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Bestselling Author of "Do You Believe in Fairies? Compositions of Truth & Nature in Art & Poetry" & a Neurospicy Photog/Artist/Poet/Author/Performer Cat Compatriot & FATposi Veg EcoSocJ Leftie. No AI/NFT! My Light Fairy is REAL www.astrobridge-artistry.com
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Calais, Vermont, USA. Autumn 2024.

#Scape #ForestFriday #EastCoastKin #Vermont #AutumnIsComing #VermontFoliage #NaturePhotography #Mountains

#DisabledPhotographer #DisabledArtist #QueerArtist #QueerPhotographer #NaturePhotographer

#AltTextAsPoetry
A landscape photo of the autumn foliage covered rolling mountains of New England, in Central Vermont to be precise. Its a sunny day with a pale blue sky and cotton candy white clouds drifting by above. The mountains are mostly covered in deciduous and coniferous trees, with a few quilt-esque patches of grassy land cleared for farming on the closer hills in the middle ground of the scene, all separated by rows of trees akin to the landscapes you'd find in a British countryside. Small red and white houses and barns dot the landscape.
August 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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My art & poetry books: "Do You Believe in Fairies? Compositions of Truth & Nature in Art & Poetry," were delivered on #WorldBookDay! Just in time for my #book signing at Kellogg-Hubbard Library this Sun, April 27th, 11-12:30!
#PoetryMonth #PoemCity #FatAuthor #DisabledAuthor #QueerAuthor #Booksky 💙📚
Visual Description: image below is of a very plump, happy woman with short, curly, light brown hair, seated, wearing a grey sundress & rainbow heart shaped glasses with rose tinted lenses, smiling with dimples in her cheeks while she holds up a copy of her newly printed art & poetry book which is square with a photo on the front fearing bright green foliage and a Light Fairy!
April 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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THIS is what I'm TALKIN ABOUT! EXCELLENT!!
#GoodTroubleNecessaryTrouble
"ICE Came for their neighbor, so these Tennesseans formed a human chain to protect him"

