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Melinda B Hipple, author&artist
@melindabhipple.bsky.social
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Author of RAVEN, Behind the Mask, Home Front, and poetry and children's books / editor / artist / photographer / mother of a terrific kid
www.melindabhipple.com
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Triptych phone art. Random shots from a local hangout.
#bcbullpen #photography #phoneart #triptych #blackandwhite #melindabhipple
Triptych photography. The first panel is a dried leaf on a floor. Second panel is a shot of brick pavement. Third panel is through an open doorway into a room with sunlight angled on the wall and floor.
November 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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The mighty pencil. Four portraits of family members done over a number of years. 1) self portrait 2) my son 3) my niece 4) my great niece
#blueskyartshow #graphitedrawing #melindabhipple
November 2, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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#caturday
"I'm starving!" There was still food in your bowl when I let you out this morning. "Then I'm cold!" It's 65 degrees and sunny. "Then I'm just lonely and need some cuddles."
November 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Spent a foggy morning wandering around the community. Love this town.
#fog #photography #bakeruniversitycampus #melindabhipple
Closeup of autumn leaves with strands of spiderweb between them. Baker University grape arbor in the fog. Weeping willow branches in the foreground and a distant arched doorway in the fog. Manhole cover in a brick pavement with yellow leaves fallen from nearby trees.
October 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Random autumn leaves where they fell. Colorado, USA.
#leaves #fallcolor #nature #aspen #elm #photography #stilllife #foundstilllife #melindabhipple
October 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Went out comet hunting last evening. Found Lemmon, but it was barely perceptible with my equipment. Thought this shot was more interesting. A farm silhouetted against the night sky with a plane trekking overhead.
#kansasfarmhouse #nightsky #photography #melindabhipple
October 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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#resist #nokings
October 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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My friend Lynn and I wandered into a nearby field where two mule deer bucks and a doe were grazing. As long as we moved slowly, they seemed to tolerate us.
#muledeer #photographingthephotographer #coloradowildlife #melindabhipple
October 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Five weeks in, and Mount Sopris finally gets snow my last two days here. Properly dressed at last.
#mountsopris #photography #sunrise #melindabhipple #colorado #elkmountains #housesitting
Photo of a snow-capped mountain with a layer of pink-tinged clouds at sunrise.
October 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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I get one more week with this beautiful mountain view. The full(er) moon and cloud cover have created some lovely drama.
#mountsopris #elkmountains #crystalrivervalley #coloradousa #photography #melindabhipple #nightphotography
October 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Venus & Company. Captured these two meteors that I could not see with the naked eye. 30 second exposure. There are three more that are so faint they are hard to spot on the image.
#venus #meteors #nightphotography #nightsky #bluehour #melindabhipple
The sky above the mountains before sunrise. Venus has risen, and there are two meteors streaking in opposite directions through the scattered stars.
October 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Higher dimensional quantum mechanics...and a cat.

This has to be a favorite photo I've taken in a long time. Such a fun happenstance.
#photography #humor #abstract #geometry #multifaceted #melindabhipple #shadowscast
A cat laying on a patio, the sun casting multi-layered shadows from mesh cast iron chairs and table.
October 2, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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October 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Seven Castles area of the Frying Pan River valley. Took a run up to Ruedi Lake to capture the fall colors. The clouds were being quite the personal assistant today.
#sevencastles #fryingpanrivervalley #coloradolandscapes #photography #melindabhipple
Large red rock promotories with dramatic shading from overcast skies. The foliage below is turning yellow for fall.
October 2, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Head in the clouds. Two more weeks of this incredible view.
#mountsopris #elkmountains #crystalrivervalley #cloudcover #monochrome #photography #melindabhipple
A black and white photo of Mount Sopris with a layer of cloud just below the peak.
October 1, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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The turkeys wander by in the fields most every day. Love it when they come into the yard. 😆
#turkeys #wildlife #humor #melindabhipple
Two turkeys laying in a yard. One asks the other, "Hey. You awake? We're being watched." 1st: "Do you think she's still looking?" Wind is blowing tailfeathers up. 2nd: "Yeah. She's harmless. Don't get your tailfeathers in a bunch."
September 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Cat on a "warm Plexiglass skylight." He does love exploring thirty feet in the air.
#catsofbluesky #catonaskylight #vantagepoint #melindabhipple
A photo from below of a cat sitting on a skylight thirty feet in the air.
September 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Let's find the most complicated--but warm and safe from coyotes and weather--part of the roof we can find.
#caturday #catsofbluesky #smartkitty
A cat sleeping under the eave on a small bit of shingles where two roofs overlap.
September 27, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Moonset and the Milky Way.
#crescentmoon #milkyway #nightphotography #skies #photography #melindabhipple
A crescent moon in a dusky gray sky over a mountain silhouette. The Milky Way above a valley with streaks of car lights alone a highway and a line of dots from the blinking lights of an airplane just above the ridge.
September 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Chair Mountain, the farthest, right snow-dusted peak. Getting colder, but not sure the snow will stick just yet.
#chairmountain #elkmountainrange #colorado #sunrise #photography #melindabhipple
September 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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The passing storm gifted us with a double rainbow AND snow on the peaks tonight. Couldn't get the rainbow in one shot with the camera, so had to do a panorama with my cheap phone.
#rainbow #mountsopris #photography #melindabhipple
A double rainbow over a pasture. Mount Sopris with a dusting of snow on its two peaks.
September 23, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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Yet another storm. They are certainly happy to have the rain. On the left side of the mountain, the aspen trees are turning yellow. Hope to get up into the higher elevations later this week and get some fall photos.
#mountsopris #elkmountains #colorado #skies #photography #melindabhipple
Photo of Mount Sopris with a light cloudy sky behind and a dark overhanging cloud above.
September 22, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Been chasing the light and angles on this bowl for 8 years. It still reveals something new.
#stilllife #photography #glasslight #contrast #melindabhipple #obsessed
A green star-shaped blown-glass bowl on a bird's-eye maple table. A strong light cuts through leaving the right side dark and the left bright with the bowl's shadow stretching to the edge.
September 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Watched a couple of coyotes hunting in the field. They pounce on their prey like cats, and eat a lot of mice and voles. A third ran by closer to the house. Always entertaining.
#coyotes #wildlife #melindabhipple
A composite of seven images showing coyotes watching and then pouncing into the grass.
September 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Tinkering with my camera settings to improve my night shots. The Milky Way with a silhouette of Mount Sopris to the left.
#milkyway #mountsopris #nightphotography #photography #melindabhipple
September 16, 2025 at 4:11 AM