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S. K. Riley
@skriley.bsky.social
Writer, PhD, gardener, educator, tree planter, and so forth.
www.skriley-author.com
Lover of Australian wildlife, re-wilding, mythology, music, cinema and democracy. 🇦🇺
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Dingo Roaming

Dingo was roaming, seeing, feeling − falling toward the stars.

- JP Quinton

#Dingo #Stars #Dreaming
"Hey Mister! Throw me some beads!"

🎉 Laissez les bons temps rouler!

#MardiGras #FatTuesday #NOLA #Carnival #Rio #Caribbean #Carnivale #Venice
Laissez les bons temps rouler!

Happy #MardiGras! #NOLA

Iko Iko , Dr John , 1972
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnGY...
February 16, 2026 at 3:58 AM
“And now we go into the land of the sun, and the sand, and the sand dunes, and the heat, and the hush, and the quiet, and the shush. And it’s night in Tunisia.”

Dexter Gordon - Night in Tunisia
(Holland, 1964)

#DexterGordon #CoolCats #Jazz #Saxophone #Poetry #Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=woVH...
Dexter Gordon - Night in Tunisia (Holland, 1964) [1/3]
YouTube video by Julio Cortázar
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February 16, 2026 at 1:10 AM
“Then [he]… threw the sword as far into the water as he might; and there came an arm and an hand above the water & met it, and caught it, and so shook it thrice and brandished, and then vanished away the hand with the sword in the water.”
~Thomas Malory, ‘Le Morte d’Arthur’
#Excalibur #LadyOfTheLake
February 16, 2026 at 12:01 AM
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February 13, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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No paperazzi.
Took this just now from the back deck. Need coffee.
February 13, 2026 at 10:37 PM
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One more cherry burl piece for today's #BlueSkyArtShow #Wood. This is part of a large burl that gave me two smaller pieces. It was local, from a dead limb on a quite large tree (I like working with salvaged wood). 13-1/2 inches long and 4 inches high, and finished with oil-based polyurethane.
February 14, 2026 at 9:16 PM
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This. Is. Hilarious.
Proud to be 🇦🇺 Australian! 💚💛👊...😏✌️☮️
#thosecarterboys #Australia #Italy #olympics #Nutbush #dance #TinaTurner
February 15, 2026 at 3:59 AM
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A gathering of Pelicans and Silver Gulls at Sandgate, Qld
#birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #shorebirds #WildOz
February 15, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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February 15, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge

Day 10: A perfect song for dancing

Got To Give It Up - Marvin Gaye

youtu.be/YLo4E0jmb5E?...
Got To Give It Up
YouTube video by Marvin Gaye - Topic
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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Middle Earth, New Zealand
#Scape #photography
February 13, 2026 at 1:36 AM
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13 February marks the 18th Anniversary of the National Apology to the Stolen Generations. We pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples affected by policies of removal.

Pictured: 'Kunyi' (2021) by Kunyi June Anne McInerney.
February 13, 2026 at 12:01 AM
To the #StolenGenerations, I say the following: as PM of Australia, I am #Sorry.
I offer you this apology without qualification.
We apologise for the hurt, pain & suffering that we, the parliament, have caused you.
We apologise for the indignity, degradation and the humiliation these laws embodied.
February 12, 2026 at 10:40 PM
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February 12, 2026 at 9:52 PM
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Light is built a brick at a time.
two men are standing in front of a lighthouse
ALT: two men are standing in front of a lighthouse
media.tenor.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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Another shot of this beautiful Black Necked Stork from last week. Happy Friday.
February 12, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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Janet Hill - Library Ladies
February 12, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Soul With A Capital 'S'
YouTube video by Tower Of Power - Topic
www.youtube.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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The volume & geographic distribution of protest nationwide during year 1 of Trump's second term was extraordinary.
February 12, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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This is my emotional support fawn
February 12, 2026 at 7:44 PM
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James Baldwin
February 11, 2026 at 3:22 AM
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Little Tern at Nelson Lagoon in Mimosa Rocks National Park. #seabirds #birds #WildOz
January 27, 2026 at 6:47 AM
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The Wilderness Society is preparing a submission and we need your support to amplify the impact.

Together we can protect Australia's oceans.

👉 Say no to new oil and gas today: wilderness.org.au/otway-submission-2026

#oilandgas #environment #wildoz
Sign now to stop new oil & gas in Australia’s oceans.
By adding your name to our submission, you’ll help show the government that new gas is a double disaster for: Lutruwita / Tasmania’s World Heritage coastline & the climate.
wilderness.org.au
January 30, 2026 at 1:06 AM
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Cyanicula sericea - the Silky Blue Orchid

One of the blue orchids endemic to Western Australia, the Silky Blue orchid is relatively common in areas of the State with good rainfall.

This one was seen in September in Julimar State Forest 💙

#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist
January 30, 2026 at 7:14 AM
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Charles Darwin, influential English naturalist, geologist and pioneer of evolutionary theory, born #OTD 1809. #DarwinDay2026
Bodleian Library, Oxford | Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social
February 12, 2026 at 5:56 AM