ralphmurre
@ralphmurre.bsky.social
Ancient dabbler, still hoping to rise to the rank of dilettante.
Citizen of the world, seriously Anti-Trump.
Citizen of the world, seriously Anti-Trump.
November 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Port Arend, 1959
Busy as ever down at Unified Freight. So busy, in fact, they haven't even had a chance to grow weeds around the foundation!
#ModelRailroad #modelrailway #Oscale #ogauge #diorama #ScratchBuilt (mostly)
Busy as ever down at Unified Freight. So busy, in fact, they haven't even had a chance to grow weeds around the foundation!
#ModelRailroad #modelrailway #Oscale #ogauge #diorama #ScratchBuilt (mostly)
November 19, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Port Arend, 1959
Busy as ever down at Unified Freight. So busy, in fact, they haven't even had a chance to grow weeds around the foundation!
#ModelRailroad #modelrailway #Oscale #ogauge #diorama #ScratchBuilt (mostly)
Busy as ever down at Unified Freight. So busy, in fact, they haven't even had a chance to grow weeds around the foundation!
#ModelRailroad #modelrailway #Oscale #ogauge #diorama #ScratchBuilt (mostly)
Port Arend, 1959
Alco leads EMD past the boatyard in a rare double-header on the "Fish Town" track.
#AlcoRS1 #EMDGP7 #ModelRailroad #ModelRailway #Oscale #Ogauge #diorama
Alco leads EMD past the boatyard in a rare double-header on the "Fish Town" track.
#AlcoRS1 #EMDGP7 #ModelRailroad #ModelRailway #Oscale #Ogauge #diorama
November 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Port Arend, 1959
Alco leads EMD past the boatyard in a rare double-header on the "Fish Town" track.
#AlcoRS1 #EMDGP7 #ModelRailroad #ModelRailway #Oscale #Ogauge #diorama
Alco leads EMD past the boatyard in a rare double-header on the "Fish Town" track.
#AlcoRS1 #EMDGP7 #ModelRailroad #ModelRailway #Oscale #Ogauge #diorama
Super-Size That?
A friend thought this might have been shot somewhere on the Oregon coast, that big rock 40' or 50' tall, a mighty surf curling in from the Pacific. But no. It's the Wisconsin coast and the big rock is 4' or 5' tall on a nice November day.
#GreatLakes #LakeMichigan #photography
A friend thought this might have been shot somewhere on the Oregon coast, that big rock 40' or 50' tall, a mighty surf curling in from the Pacific. But no. It's the Wisconsin coast and the big rock is 4' or 5' tall on a nice November day.
#GreatLakes #LakeMichigan #photography
November 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Super-Size That?
A friend thought this might have been shot somewhere on the Oregon coast, that big rock 40' or 50' tall, a mighty surf curling in from the Pacific. But no. It's the Wisconsin coast and the big rock is 4' or 5' tall on a nice November day.
#GreatLakes #LakeMichigan #photography
A friend thought this might have been shot somewhere on the Oregon coast, that big rock 40' or 50' tall, a mighty surf curling in from the Pacific. But no. It's the Wisconsin coast and the big rock is 4' or 5' tall on a nice November day.
#GreatLakes #LakeMichigan #photography
Sepia Sunday ~
One of the songs I've written poses the question;
"Aww, what can you trust when steel turns to rust?"
Of course it's autobiographical.
#IronOxide #impermanence #ModelRailroad #Oscale #SepiaTone
One of the songs I've written poses the question;
"Aww, what can you trust when steel turns to rust?"
Of course it's autobiographical.
#IronOxide #impermanence #ModelRailroad #Oscale #SepiaTone
November 16, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Sepia Sunday ~
One of the songs I've written poses the question;
"Aww, what can you trust when steel turns to rust?"
Of course it's autobiographical.
#IronOxide #impermanence #ModelRailroad #Oscale #SepiaTone
One of the songs I've written poses the question;
"Aww, what can you trust when steel turns to rust?"
Of course it's autobiographical.
#IronOxide #impermanence #ModelRailroad #Oscale #SepiaTone
Sometimes . . .
. . . when the blues set in, you must be glad for whatever rainbow you are offered.
#blues #rainbow #photography #AlgomaWI #sortapositivemaybe
. . . when the blues set in, you must be glad for whatever rainbow you are offered.
#blues #rainbow #photography #AlgomaWI #sortapositivemaybe
November 15, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Sometimes . . .
. . . when the blues set in, you must be glad for whatever rainbow you are offered.
#blues #rainbow #photography #AlgomaWI #sortapositivemaybe
. . . when the blues set in, you must be glad for whatever rainbow you are offered.
#blues #rainbow #photography #AlgomaWI #sortapositivemaybe
Shhh . . .
We are far too tiny and insignificant to make so much noise . . .
#AuroraBorealis #photography #GreatLakes #SturgeonBay #humility #OurLittleSolarSystem
We are far too tiny and insignificant to make so much noise . . .
#AuroraBorealis #photography #GreatLakes #SturgeonBay #humility #OurLittleSolarSystem
November 13, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Shhh . . .
We are far too tiny and insignificant to make so much noise . . .
#AuroraBorealis #photography #GreatLakes #SturgeonBay #humility #OurLittleSolarSystem
We are far too tiny and insignificant to make so much noise . . .
#AuroraBorealis #photography #GreatLakes #SturgeonBay #humility #OurLittleSolarSystem
You don't have to be
a great, big tree --
someone will see
your flash of crimson,
your glint of gold.
#photography #PhonePhoto #AutumnColor #significance
a great, big tree --
someone will see
your flash of crimson,
your glint of gold.
#photography #PhonePhoto #AutumnColor #significance
November 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
You don't have to be
a great, big tree --
someone will see
your flash of crimson,
your glint of gold.
#photography #PhonePhoto #AutumnColor #significance
a great, big tree --
someone will see
your flash of crimson,
your glint of gold.
#photography #PhonePhoto #AutumnColor #significance
Urban Planning: Drawbridge
#AbstractArt #FingerPainting #PixelPushing #OurLittleTown #DigitalArt #Markup
#AbstractArt #FingerPainting #PixelPushing #OurLittleTown #DigitalArt #Markup
November 8, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Urban Planning: Drawbridge
#AbstractArt #FingerPainting #PixelPushing #OurLittleTown #DigitalArt #Markup
#AbstractArt #FingerPainting #PixelPushing #OurLittleTown #DigitalArt #Markup
Of Brick, Ginko & Goldenrod ~
Yeah, I know, all the pretty leaf pictures were due a month ago, especially from places as far north as Wisconsin. But this is what I saw today, the 6th of November. And I don't do a lot of pretty pictures.
#photography #ginko #AutumnLeaves #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown
Yeah, I know, all the pretty leaf pictures were due a month ago, especially from places as far north as Wisconsin. But this is what I saw today, the 6th of November. And I don't do a lot of pretty pictures.
#photography #ginko #AutumnLeaves #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown
November 7, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Of Brick, Ginko & Goldenrod ~
Yeah, I know, all the pretty leaf pictures were due a month ago, especially from places as far north as Wisconsin. But this is what I saw today, the 6th of November. And I don't do a lot of pretty pictures.
#photography #ginko #AutumnLeaves #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown
Yeah, I know, all the pretty leaf pictures were due a month ago, especially from places as far north as Wisconsin. But this is what I saw today, the 6th of November. And I don't do a lot of pretty pictures.
#photography #ginko #AutumnLeaves #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown
Metroglyph ~
Crop in on tiny area of worthless photo. Run a dozen filters. Pop. Warp. Twist. Tweak. Do it all again. Again. See what happens.
#Abstract #DigitalPhoto #photography #NotPhotography #PixelPlay
Crop in on tiny area of worthless photo. Run a dozen filters. Pop. Warp. Twist. Tweak. Do it all again. Again. See what happens.
#Abstract #DigitalPhoto #photography #NotPhotography #PixelPlay
November 6, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Metroglyph ~
Crop in on tiny area of worthless photo. Run a dozen filters. Pop. Warp. Twist. Tweak. Do it all again. Again. See what happens.
#Abstract #DigitalPhoto #photography #NotPhotography #PixelPlay
Crop in on tiny area of worthless photo. Run a dozen filters. Pop. Warp. Twist. Tweak. Do it all again. Again. See what happens.
#Abstract #DigitalPhoto #photography #NotPhotography #PixelPlay
When you leave . . .
. . . If you must leave a trace of your convoluted course through life, you could try to make sure it is a shining path, try to make it a thing of beauty while you still have time.
#MomentoMori #photography #ShiningPath #tracery #convolution #biography #adviceImaynotfollow
. . . If you must leave a trace of your convoluted course through life, you could try to make sure it is a shining path, try to make it a thing of beauty while you still have time.
#MomentoMori #photography #ShiningPath #tracery #convolution #biography #adviceImaynotfollow
November 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
When you leave . . .
. . . If you must leave a trace of your convoluted course through life, you could try to make sure it is a shining path, try to make it a thing of beauty while you still have time.
#MomentoMori #photography #ShiningPath #tracery #convolution #biography #adviceImaynotfollow
. . . If you must leave a trace of your convoluted course through life, you could try to make sure it is a shining path, try to make it a thing of beauty while you still have time.
#MomentoMori #photography #ShiningPath #tracery #convolution #biography #adviceImaynotfollow
Port Arend, 1959
It's just after 3:00 PM and Rosalie has closed her Red Cup Cafe to go next door for her customary sip of brandy and a quiet visit at Narrow Norm & Nora's before the Arvinson workers crowd the place after 4:00.
#ModelRailroad #ModelRailway #Oscale #ScratchBuilt #MatBoardModels
It's just after 3:00 PM and Rosalie has closed her Red Cup Cafe to go next door for her customary sip of brandy and a quiet visit at Narrow Norm & Nora's before the Arvinson workers crowd the place after 4:00.
#ModelRailroad #ModelRailway #Oscale #ScratchBuilt #MatBoardModels
November 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Port Arend, 1959
It's just after 3:00 PM and Rosalie has closed her Red Cup Cafe to go next door for her customary sip of brandy and a quiet visit at Narrow Norm & Nora's before the Arvinson workers crowd the place after 4:00.
#ModelRailroad #ModelRailway #Oscale #ScratchBuilt #MatBoardModels
It's just after 3:00 PM and Rosalie has closed her Red Cup Cafe to go next door for her customary sip of brandy and a quiet visit at Narrow Norm & Nora's before the Arvinson workers crowd the place after 4:00.
#ModelRailroad #ModelRailway #Oscale #ScratchBuilt #MatBoardModels
Sight-Seeing in Sepia ~
A found composition in Green Bay. I love to prowl the back alleys of industrial districts.
#photography #composition #SepiaTone #abstract #digital
A found composition in Green Bay. I love to prowl the back alleys of industrial districts.
#photography #composition #SepiaTone #abstract #digital
October 30, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Sight-Seeing in Sepia ~
A found composition in Green Bay. I love to prowl the back alleys of industrial districts.
#photography #composition #SepiaTone #abstract #digital
A found composition in Green Bay. I love to prowl the back alleys of industrial districts.
#photography #composition #SepiaTone #abstract #digital
Don't back down!
While it appears that we old socialists are about as relevant these days as a caboose on a bullet train, I believe if we are pushed off the edge, if we lose voices like Bernie Sanders' for instance, there may be no way back on the track.
#railroad #caboose #socialism #AllOverNow?
While it appears that we old socialists are about as relevant these days as a caboose on a bullet train, I believe if we are pushed off the edge, if we lose voices like Bernie Sanders' for instance, there may be no way back on the track.
#railroad #caboose #socialism #AllOverNow?
October 28, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Don't back down!
While it appears that we old socialists are about as relevant these days as a caboose on a bullet train, I believe if we are pushed off the edge, if we lose voices like Bernie Sanders' for instance, there may be no way back on the track.
#railroad #caboose #socialism #AllOverNow?
While it appears that we old socialists are about as relevant these days as a caboose on a bullet train, I believe if we are pushed off the edge, if we lose voices like Bernie Sanders' for instance, there may be no way back on the track.
#railroad #caboose #socialism #AllOverNow?
Occasionally ~
Sometimes, when you live in tourist country, you must remember to see what the tourists see. Must remember what brought you here in the first place.
#photography #GreatLakes #GreenBay #BlueWater #AutumnLeaves #BeautifulWorld #MyBackyard
Sometimes, when you live in tourist country, you must remember to see what the tourists see. Must remember what brought you here in the first place.
#photography #GreatLakes #GreenBay #BlueWater #AutumnLeaves #BeautifulWorld #MyBackyard
October 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Occasionally ~
Sometimes, when you live in tourist country, you must remember to see what the tourists see. Must remember what brought you here in the first place.
#photography #GreatLakes #GreenBay #BlueWater #AutumnLeaves #BeautifulWorld #MyBackyard
Sometimes, when you live in tourist country, you must remember to see what the tourists see. Must remember what brought you here in the first place.
#photography #GreatLakes #GreenBay #BlueWater #AutumnLeaves #BeautifulWorld #MyBackyard
sometimes, y'know
it just doesn't seem real
the water above
the sky below
this bridge of steel
this definitive maybe
when the status ain't quo
#photography #inversion #bridges
#SteelBridge #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown #UpsideDown
it just doesn't seem real
the water above
the sky below
this bridge of steel
this definitive maybe
when the status ain't quo
#photography #inversion #bridges
#SteelBridge #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown #UpsideDown
October 25, 2025 at 2:22 AM
sometimes, y'know
it just doesn't seem real
the water above
the sky below
this bridge of steel
this definitive maybe
when the status ain't quo
#photography #inversion #bridges
#SteelBridge #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown #UpsideDown
it just doesn't seem real
the water above
the sky below
this bridge of steel
this definitive maybe
when the status ain't quo
#photography #inversion #bridges
#SteelBridge #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown #UpsideDown
Really?
This is what I've been doing?
My country, parts of which I have occasionally loved, has been completely taken over by a raging fuckin' band of Nazi's, and I've been playing with trains?
Really?
Well, um . . . yeah . . .
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #Ogauge #diorama #OfTheeISing #GoodbyeAmerica
This is what I've been doing?
My country, parts of which I have occasionally loved, has been completely taken over by a raging fuckin' band of Nazi's, and I've been playing with trains?
Really?
Well, um . . . yeah . . .
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #Ogauge #diorama #OfTheeISing #GoodbyeAmerica
October 24, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Really?
This is what I've been doing?
My country, parts of which I have occasionally loved, has been completely taken over by a raging fuckin' band of Nazi's, and I've been playing with trains?
Really?
Well, um . . . yeah . . .
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #Ogauge #diorama #OfTheeISing #GoodbyeAmerica
This is what I've been doing?
My country, parts of which I have occasionally loved, has been completely taken over by a raging fuckin' band of Nazi's, and I've been playing with trains?
Really?
Well, um . . . yeah . . .
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #Ogauge #diorama #OfTheeISing #GoodbyeAmerica
Reposted by ralphmurre
This is chilling. And it doesn't exist anymore except on the Internet.
October 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This is chilling. And it doesn't exist anymore except on the Internet.
Heritage ~
like me not like her
everything of our two sons
like her not like me
haiku suggested by a long poem of Siegfried Mortkowitz,
photo by Valerie Murre, ca. 1979
#photography #haiku #GreatLakes #FishCreekWI #sons
like me not like her
everything of our two sons
like her not like me
haiku suggested by a long poem of Siegfried Mortkowitz,
photo by Valerie Murre, ca. 1979
#photography #haiku #GreatLakes #FishCreekWI #sons
October 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Heritage ~
like me not like her
everything of our two sons
like her not like me
haiku suggested by a long poem of Siegfried Mortkowitz,
photo by Valerie Murre, ca. 1979
#photography #haiku #GreatLakes #FishCreekWI #sons
like me not like her
everything of our two sons
like her not like me
haiku suggested by a long poem of Siegfried Mortkowitz,
photo by Valerie Murre, ca. 1979
#photography #haiku #GreatLakes #FishCreekWI #sons
Alone~
Like humans, cormorants are not particularly loveable, but usually have the comfort of a flock, or at least a partner. Not so, this one, who will proclaim that's the way it likes it. May even believe that for a while.
#Cormorant #Alone #GreatLakes #photography #anthropomorphizing
Like humans, cormorants are not particularly loveable, but usually have the comfort of a flock, or at least a partner. Not so, this one, who will proclaim that's the way it likes it. May even believe that for a while.
#Cormorant #Alone #GreatLakes #photography #anthropomorphizing
October 22, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Alone~
Like humans, cormorants are not particularly loveable, but usually have the comfort of a flock, or at least a partner. Not so, this one, who will proclaim that's the way it likes it. May even believe that for a while.
#Cormorant #Alone #GreatLakes #photography #anthropomorphizing
Like humans, cormorants are not particularly loveable, but usually have the comfort of a flock, or at least a partner. Not so, this one, who will proclaim that's the way it likes it. May even believe that for a while.
#Cormorant #Alone #GreatLakes #photography #anthropomorphizing
Scape ~
No pixels were seriously injured in the production of this picture.
#DigitalArt #AbstractArt #PixelPushing #FingerPainting
No pixels were seriously injured in the production of this picture.
#DigitalArt #AbstractArt #PixelPushing #FingerPainting
October 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Scape ~
No pixels were seriously injured in the production of this picture.
#DigitalArt #AbstractArt #PixelPushing #FingerPainting
No pixels were seriously injured in the production of this picture.
#DigitalArt #AbstractArt #PixelPushing #FingerPainting
Nut, 1959 ~
Another crazy Van Reenan kid (brother of the one who drives the auto-parts truck) stands on the tracks on Stepping Stone Island 'til the train comes & dashes away to leap into the one deep hole of Little Dog Creek. "It's fun," he says.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #CrazyMixedUpKid
Another crazy Van Reenan kid (brother of the one who drives the auto-parts truck) stands on the tracks on Stepping Stone Island 'til the train comes & dashes away to leap into the one deep hole of Little Dog Creek. "It's fun," he says.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #CrazyMixedUpKid
October 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Nut, 1959 ~
Another crazy Van Reenan kid (brother of the one who drives the auto-parts truck) stands on the tracks on Stepping Stone Island 'til the train comes & dashes away to leap into the one deep hole of Little Dog Creek. "It's fun," he says.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #CrazyMixedUpKid
Another crazy Van Reenan kid (brother of the one who drives the auto-parts truck) stands on the tracks on Stepping Stone Island 'til the train comes & dashes away to leap into the one deep hole of Little Dog Creek. "It's fun," he says.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #CrazyMixedUpKid
One Day in the City ~
Tutorial (?): Digitally photograph light coming through 2 layers of plastic windows in a tiny model building. Crop. Filter. Tweak. Crop. Filter. Tweak. Again. Again. Again.
#AbstractArt #PhonePhoto #DigitalArt #SomberSunday
Tutorial (?): Digitally photograph light coming through 2 layers of plastic windows in a tiny model building. Crop. Filter. Tweak. Crop. Filter. Tweak. Again. Again. Again.
#AbstractArt #PhonePhoto #DigitalArt #SomberSunday
October 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
One Day in the City ~
Tutorial (?): Digitally photograph light coming through 2 layers of plastic windows in a tiny model building. Crop. Filter. Tweak. Crop. Filter. Tweak. Again. Again. Again.
#AbstractArt #PhonePhoto #DigitalArt #SomberSunday
Tutorial (?): Digitally photograph light coming through 2 layers of plastic windows in a tiny model building. Crop. Filter. Tweak. Crop. Filter. Tweak. Again. Again. Again.
#AbstractArt #PhonePhoto #DigitalArt #SomberSunday
Travel Photo ~
Finally, a shot that clearly illustrates where I am now.
"But", you ask, "do you think this does as much good as marching in a No Kings protest against the Big Orange Nazi Bastard today?"
"Approximately", I answer.
#photography #abstract #NoKings #BigOrangeBastard #AuntyFascist
Finally, a shot that clearly illustrates where I am now.
"But", you ask, "do you think this does as much good as marching in a No Kings protest against the Big Orange Nazi Bastard today?"
"Approximately", I answer.
#photography #abstract #NoKings #BigOrangeBastard #AuntyFascist
October 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Travel Photo ~
Finally, a shot that clearly illustrates where I am now.
"But", you ask, "do you think this does as much good as marching in a No Kings protest against the Big Orange Nazi Bastard today?"
"Approximately", I answer.
#photography #abstract #NoKings #BigOrangeBastard #AuntyFascist
Finally, a shot that clearly illustrates where I am now.
"But", you ask, "do you think this does as much good as marching in a No Kings protest against the Big Orange Nazi Bastard today?"
"Approximately", I answer.
#photography #abstract #NoKings #BigOrangeBastard #AuntyFascist