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Alan
@alanwordguy.bsky.social
Coffee drinker, motorcycle rider, photographer not necessarily in that order. Lapsed technical writer.
Trying to read more. Trying to walk more.
Photos are mine unless noted or reposted. No AI unless noted.
Thankful for these roses in our yard. They just keep going!

#photography #photosky #photographersofbluesky #macromonday #roses #flowers
November 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Speaking of ads in unnecessary places, a bank advertisement in my fortune cookie last night.

#ugh #juststopit
November 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
A metal #scape (girderscape?). Detail from the Eifel Tower c.2016

#needtogetbacktoparis
#photography #photosky #travel
November 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
November 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This one's for both #WindowsOnWednesday and #WallsOnWednesday.

Albuquerque, NM, May 2017

#photosky #photography #windows
November 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I'm not sure I've done the #AlphabetChallenge before, but here's one for #WeekUforUnloved

(I actually do love this lil guy. He was an ambassador bird with Wildlife Rescue of NM)

#photosky #photography #photographersofbluesky #owl #wildliferescue #birdphotography
November 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I'm counting this as a #blue image for #BlueSkyMonday.

Mat Maxwell, live with Luke Combs June, 2019

#photography #photosky #concertphotography #musicphotography
November 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
This morning's nemesis

#MacroMonday
November 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Met new baby hippo, "Maisy", at the Abq biopark today. 128 lbs of cute!

(Sorry for the phone cam digital zooms)
#hippo #photography #photosky
November 7, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Cats being cats in my feed this morning. Courtesy of @davidhobby.bsky.social and @roger1952.bsky.social

#catsofbluesky #cats
November 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Here's a lovely Halloween rose.

They keep going so long out here in NM compared to New England where I grew up.

#rose #photography #photosky
November 1, 2025 at 12:05 AM
My second-favorite mug for #BlueBrewMugs.

I suspect the #BlueBrew cafe is long closed. I blame timezones. Although, I am sending this from a cafe irl 10 minutes before closing. #iamtheproblem

#photography #photosky #coffee
#mementomorning
October 29, 2025 at 8:46 PM
A riverscape for #scape day. This is the Rio Grande passing through the bosque (aka pocket forest; for #ForestFriday).

#photography #photosky #river #riogrande #newmexico
October 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
A couple of #classicmono shots from last weekend.

#photography #photosky #stump #tree
October 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
My favorite mug for #BlueBrewMugs. Tried to catch the morning light before it wasn't morning anymore 😀😴

#photography #photosky #coffee #bluebrew #mementomorning
October 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
For #RockinTuesday here's a stone hanging around in an arroyo.
Bosque, Rio Rancho NM.

#photography #photosky #rocks
October 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Here's a #classicmono shot from my walk along the bosque yesterday. Pretty sure this is chamisa.
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#photography #photosky
October 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
For Sunday #Stunday here's a view of the Rio Grande flowing along in front of the Sandia Mountains. Rio rancho, NM.
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#photography #landscape #newmexico #riogrande #sandias #bosque
October 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM
One of the few things I don't mind waking up early for
#balloonfiesta #hotairballoon #newmexico #newmexicotrue
October 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Coffee run and ran into a friend this afternoon. I am loving this riding weather! Stopped for this pic on the way home.

#motosky #motorcycle #abq #newmexicotrue #sandiamountains
September 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Here's the opening set from ttlc at the Americano Night show at Rust Is Gold Coffee in Abq on Friday.

#ttlc #abqmusic #supportlivemusic #localmusic
#musicphotography #photography #photosky #photographersofbluesky #classicmono #monochrome
#blackandwhitephotography
September 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
A few shots from the Americano Night show at Rust Is Gold Coffee in Abq on Friday. This is JD Nash and the Rash of Cash.

#jdnash #rashofcash #abqmusic #supportlivemusic #localmusic
#musicphotography #photography #photosky #photographersofbluesky #classicmono #monochrome
#blackandwhitephotography
September 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Hatch green chile haul from the garden this morning. (I can old take credit for the photo; @lindybrandon.bsky.social has the green thumb.)

#iykyk #hatchchile #greenchile #newmexico #newmexicotrue
September 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The rain cut my riding plans short, but I got a few flower shots in the backyard.

#flowers #photography
September 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
We have a few hummingbirds as regular visitors to our back yard. One of them likes to perch on the tomato cages. I believe this is a black-chinned hummingbird.

Shot at a distance w/400mm and cropped.

#hummingbird #birds #birdsky
September 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM