Blue Dye 33139
@bluedye33139.bsky.social
I am a blue dye, synthesized in 1966 and moving throughout the world ever since. I am a contrarian and a proponent of liberty and freedom, and I am a Democrat.
I think this is it from my Seattle photoshoot, but I love being downtown in Seattle and I love being rained on and I love looking at $40 parking lots surrounded by BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF REAL ESTATE in this lovely city of #Seattle
November 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I think this is it from my Seattle photoshoot, but I love being downtown in Seattle and I love being rained on and I love looking at $40 parking lots surrounded by BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF REAL ESTATE in this lovely city of #Seattle
Downtown Seattle is confusing. This is because there are multiple Seattles colliding downtown. Multiple grid systems sprang up, resulting in odd boundaries and non-Euclidean angles (which Lovecraft taught us can invoke dark dimensions). This is one of those transcendental portals.
#Seattle
#Seattle
November 22, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Downtown Seattle is confusing. This is because there are multiple Seattles colliding downtown. Multiple grid systems sprang up, resulting in odd boundaries and non-Euclidean angles (which Lovecraft taught us can invoke dark dimensions). This is one of those transcendental portals.
#Seattle
#Seattle
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Street scenes. I visited relatives in Seattle and sneaked out as soon as the night came. The creatures of the night ... what beautiful images they make ...
#photography
#Seattle
#photography
#Seattle
November 21, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Street scenes. I visited relatives in Seattle and sneaked out as soon as the night came. The creatures of the night ... what beautiful images they make ...
#photography
#Seattle
#photography
#Seattle
I don't believe in anything supernatural, but I love Tarot cards. I am planning a big trip and did a past/present/future spread that clearly says: "The past of the matter is the Wheel of Fortune, the present the Knight of Wands, and the future the Nine of Wands." This is beyond argument. /1
November 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I don't believe in anything supernatural, but I love Tarot cards. I am planning a big trip and did a past/present/future spread that clearly says: "The past of the matter is the Wheel of Fortune, the present the Knight of Wands, and the future the Nine of Wands." This is beyond argument. /1
There is a change in later life. There's a point where you realize situations are temporary. Everthing that exists is in flux. The people you are with right now will someday be gone, and the things you care about now will mean nothing. Sometimes this is triggered by a great loss. You realize /1
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
There is a change in later life. There's a point where you realize situations are temporary. Everthing that exists is in flux. The people you are with right now will someday be gone, and the things you care about now will mean nothing. Sometimes this is triggered by a great loss. You realize /1
I am obsessed with vegan boots and shoes.
November 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I am obsessed with vegan boots and shoes.
October 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
"One does not return borrowed bread," says an old Sumerian proverb.
October 8, 2025 at 9:44 PM
"One does not return borrowed bread," says an old Sumerian proverb.
My Viking ancestors interacted with Amanita toadstools, which can be processed to create muscimol, a sedative/psychedelic that was used all over the world during the stone age. Use persisted until modern times, and people are rediscovering this. #Microdosing amanita is ethereal and unpredictable.
October 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
My Viking ancestors interacted with Amanita toadstools, which can be processed to create muscimol, a sedative/psychedelic that was used all over the world during the stone age. Use persisted until modern times, and people are rediscovering this. #Microdosing amanita is ethereal and unpredictable.
The #DrMikeIsraetel situation is so odd. In the fitness community, a mouthy bodybuilder with a PhD is being called out for his ungrammatical and extremely flawed dissertation. I taught writing for years and yes, it's perhaps the worst dissertation I've seen in a long time, but /1
October 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The #DrMikeIsraetel situation is so odd. In the fitness community, a mouthy bodybuilder with a PhD is being called out for his ungrammatical and extremely flawed dissertation. I taught writing for years and yes, it's perhaps the worst dissertation I've seen in a long time, but /1
I've been using ammonia with my laundry -- not every item, not every time -- but every two weeks or so I will wash my towels and washcloths and bedding in hot water with ammonia and detergent. Keep far from bleach, and use vinegar in the rinse to neutralize the pH a smidge.
September 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I've been using ammonia with my laundry -- not every item, not every time -- but every two weeks or so I will wash my towels and washcloths and bedding in hot water with ammonia and detergent. Keep far from bleach, and use vinegar in the rinse to neutralize the pH a smidge.
All Hallow's Eve and the creatures of the night. I love the crows and I love to see their wise and crafty claws. I admire their design.
#photography
#crows
#photography
#crows
September 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
All Hallow's Eve and the creatures of the night. I love the crows and I love to see their wise and crafty claws. I admire their design.