#LookForTheHelpers #ThisIsWhatHeroesLookLike
#GoodTrouble #NoICE
A screenshot of an NBC News headline saying: "ICE Came for their neighbor, so these Tennesseans formed a human chain to protect him: Neighbors delivered food, water and gasoline to the man, who was with a child in a van, as ICE agents stayed at the home for hours." Below, also in the screenshot, is a still image of the video featuring a human chain of neighbors surrounding a house and car, mostly featured in the image are two women, one young, wearing a pink tank top with reddish brown hair up in a ponytail, and an older, plumper woman with short dark hair in a white tee shirt. This is what heroes look like.
April 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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For #WorldArtDay today, I'm exploring both the visual & literary arts!
It's #PoetryMonth , so I'm including my #poem on Abolitionist Suffragist #MatildaJoslynGage, Matilda's Roses, which will be in my upcoming book to be released this month! #Booksky 💙📚
#AColorADAyPRIL #Peach #Roses #GardenSky
Matilda's Roses A Poem by Ashley Anne Strobridge of Astrobridge Artistry Poem text: The Rose is bright and lovely, And so is truth when treated right, But do not treat her roughly Or the thorns of justice will smite, The hand that tries to bind us, And take away our rights! Matilda was a rose of truth, A beacon for us all, And her many daughters carry on, Always answering the call! We bloom into righteous women, Speaking up in marble halls, Gathering our sisters, Helping each other when we fall! The fight is not yet over, For justice for one & all, For Women, Indigenous, Black, Brown,& Asian, And for all creatures great & small, And to keep religion out of politics, We must not drop the ball! Beautiful in her strength, Glorious, like a blooming rose. She glowed with righteous justice, The golden road of equity she chose. She was the inspiration for Dorothy, A feminist trailblazer child, Oz was birthed through her dreams for equity, And so a better world Baum styled, Based on friendship, kindness, & equality, A place for all to live as one, But it was Matilda who gave this fantasy breath, And through her fire the fight begun. Matilda's story is rarely told, She was an early white ally, She stood for EVERYONE oppressed, On this hill of justice she would die. She was Abolitionist, Suffragette, And "She Who Holds Up the Sky," She was an early vegetarian, And separation of church & state was her side. We must never forget her, And her stalwart belief in rights, For EVERYONE oppressed, Not just for privileged & whites. Through speeches, books, & papers, She fought for equity & rights for all. But she died before seeing justice, Though votes for women were installed, Not everyone won freedom, Though slowly, walls did fall. We must go to her home on the Underground Railroad, And place our "I voted!" stickers, On Matilda Joslyn Gage's gravestone! For it was SHE, not Anthony, who had the rigor, To work so hard for o… Photo Description: A Macro image of a pale peach- colored David Austen Rose, in near full-bloom, in the bottom right of the image. Its petals are gently curling back to reveal new depths to the center of the rose in deeper and deeper shades of coral. In the upper left hand corner of the photo is another rose bud, round and new, just beginning to disclose her similarly soft coral hues from her green surroundings. Photo Description: A horizontally oriented photo with a newly blooming coral rose bud at its center, petals tightly ar- ranged in the typical spiral rose shape around each other, with two loos- er petals beginning to open fur- ther at the edges. The rest of the photo features leaves, stems, and thorns of the rose bush, in striking colors of deep greens and russet reds, contrasting the bright warm colors of the flower in the center.
April 16, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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This is a pile of bodies in pools of blood outside an El Salvadorian PrisonDeathCamp. If you get targeted by the hooded wanker SS: Fight back! Esp if in public! Dont end up here. We have yet to see what they do if we fight back: if we surround those they target.
A Google Maps aerial photo of an El Salvadorian Death Camp, Judicial Center Tecoluca, with many long buildings with silver roofs, surrounding two courtyards both pooled with blood, and in the central courtyard, the blood looks fresher and there is a large pile of bodies in the open air and hot sun surrounded by blood.
April 15, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Have you ever read this book? The Hearts of Horses by Molly Gloss? I read it about 15 years ago, & I remember it being an engaging story about a female horse whisperer who was gentle w/ horses instead of rough like the male "horse breakers" she encountered. From what I remember, it was a great book.
A cover of a book featuring a photo in profile of a woman cowgirl on horseback riding through dusty sagebrush with the sun setting behind her creating a warm golden glow to the photo and causing her and the horse's silhouette to be of burnt umber. Above her is written tge title of the book in purple print: "The Hearts of Horses" "a novel" and below is the author's name, "Molly Gloss: Author of the Jump Off Creek"
April 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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"Star Dancer" a #HeavenlyBlue #MorningGlory I grew 2024 in my #GardenInTheSky ❤️ #Spring today as I prep my balcony garden!
A day early for #WorldArtDay #AGardenOfExpression Late for #AColorADAyPRIL day 12 #SkyBlue On time for #Lavender day 14
#Bloomscrolling #EastCoastKin #MacroMonday #BlueSkyMonday
An up close macro photo of a Heavenly Blue Morning Glory, staring down the barrel of it's Trumpet shaped bloom, a cerulean blue flower with pale violet paths shooting off in a star shape from the bright white stamen in the center of a bright golden divet which safely houses the stamen, drawing in pollinators! Natural light is glowing from behind the flower, creating a soft but powerful luminescece. There are tiny beads of water in sporadic locations around this single petaled violet & blue flower.
April 14, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Worcester, VT October 2024

#MountainMonday #BlueSkyMonday #LandscapePhotography #Horses #Vermont #VermontFoliage #EastCoatKin #AlphabetChallenge #PForPattern Horse Coat Pattern & Color of Chestnut!
A colorful landscape photo of 6 horses, mostly chestnut colored horses with reddish brown fur and pale blonde manes and tails, grazing in a bright green field in the foreground, with a grey dirt road lined with fence posts leading into the distance on the left. In the middle ground, Autumn red, yellow, orange, and green trees line the edge of the green field and cover the mountains further along in the distance, while far off, deep blue mountains can be seen below a Robin's egg blue sky that has white & steel grey cotton-candy clouds moving across it like herds of snowy buffalo.
April 14, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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#mARTch Day 26 #ConstrastAndShadows
Photographed by me at Lake Willoughby in Westmore, #Vermont

#WaterWednesday #EastCoastKin #AlphabetChallenge #WeekMForMulticoloured

#LakeWilloughby #Sailing #Sailboat #VermontFoliage

#DisabledPhotographer #NaturePhotography #AltTextAsPoetry #WomenInTheArts
A vertically oriented photo with the main subject being sea glass green Lake Willoughby, with clear waters from the edge of the rust orange colored leaf strewn beach, out to the aqua depths beyond. The lake is tge middle ground, with tge beach and green grasses and brown stones as the foreground, and a rounded Appalachian mountain rising from the water's edge in the distance, covered with bright orange deciduous trees, ready to shed their leaves for Fall, and a stony grey straight sided cliff face rising in the middle of the edge of the mountain above the water line. Half the mountain side is shaded in stark contrast to the sunny sides of the slopes. Near the beach there is a small sailboat with white sides and a blue sail moored in the middle ground in the blue green water. The sky is a brilliant blue with a few stray white puffy clouds.
March 26, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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#mARTch day 20 (a bit late, as per usge) #SpringAwakening

#AltTextAsPoetry
Lyrical #VisualDescription within AltText, + #IndigenousRights original poem...

Taken at #Chopawomsic #PrinceWilliamForestPark #Virginia

#EastCoastKin #NaturePhoto #SpringIsComing #Fiddleheads #Ferns

@altnps.bsky.social
Alt Text: A macro image of two ferns unfurling their fronds, arched backs in sunlight, curling fiddleheads in shade. There are light peach fuzz hairs defined on the fiddle head closest to the camera. Grass blades bend in the background in shades of honey yellow and bright green as sunlight splashes across the scene. Accompanying poem: Unfurling Light of Truth By Ashley Anne Strobridge They Break Forth! Sisters unfurling their joy and truth in the glorious sun. Nature's Daughters, they reclaim the land for her, healing Mother Earth. A land called truly Chopawamsic, later stolen, and called falsely Prince William Forest Park. Open to all but not open for the true caretakers to dwell. We have no Princes here, and no justice. But these sisters still strive, strive to heal the Earth, Strive to bring the joy and light of Truth and Justice to the people and all who enter this forest. They unfurl the Light of Truth to beam through this Spring Awakening, striving for righteousness. It may take more Springs, but Sisters' Truth Will Prevail!
March 26, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Photographed by me in Northern Virginia, Summer of 2013.

A bit of #Bloomscrolling for ya to help battle the doomscrolling!

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekMForMulticoloured #WeekMForMulticolored #EastCoastKin

#DisabledPhotographer #NaturePhotography #FlowersOfBlueSky
An orange lily growing outside, situated in the lower center of the frame of the vertically oriented photo, strongly illuminated by sunlight from slightly above and behind the lily, creating a glowing effect on the lily while most of the rest of the photo is in shadow. The lily and its stalk and a handful of lily buds are the only subjects of the photo in focus. The lower 1/4 of the photo is taken up by long, thick, green blades of grass laying haphazardly in a horizontal orientation over deep dark nooks and crannies, in shade and out of focus. Above this weaving of a bed of grass is a crowded family of indigo clematis flowers, centered but also framing the lily around the upper right portion of the photo. To the upper left, there is a bush of brighter green, still in shadow, but of a more brilliant shade than the grass below. The lily is the star of this show, but there is a solid support cast performing well!
March 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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For #InternationalWomensDay #WomensHistoryMonth let's celebrate Abolitionist & Suffragette Leader #MatildaJoslynGage

My poem Matilda's Roses w/ my photos, on cards on my site & at the #MatildaJoslynGageCenter gift shop, in my print & audiobook, & poster below!

#EastCoastKin

See #AltText for poem
Matilda's Roses The Rose is bright & lovely, & so is truth when treated right, but do not treat her roughly Or the thorns of justice will smite, The hand that tries to bind us, & take away our rights! Matilda was a rose of truth, A beacon for us all, & her many daughters carry on, Always answering the call! We bloom into righteous women, Speaking up in marble halls, Gathering our sisters, Helping each other when we fall. Beautiful in her strength, Glorious, like a blooming rose. She glowed with righteous justice, The golden road of equity she chose. She was the inspiration for Dorothy, A feminist trailblazer child, Oz was birthed through her dreams for equity, And so a better world Baum styled, Based on friendship, kindness, and equality, A place for all to live as one, But it was Matilda who gave this fantasy breath, And through her fire the fight begun. Through speeches, books, and papers, She fought for equity & rights for all. But she died before seeing justice, Though votes for women were installed, Not everyone won freedom, Though slowly, walls did fall. Matilda's story is rarely told, She was an early white ally, She stood for EVERYONE oppressed, On this hill of justice she would die. She was Abolitionist, Suffragette, & "She Who Holds Up the Sky," She was an early vegetarian, & “Separation of Church & State!” was her cry. We must never forget her, & her stalwart belief in rights, For EVERYONE oppressed, Not just for privileged & whites. We must go to her home on the Underground Railroad, & place our "I voted!" stickers, On Matilda Joslyn Gage's gravestone! For it was SHE, not Anthony, who had the rigor, To work so hard for one and all, To receive justice, rights, and equity, Whether Black, White, or Indigenous, She understood the intersections & complexity. We must never forget Matilda, And how Roses were her flower, They are beautiful in their justice, But are sharp if you forget their power.
March 9, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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This one is a bit late for #SelfPortraitSunday , in keeping w/ my occassional day late posts, but I couldn't pass up yesterday's #Resilience theme, as this is me, beeming #ResiliantJoy in the face of the crisis our country is going through right now.

#ResistFascism

@selfportraiture.bsky.social
A vertically oriented photo of a Fat and Happy lady with one hand on her hip, and the other holding an iridescent see through umbrella over her head, while she smiles, showing happy dimples in her cheeks. She is bedecked in rainbow colors, wearing a rainbow vertically striped poofy skirt, & a horizontally striped rainbow cardigan, over a white t-shirt, emblazoned with the word “Feminist” while she wears a long necklace of a string of rainbow felted balls, with bright pumpkin earrings. She is standing on a golden foliage strewn lawn with green and golden trees in the background.
February 25, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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Day 7 of #FebruArty is the somewhat incomprehensible #FishyFeb Day of #Lion ... I don't get it, but I'm goin w/ the flow (see what I did there? 😉 ), esp cause it let's me show off my Lion of Perservance! Which I did in pencil & watercolor while very ill.
#EastCoastKin #DisabledArtist #ShePersisted
A long landscape oriented watercolor painting featuring a lion walking persistently against a harsh wind. The wind is pressing his mane against his body as he walks slowly into the wind, one paw up taking a slow but steady and strong footstep ahead. The lion's black eyes are squinting against the desert wind. The background is a textured peachy sand color, while the lion's head is a darker mottled furry tan color, the mane is coral orange with tan highlights of texture, and the lion's body is a brilliant, almost cerulean blue in various shades. I painted this based on a photo of a real lion in a National Geographic magazine walking in this pose.
February 7, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Y'ALL there IS a solution to this #HellScape: We can funnel resources to #Dems & #Progressives running in #SpecialElections to fill Congress seats empty bc Trump appts! Like Dem #GayValimont (election April 1st!)& NY Prog Dem @blakegendebien.bsky.social If we #FlipCongressBlue we can #ImpeachTrump !
Post by Ashley Anne Strobridge, black text on white background: Y'ALL. There IS a solution to this MADNESS. We need to funnel resources (volunteers, money, time!), into the Dems and Progressives running in the Special Elections coming up to fill Congressional seats that are now empty since Trump grabbed his favorites out! Like Gay Valimont (her Special election is April 1st!! Help now!!) and the Progressive Farmer guy from Upstate NY Blake Gendebien!! If we can flip Congress back to Blue (it's Red on a VERY slim margin right now!) we will have a STRONG Protection in place against this hellscape getting worse! And if we flip both houses, we can IMPEACH! LETS WIN THESE SPECIAL ELECTIONS!! SPREAD THE WORD! #SpecialElection #ImpeachTrump
February 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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She looked like this in full bloom! Official name: Double Black Currant Datura! I meant to post it for #JanuArty for #Texture day, forgot! Lol. My nephew says the white part looks like pillows! But I told him don't lay your head there, there be dangers in them there petals! 😉🏴‍☠️🧙🏴‍☠️
Where to begin? Pictured is the center of a large white a brilliant purple flower, with an almost alien like folded over multiple times center of purple on the outside and white on the inside ruffled petals with spiked hooks like claws at the tips. The outer layer of bloom is like a powdery pillow with a big purple spike coming from one side. In the original flower, there are multiple spiky tips coming from the main bloom, but in this photo only one side is pictured.
February 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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@bossymoss.bsky.social I think you might like my Light Fairy! I didn't create her, she was just THERE! Captured by me in a photo in a magical moment in the forest! She is a Light Fairy and Her Magic is GLORIOUS!

www.astrobridge-artistry.com

#Fairies #TheFae #MagicalRealism #ForestFairy #Witchsky
A photo of a flash of light shaped remarkably and magically like a Fairy, with a glowing pale greenish blue body, legs, and head, & with glowing red wings, a bright green halo, and aqua green light radiating down from her shoulders below, resembling a gossamer gown. She is floating above a green leaf on a plant with white flowers (a Garlic Mustard plant), with only the plant, the fairy, and a tagalong ant in focus, surrounded by lush greenery in the background, with a sunrise glowing through the trees above.
February 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Datura / Devil's Trumpet #BloomScrolling in #Purple for #FebruArty
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekFForFilms
Often associated w/ #Witchcraft , the highly poisonous & hallucinogenic #Datura was a poison of choice in the #AgathaChristie #MissMarple #MurderMysteries,
Sleeping Murder & A Caribbean Mystery.
A vertically oriented photo of a tall trumpet flower about to bloom. The flower has a waxy appearance, and is a bold royal eggplant purple color. Perhaps denoting its toxic and dangerous nature, at the top of the flower, the opening of the bloom, there are claw-like extentions at every joint of the bloom reaching upwards like curved sharp pointy blades or teeth! Having grown this bloom myself, I can tell you, the blossom alone was about 10 inches tall. In the background in this photo is blurred greenery, the main attraction being this massive, other worldly brilliant purple bloom.
February 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Day 3 #FebuArty for #Fuzzy

A fuzzy wuzzy wooly bear!

#BlueSkyArtShow #BlueSkyArtsShow #Bugs #Nature

Photographed by me at the Dead Creek Wildlife Area in #Vermont #Wildlife

#DisabledPhotographer #NaturePhotograhy #WomenInTheArts #WomenArtists #FemalePhotographers
A Fuzzy Wuzzy Wooly Bear Caterpillar, making its way across dry and grey dirt ground with small grey pebbles casting slight shadows towards the upper left side of the photo. The wooly bear's fuzzy reddish brown back and black head are also casting a dark shadow as well, to the upper left, while the Wooly Bear Caterpillar seems to have traversed its jaunty way across almost the whole pictured ground, and it located in the upper right hand quadrant of the photo, about to make its escape!
February 3, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Not exactly what I'd consider an artistic shot, but I've been wanting to share these #Crocs w/ the world & #OzCommunity ! Too cold & snowy to wear in VT right now, but I can't wait to wear my #RubySlippers vending at #arts events this Spring/Summer/Fall!
#Oz #Wicked #OzClub
#FebruArty Day 2 #Shoes
A cute and proudly chubby hand holding up a pair of Crocs shoes that are sparkly and ruby red! Like the Ruby Slippers of the 1939 MGM Wizard of Oz movie but in Crocs form! They have some Jibbitz charms on them plugged into the signature crocs air vent holes on the top of the shoes, including, from left, an enamel Emerald City Charm in green and gold, an enamel circular charm with the word "Oz" written in it also in green and gold, a rainbow colored silicone head of a unicorn that lights up, and a silicone rainbow. On the other shoe, left to right, there is another green and gold enamel charm shaped like a hot air balloon, a big black and white spotted silicone heart to represent my black & whiye cow cat Tibbolt who recently passed, a pink and gold and white enamel heart with a white paw with pink toe beans to represent the White, later Pink Cat Eureka from the Wizard of Oz 4th book, Dorothy & the Wizard in Oz, but also to represent my cat Tibbolt's paws which were all white, and a silicone four leaf clover. The left shoe, with the cat symbols, represent home & the US, the right shoe represents Oz! In the background in the image there is a pale lemon yellow wall with framed art on the walls and bookshelves, all only partially visible, obscured by the close up of the shoes. To the right in the photo is a warm brown wooden door, ajar, leading to a bedroom with letters from a marquee spelling Love above.
February 3, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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A day late again, #FebruArty Day 1 #Light #BlueSkyArtsShow
Photograph by me on the outskirts of Montpelier, #Vermont Autumn 2023

#DisabledPhotographer #DisabledArtist #LandscapePhotography #VermontFoliage #Landscape #AutumnFoliage #WomenInTheArts #WomenArtists #NaturePhotography @landscapehead.com
A landscape photo of nrightly illuminated skies and the setting sun scattering light across a roiling sea of mountains at various distances, each one seeming to be a wave of a hill crested with the Russet colors of the turning foliage as the Sun strikes it, illuminating the deep reds and oranges of their tree covered mountain sides. In the middle ground are red, orange, yellow, and deep green colored trees, a mix of deciduous and coniferous, all deeper colors as the Sun has set enough not to reach the trees in this dip, but in the foreground the sun illuminates the brilliant green grass and paved road with a golden yellow double lines running down the middle of the hill on which the photographer is standing, and in the distance, this same road winds off I to the valley and around a bend, with a just visible mountain biker wearing a high visibility jacket biking down the hill into the valley. This biker's name is Joanne, and she is a friend of the photographer, Ashley Anne Strobridge. They happened to run into each other on this hill while Ashley was photographing and Joanne was taking a bike trip!
February 3, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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It's like large BABY is wreaking havoc in a highly sensitive rm of computers that keep the world running & safe & he is ripping out all the cords & wires in a tantrum bc he was told "no" & now 1/3 of the world is going to die bc of him. We are witnessing the pointless & tragic destruction of the US.
Original post by Pete Buttigieg, reposted by Jessica Yellin, and reposted again by Wil Wheaton: Pete Buttigieg stated: "Despicable. As families grieve, Trump should be leading, not lying. We put safety first, drove down close calls, grew Air Traffic Control, and had zero commercial airline crash fatalities out of millions of flights on our watch. President Trump now oversees the military and the FAA. One of his first acts was to fire and suspend some of the key personnel who helped keep our skies safe. Time for the President to show actual leadership and explain what he will do to prevent this from happening again." Context not in photo above: there was a highly unusual deadly crash in the skies over DC today between a military helicopter and a commercial jet. involving
January 31, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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The Mother Tree for #JauArty day 30 #Green.

Accompanying #poem as an Easter Egg in #AltText / #VerbalDescription

#DisabledArtist #DisabledPoet #DisabledPhotographer #WomenInTheArts #Crones #WiseWomen #Elders #Poetry #NatureWriting #NaturePhotography #NaturePoetry
A photo of an ancient, gnarly tree, roots exposed, with a dark, partially hollowed-out trunk. The elder tree is surrounded by much younger trees, with bright green foliage, sprouting around her. The elder tree’s dark hues are in stark contrast to the brilliant light of the younger trees in the background. Accompanying Poem: The Mother Tree In her youth, a tree has many friends & neighbors, brothers & sisters, all chattering together in the wind. As she ages, she stands taller, spreads wider, learns to take up space, finding her unique voice, taking her rightful place as a confident, powerful Mother Tree. She helps young trees, aids elders & the injured, sharing resources & communicating through the mycorrhizal fungi that embrace & support her roots, creating community, ecosystems, & echoing the universal connections that surround us. As she grows, she says goodbye to old friends, outlives brothers & sisters, sees bright new generations sprout up around her wizened, greying frame. She is home to the feathered & furry forest dwellers. She is ancient but Mighty. She has stories to tell. Listen. Written and Photographed by Ashley Anne Strobridge
January 30, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Looking through my photos, I realized I have very few featuring the color red, & none that are all red, but it plays a major role in this one! So: #Red for #JanuArty
"Morning Mists Over Worcester Valley" Worcester, VT Oct 2017

Cards & prints: astrobridge-artistry.com
#DisabledPhotographer
#Vermont
Pictured is a gold and green field with grazing horses, and fence posts in the foreground, lining up along a dirt road winding off to the left. There are blue mountains in the background, with a misty valley, and red, orange, and golden foliage in the hills in the middle ground between the blue mountains and field.
January 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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The view of the horizon here is #Broken for #JanuArty

My photo of Camel's Hump Mtn between 2 Birch Trees, Montpelier, VT

This photo & a paired poem are in my book "Do You Believe in Fairies? Compositions of Truth & Nature in Art & Poetry"

#DisabledAuthor
💙📚 #BookSky #Art
#LandscapePhotography
A view of Autumn mountains, captured between two twinned Paper Birch trees with auburn & gold foliage above and green grass below, grass which is scattered with fallen leaves. Across a green field and beyond beautiful red and gold foliage on the hills and trees at the edge of the field, is Vermont’s most famous mountain, Camel's Hump, which is blazing blue far beyond in the background, beneath a light blue sky with whispy white clouds overhead.
January 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM