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MaryLeePhoto
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Sharing my love of life through photography.
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#MothersDay inspired me to create this artwork:
At the #Aquarium
It reminds me of peaceful moments, hand in hand with Mom, looking at a slice of our wonderful world.
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The figures of a mother and child are silhouetted in front of a large aquarium. Bright yellow and multicolored fish swim amongst colorful coral. The scene has an ethereal undersea blue green light.
April 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Stahleck #castle in #Germany is surrounded by gorgeous vineyards.
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#scape #ayearforart #wallart #winery #giftideas #photography #artyear #europe #landscapes
A castle sits in the midst of a landscape of hills covered with vineyards. The different fields are bordered by trees in fall colors.
April 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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#Rainbow over #Prague

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#urbangaze #czechrepublic #prague #europe #wallart #buyintoart #ayearforart #photography #giftideas #decor
Looking over the city of Prague from a hillside, red tiled roofs and spires are overarched by a rainbow in a cloudy sky. Near foreground is green with shrubs.
April 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Adobe church in Golden #NewMexico
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#windowwednesday #wallsonwednesday #ayearforart #southwestarchitecture #southwest #santafestyle #buyintoart #photography #wallart
Wall and buttress of an earth colored adobe church against a clear blue sky. Deep shadow of the buttress against the wall. Deeply inset narrow window with aged wood lintel in buttress. Iconic southwestern architecture.
April 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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I am feeling lazy today and so is my cat.

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#cats #blackandwhite #creative #artistry #giftideas #ayearforart #minimalism #photography
Black and white photo of a white cat’s front and back paw resting horizontally on a gray blanket. Sunlight illuminates the paws, casting small shadows.
April 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Peace Arch Park, #USA #Canada border. A reminder we are Children of a Common Mother.

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This is the Peace Arch Park at the USA and Canadian border. A grand arch stands against a partly cloudy sky, adorned with the American and Canadian flags at the top. The phrase "CHILDREN OF A COMMON MOTHER" is inscribed near the top of the arch, symbolizing unity between the two nations.
March 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Happy St. Patrick's Day! I so thoroughly enjoyed #Ireland on my first visit. The roads are a wonder (and maybe a little frightening at times, ha!).
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Early morning scene of a narrow road, wet from last night's rain. On the left the road is bordered by a low rock wall and post fence. Beyond is a vibrant green field and trees on the horizon. To the right a thick hedge of tall trees border the road. The sky is clouded and in shades of yellow, pink and blue.
March 17, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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When the upcoming summer gets hot and you want to remember the healing cover of winter... "A Summer Forest Fire Covered by Winter Snows in Jemez #Mountains #NewMexico"
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A spare white room with blond colored wood plank flooring and a single chair of wood and burnt orange cushions. A window is allowing light to flow in from the right. On the back wall of the room is a large mounted metal art print sowing a mountain range covered in snow. The near snow covered hills are covered with the tree trunks of a burnt over forest. There is a sense of serenity enhanced by white clouds in a blue sky.
March 15, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Here's an image of Ebey's Landing on #Whidbey Island, #Washington . Lovely sunset with raptor flying.

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#buyintoart #scape #sunset #wallart #fineart #ayearforart #westcoast #puget #PNW #beauty #birds
A modern office scene with minimalist wood credenza, sisal rug, light wood floor, white wall. On the wall is a metal print of Ebey's Landing at sunset. The bluff is in silhouette, as is the foreground. The waters of puget sound are a deep blue gray. In the orange sunset is the silhouette of a raptor flying above the water. A dark cloud is just above the sun.
March 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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A bit of #Ireland and a bit of the #UK all in one picture. “A full #Irish Breakfast and a Morris Minor”.
Perhaps a #gift or #card for #FathersDay ?
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#ayearforart #cars #classiccars #mini #giftsforhim #streetphotography
A green morris minor with wood trim, a classic car made in the UK, is parked on a rain wet street in front of colorful orange, yellow, and pink sore frond in Ireland. One business is “Cafe Mocha”, which advertises a full Irish breakfast “served until lunch” as well as soup, smoothies and milkshakes, in a sign painted on the wall next to the door.
March 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Just sold, a 23x36 canvas print of "Sacred Datura and Petroglyph, Petroglyph National Monument". I appreciate the art buyers out there! Thank you!
#ayearforart #petroglyph #nativeamerican #nationalmonument #partkservice #artwork #wallart #sacred #indigenous #newmexico #buyintoart #wildflowers
An ancient petroglyph of a figure is carved into a basalt rock in the lower foreground. In the crevices of basaltic rock behind it, a wild datura plant is growing. White blossoms adorn the green plant. The datura is sacred to indigenous people in the USA
March 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Farmer’s market in Lucerne Switzerland. A feast for the eyes.
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#switzerland #lucerne #ayearforart #europe #fineart #walldecor #church
Metal print shown on plain gray wall. Foreground is crates of shiny red apples and fall time fruits at a farmer’s market. Mid ground is waters of Lake Lucerne. Background is soaring white cathedral.
March 11, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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I’m seeing a theme in my artwork here…anyone else? 2006: #Sweden
2021: #NewMexico
2024: #Ireland

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#ayearforart #walldecor #religion #fineart #photography #travel
Black and white image of a stone medieval cross in foreground with a crumbling wall of an old church on the horizon. A feeling of a windswept and stark landscape. A brown stone cross in foreground with a southwestern adobe church with white painted trim in background. Clear blue skies, juniper and shrub landscape with low mountains. Black and white photo with stone cross as a grave marker in foreground and crumbling stone walls of old church in mid ground. Dramatic clouds above.
March 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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#Prague, 2022. A banner in the blue and gold colors of #Ukraine with the words "Hands off Ukraine, Putin!" is prominently hung in the city. Had you told me 3 years later USA leaders would act the way they have recently, I would never have believed it. Never.

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Pedestrians are walking in the old town of Prague. the architecture is old European. A white building with statues mounted prominently on the roof and balconies is graced with a large banner across the front in the blue and gold colors of the Ukrainian flag and it reads "Hands off Ukraine, Putin!"
March 1, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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A little bit of serenity from the end of summer as the sun set over the calm waters of #LakeMichigan.

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A light filled living room scene with hardwood floors, light gray plaster walls, brick column to the left which appears to abut a window. A minimalist wooden couch is against the wall, and the modern end table has 4 wire legs and a small lamp atop it. Above the couch is a large metal print. The color image is of a sunset in pale blue fading to pink above the calm waters of Lake Michigan. The top two thirds of the image is dominated by the silhouette of leaves of overhanging branches.
February 19, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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A #Meditation to expand #Peace in the world-The #Prayer of St. Francis. Available as an ebook: www.blurb.com/b/4859345-pr...

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An illustrated book cover reads “Prayer of St. Francis, a prayer for peace” and “photos by Many Lee Dereske”. The image is dominated by a close up photograph of a bright yellow cottonwood leaf hanging by its stem. It is surrounded by bright white light and the bokeh of other leaves in the background.
February 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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#Farmers #market in #Lucerne #Switzerland with the #Jesuit #church in the background embodies a distinct #European vibe.
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Apples and fruit of multiple colors fill a double row of green crates. They sit on a grey cobblestone walk abutting Lake Lucerne. Across the water on the far shore a large white church dominates the old European town. The church was built from 1666-1677. It is beautifully ornate with golden turban like turrets. This is all shown as a metal print on a white wall above a grey credenza.
February 17, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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#Hawaii over 25 years ago…hope this place still looks like Eden. Places like this are important in many ways.

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Lush landscape scene. Viewer is standing above a wide valley which is surrounded by green mountains. Looking up valley, there is a mist covering the view.
February 12, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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#ValentineDay is nearly upon us and I want to share “Golden RockyLove”. This was part of Art in Unexpected Places, #Vilnius #Lithuania 2009.

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Gold painted stones, each 3 to 4 inches, form a heart shape on a stone paver surface. Light is shining on the rocks. The heart is completely full of stones (it is not just an outline). The paver stones are square shaped, much like a cobblestone street.
February 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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The great blue #heron -Ardea Herodias- is one of my favorite #birds to watch (the other is the tiny bushtit). I have seen them on lakes, in cypress swamps, streams, west coast and Gulf. They seem to have an inner #zen
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Vertical Color photo of great blue heron standing on a stream bank. The foreground is golden grass. The background beyond the heron is a muted gray green with hints of tangled brush. The light is coming at an angle from the left and outlines the bird with a silver glow.
February 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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There’s nothing finer than getting up early to #photograph and getting an image of a #Robin with a worm!
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A red breasted robin is perched on a wooden shake roof. There is blue sky behind it. The robin has a worm in its mouth. It is a tree he illustrations of the adage the early bird gets the worm.
February 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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I like to find images in the world where you do a double take. This Great Blue #Heron is watching the #sunset from a rooftop in #Texas and the palm tree creates a grassland illusion. Available as print/card/gift 30 day money back guarantee. maryleephoto.com/featured/blu...
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A great blue heron sits atop a building in silhouette. Palm tree fronds create the illusion of tall grass in front of the bird. The background is a harbor with large boats. The sky ranges from orange to blue with the sunset.
February 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Peppers! I made this image starting with a lovely display at a #FarmersMarket
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A montage of yellow, red and green peppers. They appear to glow and have the light of an old world painting.
January 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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A cat for your beach house!
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#cat #beach #ayearforart #giftideas #buyintoart #blackcat
A black cat with stunning golden eyes sits serenely looking at the viewer. There is a glow about him. He/she is perched atop a concrete wall and the dark background has hints of a tropical paradise,
January 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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This is one of my lesser seen images. It’s a wild 4 o’clock flower in black and white.
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Black and white photograph in square format. A single white 4 o’clock flower is centered in the image. The background is very dark fading to black at the edges. Just behind the flower you can make out the shadowy shapes of the jagged leaves.
January 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM