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David D Dayton

@daytonwrites.bsky.social

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Former word pro for US GAO & before that uni prof in tech writing, editing, web design & usability. Retired and getting back to creative writing: poetry, novels, memoir. https://linktr.ee/daviddayton

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David D Dayton

@daytonwrites.bsky.social

Breakfast bar included.
#Stunday #Photography #iPhonephotography #mobilephotography #shotoniphone
#naturephotography #birds

November 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM

David D Dayton

@daytonwrites.bsky.social

I find letters from God dropt in the street, and every one is sign’d by God’s name,
And I leave them where they are, for I know that others will punctually come forever and ever.
—Walt Whitman

#poetry #autumn #Photography #iPhonephotography #mobilephotography #shotoniphone

Yellow-tinged reddish Japanese maple leaf against asphalt footpath

November 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM

David D Dayton

@daytonwrites.bsky.social

#BlueSkyArtShow #inside #Tuscany
#photography #iPhonephotography #mobilephotography #shotoniphone

Room in a villa in Tuscany, a long polished wood dining table and chairs before wide open twin windows giving arched views of green trees

October 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM

David D Dayton

@daytonwrites.bsky.social

History snapshot: the Church on the right, socialist union on the left, and tech capitalism towering over all. Taken on a sunny September Saturday in Bilbao, the gorgeous compact city in Basque Country, Spain.

#Bilbao
#streetlife #Photography #iPhonephotography #mobilephotography #shotoniphone

Street photo showing 3 iconic structures in Bilbao, Spain

October 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM

David D Dayton

@daytonwrites.bsky.social

The Road - Bluesky Art Show
#BlueSkyArtShow #TheRoad

Photo by Talya Dayton
Menorca, September 2025

Red soil road through desiccated reddish landscape, a man at some distance walking away toward dark hills on the horizon

September 27, 2025 at 7:53 AM

David D Dayton

@daytonwrites.bsky.social

#BlueSkyArtShow theme is #Shiny today.
#photography

fiberglass panel on DC Metrorail reflects passengers sitting in bright sunlight through window

August 30, 2025 at 9:38 PM

David D Dayton

@daytonwrites.bsky.social

Bee bird

Artistic image of a hummingbird hovering above a flower

August 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM

David D Dayton

@daytonwrites.bsky.social

Cool cloudy day is fine by me mid dog days of August. Our favorite tree in Brookside Gardens already almost naked again. Where’s that green heron stalking fishies camouflaged in the dark recessed edge of the pond?

Landscape of (bottom to top) reflective pond water, grassy edge, undulant upslope crowned by a wide spreading willow-like tree that’s almost leafless against a background of deciduous woods’ greenery

August 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM

David D Dayton

@daytonwrites.bsky.social

Great blue enjoying its treetop perch overlooking a park pond before the sun had risen above the trees

#photography #birdphotography #birds #iPhonephotography #mobilephotography #shotoniphone
#naturephotography

great blue heron perched atop a tree serenely gazing amid a tangle of leafless branches

August 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM

David D Dayton

@daytonwrites.bsky.social

Oviedo Art Museum
window.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekGforGlass #WindowsOnWednesday
#Photography #iPhonephotography #mobilephotography #shotoniphone

boxy window cutout in a thick wall, taller than wide in a yellow wall showing storefront on the street below

August 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM

David D Dayton

@daytonwrites.bsky.social

Succulent rock garden

#BlueSkyArtShow #Jagged #EastCoastKin #photography #nature #iPhonephotography #mobilephotography #shotoniphone

lotus-shaped succulent with pointy leaves mostly green but a little yellowish in spots growing between gray and white mottled rocks

August 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM

David D Dayton

@daytonwrites.bsky.social

Gerrymander War Between the States

Third and last post: Copilot's citations.

August 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM

David D Dayton

@daytonwrites.bsky.social

Gerrymander War Between the States: Dems Lose in 2026

This is the second of three posts. The final will have the citations from Copilot, with links.

August 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM

David D Dayton

@daytonwrites.bsky.social

Wondering what the mad rush to gerrymander is going to mean for the midterms? In theory, it could mean both sides cancel each other out with their ill-gotten undemocratic gains. But in reality, the Dems will likely be the losers. Here's the analysis Copilot did. 2nd screenshot in a follow-on post.