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SoCo Steve
@mlevel.bsky.social
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Joined 11/17/2024
From Sonoma County California USA.
Fan of walking, reading, movies, civility.
Art, photos, humor(?), music, and other stuff.

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California Buckeye, Taylor Mountain, Santa Rosa CA
Buckeye tree with the namesake pods, silhouetted against a partly blue sky.
November 13, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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Falls, Emerald Pools Trail, Zion National Park, Utah. #MlevelPhotos #WaterfallWednesday
Waterfalls off a redrock ledge.
November 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Sunset today.
Panorama: yellow, orange, and salmon colors in fish-scale clouds.
November 12, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Sunrise at Joshua Tree. #MlevelPhotos #RockinTuesday
The sun is about to crest the horizon between two protruding boulders. A few clouds reflect the light. 13 minutes later, the sun appears behind one of the boulders. The lens creates six rays from the sun.
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Sunset today. #MlevelPhotos #SonomaCounty
A few trees on a ridge silhouetted in front of orange clouds lit by the setting sun.
November 11, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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Share someone who looks stylish wearing a turtleneck.
Carl Sagan
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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The clouds fit the notch. #MlevelPhotos #Stunday
On a trail with a U-shaped valley ahead, a fish-scale cloud fills the negative space in the sky almost perfectly.
November 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Marshall and Dori keeping tabs on the neighborhood. #Caturday #MlevelPhotos
A tuxedo cat and a grey cat on a windowsill watching the street.
November 9, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Sandhill Cranes coming in to roost for the night at the Isenberg Crane Refuge, Woodbridge CA. #BlueSkyArtShow #Evening
Against a layered pastel peach and orange sky, a group of cranes flies in low.
November 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Another year of NYT Crosswords. My streak would be well over a thousand if not for a glitch on their side a year ago. #NYTXW
My statistics in solving New York Times crosswords online. 2280 puzzles solved (I've worked backwards through the archive), 100% solve rate, 365 current streak, 657 longest streak.
November 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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#GuitarMountRushmore
#guitar
#musicsky
TBH my Rushmore would have a lot more than four, but these guys would definitely be in there.
Jimi Hendrix: always #1 Stevie Ray Vaughan Eddie Van Halen Jeff Beck
November 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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With the reflection, it's two Half Domes, so... "Whole Dome"? #MlevelPhotos #Scape #Yosemite
Half Dome reflected in the river at Yosemite.
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Golden Gate Park and the Panhandle, San Francisco, from a flight from Seattle. #UrbanGaze #MlevelPhotos
View of San Francisco from an airplane window includes the Richmond and Sunset neighborhoods and the mostly green Presidio and Golden Gate Park and Panhandle.
November 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Waterfall near Lake Tahoe. #WaterfallWednesday #MlevelPhoto
Rushing water falls over a squarish rock.
November 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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I often stop and look around because I keep my eyes on the trail ahead when I'm walking. So I see a lot that I wouldn't otherwise. This is an odd place for an Egret, pretty far from the water, perched high up on a bare tree in oak woodland. But there it is. #MlevelPhotos
A Great Egret perched on a bare limb over a dry field.
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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I called this the "Fin" because it resembles the dorsal fin of a fish, and because it marks the end ("fin") of the Cerro Este trail in Sunol. A nice marker after a long hike. #RockinTuesday #MlevelPhotos
A large thin upthrust rock next to a wide trail.
November 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Mount Saint Helena (4,342 ft / 1,323 m) over Pinot Noir vines. #MountainMonday #MlevelPhotos
A prominent mountain beyond grapevines that are turning golden for autumn.
November 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Lighted by the Blinds, warm and cozy enough. #SelfPortraitSunday #Cozy&Warm #MlevelPhotos
Self portrait lit by sunset through horizontal blinds.
November 3, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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A movie you have seen more than 7 Times with a GIF:
Scene from "This is Spinal Tap," where Nigel explains his amp goes to 11.
November 3, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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Macrostie vineyards, Westside Road near Healdsburg CA. #MlevelPhotos #Stunday #SonomaCounty
Panorama: Parallel rows of (Pinot Noir) grape vines follow the shapes of undulating hills. The grape leaves are turning red and gold and the grass is green.
November 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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View from the Dry Creek Store near Healdsburg CA, where my sis took me for lunch for my birthday today. I had a BLT with avocado, always great, but it's really about the ambience.
A vineyard turning gold and evergreen-covered hills beyond.
November 1, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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#Autumn vines. #BlueSkyArtShow #MlevelPhotos
Two rows of grapevines, the leaves turning red, orange and gold.
November 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Vineyards lit for Halloween.
Vineyard with parallel rows of grapevines curving over a rise, whose leaves have turned orange and red, lit golden by the setting sun.
November 1, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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Black Mountain and Lake Nicasio, Marin County CA. #MlevelPhotos #scape
A mountain reflected in a lake. Nearer to the camera, the bottom of the lake is visible.
October 31, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Most of my #UrbanGaze photos are of San Francisco--I don't get around much. #MlevelPhotos
A view of a distant (about 15 miles) San Francisco beyond a row of ridges, the nearest one out of focus, grassy, and strewn with light-purple flowers. The Bay bridge is visible to the left. This is from 2010, before the SalesForce tower was built and dominated the skyline.
October 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM