@maskflowerprince.bsky.social
Arts writer of "Mask of the Flower Prince," reformed academic, archaeologist, classical musician, sometime photographer, Minnesotan, all-around good guy. Photos are mine unless noted. He/him/his.
For #rockinTuesday, this guy has claimed this rock at Stony Point, a penguin colony on the southern tip of South Africa, just south of Cape Town (2019). #photography #nature #naturephotography #Africa #SouthAfrica #birds #birdsofafrica #penguin #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin
December 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
For #rockinTuesday, this guy has claimed this rock at Stony Point, a penguin colony on the southern tip of South Africa, just south of Cape Town (2019). #photography #nature #naturephotography #Africa #SouthAfrica #birds #birdsofafrica #penguin #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin
For #MountainMonday. View of the Cullin mountains, with Loch Harport and Gesto Bay on the Isle of Skye in Scotland (2025). #Scotland #IsleOfSkye #Skye #Cuillin #landscapephotography #landscapes #outdoors #naturephotography #countryside #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography #nature #EastCoastKin
December 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
For #MountainMonday. View of the Cullin mountains, with Loch Harport and Gesto Bay on the Isle of Skye in Scotland (2025). #Scotland #IsleOfSkye #Skye #Cuillin #landscapephotography #landscapes #outdoors #naturephotography #countryside #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography #nature #EastCoastKin
For #stunday, a pic of the Red Rock Trail on the Jemez Pueblo Reservation in New Mexico, during a slight break in the rain (2025). #landscape #scape #landscapephotography #NewMexico #nature #desert #southwest #nativeamerica #pueblos #Jemez #EastCoastKin
December 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
For #stunday, a pic of the Red Rock Trail on the Jemez Pueblo Reservation in New Mexico, during a slight break in the rain (2025). #landscape #scape #landscapephotography #NewMexico #nature #desert #southwest #nativeamerica #pueblos #Jemez #EastCoastKin
For #stunday, the Great Mosque-Cathedral in Córdoba, Spain. I lived in Córdoba for an all-too-brief period right after high school, and I've loved it ever since. #cordoba #andalucia #spain #photography #photographersofbluesky #history #EastCoastKin #AncientSiteSunday #SundayStonework
December 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
For #stunday, the Great Mosque-Cathedral in Córdoba, Spain. I lived in Córdoba for an all-too-brief period right after high school, and I've loved it ever since. #cordoba #andalucia #spain #photography #photographersofbluesky #history #EastCoastKin #AncientSiteSunday #SundayStonework
The quetzal has long been my favorite bird...!
This male Resplendent Quetzal was a nice surprise at our cabin when we arrived at San Gerardo de Dota this afternoon.
#CostaRica #birds
#CostaRica #birds
December 7, 2025 at 3:35 AM
The quetzal has long been my favorite bird...!
One more, reposting this for the #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Sky. October sky captured on a morning in Minneapolis (2025). #stunday #minnesota #minneapolis #sunrise #autumn #fall #photography #photographersofbluesky #EastCoastKin
December 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
One more, reposting this for the #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Sky. October sky captured on a morning in Minneapolis (2025). #stunday #minnesota #minneapolis #sunrise #autumn #fall #photography #photographersofbluesky #EastCoastKin
Still with the #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Sky. Here's sunset on the Pacific, with fishing boats settled in for the night (2023).
#Photography #seascape #sunset #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin
#Photography #seascape #sunset #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin
December 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Still with the #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Sky. Here's sunset on the Pacific, with fishing boats settled in for the night (2023).
#Photography #seascape #sunset #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin
#Photography #seascape #sunset #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin
For #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Sky. "Rosy-fingered dawn" over the Parthenon on Athens' Acropolis (2023). #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography #ruins #AncientBlueSky #travelphotography #Acropolis #Parthenon #archaeology #Greece #Athens #EastCoastKin
December 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
For #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Sky. "Rosy-fingered dawn" over the Parthenon on Athens' Acropolis (2023). #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography #ruins #AncientBlueSky #travelphotography #Acropolis #Parthenon #archaeology #Greece #Athens #EastCoastKin
Also for the #blueskyartshow #sky theme, a bit of a play on words. Here's Scotland's Isle of Skye, with a magnificent blue... skye (2025). #Scotland #Skye #nature #landscape #photography #photographersofbluesky #EastCoastKin
December 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Also for the #blueskyartshow #sky theme, a bit of a play on words. Here's Scotland's Isle of Skye, with a magnificent blue... skye (2025). #Scotland #Skye #nature #landscape #photography #photographersofbluesky #EastCoastKin
For the #blueskyartshow #sky theme. An untouched, uncorrected shot of a gorgeous sunrise over Kenya's Maasai Mara region (2022). One of the greatest sunrises/sets I've been privileged to see. #photography #sunrise #Kenya #MaasaiMara #safari #Africa #landscape #nature #EastCoastKin
December 6, 2025 at 1:57 PM
For the #blueskyartshow #sky theme. An untouched, uncorrected shot of a gorgeous sunrise over Kenya's Maasai Mara region (2022). One of the greatest sunrises/sets I've been privileged to see. #photography #sunrise #Kenya #MaasaiMara #safari #Africa #landscape #nature #EastCoastKin
I've never been to UAE, but something about this picture really spoke to me this morning.
A first desert image from last month trip to UAE… Sunset + desert dust = beautiful orange ball at the horizon.
Return home have been total chaos so I’m just starting to work on the images.
#photography #art #nature #landscape
Return home have been total chaos so I’m just starting to work on the images.
#photography #art #nature #landscape
December 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I've never been to UAE, but something about this picture really spoke to me this morning.
Also for #scape Friday, a cloudscape over the Pacific. Catching that golden light before the sun drops behind the horizon. This one was taken on this day two years ago, and I'm delighted to share it today. #cloudscape #seascape #sunset #Pacific #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin
December 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Also for #scape Friday, a cloudscape over the Pacific. Catching that golden light before the sun drops behind the horizon. This one was taken on this day two years ago, and I'm delighted to share it today. #cloudscape #seascape #sunset #Pacific #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin
For #forestFriday and #scape Friday: morning mist at Acadia National Park, Maine (2024). Protect our National Parks! #landscape #seascape #PhotographersOfBlueSky #maine #nature #photography #acadia #nps #nationalpark #ocean #EastCoastKin
December 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
For #forestFriday and #scape Friday: morning mist at Acadia National Park, Maine (2024). Protect our National Parks! #landscape #seascape #PhotographersOfBlueSky #maine #nature #photography #acadia #nps #nationalpark #ocean #EastCoastKin
Another for #PalacesandGardens #RedGreenGold, Christmas at the gardens of Hacienda San Angel in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (2023). #photography #Mexico #PuertoVallarta #sunset #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin
December 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Another for #PalacesandGardens #RedGreenGold, Christmas at the gardens of Hacienda San Angel in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (2023). #photography #Mexico #PuertoVallarta #sunset #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin
For #PalacesandGardens #RedGreenGold, Christmas comes to the luxurious Hacienda San Angel in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (2023). #photography #Mexico #PuertoVallarta #sunset #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin
December 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
For #PalacesandGardens #RedGreenGold, Christmas comes to the luxurious Hacienda San Angel in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (2023). #photography #Mexico #PuertoVallarta #sunset #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin
I love this!
This is Magnus. He just beat cancer. His family wrote the big news on their car and bought him balloons to celebrate. Magnus got so much love from strangers the whole way home. His human said, "I hope everyone has a Magnus in their lives, who shows them what determination and strength are." 14/10
December 4, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I love this!
For Window Wednesday, this stained glass installation by Rose Simpson at Buffalo Thunder, at the Pueblo of Pojoaque near Santa Fe (2024).
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWForWindows #ArtAdventCalendar
#WindowsOnWednesday #photography #nativeart #nativeamerica #PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWForWindows #ArtAdventCalendar
#WindowsOnWednesday #photography #nativeart #nativeamerica #PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin
December 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
For Window Wednesday, this stained glass installation by Rose Simpson at Buffalo Thunder, at the Pueblo of Pojoaque near Santa Fe (2024).
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWForWindows #ArtAdventCalendar
#WindowsOnWednesday #photography #nativeart #nativeamerica #PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWForWindows #ArtAdventCalendar
#WindowsOnWednesday #photography #nativeart #nativeamerica #PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin
Tropical twilight, looking out onto the Pacific Ocean (2018). #Alphabetchallenge #WeekWforWindows #WindowsonWednesday #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #Mexico #EastCoastKin
December 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Tropical twilight, looking out onto the Pacific Ocean (2018). #Alphabetchallenge #WeekWforWindows #WindowsonWednesday #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #Mexico #EastCoastKin
For #MountainMonday. I fell in love with Scotland's Glen Coe this spring... especially with the stunning blue sky! #Scotland #Glencoe #Highlands #nature #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #photographersofbluesky #thewildimages
December 1, 2025 at 1:29 PM
For #MountainMonday. I fell in love with Scotland's Glen Coe this spring... especially with the stunning blue sky! #Scotland #Glencoe #Highlands #nature #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #photographersofbluesky #thewildimages
For #stunday, Scotland's Eilean Donan Castle in the morning mist (2025). It's also fitting for today, St. Andrew's Day, with the jaunty Saltire, the white diagonal cross of St Andrew on a blue field. #Scotland #castles #photography #photographersofbluesky #landscapes #Highlands #EastCoastKin
November 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
For #stunday, Scotland's Eilean Donan Castle in the morning mist (2025). It's also fitting for today, St. Andrew's Day, with the jaunty Saltire, the white diagonal cross of St Andrew on a blue field. #Scotland #castles #photography #photographersofbluesky #landscapes #Highlands #EastCoastKin
For #stunday. The sprawling ruins in New Mexico's Chaco Canyon (2024). Pueblo Bonito was 4 stories tall, with 800 rooms; abandoned nearly 1,000 years ago. #NewMexico #photography #nps #nationalpark #nativeamerica #ruins #archaeology #EastCoastKin #AncientSiteSunday #SundayStonework #AncientBlueSky
November 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
For #stunday. The sprawling ruins in New Mexico's Chaco Canyon (2024). Pueblo Bonito was 4 stories tall, with 800 rooms; abandoned nearly 1,000 years ago. #NewMexico #photography #nps #nationalpark #nativeamerica #ruins #archaeology #EastCoastKin #AncientSiteSunday #SundayStonework #AncientBlueSky
For #stunday. The ancient city of Delphi, home the famous oracle, is one of the most spectacular sites in all of Greece (2002). #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography #Greece #ruins #AncientBlueSky #travelphotography #Delphi #archaeology #EastCoastKin #AncientSiteSunday #SundayStonework
November 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
For #stunday. The ancient city of Delphi, home the famous oracle, is one of the most spectacular sites in all of Greece (2002). #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography #Greece #ruins #AncientBlueSky #travelphotography #Delphi #archaeology #EastCoastKin #AncientSiteSunday #SundayStonework
Another for the #BlueSkyArtShow #warmth theme. An evening #landscape / #riverscape from Egypt with the #Nile (2004). Warm in colors, and certainly in temperature.
#nileriver #egypt #travel #naturephotography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography #EastCoastKin
#nileriver #egypt #travel #naturephotography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography #EastCoastKin
November 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Another for the #BlueSkyArtShow #warmth theme. An evening #landscape / #riverscape from Egypt with the #Nile (2004). Warm in colors, and certainly in temperature.
#nileriver #egypt #travel #naturephotography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography #EastCoastKin
#nileriver #egypt #travel #naturephotography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography #EastCoastKin
Another for the #BlueSkyArtShow #warmth theme. This sunset over the Pacific Ocean was remarkable, almost like an abstract painting with surreal colors (2023).
#EastCoastKin #PuertoVallarta #Mexico #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography #nature #naturephotography #Vibrant #sunset
#EastCoastKin #PuertoVallarta #Mexico #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography #nature #naturephotography #Vibrant #sunset
November 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Another for the #BlueSkyArtShow #warmth theme. This sunset over the Pacific Ocean was remarkable, almost like an abstract painting with surreal colors (2023).
#EastCoastKin #PuertoVallarta #Mexico #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography #nature #naturephotography #Vibrant #sunset
#EastCoastKin #PuertoVallarta #Mexico #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography #nature #naturephotography #Vibrant #sunset
For the #BlueSkyArtShow #warmth theme. Here's #sunset at Playa de los Muertos, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (2009). #EastCoastKin #PuertoVallarta #Mexico #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography #nature #naturephotography
November 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
For the #BlueSkyArtShow #warmth theme. Here's #sunset at Playa de los Muertos, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (2009). #EastCoastKin #PuertoVallarta #Mexico #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography #nature #naturephotography