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“The earth has music for those who listen.” - Reginald Holmes
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Trina Carter @trinaherself.bsky.social · Apr 2
Amazing! | ‘Verblüffend!’
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
#nature #proverb #journey #butterflies #flowers #urban #garden

‘Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.’
An orange-and-black-winged American Lady butterfly flits from one pink zinnia to another. Capitol Hill, Washington, DC (July 2024)
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Four in a row | 'Viererreihe' #FotoVorschlag #Photography
#mural #art #painting #DC
Row houses on #CapitolHill
A mural painted on a garage door shows four houses in a row (“row houses”) typical of Capitol Hill. Some have steepled roofs, others flat roofs but with fancy cornices, gabled dormers, or bay windows. The brick fronts have been painted white except for one left its natural brick-red color. The doors are also different colors and styles, but all have steep steps leading up from the sidewalk to the front stoop. Washington, DC (December 2015)
January 23, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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Snow & ice up close | 'Schnee und Eis nah dran'
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
#winter #snow #shadows
From my Blue Period🥶
Snow on the ground crisscrossed with tree shadows like an abstract painting in blue tones. Bethesda, MD (2014)
January 20, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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Laugh, love, live. | ‘Lache. Liebe. Lebe.' #FotoVorschlag #Photography #LoveInTheTimeOfCovid Newlyweds
A bride & groom dashing past the statue of Gen. Nathanael Greene on his horse. The park is empty but blossoming with cherry trees on a chilly spring day during the covid pandemic, when weddings took place on the fly and young couples had to improvise to get married.♥️ Capitol Hill, Washington, DC (March 2020)
January 13, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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Twilight | 'Dämmerung’
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
#twilight #b&w #DC
On the dark side.
A black and white shot of the elegant Bartholdi Fountain just as the lamps come on at twilight, with the US Capitol in the background. Washington, DC (February 2024)
January 5, 2026 at 12:29 PM
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Things beginning with ‘Y’ | Dinge die mit "Y” beginnen…
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
#MayanRuins #AncientWonders
Yucatán Peninsula🇲🇽
Mayan pyramid seen against a billowing white cloud and sparse green grass. Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico. (January 2012)
December 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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A small thing that makes me happy| 'Kleine Sache, die glücklich macht'
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
#Roses #gardening #summer #happiness
A small thing that makes me happy, when the scent of flowers lingers in the evening air…
A Blush rose at twilight. The pink petals are open, heavy with scent, facing the gathering dark even as the lower petals catch the last of the setting sun. Bethesda, MD (July 2014)
December 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Things beginning with ‘I’| Dinge die mit "I” beginnen…
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
#ReflectingPool #Christmas #ArtAdventCalendar #DC
✨Illumination✨
The US Capitol and the national Christmas tree are illuminated in the still, dark water of the reflecting pool at night. Washington, DC (December 2021)
December 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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We had nothing back then | 'Wir hatten ja nichts damals'
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
Fortunately we had #games all sorts like #Parcheesi 🎲🎲
A Parcheesi board game set up on a table in front of a couch. The dice are resting on the game board as if just rolled. The board itself is square, with four “start” circles in each corner separated by four “ladders” leading up to the “home” square in the center. The different colored “pieces” are made of wood and are moved around the board according to the number rolled by the dice. Photo taken during the pandemic. Washington, DC (May 2020)
December 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Advent | Adventliches'
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
#festive #FlowersOnSunday
#BloomScrolling #happyholidays
Day 14 of #ArtAdventCalendar
Snow on red berries and green foliage on Capitol Hill. Washington, DC (January 2025)
December 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Paths & trails|’Pfade & Wege’
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
#Path #Fall #SaturdayOrange #USArboretum #DC
‘Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.’ - John Muir
A dirt path worn into a grassy slope. At the top are The Columns (once part of the US Capitol). On either side of the path are trees turning golden yellow. The sky above is a cold cloudless blue in the late afternoon sunshine. US National Arboretum, Washington, DC (November 2023)
December 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Day 2 of #ArtAdventCalendar
#crochet #handmade #craft
Quite a project. Took me a long time to make. But it’s held up well. The design was called Log Cabin, I think. Not perfect but warm & cozy, especially during the pandemic.🧶
A hand-crocheted woolen throw laid out flat on a bed. Squares of rustic red, tan, gray, brown, and ivory yarn are joined together to form a larger pattern, spreading out like a medallion from a white cross at the center surrounded by dark brown toward a white border and dark corners, edged in tan, rust red, and light gray. Made in Princeton, NJ (1991). Photographed in Washington, DC (2022)
December 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Day 1 of #ArtAdventCalendar
Fun experiment with #Photomontage #Photography #flowers #sculpture #garden #art #DC #UkraineFrameOfMind
Give #peace a chance.🙏🏼
Blow-up of a large wind-blown sunflower, with Rodin’s sculpture ‘The Burghers of Calais’ (1869) placed in the dark-brown center of the flower along with the young Asian woman on her cell phone just below the good citizens of Calais, who, in 1347, offered themselves as hostages to the King of England to end his siege of their city—but she is oblivious to all that, perched on the yellow sunflower petals in her chic black jacket and fitted pants. The sunflower is a tribute to Ukraine, besieged by Russia since 2014; the sculpture commemorates the Hundred Years' War between the English and the French. (Photomontage created: May 27, 2025; Washington, DC)
December 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Caffeine | 'Koffein’
#FotoVorschlag #Photography

"Coffee makes us severe, and grave, and philosophical." - Jonathan Swift
An after-dinner coffee served in an elegant demitasse made by Tiffany with gold and peacock-blue trim around the rims of the fine china saucer and cup, placed on a table almost the same rich dark brown as the Turkish coffee. Bethesda, MD (September 2014)
November 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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In the city center | 'In der Innenstadt’
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
Washington, DC 💔
The white dome of the US Capitol looks somber against red-gold foliage and damp gray skies. Washington, DC (October 2023)
November 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Icy times | 'Eisige Zeiten’
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
#Roses #BloomScrolling #Fall #RosesOnWednesday
#WednesdayPink #gardens
So bold. So beautiful. So doomed.
A pink rosebud coated in ice. My favorite, the Blush rose is hardy enough to withstand cold yet its petals are a delicate pink and its scent almost heavenly. Bethesda , MD (November 2014)
November 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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'CO2-Emission’
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
#nature #environment #leaves #fall #circleoflife
My #carbonfootprint is small since I walk everywhere.
Autumn maple leaves arranged in a circle by size and color around a pair of feet clad in black sketchers with chartreuse shoelaces. Bethesda, MD (September 2014)
November 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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#BirdOfTheDay #Mr&Mrs 🪶The look.
A mallard-duck couple float on the gray-green surface of a flat pool of water, where flames burn in the middle of the fountain honoring wounded soldiers. The drab-brown female is sharply eying her emerald-headed mate as he passes by as if on patrol. In the background, a gray-haired man in a black wheelchair is talking to a couple of tourists. At the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial, Washington, D.C. (May 2025)
November 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Bent | 'Abgeknickt’
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
#ancient #trees #flexibility
Bend don’t break, and you too may live to 102 yrs. old🌸
A Yoshino cherry tree planted in 1922 still blossoms every spring, its ancient trunk now bent by age has to be propped up by wooden crutches. Library of Congress, Washington, DC (March 2024)
November 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Dark Desire on display.🍂♥️
#RoseWednesday #BloomScrolling #Roses #Flowers #garden #nature #Photography #RedWed #RosesOnWednesday #DC
Close-up of the red rose Dark Desire still blooming in late fall. In the background is the white-marble facade of the US Botanic Garden building. Washington, DC (November 2024)
November 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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The joker is wild | ''*' (Joker, Freispiel)'
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
#ginkgo #trees #memorials #honor #VeteransDay
In war, you never know if you’ll come back in one piece—or at all.
Golden yellow ginkgo trees are reflected in a still, flat pool of water. A glass wall runs between the two rows of trees, inset with panels showing enlarged black and white combat photos from the Vietnam War. One in the middle is of three soldiers carrying a wounded soldier on a stretcher. The memorial celebrates men and women who may be broken in body – but never in spirit. American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial. Washington, DC (Nov. 2022)
November 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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🎶”Where everybody knows your name”🍻 #Cheers #WeekTforTelevision #AlphabetChallenge
A glass of beer set down on a black bar mat at the Big Stick. On Half Street, Navy Yard, Nats Park, Washington, DC (Sept. 2015)
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Things beginning with ‘D’ | Dinge die mit "D” beginnen…
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
#Detritus #leaves #Fall
Deck debris.🍂🤎🍁♥️🍂💛
Red, yellow, and brown leaves lying on a weathered deck where they’ve fallen from a maple tree. Baltimore, MD (October 2025)
November 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Mirrored | 'Gespiegelt’
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
#InnerHarbour #Baltimore
Skyscrapers are mirrored in the still surface of Baltimore’s inner harbor. A line of white yachts tied up to a wharf stretches between the mirrored image of buildings. (July 2014)
November 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Transport|'Fortbewegungsmittel’
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
#Marmaris #harbour #ferries #Adriatic #Sea
Getting around.🇬🇷⛴️🇹🇷
A small white ferry plying the still waters of the Agean Sea. Clifftop rocks and sparse vegetation are in the foreground. The entrance to the harbor is narrow and well concealed by craggy mountains seen across the gray-blue water. Marmaris, Turkey (May 2012)
November 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Surely this is the kind of pumpkin that deserves to be turned into a coach.🪄✨ #HappyHalloween #DC
A pumpkin decorated with gold-leaf and silver paint like a henna-artist design. Capitol Hill, Washington, DC (October 2023)
October 31, 2024 at 1:16 PM