#photography
#crows
#photography
#crows
The Burning Court (1962) on Tubi is a goofy horror thriller from France, mostly in English but with some scenes in French. I love watching French people being dignified in all of the quiet ways they have of treating themselves well. I love seeing people properly dressed to take a cup of coffee.
September 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The Burning Court (1962) on Tubi is a goofy horror thriller from France, mostly in English but with some scenes in French. I love watching French people being dignified in all of the quiet ways they have of treating themselves well. I love seeing people properly dressed to take a cup of coffee.
September 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
This was the first thing I learned when I started playing with cameras years ago: the black squiggles on the water at dawn when you face the sunrise directly. Throw in a duck, I realized, and you have a pattern and a focus. I still take this photo almost every time I go to the river. #photography
September 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This was the first thing I learned when I started playing with cameras years ago: the black squiggles on the water at dawn when you face the sunrise directly. Throw in a duck, I realized, and you have a pattern and a focus. I still take this photo almost every time I go to the river. #photography
I love crows and ravens and magpies and all of the corvids. They are cantankerous and fun-loving creatures. Like many people who grew up in the wilderness, I learned how to imitate crow sounds when I was young and I can testify that some crows are very interested when you talk to them. #photography
September 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I love crows and ravens and magpies and all of the corvids. They are cantankerous and fun-loving creatures. Like many people who grew up in the wilderness, I learned how to imitate crow sounds when I was young and I can testify that some crows are very interested when you talk to them. #photography
A lovely spider on a bridge. I wanted to see if the waves on the river blurred in the background would work with the web. It woiked. It woiked. #photography
September 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
A lovely spider on a bridge. I wanted to see if the waves on the river blurred in the background would work with the web. It woiked. It woiked. #photography
I don't like throwing things out. I still have my old Canon DSLR (Rebel T6) and I just spent the morning with it. It's slower, it's clunkier, it's bigger, and it works perfectly. I learned how to juggle exposure factors on this camera, and I have a ton of EF lenses. It's a keeper. #photography
September 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I don't like throwing things out. I still have my old Canon DSLR (Rebel T6) and I just spent the morning with it. It's slower, it's clunkier, it's bigger, and it works perfectly. I learned how to juggle exposure factors on this camera, and I have a ton of EF lenses. It's a keeper. #photography
Jupiter and the Moon with Venus closer to the horizon at dawn. I am an astrology skeptic, but the imagery fascinates me. I was born with a Venus-Moon conjunction, and with Jupiter in the midheaven. Jupiter = bigness, expansion. Venus = love (venereal love, even). The moon = our emotions. Good stuff.
September 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Jupiter and the Moon with Venus closer to the horizon at dawn. I am an astrology skeptic, but the imagery fascinates me. I was born with a Venus-Moon conjunction, and with Jupiter in the midheaven. Jupiter = bigness, expansion. Venus = love (venereal love, even). The moon = our emotions. Good stuff.
I met a spider this morning while I was testing out a 10mm lens. #photography
September 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I met a spider this morning while I was testing out a 10mm lens. #photography
"And the summer became the fall. I was not ready for the winter. It makes no difference at all because I wear boots all summer long. Eye makeup dark -- and it's careless, some circles round my eyes. Sometimes, the real color of my skin is my eyes without any shadow."
--Stevie Nicks
#photography
--Stevie Nicks
#photography
September 9, 2025 at 3:11 AM
"And the summer became the fall. I was not ready for the winter. It makes no difference at all because I wear boots all summer long. Eye makeup dark -- and it's careless, some circles round my eyes. Sometimes, the real color of my skin is my eyes without any shadow."
--Stevie Nicks
#photography
--Stevie Nicks
#photography
I am about to take another train odyssey on Amtrak with a backpack and a camera. $499 gets you 10 tickets to be used within 30 days, with some limits. I took several 20 hr rides, and I might book even longer ones.
This is a freight train crossing the Clearwater yesterday. #photography
This is a freight train crossing the Clearwater yesterday. #photography
August 31, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I am about to take another train odyssey on Amtrak with a backpack and a camera. $499 gets you 10 tickets to be used within 30 days, with some limits. I took several 20 hr rides, and I might book even longer ones.
This is a freight train crossing the Clearwater yesterday. #photography
This is a freight train crossing the Clearwater yesterday. #photography
The farthest background is hidden by smoke, and even the far side of the bridge is soft. I'm always trying to combine documentary and drama.
#photography
#photography
August 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The farthest background is hidden by smoke, and even the far side of the bridge is soft. I'm always trying to combine documentary and drama.
#photography
#photography