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MJ West
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Respect for others-Integrity in self.
TX USA/S.F. native, he/him
Born & Raised BL💙E
SFSD-Youth Mentor
TX Educator-Greyhound Driver
Girl Dad🪹-Amateur Photography
cooking,gardens,news junkie.
🚘I Brake ✋🏾for Armadillos 🐾
No Pushy Folk etc/i pre-review& block
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Listening to a Veteran(2016)
Driving Dallas-El Paso.
A Mekong River, Boat Captain: “I had done 2 tours. Reenlisted back to My Crew after my replacement…”
#VeteransDay2025 🇺🇸
A brand New Greyhound motor coach crossed my path at 6AM And Became my White Whale.
November 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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I sometimes buy something for because it’s novel or awe inspiring, not thinking of profit.
This was a dollar on Amazon
I think it’s out of print.
between $45-60 a couple years ago. Fortunate.
Dr. Rick from helping new homeowners commercials🤣🤣🤣 Published a book on the topic.
November 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Believe me Objects much closer than..All three ignored my signal needing Left Lane, they wanted the right lane. Won't show the wht suv...fighting me for the left while they wanted the right.
My dash cam ain't for po-po, it's for y'all lying dumb asses
ps: they know the right stops in 100'
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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An option even though the shutdown is over.
Taken this morning. A brand new Greyhound bus parked inside the very safe and clean Dallas Transfer Terminal.
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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The Bush Monster
Survives The Freeze

Worm Bin Tomato Vine
Growing off season

#GardensHour
Tomato Vine covered before a freeze Tomato vine after the freeze minor freeze burn fruit still good
November 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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My photo choices being near the 62nd anniversary of JFK’s Assassination is Coincidence.

I started taking city scenes one year ago on The 61st Anniversary

#CityScene #Nikon
Northern entry through the Kiosk at JFK Plaza.
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Founders Plaza
(notice cabin deep inside photo)
John Neely Bryan was a
Farmer, Lawyer, Tradesman and
Founder of Dallas, TX
Founder’s Plaza is a square, shaped like a square. This path leads away from JFK Plaza to Elm Street very near Dealy Plaza. Trees wrapped in Holiday lighting surround the stanchion lit path.
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Dallas was crisp and still.
Quiet, yes too quiet
It wasn’t I
I must have description fit.
Invigorated.
Time was right for a few📷

#UrbanGaze
The center of JFK Plaza The Black Granite Prism Inscribed with His Name.
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Solitary Man
*Copyright Reserved*
This photo of Solitary Man in a fatigued fatigue jacket set against a stone background is my favorite. I worked to get it. I lay copyright claim domestically and internationally. I’m damn good at writing legal briefs that survive motions practice in courts of civil law. Do not use privately or publicly without my consent. MJ
November 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Sweet Sunrise
#Photography #Landscape
#Nature #EastCoastKin
Sunrise in a rural setting. The predawn sky-show is a gradual layering of hues. There is an Orange-red horizon, refracted sunlight , sky blue, all chasing the deep purple night. The night sky is an eyelid opening to the new day. In the foreground a barbed wire fence, beyond is a cow pasture the rear of which is bordered by a darkened tree line.
November 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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outside the box
-Purple Gaze
#UrbanGaze
Yesterday’s subject blurred in the background. It is night. The light show of Omni Dallas blurred, looks like a tie-dye. A path leading to it reflecting a warm magenta, is a wide S curve.
November 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Same building just a few seconds later
A few seconds later the light show, courtesy of a hotel and resort location, is changing to horizontal green fins. Reminiscent of the radiators on top of antique refrigerators.
November 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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These snapshots were taken just a few seconds apart.
A major hotel and resort location that has a constant and sometimes thematic light show projecting from its building nightly. This momentary display is a patchwork of separate nondescript 10 story tall images, autumnal orange in hue.
November 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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2/2 The goods.
A green acorn, it’s on the branch of a very young Live Oak tree.
November 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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1/2..There was this one fiesty squirrel from yesterday’s excursion..

“Don’t come back without the goods”
A territorial Texas squirrel squatting at the base of its tree sending me a message..
November 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Give it back!
Two squirrels enjoying a warm autumn afternoon in the arboretum. A chase game is underway. The lead squirrel has a small nut in its mouth. This all takes place on and around the visitors’ walkways.
November 5, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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ditto
Experimental Flower Garden at the local arboretum
November 5, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Touched grass today!
Dappled Sunshine-A simple split rail fence separates a maintained picnic area from private property with slightly overgrown grasses.
November 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Night Lite: hope on the night road driving back to Dallas County.
#Photography
Night photo of a High rise building in downtown Dallas, TX. During night hours the corners and edges are lighted by LED lighting that is usually green customizable to RGB and motion options. Visible from 40-50 miles outside of the city.
November 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Apologies for the typos, I’m tired and geeked out.🙂
Because I got Mr.Ds pn
Buddy. Viet Nam Veteran, AT&T Lineman ret. Local Police Officer ret. he had some interesting stories 😳
1969-71 Dodge Super Bee. Actually looks like 1971 tail lights.
November 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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5/5
It started to rain a the car show folks packed it in.
One of my Mutuals on here likes Classic cars so…
November 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Then I shared “war stories” over a SixPack with Mr D. Who came home from Viet Nam in 1969 strapped to a gurney.
The engine of a 1969 Dodge Super Bee. I was geeked out by the three 2 barrel carburetors, called a Six Pack.
November 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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The Mud Rat is Fuel Super-Charged. The owner has some jet fuel in a Tequila bottle integrated into the gas line… and so much more 😳
November 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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2/5
Still at the car show. A box body Chevy 4x4 pickup around 1985. The owner calls it The Mud Rat. Drivers side door handle was at least 5 feet off the ground. I’ve seen dual shocks on a 4x4 wheel hub; this guy had 6 shocks per hub on the front, to control sway: up/down, forward/back, side to side.
November 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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1/5? Went to market for bread🙏🏾…the was a car show and well 3hrs later
The grill of a classic car. A Duesenberg. The American Rolls Royce.
November 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM