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Caroline M. Yoachim
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SFF writer. Ignyte Award winner!!! Hugo, Locus, World Fantasy, Eugie, Sturgeon & Nebula finalist. Stories in BCS, Lightspeed, Clarkesworld & F&SF. Interviewer at Uncanny Magazine. Biracial. She/her.
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Another diptych: Chrysanthemums, front and back.
A cheerful cluster of daisy-like flowers with delicate pink petals and yellow centers, flowers facing towards the viewer.Slightly blurry greenery in the background. The same cluster of chrysanthemums as the previous photo, this time as viewed from the back to show stems and dark green bases from which the delicate pink petals extend. Deep green background, heavily blurred.
November 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Chrysanthemums. #bloomscrolling
Closeup of of a cluster of pink daisy-like flowers, with blooms filling the entire frame. The angle is such that the underside of the focal flower is visible, and the outline of raindrops on top of the petals can be seen as light shines through their pale pink.
November 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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A diptych of fountain photos. On the left, water that wants to be mushrooms. On the right, the bubbles are watching 👀.
Water cascading down the side of a cube, fast shutter speed on the photograph to freeze the motion. Tendrils of water with round droplets at the end look almost like mushrooms growing off the side of the cube. At the base of the cube, more splashes as the water hits the pool at the bottom of the fountain. A spray of bubbles on the surface of the fountain, including a pair of large bubbles with smaller bubbles partially nested inside, making them look a bit like googly eyes.
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Not as many birds out today as on my last walk, but there were a pair of hummingbirds flitting about.

#BirdSky #BirdPhotography #hummingbird #PNW #nature #wildlife #birds
Closeup of a hummingbird's head and upper body, with clusters of vibrant pink feathers on the head and neck. Blurry leaves in the foreground and background.
November 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Another #macro shot, I liked the reflections in the water droplets of this one.
Closeup of a cluster of tiny red flowers. Two water droplets are in crisp focus at the tips of the petals of one flower, and reflected in the water droplets are additional red flowers. Blurry background.
November 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Photos from today's walk (thread). Salvia with raindrops.

#photography #FlowerReport #purple #PNW #garden #nature #flowers #BloomScrolling
Closeup of a tiny purple flower, in profile such that it looks like an open crab pincer. The top of the flower is dotted with water droplets, and on the right side of the image delicate yellow-green leaves surround the bloom.
November 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Chickadee, digital pencil.
Grayscale digital pencil sketch of a chickadee mostly in profile but with head turned slightly toward the viewer. With a bit of attitude, because chickadees have a bit of attitude. The bird is on a black background with a white circle in the upper left, slightly blurred, and assorted blurry plants in the background and around the bird. In the lower right, initials CMY.
November 20, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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"Drop it" is an important command for dogs...

... and Pupper is super disappointed that even after years of trying to teach it to me, I still haven't learned to put my lunch on the ground and walk away.
In the foreground, in focus, a plate with wedges of pita and slices of cucumbers. Farther back, slightly blurry, a medium sized yellow-brown dog, sitting on the kitchen floor, staring at me intently.
November 19, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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And a burst of color for your feed: a flower that dreams of becoming fire #bloomscrolling

#photography #FlowerReport #garden #PNW #nature #flowers
A flower, starting to bloom but not yet open, with spiky green leaves at the base and delicate bright orange petals that glow like flames.
November 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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And an Oregon Junco, hopping away, to close out the thread.
Small brown bird with a black head, frozen mid-air with feet dangling down and wings closed. The ground (slightly blurry) is a pale brown bark that is dotted with fallen bright red berries.
November 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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I've been posting a lot of birds that came up "heads" so here's one for "tails" (chickadee)
Chickadee, perched, facing away from the viewer, showing off the tail end of the bird.
November 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Spotted Towhee.
A roughly robin-sized bird with black head and tail, rust-brown wings, white breast, and a bright red eye is perched on a thin branch. The bird's head is raised and beak open, as if singing.
November 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Chickadee, also staring.
A small bird with a black and white head and pale beige breast is perched on a small branch, framed by other branches. The bird is looking straight at the viewer, making the beak an almost invisible dot.
November 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Hummingbird, staring.
Hummingbird facing the viewer, not quite head-on but close. The small bird is perched on a thin branch with a few white berries at the end of it. blurry leaves and sky in the background.
November 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Lots of lovely small birds on yesterday's walk (thread). Sparrow, about to take off.

#photography #BirdOfTheDay #Sparrow #nature #wildlife #BirdSky #PNW #birds
A small brown bird with darker crown and wings and paler breast, perched on a gnarled branch, poised to take off.
November 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Also on today's walk: hummingbird (blep) about to take off, wings slightly blurred.

#photography #BirdOfTheDay #blurry #PNW #nature #wildlife #hummingbird #BirdPhotography #birds
Closeup of a small greenish hummingbird, perched on a thin branch. The bird is in profile, with head stretched forward and beak very slightly open with a tiny bit of tongue visible at the tip. The bird is preparing to take off and there is a slight blur as it raises its wings. Softly blurred background.
November 19, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Nasturtium, in profile.

#photography #nature #garden #PNW #nasturtium #yellow #FlowerReport #flowers
Closeup of a yellow flower with petals facing right and a trailing "tail" off to the left. The top of the flower has a few water droplets on it. Blurry green leaves and additional yellow flowers in the background.
November 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Dahlia, fallen.
A brightly colored dahlia in bloom, with the stem tipped over such that the flower head now rests on a bed of brown autumn leaves.
November 18, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Also some lovely flowers without the fences, too. Late roses.
A cluster of three rose buds, the one in the middle starting to open with red and yellow petals curled tightly together, the remaining two still mostly green and more tightly closed. Blurred greens and yellows in the background.
November 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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If I had noticed while I was out on my walk that I had two shots of flowers with blurred fence backgrounds, I'd have made a theme of it and done a few more, but I didn't realize I'd done it twice until I was home, so... flower, fence (2/2).
A cluster of flower heads on a curvy vine, growing around and up from a wooden fence rail that has a rusted screw sticking upwards. There is one flower in bloom with yellow and white petals, all the other flower heads have already finished blooming and dropped their petals. In the background, the geometric lines of another fence, blurry.
November 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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From today's walk: flower, fence #BloomScrolling

#photography #dahlia #FlowerReport #PNW #garden #nature #flowers
A yellow dahlia in bloom fills the center of the image. The dahlia has long thin petals, and a roughly round shape. Behind the dahlia, a blurry wood-lattice fence against a dark background creates a grid effect.
November 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Wrote 500 words on the #WIP, acquired an almond pinwheel pastry. #writing #yum
Closeup of a round, flakey pastry topped with toasted almonds and powdered sugar, on a white plate.
November 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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A burst of color for your Monday: lawn daisy #BloomScrolling

#photography #nature #ColorADay #PinkMon #garden #flowers
Closeup of a tiny flower with delicate pink petals and a bright yellow center. A small number of pink petals are folded into the center, which disrupts the radial symmetry. Softly blurred green background.
November 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Brownie o’clock!
Glass dish with brownie, ice cream, and chocolate sauce.
November 17, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Unlikely to make it out with my camera today, so here's a favorite of mine from the archives: FEED ME

#photography #BirdOfTheDay #BeakOpen #PNW #nature #wildlife #BirdSky #BirdPhotography #birds
A trio of young barn swallows on a dock with wings spread wide and beaks open. An adult barn swallow is feeding the baby bird in the front of the trio, such that the adult bird's head is half way inside the baby bird's beak (in order to stuff an insect in there).
November 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM