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Ceph
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Expressing joy = revolutionary,
Being openly trans = defiance
Expressing joy + being openly trans = X
Solve for X.
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Thankfully the water was kind to me today and the frisket peeled off perfectly.

#watercolor #painting #rainbow #veteran #art #arttherapy #FoxtrotDeltaTango
Foxtrot Delta Tango is written vertically on a rainbow colored sheet on placed on a blue digital background, and flanked by the nonbinary and trans flags.
March 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Today seems like a good day to do some art therapy. I have a love/hate relationship with liquid frisket, but now is not the time to take the easy road. Sometimes the hard part needs to be done.
#veteran #painting #watercolor
A clipboard with a piece of paper clipped to it has “FDT” in a yellow liquid latex written vertically is resting on a blue digital backdrop.
March 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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While the earth eclipses the moon, I find myself drinking libations and reflecting on my past while looking forwards to the future.

#sunset #landscape #photography #reflections #lake #transjoy
March 14, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Moving backyards can be stressful, but it is always well worth it. Sometimes a change of scenery is just what is needed, even if it is just for a breath.

#sunset #photography #landscape #skypainting
A vibrant red wedge of cloud cuts down on distant desert mountains at the end of this day.
March 5, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Sometimes it can be hard to stop and appreciate the beauty during a raging fire. (Taken in OR during fire season 2024)

#sunset #photography #landscape #oregon #forest
The sun a red laser beam dot sits just above the distant tree line of the pumpkin orange sunset in the pine forest
March 3, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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Another day, another beautiful sky painting.

#sunset #photography #landscape #skypainting
Vibrant orange clouds smatter over a dark blue sky
March 2, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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A gardenia flower mid bloom from a moment in Florida.

#photography #flower #nature
A massive rose shaped flower with thick white petals spiral out from the center of the photo framed with large green leaves
March 1, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Deep in Mississippi lies a memory of a lake, sun dancing through changing leaves.

#photography #saveourforests #landscape #lake #reflection
Oak trees leaves are changing color and falling from trees in the foreground, a body of water cuts in and back out on the left hand side allowing mid distant pines to reflect in the water.
February 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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My first present to myself in this new chapter of life was a long stay at International Dark Park Big Bend. Disconnecting from it all reconnected me to my soul. We are fighting for more than just our parks…

#sunset #photography #landscape #clouds #skypainting #saveourparks
Light yellow and orange wisps of clouds seem to drift like smoke off the harsh dark cliff scape.
February 25, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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I love when the sky surprises me with a mid day painting. They may not be the most colorful, but I find them equally as beautiful.

#landscape #skypainting #photography #clouds #mountains
Clouds resembling shredded cotton balls streak through the blue skies over a distant mountain with a rural town in the foreground.
February 24, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Dreaming of green grasses of the mountains while trying to remain grateful for the warmth of the desert. Oh but if I close my eyes I can almost feel that cool breeze…

#landscape #photography #clouds #mountains
February 23, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Of all of the tables I have sat and pondered life at, this remains one of the most memorable.

#sunset #landscale #photography
Amidst a well traveled sand dune sits a metal table reflecting the orange of the setting sun.
February 21, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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A reminder to my 🩵💗🤍💗🩵siblings out there. Take time for some self care. One of the few things that can never be taken only abandoned is hope. But to have hope, you have to be here.

#photography #rose #flowerheart #selflove #selfcare
A rose naturally takes the form of a heart, with the center of the rose being a dark pink and the petals spiraling out each a shade lighter, ending in an almost white blush.
February 16, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Sometimes you have to kick back, relax, and enjoy the view.

#photography #landscape #sunset #naturetherapy
A tan recliner fits too well in the shade of a desert scape. A golden sun pierces through swirling clouds as it sets over distant desert mountains.
February 16, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Sometimes sunrises can be pretty too, I guess.

#sunrise #photography #desert #landscape
A pastel pink, peach, and soft blue sunrise over a distant hazy purple desert mountain scape.
February 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Will you listen to my words,
Even when you think they’re for the birds?
Will you even stop to think,
While you stand and watch me sink?
Or will you let me wander,
Leaving me to ponder
Where to even be.
Me.

#sunset #photography #footprint
A barefoot print on a dusty desert road. I hope they know where they are going. Silhouette of a crumbling cactus in front of a shattered grey cloud sunset.
February 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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We all need a little support sometimes. Learn from Bill Withers, it’s ok to lean on some friends sometimes.

#cactus #sunset #photography
Images is a silhouette of a saguaro cactus leaning on 3 beam supports in front of a golden desert sunset.
February 8, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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How do you defeat the scary monster in the box?
Humiliate and laugh at it.
How do you dissipate the soul suckers?
Joy and love.
They told us their secrets.
Use (they/)THEM

#fungus #fungalfriday #photography
February 7, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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Sometimes I like to take a walk down memory lane: a little lady bee pollinating a blueberry bush bud of lives past loved.
A side profile of bumble bee dangling from a mostly closed pink to white hombre blueberry flower bud. Sorry honey maker, check back later!
February 3, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Remembering green forests while bidding my time in the desert. The grass is always greener on the other, but remember it is always golden where you are if you know the time of day to look outside.
#photography #landscape #pinetrees #forest
A pine forest tree line forms a wedge with blue skies scattered with white puffy clouds.
January 31, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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A photo from adventures past, oh the places I have been.
#photography #route66 #landscape
General setting: desert. A thin dead cactus is tied to a sign reading “Arizona US 66” with a old wooden shed covered in sun faded signs in mid distance, and tall solitary peeking desert rock mountain in the far distance in a clear blue sky day.
January 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Proof that it does rain in the desert. Sometimes a storm is needed to allow for dormant life to bloom. Hold fast siblings. #nature #photography #clouds #desert
Packed sand hilltop, blue skies above with ripples and poofs of white clouds A desert dirt road leading to a looming rain cloud in the far distance
January 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Soaking in those last watts. #sunset #solarpower #photography #electricity #renewable
An orange setting sun reflects off a solar panel as though it were a lake, with fuzzy desert hills in the background.
January 27, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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I feel the beginnings of something blooming, even if it is through hazy morning light. #sunrise #desert #bloomingflowers
Overall sepia toned: flat topped mountains in far distance, sun breaking through a sparse leafed tree. In the shadow of the tree is a small bush dotted with yellow flowers in bloom. Small white flowers dot the desert ground surrounding.
January 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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I love when the clouds paint the sky for me. #sunset #photography
Slow sloping desert mountains leading to a smudged looking yellow setting sun, cloud lines shatter streaks of orange and yellow across most of the sky with bits of dark blue peeking through.
January 26, 2025 at 7:31 AM