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Robert E. (He/him)
@robertemond.bsky.social
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Jack of many trades master of none (good at a few). Doing my best to make life in my small corner of the world better one piece of art at a time.

Proud member of #WestCoastKin
#PNW #Oregon #Art #Archaeology 🏺

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Robert E. (He/him) @robertemond.bsky.social · Nov 24
Normally Monday starts week ten of the #BBBingo challenge but since this week is a big holiday in the US I’m taking a break. Also there hasn’t been a lot of participation so I’m thinking something might need to change. Feedback would be great.

#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#ArtChallenges #ArtPrompts
A #BBBingo card saying that there is no game for the week of 11/24-11/30 due to US Thanksgiving.
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#BirdOfTheDay | #mostrecent

My most recent bird (10/30/25) photo and my most recent “real” bird photo (10/1/25).

#Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#BlueskyPhotography
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BirdPhotography #Birds #Bird
An art nouveau lace bird at the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna. Photo by Robert Emond. Three geese at Portland waterfront trail. Photo by Robert Emond.
December 27, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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#FoodOnFriday

My youngest decided to do a creepy gingerbread house for Xmas the other day.

#Photography 📸
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#BlueskyPhotography
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#FoodPhotography #Foodsky
An “A” frame gingerbread house with 8 eyeballs on the wall and a gum drop face on the roof. Photo by Robert Emond. A gingerbread house with a weird candy owl/tree creature with a candy fox at its feet and candy reindeer breaking into the gingerbread house. Photo by Robert Emond. A candy reindeer breaking into a gingerbread house. Photo by Robert Emond. The roof of a gingerbread house with a portrait of Santa with red gumdrop eyes, a pink gumdrop nose, a yellow gumdrop mouth, and frosting hair and beard. Photo by Robert Emond.
December 27, 2025 at 2:03 AM
robertemond.bsky.social
#AlphabetChallenge | #WeekZforZero

A peso issued by the Japanese during the occupation of the Philippines. The 0 is in the serial number.

Please read the alt for my family’s “Christmas Miracle” war story.

#Photography 📸 #History
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#BlueskyPhotography
#WW2 #WWII
A photo of a peso issued by the Japanese during the occupation of the Philippines. My grandmother and her family fled Manilla during the occupation and were living in a farm in a rural village. Her brother was in the resistance and had been home for Christmas visiting. He’d left to go back fighting, but forgot his gun. A Japanese patrol came to the village looking for resistance fighters and food. Knowing that being found with a weapon they would be killed my grandmother had my oldest aunt 6 or 7 at the time hide the gun before they reached the house. She hid it in a rice barrel. The soldiers not finding resistance fighters began looting food. As they started scooping rice out of the barrel my grandma, 9 months pregnant with my father, pretended to swoon and faked entering labor. The soldiers wanting nothing to do with “women’s” troubles stoped taking rice and left; the gun was undiscovered. My dad was born on January 8th. They all moved to the US shortly after the war ended.
December 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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mwplovesmusic.bsky.social
#Emoetry prompt for 12/26

is

#Uncertain

#writingcommunity #poetry @fafo-poets-society.bsky.social
Emoetry prompt for 12/26 is Uncertain
December 26, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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#ColorADay | #RedWed & #XtraXmas | #Santa

My youngest with Santa, circa 2000 San Diego at the Hotel del Coronado.

Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

#Photography 📸 #Christmas #Xmas
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#BlueskyPhotography
#PhotographersUnited
Caitlyn Emond with Santa under a tree at the Hotel del Coronado. She is about four, wearing a cute party dress with a solid black bodice and a plaid skirt. Photo by Robert Emond.
December 25, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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mwplovesmusic.bsky.social
#Emoetry prompt for 12/25 is
#Thoughtful

#writingcommunity #poetry
@fafo-poets-society.bsky.social
Emoetry prompt for 12/25 is thoughtful
December 25, 2025 at 3:33 AM
robertemond.bsky.social
#AlphabetChallenge | #WeekZforZero

From the Quake Museum in Lisbon, 20/11/23. Here is a list of the ones I’ve personally felt:

1971 Sylmar 6.6 #2 largest So.Cal.
1987 Whittier 5.9
1988 Saguenay near Montreal 5.9
1994 Northridge 6.7 #1 in So.Cal.

#Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
From the Quake Museum in Lisbon a visual representation of magnitude of earthquakes. A two meter diameter blue circle represents the 2004 9.1 Indonesia earthquake. The next biggest circle, about 1/3 the size, is the 1785 8.5(estimated) Lisbon earthquake which the museum explores. Several smaller circles lead down to the smallest, a circle about 1.25 cm, the 2011 Lorca quake at 5.1. Photo by Robert Emond.
December 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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annemorrigan.bsky.social
おはよう feelsfam
today's #haikufeels #prompt is

kindle

👉 get lit
December 24, 2025 at 11:01 AM
robertemond.bsky.social
#TuesdayTea

From a Dickens Christmas tea at Deepwood Museum and Gardens, 12/14/25.

#Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#BlueskyPhotography
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#FoodPhotography
#Foodie #Afternoontea
A Royal Stafford tea cup in the Glendale pattern. Photo by Robert Emond.
December 24, 2025 at 3:43 AM
robertemond.bsky.social
#Emoetry | #Rattled

”Rattled”

#Poetry #WordPlay #poetryprompt #WritingPrompts
#Writing #WritingCommunity
#skypoets #blueskypoetry
A poem by Robert Emond. It reads: “Sleeping in the warm lazy afternoon the snake was rattled by the hiker. So the snake did what snakes do and rattled. The hiker rattled by the rattler fell down the hill. Onlookers rattled by the hiker tumbling down called for Bill. The sleeping ranger rattled by the shrill alarm, rushed to the rattled hiker to prevent harm. Peace restored to the warm afternoon the snake went back to sleep, what a piker!”
December 24, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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mwplovesmusic.bsky.social
#Emoetry prompt for 12/24

Is

#scorn

#writingcommunity #poetry @fafo-poets-society.bsky.social
#Emoetry prompt for 12/24 is #scorn
December 24, 2025 at 3:04 AM
robertemond.bsky.social
Here’s a twofer for #Twosday: #AlphabetChallenge & #TombstoneTuesday

Taken 9/29/22 at Pioneer Park in San Diego, the only park I know of with playground equipment and a cemetery 🤯.

#WeekZforZero #Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#BlueskyPhotography #History
#PhotographersUnited
A tombstone that says: ”MICHALL CHIO SR. NATIVE OF ITALY BORN SEPT. 14, 1862 DIED DEC. 5, 1915. EDDIE CHIO NATIVE OF CALIFORNIA BORN NOV. 3, 1894 DIED JAN. 20, 1914 STEPHEN B. CHIO APR 24,1890-APR 27 1924” Photo by Robert Emond.
December 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
robertemond.bsky.social
#BirdOfTheDay | #SideProfiles Instead of 2 birds with one stone here’s 1.5 birds with one stone (my iPhone is the stone 😉😆) Oregon Coast Aquarium 7/2/21

#BlackBirds #Photography
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#BlueskyPhotography
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
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A closeup of a puffin standing on a rock. The yellow ring around its eye is visible. Photo by Robert Emond.
December 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
robertemond.bsky.social
#MosaicMonday

Roman 400-600 AD from an early Christian church in Syria. Taken at the Getty Villa 12/22/25. More info in Alt Text.

#Archaeology 🏺 #AncientBlueSky #Roman #Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#BlueskyPhotography
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
Part of a Roman 400-600 AD floor mosaic from an early Christian church. It is a peacock with vines and feathers which look like the modern heart (💜). In early Christian art a peacock is a sign of immortality and considered one of the most spectacular creatures on earth. The vines would have stretched to a center tree or an amphora and then to a matching peacock on the other side. Photo by Robert Emond.
December 23, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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mwplovesmusic.bsky.social
#Emoetry prompt for 12/23

Is

#Rattled

#poetry #writingcommunity @fafo-poets-society.bsky.social
Emoetry prompt for 12/23 is Rattled
December 23, 2025 at 3:44 AM
robertemond.bsky.social
#PinkMon | #ColorADay & #MuseumMonday

Just got bsck from the Getty Villa. This is why people flock to So Cal. roses in bloom 3 day before Christmas!

#Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#BlueskyPhotography
#PhotographersUnited
#BloomScrolling #Flowers
#FlowerPhotography
#Bloom #Blooms
A ping rose thriving in the California winter st the Getty Villa museum in Malibu. Photo by Robert Emond.
December 22, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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mwplovesmusic.bsky.social
sorrow
bleeds through my
hands like ink
in desperation
to find answers
in a world of
puzzles;

I am
in purgatory,
a pending hell
I’ve built so well
and the moments
I smile
are shrinking
even as I cling
to love more
#poetry
December 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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lovelycds.bsky.social
Young rabbit sends season’s greetings, & reminds us that the march towards a new season begins again..✨💐💖

#art #artist #life #joy #nature #drawing #illustration #design #flowerpower #bloomscrolling #ArtAdventCalendar #seasons #SensoryArt #HappySolstice #HappyHolidays ✨
Art by Corinna of a whimsical young rabbit drawn in black ink with golden yellow highlights. A tiny flower is present. Drawn in her own joyful, expressive style, & somewhat abstract, with just a few lines of ink. 2025.
December 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
robertemond.bsky.social
Happy #BlueSkyMonday & #BlueMonday

I was using Google to search for pictures with a 0 in them for this week’s #AlphabetChallenge this is what Google came up with. I have no idea why, just shows the issues with AI.

Malaga, 10/6/23.

#Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#BlueskyPhotography
An evening at the Malaga harbor with a dark blue sky and a very dark blue ocean. The city lights and a brightly lit highway create a contrast with the dark sky and sea. Photo by Robert Emond.
December 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
robertemond.bsky.social
#AlphabetChallenge | #WeekZforZero

This is a challenging challenge 😁. But I had this picture with 2 zeros!

#FoodPhotography #Candy
#Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
A bag of peanut M&Ms with special marketing that show a brown, purple,&green anthropomorphic M&Ms upside down with text that says,”supporting women flipping the status quo”.
December 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
robertemond.bsky.social
#ColorADay | #OrangeSun

Taking a break from family, so here’s my last post of the day. An orange poppy 8/27/25.

#Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#BlueskyPhotography
#PhotographersUnited
#ArtistsOfBluesky
#BlueSkyArt #BloomScrolling #Flowers #FlowerPhotography
#Bloom #Blooms
A bright orange poppy with lots of bright yellow pollen on the stamen. Photo by Robert Emond.
December 22, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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alinagrafik.bsky.social
Here is the December 22-28 art challenge cheat sheet!
Compiled by @handcranked.bsky.social

HELP NEEDED! Have a few $ to help a challenge host in need? See post in comments.

#EastCoastKin #Photography #Drawing #Art #Painting #ArtChallenge
Art Challenges: December 22–28 Monday, December 22 #BlueSkyMonday (anything blue) #MacroMonday (any macro) #MountainMonday (mountains) #MinimalMonday (minimalism) #ColorADay (#PinkMon) #XtraXmas (#turkey) Tuesday, December 23 #RockinTuesday (rocks) #TidesOutTuesday #TagTuesday (graffiti/street art) #AnimalArtTuesday #ColorADay (#BlueTue or #CyanTue) #XtraXmas (#elf) Wednesday, December 24 #WaterfallWednesday #WindowsOnWednesday #WackyWednesdayArt (odd/unusual) #ColorADay (#RedWed) #XtraXmas (#santa) Thursday, December 25 #HumansOfBlueSky (people) #UrbanGaze (anything urban) #PalacesAndGardens (#PalacePicks) #ColorADay (#YellowThu) #XtraXmas (#family) Friday, December 26 #scape (any kind of scape) #FishyFriday #ForestFriday #FoodOnFriday #FlyDay (critters that fly) #ColorADay (#BWFri) #XtraXmas (#present) Saturday, December 27 #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#GreenSat) #BlueSkyArtShow (#holiday) #XtraXmas (#snowman) Sunday, December 28 #Stunday (stunning) #ImageAndVerse (photos with poems written by you or anyone) #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#OrangeSun) #SelfPortraitSunday (#FutureSelf)* #XtraXmas (#ChristmasTree) All Week #ArtAdventCalendar (any original non-AI art daily through Dec 24) #ArtYear (any art) #ArtOfSelfPortaiture #BirdOfTheDay (see Alan H or Rob Crank for daily prompt) #ClassicMono (monochrome) #FestiveDailyRobin (through Dec 31) #smARTIST (purposeful art) #AlphabetChallenge #WeekZforZero)** #SensoryArt (#joy) *Imagine who you'll be in 10 years **The word or numeral 0 is visible
December 22, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Love is a big part of western holiday traditions and most westerners don’t have knowledge about the underlying concepts developed by the Greeks. Careerwing as usual understands. Hive it a read.
careerwing.bsky.social careerwing @careerwing.bsky.social · 5d
愛とは何なのか～人が備える感情により４分類されます🍃

①アガペー ：無償・献身の愛＝神の愛、人類愛
②エロース ：情熱・欲求の愛＝恋愛、性愛、憧れ
③フィリア ：友情・相互尊重＝友達、仲間
④ストルゲー：家族的情愛　 ＝親子、兄弟、夫婦

人の進化は、DNAが様々に書き換えられ続けてきた筈ながら、「愛」そのもの進化はどうだったのかと、終わらぬ戦争を見つめながら思います。

愛の4分類に変化は無くも、社会変化のなかで愛の意味や使われ方は広がり、福祉・教育・人道支援などにアガペー的な愛が活かされ、愛は社会を支える文化的な力として発展しているのか～愛の進化はいつ完成となるのか～いつまでも大切に🍃
December 22, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Raven teaches us how to go into the dark to bring forth the light. May the long night of the solstice bring peace of mind & enlightenment of soul.

#WinterSolstice #BlueskyPhotography #BlueskyArtShow #OpenHouse
Photoshopped portal of a silhouetted crow flying in a blue sky with white clouds. ©Liz Tufte
December 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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sheena-mck.bsky.social
Attention Alphabetters!
Mon 22 Dec is the start of Week Z and the theme for the #AlphabetChallenge is Zero. Pics where the word zero or the numeral 0 is visible. Clocks, song titles, street numbers, car regs- you’ll have more than you think! If not, seek them out 😂
Use the # below and have fun😊
December 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM