTown #DigitalArt #Markup
November 8, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Urban Planning: Drawbridge
#AbstractArt #FingerPainting #PixelPushing #OurLittleTown #DigitalArt #Markup
#AbstractArt #FingerPainting #PixelPushing #OurLittleTown #DigitalArt #Markup
Of Brick, Ginko & Goldenrod ~
Yeah, I know, all the pretty leaf pictures were due a month ago, especially from places as far north as Wisconsin. But this is what I saw today, the 6th of November. And I don't do a lot of pretty pictures.
#photography #ginko #AutumnLeaves #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown
Yeah, I know, all the pretty leaf pictures were due a month ago, especially from places as far north as Wisconsin. But this is what I saw today, the 6th of November. And I don't do a lot of pretty pictures.
#photography #ginko #AutumnLeaves #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown
November 7, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Of Brick, Ginko & Goldenrod ~
Yeah, I know, all the pretty leaf pictures were due a month ago, especially from places as far north as Wisconsin. But this is what I saw today, the 6th of November. And I don't do a lot of pretty pictures.
#photography #ginko #AutumnLeaves #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown
Yeah, I know, all the pretty leaf pictures were due a month ago, especially from places as far north as Wisconsin. But this is what I saw today, the 6th of November. And I don't do a lot of pretty pictures.
#photography #ginko #AutumnLeaves #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown
Metroglyph ~
Crop in on tiny area of worthless photo. Run a dozen filters. Pop. Warp. Twist. Tweak. Do it all again. Again. See what happens.
#Abstract #DigitalPhoto #photography #NotPhotography #PixelPlay
Crop in on tiny area of worthless photo. Run a dozen filters. Pop. Warp. Twist. Tweak. Do it all again. Again. See what happens.
#Abstract #DigitalPhoto #photography #NotPhotography #PixelPlay
November 6, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Metroglyph ~
Crop in on tiny area of worthless photo. Run a dozen filters. Pop. Warp. Twist. Tweak. Do it all again. Again. See what happens.
#Abstract #DigitalPhoto #photography #NotPhotography #PixelPlay
Crop in on tiny area of worthless photo. Run a dozen filters. Pop. Warp. Twist. Tweak. Do it all again. Again. See what happens.
#Abstract #DigitalPhoto #photography #NotPhotography #PixelPlay
When you leave . . .
. . . If you must leave a trace of your convoluted course through life, you could try to make sure it is a shining path, try to make it a thing of beauty while you still have time.
#MomentoMori #photography #ShiningPath #tracery #convolution #biography #adviceImaynotfollow
. . . If you must leave a trace of your convoluted course through life, you could try to make sure it is a shining path, try to make it a thing of beauty while you still have time.
#MomentoMori #photography #ShiningPath #tracery #convolution #biography #adviceImaynotfollow
November 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
When you leave . . .
. . . If you must leave a trace of your convoluted course through life, you could try to make sure it is a shining path, try to make it a thing of beauty while you still have time.
#MomentoMori #photography #ShiningPath #tracery #convolution #biography #adviceImaynotfollow
. . . If you must leave a trace of your convoluted course through life, you could try to make sure it is a shining path, try to make it a thing of beauty while you still have time.
#MomentoMori #photography #ShiningPath #tracery #convolution #biography #adviceImaynotfollow
Port Arend, 1959
It's just after 3:00 PM and Rosalie has closed her Red Cup Cafe to go next door for her customary sip of brandy and a quiet visit at Narrow Norm & Nora's before the Arvinson workers crowd the place after 4:00.
#ModelRailroad #ModelRailway #Oscale #ScratchBuilt #MatBoardModels
It's just after 3:00 PM and Rosalie has closed her Red Cup Cafe to go next door for her customary sip of brandy and a quiet visit at Narrow Norm & Nora's before the Arvinson workers crowd the place after 4:00.
#ModelRailroad #ModelRailway #Oscale #ScratchBuilt #MatBoardModels
November 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Port Arend, 1959
It's just after 3:00 PM and Rosalie has closed her Red Cup Cafe to go next door for her customary sip of brandy and a quiet visit at Narrow Norm & Nora's before the Arvinson workers crowd the place after 4:00.
#ModelRailroad #ModelRailway #Oscale #ScratchBuilt #MatBoardModels
It's just after 3:00 PM and Rosalie has closed her Red Cup Cafe to go next door for her customary sip of brandy and a quiet visit at Narrow Norm & Nora's before the Arvinson workers crowd the place after 4:00.
#ModelRailroad #ModelRailway #Oscale #ScratchBuilt #MatBoardModels
Sight-Seeing in Sepia ~
A found composition in Green Bay. I love to prowl the back alleys of industrial districts.
#photography #composition #SepiaTone #abstract #digital
A found composition in Green Bay. I love to prowl the back alleys of industrial districts.
#photography #composition #SepiaTone #abstract #digital
October 30, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Sight-Seeing in Sepia ~
A found composition in Green Bay. I love to prowl the back alleys of industrial districts.
#photography #composition #SepiaTone #abstract #digital
A found composition in Green Bay. I love to prowl the back alleys of industrial districts.
#photography #composition #SepiaTone #abstract #digital
Don't back down!
While it appears that we old socialists are about as relevant these days as a caboose on a bullet train, I believe if we are pushed off the edge, if we lose voices like Bernie Sanders' for instance, there may be no way back on the track.
#railroad #caboose #socialism #AllOverNow?
While it appears that we old socialists are about as relevant these days as a caboose on a bullet train, I believe if we are pushed off the edge, if we lose voices like Bernie Sanders' for instance, there may be no way back on the track.
#railroad #caboose #socialism #AllOverNow?
October 28, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Don't back down!
While it appears that we old socialists are about as relevant these days as a caboose on a bullet train, I believe if we are pushed off the edge, if we lose voices like Bernie Sanders' for instance, there may be no way back on the track.
#railroad #caboose #socialism #AllOverNow?
While it appears that we old socialists are about as relevant these days as a caboose on a bullet train, I believe if we are pushed off the edge, if we lose voices like Bernie Sanders' for instance, there may be no way back on the track.
#railroad #caboose #socialism #AllOverNow?
Occasionally ~
Sometimes, when you live in tourist country, you must remember to see what the tourists see. Must remember what brought you here in the first place.
#photography #GreatLakes #GreenBay #BlueWater #AutumnLeaves #BeautifulWorld #MyBackyard
Sometimes, when you live in tourist country, you must remember to see what the tourists see. Must remember what brought you here in the first place.
#photography #GreatLakes #GreenBay #BlueWater #AutumnLeaves #BeautifulWorld #MyBackyard
October 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Occasionally ~
Sometimes, when you live in tourist country, you must remember to see what the tourists see. Must remember what brought you here in the first place.
#photography #GreatLakes #GreenBay #BlueWater #AutumnLeaves #BeautifulWorld #MyBackyard
Sometimes, when you live in tourist country, you must remember to see what the tourists see. Must remember what brought you here in the first place.
#photography #GreatLakes #GreenBay #BlueWater #AutumnLeaves #BeautifulWorld #MyBackyard
sometimes, y'know
it just doesn't seem real
the water above
the sky below
this bridge of steel
this definitive maybe
when the status ain't quo
#photography #inversion #bridges
#SteelBridge #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown #UpsideDown
it just doesn't seem real
the water above
the sky below
this bridge of steel
this definitive maybe
when the status ain't quo
#photography #inversion #bridges
#SteelBridge #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown #UpsideDown
October 25, 2025 at 2:22 AM
sometimes, y'know
it just doesn't seem real
the water above
the sky below
this bridge of steel
this definitive maybe
when the status ain't quo
#photography #inversion #bridges
#SteelBridge #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown #UpsideDown
it just doesn't seem real
the water above
the sky below
this bridge of steel
this definitive maybe
when the status ain't quo
#photography #inversion #bridges
#SteelBridge #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown #UpsideDown
Really?
This is what I've been doing?
My country, parts of which I have occasionally loved, has been completely taken over by a raging fuckin' band of Nazi's, and I've been playing with trains?
Really?
Well, um . . . yeah . . .
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #Ogauge #diorama #OfTheeISing #GoodbyeAmerica
This is what I've been doing?
My country, parts of which I have occasionally loved, has been completely taken over by a raging fuckin' band of Nazi's, and I've been playing with trains?
Really?
Well, um . . . yeah . . .
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #Ogauge #diorama #OfTheeISing #GoodbyeAmerica
October 24, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Really?
This is what I've been doing?
My country, parts of which I have occasionally loved, has been completely taken over by a raging fuckin' band of Nazi's, and I've been playing with trains?
Really?
Well, um . . . yeah . . .
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #Ogauge #diorama #OfTheeISing #GoodbyeAmerica
This is what I've been doing?
My country, parts of which I have occasionally loved, has been completely taken over by a raging fuckin' band of Nazi's, and I've been playing with trains?
Really?
Well, um . . . yeah . . .
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #Ogauge #diorama #OfTheeISing #GoodbyeAmerica
Reposted by ralphmurre
This is chilling. And it doesn't exist anymore except on the Internet.
October 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This is chilling. And it doesn't exist anymore except on the Internet.
Heritage ~
like me not like her
everything of our two sons
like her not like me
haiku suggested by a long poem of Siegfried Mortkowitz,
photo by Valerie Murre, ca. 1979
#photography #haiku #GreatLakes #FishCreekWI #sons
like me not like her
everything of our two sons
like her not like me
haiku suggested by a long poem of Siegfried Mortkowitz,
photo by Valerie Murre, ca. 1979
#photography #haiku #GreatLakes #FishCreekWI #sons
October 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Heritage ~
like me not like her
everything of our two sons
like her not like me
haiku suggested by a long poem of Siegfried Mortkowitz,
photo by Valerie Murre, ca. 1979
#photography #haiku #GreatLakes #FishCreekWI #sons
like me not like her
everything of our two sons
like her not like me
haiku suggested by a long poem of Siegfried Mortkowitz,
photo by Valerie Murre, ca. 1979
#photography #haiku #GreatLakes #FishCreekWI #sons
Alone~
Like humans, cormorants are not particularly loveable, but usually have the comfort of a flock, or at least a partner. Not so, this one, who will proclaim that's the way it likes it. May even believe that for a while.
#Cormorant #Alone #GreatLakes #photography #anthropomorphizing
Like humans, cormorants are not particularly loveable, but usually have the comfort of a flock, or at least a partner. Not so, this one, who will proclaim that's the way it likes it. May even believe that for a while.
#Cormorant #Alone #GreatLakes #photography #anthropomorphizing
October 22, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Alone~
Like humans, cormorants are not particularly loveable, but usually have the comfort of a flock, or at least a partner. Not so, this one, who will proclaim that's the way it likes it. May even believe that for a while.
#Cormorant #Alone #GreatLakes #photography #anthropomorphizing
Like humans, cormorants are not particularly loveable, but usually have the comfort of a flock, or at least a partner. Not so, this one, who will proclaim that's the way it likes it. May even believe that for a while.
#Cormorant #Alone #GreatLakes #photography #anthropomorphizing
Scape ~
No pixels were seriously injured in the production of this picture.
#DigitalArt #AbstractArt #PixelPushing #FingerPainting
No pixels were seriously injured in the production of this picture.
#DigitalArt #AbstractArt #PixelPushing #FingerPainting
October 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Scape ~
No pixels were seriously injured in the production of this picture.
#DigitalArt #AbstractArt #PixelPushing #FingerPainting
No pixels were seriously injured in the production of this picture.
#DigitalArt #AbstractArt #PixelPushing #FingerPainting
Nut, 1959 ~
Another crazy Van Reenan kid (brother of the one who drives the auto-parts truck) stands on the tracks on Stepping Stone Island 'til the train comes & dashes away to leap into the one deep hole of Little Dog Creek. "It's fun," he says.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #CrazyMixedUpKid
Another crazy Van Reenan kid (brother of the one who drives the auto-parts truck) stands on the tracks on Stepping Stone Island 'til the train comes & dashes away to leap into the one deep hole of Little Dog Creek. "It's fun," he says.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #CrazyMixedUpKid
October 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Nut, 1959 ~
Another crazy Van Reenan kid (brother of the one who drives the auto-parts truck) stands on the tracks on Stepping Stone Island 'til the train comes & dashes away to leap into the one deep hole of Little Dog Creek. "It's fun," he says.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #CrazyMixedUpKid
Another crazy Van Reenan kid (brother of the one who drives the auto-parts truck) stands on the tracks on Stepping Stone Island 'til the train comes & dashes away to leap into the one deep hole of Little Dog Creek. "It's fun," he says.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #CrazyMixedUpKid
One Day in the City ~
Tutorial (?): Digitally photograph light coming through 2 layers of plastic windows in a tiny model building. Crop. Filter. Tweak. Crop. Filter. Tweak. Again. Again. Again.
#AbstractArt #PhonePhoto #DigitalArt #SomberSunday
Tutorial (?): Digitally photograph light coming through 2 layers of plastic windows in a tiny model building. Crop. Filter. Tweak. Crop. Filter. Tweak. Again. Again. Again.
#AbstractArt #PhonePhoto #DigitalArt #SomberSunday
October 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
One Day in the City ~
Tutorial (?): Digitally photograph light coming through 2 layers of plastic windows in a tiny model building. Crop. Filter. Tweak. Crop. Filter. Tweak. Again. Again. Again.
#AbstractArt #PhonePhoto #DigitalArt #SomberSunday
Tutorial (?): Digitally photograph light coming through 2 layers of plastic windows in a tiny model building. Crop. Filter. Tweak. Crop. Filter. Tweak. Again. Again. Again.
#AbstractArt #PhonePhoto #DigitalArt #SomberSunday
Travel Photo ~
Finally, a shot that clearly illustrates where I am now.
"But", you ask, "do you think this does as much good as marching in a No Kings protest against the Big Orange Nazi Bastard today?"
"Approximately", I answer.
#photography #abstract #NoKings #BigOrangeBastard #AuntyFascist
Finally, a shot that clearly illustrates where I am now.
"But", you ask, "do you think this does as much good as marching in a No Kings protest against the Big Orange Nazi Bastard today?"
"Approximately", I answer.
#photography #abstract #NoKings #BigOrangeBastard #AuntyFascist
October 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Travel Photo ~
Finally, a shot that clearly illustrates where I am now.
"But", you ask, "do you think this does as much good as marching in a No Kings protest against the Big Orange Nazi Bastard today?"
"Approximately", I answer.
#photography #abstract #NoKings #BigOrangeBastard #AuntyFascist
Finally, a shot that clearly illustrates where I am now.
"But", you ask, "do you think this does as much good as marching in a No Kings protest against the Big Orange Nazi Bastard today?"
"Approximately", I answer.
#photography #abstract #NoKings #BigOrangeBastard #AuntyFascist
Port Arend, 1959
A fine October day. That's Susan Hutchinson on the dock, shaking a kink out of the heavy bow line she's about to hand up to the family "fish tug", the Laura Marie, named for her late and legendary mother-in-law.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #GreatLakes
#FishTug #LakeMichigan #fishing
A fine October day. That's Susan Hutchinson on the dock, shaking a kink out of the heavy bow line she's about to hand up to the family "fish tug", the Laura Marie, named for her late and legendary mother-in-law.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #GreatLakes
#FishTug #LakeMichigan #fishing
October 18, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Port Arend, 1959
A fine October day. That's Susan Hutchinson on the dock, shaking a kink out of the heavy bow line she's about to hand up to the family "fish tug", the Laura Marie, named for her late and legendary mother-in-law.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #GreatLakes
#FishTug #LakeMichigan #fishing
A fine October day. That's Susan Hutchinson on the dock, shaking a kink out of the heavy bow line she's about to hand up to the family "fish tug", the Laura Marie, named for her late and legendary mother-in-law.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #GreatLakes
#FishTug #LakeMichigan #fishing
Port Arend, 1959
A wider view of N. Van Buren Ave. From the left: Red Cup Cafe, Narrow Norm & Nora's bar, Unified Freight, Arvinson Co. Plant 1, and across the bridge, Arvinson Plant 2, Wunward Plastics, and Little Eagle Press. All scratch-built but Wunward.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #ScratchBuilt
A wider view of N. Van Buren Ave. From the left: Red Cup Cafe, Narrow Norm & Nora's bar, Unified Freight, Arvinson Co. Plant 1, and across the bridge, Arvinson Plant 2, Wunward Plastics, and Little Eagle Press. All scratch-built but Wunward.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #ScratchBuilt
October 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Port Arend, 1959
A wider view of N. Van Buren Ave. From the left: Red Cup Cafe, Narrow Norm & Nora's bar, Unified Freight, Arvinson Co. Plant 1, and across the bridge, Arvinson Plant 2, Wunward Plastics, and Little Eagle Press. All scratch-built but Wunward.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #ScratchBuilt
A wider view of N. Van Buren Ave. From the left: Red Cup Cafe, Narrow Norm & Nora's bar, Unified Freight, Arvinson Co. Plant 1, and across the bridge, Arvinson Plant 2, Wunward Plastics, and Little Eagle Press. All scratch-built but Wunward.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #ScratchBuilt
The 50's ~
Murray Skynard, whose Little Eagle Press prints the Port Arend Achiever, zips toward his back door. He's seen McCarthyite Mrs. Brumsfeld coming out the front. She says he leans so far left he shouldn't even be able to ride a 2-wheeler.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #Socialism #Journalism #Reds
Murray Skynard, whose Little Eagle Press prints the Port Arend Achiever, zips toward his back door. He's seen McCarthyite Mrs. Brumsfeld coming out the front. She says he leans so far left he shouldn't even be able to ride a 2-wheeler.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #Socialism #Journalism #Reds
October 16, 2025 at 2:17 AM
The 50's ~
Murray Skynard, whose Little Eagle Press prints the Port Arend Achiever, zips toward his back door. He's seen McCarthyite Mrs. Brumsfeld coming out the front. She says he leans so far left he shouldn't even be able to ride a 2-wheeler.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #Socialism #Journalism #Reds
Murray Skynard, whose Little Eagle Press prints the Port Arend Achiever, zips toward his back door. He's seen McCarthyite Mrs. Brumsfeld coming out the front. She says he leans so far left he shouldn't even be able to ride a 2-wheeler.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #Socialism #Journalism #Reds
Mona of Algoma ~
Seems every time I go to Algoma (Wisconsin) I find something I want to photograph. I love this. Wish I could credit the artist here, but I just don't know. If you do, please leave a comment.
#FoundArt #photography #Algoma #MonaLisa #FolkArt #GreatLakes
Seems every time I go to Algoma (Wisconsin) I find something I want to photograph. I love this. Wish I could credit the artist here, but I just don't know. If you do, please leave a comment.
#FoundArt #photography #Algoma #MonaLisa #FolkArt #GreatLakes
October 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Mona of Algoma ~
Seems every time I go to Algoma (Wisconsin) I find something I want to photograph. I love this. Wish I could credit the artist here, but I just don't know. If you do, please leave a comment.
#FoundArt #photography #Algoma #MonaLisa #FolkArt #GreatLakes
Seems every time I go to Algoma (Wisconsin) I find something I want to photograph. I love this. Wish I could credit the artist here, but I just don't know. If you do, please leave a comment.
#FoundArt #photography #Algoma #MonaLisa #FolkArt #GreatLakes
Incredible Balancing Duck Trick ~
How do they do it? And why?
; )
#Ducks #Mallards #JustMallards
#CircusDucks #SturgeonBay
How do they do it? And why?
; )
#Ducks #Mallards #JustMallards
#CircusDucks #SturgeonBay
October 15, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Incredible Balancing Duck Trick ~
How do they do it? And why?
; )
#Ducks #Mallards #JustMallards
#CircusDucks #SturgeonBay
How do they do it? And why?
; )
#Ducks #Mallards #JustMallards
#CircusDucks #SturgeonBay
School*
*A facility where small fish (I.E. sardines) are taught to conform and, ultimately, to swim happily into cans, where they celebrate their uniformity.
#AbstractArt #DigitalArt #FingerPainting #PixelPushing #sardines #conformity #schools
*A facility where small fish (I.E. sardines) are taught to conform and, ultimately, to swim happily into cans, where they celebrate their uniformity.
#AbstractArt #DigitalArt #FingerPainting #PixelPushing #sardines #conformity #schools
October 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
School*
*A facility where small fish (I.E. sardines) are taught to conform and, ultimately, to swim happily into cans, where they celebrate their uniformity.
#AbstractArt #DigitalArt #FingerPainting #PixelPushing #sardines #conformity #schools
*A facility where small fish (I.E. sardines) are taught to conform and, ultimately, to swim happily into cans, where they celebrate their uniformity.
#AbstractArt #DigitalArt #FingerPainting #PixelPushing #sardines #conformity #schools