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jon5cents
@jon5cents.bsky.social
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SJO-->ASU-->LIT
I like to travel and take pictures. If I post it, I shot it.
At least tied for title of world's most happily married man.
When I'm home, it's in Arkansas. Lots of nice people here. Take our governor... please!

My site: 5centsphotos.com
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🪶 The #birdoftheday theme is #DucksOutofWater, and this one doesn't seem to mind walking a path. #birds #photography
A duck with a green head is walking away from the camera on a path, turning its head to look back.
November 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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A wet summer grasshopper for #InsectThursday. Have a good one! #macro #photography
A green grasshopper with orange eyes is on a green leaf. Both have large droplets of water on them.
November 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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I apologize in advance...

"All My Children"
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTelevision
🕷️ #spiders #photography
A wolf spider is on the ground, her body covered in tiny spiderlings she is carrying.
November 13, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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🪶 Going with the alternate of #yellow for #BirdOfTheDay today. Common yellowthroat says, "You lookin' at me?"
#birds #photography #birdphotography
A common yellowthroat, a small yellow bird with a black band over its eyes and down the neck a bit, with some white visible on top of the head, is perched on a reed, staring straight at the camera.
November 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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A shot of the Old Mill in fall from last week for #WaterWednesday. #Arkansas #Photography
An old stone mill (actually a replica) in the fall. In the foreground is a pond with a fountain spraying. Then the mill is to the left, followed by a waterway behind it. Fall foliage is around, particularly beside the waterway.
November 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Kung Fu
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTelevision
A 70s show about a Kung Fu master, Kwai Chang Caine, who traveled the west kicking butt when necessary. He had grown up in the Shaolin Monastery, which I visited several years ago. I thought about the show when these boys passed. #photography #China
On the grounds of a Buddhist monastery on a rainy day. A monk sits behind a table in a doorway selling items. Some boys in grey monastery student clothes are running by, and look towards the monk.
November 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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For #VeteransDay, my #antifa uncle Joe, who died on the USS Indianapolis (famous scene from Jaws was a real thing). Left behind a pregnant wife who had a daughter he never got to see. I know it's Veterans, not Memorial, Day, but anyway...
A black and white portrait of a smiling young man in a Navy uniform.
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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🪶 It's #BirdsOnTheGround for #BirdOfTheDay. White-throated sparrows are winter residents here, and have started to show back up. #birds #photography
A white-throated sparrow is on the ground, looking to our left.
November 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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🕷️ I usually focus on the large central pair of eyes on jumping #spiders, but this one seems to be giving me the side eye with its third pair. I'm unsure of an ID, but leaning towards sylvan jumper, Colonus sylvanus, and not enough time to research now... Happy #MacroMonday! #macro #photography
A jumping spider on a green leaf is facing to our right. It is pale colored, with some red on its head.
November 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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🪶 Alan @alan678.bsky.social ‪ says the #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #least, meaning the bird in your camera roll that you have the least captures of. I have many that I've only managed a shot or two, but I've chosen this tufted flycatcher that I saw briefly near Santa Elena, CR. #birds #photography
A small bird on the end of a dead branch. It has a white belly, buff back and yellowish/orange face and beak.
November 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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🍂 Fall in Boxley Valley, #Arkansas. #Stunday #Photography #SundayYellow
An old, weathered and abandoned wood house is surrounded by trees in autumn foliage.
November 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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🪶 Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #StandingOnThings except the floor, so here's a scissor-tailed flycatcher standing on barbed wire. #birds #photography
A scissor-tailed flycatcher is showing off its long tail while perched on barbed wire.
November 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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🪶 A little late, but here's my contribution for #BirdOfTheDay with a theme of #Takeoff.
Tag team parenting... Mama red-bellied woodpecker takes off when Papa arrives with some food for the young ones.
#birds #photography
A male red-bellied woodpecker with some food in its mouth clings to the side of a tree, where a hole provides entrance to the nest. A female has just exited, and is starting flight.
November 9, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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What a day! No internet this morning, working for my wife all afternoon... Life is good. First post of the day - #Evening at Heceta Point Lighthouse, #oregon. #BlueSkyArtShow #Photography
The left of the picture is ocean, coming to the shore in the foreground. Beyond that is some hilly land going out into the ocean in a rocky point. On the hill is a lighthouse, its light visible in the fading light of the evening. The sky looks pink and purple.
November 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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I'll probably have pictures to share from my camera, but here's a phone video, 9 seconds of zen at the Old Mill, North Little Rock, #Arkansas. Fall and spring are beautiful there. #scape
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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📷 Roadside mill #scape along the Blue Ridge Parkway. Have a great Friday and weekend! #photography
A wooden mill surrounded by green vegetation. A race feeding a mill wheel is on the near side.
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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🪶 Today's #BirdOfTheDay is for #Fighting #birds. This is a repost, but fits so well... A masked tityra wants the red-billed pigeon's perch (it was unsuccesful). Tronadora, #CostaRica. #photography
A white bird with black face and red beak and eye rings has its claws extended and is coming down on a pigeon at the top of a bare limb.
November 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Business is slow... Old storefront in San Miguel de Allende for #UrbanGaze. #Photography #Mexico
What appears to be an old store. A counter has an antique cash register on it. Behind it are shelves. In the background is an arched doorway with wrought iron doors leading to a patio.
November 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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🪲 For #InsectThursday, a cute little leafhopper. #macro #photography.
A tiny leafhopper is on a leaf, looking at the camera. It has interesting markings on the eyes and face. A tiny leafhopper is on a leaf, looking towards our left. It has interesting markings on the eyes and face.
November 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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🪶 The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LunchTime, so here's a lovely couple, rose-breasted grosbeaks, out for a meal on a mulberry tree. Not to be rude, but that female is a bit messy. #birds #photography
A male rose-breasted grosbeak is on a branch, surrounded by green leaves and mulberries. He has a ripe one in his mouth. A female rose-breasted grosbeak is on a small branch surrounded by green leaves and mulberries. Her beak and chin are stained reddish from the ripe mulberries.
November 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Cedar Creek Falls, Petit Jean State Park, #Arkansas. Early spring picture. #WaterfallWednesday #waterfalls #Photography
A waterfall in the background, the stream coming from it in the foreground. The stream is rocky, and trees budding green in spring are on either side.
November 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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🪶 Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #CloseUps, so we're up close and personal with a trumpeter swan giving me a bit of stink eye. #Birds #photography #swan
A close up of the upper neck and head of a trumpeter swan.
November 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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🪶 I'm going with the alternative for the #BirdOfTheDay theme, #longbeak, as an excuse to post another shot of one of my all-time favorite #birds, the violet sabrewing. #CostaRica #photography
A purple hummingbird with a long, slightly curved beak is on a bare branch.
November 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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🪶 So the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Pigeons. This one seems to have a suspicious glare. Planning on which statue to bomb? Lisbon #Portugal #birds #photography
A pigeon is on the edge of a small fountain which is dry. The sun is catching its eye, giving it a bit of an evil look.
November 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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🕷️ It's #MacroMonday again, folks. So here's another jumping #spider, my faves. I think this little arachnophobe's nightmare is a Johnson's jumper, Phidippus johnsoni. Have a great week!
#spiders #macro #photography
A close up view of a jumping spider on a wood background. The top of the head and abdomen has a red color, while the rest is dark with some white hair on the legs.
November 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM