Brad Holkesvig
@bradjholk.bsky.social
I'm a retired U.S. citizen living in Barcelona with my Spanish wife. My passions are photography, guitar playing, and sharing eternal wisdom with anyone interested in learning about how we're created and the future.
I let my son and his wife operate on my neck by taking out a cyst with a razor blade after I had them put ice on it for awhile to keep me from experiencing any pain. That's how you do it if you have no health insurance. The blue tape is all my son had to tape the gauze on the open wound. #doctors
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I let my son and his wife operate on my neck by taking out a cyst with a razor blade after I had them put ice on it for awhile to keep me from experiencing any pain. That's how you do it if you have no health insurance. The blue tape is all my son had to tape the gauze on the open wound. #doctors
I stayed at the home of my step brother while I was back in North Dakota visiting my Mother in March of 2017. I got up early each morning to make the 15 mile drive to Hatton where she lives in a 24 hour care home. I graduated from the high school in that town in 1972. #sunrise #photography #family
November 22, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I stayed at the home of my step brother while I was back in North Dakota visiting my Mother in March of 2017. I got up early each morning to make the 15 mile drive to Hatton where she lives in a 24 hour care home. I graduated from the high school in that town in 1972. #sunrise #photography #family
This is a sunset photo I got in March of 2017 just after leaving the small town I grew up in called Portland, North Dakota. As you can see, it's a very flat area of the Red River Valley which was once a huge lake formed from the melting of a glacier. #sunset #redrivervalley #northdakota #photography
November 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This is a sunset photo I got in March of 2017 just after leaving the small town I grew up in called Portland, North Dakota. As you can see, it's a very flat area of the Red River Valley which was once a huge lake formed from the melting of a glacier. #sunset #redrivervalley #northdakota #photography
This is the house I lived in until Mom remarried a farmer after my father was killed in a car accident a year earlier, in June of 1959. I took this picture when I was back in North Dakota to see my Mother in the 24 hour care home in 2017. #photography #family #childhoodhome
November 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This is the house I lived in until Mom remarried a farmer after my father was killed in a car accident a year earlier, in June of 1959. I took this picture when I was back in North Dakota to see my Mother in the 24 hour care home in 2017. #photography #family #childhoodhome
This old photo of me and my dad is only one of a few I have of him. He was killed in a car accident just after I turned 5. My last memory of him was the day he took the keys away from Mom to go cruising with his friends after drinking in the bar. #alcoholism #accidents #drivingwhiledrinking
November 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
This old photo of me and my dad is only one of a few I have of him. He was killed in a car accident just after I turned 5. My last memory of him was the day he took the keys away from Mom to go cruising with his friends after drinking in the bar. #alcoholism #accidents #drivingwhiledrinking
This photo is over 70 years old of my grandparents, my mom and dad (only half his body) and my uncle Doug and me, the baby. My father was killed in a car accident a few years later, my grandparents died of alcoholism in their 60's and my uncle died a couple months ago. #family #photography
November 22, 2025 at 11:56 AM
This photo is over 70 years old of my grandparents, my mom and dad (only half his body) and my uncle Doug and me, the baby. My father was killed in a car accident a few years later, my grandparents died of alcoholism in their 60's and my uncle died a couple months ago. #family #photography
This is a photo of the last time I was with my Mother before I moved back to Barcelona over 6 years ago. She just turned 90 in September. She has Parkinson's disease so she hasn't been able to walk the past 15 years but she has a lovely and happy spirit that keeps her going. #selfie #moms
November 22, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This is a photo of the last time I was with my sons before I moved back to Barcelona in Sept. of 2019. We were on a golf course in San Marcos, CA. during labor day weekend in 2018 where my oldest son lives, the tallest son you see. #photography #california #family
November 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
This is a photo of the last time I was with my sons before I moved back to Barcelona in Sept. of 2019. We were on a golf course in San Marcos, CA. during labor day weekend in 2018 where my oldest son lives, the tallest son you see. #photography #california #family
She was very good at juggling. #streetphotography #photography
November 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
She was very good at juggling. #streetphotography #photography
When I photograph some images, they make interesting optical illusions. It's hard to see this photo as a perfect rectangle. #opticalillusions #photography
November 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
When I photograph some images, they make interesting optical illusions. It's hard to see this photo as a perfect rectangle. #opticalillusions #photography
November 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This is a popular restaurant across the street I live along. #streetphotography #photography #blackandwhitephotography
November 21, 2025 at 12:28 PM
This is a popular restaurant across the street I live along. #streetphotography #photography #blackandwhitephotography
The night of a parade on the street I live at is very interesting with all the people who come to see it. #blackandwhitephotography #photography #barcelonab&w
November 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The night of a parade on the street I live at is very interesting with all the people who come to see it. #blackandwhitephotography #photography #barcelonab&w
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
It takes a good set of roots to keep a tree standing up on a hill. #photography #trees
November 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
It takes a good set of roots to keep a tree standing up on a hill. #photography #trees
November 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The highest elevation above Barcelona is where you see that church building beyond the communications tower. It's called Tibidabo where an amusement park is also located. #landscapes #tibidabo #barcelona #photography
November 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The highest elevation above Barcelona is where you see that church building beyond the communications tower. It's called Tibidabo where an amusement park is also located. #landscapes #tibidabo #barcelona #photography
I have many photos of this beautiful house that sits alone on the edge of a very steep hill where one of the main trails go by. I am coming down from one of the higher elevations on a narrow trail that hikers and bikers use when I aimed my camera at it. #photography #barcelona #houses
November 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I have many photos of this beautiful house that sits alone on the edge of a very steep hill where one of the main trails go by. I am coming down from one of the higher elevations on a narrow trail that hikers and bikers use when I aimed my camera at it. #photography #barcelona #houses
November 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
November 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I love being up on the trails above Barcelona. The views are very interesting to me. I spend a few hours walking on the trails along the hills on Wednesday where I had many different views like this one. #landscapes #barcelona #photography
November 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I love being up on the trails above Barcelona. The views are very interesting to me. I spend a few hours walking on the trails along the hills on Wednesday where I had many different views like this one. #landscapes #barcelona #photography
This time of year produces some very long shadows, even in the middle of the afternoon. #photography #shadows #barcelona
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This time of year produces some very long shadows, even in the middle of the afternoon. #photography #shadows #barcelona
I went up to the hills above Barcelona on Wednesday with my camera but I didn't end up with many decent photos other than a few which usually is the case for any of us photographers. LOL!!! This photo proves fall is real here in Barcelona. #flowers #plants #barcelona #photography
November 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I went up to the hills above Barcelona on Wednesday with my camera but I didn't end up with many decent photos other than a few which usually is the case for any of us photographers. LOL!!! This photo proves fall is real here in Barcelona. #flowers #plants #barcelona #photography
