Al Bogdan
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Al Bogdan
@albogdan.bsky.social
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Writer, Photographer, Videographer, bygone-Coder, who simply enjoys creating and exploring.

Expect nature, convention, and event photos, some writing related posts, plus just randomness.
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No Kings - Ferndale, MI - October 2025
October 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Attending a wedding this past weekend when I realized nobody was taking photos! What? No way! I ran to the car and grabbed the camera. This cannot stand! Photographer friends and family: always prepared for emergency photo sessions!
Bride in white and her husband wearing black and white cowboy gear.
October 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Busy little Downy Woodpecker in our back yard. Always fun to watch them walk up and down trees like little spiderbirds.
#Birds
September 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Looked out the front window on this dark and gloomy morning only to have this cheerful little goldfinch brighten the moment.
#Birds
Bright yellow goldfinch sitting on some fading cone flowers.
September 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Just spent some time writing in a cabin. Walking outside into nature is so much better for focus and relaxation than taking social media breaks... so today I bring you some of that nature during my social media break.
#nature #wildflowers #photography
A butterfly sitting on a coneflower in a wild field.
August 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Got out into nature this week. Always good to be without cell reception or WiFi for a few days.
#bees #nature #photography
A bee gathering pollen off some bright yellow flowers.
August 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Have a great time! Wish we could afford to go this year!
A large group of authors at a science fiction convention smiling for the camera.
August 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Opened a window last night to bring CO2 levels down only to fill the room with dirty Canadian wildfire air.

Pretty soon we're going to need computerized air filtration systems in our homes to process our air as if we live on another planet.

I miss the days you could open windows to get fresh air.
Air monitor charts showing CO2 levels going down at the same time that PM2.5 (dangerous particles) is going up.
July 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Beautiful summer day to go outside for some fresh... ah, never-mind.
Air Quality graphic in red with the word "unhealthy".
July 15, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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In 2013 I posted on-line I was surprised that my outside CO2 reading was up to 385.

In 2020 my reading was 433.

Now in 2025 we are at 454 in my backyard.
A CO2 monitor that has the number 454 on the display.
July 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Guess I'm not the only one cutting out Amazon. Zero temptation to even look.
July 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Stuck this decale on my car yesterday. We're living in a time where a bit of humanist snark can feels good.
July 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Every house in our city gets a free little flag for the 4th of July. Had to adjust ours.
July 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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#NoKings
Ferndale, Michigan
June 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Spotted this guy out the window, so bright red I just had to grab the camera and capture his magnificence. #birds
Deeply red cardinal sitting in a tree glaring at the camera.
May 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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A few more photos from Mo*Con 2025 that shows some of the after-party/between-events vibe.
The author Maurice Broaddus (@mauricebroaddus.bsky.social) and Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Scott H. Andrews (@scott-h-andrews.bsky.social) hold up their glasses for a toast, obviously enjoying themselves. Maurice Broaddus introduces two young women writers to an agent and an editor in a large room of filled with people all chatting and enjoying themselves. Groups of people laughing and talking in an open and inviting space. The front table includes @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social, @pdjeliclark.bsky.social, @jijennings.bsky.social, @wrathjw.bsky.social, @chesyaburke.bsky.social. Food and drink litter a table in the foreground while people are highly engaged in conversation in the background.
May 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Attended MoCon in Indianapolis this past weekend. Had a great time seeing old friends and making new ones. Many great discussions about writing, publishing, politics, ect. were held along with enjoying great food, beer, and conversation. Many thanks to @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social for inviting me!
Four people, all black, on stage with mics, sitting in chairs and laughing. Behind them are shelves with colorful books and art on the walls. In front of them we see the backs of the heads of many audience members. Included on stage are writers Chesya Burke, Maurice Broaddus, and Wrath James White Four people, all white, on stage holding a discussion. One holds a mic while the other three listen. People sit at tables in front of the stage listening as well, but we only see the backs of their heads. Colorful paintings decorate the stage. On stage are: Jason Sanford, Richard Dansky, Lesley Conner, Scott H. Andrews A large room with many people sitting around small tables all listening to three black men on a distant stage talking. There is a lit sign that says MOCON and many colorful paintings decorating on stage. On stage are: Phenderson Djéli Clark, Maurice Broaddus, John Jennings Maurice Broaddus, a black author wearing glasses, toasts with a glass of white wine while his agent, a white woman in green, laughs heartily at something he said. Large lit letters spell out MOCON and colorful arty adorns the stage as well. On stage are: Bridget Smith (agent), Maurice Broaddus (writer)
May 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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White-throated sparrows, this one cosplaying a wizard, are visiting our yard this week on their way to Canada.
A sparrow with a white triangle under its beak that looks like a beard and bright yellow over its eyes like bushy eyebrows stares right at the camera. A sparrow sits in a tree that it just starting to bud. The unique coloring of this sparrow includes a white area under its beak and bright yellow on its forehead. It also has black stripes on its head.
April 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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TIME TRAVEL PHOTO:

World Fantasy Convention back in 2012.

Mary Robinette Kowal, Aliette de Bodard, John Joseph Adams, Brandon Sanderson, Patrick Rothfuss
entertaining a crowd.
Five people, two women and three men, are stand against a wall and laughing surrounded by people sitting and grinning up at them.
April 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Golden-Crowned Kinglet ready to zoom. #Birds
Little pear shaped white-gray bird with a yellow stripe on its head, flanked by black. Its beak is short and pointy, like pencil lead, the eyes black dots.
April 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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A field sparrow resting on a cold morning. #Birds
A field sparrow perched on a branch. Its feathers are poofed out because it is cold, so it looks fluffy. The stomach is white, but wings are various shades of brown from light to dark. It's face and cheeks are gray, thus marking it as a field sparrow. The eyes solid black dots. The top of its head is a light brown, like a little head of short hair. Sparrows have thick short beaks. This type has a beak that is a light orange pink.
April 8, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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This Song Sparrow is as ready for warmer weather as I am.
A brown and white song sparrow sitting on limb.
April 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Tufted Titmouse. These little guys be so damn cute! #Birds
April 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Two in perfect synchronicity.
#Birds
Two ducks landing on water, hovering above the pond, close to each other, both with outstreatched wings to land.
April 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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It made it to 45F in Michigan today, so I took a stroll with the camera. #Birds
A female cardinal perches on an evergreen branch. Mostly shades of light tan and orangy white, spiky feathers on top of its head like a small mohawk haircut, bursts of bright orangish-red on its heafty beak, over its eye, and on the tip of the wing and tail. A golden-crowned sparrow takes flight from a thin branch. Wings wide. Spread open, each wing feather seen. The bird's body is a fluffy gray. Wings gray and tan. A yellow stripe runs across the top of its head, black next to the stripe. It has solid black eyes and a small pointed beak. A Downy Woodpecker walks up the side of a moss covered tree trunk. It is white with black wings. The wings have white stripes, as does its head. The beak looks pointy. One foot clings and one is raised to take a step. Two ducks taking off from water. The water rises like a long wave behind them. One has its wings high and wide, the other low and open. Their reflections can be seen in the water under them.
April 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM